Now my life is changing
It's always rearranging
Always getting' stranger than I thought it ever could
Ever since I found you
I wanna be around you
I wanna get down to the point that I need you
Cause everybody
Needs someone that they can trust
And you're somebody
That I found just in time
"Oy, Harry!"
"Hey mate! Good game!" said Harry.
"Yeah Ron that was bloody fantastic!" remarked Hermione.
"Hey Hermione, do you mind if I steal Harry away for a minute?"
"Not at all Ron, I'll go catch up with Luna and Ginny and meet you guys back in the Great Hall. Harry and I were done with our conversation anyway," she said with a slight blush.
Harry and Ron walked to the locker room. They chatted about the game and of course the girls.
"Are you gonna do it?" Ron asked his friend.
"Do what? Tell Hermione I can't live another day without snogging her?"
"Well, what the bloody hell are you waiting on?"
"Look Ron, I don't want to start some type of romantic relationship with Hermione, then have to go away to Auror training in a few months not to mention the small fact that Voldemort wants to kill me!" Harry exploded.
"But Harry, you have to tell her. What if she feels the same?"
"Like you're one to talk Weasley, Mr. Afraid of Commitment guy!"
"Hey now, at least Luna is my girl, I actually did something about my crush unlike you, who's sitting around on his arse and not being proactive at all!"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah whatever. Let's just hurry. I don't wanna keep the girls waiting." Harry grumbled.
Harry and Ron showered and changed. They hurried to the Great Hall to find Hermione, Luna and Ginny. They spotted them sitting at the end of the Gryffindor table.
"Hey the party still on tonight?" Harry asked the girls.
"Yeah, I guess Dean was in charge of most of the planning. He even conned some 3rd years into getting some butterbeer and stuff," Ginny said.
"Well," chimed in Hermione, "I can only hope that it doesn't get too out of hand. Some people might be studying or…"
Ron interrupted, "Oh the voice of reason. How I will miss it so!"
"I'll have you know Ronald Weasley that…that…oh drat! It's the last match of our Hogwarts career and I should know better than to expect anything less than a huge party." Hermione sighed.
"Hey Gin…Ginny, earth to Ginny!!!" Luna shouted.
"Oh what? Sorry I was lost in thought for a minute there."
"Hermione and I are going to get ready for the party in her room. You joining us?"
"Oh yeah, sure. That's fine," Ginny replied, distracted by the people entering the Hall.
"Do you have a date Gin?" queried Hermione.
"Yeah," Luna said, "if not, I know some cute Ravenclaws!!"
"Oh, well," stammered Ginny, "there is some one I was going to ask, but I haven't done it yet."
"WHO?!?!??!" questioned Ron and Harry.
"Well, I guess you'll have to wait to find out later this evening, if he says yes," Ginny replied back and got up and left the group sitting in a stunned silence.
"I wonder what's got her knickers all twisted?" Harry mused.
"Please. Do. Not. Talk. About. My. Sister's. Knickers. Thank you!" Ron said through clenched teeth.
Hermione and Luna giggled.
Ron's head snapped up as if something had just dawned on him. "HEY WAIT! Harry, you and Hermione are coming to the party together, like on a date?"
"Ahhh, well boys we best go get ready," said Hermione as she quickly ushered Luna out of the Hall.
Harry and Ron were alone once again.
"When did you ask her?"
"Ask who what?" Harry said with a grin.
"Oh, come on Harry!"
"If you must know, when you interrupted us earlier, I had just asked her. I figured everyone else was going to have a date, and since neither one of us did, we should go together. And before you ask, no, I didn't say anything else as I was rudely interrupted."
"Oh sorry `bout that mate!"
"It's ok. She said yes, so that's a start!"
"Right you are mate, right you are." Ron said with a smile.
"Ok. Let's go help get the common room ready for the party."
**********Flash back to earlier that afternoon***************
Harry approached Hermione after the match. She was beaming in a way that totally and completely melted his heart.
He, much like Ron was with Luna, was totally in love with Hermione Granger. But unlike Ron, he was afraid to tell Hermione how he felt. They were too good of friends to have it ruined because he wanted to know what it felt like to hug and kiss her.
"Harry, that was brilliant! That Wonky thing you did there was heart-stopping!"
"Wronski-Feint, Hermione. For someone who knows everything about everything, I can't believe that you still don't know that term."
Hermione laughed. "Did you hear about the party in the common room this evening? Dean said it's going to be the party of our lives."
"Oh really! What kind of party is it?"
"I thought that would be rather obvious Harry!"
"No I meant, is it like a thing where you have to have a date?"
Hermione blushed. "I would reason to guess that since almost half the school is paired up, there will be a lot of couples."
"Merlin! Why do I always find these things out last minute? Hey Hermione, why don't we go together?" Harry asked fighting back the trembling in his voice.
"You mean like a date?"
"Sure why not?"
"Uh, I guess so." By now Hermione was blushing furiously.
"Oy Harry!" Ron called.
Harry was a bit relieved at Ron's bad timing.
************End flashback**************
The Gryffindor boys were all ready and raring to go. Someone brought out some Ogdens Firewhiskey and Harry made sure to tell them to keep it hidden from Hermione. No one wants to face the wrath of Hermione.
The common room quickly filled with students celebrating the earlier Quidditch victory. The WWN was blaring and people were milling about and chatting casually.
Harry knew that Hermione, Luna and Ginny were probably upstairs talking about them that very minute. He knew that if he didn't do it tonight, he would probably never tell Hermione that he needed her. He wanted to be with her as her boyfriend, not just her pal Harry.
He watched as Hermione and Luna walked down the stairs. She had never looked more beautiful. He knew exactly what he was going to say. He had figured it out while he was in the shower of all places. He was just going to come out and tell her.
"Hermione," he would start, "there's something I need to talk to you about. I need you to just listen. I think I love you, but what am I so afraid of, I'm afraid that I'm not sure of, a love there is no cure for." NO! That's rubbish from that TV show Dudley used to watch. Harry sighed. There was apparently no easy way to do this.
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A/N: Thanks to all who are reading and to those who review, I appreciate it greatly! Thanks again to H_HrFan for the beta. Also…the line about the Wrath of Hermione is the title of a song by Harry and the Potters. I love them a lot and you should too! Check them out here. Please leave me lots of reviews as they boost my ego a bit ;-)
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