The Potter Bride

Chapter Seven

THE POTTER BRIDE

By: tweety-src-clt9

CHAPTER SEVEN

"Hermione! Open the damned door! We need to talk!", she heard Harry bang on the door of the bathroom. What the hell is the matter now?

"I'm coming in!", he yelled and she yelped as she hurriedly wrapped a towel around herself. The water was still cascading down her body and she turned off the shower and glared at the exasperating man whose mood swings are worse than a woman in menopause. He seemed so happy as we made love last night and now he's angry at me?

"What the hell is wrong with you, Harry?", she yelled at him as she tightened the knot on the towel. She saw his eyes glaze on her towel clad and dripping wet body, before he shook his head as if willing himself to focus.

"Hermione, be honest with me. Did you cast an obliviate spell on me during the Horcrux hunt? Specifically, during the time when you came on to me?", he demanded.

"What? Are you insane? Why the bloody hell would I do that?", she snapped.

"Don't lie to me, Hermione!", he moved towards her and she stepped back.

"I'm not lying to you!", she insisted.

"Really? Then why is it that after we slept together last night, I had a foggy dream that we slept together before and when I casted finite on myself, the real memories came over me", he said sarcastically.

"I don't know what the hell you're talking about!", she said angrily and she walked towards the door but he held her arm and dragged her back.

"Fine! Let me try something", he sighed and she nodded.

"Finite Incantatem!", he pointed his wand at her and she got dizzy. A few seconds after that, her mind cleared. Oh shit! I did alter his memories! And I also altered mine!

"Well?", Harry asked her with his arms crossed and his emerald green eyes glowering at her with intensity that she gulped.

"I – I'm sorry, Harry", she stammered while avoiding his eyes.

"Why the hell did you do it, Hermione?", his question was calm and yet so cold.

"You clearly wanted Ginny so I decided to have the experience of our first time hidden away from us. That way, you can be with her without guilt. And I can wallow in shame because of a simple rejection and not of wantonness", she avoided his eyes and she admitted in a small voice. She could feel herself tearing up but she reigned the tears in. I refuse to cry in front of him!

"How could you do this to me, Hermione? How could you do this to us?", he said sadly.

"You didn't want me, okay? Can you imagine the hurt I must have felt when you screamed her name instead!", she said angrily as the tears fell.

"I know I must have hurt you a lot but I was bewitched by a bloody love potion!", he snapped back.

"Well, you said Ginny gave me a potion keyed to Ron. But how can you explain the fact that I was able to resist its effect during the hunt? And how was I able to throw myself at you? Maybe you really do love Ginny! You're just angry and disappointed that she potioned you!", she said sadly.

"I can't believe you just accused me of being in love with the bitch who toyed with our minds and hearts!", he screamed as his magic reacted by having the mirror break. She flinched.

"It doesn't matter anymore. It happened a long time ago", she conceded.

"Of course, it bloody matters! You lied to me!", he yelled.