Forever

Chapter 4 - My Protective Family

Hermione's P.O.V:

On a beautiful, sunny afternoon, I apparated to the Weasleys house because I promised to take Ginny shopping.

I rang the doorbell and a couple seconds later, Ginny opened it. "Hi Hermione" said Ginny. "Hi Ginny" I said, hugging her.

"You look really pretty Hermione, it's almost like you're a v-" started Ginny, but I interrupted her. "A Veela?" I asked.

"Yeah, but how?" asked Ginny. "I was under a glamour charm, and my Veela Grandmother took it off me, so I guess this is my real self" I said. "Come in, we'll get my purse, and then leave" said Ginny. I followed Ginny upstairs to her room, when I saw Ron.

"Hey, Hermione" said Ron, staring at me, weirdly. "Um, Hi Ron" I said. "Well, er, you've changed" said Ron. "Meaning?" I asked. "Like your eyes, they're deep blue, and, er, I think you look gorgeous" said Ron.

"Thanks, I guess?" I said, as we reached Ginny's room. "Oh, you've got your Veela powers back for sure, you literally made Ronald say that you were beautiful, he doesn't even talk to girls like that after the whole Lavender incident" said Ginny, as she grabbed her purse.

"Ready?" I asked. "Yes" said Ginny, as we both apparated to the muggle mall. We started walking down a long aisle of stores, that Ginny found beyond fascinating.

As soon as Ginny found Macy's, she went in the store and looked at different handbags. It was one of her favorite stores. "Is this nice?" asked Ginny, as she showed me a little red handbag. "Yeah, it's nice, I guess" I said, not really paying attention to her.

"The color's a bit weird, I'm not sure I like it" said Ginny, as she put the handbag back. After looking at about 20 handbags, Ginny decided that she wanted to go to Gucci.

We went out of Macy's and walked a little while before we found Gucci. When we walked into the store, a little black handbag caught her eye. Ginny rushed towards the handbag and tried it on.

"It's so cute, isn't it?" asked Ginny. "Yes" I said, trying to get her to buy something so we could go to the bookstore on the other end of the store. "I like it, I'll check out, you wait here" said Ginny, as she went to check out. I sat on a little bench in the store, waiting for Ginny.

After a little while, Ginny was done checking out. "The line was long, sorry about that" said Ginny. "It's fine" I said, as we went to the next store. "Let's go to that beauty store, I really need a new body wash" said Ginny.

"Ginny, I'll go to that bookstore until you're done, meet me there when you're done" I said, as Ginny sighed. "Okay, fine" said Ginny, as she went to the beauty store.

I walked into the bookstore, when a boy with honey brown hair approached me.

"Hey" said the boy, out of nowhere. I ignored him and walked past him, thinking about why the Hell was he talking to me.

"I'm Jake" said the boy, trying to be nice, as I ignored him and pulled a book out of a book shelf and started reading the summary. "You don't talk much, do you?" asked Jake.

"I don't talk to strangers" I said, as I put the book back. "Come on, don't be that way" said Jake, as he put his hand on mine. "Don't touch me" I growled, as I pulled my hand away from him.

I tried to walk to the farthest end of the store so he wouldn't find me, but somehow, he found me and pinned me against a bookshelf. "Come on Cutie, why won't you talk to me?" asked Jake, trying to kiss me.

"Stupefy" said Cedric, out of nowhere. Jake fell backwards and fell on the floor behind him, after he realized what happened, he started running out of the store as fast as he could.

"Are you alright?" asked Cedric, as he examined me for injuries. "Yeah, I'm fine" I said, almost breathless. "But Cedric, he's a muggle, and you cast a spell in front of him" I said.

"What do you mean? He's Jake Ryder, he's my half blood classmate who was in Slytherin" said Cedric. "How did you know I was here though?" I asked.

"I didn't, you forgot your wand, so I wanted to give it to you, and the Weasleys said you were here so I came here and I saw you know, Jake" said Cedric.

"Oh, well, thank you" I said, gratefully. "You're welcome, I'm just glad you're okay" said Cedric. Just then, Ginny walked in the shop door and found us. "Okay, I'm done, I think we can go now" said Ginny.

"Oh hi, Cedric" said Ginny. "Hi Ginny" said Cedric. "Yeah, I think we should go" I said. "Okay, well, bye! Remember, Mum wants you over for dinner tomorrow" said Ginny, as she apparated back home. A couple seconds later, Cedric and I apparated home as well.

When Maman saw that we came back home, she hugged both of us. "Hermione, dinner's almost ready, so why don't you go get Alexander?" asked Maman, as I went upstairs to get Alexander for dinner.

I knocked on Alexander's door, he was writing a envelope to somebody. "Alex, Maman wants you down for dinner" I said, as Alex nodded.

"Okay, I'll be there in a minute" said Alex. I closed his door and walked downstairs. Fluer wasn't living with us since she lived with Bill in Shell Cottage.

As soon as I got to the dining room, I helped Maman set the table. "Hermione, I wanted to talk to you about something" said Maman. "Sure" I replied.

"Cedric told me, what happened today, at the muggle shopping mall-" started Maman, as I glared at Cedric. "It wasn't a big deal, really" I replied, still glaring at Cedric.

"That's not my point Hermione, my point is that a lot of men will come into your life, and say they love you, because you're a Veela" started Maman.

"But as much as they say they really love you, truly, they only love your beauty, and it is hard to find the man who actually loves you, and that man who actually loves you, is your soulmate" said Maman.

"See, your soulmate will love you no matter what, and your Veela senses will let you know who your soulmate is, so you have to be careful and sort out who loves you as a person, and who loves your beauty understand?" asked Maman.

"Yes" I said, processing the information she just gave me. "I'm not that type of girl though, so you don't have to worry" I said, placing a pot on the coaster. "Every girl has her time" hummed Maman, as she set water on the dinner table.

"But no matter what, I love you, ma fille" said Maman, as she kissed my head. "I didn't want to tell Maman, but I realized that this might be a long term thing, since you're a quarter veela, I usually don't want to give out your personal information" said Cedric.

"It's alright" I said. "I did it to protect you, I didn't want you to get hurt" said Cedric. I nodded. "Thank you for caring so much about me" I said. "I'm your brother, that's what I'm supposed to do" said Cedric.

Sure, having a family that cared so much about me can be a little bit annoying sometimes, but at the end of the day, they love me so much, and for that, I'm truly grateful.

(A/N: Not much #Harmione has started, but I promised, it's going to make a entrance soon, I'm trying to interduce the characters and plot first! Thank you so much and have a great day!)