Summer Love Not

Harry and Hermione told Professor McGonagall what happen with Draco Malfoy and she said he was with Professor Snape all day, but the matter will be looked into. She gave them their missed assignments for the day classes.
“I can’t believe he’s going to get away with this.” Harry said.

Hermione went to see Madam Pomfrey to make sure she was all right, but had to stay the night in the hospital wing. Harry waited until Madam Pomfrey left the room, then he gave Hermione a good night kiss.
“See you in the morning.” Madam Pomfrey was the only staff they told about the mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, because she asked what spell he used to bring her back. She found the mouth-to-mouth primitive, but interesting.

Harry walked to the common room and saw Ron.
“Sorry I missed Quidditch practice.” Harry told Ron what happen, all but the kissing part.
Ron didn’t quite get the mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
“ You put your mouth on theirs and blow and you have to pinch their nose,” Harry explained.
Ron looked surprised,
“ You kissed Hermione, with your mouth open?” He let out a laugh. Harry looking very serious said in angry voice,
“ It’s not a joke Ron, Hermione was dying, she wasn’t breathing, what was I suppose to do, let her die?”
“Sorry Harry just sounds… you know weird.”

Harry and Hermione wanted to keep their starting to date to themselves for now. Harry went to bed remembering the feeling of Hermione’s lips on his. He dreamed of Hermione and he together in the Room of Requirement kissing, he in his bed sheet and she in a white dress.

Early the next morning Harry got dressed and went to see if Hermione was able to eat breakfast in the Great Hall. Hermione was on the hospital bed putting on her socks and sneakers. Harry waited until he thought Madam Pomfrey was out of the room and he sit down next to her on the bed and gave her a kiss. His heart started pumping faster as their arms went around each other, and then they heard…
“ Has she stopped breathing again, Mr. Potter?”

They went down to the Great Hall and eat breakfast, both trying very hard not to look at each other and blush.

Saturday morning finally came and Harry was nervous, but excited. He didn’t get to see Hermione a lot because of her tutoring Neville. Ron was keeping him busy having the team practice Quidditch every free hour they had.

Harry made sure he had enough money, and he showered a little longer. He wanted to do something with his hair, but he was afraid it might look worse. He don’t want to look too good, Ron may ask questions like ‘what are you all dressed up for? Meeting someone? Who?’ So Harry put on fairly nice sweater and pants. He ran down the stairs with his jacket.

He saw Hermione near the fireplace, with her hat on and putting on her coat. He went over and helped her with her coat, pretending to fix the collar. He asked, “What time can we meet at the Tea Leaves?”
“About one,” she smiled. Harry still had her by the collar. He let his hand lightly touch her cheek and a wave of excitement went threw them. Her eyes lit up, and her hand touched his hand to keep it there. Harry was drinking her face in with his eyes. He wanted so much to kiss her right there but Neville was waiting to talk to Hermione.
“ See you at one,” she said and turned to Neville.

The ride to Hogsmeade felt longer than Harry remembered. He decided to look in the shops until one o’clock, and time seem to move slowly. Finally it was 12:45 and Harry decided to go the Tea Leaves.
The shop wasn’t busy; Fred and George Weasley were looking at order forms, and trying to talk Lee Jordan in to trying their new candy.

He got a nice booth in the corner, for more privacy. The waitress came by and asked what he wanted
“Oh, I’m waiting for someone right now.” He felt his face get very warm.
It was almost one o’clock and Harry was trying not to watch the clock.
Then all of a sudden Hermione was there.
“ Harry I’ll be right back, I have to go to ladies room, why don’t you order some tea ok,” and dashed off.
Harry wave the waitress over and ordered tea. In a few minutes she was back and she looked different from just a few minutes ago. Her hair wasn’t bushy but curled, and she wore a pink V-neck sweater and jeans.
“ You look beautiful” Harry commented as he stood up taking her coat and hanging it up.
They sat there for a moment and the waitress came with the tea.
“ Anything else? Cookies, pastries, cakes, pies?”
Harry looked at Hermione “ Is there anything you want Hermione?”
“ No, I don’t think so.” But Harry was a little hungry.
“ Well I’ll try the cakes.” In the flash the little cakes were in front of Harry. Little vanilla and chocolate cakes with cream, chocolate and strawberry filling, you can eat in one bite.
“ Hungry?” she asked.
“ Yeah, but please have some” as he pop one in to his mouth.
Hermione put some sugar and cream into her tea.
“ I just ate with Neville,” and took a sip of her tea. It was warming her up from the walk.
“ What did you do with Neville?” he asked curiously sipping his tea.
“ Oh, the differences in ingredients and how to prepare them. Streaming, drying all that stuff. How to grind into course powder.. Fine power.”
She looked at him “ He’s getting better he just gets nervous around Snape.”
“ Who doesn’t!” he nearly coughed on his tea. But Harry felt more loathing for Professor Snape then fear or nervous. The conversation went along as normal, but once in a while Hermione would give Harry a little smile and her eyes would shine a little brighter.

Then Ron showed up with Luna. They sat down and Ron started talking to Harry, and Luna to Hermione.
Harry didn’t want to be rude but this was a date and he wanted to be alone with Hermione.
“ We have to practice more on the windy days so we can improve on our game.”
Harry just nodded.
He looked at Hermione who was getting annoyed too. Luna went on and on about her new scarf that changed it’s color with every outfit.
So she thought for a moment and cleared her throat,
“ Well as I was saying,” looking at Harry “ We have to record this SPEW meeting.”
“ SPEW meeting? You’re helping her with that?” Ron asked rolling his eyes.
“ Yeah, I’m helping her.” And that’s all it took for Ron to suddenly say.
“I’ll leave you two to that,” and he was off with Luna. Harry smiled,
“ You know you’re brilliant.”
“Thanks,” and she sipped her tea.
Harry pops another cake into his mouth.
“Try one they’re good.”
“ Ok, I’ll try one” and pop a chocolate cake with cream into her mouth.
“ Mmm, they are” nodding her head.

It was getting crowd and noisy in the place. So they decided to go for a walk.
Harry and Hermione walked up and down the snow-covered streets, just talking. They were both getting cold and went to the Madam Puddifoot's. It was crowd but warm. Harry got them cups of hot cocoa. They sat for a while not talking just looking at each other smiling and drinking. A few minutes later it was time to go catch the carriage ride back to school. Harry wanted to talk to Hermione or rather not talk to her, but occupy her lips with his.

They got into a carriage but Ginny got in too.
Harry quickly grabbed a blanket and put it over Hermione and himself, that way he could hold her hand. Hermione amused herself with his fingers, lightly touching them, kneading and rubbing the back of her hand in his palm. It was very cold outside and in the carriages, but Harry and Hermione were getting very warm, sweating and trying to breath normally with a sleeping Ginny in the same carriage.

They got to Hogwarts and walked up the stairs until they reached the common room. But Susan Bones wanted to talk to Hermione and there was note for Harry floating in the air changing its’ shape and making popping sounds. He snatched it out of the air and it was from Professor Dumbledore. He looked at Hermione who was trying to end the conversation with Susan and Parvati. Harry went upstairs to his dorm room to read the note.

Fred and George, who were in the corner watching the girl talking, took out a small grey green smoke bomb ball and shouted,
”Oh you let it go off. Run!”
And smoke started to fill the room. One of the twins grabbed Susan and Parvati and pushed them out the through the portrait hole, the other grabbed Hermione. Hermione was guided to the stairwell to the dorms.
Fred said, “You got 8 to 10 minutes. Harry’s upstairs,” and he gave her a wink. She went up the stairs quickly and into his dorm room. Harry was sitting on his bed reading the note. It simply read
‘ I have to talk after dinner in my office. Professor Albus Dumbledore.’

The door was open so Hermione walked in.
“Harry?” she said softly.
“ Hermione.”
He got up off his bed and walk over to her.
“ I had a good time.” Hermione said.
“Me too” and before he could say anything else
“ But it would be better if we could have done this” and she kissed him.
He put his arms around her and kissed her back. Everything melted away in Harry’s mind. Warm inviting kisses became more passionate. Harry felt strange movement and broke the kiss. Hermione was trying to take off her coat.
“Sorry, just getting a little warm.”
Harry took this time to remove his jacket too, and threw it on his trunk. Hermione was putting hers on a nearby chair. She tilted her head to the left, as she placed the coat down and her neck was expose.
Harry looked at it. Hermione was thinking of something when she felt warm lips on her neck. Harry was in back of her kissing her neck up and down with gently kisses. Her eyes closed enjoying the sensations going threw her. One of his arms around her waist the other went to her shoulder. He pulled her close to him. His lips could taste her warm salty moist neck. He turned her around so he could see her face again. There he feasted on her lips holding her, wanting to feel her against him, drawing whatever he could from her. The mood broke when they heard the other Gryffindors coming up the stairs. It was time for dinner anyway so they went down to the Great Hall.

After dinner Harry went to see Dumbledore in his office.
“ Eh, am I in trouble sir?” getting nervous.
“No Harry, I want to tell you that the Sirius’s Will and memorial is going to be Friday evening at Grimmauld Place. You the Weasley’s, Miss Granger and others will be there.”
“Others sir?”
“Mr. Black’s lawyer and the people from the Ministry of Magic, and the Order.”
It was still sinking in, that Sirius was really gone. Harry would fool himself sometimes thinking he was off in the caves again or hanging out in the attic or in the cellar. But Sirius was gone the only family he really had and loved.

The week went by and he tried to have sometime with Hermione. He got to talk to her in the library a little when she was studying and taking notes. He would lightly touch her with a quill from time to time while sitting next to her in class.

He slipped a peach into her robe pocket. Later that night while studying in the common room. Harry got to hold her hand and when he was sure no one was around he gave her a kiss.
“Hmmm, you ate the peach?”
“ No, not yet” and she showed him the peach and bit into it.
Handing it to him so he could have bit too.
“ You do taste like a peach you know,” taking a bite.
They looked into each other’s eyes and smiled. Harry took a quick look around again. Hermione took a rather large bite of the peach. He had to have another kiss from her. He leaned close her face and kissed her gently. She put her hand to his cheek, moved it to his neck and ran her fingers through his hair. This made him pull her closer to him. He wanted to give her a more passionate kiss, but she wouldn’t part her lips. He didn’t want to just stick his tongue in her mouth so he gave her little kiss, a bite and started sucking on her neck.
He was trying to find the right spot when she let out a low moan. He quickly put his lips to hers. Kissing until her lips gave in and he let out a moan and stopped.
“Sorry.” He said laughing. So did she, as she chewed on the peach she was now attempting to shallow trying not to choke.
“ I didn’t know you were still eating.” He bit in to the peach and looked at Hermione and swallowed it quickly. He gave her the peach; she ate last juicy bites of it. He looked into her eyes and she his. There was a strange look in Harry’s eyes. Like the first time they kissed.
He went to say ‘kiss me’ but he whispered, “Feed me.” Without a thought she raised her face to him as his lips went to hers. The peach fell to the floor, as Hermione knew what he wanted or needed. She felt as though she had fallen or was she floating, she wasn’t sure. A warm sensation was in her stomach and spread down to her toes and up her legs to her back. She felt her feet were off the floor and then back down. Harry was holding her, feeding from her.
As he did he swear he hear her thoughts.
Scenes were playing in his mind.
The first time he flew a broom, winning at Quidditch, seeing Hermione well after the drinking in the polyjuice potion and her running in to his arms at the feast.
All happy memories, he felt his heart beating, pounding as though he was running race. Then he saw her lying on the ground, he saw himself trying to bring her back. Her eyes opening and a feeling of relief knowing she was ok.
And than he saw them kissing for the first time. Harry tried to pull Hermione closer to him.
‘I need more’ sounded in his head. He slipped his hands between her robes and felt her sweater trying to bring her closer somehow. He turned his head left to right trying to get a better angle.
“ More, I want more,” trying to catch his breath and then searching her lips again. He felt something pulling him away from Hermione, but he held on tighter to her and she to him.
Harry felt his feet and legs falling out beneath him. But he didn’t fall. Neither did Hermione, as their kiss broke. They were in the air for a moment arms around each before they were flung to the more than a few feet apart. Harry landed in a chair and Hermione on the floor.

Fred and George were standing in the room. Mouths open in surprise, “Wow.” They said in unison.
“No one has been able to kiss and get, well as far as you two have in this room. Harry you stud, you.
“ And Hermione you hot little pixie” George said.
“You wicked witch you bewitching Harry. Well he never had a chance.” laughed Fred. Hermione blushed shaking her head and feeling dizzy. Harry felt dizzy too.
“What happened?” Harry asked looking at the brothers.
“They put a spell on this room last year to keep the student from going to far. Most of the time you can get one good kiss in before the spell kicks in. than it puts you on the opposite side of the room. You two were in the air for a good 20 seconds.”
“ Your not going to tell any one about this, are you?” Harry asked getting up and going over to Hermione and helping her up.
“ They haven’t so far,” Hermione said. “Or have you” the brothers frowned.
“After what you two have been through last year and this summer. No, we didn’t tell anyone. We can keep secrets and we have many.”
Looking around, “Thanks, how long have you guys known about us?” Harry asked.
“ We though you two were together ages ago, Hermione you should have seen Harry’s face when Ron asked you out. It looked like some one punched him in the stomach and told him he was going to live with the Dursleys and Snape for good.” Harry turned red,
“ So I was a little jealous,” he said to Hermione.
“We thought he got lucky at the house this summer with you until mom said Harry was taking care of her after the cleansing spell.” George said. Fred added,
“ He stayed up all night making sure you were all right.” And Hermione looked at Harry.
“ I dreamt you were watching over me.” Harry now blushing
“ You had gone through a lot, I had to make sure you were alright.”
“Well it’s getting late we should be off to bed.” Fred said. And they turned and went up to their dorm.
“ We better do the same.” Harry said as he leaned in for a kiss and stopped. He took Hermione’s hand and went up a few steps and kissed her.
“ Good night” and she kissed him,
“See you in the morning.” They went to their dorm rooms. The few days to Friday Memorial service were not easy on Harry, Snape was giving them pop quizzes and Harry commented that it was unfair. He got in to an argument with Snape and had detention for the next 3 nights. Hermione begged him not to talk to Snape in his class or any other time.

Friday evening came and Harry packed his clothes Grimmauld Place. They took the bus to the house meeting up with the rest of the Weasleys, Lupin, the lawyer and others. Harry heard Remus and others talk about Sirius and his life. Harry felt miserable he missed his Godfather and hearing all the stories made him feel guiltier then ever. Lupin and everyone else told him it wasn’t this fault.
“ Harry you saved his life, he would have soul sucked out of him if it wasn’t for you. He knew that, you gave him that time. So don’t you feel guilty. You bought him time. That was more than any of us could have done.”

The Will was read Harry got the house, and his money. Sirius remembered that Lily had money in a muggle bank just in case. Sirius found it and a safety deposit box in her name or at least the key to it. Harry performed the ‘New Master of the House charm.’ He showed the front door and the fireplaces the Will and said “ I am the Master of this house and land what I said goes.” At last he felt more control over things in the house. But he still felt angry, everyone who he loves dies and he gets money and houses.

Ron didn’t look to please at Harry getting more money.
“ I’m cursed, I’m potion to people I care about.” Harry thought as he just sitting on the stairs in the hallway, hiding his face and tears. Hermione sat down next to me trying to comfort him but was pulled away by Ron and Mr. Weasely.
“ I think he wants to be alone Hermione,” they verbalized.

The next few weeks for Harry just got worse. He doesn’t talk to Snape at all, so he gets more detention. He grades start to go down he stops talking to Hermione and Ron most of the time and when he did he is bitter and mean to them. He throws things in his room and made a few things fly across the classrooms and hit the walls.

Even Draco Malfoy doesn’t want to press his luck. He sees the look in Harry’s eyes and his smile of ‘come on Malfoy give me a reason to beat the life out of you.’ He spends a lot of time in Dumbledore office and in silence.

Dumbledore thinks it would be better if Harry went to his new residence for Christmas. There he could do what he wanted to the house and he wouldn’t upset the school holiday. Dumbledore asked the Molly and Arthur Weasley if they would like spending some of the holiday at Grimmauld Place. They said
“ Yes, Harry shouldn’t be alone for the holidays” and Dumbledore asked him to ‘Try to be nice to them.’ Harry agreed. That Friday afternoon Harry got on the bus from Hogwarts and went to his home on 12 Grimmauld Place with Tonks. She told him she would be dropping in and out the house during the day and night. Hermione said she would try to come for Christmas. Harry got a letter from Ron saying ‘the family was going to be there for Christmas morning that they were going to visit their Aunt and Uncle and their grandmother.

Harry was in the house for four days getting rid of the old gloomy wallpaper in the living room and painting it a cream color that would change colors went asked. In fact he did it to all the rooms to make it more livable. Dumbledore knew cleaning and changing the house would help Harry deal with anger. After all he was the master of the house. He also needed to cook Christmas dinner for his friends.

He wanted help getting new furniture and linings. Maybe Mrs. Weasley could help him with that, or Hermione He was dusting off the doorway to the Drawing room when he heard the front door. Tonks come in and behind her was Hermione.