Disclaimer: JKR characters, I'm just playing my own game of make believe.
Ok, so this is that plot bunny that was hoping circles in my head. It's my take on the movie Love actually. It is one of my favorite movies. I'm doing it in my own style, the only thing I am really taking from the movie is the idea of Harry as Minister, and the story ending on a holiday. In this case I chose Valentine's Day instead of Christmas, as it is approaching in the next month. I'm going to include the ships Ron/Luna and Draco/Ginny. It'll be interesting as I've never before written a fic with those two ships. I've mentioned R/L in a story or two, but never written any interaction between Ron and Luna. It is a H/Hr fic so the main focus will be them, don't worry.
All of those waiting for the sequel to Hermione's Story, have no fear I am working on it and it'll take priority over this. I figure I have four weeks to work on this, while all of you are patiently waiting for Hermione's Story Rediscovered (that's the sequels name).
Enjoy and please drop a review if you get the chance.
As Always~Pheniox_Girl
Love actually
~*5 Weeks to Valentine's Day*~
Harry and Hermione's Story
It was ten years after Voldemort's defeat and Harry Potter was starting his first day as the youngest, and first bachelor Minister of Magic in history. At the ripe young age 28 Harry had been elected in the closest election any witch and wizard could remember. He had bet out the previous Minister running for re-election by just 5% of the votes. Many credited his success to his best friend and political advisor Hermione Granger. They had been working towards Harry political triumph since Voldemort's defeat. Not many knew why Harry decided to make a life in politics. Many close to him were surprised that he had chosen this route, they had always assumed once the final battle was over he would disappear from the public eye. Hermione was the only one who wasn't, and the only one who knew the reason why. He had told her not long after the battle that he had made a decision, that he was going to do everything in his power to prevent the rise of another Dark wizard. He had decided to accomplish this by running for public offices, a political career. It wasn't enough to become an Auror and fight them, he wanted to ensure there were measures in place to prevent it from happening. So they had talked and it was decided that Hermione would help him in anyway possible. And so they had spent the next ten years planning and achieving. Finally all the hard work had paid off and they had reached their goal a lot sooner then they had expected....
Harry pulled up to the front of the Ministers house in a black SUV and got out to a mob of reports from all over the world, each representing a major news paper from every country. Harry got out and waved to the reports and was ushered into the house by his Auror bodyguard. Once inside he was greeted by Hermione who had a huge grin on her face. Harry's face lit up when he saw her and he made his way right to her.
"Hermione." He said and swept her up into a huge hug. He let her go and she readjusted her robes to lay flat again.
"Morning Minister. May I introduce you to your house staff sir?" She asked, grinning, clearly enjoying calling him by his new title. He grinned back seeing the enjoyment on her face.
"Only if you promise not to talk to me like that in private." He whispered to her, a grin still plastered to his face.
"Yes Harry, but for now I have to refer to you in that way for appearances sake. Ok?" She whispered back, clearly happy she could still refer to him as 'Harry', even if it was just in private."Now let me introduce you to the staff." He followed her to a group of four people.
"Mr. Wentworth- Your Butler. He is incharge of the house of staff. The maids, chefs, you name it he's in charge of it. " Hermione said.
"Minister, sir, it is an honor to be serving you. It will be a great pleasure." Mr.Wentworth said, bowing deeply.
"Yes well, just don't let it get to you. I wouldn't want to have to break in a new butler." Harry said jokingly to the man.
"Quite right sir." Mr. Wentworth said, a grin now on his wrinkled face. Hermione took a step to the right to the next person in line. It was a woman who seemed to be the same age as Mr. Wentworth, if not a little older.
"Minister, meet the Head of Household, Mrs. Bray. It's her job to make sure that things run smoothly. Basically the job your wife would have done if you were married." Hermione blushed slightly at the end of her statement. Mrs. Bray gave a simple nod of her head though a smile played on her lips.
"Sir." Mrs. Bray said.
"Nice to meet you ma'am. I quite appreciate you playing wife for me. I've been a little busy to actually go out and pick one of those up." Harry said
"Quite understandable sir. It's no trouble at all sir." Mrs. Bray looked much happier then she had just moments before, even thought she had been wearing a smile.
Hermione made the introductions to the next two staff members. Both where women, one in her mid-forties who was head chef. Harry noticed she wore a sour face and wondered if that was just how she was, or if she had wanted the other man to win. The last was a woman in her mid-twenties, had long straight blonde hair, and legs that seemed o go on for ever..
"Har-I mean Minister this is Mia. She's knew to the staff and is in charge of seeing that you get whatever you need. Food, one of the cars, anything. I suppose you could call her your personal assistant." Harry looked down Hermione startled by the change of the tone of her voice. He couldn't place it but it was one he had never heard Hermione use. Besides that she had slipped and almost called him 'Harry' when she had just told him that she had to keep up appearances.
"Minister." She nodded.
"Mia. Is that your real name or short for something?" Harry asked politely.
"It was a compromise between my parents. My father wanted a family name, any one, he didn't care. My mum choose Amelia because she liked the nickname Mia. My dad didn't like the name, so they choose Mia so that my mum had her way, and my dad sort of had his." She said, a dazzling smile showing of her perfect white teeth.
"Well then... Thank you for that. I hope it see you around." Harry said politely to her.
"As do I sir." Mia said
"Minister, we should go to your office and take a look at some papers waiting for you." Hermione said already halfway down a hallway. Harry started after her and followed her into an office at the end. He walked in and closed the door behind them. Hermione sat down at a seat across from his desk going through a pile of official looking letters. Harry walked around and sat down on the other side.
"Hermione?" He asked. Her demeanor back there had him worried and he wanted to know what was wrong.
"Mhmm." She said not looking up from the pile.
"What was that back there?" He asked.
"What was what?" She asked in a distracted tone.
"Hermione look at me right this instance!" He said in a low but stern tone. She immediately looked up at him, giving him her full attention. "Again. What was that back there?"
"And again Harry. What was what?" She asked.
"Your attitude towards Mia. You seemed as though you... didn't like her. Why?" He asked, his voice gentle and his worry evident. He saw a blush come to her cheeks but didn't know why. She looked back at the pile of papers and started rifling through them again.
"It was nothing Harry. It wasn't intentional, I just noticed we were running behind schedule and was trying to move quickly. Ok?" Hermione saw what she was looking for and brought it out. She started reading it for a moment before she started talking again. Only this time it was all business. "Now we need to discuss this issue in your first press conference. It's an important..."
Harry leaned back in his chair and put his hands behind his head. He watched her go on about some issue or another but wasn't listening. All he could think about was how beautiful she was, and ever now and then the thought of earlier would pass his mind. This would bring the question to mind,
What was wrong with Hermione?