My Head On Your Shoulder

Part 8

I checked one last time in the mirror before heading down to the common room to pick up Hermione. As i walked down the steps i could see her standing in front of the fireplace, i took instant notice of her. She is wearing a beautiful pink dress similar to the one she wore to the yule ball, except this one is shorter and showed off her beautiful long legs.

"You look absolutely stunning. I guess i was right" I said the first thing that came to mind

"Thank you" She turns around to face me

I noticed the slight cleavage she was showing. Harry stop! She is your best friend, you shouldn't focus on that. But I don't know how I can't....i mean she is so beautiful.

"You look very handsome Harry" She compliments clearly blushing

"Thank you....are you ready?"

"Yeah" She grabs my hand and made our way to the party.

We got to the party to see lanterns above us with decorations all around, along with a huge Christmas tree in the corner.

"It's so lovely in here" She tells me looking at the lights and snow around the room

"Much like you"

"Harry stop your making me turn red" She whispers hiding her face in my shoulder

I looked over to see Cormac eyeing Hermione as we walked in. I wrapped my arm around her waist protectively, this made him turn away.

"Harry....Cormac is looking at me like an object. I'm afraid Cormac will try and talk to me, so stay close" She says noticing my arm around her

"I will never leave you alone" I assured her

Hermione's pov

We spend the next 2 hours walking around and talking to a few of our friends or dancing. The party has been fun so far but i was getting thirsty. Harry hasn't let go of my waist all night, i liked it. I felt like he was my protector.

"Harry I'm going to go get a drink" I got out of his grip and headed over to the drink table

As I reached for a drink I felt someone place there arms on my waist and bring there mouth right next to my ear.

"Hermione, I have been waiting all night for you to seperate from Potter. Territorial that one"

"Get away from me Cormac" I moved out of his grip and started walking away from him

"Come on Hermione. Look" He points above at the mistletoe that has just appeared, he grabs my hand and pulls me to him.

He closes his eyes starts to lean in, I quickly ran and hid behind the nearest curtain. I didn't even bother looking for Harry. I just knew i had to get away from Cormac. He is so vile and disgusting.

"Hermione are you okay?" Harry asks coming behind the curtain with me

"No. Cormac just tried kissing me, he grabbed my waist and pulled me under the mistletoe. I made a run for it" I explained to him

"I will kill him" Harry says angrily

"Harry just stay with me....don't let me out of your sight" He pulls me in for a hug, one that I instantly accepted

Just then I see Cormac coming towards the curtains, i did the first thing i could think of.

I Instantly grabbed Harry's collar and pulled him to my lips. I could tell he was at first surprised but he eventually started kissing back. I wrapped my arms around his neck pulling him closer, he moved his arms to my waist as i felt his tongue slip in my mouth. I couldn't help moaning as our lips moves together, mouths completely in sync. I completely forgot the whole reason for kissing him in the first place. I never thought kissing him would feel so....amazing. I didn't even notice when Cormac came through the curtains.

"So you will kiss him then?" Cormac asks as i let go of Harry

"Yeah. Much better than you would've been" I spit back

His jaw drops and I looked towards Harry, who was still recovering from the kiss. He just walked away leaving Harry and I in a awkward moment.

"Did you kiss me because Cormac was coming?" He asks me awkwardly scraching the back of his neck

"Yeah. I'm so sorry Harry" I just realized what i did to him

"Hey. I get why you had to do it. I'm sorry I may have went to far with my.... tongue. This can just stay between us" Harry says awkwardly grabbing my wrists

"It's okay Harry. You're a guy and i wasn't stopping you" I assured him, i could see how upset he was getting

"It was a lovely kiss Hermione....if you don't mind me saying" I felt my heart nearly beat out of my chest, he actually liked kissing me!

"It was perfect. It was a very good kiss" I tell him, he looks at me wide eyed then begins blushing

We stood there awkwardly for a few seconds before Harry began the conversation.

"Did you see Cormac's face. He looked so mad, that ought to get him away from you" Harry says laughing, i couldn't help but laugh as well

I grabbed his hand and pulled him out of the curtains, only to see Flich holding Draco by the collar. Draco tried sneaking in it seemed. He eventually got escorted out by Snape. I looked at Harry and i already knew what he is thinking.

"Come on. Let's follow them" I tell Harry, he agrees

We followed a few feet behind them trying to overhear their conversation.

"He chose me!" Draco yells

I looked towards Harry and I knew exactly what he meant. Harry was right all along, Draco was in fact a death eater.

He already voiced his opinions to Snape and Mcgonagall, but no one believed him. I always had. We both quickly got away hoping not to get caught. We headed back to the party and got dirty looks from Cormac for the rest of the night.

"Harry what are we going to do about malfoy? Should we tell someone?" I asked Harry as we're walking back to the common room

"Like anyone would believe us. You heard what they said, Snape made an unbreakable vow to protect and watch over Malfoy. I have no clue what that even means"

"It means if Snape fails....he will die" I briefly explain to him

"Okay. We will deal with this later" He says stopping the conversation

"Well Hermione I guess i will see you tomorrow" Harry says as he walks me to the stairs leading up to my dorm

"You will. Thank you for a lovely evening" I give him a kiss on the cheek before heading up to my room

Inside I'm screaming. I can't believe i kissed Harry Potter and he kissed back. I felt his tongue slip through my lips and i just lost it. I know i did it to bother Cormac but it felt so real and emotional. It was the perfect kiss....my first kiss too. I'm going to bed tonight and just dream about that kiss over and over again.