There's Something I Need to Tell You
A/N: Ok another short chapter... it is longer than the last one though... Hope you like it; i really enjoyed writing this one.
A/N: Thanks to Trutonks for all her help and on w/ the show... o and Cathedral won!!!
Hermione walked into the transfiguration classroom ten minutes late, her frown deepened when Professor McGonagall gave her a detention and took 20 house points from Gryffindor. Harry wasn't in this class so she had time to think about what happened. She couldn't believe he would say something like that and then just leave. It was so... not like him. Harry was always brave, he faced things head on; he wouldn't tell a girl he loved her and then leave. He just wasn't like that.
She took a few notes, only half listening to Professor McGonagall. She'd mastered this spell weeks ago.
When the bell finally rang, she had all her things in her bag and almost out the door when Professor McGonagall called her back, "Please have a seat, Miss Granger."
Hermione, puzzled, sat down in one of the front desks, a questioning look on her face though she knew exactly what this was about. She had hoped Professor McGonagall would have forgotten sometime in the hour long class, but apparently not.
"How are you doing?" Professor McGonagall finally asked.
Hermione had thought this was about her detention, but apparently not. "What?" she asked.
"Have you passed out or had any trouble since last week?"
"Oh," said Hermione realizing what she meant. "I've been fine."
"Good, good," she replied, "That's all I wanted to know. You may go to your next class or free period, whatever you have next."
"Thank you Professor," Hermione replied.
She thought to herself that maybe McGonagall had forgotten about the detention, that was until she got up and began to head for the door and Professor McGonagall once again spoke. "Oh and it won't be necessary for you to serve the detention; in all the years I've been your teacher you've never once been late without a good reason. Therefore, this is your warning, don't be late again."
"Thank you, I won't, I promise," Hermione sighed as she walked out the door, that woman didn't miss anything.
As Professor Mcgonagall had suspected, it was Hermione's free period and Harry's too. She looked all around the
castle before she gave up, quite tired. She swayed a bit on her feet and sat down heavily on one of the over stuffed
chairs in the common room. When she finally caught her breathe (She had been feeling a bit weak lately) she went up
into the boys' dormitories looking for the Marauder's map. She finally found it under one of the beds
she assumed was Harry's. Picking it up and mumbling the customary, "I solemnly swear that I am up to no
good," she found Harry's dot pacing in the astronomy tower. She must have walked right passed him when she
looked up there. Wasting no time she hurried down the stairs into the common room and then out the portrait hole.
She quickly made her way up to the Astronomy Tower, wanting make sure that she caught Harry before he had time to leave. According to the map, he was still there when she finally got to the immense door leading in. As she stepped into the room she didn't see anyone, "He must have his invisibility cloak on," she thought. Looking down at the map again she saw that the dot was now nearly on top of her. She looked up and jumped as she heard a quiet voice near her left ear. "You shouldn't take things that don't belong to you."
She smiled in spite of herself almost forgetting why she had come... but not quite. "Take that stupid cloak off," she said already reaching up to pull it off him.
He beat her to it, pulling it over his head and looking into her eyes at the same time he reached for her hand. They stared at each other for a while before he leaned in a kissed her. She was breathing hard by the time he pulled away.
"Did you mean what you said?'
"Every word." he replied looking down.
When she didn't say anything else he looked at her again only to see tears falling down her face.
"What's wrong?" he asked quietly, "I understand if you don't return my feelings, I don't want you to cry. Although, you do look beautiful when you cry." he said trying to joke, but failing miserably.
She gave a snort that could have been a laugh or a sob, he didn't know. Hesitantly he put his arms around her. "I'm sorry."
She pulled back from him quickly. "Don't say you're sorry you didn't do anything. I'm crying because I'm happy Harry, I've loved you for what seems like forever."
He looked at her in disbelief. She leaned forward and kissed him throwing her arms around his neck. He finally started to respond moving his lips against hers as he pulled her closer laughing into her mouth.
She pulled away this time needing to breathe, smiling shyly up at him as he grabbed her hand and pulled her to the edge of the tower. They sat on the edge gazing at the ground sharing a few kisses every now and then.
She was surprised when she heard him speak, "Hermione, there's something I need to tell you."
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