A/N: Hey everyone here's another one from me. Originally, this idea came from the plot of my "novel" that I'm writing which is a continuation of the first chapter of an English project I had last year and I thought I would try and make an h/hr version to see how it turns out. Anyways…happy reading. Please R/R!
I Need To Know
Chapter 1: Innocence
It happened eight years ago. Eight years ago, I met the boy that today, I am in love with, and eight years ago, my life, in some way, changed forever. I think it was love at first sight; I was just too daft to see it. But today, at the age of twenty, I can proudly stand up and admit that I, Hermione Jane Granger, am in love with Harry Potter. Well, not to him anyway. Not just yet. You see Harry is one of my best friends. I know, I know, it sounds so cliché that I don't want to tell him because of the whole `I don't want to lose my best friend' ordeal. But I can't help it. So, here it is, my story.
I sat at the kitchen table in my London flat, eating dinner and stealing the occasional glance at Harry, my best friend, flat mate and secret crush all put together. He had jet-black hair, was quite muscular (I noticed this once or twice) and his eyes--oh, how I love his eyes. They aren't the typical ocean blue that most girls swooned over; they were a deep emerald. Everyone knew that my favourite colour was green but what they didn't know that he was the reason behind it.
"So, have any plans for the weekend?" I asked him non-chanlantly.
"None, in particular," Harry replied. "We could invite Ron and Luna over for dinner tomorrow," he continued.
Ah yes, Ron and Luna. They were both very good friends of Harry and I. Those two were quite good friends and just recently, they started dating. I can only hope that the same thing will happen with Harry and I, but I shouldn't get my hopes up.
"Yeah, it might be fun," I said. I was slightly disappointed that I wouldn't be able to spend the night alone with Harry, even though I know that nothing could ever happen.
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The doorbell rang.
"Just a minute!" I called out, as I raced to the door. The second I opened it; I was enveloped in a giant bear hug from Luna.
"Hermione! I missed you so much!" Luna exclaimed. I chuckled. It had been two days since I had last seen her.
"I missed you too," I said to her. "Hey Ron!" I wrapped my arms around my friend's middle.
"Hi Mione!" he said as he hugged me back. "So, what's for dinner?" he asked after letting go, "I'm famished!"
Both Luna and I rolled our eyes at his last comment. "Him and his stomach," we said in unison.
"Supper is ready you guys," Harry called from the kitchen. He was the one who usually cooked because whatever I attempted to make (notice I said attempted), was rarely edible.
"It smells delicious Harry," I told him.
"Of course it does," he told me, "I made it didn't I?"
"You know, we might have to make our flat a bit bigger, don't you think?" I asked him.
"Whatever for, Miss Granger?"
"Well, I don't think that this place is big enough for you, me and your ego," I said innocently and everyone laughed. Harry placed his hand over his heart in shock, pretending to be hurt by my words, but failing quite greatly.
After our friendly banter, the four of us settled down for dinner. After the table had been cleared, we moved to the living room to watch a movie that Ron and Luna had rented (I had finally been able to show the wonders of television and movies). Fortunately for Luna and I, it wasn't one of those war movies that guys liked so much; it was "The Day After Tomorrow".
We all sat comfortably on the sofa, watching the movie. At some point during the movie, Harry had placed his arm around my shoulder. It wasn't unusual for him to do something like this since he always had his arm around me when we walked together. But this time seemed different some how. I felt like butterflies were fluttering about in my stomach. From the corner of my eye, I could see Luna sniggering at me. When the movie ended, Ron and Luna left for their respective flats.
After helping Harry clean up the living room, he gave me a hug and kiss on the cheek. Again this was nothing out of the ordinary, but this time however, I noticed that his lips lingered a little longer than the usual. Maybe I was imagining things, but hey, a girl can dream…can't she?
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