A/N: Hey guys, I know you probably just want to get right back to the story, but before you do: This has been a REALLY long weekend, I was sick Thursday and Friday, and Monday is presidents day, so no school…5 day weekend. That's why my updates have been so quick. And because I'm obsessed. Lol. Anyways, just wanted to warn you that I'll do my best to update quick!!!
But here it is…the chapter you've been waiting for since day one. And the moments you've been waiting for since Cho Chang first entered the Harry Potter books!! Lol. (just kidding…or am i?)
Sorry for the cliff hanger!!
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Last time on "The Office":
He moved closer to her and kissed her lightly and softly. They pulled back before Hermione willed him on by looking at him again and pressing her lips against him again. He returned her kiss deeply, getting further and further lost in her.
They were pulled apart abruptly at a gasp. They turned from each other to see Luna standing in the doorway, her eyes wide and her hand over her mouth in shock.
Cho was standing right next to her, hands on her hips. "What the HELL is going on here?!!"
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Hermione's eyes grew wide and Harry looked to her in search of an excuse. "Um…It was…"
"Nothing." Hermione said, breathless. "It was nothing."
Luna bit her lip to hold back her laughter and Cho scowled. "Don't tell me nothing, I'm not blind. You were kissing! Not just kissing…snogging!"
Harry looked at Cho and said. "She and I were just happy about the deal we just made…"
"Oh, I could see that." Cho glared. "I thought you loved me Harry, and now I see you with this bitch!"
"Don't call her that." Harry added with a glare of his own.
"Whatever." Cho rolled her eyes.
"Cho, it was nothing. Get over it; I don't feel anything for Harry." Hermione said.
"Really?" Cho challenged. "You looked perfectly content when I walked in!"
Luna grinned and flashed a thumbs up to Hermione when Ron joined the doorway crowd. "What's going on?" He whispered to Luna.
"Cho and I caught them kissing!" Luna whispered softly. Ron grinned and watched the fight as Cho advanced into the room.
"I am your girlfriend Harry! I love you!" Cho screamed.
"You-" Harry started, but Hermione cut him off.
"Ok, you do NOT love him! At least not really! YOU love him because he's the boy-who-lived, the chosen one, the big shot business man! That is why you want him!" Hermione exclaimed.
"That's not true! And you don't love him!" Cho yelled.
"You're right about that!" Hermione rolled her eyes exclaiming. "I don't love him! I don't feel anything for him! Nothing! We just got…caught up!"
"Don't give me that, I know you've had your eyes on him for months!" Cho countered.
"Months!" Hermione screamed walking towards Cho. "No. I have not! Nothing even happened until-" She stopped and covered her mouth, realizing what she had just said.
"Oops." Harry dropped.
"Oops? Oops? What happened? When did this `thing' happen?!" Cho screamed, as the rest of the workers in the office tried hard not to listen.
"Nothing, Cho." Harry sighed.
Hermione uncovered her mouth and by impulse said, "Nothing?! Nothing, oh yes Cho now he's really lying!
Something really did happen in that elevator. We got pretty heavy if you ask me! He would've kept going, but I left
when the elevator stopped!"
Harry looked at her shocked at what she had just said. Cho's jaw dropped. "When the hell was
this?!!"
"Last Friday." Harry said softly, glaring at her.
"I KNEW IT!" Cho exclaimed. "I knew it all along! I just don't believe that Harry had anything to do with this. What'll it be Harry, me or her?"
"Her." Harry said without a moment's hesitation.
Hermione's eyes fluttered as she and Cho looked at him in shock. "Excuse me?!" Cho asked as if she had not heard him correctly.
"Her." Harry repeated louder. "H-E-R. Her."
Cho's mouth opened and closed several times before she said, "You'll regret this." She huffed and pushed past everyone, storming out of the office.
Harry hung his head and muttered. "Bloody hell…"
Hermione turned to him and he looked up. "Why did you choose me?" She asked softly.
Harry looked at her and thought for a minute before answering, "Because I'm in love with you."
Hermione's eyes grew huge. "Well…" She started, on the verge of tears. "You…you should've chosen her, because now that you've chosen me…you don't have anyone. Not even me. Bye." She said, walking out the door, pushing past Luna and Ron.
Ron's jaw dropped and Luna asked, "Harry?"
Harry turned and faced the window, walked towards it and stood there. He just stared out the window in deep thought. He couldn't believe what he had just said, had he really just told her that? Before then, he wasn't even sure if he did, the words just slipped out of his mouth, as if it was the most sure thing in his life. Which now that he thought about it, it was.
Luna smiled weakly at Ron. "Well, not everyone's relationships can be as simple as ours." Ron looked surprised. "I'll go talk to Hermione."
Ron nodded in confusion and decided to leave his best friend alone, closing his office door.
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Hermione raced down into the elevator and got in. Right as the doors were about to close, Luna came running up and hit the button to make the doors open, she got in and hit the first floor button. "C'mon, Hermione. Let's get coffee."
Hermione nodded and wiped the tears that were suddenly falling. The memories of that elevator still haunted her. He told her he loved her. He loved her. He loved her. She couldn't get that out of her head. How could he love her? He couldn't. He chose her over Cho, why? Maybe he really did love her. But she didn't love him. Right?
"C'mon." Luna said, as Hermione realized they had reached the ground floor. "Let's go to that place on the corner."
They walked in silence all the way to the coffee shop and sat down at a table in the corner. "So." Luna started. "Talk."
Hermione shrugged and sniffled. "I don't know what you want me to say."
"How about why you ran out of there?" Luna asked.
"I don't know." Hermione said, tears threatening again.
"You do have feelings for him, don't you?" Luna asked.
"Well…" Hermione said. "I guess I do…"
"But he told you he loves you, and you don't think you love him. You were scared, I get it." Luna told her, placing her hand on Hermione's.
"It's just…I don't know. He told me he was in love with me. He told his girlfriend he dumped her for me…when we're not even…well, yeah. And then seconds before that he had…kissed…me."
"It wasn't a one sided kiss." Luna said. "I know you felt something."
"Of course I did." Hermione chuckled, wiping away more tears.
"How was it?" Luna asked.
"Best bloody kiss I ever had." Hermione mumbled. "But, I have Viktor. I can't just leave him because of a kiss and a man suddenly thinking he's in love with me."
"Hermione, I know this is tough. But what if you do love him? What if this is it, your one love. And you can't just walk away from it when you feel so much." Luna told her.
"How could I love him, I don't know him." Hermione said anger in her voice now.
"Okay don't say that. You know him better then anyone I know. Probably even Ron. It doesn't matter if you haven't known him forever, that's not it. You can't choose the safe choice, Hermione. What's right isn't always easy."
Hermione sighed. "I guess you're right Luna. It's just tough."
"Do you love him?" Luna asked softly, after their silence.
Hermione thought for a second. "I think I might."
Luna smiled and they drank their coffee in silence for a few minutes before Luna added. "At least Cho finally got what she deserved."
Hermione grinned and then saw Cho across the way come bounding into the coffee shop, stomping and glaring at anyone in her way. She was rubbing her arms and Hermione knew that it was because it was 45 degrees outside and Cho wasn't wearing a coat. "Speak of the devil…" She smiled.
Luna laughed softly as she saw Cho sit down in a table across the shop from theirs. Hermione thought for a moment, looked down at her coffee and smiled. "Excuse me."
Luna stood up as Hermione did and watched as Hermione took her coffee cup, walked over to where Cho was sitting and
stopped. Luna looked confused and watched intently.
"This should warm ya up." She said with an evil grin as she poured the scalding hot coffee on Cho. Cho jumped up and screamed, drawing all the attention to them as Hermione smirked, turned and took Luna's arm as they walked out the door.
Luna's impressed face showed everything. "Now that…" she said between laughter, "was absolutely amazing!"
"Thank you, thank you very much." Hermione said.
They laughed and continued to walk to the building. "Now," She said. "I have to do something about Viktor."
"Yeah. When?" Luna asked.
"Tonight." Hermione sighed as they rode the elevator up. "I have to do it soon. I hate that I have to do that to him, he's so sweet. But you're right Luna, it's not always easy."
Luna nodded. "Good. I'm glad we're settled then." She chuckled. "I'll figure out Ron and me next."
Hermione laughed. "Yeah, good luck." They got off the elevator and Hermione spotted Harry out of the corner of her eye talking to Melanie and got a twinkle in her eyes when she saw Harry was obviously annoyed at Melanie's batting eyelashes and obvious flirting.
Hermione smiled at Luna and then walked up to them. She grabbed Harry by the arm and caught him unexpectedly in a heated kiss. She pulled back from him slowly and said. "Just making sure." And walked away.
Harry looked speechless and confused while Melanie looked angry and upset. Harry's brain was rattling. Did she just kiss him? He didn't even think she was talking to him. And then she just…walked away. That's it. What did it mean?
He walked away and into his office to finally get some work done for the first time that day.
Hermione watched him and Luna laughed. "I can't believe you just did that! Problem solved?"
Hermione nodded. "Yes. Problem solved."
Luna smiled. "Good."
"So…Ron?" Hermione said.
Luna nodded. "Oh, yes. Dear Ronald. I'll go take care of that right now." She winked and walked away to Ron's office.
Hermione sat down at her desk and tried her best to concentrate on her work.
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"Come in." Ron said when he heard a faint knock at his office door.
The door opened to reveal Luna on the other side. "Hello Ronald."
"Er…um, hello, Miss Lovegood." Ron said, thinking of their kiss.
"Oh, Ronald. Please, you know to call me Luna. You haven't called me `Miss Lovegood' in forever." She said getting closer to him.
He backed away and stuttered. "Um…well…yes, uh, Luna…did you need something?"
"Yes." She said, backing him against a wall.
"What?" Ron asked, swallowing the lump in his throat.
"You." She said smiling brightly and laughing.
He stared at her for a minute before saying. "Oh, fuck it all." And kissing her hard.
She stumbled back a bit but wrapped her arms around him and kissing him back.
"I've been waiting for this for a long time." She said in between kisses.
"Yeah, I think I have been too." Ron told her.
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Hermione left work early that day and told Viktor she'd meet him back at his flat in a few minutes. She took a deep breath when she reached the door and knew that what she was about to do was going to be tough. But Merlin, she had to do it. She had to. She wanted Harry.
Hermione knocked on his door and he opened. "Hello! Her-ow-ninny!"
"Hello, Viktor." Hermione smiled politely as he let her in. "Look, we need to talk."
"Is there something wrong?" Viktor asked.
"Well…um, yes." She said clearing her throat. "Look Viktor, you are so sweet, and…I care about you … a lot. You have been there for me a lot, and you were the first person who really made me feel good. But…I can't do this anymore. I don't want to drag you on. I can't be with you anymore. I…I…love someone…else."
She looked down and their was a strange silence between them. "I understand." He said after a while.
She looked up in surprise. "You…you do?"
"Yes. I love you, Her-ow-ninny, and if you do not love me, then it is only right." Viktor said.
Hermione got up and hugged him. "Oh, Viktor. I'm so sorry. I never meant for it to end like this. I just…don't want to drag you along."
She let go of him and he said. "I will always be here for you, if you need something. Stay in touch." He kissed her on the cheek.
"Thank you." Hermione said softly and walked out of the flat.
It was raining now, and she was walking as fast as she could to the address of Harry's flat that she had gotten from Ginny. By the time she reached his doorstep, she was soaking wet, but she didn't care.
Hermione knocked on the door hard and waited for him to answer.
When he did, he looked surprised to see her, but not upset. She grinned and wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him fully on the lips.
"Does this mean you…have feelings for me?" He asked after she pulled back.
Hermione smiled. "…And he's smart too." She kissed him again, and he responded by deepening the kiss.
"It means I love you, you git." She told him, kissing him hard again.
She giggled as he picked her up and carried her from the doorstep, slamming the door behind him, all without breaking their fiery kiss. "And I love you, too."
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A/N: Okay, okay. Not much of a cliff hanger. So I know that this was a really, really short chapter. But I couldn't really add much more, I think this deserved its own chapter. I don't know if that was what you wanted to happen or not. I don't know whether it was good enough, but I liked it…so, I hope you did too! Lol!
Hopefully, I'll get the next chapter soon! It should be really good and funny, and probably really long too!!!!!
Thanks! Hope I didn't disappoint anyone! Lol.
Mucch Muuchh love!
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