My Head On Your Shoulder

Part 10

The next morning....

Since the explosion last night we all have been staying at the leaky cauldron. Some holiday this is going to be. I bet everyone has already heard about what happened, including Hermione. I expected her to send me a letter sometime soon.

I walked out of my room that I was sharing with Ron and went downstairs. When I got there i saw....Hermione?

"Mione?"

"Oh Harry! I have been so worried about you. I came straight away when I heard what happened" She runs and engulfs me in her hugs

I hugged her back but not without peaking over her shoulder to see the weasleys staring at us. She was holding me for dear life.

"Um Hermione....I can't breathe" I told her before she let go

"Sorry. I couldn't help myself" She says blushing deeply

"You know you didn't need to come. I feel terrible interrupting your holidays" She just softly places her hand on my cheek making my guilt surpress

"Don't worry I'm only staying a few days. I convinced my parents that i should spend Christmas with you and I will head back home right after" She says taking her hand away

"That's great....so do you have a room yet?" I ask her

"Why? Are you offering?" She asks teasingly

"Of course, there is always room in my bed for you" I told her, causing us both to laugh

"I am staying with Ginny" She says taking deep breathes

"Here I will walk you up" I offered

She began walking up the stairs with her bag, i followed her as we started discussing what happened at the burrow.

"I'm so glad you are alright. That all of you are alright"

"Me too. It was scary.... but i have faced worse. I feel bad for Ron though, that was the only home they had" She grabs my hand trying to comfort me, but it doesn't work

"Harry. Everything will work out. Trust me" She says instantly cheering me up

"I always have" I told her, she places her bag in Ginny's room before we both went back downstairs

"Hermione. You know you haven't even talked to us yet. You just went straight to Harry. Why is that?" Ron asks her angrily

"Yeah why is that?" The twins ask suspiciously

"Harry was the one who was traumatized, you know with having an evil witch scream that she killed his godfather. I felt like he deserved more of my attention, and I never said i didn't want to talk to you Ron, just sometimes i prefer Harry. He needs me right now!" Hermione explains shouting at him

Fred and George look surprised at her small outburst. Just then Ginny grabs Hermione's arms and pulls her up the stairs. The twins began laughing while Ron looks at me in shock.

"What?"

"Oh nothing" Fred and George say at the same time

"Anyways....Harry do you want to head into town? We can go visit their joke shop. I would invite Hermione but she seems very hormonal at the moment" Ron suggests not understanding the actual reason for her attitude

"Definitely. I haven't been there since before school started" Ron and i walked out leaving for the next few hours.

A little while later....

Hermione's pov

"So Hermione....downstairs? It sounded like you really came to make sure Harry was okay. Is that true?" Ginny asks

"No. I cared about all of you" I tell her as honestly as i could, but Harry was my main priority

"I think you like him....and don't try to deny it. I know it's true" Ginny says taking a seat next to me on the bed

"Ginny....I don't know"

"I'm over him Hermione. I am truly happy with Dean. You and Harry are practically perfect. And I know he likes you as well"

"Ginny. I don't like Harry....okay?" I assured her, i could tell by the look she gave me she doesn't believe me.

"I'm going to take a shower" I stood and grabbed the towel out of my bag

"Okay. Mom and I are going to walk through diagon alley. I will catch you later. Yeah?" Ginny tells me before walking out

I grabbed all of my shower supplies and went in.

I couldn't take my mind off of him, of course i liked Harry. He is so handsome and kind. But I couldn't tell Ginny, not when i could barely admit it to myself.

After a nice hot shower. I walked out of the bathroom and wrapped myself in a towel, i then began picking out my clothes to wear. I took off my towel and put on my bra and underwear, suddenly I heard the door open, it was probably just Ginny. I turned around to see someone I didn't expect.

"Harry!"

I quickly grabbed the nearest blanket and covered myself with it. He definitely saw me.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean. I should have knocked" Harry says quickly covering his eyes

"Yes you should have! What is so important that you had to walk in here without knocking?" I demand

"I brought you some candy from honeydukes....i thought you might want some" He says quietly, eyes still covered

He is so infuriating sometimes but most of the time he can be sweet.

"Harry....I'm covered with a blanket. You can open your eyes" I could see his hesitation for a moment but he eventually uncovered his eyes

"I truly am sorry" He apologizes again, he looked down my body for a second before looking me in the eyes, i realized my legs are still showing.

"Don't worry Harry all is forgiven. Just don't tell anyone that you saw me in my underwear" He looks relieved, but i could still tell he was blushing

"I promise. Now I will just leave your candy here and leave you to change....one more thing, was that a birth mark on you thigh?" He asks, my cheeks instantly heat up

"Don't tell anyone or I will hex you!" I yelled, he then leaves but not before setting the candy on the table

I can't believe that just happened. He looked so embarrassed, i felt terrible but no matter. As long as it wasn't too awkward.

Harry's pov....

Why am I so stupid! I should have known better. She was nearly naked. But the way she looked....so pure, with her long hair falling down her face as the water still dripped along her shoulders. Her body was so....wow. I shouldn't have seen her, but i did.

"So did Hermione like the candy?" Ron asks

"Yeah she did. She will be down in a bit" I tell him

We decided to play a bit a wizards chess while waiting for Hermione. She eventually came down looking all dressed and clean. I looked at her but she avoided my eyes, probably still a bit embarrassed.

"Hermione. Do you want to watch me lose at chess?"I ask her hoping she will look at me

"You know if you actually payed attention to Ron's moves, you wouldn't always be losing" She teases

I knew everything had went back to normal. Soon everyone was back and we all sat down for dinner. Most of the conversations was filled with talks of school, Fred and George's joke shop, and what Arthur was going to do about the burrow.

I stayed silent most of the time until it was time to sleep. As I was walking up to my room, i felt someone grab my arm.

"Harry I hope it wasn't too awkward between us"

"Hermione. It's all forgotten....have a good night" I tell her

She gives me quick kiss on the cheek before heading to her room.

I placed my hand over the spot she kissed. I felt the butterflies when she kissed me....the same magic as before. I went to bed happy that night. Maybe the holidays won't be as bad as i thought.