Have you ever?
By Felicia (aka CurlyCutie)
The slow melodic music filled the Great Hall as Harry and Hermione slowly danced together at the last Ball they'd share together at Hogwarts.
Hermione had been resting her head on Harry's shoulder but then lifted it so she could get lost in his emerald green eyes again.
"Harry…I know you know this but can I say it again?" Hermione softly asked.
"What was that?" Harry replied before spinning her gently around, so her long silky hair and celestial blue robes with silver stars, flared around her before falling softly again.
Hermione giggled softly at being spun then her smile became sincere, "I love you".
Harry's eyes sparked like green fire as he gazed back into her honey brown eyes.
"you can say that as many times as you like as long as you let me do the same", was his reply before bending down and brushing his lips across hers.
Hermione sighed and then rested her head on Harry's shoulder. She closed her eyes and began to drift away into though about all that had happened between them since the start of their 7th year.
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She had just come back from a late night study session in the library and discovered her boyfriend Ron Weasly in a dangerously fierce liplock on the couch of the Gryffindor common room with her friend Lavender Brown.
Hermione had gasped in shock, her eyes widened. She couldn't believe it, after all those years of Ron liking her and then the summer holidays they'd been together he was snogging Lavender Brown!
She couldn't speak, she was too angry, "Ron Weasly funny I was study Transfiguration a few minutes ago and I come back and your studying the back of Lavender's tonsils." Hermione wasn't sure if she had yelled this or said it in a tone like ice, whatever the tone Ron looked up wide eyed horrified.
"Mione its not what it looks like."
"Don't you dare tell me that, I don't ever want to hear or speak to you again, I hate you, and don't even think about calling me Mione again!"
With that said Hermione left in a flurry of hair and robes rushed out of the Gryffindor Tower, sped along the halls of Hogwarts and out through the main doors down to the lake.
She ran to an old tree that was at the lake's edge, she flopped down at it's base, curling her knees up to her chest.
`I won't cry, I'll never cry for him, he won't have my tears' she thought angrily to herself. But then the events came back to her and played over and over again in her head, she cracked.
At first she'd been looking at the moon that was full and bright, lighting up the whole lake. Then the moon started to waver then it blurred as tears began to fall.
Finally the moon disappeared as Hermione buried her face into her hands and wept.
She wasn't crying because she'd lost Ron, it was more the loss of the security and knowledge that she was love and adored by one person. That they had a co-existence, they were the center in the other's universe. Now it was all gone.
Hermione keep crying, she only looked up when she felt a hand on her shoulder and a body side next to hers and arms wrap around her.
It was Harry.
"Harry? How did you know I was here?" was all she could ask as she wiped tears away.
"Hermione I was looking out my window and saw someone storming away like a bat from hell rushing towards this tree and it had to be you, considering I'd just passed Ron who was muttering things like `how could this happen? She'll never talk to me again; it's not my fault Lavender is…"
"Harry stop! I don't want to hear a thing about that man whore and his whorette again."
Harry laughed lightly.
"What's so funny?" Hermione demanded.
"I'm sorry Hermione but man whore and whorette," he laughed again, louder this time, "that's one of the funniest things I've heard in so long"
Hermione giggled
"Yea," she agreed, "it is pretty funny…especially Ron being a man whore, who would want a carrot top man whore?"
harry chuckled then was serious, "Hermione are you going to be ok?"
"Yea I think so Harry thanks a lot for coming to check on me I really needed that hug", Hermione smiled, her face shining a little in the moon light as she turned to face Harry.
"Its no problem, anytime," Harry smiled back at her, looking into her eyes deeply.
Hermione sighed and leaned back against the tree, tipping her head back looking upwards she could see moonlight filter through the trees leaves, before closing her eyes. She then heard a voice ask her.
"Do you want to go back inside?"
"No, I think I want to sit here and just be"
"Be what?" Harry asked slightly confused.
" I don't want to be anything I just want to be, I want to just exist in this moment so that there's only me, the tree I'm leaning against, the moon, and the lake."
"Oh," Harry said "well I guess I'll go then."
He started to get up to leave, when Hermione's eyes popped open and she snatched his hand.
"No!" she cried then calmed her voice, "no, please stays Harry, let me correct myself. I was to be so there's only the tree, the moon, the lake and you."
Harry smiled, then sat down hip to hip with Hermione and leaned against the tree.
"I'm not sure if I can upstage the moon shining on a lake but I'll do my best," Harry tried to make light of the situation.
"You'll do just fine," was Hermione's reply, before leaning her head to the side to rest on Harry's shoulder. Harry tilted his head towards her so his cheek was resting on soft brown hair.
Harry closed his eyes and breathed deeply. It was a fresh fruity smell, nothing too flowery, not spicy just Hermione.
Hermione sighed then slung an arm around Harry's waist, before sighing deeply and closing her eyes.
Harry felt his arm that was around Hermione's waist being stretched out slightly as she sighed.
Hermione shifted slightly and felt her head rise and fall as it rested on Harry's chest.
"Thank you Harry"
Harry heard the voice murmur against his chest.
"Your welcome, Hermione" he replied before lightly kissing her head, then resting against it, he looked at the unblinking moon.
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