Hermione Granger's Secret Love

Chapter 1

The summer before there 4th year at Hogwarts saw a lot of changes in Hermione Granger true she had always had a small crush on one Harry Potter but in fact, her shyness had overcome her so many times that she would just bury the desire deep in her mind and she did this by staying ahead in all her classes. She was currently sleeping in her room when our story begins.

It was midnight on July 31, 1994, and as Hermione slept peacefully her alarm went off at its set time. She had secretly been practicing flying on a broom that her parents had bought her as a welcome home present so every night at midnight she would go out and practice flying. She did not have to worry about muggles seeing her because her family had moved to the country where she had a hundred-acre farm.

This was the year Hermione was most excited for because for the first time her younger sister Emily was turning 11 on September 1st would be joining her at Hogwarts. But for the first time, she wasn't worried about that because she was going to see Harry for the first time since school had let out. At the start of the summer Harry's Godfather, Sirius Black had been cleared of all charges and had been permitted to take Harry in as per his father's will.

Hermione had been floo calling Harry at least three times a week. She had also called Sirius to set up what she had planned for tonight. She was going to fly over to Harry's house as he and Sirius had moved to the country not but 30 miles down the dirt road. She knew that Harry would still be awake because he often stayed up practicing for quidditch this coming school year.

As Hermione got dressed in a pair of tight jeans, a pair of boots, and a crop top with a cute pink bra. She knew Harry had a lake on his property so she brought a pair of cut-off shorts with her in case they went swimming. His birthday present which she had bought months ago was a muggle picture frame that she had bewitched to transition between different moments that the owner placed in it from their memories.

When she had gotten dressed and packed her bag for the night she looked at her watch and realized it was 12:15 AM. She quickly got to the living room and wrote a quick note to her parents saying that she would be back around 9 PM that night. Her parents knew what she was doing but it was still the responsible thing to do. As she mounted her broom that she had carved into the side of a heart with the letters "HHM FOREVER" she smiled as she kicked off hard from the ground and headed west. It wasn't long before she saw the house she knew was Harry's. She quickly landed and hid her broom as she snuck out towards the back yard.

She found Harry exactly where she thought he would be flying from one end of the quidditch pitch to the other. She summoned her broom and raced off to join him. Harry, who had not yet seen Hermione, was shocked when he saw a mass of brown hair fly past him. As the mass slowed down he realized it was none other than Hermione. She came close to Harry and said, "Surprise, I wanted to make your birthday special but I didn't know how to do that so when my parents got me this broom I started practicing every night." "Hermione," Harry said, "this is truly wonderful, thank you, I've missed you especially you."

The two teens were both shocked by what Harry had just said. There was an awkward silence before Hermione spoke. "Harry, how about we go swimming in the moonlight?" "It is a nice night." Harry thought about it for a minute then said, "Sure thing Hermione, race you there." And with that he was off jumping on his broom he launched into the air only to find that Hermione was just as good of a flyer. They flew for about 5 minutes until they touched down by the lake.

"Oh harry, this is beautiful," said Hermione. She never realized that Harry had already changed and was waiting on her. When she slipped out of her jeans and into the shorts she had brought and pulled the shirt she was wearing over her head. Harry couldn't help but wonder how she had become so beautiful. He watched as Hermione walked to the beginning of the dock and suddenly took off in a full run and jumped into the water landing right next to Harry. As soon as she came up she swam closer to Harry not realizing how cold the water would be. "Oh Harry, you didn't tell me the water was freezing." "I wasn't expecting you to straight jump in." "Well, what did you expect?"

They spent the good part of two hours swimming in the lake before they grew too cold. Harry looked down at his watch and realized it was almost 3 AM. When he looked at Hermione he asked her if she wanted to come inside and warm up. As soon as she agreed the pair made their way up to the manor and headed to the guest room. Harry showed Hermione where she would be sleeping that night and showed her the bathroom. While Hermione was showering, Harry had her clothes cleaned and dried just right for her.

When Hermione was done she was surprised that her clothes were clean and warm. She tried to find Harry but there were so many rooms that she soon gave up and went to her room which she noticed had a new name plack on it saying H. Granger. She instantly looked to her right and saw the name, H. Potter. She went and knocked on the door, a little shy, and pushed the door open. Harry was asleep in his bed only wearing a pair of boxers. She saw this and immediately turned a deep shade of red as she tried to quietly slip out of the room until she looked back at Harry only to see his emerald green eyes connecting with her.

They stayed there for several minutes until Hermione broke the silence apologizing over and over again as she left the room and entered her own. She soon found herself asleep and dreaming about a tall green-eyed boy.

-dream-

Hermione walked down the stairs to the great hall hoping that she was the only one up until she saw Harry leaning up against the wall waiting on her. He comes up to her and professes his love for her. They passionately kiss for several minutes until they make their way up to Harry's rooms.

Hermione wakes with a big smile on her face having her favorite dream out of all of them. She gets up in only her underwear and grabs the white bathrobe and makes her way to the dining room. As she walks down the stairs she starts looking at the pictures on the walls she sees one of her and Harry's last Christmas of them exchanging gifts as they were the only students that had stayed at Hogwarts. Several of the teachers had stayed but Harry and Hermione spent the holiday together. They even danced in the snow on Christmas eve. They had gotten Hagrid to take their picture as he got ready. The last picture caught Hermione kissing Harry on the cheek. She had a copy of that picture on her bedside table back at home.

She reached the bottom step to find a note left for her and Harry from Sirius.

-Harry and Hermione-

I was unfortunately called away by Dumbeldor early this morning. I should be back by about noon so stay good and no funny business.

-Sirius-

Hermione was shocked she quickly checked the time and saw that it was only 7:30 AM. She figured she would go wake Harry up so they could spend the morning together. As she made her way up to his room she couldn't help but notice what seemed to be a broom closet with a dusty door. The name plack read James Lily Potter. She opened the door and was shocked to see that it is a beautiful room covered in Gryffindor colors.

She soon stepped out and continued down the hallway until she was standing outside Harry's door. She knocked on the door surprised to see it swing open slowly. She stepped in not noticing that her robe caught on the door and fell off her shoulders leaving her in only her underwear bottoms. She walked over to the bed only to find it empty but when she looked up and heard the shower turn off she looked at the reflection of her bare chest as she frantically looked for something to cover herself with. She found one of Harry's t-shirts and barely had time to slip it over her head as he walked in.

Harry unexpectedly came into his room covered in only a towel and suddenly saw Hermione and dropped the towel causing both the teens to blush furiously as Hermione turned away. Harry summoned a pair of jeans and slid them on. He let her know it was ok to look and slowly she turned around. She noticed that Harry had a great set of abbs and muscles in his upper body. She had to ignore her longing to walk over to harry and kiss him passionately and pour out her feelings to him. Instead, Harry asked her why she was wearing one of his old shirts. Hermione blushed and explained that her robe had fallen off without realizing and she panicked. Harry laughed and summoned the robe to his hand. Hermione was stunned at how calmly he was using magic outside of school. "Harry, how are you using magic outside of school without you being overage?" Harry answered, "It's a simple spell that removes the ministry tracker from your wand, I can do it for you." When Hermione nodded her head harry took her wand and muttered the words, salvery Augustus porris, and her wand glowed bright blue as the tracker faded away.

She was amazed and made a mental note to remember that one. She flicked her wand and the room was filled with glowing gold light. She was amazed as she felt something else. Her wand felt more powerful than before. She had not noticed that Harry had finished getting dressed and was walking out of the room. She thought that she should use what courage she had left and follow Harry. She needed to tell him how she felt. Harry was heading out the back door when Hermione was at the top of the stairs.

"HARRY!" She called. "Wait up, I have to tell you something." Harry stopped right in front of the door and watched as Hermione almost tripped over her feet running down the stairs. He had to catch her to keep her from hitting her head on the door. "Harry, I love you, I've loved you since I first laid eyes on you on the Hogwarts Express and I hope you feel the same way." "I LOVE YOU HARRY JAMES POTTER." Harry was generally surprised at her courage. It was true that he had loved her from the moment she started talking to him around Halloween of their first year but he had no idea that she felt this way.

Hermione was getting worried about his silence until he spoke, "Hermione Jean Granger I have loved you for a long time and I would have told you sooner. I Love You Too." Hermione was so overjoyed forgetting she was only in a t-shirt and underwear, she jumped up in his arms and kissed him passionately. Harry kissed her back and they stayed that way for several minutes until they had to break apart to catch their breaths. They checked the time and saw it was 9 AM so they decided to sit in the sitting room and watch a movie since the house Sirius and Harry were living in happened to have to work muggle devices. So they went to the movie rack and picked out a romantic movie and sat through the whole thing.

While the movie was going Hermione sunk into her deepest vault of courage and asked Harry something that had been on her mind for a while. "Harry, will you be my boyfriend?" Harry replied, "Only if you will be my Girlfriend." She squealed "yes!" "1000x yes." With that, she kissed him with all the love she could muster. They sat and finished the movie when they discovered they were fairly hungry so against Harry's wishes Hermione went into the kitchen and started making bacon and pancakes. When breakfast was served they sat down and enjoyed their first of many meals as a couple. At 10:30 Hermione went up the stairs to take a shower and find her clothes. As she left the kitchen she winked at Harry and jogged up the stairs with the shirt riding up her back.

She knew she was the only one in the upstairs portion of the house so she stopped by Harry's room and threw the shirt on his bed then went into her room and showered. While she was showering an owl arrived carrying two letters from Hogwarts. It was their letters giving the school books they needed and a letter from Dumbledore stating that Harry had been made quidditch captain and had full control over the team. The last part of the letter was a password for the Gryffindor Quidditch Dormitories.

It was after 11 when Hermione re-emerged from the beyond as Harry joked. He let her read the letter as he studied her outfit. She was wearing white heels, a pink skirt, and a tight red blouse. She had specifically picked this outfit because she knew Harry would like it. She even posed for Harry so he could get all the good angles. They were interrupted by the fire glowing green and their friend Ron Weasley's head appeared in the fire Hermione went to change as Harry answered the call. "Hey, Ron what's up?" "I just wanted to let you know that my family and I will be over around 5 Pm if that's alright." "Yea man that works Sirius is supposed to be taking me out for a birthday lunch anyway. Thanks for letting me know. See you later bye." "Bye Harry" As Ron's head disappeared Harry called for Hermione who had just gone into the other room while Harry called Ron. She was sweating like crazy because the blouse was squeezing the life out of her chest so with a soft kiss, she went to change. She found a pair of jeans and a pink tank top to put on. Before she put the tank top on she figured she put on her bra from the night before.

When she came downstairs she was shocked that Sirius was waiting on her. He was dressed in a pair of black pants and a button-down shirt with a suit jacket. Sirius had always liked Hermione and had a bet with Remus Lupin on when Harry and Hermione would get together because they saw the chemistry between the two teens.

As they walked outside Sirius called them over and they appeared in London for lunch which consisted of a steak for Sirius, a double burger for Harry, and a plate of wings for Hermione. They enjoyed the meal as they ate. Sirius asked them how the night went. He had been the one who had seen Hermione fly to the house and disabled the intruder wards long enough for her to cross the property line.

Harry suggested they head back to the house and get ready for the party when Hermione suggested they go walk around Diagon Alley while Sirius went to get the house ready. As the couple walked away Sirius knotted that they were holding hands and standing very close to each other. They made it a few blocks until they were standing right outside the Leaky Cauldron. They made their way to the bar and ordered two butterbeers and walked through the barrier to Diagon alley. The first thing they noticed was parents getting their children's school supplies as early as possible. Harry and Hermione snuck into quality quidditch supplies and started looking at racing brooms.

It was almost 4:30 when they left Diagon Alley with all their school stuff and a few extras. Harry had bought Hermione a short black dress that really showed her figure. She had bought him a set of green dress robes that brought out the color of his eyes.