Hi everybody! So I'm sorry about how long it's taken to get another chapter out-things got in the way unfortunately!
Now this is not my favorite chapter, but it's been sitting on my jump drive for so long that if I don't get it actually titled and up I fear it'll drive me insane. _
Due to how...not my favorite this is, and how it's really just mentioning something Muggle without what I would count as a Muggle Moment... I have decided that I will do a separate one for an iPod, and a separate one for cooking a home cooked meal-Muggle style. Plus, I have a suggested idea to do-the first one I have received, and I thank you very much for that, XoxMountainGirlxoX ! And if anyone else wants to suggest anything, please, do so! :)
Now, I do want to address something before I quit talking and let you all get to reading. There was a guest reviewer who asked if I would write H/Hr Romance Muggle Moments. Now, I don't mean to be rude to whoever said it, but:
I will never write Harmony. I do not like it, I never will. I do not see these two as anything more than best friends that are like siblings.
I can honestly say I have tried to read that ship, but I don't like it. So I'm sorry Guest but I won't do it. That said...
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter!
"Harry have you seen my purse? I can't seem to find it anywhere." Hermione called, digging through her closet.
"Uh, no?" she could hear his footsteps draw closer to her room, and soon was able to sense him standing behind her. "Wow. Your closets a mess." he remarked.
Hermione groaned. "I know. I think it ate my purse." she sighed, throwing the shoe in her hand back in the closet. Groaning again she let herself fall back on her butt, running her hands over her face and through her hair.
"Why do you need your purse so badly?" Harry asked her, leaning over her sitting form as he peered into her closet.
"It has my iPod in it."
"Oh. You're working out later?" he asked.
"Yes. And I am not going if I can't find it. It's my mood setter." she explained, looking up at him.
"I'll help you look." Harry said, sitting down beside her on her closet floor.
"Thanks," she said flashing him a smile before crawling deeper into her closet.
"This is impossible. We're never going to find it." Hermione said an hour later, looking with distaste at the state of her closet.
"I have to agree with you." Harry said, throwing one of her bags that he still held in his hands back onto the floor. "I guess you're just not going to go, then." He stated, standing up from his perch in her door frame. He stepped one foot into an open space between piles of purses and reached a hand out to help Hermione up.
"I guess so." She sighed grabbing onto his. He pulled her up, holding onto her hand as he watched her navigate her way through the piles of purses and shoes that had ended up scattered throughout her closet. They let go once they were both out, going to sit down on her bed. Hermione threw herself back and groaned. "I can't believe that I lost it. Again."
"You do lose it a lot." Harry remarked, turning so he could face her.
"I know, and I don't know why. It's the only thing that I lose repeatedly."
"It's really the only thing?" he asked, an eyebrow rising in skepticism.
"Ok, maybe I do lose other things. Repeatedly. But not nearly as often as I do that." She mumbled, making him laugh. Hermione made a face and poked him in the side. Harry grinned down at her, reaching out and poking her back. Hermione squealed and moved a hand down and pushed his finger away.
"Ticklish, Hermione?" Harry asked.
"No." she said, sitting up and quickly moving out of his reach. "I am hungry, though." She added and made Harry laugh again.
"Don't worry, I'll keep that in mind." He said, and Hermione knew that he meant the discovery of her ticklish spot and not her hunger. "What sounds good to you?" he asked as he passed, smirking when she covered her side as he did.
"Anything, as long as it's not your chicken and rice. How you managed to make such a simple meal taste so bad I'll never figure out." She remarked as she passed by him and preceded him to the kitchen.
"Hey! It was not that bad!" Harry exclaimed, following behind her.
Hermione laughed. "It was that bad, Harry. Crookshanks wouldn't eat it! Or Pig!"
"It was not that bad." Harry grumbled, frowning.
"Harry, dear, it really was." She said, patting his cheek with a small chuckle when he pouted. "Don't worry, I'll teach you how to do it right." She said, laughing when he stuck his tongue out at her. "Help me get everything together, will you?"
"Sure," he said, grabbing all the ingredients that they would need to cook the meal. "Do we have enough to feed the four of us?" he asked. Hermione straightened from her crouch in front of the pots and pans cabinet, looking over to where he had everything ready.
"Yes, there may even be enough for left overs." She set the pan on the stove, walking over to where he had everything ready.
"I think they said around six-ish." Harry looked up and over at the kitchen clock, noting that it was four o'clock. "We still have a couple hours,"
"That's good; it may take us a few hours to cook this." Hermione said, defrosting the chicken.
"Why?" he asked, handing her the rice.
"Because I'm going to be teaching you so it will take us a bit longer." She explained, setting the rice on the counter by the stove and opening.
"Oh. Ok." He moved to stand next to her, listening intently as she explained what she was doing, and why.
Two hours later they were finished preparing the meal, and had it cooling on the counter while they set the table. Hermione was laughing over something Harry had said when they heart the fireplace roar to life, accompanied by Ron and Ginny's voices a few minutes later. They were setting the food on the table when they passed by them, dragging Ron's suitcases behind them.
"You don't really believe that, do you? He was just messing with you," Ginny's voice could be heard clearly from Ron's room, his a second later.
"Yeah, I know. I would say something, but..." he trailed off, a loud bang following his words.
Ginny sighed. "Yeah, that's how I feel about it, too." another bang was heard. "Just try not to be so gullible, I guess."
"If I'm not he thinks he's lost his touch. Rather he be this than second guessing himself." he remarked, one last bang sounding.
"That's...rather mature of you." Ginny said, speaking what they were all subconsciously thinking.
"It does happen, you know. No need to be so surprised." Ron said, reaching behind him and ruffling her hair as they entered the kitchen. Ginny grumbled, smoothing her hair with a frown as she followed along behind him.
"Hello, you two." Hermione said, drawing their attention to where she and Harry stood at the head of the table.
"Hermione!" Ron sped up his pace, wrapping his arms around her in a hug that lifted her up off of the floor. Hermione wrapped her arms around him with a laugh that was cut short when he kissed her, unknowingly holding her closer to himself. "Hi," he smiled.
"Hey," she smiled softly, reaching a hand up and running it through his hair. "Did you have a good time?"
"Yeah, it was nice to spend time with the family." he leaned in and nuzzled her neck, knowing she wouldn't take that statement wrong. "I missed you, though. A week is a long time to be without you." he muttered against her neck, kissing her softly on the underside of her jaw.
Hermione felt a warm rush of...something run through her at those words, and placed her hands on Ron's cheeks, bringing his face up and kissing him fiercely. "I missed you too." she admitted. Ron grinned and went to kiss her again when they were interrupted by the clearing of a throat. They turned their heads in the direction of the noise and noticed that the couple had already said their goodbyes and were waiting, impatiently on Ginny's part, for them to finish theirs.
"Are you two done being gushy now?" she asked. Hermione laughed and nodded, releasing Ron's face from her hold. He set her back down, letting go and stepping back just in time to miss being tackled by his sister, who had knocked Hermione back into the counter with the force of her hug. Their laughter rang throughout the room, bringing smiles onto the faces of their men.
"Did you two make dinner?" Ron asked, once he and Harry had said their hellos.
"Yeah, I taught Harry the proper way to make chicken and rice." Hermione said, setting out glasses of Butterbeer for them all before she sat down.
"Oh, good; it was really bad when he made it." Ginny said, sitting down and missing the look that came onto Harry's face. Ron caught it and chocked on his laughter as he sat down alongside her.
"It really was." He agreed, making himself a plate of food.
"Ok, I get it, it was bad. Geez is it pick on Harry's food day?" he grumbled, sitting down to the laughter of his friends. A small grin made its way onto his face at the banter being shared around the table, hiding it behind his hands as he defended his cooking. Glancing around the table, Harry could not help but enjoy the fact that Hermione had been unable to find her iPod. Such a good day had come out of it.
So there it was! I'm working on another I have up right now-it's labeled 'Disney' on Alfred (my flash drive) so that should give you a clue as to what that chapter will be about! ^_^
Also, if you have read Our Secret, that's going to be one of the many things up and worked on tonight!
And, this marks 3/24 on my list! Man, I REALLY need to get cracking on that list...which, is what I will be doing tonight! Wish me luck, yeah? :)
Thank you for reading, and I really do hope you review! ^^
Oh, and before I forget! (because I did until over an hour after I posted this..whoops. =_=; ) I made a twitter account for my fanfiction account. So that way if any of my readers have one they can follow and see my progress on things. I don't want to get anyone's hopes up with fake chapters that are just notes, you know? And I'll make sure to update my twitter regularly enough that everyone will know my progress and if something will be finished soon and so on and so forth. Cool?
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Again, thank you for reading and I hope you review! And sorry for the long ANs on this!