My Best Friend and Roommate

I wish to point out something in one of my reviews. One of y\'ins said that Harry was a Pureblood which is absolutley incorrect. Harry\'s parents are both magical correct, but Harry\'s mum was a Muggleborn, just like Hermione, who learned magic. If you read the books you will know that the only way a wizard or witch can be Pureblood is if both his or her parents were Purebloods. Harry\'s parents were both a wizard and witch, yes, but James was a Pureblood, and Lily was a Muggleborn. Also, during the fifth book, the prophecy said that Voldie would mark the one to destroy him as his equal. He had two choose from, Harry and Neville, who was a Pureblood, but Harry was chosen in the end, because he was a Halfblood, just like Voldie. Anyone who\'s read the books should know that Harry is halfblooded even though he has magical parents.

Okay, now that I am done venting, on with the story, oh, in case I haven\'t done this-------

DISCLAIMER: I do not own the HP characters. They belong to JKR, who\'s is very talented.

Now, on with the story.


Chapter Three

April 2000

Hermione sighed happily as she woke up in Harry\'s strong, possessive arms for the start of another beautiful day. Being as they were a couple now, and they have slept together, Harry insisted that they share a bed. She had no problem sharing a bed, as long as it was his which was bigger. Out of the two months that they were dating, Hermione has woken up in his arms a total of 48 times. The other times he was away on assignment, or stayed over at Ron\'s, and she had to wake up by herself. She had company every now and then. One time, she was in charge of throwing Susan\'s bachelorette party in the apartment while Harry took care of Ron\'s bachelor party at the Burrow. Now, keeping their relationship a secret was one thing, but trying to keep it secret during a \"I Never\" game with veritaserum involved was another.

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Susan and her bridal party, Hermione, Ginny, Parvati, Padma and Lavender sat around the coffee table in the middle of the living room. Shots of Firewhiskey spiked with the veritaserum sat in the middle of it, and after everyone took their first shot, the bride to be started the game. \"I have never had a fantasy involving more than one wizard,\" she said before downing her shot. \"Ron and Harry,\" she stated. The girls laughed as Ginny, Parvati, Padma and Lavender downed their shot, then stating their boyfriends\' names and Harry\'s. Hermione\'s stayed the way it is.

\"You\'ve never had a fantasy about two good looking wizards?\" Ginny asked. Hermione shook her head as she smiled. In truth, only one person was in her life, and it was Harry. She would never bring the idea of a threesome to their bed. \"Okay, my turn,\" Ginny said, \"I never saw my best friend naked,\" she said before downing her drink. \"And I\'d rather not repeat the event,\" she added. Parvati, Padma, Susan and Lavender never touched their drink, but they were all surprised when Hermione downed hers. Not that she couldn\'t refuse as she was under the influence of veritaserum.

\"Oh, Merlin, you saw Harry naked?\" Lavender asked. \"When?\"

\"A couple months ago,\" Hermione said, \"We walked in on each other in the shower.\" The girls squealed as she refilled her glass.

\"So, how big is he?\" Ginny asked.

\"Ginny!\"

\"What?\"

\"First off, it was a small glance, and I didn\'t get a good look at it,\" Hermione said.

\"Why not?\" Parvati asked.

\"Because he covered himself up with his towel at the last minute.\"

\"So, you don\'t know how big he is?\"

\"Eight and a half inches,\" Hermione said without thinking. The girls gasped as they tried to figure out just how long eight and a half inches was. \"Can we get back to the game?\" It was Parvati\'s turn. She held up her drink like she was making a toast.

\"I never wanted to share a man with my sister,\" she said and both she and Padma downed their drinks. \"Harry,\" they both said. The girls squealed again which was getting old. Padma was next.

\"I never slept with my best friend,\" she said.

\'Oh, crap,\' Hermione thought. Padma downed her drink as Lavender passed. The girls gasped as Hermione picked up her glass, and downed her drink.

\"Hermione, you\'ve been holding out on us,\" Padma said.

\"You slept with Harry?\" Lavender asked.

\"What makes you think it\'s Harry?\" she asked.

\"Because you and Ron fight alot,\" Susan said, \"And I\'d kick your ass if you slept with Ron.\"

\"Fine, I slept with Harry!\" Hermione shouted. The girls all squealed as they tried to divulge information.

\"So, that\'s why you know how big he is,\" Ginny said.

\"How as he?\" Lavender asked.

\"I bet he was gentle since it was your first time,\" Susan said.

\"Enough!\" Hermione snapped, \"I am not divulging any details about mine and Harry\'s sex life.\" She refilled her glass, and took another shot. \"But I will say this; it was the best night of my life.\" The girls laughed as they continued with the game.

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\"Hey, you okay?\" Hermione looked up to see Harry looking at her.

\"What?\"

\"I asked if you were okay.\"

\"I\'m fine,\" she said, \"I want thinking about the time I outed us as a couple,\"

\"Oh, the bachelorette party.\" Hermione giggled as she turned around to face him. \"You know ever since Mrs. Weasley found out we were a couple she\'s been asking me when I\'m going to propose.\"

\"But we\'ve only been dating two months.\"

\"But we know everything there is to know about each other, and we\'ve been living together for over two years.\"

\"Yes, well ....\"

\"And there\'s the little fact that we slept together,\" he said, \"And the bouquet and garter belt were ours at the reception.\"

\"I remember the look on your face when you caught the garter belt,\" Hermione said.

\"I still think it was a set up,\" he said, \"So, if we were going to get married, what kinda of wedding would you like?\" Hermione gasped lightly.

\"Are you ...\"

\"I\'m just asking, Mia.\"

\"Well, I would want a Muggle wedding first since all of my relatives are Muggle.\"

\"Right,\" Harry said.

\"Then a two week honeymoon.\"

\"Two weeks?\"

\"Yes, and then we can have the magical bonding at Hogwarts with Minerva doing the bonding, and then we can start on that family we both want.\" Harry chuckled as Hermione rolled herself on top of him. \"How many kids do you want?\"

\"Well, at least two. That way the first born has a sibling.\"

\"I want at least three, maybe more.\"

\"How about we have as many as we can until we\'re too old?\" Hermione laughed out.

\"Like Arthur and Molly?\"

\"Sure,\" Harry said, \"Seven all together, maybe eight.\"

\"Harry, I can\'t see us raising eight kids.\" Harry shrugged as Hermione climbed off of him, and went into the bathroom. Harry waited until he heard the showering running to pull his bed side drawer open, and retrieve a black ring case. Inside it was his mother\'s engagement ring that he found in his family vault, the other family vault. Although the wedding bads were lost that fateful Halloween night, Harry would have no problem getting him and Hermione wedding bands. That is if she said yes. He opened the case to make sure it was there, and let out a huge sigh. He was actually going to do it. He was going to ask Hermione to marry him, but first he wanted to get her father\'s permission. He had it all planned out. Hermione thinks he was working today, but really he was going to visit her parents. They already know him which was good, or else it would\'ve been nerve wracking asking the father of the woman you love to marry her when you\'ve only met the guy. \"Harry?\" Harry quickly shut the ring box, and put it back into the drawer.

\"Yeah?\"

\"Do you really have to go into today?\" she asked.

\"Yes,\" he said getting out of bed.

\"But it\'s Saturday,\" she said, \"I was going to take you to see Neville\'s store I\'m going to be working in.\" Harry chuckled.

\"I never pictured you in a flower shop, Mia,\" he said.

\"Well, Neville needed some woman advice on arrangements,\" she said walking into the bedroom in nothing but a towel. Harry stood at the end of the bed watching his girl strut around in a towel. \"Harry, lover, you\'re going to be late,\" she said. She dropped the towel to be naked.

\"Uh, huh,\" he said watching her pull on her under garments. He gulped as she bent over for a pair of jeans.

\"Harry?\"

\"What?\" he asked keeping his eyes on her firm ass.

\"Look what time it is.\" Harry glanced to their Muggle clock, and saw it was almost 830.

\"Oh, shit,\" he muttered. He ran into the bathroom, but came back in to give Hermione a kiss goodbye. He climbed in the shower, and took a quick one, and got in time to have Hermione give him another kiss.

\"I\'ll see you later?\" she asked. He nodded before she left the flat, closing the door behind her. Harry quickly got dressed, grabbed the ring, skipped breakfast and left the flat. He wanted to catch Adam or Dr. Granger before he left for the office. He climbed into his Muggle car, and headed for Hermione\'s parents.


When he arrived at the small house in a village not far from London, he saw two cars still in the driveway, and thanked his lucky stars he didn\'t miss Dr. Granger. He pulled up behind Mrs. Granger\'s car, and left the car running. He only needed to ask one question, and then he could be off. Just as he was approaching the house, the door opened, and Dr. Granger came out. \"Harry, what are you doing here? Is it Hermione?\" he asked in a concerned voice.

\"No, I just wanted to ask you something,\" Harry said.

\"Well, go on, lad, don\'t be shy.\"

\"Adam, you forgot your, oh, Harry how nice to see you,\" Emylee Granger said as she came out with her husband\'s lunch.

\"Harry was just about to ask me something,\" Adam said.

\"Well, don\'t let me stop you,\" she said. Harry sighed out.

\"I came to ask for Hermione\'s hand in marriage,\" Harry said getting a gasp from both dentists.

\"Oh, Adam, I knew today was going to be special,\" Emylee said.

\"Harry, nothing would please me more than to have you for a son in law,\" Adam said. Harry chuckled as Adam and him shook hands. \"When are you asking her?\"

\"This afternoon,\" Harry said, \"I\'m taking her to the aquarium, the beluga whale exhibit for a nice effect.\"

\"Oh, the lighting in there is beautiful,\" Emylee said, \"May I see the ring?\" she asked.

\"Sure,\" Harry said digging into his pocket. He pulled out the ring box, and handed it to the other Dr. Granger. She took it with a smile and lost her breath when she opened it.

\"Oh, it gorgeous.\" The heart shape cut diamond sparkled in the sunlight along with the two other circle diamonds, set on a gold band.

\"It was my mother\'s ring. She only wore for it for the engagement according to Remus Lupin, family friend, and hadn\'t worn since after getting married to my dad.\"

\"Hermione will love it,\" Adam said. He took the ring, and gave it back to Harry. \"Now, you take care of my little girl.\"

\"I will,\" Harry said, \"I promise.\" Emylee suddenly cried out, and gave Harry a big hug.

\"I always knew you\'d be my son in law.\" Harry chuckled as he hugged her back, and shook Adam\'s hand again. They waved bye as he pulled away from their home. As he drove back to London, he let out a huge sigh of relief. Now all he has to do was propose.

Hermione was surprised to see Harry enter the shop in the afternoon. He greeted Neville who in turn greeted him before asking him if he could steal her away for a couple hours. Neville urged a protesting Hermione out the door.

When they arrived at the aquarium, it just fueled Hermione\'s curiosity even more. She tried to get Harry to tell her why they were there, but he refused to do so, and instead asked her to close her eyes when they got into the lobby. She did so, and he felt his warm hand around hers as he led her down some stairs. She could tell things were getting darker, and tightened her hold on Harry\'s hand. \"Harry, is it getting darker?\" she asked.

\"Don\'t worry, Mia,\" he said, \"I\'ve got you.\" Hermione felt herself being stopped, and felt Harry position himself behind her. \"Okay, open up.\" Hermione opened her eyes, and gasped as a white beluga whale swam by them. The lights from above the tank shined through the water, giving the lobby a soft touch.

\"Oh, Harry, I love it,\" she said.

\"You\'ll love it even better in about two seconds,\" he said. Hermione turned around, and before she could ask, Harry was down on one knee with a ring box in his hand. She stood speechless as he began to form words she couldn\'t hear. \"These two months we\'ve had together have been amazing, Mia, and I know you\'re thinking that I\'m rushing it and we need more time together, but we\'ve been best friends for seven years, roommates for two years, and I can\'t stop thinking about how much I want to spend the rest of my life with you.\" Hermione started to cry when Harry opened the box to show the glimmering ring. \"Hermione Jane Granger, will you marry me?\" he asked. Hermione couldn\'t find any words as the tears ran down her cheeks. She squealed with joy before launching herself at Harry, taking him to the floor with an \'oomph\'.

\"Yes, yes, yes, yes,\" she chanted over as she kissed him. Harry kissed her back before lifting her up, and setting her on one of the benches. He took the ring out of the box, and slide it onto her finger. \"It\'s beautiful, Harry.\"

\"It was Mum\'s,\" he said. Hermione gasped.

\"Harry, I can\'t wear this,\" she said.

\"Why not?\" he asked, \"I want you to wear it,\" he said, \"Besides, I think Mum wanted my future wife to have it seeing as she left instructions for me to do just that.\" Hermione laughed before pulling Harry into a kiss. Let the engagement begin.

Hope y\'ins like it. Review, please, please, pretty please. Pretty please with sugar on .. okay I\'ll stop.