Disclaimer: I own this I really do. I'm living in a big house and surrounded with my millions. I wish. However they belong to JK Rowling.

Chapter 16

Hermione's head was in the fireplace. She looked around Ginny's flat to see if she could see her. She did not see her so she yelled. "Ginny you here." She waited and still heard nothing so she tried one more time. This time she heard noise coming from Ginny's room. Ginny came out of the room looking half asleep and did not look happy to be woke up. "Why, do you have to yell?" said Ginny with a sneer. "I'm sorry Ginny I just really need to talk to you. Do you think you can come over?" Ginny nodded her head. Hermione was just about to take her head out of the fireplace when she remembered that she was at Harry's place. Ginny was about to go back in her room when Hermione said," Floo to Harry's." Hermione could see that Ginny was about to say something, but before she heard what it was she took her head out of the fire place.

Hermione was sitting on the couch when Ginny came through the fireplace. She still looked like she was half asleep when she asked, "What is it that you wanted to talk about?" Hermione prepared herself for all that she had to tell Ginny. She began by telling her that Harry was date # 10. The look that crossed Ginny's face was one of surprise. She then went on to tell her about what happened at the restaurant. The pain was there again and the tears ran down her face. Ginny saw them and asked, " Honey, what is wrong?" Hermione wiped the tears away drew in a breath and then blew it out slowly. Ginny wrapped her arms around Hermione and asked again what happen. Hermione held Ginny and then said really fast that Daniel was married. She could feel Ginny's hand behind her ball up into a fist. "What did you say?" asked Ginny. "Please don't make me say it again." plead Hermione.

"Well I guess it's a good thing nothing happened between you." said Ginny looking at her. "Well not exactly." said Hermione as her face turned red. "You did not sleep with him,did you?" asked Ginny. Hermione shook her head and swallowed the lump that was in her throat. She then went on to tell her about her date with Daniel. When she had finished Ginny said, "Well first off, Wow. That jerk knew what he was doing." Hermione could not keep the tears from falling. She felt so used and stupid. Ginny wrapped her arms around her one more time and said, " Sorry, for making you tell me about this. I do just have one more question on this subject. What made you stop from going farther?" Hermione still was not sure about telling Ginny about Harry and what happened when he showed up. She had already told most of what had happened anyways. A couple of days ago Ginny did tell her it was OK if she got with Harry, still there are just somethings she did not want to tell her.

So she said it was Harry who had stopped it from going farther with a knock on the door. "What was he doing there so late? questioned Ginny. Damn she had caught herself somewhere were she would have to tell what happened,so she told Ginny everything that happened on Tuesday morning. "So he had just come over to say sorry and that was it." said Hermione. "So what happened Tuesday night when he showed up?" asked Ginny. "We had a fight and it ended with us saying how we feel for each other and him walking out saying that he was going to fight for me." said Hermione with a smile. If felt nice to smile a little thought Hermione. "So that brings me to the question I was going to ask before you took your head out of the fireplace. Why are you at Harry's and not at home?" asked Ginny. Hermione replied, "Harry thought it was best for me if I stayed here then for me to go home where Daniel could find me. I didn't really know I was here until I woke up last night." "What do you mean, woke up?" said Ginny. "Well on the way out of the restaurant I think I passed out and when I woke up I was here." said Hermione moving little bit on the couch.

"So what are you are going to do now?" asked Ginny. "I don't know. I'm just trying to get through today without crying. You know Ginny I think I felt more for him then I thought. I think that is why it hurts more then I thought it would." said Hermione laying her head on Ginny's shoulder.

"Harry's been so sweet and has been by my side for the whole thing." said Hermione. She didn't say anything after that just laid there thinking about Harry. It was nice to have him around and even though she was hurt by Daniel the pain seem to fade away to a numbing with him around. "Hermione?" said Ginny shaking her. "Earth to Hermione. Where were you?" asked Ginny. "No where, I was just thinking that's all." said Hermione moving off the couch and standing in front of Ginny.

"You know how I said that Harry was going to fight for me. Well the reason why he said that was because I learned that tomorrow I will have to make a pubic announcement about who I'm going to pick." said Hermione.

"What announcement?" asked Ginny.

"Well after I got done with date #7 with Jason he told me he would see me Friday." said Hermione.

"Why Friday and why him? questioned Ginny.

"I asked the same thing. He said that Daniel said it. I was angry and marched right over there to give him a piece of my mind. I found him and he said it was true." said Hermione.

When she had said Daniel name it was hard to keep her eyes from watering. "So let me get this straight, tomorrow, you will stand in front of I don't know how many people and choose one of the 10 guys to do what?" asked Ginny. "Well one of the things in the agreement was that after the dates I would choose the one I felt closest to and we would go to Italy for a 6 night and seven day trip." said Hermione sitting back down on the couch. She put her hand on her head and sighed. "So what is it that you would like to do?" asked Ginny looking at her. Hermione did not say anything, so Ginny mention a few ideas. "How about we make a list of the guys and their pros and cons ." said Ginny.

They looked all around the flat and came back to the living room with some parchment and a quill. There was a small coffee table in the middle and they sat down and began to make out there list.

1- Kelli Reed - PROS, Cute and nice / CONS, None

2- Dean Thomas - PROS, None / CONS, Ginny obsessed

3 - Mike Holly- PROS, Sweet / CONS, Shy

4- Arron Rankin - PROS, None / CONS, Crazy for cats

5- JUSTIN F FLETCHLEY - PROS, NONE / CONS, Everything

6- MARCUS TOPPER - PROS, Nice Ass, Romantic / CONS, None

7- JASON PARKER - PROS, Sweet / CONS, Clumsy, Accident prone

8-BOBBY STEVENS- PROS, NONE / CONS, Jerk

9-EDDIE CAMICHEAL- PROS, Sweet / CONS, None

10- HARRY POTTER- PROS, Always been there, Sweet, Nice and a Heart of gold. /CONS, None

After they had finished making out the list. Harry was the one with the most pros. In her head she had always known it was going to be Harry. Why would she go some where far away with someone she had no idea who they were other then what she had learned on the first dates she went on. "Well I think that Harry's the winner." said Ginny. When Ginny said that Hermione felt a warm feeling course through her.

They moved off the floor and went to sit down on the couch and talk a little bit more about Daniel and Harry, and how this week was a crazy one. Ginny left an hour before Harry came home. There was nothing else she could do to take her mind off of what happen to her last night and that was when the tears came back. She had only cried for a few minutes when in the back of her mind was Harry voice coming though loud and clear. "He not worth it." She heard him say. He was right Daniel was not worth her tears that were falling and the ones that had already fell. She wiped her eyes and swear that was the last time she was going to cry about him.

She was in the kitchen making Harry dinner. He had been so sweet to her and to let her stay here with everything that had happened. So she thought why not make him supper. She was just putting the finishing touches on the last thing she made when Harry walked through the door. As soon as he walked in Hermione felt a warm feeling go through her and she started to smile. "What are you smiling about?" asked Harry as he pulled out a chair to sit down. "Well you remember how I told you that I would tell you my choice on Friday." said Hermione moving the food to the table. "Yes," said Harry. "Well I'm going to tell you 17 hours earlier then I said I would. She moved her chair out and sat down to eat. "First before I tell you lets eat."

They ate in silence and when Harry was done he took hold of Hermione's hand. "So what is your choice?" The moment he took hold of her hand the spark was back. She knew she had made the right choice. "First off I want you to know that you are in no way the second choice. When you touch me or we kiss or even when you are just hanging around there is just this warmth or a spark that just connects me to you. The reason I was smiling when you saw me was because when I saw you a warmth went through me. I would really like to be with you and see whats going to happen. There is just one more thing before you answer. If you happen to say yes would you go with me to Italy?"

Hermione watched Harry for a reaction and saw nothing that would had made her worry or so she thought. He moved his hand away from her's and moved out of his chair. She was not sure what was going on. He stood in front of her and pulled her up out of her chair. They were standing nose to nose. She was drowning in the intense look that was in his eyes. "Hermione I told you that I would fight for you and I did and even if you had picked jerk face I still would had fought. I think about you all the time and I do accept your challenge about us I would also like to see what will happen. I would love to go to Italy with you. Harry then moved her closer to him and lowered his head and lightly kissed her lips. She moved her lips to his and intensified the kiss. It was getting hard to breath but she did not want to let him go. When they parted they both were breathing hard.

She saw that Harry's lips were swollen and the flush look on him was one she could get use to. Then a thought crossed her mind, she did have time to get use to it. That thought had her giggling out loud. "What are you giggling about?" asked Harry. "I was just think that I have time to get use to the look that is on your face. Then she stood on her tip toes and whispered in his ear, " and many more that I have yet to see I'm looking forward to them all." Harry grabbed hold of her, pulled her in and kissed her again. When they parted this time they both had sparkles in their eyes and a huge smile on their face.

It was getting late and Hermione still had to go home and pick out her clothes for tomorrows event. She told Harry that she should be heading home. She saw a look of sadness come to his eyes. "I'll see you tomorrow and then we will have seven days with each other." said Hermione taking his hand. "How about you go home and get some of your clothes for tonight and tomorrow and then come back here. Stay the night with me please." said Harry. He kissed her again. His lips were smooth and soft and it was making it difficult to know what she was think about. His lips moved down her chin to her throat. "So will you stay the night with me?" he asked as he place soft butterfly kiss down her throat with each word. There was a fog in her head and all that was getting through was how good his mouth felt on her body. She mumble yes and then he moved his lips back to hers.

It was very hard to leave Harry even for a little bit. She went back to her flat and found a night shirt and a pair of shorts. The outfit she went with for the event was a pair a black dress pants and a teal colored silk blouse. She grabbed a pair of black heels and her make up case from the bathroom. When she had everything she flooed back to Harry's.

That night they spent listening to the music dancing in each others arms and just talking to each other. They were in the living room and she was reading a book and must have fallen asleep while she was reading. She woke the next morning in Harry's bed. She thought that Harry might have laid by her, but it was vacant. She got out of bed and went to the living room to see if he might had got up before her. He was not up, but he was in the living room laying on the couch. The sleeping Harry looked so sweet he had his hand under his head and some of his hair was in his face. She squatted down in from of him and moved his hair out of his face and place a sweet kiss on his cheek. She got up and went to take a shower.

When she was finished she came back to the room and saw that Harry was still asleep. She watched him for a few minutes and then leaned down and kissed him on the lips. " Wake up honey." said Hermione. Harry mumble something, but still did not wake up so she tried again this time when her lips touching his. His hand pulled her on him and he deepened the kiss. "That's a morning wake up call if ever there was one." said Harry moving off of the couch. "Well I have already had my shower and I'm ready to go, so while I'm cooking us breakfast you can go get yours." said Hermione moving to the kitchen. They finished their breakfast and then it was time to go.

One Single Rose

They showed up at OSR and went through the double doors. Inside the waiting area there was no longer chairs on the wall there was a podium and several folding chairs in front of it. For one last time Hermione went to Miss Murray and said, "I'm here to see Mr. Banks." Miss Murray sneer at her and said, "One moment." Hermione moved away from her desk and stood back by Harry. She was looking right where Daniel would be coming through. When she saw Daniel there was no tears just anger. This guy had used her and made her feel something that was forbidden. Daniel walked right up to her looked her in the eyes and said hi in his usual way. It was to much to act like nothing happened, to not even to say sorry was not right. She wanted him to be sorry, to feel something so her hand came up and slapped his face. The sound echoed in the room and Miss Murray came running to make sure he was OK. Daniel brought his hand to his face and just looked at Hermione and did not say anything and then turned and walked back to his office.

Hermione was not done. What was he thinking, why did he do this? She needed to know. She was about to head to his office to demand an answer. She went to move forward and was pulled back. Harry had hold of her hand and was not letting go. "Hermione just leave it alone." "Harry, I need to do this." said Hermione looking him in the eyes. Her eyes was telling him not to challenge her on this. He let go of her hand and kissed her on the cheek and told her to be careful.

The door was closed and she did not bother to knock she just barged in on him. Daniel was at his desk writing something down. He did not look up when she came in. "Why," said Hermione still by the door. Daniel looked up at her. "Why, make me want you and you are married?," said Hermione moving to stand in front of his desk. Daniel moved out of his chair and made his way in front of her. "When you came in here that first day and we flirted it was hard not to want you. He was in front of her still trying to lure her in with his eyes. "I would never have thought you would find out." said Daniel. Hermione could not believe this guy. "So you are telling me that I could have fallen in love with you and you would have never told me you were married. You know I use to think you were a gentleman, but you are the worst type of man. Your an asshole and when this thing is over it will be the last time I will see you and I will never think about you again." said Hermione pushing him out of the way to get to the door. He pulled her arm turned her around to face him and kissed her. His lips were no longer soft and did not feel right there was nothing there. She moved back stopping the kiss and slapped him again and then walked out of his door. While she was walking back to Harry she wiped her lips and the last of Daniel out of her life.

When she made it to the front there were already people there. Harry was sitting down in a chair near the front and Miss Murray seem to be all over him. Hermione sighed made her way to where he was and coughed. Miss Murray turned around and this time Hermione sneered and said, "He is mine and you need to take your nasty hands off of him while you still have hands. Giving her a glaring look Hermione took Harry's hand and moved them to stand with the other guy's that were standing next to the podium.

Daniel came out and stood in front of the podium. He got everyone to listen and told them the reason they were there. He then introduced Hermione. She moved to the podium. "Good morning first, I would like to say I'm glad to all of you for coming out here to see us. Three weeks ago I was told I was going on ten dates with ten guys in a week. I will say this much if I was to do this again I would not. It was very hard. I however have met some really nice guys and the dates were enjoyable well for the most part. So as Daniel told you we are here for me to pick the guy I was most connected to. So without farther ado I will say that I choose Harry Potter. Harry came to stand by her and took her hand. Daniel stood by them and said that tomorrow morning they would leave to go to Italy. Thank you all for joining us this morning and everyone have a enjoyable day. Everyone stood up and clapped and then they all made there way out. Hermione and Harry while holding hands walked out of OSR with one thought. This was the began of their life.

Well that is all there will be a epilogue. Thank you from Mea346 to all who have read this thank you. Please review and tell me what you thought.