It was great. Really. It was. Luna was absolutely thrilled for Hermione.
"What do you think Luna? Do you think Harry would like the red shirt or the green one?" Hermione asked, holding up the two choices in front of herself.
Luna looked at each shirt carefully, contemplating a decision.
She smiled at Hermione. "Well...Harry will probably like either one just because you're wearing it. But I
think you should wear that cream colored sweater with the v-neck. Oh, and your denim skirt. It's casual but sort of
dressy. It should be perfect for whatever Harry has planned for you," she finally said.
Somehow the second date managed to out do their first date. It could have been due to the hour the couple spent kissing in Harry's car toward the end of the evening He later explained his mum was a muggle born, so he always liked to tinker with muggle things, hence the car. Neither could get enough of the other. Hermione was quickly becoming addicted to Harry. When she'd laughingly told him so between kisses, he'd been quick to assure her that it was much the same for him. He'd walked her back up to her Flat then and spent a good ten minutes telling her good night and promising to owl the next day.
Three weeks went by and things just kept getting better and better. Harry and Hermione spent as much time together
as possible. Harry, despite his pressing exam issues, willingly too on several of the jobs he'd been offered during
those weeks. He couldn't stand the thought of not seeing Hermione He hadn't told Hermione about his job yet. It
was too hard to explain. And the longer he waited, the harder it got.
Harry was not a Auror in training. He was a fully fledged Auror but was taking a higher level exam to help succeed in
running the Dark Arts operations they were being tipped off about……
Hermione walked around in a perpetual state of bliss. She was constantly humming some love song under her breath. There were times when she would just start smiling out of the blue. She was usually thinking about something sweet Harry had done.
Luna and Ginny both noticed the changes taking place in Hermione as her relationship with Harry continued. They were
happy for her but concerned at how fast things seemed to be progressing. They never saw Hermione anymore. She was
always with Harry. They missed their friend. But Hermione didn't seem to even notice.
It was Friday, almost four weeks since the night Hermione and Harry had first met. Hermione was in the lab working on a project when she looked up at the clock. It was three o'clock. She quickly left whatever it was she was working on and made her way to her office. On the days when she and Harry couldn't meet for lunch he always owled.
At 3:05pm on the dot, an owl landed on Hermione's desk . Hermione quickly read it. She couldn't help the
smile the spread across her face. Even seeing his writing made her happy…
''Dearest Hermione. I am so sorry but I cannot make our date tonight..
The boss has organised an extra training session as we have a mission coming up shortly…
I am sorry to have to do this at such short notice….
I will miss you tonight…
I will see you later this week
all my love
Harry…
Hermione folded the parchment and sat down behind her desk…
Oh well he had to work she knew, just she was so looking forward to tonight…
she decided to owl Luna & Gin and see if she could spend some time with them.
After all she had kind of neglected her friends of late and she did feel guilty for it…
The weeks were good to Harry & Hermione.
Harry had yet to explain to her about his secret job but otherwise everything was going smoothly….
"Help! Luna....I need underwear!" Hermione blurted as she burst through the door to Luna's bedroom.
"What?" Luna looked up from where she was applying nail polish to her toes. She almost dropped the open bottle onto her bedspread she was so startled.she often wondered why they had chosen to live a lot like muggles do.. The fun was starting to wear off a tad.
It was four in the afternoon and Hermione had taken off from lab early, yet again. She was in crisis. Thoughts of Harry and moving their relationship forward had started her thinking. She was completely unsure of herself. What if she wasn't sexy enough? What if she was too naive and inexperienced for him?
"Luna, you have to help me," Hermione said, pacing on the floor in front of Luna's bed. " I have
a date with Harry tonight and I...."
"...and you forgot to do your laundry?" Luna finished, trying to fill in the gaps in what Hermione was nervously saying.
Hermione stopped pacing and looked at her. "No. I...I want tonight to be special and so I was thinking about how I don't own any sexy underwear. None. Not even underwear with flowers of anything. It's all just plain cotton briefs. Very boring. I don't want Harry to think that I'm boring. And there's absolutely nothing sexy about my panties and..."
Luna bit back a laugh as her frustrated friend continued to rant.
"Okay...I'm there for you Mione. First tell me what time dinner is," Luna said once Hermione had calmed down a little.
"Oh. Thank you Luna!" Hermione reached out, grabbing Luna in an impulsive hug. "Okay, so ...uhm Harry said to be at his place at six thirty. But I should probably leave early to make sure that I can find his apartment complex."
"Good. That gives us about two hours to work with. So this is what I want you to do. Go into your closet and decide what you want to wear. Then put that back and pull out something else. I know you Hermione and the first thing you'll pick will be way too conservative. After that go take a bubble bath and shave your legs ...the works. Get as ready as you can without getting dressed. Now while you're doing all that, I'll be out purchasing your first set of 'just in case' panties," Luna said.
" 'just in case' panties?" Hermione asked, a confused expression on her face.
Dear mother of Merlin, what had they done to poor Luna?
Luna smirked. "It's something every girl needs, Hermione. It involves purchasing a pair of sexy panties for a special occasion. Of course, you can never be sure of what that special occasion will be. For the most part they're for that special date, you know, 'just in case' your going to get laid."
Hermione's face flushed a deep red at Luna's words. "Oh...oh..Luna, I...." Hermione was flustered now. That wasn't her intention for the evening. She just wanted to be prepared for anything.
Luna watched with amusement as her friend finally comprehended the importance of the 'just in case' panty. Even so, Hermione was obviously embarrassed.
"Relax,Mione. Just because you have them doesn't mean anything is going to happen. No matter what goes on it's just high time for you to have a pair of sexy panties....just in case," she said with a wink. She left a still flustered Hermione standing in her bedroom and she went out to shop.