" Oh hey!" he said with a smile," Happy birthday!!!"
"Thanks," she replied, giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"Sorry I have to got pretty quick, but Quidditch starts in about 5 minutes." Harry looked apoligetic.
"But here, he said quickly, reaching into his pocket, " I have something for you!"
"Oh Harry, you didnt' have to get me anything," Hermione said
"Yes I did," said Harry, smiling," now close your eyes and hold out your hand!!!"
" Oooo,this sounds fun!" Said Hermione, closing her eyes.
"Now dont peek!!!!!" Harry said teasingly
I wont I wont!" giggled Hermione. Harry placed something in her hands, and closed her them together.
"Ok, now you can look!!" said Harry. Hermione opened her eyes and saw the most beautiful necklace laying in her hands.
" Harry!!" Hermione breathed," Its gorgeous!!!!!!
"Glad you like it," said Harry, obviously pleased with her reaction. Then the little alarm on his watch went off. Harry glanced down at it.
"Oh, I have to get to Quidditch," he said, looking up.His bright green eyes pleaded with her not to be angry.
" All right," said Hermione," Thank you so much Harry, its so wonderful!" She smiled at him.
" Ok then, happy birthday Hermione! I have to go, but Ill see you in the Great Hall for dinner, ok?"
"Alright Harry, and thank you again!" said Hermione. Harry leaned in, and after a quick kiss, he raced out the portrait hole towards the Quidditch feild.
Hermione watched him go, and as she got up out of the soft chair, a peice of parchment fell out of her bag.
" Oh my gosh," she thought," Ron's journal entry!!!!! I have to get it back before he notices its gone!" Hermione jumped up and raced up the stairs towards the dormitories. When she reached the top of the stairs she glanced around, making sure no one was around, and checking the common room for all the Griffindor boys. Once she figured it was safe, Hermione slowly pushed open the door to the boys dorm.
"My gosh its messy in here!" she thought, looking around. There were piles of clutter everywhere, everything from books, clothes, garbage, magazines, and food.
Hermione rolled her eyes," Typical boys," she thought," Ill be lucky to even find Ron's things under all this!" The thought of Ron made her feel rather quesy. " I still cant believe it," she thought absentmindedly," He aout to go out for Broadway or something for hiding that as well as he did." Hermione dug throught another pile of rubbish, and," Aha!" she said out loud, as she pulled the small black book from underneath Ron's bed. She quickly slipped the peice of parchment back into the book, placing it back where she found it.
"Whew,"she thought, releived," That was almost too easy." Hermione stood up and brushed a candy Chocolate Frog wrapper off her cloak.
"Pigs," she thought, with smile. She looked towards the door.
"I really should get out of here," she thought," But..." Hermione glanced towards Harry's part of the room.
" Oh, what can it hurt?" she thought, as she walked over to Harry's dresser. A couple of Harry's books were sitting in a crooked stack on it, as well as a half eaten chocolate bar, some deoderant, and something that looked like colonge. Hermione took a sniff
" So thats why he always smells so sexy!" she thought with a giggle. She set the bottle down on the the dresser, and looked into the mirror. Her thick brown hair needed some smoothing, and her dark brown eyes were twinkling with amusment at looking through Harry's things. As she reached into her pocket for a comb, her finger brushed against the thin fine chain of Harry's birthday present.
"Oh! I almost forgot!" she thought, fishing the necklace out of her pocket. She put it around her neck and fastened the tiny clasp behind her neck. Once on her, the necklace almost seemed to vibrate.
"How odd," Hermione thought. She touched it with the tip of her finger.
" It really is quite beautiful," she thought," I-"
The sound of laughter and footsteps coming up the stairs broke her thought.
" Oh my gosh, I have to get out of here!!!" Hermione tore her gaze away from the mirror and ran towards the door. She turned the handle and flung the door open. She quickly closed it behind her, and leaned against the railing, breathing hard. Whoever it was hadn't made it up the stairs yet.
Thank god, Hermione exhaled, I cant even imagine how embarressing that would have been! I wonder who it was?Almost as if to answer her question, Ron Weasley suddenly bounced up the stairs. He stopped at the sight of Hermione
Oh no...... Hermione thought miserably, Of all the people...
" Oh, uh, hey Hermione!" Ron said." What happened to you? You look like you just ran all the way around the grounds!"
" Oh thanks alot," Hermione grumbled, pushing her messy hair out of her face. Ron laughed.
"Well I didnt' mean it that way! Anyway, what were you doing? Your all flushed!" Hermione racked her brain for an answer.
" Oh, I was just, um, practicing some, uh, breathing excersises!!!!! Yes, thats it!" Hermione exclaimed, trying to look believable.
Ron raised an eyebrow at her, not looking convinced. Hermione suddenly had an insane urge to giggle.
" He always looks so cute when he does that!" she thought. Then she mentally slapped herself.
" Whoa, Hermione, what?! Where did that come from?" Hermione felt a little woozy, but she forced herself to look back at Ron, who now was giving her a very odd look indeed.
" Um, I need to go meet Harry now, I'll uh, see you at dinner!!! And with that Hermione scooted down the steps, leaving a very confused Ron behind.
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