Through Hermiones Eyes

"Harry!" an excited voice cried out across the platform. it was hermione. she had been living with her aunt and uncle in australia for the summer. her tan shone in the dull light of the platform. she had grown over the holidays and had filled out in a womanly way. her brown eyes shone with excitement as she ran to greet her two best friends. "Harry, Ron, How are you. It's been so long. I missed you both." Harry and Ron stared at her for a moment before smiling. "Yeah, It has." ron started. "And now were going back to school for the last time." ron had also changed over the summer break. he wore his hair spiked and he had grown a lot. harry and ron had whittled the summer away by playing qudditch and it had obviously paid off for both of them. "Come on, the train's about to leave." harry said urging them towards the door. It didn't take long for the three friends to find a compartment. Ron and Harry told Hermione all about their summer and about how Harry had broken up with Sarah. Sarah was Sirius' brother (Orion's) daughter. They had started dating last summer when Harry spent time at Sirius' House. It had taken a year of court trials until Sirius was finally cleared of all the charges against him and was now legally Harry's guardian. He's single again. Hermione could hardly contain her excitement. Thankfully the lady with the trolley knocked on the door of the compartment. After a few minutes scrambling for money the three friends began to wolf down their Bertie botts every flavor beans and chocolate frogs. Hermione studied Harry's body beneath his t-shirt. He'd had a growth spurt over the summer break and was taller than her by a foot. His chest and shoulders were broad and defined. His stomach was flat but rippling with muscles. His hair was wild and unkempt. "Hermione?" The question jolted her from her reverie. Harry and Ron were staring at her. "are you ok?" "yeah I'm fine." she replied. "Just excited and a little tired." Harry looked at her with concerned eyes, why am I shivering? She thought. At that moment the train started to slow down. Quickly one by one they changed into their robes. And descended from the train. As the group made their way to the carriages Hermione couldn't stop thinking about Harry. For the past 6 years she had liked him from afar. She never felt good enough for him. After all he was Harry Potter savior of the world and she was just a simple mudblood. How could he ever like her? She wondered. The carriage ride was quick and before long she was on the steps leading into the great hall. The great hall was decorated with floating candles and everyone sat at their house tables waiting for the sorting ceremony to begin. Professors Dubledore and Magonigal were seated at the head table along with Snape, Lupin, Black and Hagrid. Remus was given his position back as long as he stayed medicated and Sirius was to take over when he was ill. Harry glanced cross at the slytherin table. There creating his usual ruckus sat Draco Malfoy with his cronies Crabb and Goyle on either side. For once they weren't talking about Harry. It seemed that Dracos' Mother had left his father after many long years of marriage. The nervous first years shuffled into the room and the ceremony began. When it was over Dumbledore rose to make the announcements. "As always the forbidden forest it off limits to all students. Also there will be a Ball at Halloween and another just before Christmas for students in year 5 and up. That is all dig in." With a wave of his hand the tables came alive with hot rich food and icy cold pumpkin juice. During the meal many students came over and congratulated Harry and Hermione on getting the head boy and head girl positions. On the way back to the Gryffindor tower professor Lupin fell into step beside them. "So Ron, I guess it will be weird not having Harry in the room tonight. "at hogwarts the head boy and head girl had their own rooms with a small lounge room dividing them "I hadn't thought of that professor. I guess it will be pretty quiet in the room now Harry's snoring has gone." ron joked. professor lupin chuckled, and walked away. When they got to the portrait Harry and Hermione rushed up the stairs to the top floor where their rooms were. The lounge room was cozy and warm with a huge fire roaring on the far side. In the middle of the room was a dark dusty blue 3 seater couch. on the floor was a rich red rug. There was a table to the right hand side next to a door with Harry's name on it On the left was a large bookshelf filled with dusty old texts and Hermione's door. "Nice, I'm going to check out my room." hermione said suddenly afraid to be alone with harry. it wasn't that she was worried about what he'd do to her but more about what she'd do to him. already her hormones were kicking in and she could feel the colour rising in her cheeks. inside her room there was a huge queen size bed with a royal purple bed spread and curtains. she had a large bay window to her left overlooking the qudditch pitch and hagrids hut. on her right was a door leading into her wardrobe and further into her very own bathroom. the tub was huge just like the prefects bathroom with a multitude of taps. it was then that she noticed a wardrobe at the other end of the tub. i have to share this with harry. the thought struck her quickly and a fire of excitement burned under her skin. slowly she walked back into her room and began to put her clothes away. Harry walked into his room. It wasn't anything special. There was a king size bed with dark green linen and curtains. It also had a wardrobe and a window. As he started to put his stuff into the wardrobe he spied the bathroom beyond. Curious he walked around the bath past the two sinks and into harmonies wardrobe. He knocked on her wardrobe door and entered her room. She was lying across her bed asleep. He chuckled, she looked so cute. Harry had often wondered about Hermione. His feelings for her were changing he knew it. Over the summer he couldn't get her out of his head. Late at night he would dream about her, often waking up in a sweat. To top it all off when they met at platform 9 and 3/4 he could feel himself getting aroused at the site of her. Quietly he slipped back into the bathroom and resumed filling his wardrobe. Hermione lay in her bed. The moonlight shimmered into her room. It wasn't long before she drifted off to sleep. She sensed Harry standing over her bed. The moonlight illuminated her tangled curls and bathed her face in a silver glow. Her lips were a deep maroon in contrast to her alabaster skin. He reached out and traced his finger along her chin. She awoke. Her deep brown eyes smiled up at him and he sunk down onto her bed. As he smiled back at her his emerald eyes sparkled. As the space between them lessened, Hermione took a slight breath and parted her lips to accept his… Hermione woke the next morning with a smile on her face. The dream faded back into her mind and slowly she got ready for school. Just as she finished pulling her hair back there was a knock at the door. Answering it she saw Harry dressed in his robes with a stack of papers in his hand. "Hi" she said "Hi, These are our schedules for this year." he said handing her a copy "Potions with the Slytherins again! "hermione cried. "This is ridiculous. It's our last year and we still can't get away from them." "I know how you feel Hermione. It will be ok. I hate it just as much as you do. Want to go down to breakfast?" "Yeah, ok." The day went by quickly. Harry and Hermione spent most of it with Ron. After dinner Harry and Ron played exploding snap for a few hours. Hermione decided to get a start on her homework. About an hour later Harry walked in. He sat down at the table with his DADA homework. Hermione looked up from her Arithmancy and smiled. "I didn't expect so much from Remus, He was so cruel. I wonder if he did it deliberately." he said "I think it was deliberate." hermione replied with a laugh "And we can't get out of It." "Hermione, I was thinking… Being head boy and girl and all, do you want to go to the umm, dances together this year?" harry asked hesitantly "Well, it makes sense I guess." she replied with a smile. "Good. That's settled then." harry said and plunged himself back into his work about an hour later he got up and went to bed. hermione moved down onto the rug in front of the fire and continued her herbology work. Harry lay awake in his bed. He hadn't been concentrating on his homework. All he could do was watch Hermione. After much deliberation he decided to go to bed and try again later when she had left. Lying in his bed he pictured the way her hair cascaded down her shoulders and how her lips sucked on the end of the quill when she was thinking. It didn't take long for him to decide that he had to tell her how he felt. Jumping off his bed he opened the door to the lounge. "Her-mon-e?" harry smiled. she was asleep on the rug. her quill was dripping ink onto her hand. carefully he lifted her up off the floor and tucked her into bed. Early that morning Harry decided to try again. He waited until she was in the bath before slipping noiselessly into her room. He opened her window. Pulling out his wand he whispered "Accio 12 roses" floating into the room came 12 red roses. he placed one onto her pillow and the other 11 were suspended all around the ceiling. with a quick encouragement and a time delay spell harry slipped from the room. He took a seat on the couch and began to busy himself with his homework. He didn't have to wait long for Hermione's laughter to reach his ears. She came running out of her room in her towel. "Harry, did you make the roses shower me with their petals?" Harry looked at her and smiled. She leapt onto his lap and hugged him tightly. "Thank you." was all she said before returning to her room and closing the door. With a smile on his face Harry made his way downstairs to breakfast. Ron looked up from his bacon sandwich and saw Harry's beaming face. "You look like the cat that got the cream." he said. "I think I did." was all harry said. Hermione didn't come down for breakfast that morning. Instead she met them all in their first class. Snape was in a particularly bad mood that morning. Neville cut his roots into squares instead of oblongs and that only seemed to aggravate him even more. To make matters worse Hermione wouldn't look at Harry. Every time he made eye contact with her she had to look away. Did Harry really like her or was her just being nice. At lunch Hermione got a letter from her cousin Liz in Australia. Her family was coming to spend Christmas break with her. Hermione liked her cousin, even if she is a gym junkie. All summer Liz had her up at dawn running along the white sand beach to the gym. An hour later they would run back home and swim laps. The rest of the day was spent shopping and sunbathing. With her thoughts turned to the balmy heat of Australia Hermione toddled down to Hagrids hut. The care of magical creature's class went better than expected. The Maloos Hagrid had acquired produced twice as much milk as an average dairy cow, with one dangerous side affect. It had poisoned spines surrounding the teats. "The trick yer need ter know is. Ter scratch her under the chin before you grab er teat." hagrid boomed. "see how yer go." of course malfoy didn't listen to a word hagrid said and within 5 minutes he was visiting madam pomfery in the hospital wing. Later that night after playing another round of exploding snap with Ron Harry returned to his room. Hermione was waiting for him as he came through the door. "Harry, I want to talk to you about this morning." she said. "What about this morning?" harry asked "Well. I really like you and I want to know if you did what you did because you like me too?" "Hermione I have liked you for a very long time. I just haven't told you before. I didn't think you liked me. You're the reason I broke up with Sarah. "I am?" "Yeah. It was starting to get serious and I didn't want to go there. Not with her. All I wanted was you." harry looked deep into her eyes. she returned his gaze and moistened her lips. harry moved in closer. slowly but firmly kissed her. she returned the kiss for a few seconds before pulling back. "So were…" she stared. harry just smiled, nodding his head and leaned in to kiss her again. "I have an idea. I'll be back in a few minutes." harry said and disappeared out the door. hermione picked up the letter from liz. she wondered if harry would come with her this christmas. she would love for liz to meet ron. *sigh* but, it was an unspoken tradition to stay at hogwarts for the christmas break. Harry walked back into the room. In his hands were two glasses of iced pumpkin juice and a packet of chocolate chip Bikkies. Handing one glass to Hermione he sunk down onto the lounge beside her. "Harry." she began. "How would you feel about spending Christmas at my house with Ron of course. It's just that my cousin Liz is coming from Australia and I'd like to see her." "Well, I don't know. I guess it would be ok. It would be weird not spending our last Christmas here. I guess if it makes you happy I'll come." he said at last "Really?" hermione asked. "Thank you. You'll have a great time. I promise." "Ok, But it's still a long way off yet." harry smiled and hermione leaned in to kiss him. a couple of minutes passed before she decided to go to bed. after numerous goodnight kisses she lay back on her bed and fell into a peaceful sleep. The next morning Hermione awoke to the sound of singing. What? She thought. Is Harry singing in the bathroom? Tiptoeing out of bed she crossed the floor to her wardrobe. Peering in she watched harry sing operetta as he splashed himself with water. Giggling madly Hermione walked into the bathroom. Harry looked at her and blushed. "Silencing spell didn't work?" he muttered. "Nope." she giggled. "didn't work". with a deep breath in she started to imitate harry in the bath. he swam over to where she was and grabbed her by the waits pulling her into the water fully clothed. spluttering she glared at harry. it was tense for a minute before they both burst out laughing. After getting dressed Harry and Hermione held hands and went down to breakfast. Ron looked up from his scrambled eggs and smiled. "Finally! He exclaimed "it's about time." Ginny looked up from her bacon. After a few moments she glared at Hermione and walked from the hall. "That didn't go down well." hermione sighed. "She'll be ok." harry soothed. "Lets eat before Herbology." The next few weeks went by quickly. Harry and Hermione had barely enough time to finish their homework let alone become closer. This weekend would be different though. It was the first Hogsmede weekend of the year and all the students were going to buy their costumes for the Halloween ball. The theme was 'Popular Muggle Stereotypes' Harry and Hermione had decided to go as a Prince Charming and Cinderella. So all they needed were crowns and costume jewelry. Ron had asked Lavender to the ball and after much deliberation she had agreed to go with him. Both of them asked Hermione for costume advice so the four of them were meeting at the three broomsticks in the morning. It was an unusually hot Saturday. Hermione walked to her wardrobe. This was her chance to show off her muggle fashion sense. She opened one of her many shopping bags from Australia. pulling out her dark blue jeans and a white frilled boob tube she remembered how sexy she felt in the shop. To top off her look she added her black boots and pulled her hair into a ponytail. I hope Harry approves. She thought. Moving into the lounge she met Harry. He was wearing his dark blue jeans and a long-sleeved black top. "We match." harry said with a laugh. jeans and jeans. hermione kissed him and they moved down to catch a carriage. As they entered The Three Broomsticks Ron called them over. He and Lavender looked them over. "Dressing the same now?' Ron joked. "that's what happens when you shack up together." He laughed. "Let's get a butterbeer and head over to Zonko's joke shop for costumes." harry suggested. they polished off their butterbeer in no time and soon joined the que to enter the shop. After an hour of shopping Ron and Lavender emerged from Zonko's with a wooden stake, some brown hair dye and a set of vampire teeth. Lavender was going to be Buffy the vampire slayer and Ron was going to play Angel. Hermione managed to secure a crown for Harry and a Tiara for herself. Also she found some fake sapphire and diamond jewelry to go with her midnight blue ball gown.