Chocolate Frog Card: (Bronze) Elladora Black: Prompts: gift, whirlwind, mother, tray

Gringotts: Hermione/Terrence [Hermione - Pairings]

Ultimate Hermione Pairing Challenge: Hermione/Terrence Higgs

February Event: 8. Meeting the parents (Action) [15 points]

Word Count: 480

"Hermione, would you stop?" Terrence asked, his hands resting on her shoulders. "They're going to love you."

"But how do you know that?" she asked, her whole body jittering. "They might hate me."

"They can't hate you," he chuckled. "They'll love you almost as much as I do, now will you calm down, please?" Hermione sighed and nodded and Terrence smiled, immediately knocking on the door before her nerves could talk her out of it.

"Master Terrence!" a squeaky voice exclaimed and Hermione turned her attention from her boyfriend to the well dressed house elf that was standing in the doorway.

"Master Terrence has brought a girl home!"

The house elf immediately grabbed Hermione's hands and dragged her into the building, pulling her down into a crouch so she could grab onto her cheeks and look at her closely.

"Sally approves, Master Terrence," Sally said, causing Hermione to blink in shock and Terrence to chuckle.

"I'm glad, Sally," he replied. "But I believe my parents are expecting us?"

Sally immediately let go of Hermione and started shuffling the young couple into the nearest room where Terrence's parents were both sitting. Once they both saw them, they rose from their seats and Hermione gulped, nerves wracking her again.

"Mother, Father, this is Hermione," Terrence introduced. Hermione stood nervously by Terrence's side, her hand searching out his for comfort. He squeezed it back gently, knowing that was what she needed.

"Oh, Terrence," his Mother sighed, her hands clapping together gently. "She's beautiful."

Hermione blushed, her head bowing nervously.

"She is, isn't she?" Terrence agreed, removing his hand from hers to wrap around her shoulder and pull her in for a hug. "She's a gift, a treasure. And she's mine."

They smiled lovingly at each other and Terrence's Father chuckled.

"I haven't seen him like this since he realised he could eat whatever he liked at Hogwarts."

Hermione chuckled, watching Terrence look bashful and roll his eyes.

"Master Terrence, why is Missy Hermione still standing?" Sally reprimanded. She placed the tray of drinks onto the table and immediately dragged the young witch to the nearest seat, helping her sit comfortably before giving her a cup of tea.

"What about me, Sally?" Terrence asked, amused. "Don't I get a helping hand to sit down?"

Sally glared at the young wizard and promptly left the small gathering.

"She's not like other house elves," Hermione commented, taking a sip of her drink which was made perfectly to her tastes. "I've never met one with such authority."

"That's our Sally," Terrence's Mother chuckled. "She used to be a calm, typical house elf but then Terrence was born and she changed. She was suddenly a whirlwind of authority and attitude and we love her even more for it."

"But enough of Sally," Terrence's Father interjected. "We'd love to know more about the girl who won our Terrence's heart."