Disclaimer: I own nothing...please don't sue me.
WARNINGS: Please see first chapter .
~~Chapter 4: Reunions~~
A loud banging on the compartment door, followed by Ron yelling loudly, awaked both.
"I'm going to open the door now guys, you better be fully clothed. I'm stepping inside now."
Both Harry and Hermione snickered as Ron walked in, one hand covering his eyes.
"I hope everyone's decent in here, I'm going to uncover my eyes now."
He slowly uncovered his eyes, warily peaking through his fingers, as if frightened of what he would see.
"Hey 'Mione," said Harry, "check out that huge spider over there!"
That did it; Ron was in motion in seconds.
"Spider! What spider? Where?"
Harry and Hermione broke down into gales of laughter.
"Chill, Ron, there's no spider, I got you to uncover your eyes and look around though."
Ron couldn't help but smile at that. Hermione jumped up and threw her arms around Ron.
"Oh, Ron, I'm so sorry! Can you forgive us?"
"Consider it done, just please pay attention to your surroundings from now on, I really don't want an encore performance."
"Amen to that my friend," said Harry, "hey Herm, you planning on letting go of him anytime soon, or should I be getting jealous?"
Hermione blushed and slowly pulled away from Ron. They spent the rest of the ride talking, and soon ambled on to the topic of the new DADA teacher.
"You mean you guys haven't heard yet? I though you would have been the first to know, Harry," said Ron, "You get the Daily Profit, don't you Herm?"
"Well, yeah, but I really haven't been concerned with reading it this summer," she replied sheepishly.
"Honestly! You guys really need to quit trying to locate each other's tonsils and join the real world for a while. Snape made a few 'accidental' modifications to the Wolfsbane potion and stumbled upon the cure for lycanthropy. Lupin's back!"
A whole ocean of emotions flowed through Harry, threatening to drown him in them. With Sirius gone, Lupin was the closest thing he had to family, and now he was back. Harry couldn't help but get the feeling that things were about to change drastically for him. When Sirius was in his life during his fifth year, he had taken on the role of father with Harry, which included disciplining Harry when he felt it necessary. Somehow, he knew Lupin would feel the same way.
"Earth to Harry, come in, Harry"
"Hmmm….?"
"You kinda spaced out on us there."
"Oh, did I? I'm sorry, I was just thinking."
"I'm surprised you haven't gone bounding out of her to find him by now."
"Well, it's been a long while since I have seen him, and it could be kind of awkward. I'll go see him later tonight."
"Are you okay, Harry," Hermione asked quietly, "you look a little pale there."
"Yeah, Yeah, I've fine, just a bit of a shock. I'm sure I'll be okay."
"You know, we really should be getting dressed in our robes, we'll be getting to the school soon."
Hermione gathered her roves and turned to leave, but Harry grabbed her by the arm and turned her to face him.
"What, no goodbye kiss?"
"Oh, Harry, I'm not sure that's such a good idea, I mean…"
"Hermione, Shut up!"
At this, Harry pressing his lips to hers effectively shut up Hermione. She tensed and started to resist, but soon she melted into his arms and allowed his tongue access to her mouth. Just as they both started to lose themselves in the kiss,
"Merlin, guys, give me a break, save it for her room tonight!"
Hermione giggled and scooted out of the room, narrowly missing a smack on the bum from Harry.
It wasn't long before they arrived at the school and proceeded to the Great Hall for the Welcoming Feast.
They sat through the standard announcements and sorting ceremonies, and Harry began to grow bored. He slid his hand under the table and placed it on Hermione's knee. After a few moments, he slowly began to slide his hand up her leg, under her skirt. He chuckled inwardly at the shocked look on Hermione's face. Her took his other hand and began to massage her neck and shoulders until he felt her relax. He knew Hermione loved the thrill of doing something when they had a high probability of getting caught.
His fingers drifted up and ghosted across the crotch of her panties. He began to toy with the edges of her panties, hesitant because they'd never been that far before.
He leaned over and whispered, "You okay, with this, love? I'll stop if you want me to." Her only response was to pull out her wand and whisper an incantation. Harry was shocked to find her panties had disappeared. He slipped his finger into her warm moist folds and smiled at the look of absolute rapture she was trying to hide. He gently slid one finger inside of her and began to slide it in and out. Just as he was beginning to slide in a second finger, Ron interrupted them.
"Guys! Aren't you going to eat? Food's here."
They both laughed as Harry reluctantly withdrew his hand from its ministrations and gave Hermione a chaste kiss on the lips before digging in. Other than a few comments from the student's, the rest of the feast went without event.