
Chapter 3
Author's notes:
Hope you guys enjoy it! For this chapter and the next i am going to play around with the way i do a few things. So as this one is all from Hermiones POV the next one may be all Harry or a little Hermione and mostly Harry we will see. Keep the good comments coming you guys are helping me so much!
Hermione
The day was finally here, her first date with Harry was in less than an hour and she had been counting down every minute. The past few days for Hermione had been the longest in her life. She had spent the previous days in a constant state of stress, nervousness, and pure excitement. She had been writing her mother twice a day since Harry asked her asking for advice. And for the most part each one of her mother's letters seemed to calm her down a little bit. They all held the same kinds of theme in them of "Hermione he asked you on a date so just be you." However even with her mother's advice she was still nervous beyond reason.
She hadn't seen Harry or either one of his friends since that night in the great hall. Although from what she had heard from all her friends was that Krum had been to the cup room and entered his name. In fact Hermione had tried to avoid all human contact over the past few days. Her friends all new something was up with her, and she had been under a constant barrage of their questions ever since. Even the librarian Madame Prince had come to check up on her yesterday when she hadn't been to the library in a while. She had even forgot to her homework for transfiguration and McGonagall nearly had a stroke. She, Hermione Granger forgot school work. God she was a wreck!
As soon as she had woke up this morning she had begun to get ready, even though she knew she had plenty of time before the date. The first half of her day was spent putting on a fashion show for herself. Her mother had pulled through for her and literally bought Hermione a whole new wardrobe. She sent earrings, watches, bracelets, necklaces, hairbands, dresses, skirts, shirts, blouses, bras and panties (which mainly were all borderline lingerie), heels, slip-ons, sandals, and had even added a curling iron and a straightener. After she felt she had spent long enough deciding on what outfit she was going to wear, she moved on to doing her hair and makeup. She decided she would wear the outfit her mom had recommended. It was a white with gold trim tight fitted panel skirt.
The skirt stopped about 2 inches from her knees and her mom had been right; the white did make her legs look tanner. She had also decided on a pair of gold sandals that wrapped around her ankle in the back and matching gold watch, bracelet, necklace, and earrings to match. The easiest part of her day which she had planned on taking the longest originally was doing her hair. The day after Harry had asked her on a date she had skewered the library for a book that could help her with her hair. She had been slightly disappointed in herself after doing some research, that it never had dawned on her that just as a wizard or witch's magic courses through their every vein, that her hair would also hold magic properties. After she had found the book Taming the Bodies Magic she had felt like an idiot; her whole life since her eleventh birthday she had gotten one haircut. Her hair never grew, never got greasy, split, or any of the other problems her mother had with hers.
Once she had come to this realization and tried to use magic to tame her wild bush of a head she had practiced a few of the hairstyles she had seen in her mother's muggle magazines. For tonight she decided that would keep it simple and pulled it straight back from the front and top, and straight back from the sides. She used some magic to get it to look stylish and stick, and then in the back made an elegant bun keeping it held tight with a golden pin. As she looked at the clock feeling she finally was done with her outfit she saw that it was just about time to leave to meet Harry at Durmstrang's Ship. She grabbed one of the hand bags her mother had sent stuffed anything and everything she thought she would need inside of it, and finally for the first time walked in front of the mirror.
For a good ten seconds she honestly thought she was staring at someone else's reflection, and she serious considered checking the mirror for glamour charms. She looked, without trying to give herself and ego, fucking hot! For the first time in her life she felt attractive, her legs looked bronze and fit and the skirt showed them off nicely. She always knew she must have a decently big butt from having to always buy larger sized jeans to fit into, but the tight skirt made it look huge! Even her boobs which had never been as big as Luna's or other girls in her year looked so perky in the tight fabric. As she admired herself and tried some final self-physicking up for the date she saw in the reflection the door to the girls room open.
"HOLY FUCKING SHIT! WHO THE HELL ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HERMIONE GRANGER!" Parvati screamed. "WHEN BLOODY HELL DID YOU GET AN ASS AND TITS! Why are you so dressed up, and so beautiful? I knew you had a fucking date! Why didn't you tell me? Who is it with?" She continued to clamor on.
Hermione couldn't help but blush at the compliments. "I'm sorry, I really am Parvati, but yes I have a date, and it's in less than five minutes so I need to leave!" She said trying to walk past Parvati through the door. However she wouldn't let her pass though.
"Not gonna happen missy until you tell me who!"
"Fine!!! It's with a guy name Harry he asked me a few days ago, I'm extremely nervous and I don't want to be late! So please let me go!" She begged.
"There isn't a Harry in Hogwarts." She said thinking Hermione was lying then she could tell it clicked. "Oh my god! Hermione got asked out by a Durmstrang boy! Fine! I will let you go, yes you can't be late, but you have to tell me everything, I'll wait up, I want all the details when you get back no more secrets do I make myself clear?" She said with a stern face that would give Snape a run for his money.
"Yes yes! Just let me go or he's gonna think I ditched!" She said pushing her way past her friend and out through common room. Of course she would have to walk through the castle at the time when everyone's classes were done and everyone could see her. Even though she was walking almost in a jog through the castle's corridors she still could see almost everyone she passed stop and stare at her. By the time she made it to the front gate she had counted three whistles, two guys that ran into walls, and she had even passed Ron by himself on the stairs whom she overheard say "Holy shit" as he then proceeded to trip over himself and fall down the stairs. She guessed she could only take these things as compliments even if everyone was probably just surprised to see her in something other than jeans or her school robes.
She made her way across the grounds towards the lake and too the ship where she saw Harry standing on the deck talking to a few wizards she hadn't seen before. As soon as she was close enough to fully make out him she suddenly felt a lot less pretty. He looked... how to put it like a super... super model. His hair was sleeked back and parted like her mom's favorite muggle film star Leonardo Dicaprio did his. He was wearing a black long sleeve polo with these sleeves rolled up to just below his elbows. The polo was tight on him she could tell even from where she was standing showing off muscle definition. He had a bright silver watch on his right wrist that gleamed in the sunlight.
He had his pants tucked into some light brown khaki pants fastened with a black belt. He looked so hot, and so freaking handsome. She suddenly felt like he was way too out of his league and thought seriously that she needed to go back to her dorm. Just when she had convinced herself that it was for the best not to go through with this he turned towards her and waved! Oh my god here we go!
"Hermione! Hey one sec I'll be right there!" He yelled. He said bye to the people he was talking too jumped over the railing of the ship landing gracefully on the ground and made his way towards her. "Wow, Hermione you look..." He said with wide eyes when he made it to where she was standing. "I don't even think there is a word for how you look. Wow, I'm serious you look..." He continued to stammer making Hermione blush redder than all the Weasley's hair color combined.
"You ok over there?" She asked as he continued to stare out her mouth wide open.
"Haha sorry Hermione, you look absolutely beyond beautiful. I knew I was going out on a date with a hottie but damn. I'm going to have to think of some new words to give justice to how good you look."
"Oh stop it! You're just trying to butter me up, besides you look handsome yourself, and I guess maybe a little hot too." She said playfully.
"Well thank you mam, it's a good thing I didn't listen to Krum when he said I should wear my white skirt that woulda been awkward us wearing the same thing." He said giving her that wink she was so sure he had to practice in the mirror.
"Um yea that would have been, especially since we both know you would have pulled it off better than me."
"Hahaha, well of course, I mean duh. So shall we head off? I'm very excited" He said grabbing her arm and locking around his.
"Yea let's get going it's about a minute walk to the carriages and then a twenty minute carriage ride, and I want to give you the tour before it gets dark." She said after catching her breath for a minute when he had touched her arm. Who would have ever thought that some hottie from Durmstrang would be even within 100 feet of her let alone touching her? She began to lead him over to the carriages. "So how have you been enjoying Hogwarts so far?"
"I like it a lot actually. My godfather actually went to Hogwarts way back in the day, so basically my whole life he has been telling me all about Hogwarts, a little too much if I might say. So I came in with high expectations and for the most part they've been met so far. "
"Oh really? Well good! What house was your godfather in?"
"He was a Gryffindor, that's what you are in right?"
"That's so cool! Yea I'm a Gryffindor. What was your godfathers name if you don't mind me asking? I wonder if I've ever heard of him."
"Oh wow!" Harry said cutting her off, and letting go of her and walking up to the front of the carriages. "I've always read about Thestrals, but this is the first time I've seen one. We don't have them in Norway."
"Harry what are you talking about? What is a Thestral?" She asked upset with herself as always when someone knew something she didn't.
"Oh, so you can't see them huh?"
"Harry I can't see what? There is nothing here but the carriages."
"Thestrals are one of the most magical beasts known to date. They can only be seen by those who have seen death, so that's why you can't see them. They are very rare. Most people kill them if they see them out of fear and disgust, and most magical ministries forbid them to be owned or breed feeling that there dangerous."
"I always thought the carriages just pulled themselves, that Dumbledore had enchanted the wheels or something."
"Yea, it's amazing all the things magic can do it, and all the things its doing that we don't know." Harry said as he got into the carriage first and lifted her in. The wheels began moving and they headed off too Hogsmeade. Normally Hogwarts students were only allowed to go to Hogsmeade on weekend retreats every so often. But Dumbledore in honor of the tournament had said that each student would be allowed to go to and fro as long as they still followed all the school rules, and were back by curfew. "So where all are you going to take me today?"
"Well, the town isn't too big mainly just a bunch of shops so will walk by those and see if there is anything that catches your eye. There is also one of Britain's most haunted buildings a little outside the town called the shrieking shack. If you want I can show you that too. Other than that I guess I'll just play it by hear."
"Ooh the shrieking shack that sounds fun. Well you're in charge tour guide. So Miss Hermione tell me some things about yourself. Right now all I know is you go to Hogwarts, you're in Gryffindor, and your first name is Hermione. And that your Beautiful." He added the last part in and grabbed her hand as he said it causing her heart to skip a few beats, her skin to tingle, and her lips to let out a slight moan at the sensation of holding his hand.
"Well you already know all the good stuff" She joked, getting a giggle from him. "Well my full name is Hermione Jean Granger, I'm fifteen years old, in my fourth year at Hogwarts. And I don't know! I'm not very exciting!"
"Oh shut up, I'm sure you are. But fine ill make it easy on you and ask you a few questions."
"Sure I guess I can handle that."
"Ok, I'll start of easy I guess for you. When did you find out that you were a witch?"
"Umm well I'm muggle born so my parent's had no idea either. I guess officially when I got my letter from Hogwarts when I was eleven, but before that I always made weird stuff happen so I would say I knew I was "special" when I was nine I guess. How about you?"
"I knew since I was little I was raised in a magical family, although my godfather used to tell me that magic wasn't real and I was making things up as a joke so for a while there I thought I was crazy."
"That's so mean!"
"Yea, I got him back though. I used to read all of my parent's old books and found a transfiguration book when I was about eight that I really liked. So I learned how to do a few things from it, my favorite was turning his food into dog treats, he always got a kick out of that."
"Wow Harry that's really impressive, being able to transfigure something at eight years old, you must be quite the wizard."
"Duh!" He said laughing. "Nah just practiced a lot, and was always curious." They continued to chat like this discovering things about each other throughout the carriage ride until they arrived at the gates to Hogsmeade.
"Well were here!" She said as they got out of the carriage. "So I was thinking that I show you all the stores first what do you think?"
"Sounds good to me which is first up?" They walked down the main street through Hogsmeade, stopping at each store to look through the window. She was very happy when they walked by the quidditch store and he didn't seem to notice or want to go inside.
"Ooh Tomes and Scrolls mind if we go in, I love seeing different areas bookstores?" Was he asking her to go into a bookstore on a date? He might as well have proposed right then.
"Of course we can, this is my favorite store here!" She said excitedly.
"Really? I thought for sure a jokester like you would have liked that joke place a few stores back." He said playfully as the entered.
"Are you looking for anything in particular? I know this store like the back of my hand." She said kinda wishing she hadn't afterwards hoping that didn't make her sound lame.
"Nothing specific, just like to look around." They stayed in the bookstore for about an hour sharing conversation on different ones they had read, which was their favorites, the good ones, the bad ones, recommendations etc. Hermione was extremely impressed with how much Harry had read, he seemed to know anything about everything and might even give her a run for her money on number of books read. "Alright I've had enough nerdding for one night, let's go check out this shrieking shack then go grab a bite to eat and get those drinks. "
"Sounds good to me." She led him out the store and down the short path leading to the fence the towns people years before had put around the shacks property. "Well not much but this is it, the scariest building in Britain."
"Looks terrifying, have you ever been in it?"
"No, I'm not very superstitious but still, I'm not really one for scary things." They stood there leaning over the fence staring off at the shack for a few minutes. Harry instead of grabbing her hand this time had wrapped his arm around her waist as they stood there. Which drove her crazy, and made her feel like it was 100 degrees hotter outside.
"Thank you again for coming with me tonight Hermione, I'm glad you stopped yelling at me for a second to say yes." He said with that usual smirk and gave her a squeeze around the waist.
"Don't think I've forgiven you yet either for that! One date doesn't make us square." She said flirting back with him.
"Guess I'll have to take you on a few more than till I make it even. Alright come on I'm getting hungry lets go grab that dinner." He said over the dog that had begun howling off in the distance towards the shack. As Hermione led him away from the shack towards the three broomsticks she was ecstatic. Her face must have been so red, and she was smiling so hard it hurt. He said he would have to take her on more dates! That meant he liked or, or at least he was having fun! EEEK!
"Well here we are, the Three Broomsticks not much, but it's the only restaurant I've been to in Hogsmeade before."
"Looks good to me, though at this point as long as the foods edible I will be happy I'm so hungry!" The only booth that was open was in the far back corner so Harry said he would grab the seat while she was in the restroom. When she made it to the bathroom she ran as quick as she could to the mirror to make sure her makeup still looked good. She even pulled up her bra a little to make her boobs look a little bigger. She was so happy and the night still wasn't done! He was perfect, this day was perfect. After she had made sure all of her makeup was good enough she made her way to their booth.
Like the perfect gentleman he stood up when she arrived and let her sit down first and much to her surprise he sat down on the same side of the booth with her.
"Oh hey I found this while you were in the bathroom thought you might like it." He reached in his pocket pulling out something that was so small she couldn't tell what it was. Then all the sudden he made it expand. Suddenly what started out as something that could have been mistaken for flint turned into a book. She took it from his hands and looked at the cover. It was the Hogwarts: a History Complete Deluxe Founder's Edition with author commentary and an extra 200 pages of newly written material.
"What..... When.... How....?" She stuttered out. This was the greatest gift she had ever gotten. She had always wanted this book ever since it had come out three years ago. She had asked three years in a row for Christmas and for her birthday for her parents to get it for her. Both times she had been let down. It was so expensive, and he had bought it for her... on their first date. She didn't know what to think or say.
"Hahaha I'll take the loss of words as a good thing. Although the drool is a little much." She checked her mouth to make sure she wasn't drooling. "I'm joking, it's nothing big, you kept going on about how much you wanted it in back there in the store so this is my gift for all the drama I may have caused or in the future will cause you."
"Did you Mr. Harry just try to buy my forgiveness?"
"Uhhhhh nooooo.... Yes... maybe?"
"Well damn good job." She said and whether it was just out of pure joy from the book or whatever form of emotion she was feeling she wrapped her arms around him and gave him a hug. "Thank you so much you have no idea how perfect, and how much this means to me! Your kinda the best you know that?"
"That's what they all tell me." They sat there at the booth snacking for what seemed like days. He even made her try some butterbeers. He was so easy to talk too. Even with her friends she had never found it this easy to talk to someone. They never had an awkward pause, there was never nothing to talk about. He made her laugh more in there one date than she had her whole life combined. She was sure that she wouldn't be able to talk for a year as sore as her cheeks were getting from blushing and smiling. He was so perfect too. He was funny, handsome, smart, hot, laid-back, beautiful, and he even had a few tattoos on his arms and chest, that until then, she had had no idea turned her on. It wasn't until the bartender yelled last call that she for the first time looked at her watch.
"Oh my god Harry I'm so sorry, but it's almost two in the morning! We have to go back I'm already three hours past curfew!"
"Are you serious?" He said looking at his watch. "Wow time really went by fast. Hermione don't worry about the tab I'll get it my treat for you being the perfect date." He said as she had reached in her bag and pulled out some coins.
"Thank you Harry you're too sweet. But I am going to get detention for no less than three weeks for this. I'm so sorry for making you leave because of me."
"Hermione stop it!" He said still with that smile. "It's late and I've kept you out long enough for one night anyways. Besides whether you say yes or no were having another date very soon, I didn't get enough of you tonight." He said as he paid the tab and they left the Three Broomsticks.
"I guess I'd be okay for another date." Even though she was so so so excited about another date with him she had to force the smile. She was worried about getting in trouble.
"Hey don't worry, cheer up I can get you back to your dorm without getting caught so smile pretty lady."
"What? How? A week ago you couldn't even find the great hall, which is the biggest room in the school. Now all the sudden you know a way to get into the school unseen and all the way to my dorm unseen?"
"Well yea, haha. Let's just say someone told me about a few secret passages in Hogwarts. And besides I happen to be halfway decent with a few spells that will help us."
"You are just full of mystery Mr. Harry, what else are you hiding? What else am I going to find out soon? That you're really a dark wizard looking to kill someone at Hogwarts or something?"
"Nah but it does sound like you're talking about this guy Tom I know though."
"Oh shut up! Oh no! The Carriages are all gone! They must have all gone back to the school before curfew. This walk is going to take us at least an hour."
"I think I know a quicker way, here grab my hand." She did as he told her too and as soon as she grabbed his hand she felt as if her body and world was being pushed through a small tube. All of her vision previously was now just a blur and warped array of colors. Then before she could say Hippogriff they were standing outside of the gates to the Castle grounds were the carriages were.
"Did.... We just.... appereate?" She said so confused on what had just happened.
"Quite the observant which you are Hermione. Ten points to Gryffindor!" He said sarcastically.
"But how, it's impossible to appereate into Hogwarts, and apparition isn't taught until the sixth year!"
"First, I didn't appereate into Hogwarts were still outside the grounds just barely though. Second, we don't have the same laws of appereation that Britain does. In Norway whenever your magic allows you to do it fully, and you pass a test without splinching you're good to go." He continued to push the limits of how much she thought she could be amazed.
"Ok well master wizard Harry, you're in charge now how do we get back without getting caught."
"Follow me!" He grabbed and led her by the arm silently casting some spells she couldn't quite make out. He could even silently cast spells! Jesus he was good at magic. He led her quietly to the bottom of the astronomy tower and cast a few more spells silently. When they made it to the base of the tower he looked around for a second then pushed on a few bricks revealing a gap in the wall.
"How did you..."
"Shh later." He resealed the wall behind them cast a few more spells to himself and then told her to lead the way to her common room. After taking a good fifteen minutes extra than it would have taken her normally to get to her common room from the astronomy tower, due them walking slowly they finally made it. "Told you." He said with an accomplished grin.
"Yea Yea good job." She said sarcastically trying not to add anything to his already huge ego. "Well I guess this is goodbye and goodnight." She whispered. "Thank you so much for everything Harry tonight was perfect, and thank you again for the book, although now I think I owe you."
"I'm glad you had fun. It was one of the best nights I've ever had too. And no were even now no more debts between us, we are even!" There was a brief silence as they just stared into each other's eyes. "Thank you again Hermione, I hope I told you enough how perfectly beautiful you looked tonight, and how anxious I already am for the next date." And with that he grabbed her by her waste unexpectedly causing her to give out a small squeak and pulled her right up against him and brought his lips down to hers. He was kissing her! As his lips touched hers he pulled her tighter causing all the air she had built up to escape, leaving her breathless. His lips were moist and a little rough were she could feel each part of them touching hers. She was in heaven. Just when she decided she never wanted to stop kissing him he pulled away and by the time she opened her eyes he was gone.
All that was left where he was standing was a single flower enchanted so it was hovering two feet off the ground. God he was good, too good at this. She made a note to never tell him that though, as she grabbed the flower. It was a beautiful purple type of lily she had never seen before. She had told him earlier lilies were her favorite flower and later that purple was her favorite color. She was smiling ear to ear as she silently told the password to the fat lady and casting a muffliato on herself made her way back to the girl's dorm rooms. Luckily for her Parvati and the rest of the girls were already asleep.
She quickly got into her bed not even bothering to undress. She immediately pulled the curtains around her bed shut cast a muffliato charm on them and screamed ecstatically into her pillow. This had been the greatest night of her life, and he had said he had fun, and wanted to have another date! He had bought her an amazing gift, the best she had ever gotten, he had bought her dinner and drinks, he had given her a flower! Most of all though, he had held her and kissed her. She laid there the rest of the night completely wide awake just holding the flower in her hands smiling, and reflecting on their date. She had never felt like this before, things had never been so perfect. Finally around five in the morning she fell asleep with the lily in her hand, a smile on her face, and with lips still tingling.