First Kiss Chapter one. Trying to work up the nerve!

Chapter 174

Chapter 174

January spilled into February, with cold freezing winds, ice and snow piling up, to freeze the inhabitants of Grammauld place. Harry had finished his breakfast; he wanted to get to the Ministry early to research a few things, before work started. Harry went to the fireplace he was going to go by Floo Powder, this morning since it was warmer and direct, no going out into the freezing cold.

“Are you ready to go?” Harry asked the other two.

“Almost, I wanted to make sure I had that last assignment about arresting wizards who have been imperious and were told to kill any who were with the Magical Law Enforcement.” Hermione was looking through a large stack of parchments with a little hmmm no nope not this one, not this either, hmm no.

“Do you think you have enough rolls of parchments?” Harry asked looking at the large stack of parchments she was going through.

“Hermione never has enough of them, I thought you knew that by now,” Ron said with a laugh in his voice as he walked over to them.

“Floo Powder; this morning,” Ron asked knowing the answer, but wanting confirmation on it.

“Yeah way to cold out there,” Harry told him with his own grin. Harry knew Ron was sneaking off a couple times a week to meet with the Veela girl, that he would not tell him her name. Harry didn’t mind though when he was gone Hermione was even more affectionate then usual, so he figured it was a plus for him, even if Ron was still clueless about them. Ron said nothing he pretended that Hermione had no clue where he was going, and seemed pleased that she showed no jealous and or anger about him taking off without notice. Ron had told Harry it was a darn sight better then having those vicious yellow canaries coming after him to peck him everywhere they could reach. Harry was glad and amazed that Hermione had seemed to out grown her jealousy so soon and easy from their time together after all the funerals.

“Ah here it is,” Hermione had ignored them as she looked until she found the one she wanted.

“Ok I’m ready to go,” Hermione walked to the large fireplace, grabbed some Floo Powder and tossed it into the fireplace. “Ministry of Magic,” Hermione said clearly as she left with a; swoosh of green flames.

“Master, Kreature will have dinner ready for his return, have a good day at your job master Harry,”

“Thank you Kreature, I’ll enjoy it very much and I’ll enjoy dinner even more,” Harry smiled as he tossed in his own handful of Floo Powder, as he stepped in yelling Ministry of Magic, before holding his mouth shut to keep from inhaling ash making him cough hard and end up in some other fire place.

Harry arrived to see Hermione talking with Narcissa Malfoy who had her daughter in her arms; she was a very pretty girl. He was very pleased that she and her husband and son were so much nicer and more caring of everyone then they had before.

In moments Ron had joined them. Hermione ignored him talking to Harry.

“Harry, we were talking and do you know that Delores Umbridge was in the same year as she and Professor Snape,”

“no way they were all in the same year?” Harry looked at them with wide eyes.

“Yes, she and I had been friends in school, the one thing we had in common was a crush on our fellow Slytherin, Severus.”

“What she had the hots’ for Snape?” Ron blurted out. Hermione rolled her eyes.

Narcissa was grinning at them all; the little girl was trying to get down from her mother’s arms.

“Yes to put it that way, we did. There were many girls in our class who desired Severus; I had tried many times to get him to date me all through school. It was something of a challenge for me to try to get him to show an interest in me.” Narcissa smiled, “My husband does not know that the only reason I started to date him was to make Severus jealous, that though did not work. He was very frustrating, which made him even more desirable.” Narcissa chuckled.