Keep It Secret
Her eyes were unfocused as she stared at him, her mind no longer paying attention to the world around her.
"Hermione?" He asked, but he knew that it was no use.
She was walking very fast, her hair was flying behind her she made her way to the small room off the hall. It was hidden, it was secret, it was safe. She pulled out her time turner – the one she had secretly kept from her third year – and spun it a few times. The world around her felt strange, but as she watched a small spider unspin his web, she knew it was working.
They had to be secret, they had to be careful. If had been Hermione's idea to involve the time-turner. She walked swiftly, knowing that if anyone caught her, they would think she was heading back to class after a toilet break. She waited in their meeting spot, her heart beating fast, as it did every time they met. His voice came from behind her and made her insides squirm.
"Today I had a thought. What if...what if I had never met you?" His hand was on her hip as she turned, her eyes looking straight into his.
"How boring that life would be," she said, moving to her toes and pressing a strong kiss to his lips. She felt him smile against her skin and their arms tightened around each other. She held onto him like the floor would fall out from under her if she let go. She remembered the first time they had kissed; just after he survived the Triwizard tournament, and now – two years later, nothing ever felt as right, but it was still taboo; a student and an apprentice teacher – no one could ever know.
"Cedric," she said softly and he seemed to understand what she was about to say.
"I know."
They had never been caught, as she always seemed to be in two places at once.
"What did you just say?" She breathed, her eyes watering slightly.
"Cedric Diggory, he died this morning; Death Eater attack on his home."
Hermione had never felt as empty as she did just then.
"Cedric…"
"I know…"
The Keeper of the Keys -Chapter Challenge
"Today I had a thought. What if...what if I had never met you?" - Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City
The next two Chapters - Diagon Alley, and The Journey From Platform Nine and Three Quarters - Can be found elsewhere (Granger Danger - Shopping) and (Motherly Advice). Thanks xx