Hermione walked into the room and beckoned for me to come in. As I did I noticed that it was empty except for tables stacked at the edges.

"Why are we here?" I asked

"Well this classroom is not in use at the moment so we can practise here without being disturbed" as she was saying this she removed her Hogwarts robes and threw them over one of the tables at the rooms edge. Underneath she was wearing a tight green jumper and a pair of blue jeans. I did likewise while she set up the record player that she had dragged out from one of the cupboards. She tapped it with her wand and it started to play a slow song.

"Come here. Put your hand on my waist" she instructed

"Where?" I asked

"My waist Harry" she said slowly and clearly.

I walked forwards and did as she told me placing my right hand on her waist and clasping my left in her right. She put her left onto my shoulder and fidgeted a little to get comfortable. As she did I marvelled at how soft she was. She must have noticed my preoccupation as she squeezed my hand.

"Concentrate Harry" she chided but she looked vaguely pleased.

She closed her eyes and started to mouth the beats of the music behind us. Then suddenly she was moving and I was following her. We spent the next hour or so going through some of the rudiments of ballroom dancing and at the end I was at least familiar with the basics but I was still far from being proficient. Hermione was a wonderful teacher, she didn't tell me off when I made a mistake or when I trod on her toes. She simply told me how to improve.

"Well done Harry" Hermione said when she disentangled herself from my arms and went to gather her things. When she reached her wand she flicked it at the player and the music stopped. Then she grabbed her robe and slung it over her arm. While she had been doing this I had walked up to her so I was standing behind her. She turned around and she was suddenly right on top of me. Her hair and face were just inches from mine. Her beautiful scent hung around her and I inhaled it like a drug addict taking a hit. I looked down to see her staring up at me face set in a look of suspense. I had to. I leant in and planted a small chaste kiss to her frozen lips. A sharp tingle ran across my lips and down the length of my body as if an electric current had been run through them.

At my touch she exploded into life. Her hands shot up and latched themselves into my hair and she pulled herself closer to me and deepened the kiss. Her tongue ran its self across my teeth and I opened them and allowed her access. Almost in reflex my tongue came to meet hers and proceeded to have a wrestling match. While we were having a tongue war her hands had released their grip on my follicles and had started to run themselves through my hair sending little shivers down my back. In answer I wrapped my hands around her middle and pulled her into me. One hand ran up her back, causing her to visibly shiver, to caress her hair while my other one trailed a line down her to the top of her jeans where it traced circles on the exposed section of her lower back. At this point I couldn't hold it anymore and my hands shot down to her backside where they grasped it and lifted her up and back onto the table where her things had been minute before. As if she had been expecting this her legs wrapped themselves around my hips and locked around me.

I don't know how long we stayed like that but when we finally broke apart we were both panting and bright red.

"Wow" she said breathlessly.

"Yea," I agreed "Wow"

"So where does this leave us Harry?" she asked when she had got her breath back.

"I dunno really, I don't have a lot of experience in this sort of thing" I replied.

We both lapsed back into silence. Then I came to a decision. I removed my hands from her back and I felt her legs unclasp from mine. I took a step back and then took her hand. I raised it to my mouth and kissed it.

"Hermione, will you be my girlfriend?" I couldn't hide the hope in my voice or my eyes.

She replied with watery eyes and a huge smile

"Yes Harry I would love to" at this she got off the table and she hugged me and I pulled my arms around her and laid my head against her hair smelling the heady bouquet of this gorgeous creature in my arms. I could feel little jumps running through her body and I tilted her head up and saw the tears in her eyes, I also saw the happiness in them. I leant in and kissed her one more time. This one was short and soft and sweet as I tried to put all of the words I couldn't say into it.

"Come on, we're gonna be late for dinner" I said and we gathered up the rest of our things and walked out of the room and turned towards the great hall hand-in-hand.