A/N: Thanks for the reviews. I'm listening to Ice Box…Omarion. Amazing. Lol.
I did this entire chapter without looking at the book. Proud of me?
SO SORRY about the time between updates! I know I told some of you I'd have it up by the end of the weekend, but I kind of got caught up in other things. After this, I'm not sure when I'll update next because tomorrow I'm leaving to go back home (Where I was born) to London for a week, and then when I get home I only have one day before I leave for my school trip to Philadelphia! So I'm not sure when I'll update. I'll do it ASAP though.
Ps. I think you'll get a bit of a surprise guest in this chapter…Any guesses? THIS IS A SHORT CHAPTER!
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I awoke the next morning to the light of day and a warm body underneath me. In panic, I had looked down and saw none other than Harry Potter lying beside me. His arm was around my waist; my head was rested against his chest. Oh. My. God. What happened last night? I couldn't remember anything; all I knew was that my head ached terribly.
Memories ran through my head. Wedding…champagne; lots of champagne. Harry…he was walking me back. But I had forgotten my purse…he invited me in so he could leave to get the purse for me. But he didn't, he was still here. Why was I STILL in here? Nothing had happened, that much I could remember. I fell asleep…that was it.
I had no idea what I was supposed to say to him when he woke up.
`Good Morning'?
`Did you sleep well'?
What was I supposed to do?! Then it dawned on me that if I wanted to save us both a little embarrassment, I should just leave.
Easier said than done.
I lifted his arm carefully from my waist and slowly inched away from his sleeping figure. As I stood, I noticed my purse was on the nightstand by the bed. So he did go and get it. Then that means he purposely fell asleep beside me. Why?
Probably just obeying Walter's overprotective orders.
I took my purse up from the nightstand and crept out of the room. What I didn't know then was that the minute the door closed behind me, Harry's eyes slowly opened, as a smile had appeared on his face. I didn't get to see that.
When I went back into the room, another thing dawned on me. I had told him the last thing on my list. Talk about mortification. He knew that this vacation, I wanted to sleep with a guy. And I had done it. Maybe I should make my list a bit more specific.
I laid my purse down and made my way briskly towards the desk that held my famous List and made a few changes.
+Soak up the Rays
+Shop until I drop
+Drink margaritas by the pitcher
+Dance all night
+Climb a waterfall
+Snorkel
+Kiss a lot of cute guys
Make Love
+Sleep with a guy for the first time
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After I had changed into my bikini bathing suit, cover up and sunglasses, I set off to the pool deck to fulfill a bit of my first item on The List.
I found a lounge chair that was in the sun and secluded from all the adults already basking in the sun and lay out. I closed my eyes and let my thoughts wander to nothing as I let the vicious rays of sun consume my skin.
That's when I heard his voice. "You walked out on me this morning." I could tell there was a hint of teasing in his voice.
I opened my eyes and tilted my sunglasses down a bit, when my eyes saw his face. He was sitting on the lounge chair next to me smirking. "Um…"
"You left this." He held up one of my earrings and I took it away.
"Oh…thanks." I said nervously. "I just…didn't want to wake you, that's all."
"That's all?" Harry countered, still smirking.
"That's all." I repeated as I sat up a bit more. I was in my bikini, in front of Harry. I guess I wasn't that bad looking, I had somewhat of a natural tan, my curves weren't too bad, but thank god my bikini wasn't too skimpy. I didn't want him paying any attention to me anyways…so why did I care?
"How are you?" Harry asked me.
"I'm okay. Sorry about, uh, getting drunk on you last night. I've never drank champagne before." I apologized.
"Don't worry about it…and you've said that a million times."
I blushed. "Oh, I'm…sorry. I kinda forgot. But I'll never forget this massive headache."
"Yeh, that's what happens when you drink WAY too much champagne." He laughed and stood up. "I guess I'll see you around."
"Yeah...see you around." I smiled as he walked away.
Just as I went to lie back again, a young blonde girl about my age plopped down in the lounge chair where Harry had been sitting. "You slept with Harry Potter?" She asked me in amazement.
"Umm…" I was a bit confused. I guess I did kind of sleep with him. "Yes." Wait, how did she know who Harry was…is she a… "Are you a…" I waved my hands around for effect.
"Witch?" The blonde asked. "Yep. I go to Hogwarts. My father decided to take some Muggle means of travel, a bunch of us from Hogwarts are here. Well, only a couple of us. My names Lavender. Lavender Brown."
"Hermione, Hermione Granger." I introduced myself.
"Nice to meet you, Hermione. So, I take it you're a witch, or else you wouldn't have asked me if I was one. Why don't you go to Hogwarts?" Lavender asked me.
"Oh, I got to Beauxbotons. Only one year left though."
"Me too!" She exclaimed. "I almost came over here and interrupted your conversation to say hey to Harry, but I wouldn't want to disturb." She waggled her eyebrows.
"Oh…umm…" I blushed again. "It was nothing. Just left an earring, that's all." I held up my silver dangling earring.
"Oh, well we'll have to catch up together later. I'm trying to stay far away from the parents. Who are you traveling with?"
"Well, my mum got married to my new step dad last night and this is their honeymoon, so I guess… mostly by myself." I told her.
"Cool! Your parents probably will be too busy to care!" Lavender laughed. "Wanna hang out together?"
Well, it would help to have a culprit in all this. She was blonde, tall, beautiful…defiantly a guy attracter, and she seemed nice enough. "Sure, that'd be great."
"Good! When we dock tomorrow in St. Thomas, I plan to shop till I drop!" She exclaimed.
I laughed. "That sounds fun. I hear they have some great deals on all the local island shops."
"Yep…" She trailed off. We laid there for a minute without saying much when she suddenly asked, "You got a boyfriend?"
"Nope," I sighed.
"Me neither." She sighed as well. "I used to have one…Chris. He was really sweet, amazing in bed. But…I dunno. We just didn't work out."
"Do you miss him?"
"Yeah, I think I do." Lavender said. "Who knows, the two of us together…we'll be guaranteed to find us some guys."
I snorted. "Not if you got me along."
"Shut up, Hermione. You look great. Don't even start."
"Whatever. I'm just hoping to find some guy on the cruise."
"Ditto. I happen to know, though, that there are at least a couple of hot Hogwarts guys aboard. The wedding… wait did you just say that that was YOUR mum's wedding?!" Lavender jumped up and looked surprised.
"Yeah. It was really amazing. Sirius has, like, connections."
"I believe that." She lay down again. "Anyways, Harry…he's Sirius Black's godson. Oh my god. You slept with your step dad's god son. That is amazing!"
Well, I didn't actually sleep with him. Great way to start out the trip…a liar. Well, I guess I didn't lie,
I just stretched the truth. Who cares? "Yeah. I don't think it'll go any further, though."
"Really?" She seemed interested. "Why not?"
I shrugged. "We just don't have a lot in common."
"That's a shame…" Lavender trailed off. "You mind if I go for him?"
"Uh…" Yes I minded! Of course, this is Harry we're talking about! But I'm not supposed to like
him. "I guess not. But if you two got involved…"
"It'd be weird. I get it." She sighed. "Anyways, what I was saying was that I heard Harry's best friend was at the wedding last night and he brought along a couple of roommates. Maybe we'll run into them."
"That'd be cool," I said, a smile twitching at my lips.
"Totally." She agreed. "I already know a lot of them, but not well, you know? They're all Gryffindor like me, but most of the time they're too absorbed with themselves or older girls. And of course Harry had that whole battling evil thing going on. My parents pulled me out of school for a bit, too."
"That would suck." I said, getting in touch with my old self a bit.
"It did. I missed my friends. But, I don't want to think about it. All I want to think about is this cruise, guys, and shopping right now."
Lavender and I laid there for a little bit and I couldn't help but think I had just guaranteed my List completed.
She seemed like a party girl, someone who would definitely help me get in touch with my new self. As long as she
didn't see my old self, I was fine.
With the promise to meet outside the ships spa in an hour, I headed back to my cabin to freshen up. Take a shower, throw my bikini back on with a tank top and shorts over it and … call my mother. I had a voicemail from her that morning saying that she wanted to check up on me.
I walked to the phone and picked the receiver up, pressing 9 and then my mum's cabin number. It rang a few times before someone picked up.
"Hello?" A deep, male voice I registered as Sirius' said.
"Sirius? It's me, Hermione. Is my mum there, she called me?"
"Oh, hello, love, your mum's right here. How is it so far?" Sirius asked me.
"Great. Really, it's amazing. I'm having a ton of fun already."
"How's Harry?"
I bit my lip. "Fine. He's good. I saw him this morning by the pool."
"Good. Well, I'm glad you're doing alright. Here's your mother."
I heard him pass the phone to my mum.
"Hermione?"
"Mum? Hey…"
"Hi! I called you to see how you were, and to remind you of the dinner date tonight."
That's right. Mum wanted to have dinner with me and Sirius just to check up on me every now and then. So much for trust.
"I know, mum. Don't worry. I'll meet you at the Skyline Restaurant at 7, kay?"
"Alright...have fun. And be good." She reminded me, just like a mother.
"I will be. Bye." I assured her, though I couldn't guarantee her definition of `good'.
"Bye." I hung up.
As Hermione's mum hung up, she turned to Sirius. "I worry about her."
"Oh, she'll be just fine, Lizzie. And plus," Sirius added with a wink, "She's got Harry
watching after her."
Hermione's mum sighed and laughed, "Sirius…"
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a/N: I KNOW, I KNOW! Really short. But come on, guys, I leave for the airport in a few minutes. Think of it as a filler chapter. I do love you…did you guess right? LOL! Doubt it. Anyways, leave a review! MML!
**If some sentences don't sound right to you, or it's not proper grammar, remember this is like Hermione is speaking, she uses short sentences sometimes...it gets the point across**
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