I am dreaming. I MUST be dreaming. I say to myself over and over. You are going to wake up soon- in your bed, at your house, with the cat sitting on your feet and wanting her breakfast. I close my eyes and try to fall back asleep so that I will wake up soon. Leaning against the couch- forcing myself to take deep breathes.
Harry is next to me on the couch, staring at a book- flipping furiously through it. I can hear the pages making a creaking/crunching sound and the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. I have the same reaction when someone starts crunching chips/pretzels or some other food item in my ear. I think there is an actual medical affliction that people have where they want to KILL someone for eating chips. My ex-husband, James, could fucking CRUNCH eating a banana! No joke! Don't ask me how someone can crunch while eating a mushy semi-solid food like a banana but he could! Before you even ask me, NO! That is NOT why we're divorced! Long story short: he decided he did not want to be married one day and moved to Wisconsin. His best friends live out there, and my former girlfriend is there.
Finally, I cannot TAKE the damn crinkling anymore. I GRAB the book away from him and carefully place it on my lap. He looks up at me surprised, his mouth hanging open in shock.
"Be careful with that!! "I whisper to Harry, full of irritated anger. "This book looks like its OVER 100 years old, you CANNOT flip through it like that. The paper is too thick and it will not bend correctly, in fact- the pages will actually SNAP! Not like todays books that are treated with special chemicals to make sure that-"I stop talking and I feel my cheeks turn hot with a blush at being caught in my nerd like state, but I look over at the warm smile on Hermione's face. She is leaning against the door frame, her hair loose around her face. Smiling, she walks over to us and puts her hand out.
"Hello, I am Hermione" she says, her warm, chocolate brown eyes are beautiful- they crinkle in the corner as a genuine smile came across her face. They are brown and I've never thought that brown eyes could be sexy but here had little flecks of gold in them, making them appear to sparkle. She was a very beautiful lady, petite body but her breasts were perky and full, I looked her over approvingly. I was not afraid to admit I was bisexual, and she was SEXY AS HELL; however, I have a rule and I do not get involved with brothers and sisters, WHICH is just too weird to have them see each other naked. So, I immediately tabled that emotion but, before I did that, I licked my lips and winked at her causing a blush to spread over her cheeks. Harry is watching us with his mouth hanging slightly open and he smirked and let out a little snort at her blush. She looked over at Harry under her lashes and hissed at him to be quiet. I realize that her hand is extended out at me waiting for me to shake it.
I eye her hand like it's a snake, having had ALL my problems beginning when I shook Harry's hand and a blue LIGHTENING BOLT came out of it.
"What's wrong? "She said, her brow creasing, and she looks down at her hand, turning it over as if looking for something that I see and she does not. She seems genuinely confused and I can see she is trying to solve this riddle that I have seemed to have brought on her.
I decide honesty is the best policy here, seeing that she is most likely some kind of Wizard or Witch and can turn me into a GOAT or something, oh shit!! I just thought of something! How should I know if she doesn't have like a built in lie detector intuition or something.
I say, "It is not anything you did Hermione but I am hesitant to shake your hand, when I touched Harrys earlier today- a weird thing happened. I turned my head, looking at Harry, who was staring at me with a small smile on his face, I took that a encouragement to keep going. "Harry, what happened before? When we touched hands?"
"Yeah Harry, WHAT HAPPENED" she demanded, with a no-nonsense kind of order to him. Her eyes boring into his, seeming to glow with a golden power as she looked at him and then she turned to me. I felt the air in the room shift, like it was tingling on my skin but not like a breeze, like electricity was tingling over my skin. She looked at me and I felt a strange sensation of something I could not recognize. Staring right into my eyes, I met her gaze unflinchingly not wanting to show fear, with sweat LITERALLY dripping down my back at the sight at the strength of her power. Her eyes were chocolate brown pools of lava and they seemed to go on forever, like you could get lost in them-like a cool blue lake that you wanted to jump into and float on forever. I sighed a little bit, wishing I was floating contently in my grandpas pool with my cousins around, eating and laughing.l
All of a sudden, it felt a weird tingling sensation on the back of my neck and my head started to pound, with a smaller pressure like before. I was scared and getting ready to panic but I forced it down, and thought about Harry! I HELPED Harry before! I needed to stay focused now!
The sensation was like an intruder was trying to get at me and ALL the hairs on the back of my neck started to stand up, my senses SCREAMING at me but I was not sure what was wrong. I stiffened, took a deep breath – closed my eyes and PUSHED with all my might- like I did at the bar, bearing down shit-like. Suddenly, Hermione made an "EEP" sound and flew across the room, over the couch -catching herself on the arm of the recliner and looked up at me surprised, but with a BIG smile on her face. "Well done" She said- smiling with pride at me. I was SO fucking confused and angry!
"WHAT THE HELL?" Harry yelled?!! Looking from her to me, trying to figure out what had just happened, leaning over me as I sit there shaking, glaring up at Hermione. I crossed my arms over my chest and felt the panic start to set in. In and out, I tell myself. Breathe in and out. I am very angry. ENRAGED, actually. My face is red and I am looking around the room, trying to figure out how to get the fuck out of here. I see a front door behind Hermione and begin to inch towards it.
"She, she" I sputtered, trying to make sense of things, "she DID something" I whisper to Harry, imploring him to believe me, understanding how utterly stupid I sounded . "I don't know what is going on. Its like at the bar, I could feel something in my head, so I pushed back and she fell. Please Harry, please believe me. I am NOT crazy". "I know she's your sister but something HAPPENED!" He wraps his arms around me, rubbing my back once again and says, "You're okay" to me again. While he rubs my back, he pulls me close to his side and holds tight.
He looks at Hermionie, and says, "WHAT the bloody FUCK did you do Hermione" and he is speaking very calmly but his voice is the most terrifying thing I've ever heard, like a dangerous growl. It's is eyes though that I'm mesmerized by, they are glowing! Like ACTUALLY GLOWING with green light! He glances down moo at me and smiles softly, placing a small chaste kiss on the top of my head before he returns his gaze to Hermione and he shifts into this angry, powerful low threatening voice.
Hermionie does not seem afraid or concerned as she gets up off the floor, "I apologize Krissie," she says, turning to Harry, "Harrrrrrry! Please, calm down!! I was just testing a theory" she explained, " and she NAILED it!" She smiled at me so proudly that I was confused.
Harry and I both are looking at her like she's growing horns out of her head, "what theory?" Harry says.
Hermione smiles and points at me and then to Harry, and smashes her hands together like she is praying. "OH!!"She says, this is WONERFUL!!" I've read about them of course but I've never seen one, and I am so honored it's with my brother-"she gets up and starts searching through books, running around the room.
I am so beyond confused, she whips out a book, points to a passage and says, "SEE! Right there!" I look at the book hesitantly, and read the golden words
"SOUL BONDS"
I look at Harry shocked!!
"Harry," Hermione says casually, "can you please take Krissie's left hand and kiss her knuckles?" He looks at me questionably and then back to Hermione and says, "Do what now? FUCK Hermione!! What is this going to do? Why were you using Legitimacy on Krissie without her permission and how are--"
"Just DO it Harry!!!" She interrupts, "OH! And make sure you get down on one knee". She has a bright beaming smile on her face.
I am so damn confused!! I watch as Harry slides down onto his right knee and he holds out his right hand and smiles at me softly but then he kind of shrugs his shoulders too, like he doesn't know WHAT is going on! I look over at Hermione, who is almost bursting off the seat she is so excited! She is bouncing up and down as she waits to see what is going on.
He is still holding out his right hand at me, I place my left hand inside his and I'm FLOODED with warmth throughout my body. He looks over at Hermione and she smiles and waves her hand in circles like saying "go on, go on" so he takes a deep breath- bends down, and kisses my knuckles!
BOOM!!!! Windows are blasted out, pouring glass everywhere! I hear footsteps from above running downstairs towards us. Power FLOODS the room and it's like we are all in a vacuum! It's like a wave knocks everything down, flooding the room with dim white light, Then, as quickly as it happens, it's gone! Windows are repaired as the wave recedes back to me and Hermione is smiling triumphantly, looking at Harry and I and clapping excitedly!
Kids voices are yelling with fright.
DAD!!! AUNTY MI!!
MUM!! UNCLE HARRY!!" Several voices are yelling at the same time and getting louder and louder!
"Qqqqqquuuuiiiieeetttttt!!" Hermione tells. "We are ALL fine!! Uncle Harry is FINE!! As a matter of fact, you all need to come and meet Uncle Harry's new wife, Krissie"
Commotion ensues from ALL seven of us!! Not Hermione of course.
"Wife?!" I ask and Hermione smiles and says, "Yes, look down at your hand".
I look down and on my left ring finger, the one Harry kissed was a LARGE, SQUARE CUT DIAMOND ring! "Oh GAWD! It's beautiful" I say, "but this cannot be real!"
I look over at Harry with a hopeful smile and he just lifts his left hand and I see a dark platinum ring with several diamonds that are the same cut as mine but smaller size encompassing the entire ring.
I look at his beautiful green eyes, look over at Harmonies happy golden chocolate eyes, and feel my eyes roll backward, just as I say "Harry...I think I'm gonna pass--" and faint dead away!
Darkness overwhelms me!! Then silence!