Harryâs Christmases Part 2
By WPL
December 24, 1998 Harry Potter sat in his chair watching the fire, when the fire moved to the side and Father Christmas stepped out. âHello Harryâ
âMr. Cringle how nice to see you again, you been well I hopeâ
âYes Harry and itâs nice to see youâ
âEgg-nog sirâ
âOH Yes thank you. I was on my way home and saw your chimney smoke and thought Iâd drop in, that is if you donât mind or I can just leave and itâs Chrisâ
âNo .no stay sir er Chris itâs fine. I wish to apologies to you sir, I was a small child who didnât realize you were just being you and tried to make my life a little happierâ
âNo Harry I didnât understand until I watched your family closer, I quite understand why you said what you didâ
As he sat âHarry are you happyâ
âyes Chris I donât believe I could be happier, Voldemorts gone I married the woman of my dreams and to become a father in half a year.â
âWhat of the other girl, do you think you would have been happier with herâ
âNo I believe I married correctly, Chris and I believe sheâs happy with me too, did you want to ask her somethingâ
âno I wondered did she ever tell you of the gift I left herâ
âHuh No.. I donât know, not sure.. what gift, I can ask her now, she would love to meet you Chrisâ
âWell alrightâ
He walked to the door.
âSweetheart can you come here for a minute, thereâs someone I want you to meetâ
Father Christmas stood up and turned to her âHello Mrs. Potter, Iâm Father Christmas, Harry and I wished to ask you a questionâ
âFather, Father Christmasâ she looked at Harry who nodded with that smile.
Harry escorted her to her chair and she sat âWhat do, do want to knowâ
âSeveral years ago I gave you a book and I was wondering if I hadnât would you have married the other boy and since you didnât, are you happy that you married Harryâ
âBook oh the boo⌠you send that I thought my mum or dad gave it to meâ
âYes that one and I gave to youâ
âI donât know I certainly hoped I would have married Harry even with out the book, but it did help tremendously. I canât image being without him and yes Iâm truly Happy.â as she moved over to Harry chair and sat in his lap.
âas I had hopedâ
âOne moment Chris.. Dobbyâ
âYes mister Harry Potter sir, you called Dobbyâ
âYes there eight reindeer on the roof can you see they get some carrots and a bit of barley and a touch of water if they wish. Oh and Dobby afterwards would you like to join us for some egg-nogâ
âRaideer, yes sir, join you, you and misses and Fatherâ and he begins to cry.
âYes Dobby old friend join us and Winky too, if you donât mind Chrisâ
âThank you Harry and I know they thank you too, and Yes Dobby would you and Winky join usâ
âYes sirsâ and he was gone
âChris what this about a bookâ
âOh my love, you remember the book âThe Lovers Questâ, I showed you in sixth year, the one we read together sitting in front of the fireâ
âOh The one with the inscription âRead with a Friendââ
âYes that book a very lovely storyâ
âYou know Chris it took us months to finish that bookâ
âOh it wasnât that bigâ
âNo but not even half way thru the first chapters, the snogging caused us to keep losing our place and we would start over, in fact we read the first chapter or I should say part of, at least a hundred times or moreâ
âThank you Father Chri..
âItâs Chris Mrs. PotâŚ
âAnd itâs Hermione, Chrisâ
She remembers the book all to well, Christmas morning at home her sixth year, as her family unwrapped their gifts. Her father handed it to her. she was sure it was a book, as was some of the others, but the handwriting she didnât recognize. âMerry Christmas Hermione from Father Christmasâ , she gently removed the wrapping and look at the title âThe Loverâs Questâ, and opened it and inside the inscription read âRead with a Friendâ. She immediately thought of Harry, her best friend. She set it aside to open her other gifts, later in her room, she looked at the lovely book, opened it again and looked at the inscription and again thought of Harry. After a few minutes she thought why Harry, why not Ron she asked herself, after all Ron has been more friendly than normal as of late and they have been snogging for some weeks before the Christmas break. Why Harry.. Was it the title, she knew Ron wonât care to read any book unless it was about Quidditch or some other sport or a girlie Magazine. He hardly read his school books and only after she nags him to. Or was it something else, she wasnât sure. All she knew was when she gets back to school she would find Harry, her best friend and ask him to read it with her.
Harry had remained at school as he has done before, being the only home he had to go back to, is the Dursleys and if at all possible, No.
He could have gone with Ron, to the Burrow again, Ron asked if he wanted to, but Ginny would be there, so he stayed at school. There were a few others who remained, so he had someone to talk to and play in the snow. The teachers for the most part left them alone. Harry did notice that one couple took advantage of the lacked rules and were snogging all on the place, he had even walked by an empty classroom and heard them, opening the door just a bit looked in and they were shagging on top of the teacherâs desk. He backed out quietly and laughed to himself âway to go Derick, shag her goodâ he thought of Hermione for a moment, shaking his head âwhatâ.
Later he thought why did I think of Hermione, before I would think of Cho and then Ginny, the latter two he had dated, Choâs which turned out badly and Ginny did like to snog, but thatâs over they broke-up Thanksgiving. Why Hermione, sheâs my best friend.
Hermione heard pecking on the window, she opened it and Hedwig flew in, she took the parchment and parcel and ruffled Hedwigâs feathers as she handed Harryâs owl, an owl treat and got a dish of water. Hedwig hoots as to say âthank youâ âYour Welcome Hedwig, howâs Harry.â the snow white owl hoots happily as telling her âheâs fineâ. She reads Harryâs letterâ
Dear Hermione
Happy Christmas!! Just some things I picked up at Hogsmeade and thought you might enjoy. Hope youâre enjoying being home with your parents and I am sure you received a new bunch of books. And other stuff too of course. It snowed here again last night, covering all in a new blanket of white, in fact the snowman out front, the bottom section is half buried. There about twelve of us spending the hols here and it nice to have someone to talk to and play chess and snaps with. Oh some do rather enjoy it, you remember Derick from Ravenclaw, he has been snogging Lewinda all over the place. In fact I heard a noise in Muggles Studies classroom yesterday, and then a moan as I was walking by. I peeked my head in and they were shagging on Professor Burbageâs desk, I left before they heard me. Everyone seems to be enjoying themselves despite being stuck here, for me itâs fine no Dursleys, no problems, quiet, peaceful really and enough classmates to keep from being lonely, even if Iâm the only Gryffindor here, oh Mrs. Finnigan, Seamusâs mother picked him two days after you left. I enjoyed your gifts and look forward to reading, in front of the fire tonight. Hope all is well and canât wait to see you again.
Love
Harry
She opened the parcel and sure enough books, two old looking leather covered books she didnât remembering ever seeing before. âThe Runes of Grivosutonâ and âHistory of the Goblin Warsâ. And in between them a novelette âThe Burning Heartâ. âOh Harry, only youâ. Harry had discovered her hidden secret, she enjoys reading Romance novels.
Ever one returned from the Hols in good sprits it seemed, Harry met Ron and Hermione at the main door and hugs all around and a nod to Ginny. Ron was wearing his new brown sweater with a big red âRâ, mum strikes again. Lavender Brown hugged Ron, trying to rekindle their off beat romance. Hermione just looked funny and turned to Harry asking him how his stay was. They walked to the Gryffindor Tower common room, talking about their gifts, yes Harry received Hermioneâs and Ronâs and they his. Hermione said she loved the in-between. Ron just stared for a minute and turned and walked off. Hermione just looked at his fleeing back, like someone had stepped on her foot.
Then Hermione as she wiped the start of a tear, showed Harry her new book and the inscription âRead with a Friendâ, she quickly said â Harry when I saw the inscription my thoughts was of you, not sure why, but each time I open it I think of you, silly isnât itâ
âNo, not at all, I am your friend, Mione your best friend and Iâll be more than happy to read with you, anytime, just say when, now if you would likeâ he had really missed her.
âYes, I think now would be a good time, thank you Harryâ and kisses him on the cheek. He blushes.
They sat on the loveseat in front of the fire and began slowly reading. Harryâs arm being penned against Hermione was going to sleep and Harry asked if she wouldnât mind he would like to put it on the top of the seat, she moved a enough for him to pull his arm out and placed it on top of the loveseat above her shoulders, but not touching. They sat reading. Ron came in later and looked at them and walked off, they never saw him. Later Hermione said her shoulders were getting cold and Harry moved his arm down and wrapped her, his hand touching her arm, she sighed.
âBetterâ
âMuchâ
Harry absently minded rubbing her arm, sent little goose bumps thru her. âLovely little goose bumpsâ she thought.
After a few more pages, Harry asked if she was âthirsty, hungryâ, she nodded, âlets go to the kitchen for a snack, one minuteâ.
He ran upstairs and grabbed his invisibility cloak and back to the waiting Hermione, under the cloak, Harry could smell the scent of her hair, apples, no something close but not âmmmmâ she smells good.
Then she said âHarryâ she heard the âmmmmâ and smiled.
âOh sorryâ
And out the portal to the kitchen they went, where Dobby had a late-night snack waiting.
They sat across from each other and ate, staring into each others eyes. After they finished Dobby ask if they needed anything else.
Harry replied âhuh oh Thanks Dobby huh No Thanksâ
And back to Gryffindor common they went. It was quite late and Harry said âerr.. I had a wonderful time, huh see you in the morning, huh nite Mioneâ
âYes Harry me too, till morning thenâ and kissed his cheek again. He walked her to the girlâs dorm stairs and watched her she ascended the steps, she paused at the top and turned to see Harry face go beacon red. âNiteâ and disappeared. She smiled to herself, âhummâ.
That night she dreamed of the novelette Harry had given her, in her dream she was the heroine and Harry was the dashing captain. She woke just as Harry was going to kiss her. âsweet Maeve, Harryâ she murmured, her knickers were damp.
Next morning Harry waited for his best friend to go Breakfast.
Hermione stepped out of her room and on the landing about to walk down, when she heard.
Ron had just came down âHey mate lets eatâ
âBe right with you Ron, waiting for Mioneâ
âShe knows where the Hall come onâ
âNo, you go we catch-upâ
âOk Harryâ
And off he went
Hermione paused for a moment and smiled and walked down.
âHi Harry, what you doing and whereâs Ron. She noticed Harry smile dropped at the mention of Ronâs name. âo did I mess upâ she chided herself.
Harry started to turn to walk awayâ oh heâs gone to eat, I ..â
âHarry, look at meâ
Harry turned she could see the slight pain in his face. She grabbed Harry and said âsorry, you were waiting on me, wasnât youâ
âHuh I â and turned.
âHarry James Potter look at me pleaseâ
He turned, she said âsorry I shouldnât have, forgive meâ and kissed his cheek âHarry will you read some more with me tonightâ âplease Harry pleaseâ
âyes of course, more than happy toâ although his voice was slightly off.
âYea I messed upâ she thought âIâll try not to mention Ron again for awhileâ
They walked to the Great Hall and entered together, no big deal, they do it all the time. Ron motion for Harry to sit next to him, there was only room for one,
Hermione said âLets sit here Harry do you mind, not as crowdedâ there was room for both to sit beside each other.
âOf course not Mione, hereâs fineâ and he sat with his best friend.
After breakfast, they had potions, Ron joined them and they walked to the dungeon together.
âWhat you sit down there forâ
âMore roomâ
âOh, ok Hermione can you help me with my Transfiguration essay tonight.â
âYes ofâŚâ she saw Harry twitch âI goofed againâ âhuh Ron.. uh⌠Harry and I had planned toâŚâ
âyou go on help him, I got something else I need to doâ Harry snapped and walked into Potions grabbed his cauldron and sat next to Neville, and pulled out his notes.
After Potions Harry disappeared, Hermione was almost late for Ancient Runes looking for Harry.
He didnât show-up for supper, she waited til meal over.
Later in the common room Hermione was helping Ron and watching the portal, watching for Harry. Ron tried to kiss her several times, she would turn away or push him back âStop it, Ron.. Writeâ
After about twenty minutes Lavender walked in and looked upsettingly at Ron, she had been crying and rushed upstairs.
Hermione stared at fleeing Lavender for a moment, shrugged then looked the portal doorway.
Finally half hour or so Ron asked âWhat did I do, if this about Lavender, I didnât do anything she kissed meâ
Hermione turned to him âWhatâ
âI said she kissed meâ
âWho kissed youâ
âLavender, before I knew she wrapped herself around me and kissed meâ
âOh who caresâ she said as the portal door opened, in walked Harry covered in mud and sweat.
âWhat do you mean who cares, I doâ Ron said. And grabbed her hand.
Harry heard âcares, I doâ. and saw Ron holding her hand, He walked straight passed them to shower.
âUH RonâŚâ jerking her hand out of his and ran upstairs, carrying her book, crying.
âMental, she mentalâ as he picked up his parchment and headed upstairs to his bed.
Of course Ron didnât tell Hermione it was not just a kiss. âHey it was just a knobber no big deal itâs not like weâre shagging againâ
Lavender had met Ron outside the Great Hall after supper was over. He was walking to the common, Hermione had ran off ahead looking as she was going to cry, she had only pecked at her food. âwhatâs with herâ
âsomething wrong Hermioneâ he had asked once.
âNoâ
âoh okâ and continued to stuff his face.
That was their supper conversation.
In the corridor Lavender grabbed Ron and pulled him into a searing kiss and pushed the non-fighting Ron into a near-by broom closet and soon had her tongue painting the insides of his mouth and her hand down her trousers, gripping him tightly He moaned and grabbed a breast, a familiar bra-less breast. Next he knew his trousers and boxers were around his ankles and Lav was stroking him, she broke their kiss and looked into his eyes, she could see the lust there, âgood enough for nowâ she thought and lower herself to her knees and took him into her mouth and began bobbing her head, sucking gently at first then harder as she played with his sac.
âoooh Merlinâ Ron muttered and soon released a wave of hot spunk into her sucking mouth. She choked slightly on the first, but held him in and swallowed it along with the following spurts. Ron going soft slipped from her mouth and before she could rise up.
He pulled his trousers back up and said âThanks⌠I need to go studyâ and left a slightly stunned Lavender on her knees, as he stepped out into the corridor and headed for the common.
After Harry showered and dressed for bed, he walked to his bed, he turn to sit and saw Ron laying on his bed. âRon why are you here..â
âWhere else would I beâ
âI saw you and HerâŚâ
âSheâs gone nutter if you ask me, she was helping do my paper, I was telling her Lavender jumped me I figured thatâs why she was mad at me, she just sat there holding that stupid book, you walk thru, she said Ron you know the angry way of hers and rushed upstairs. She gone mental that oneâ.
Harry jumped into his trousers and headed down stairs, looking around the common, just Ritchie was sitting there on the couch. âHuh Ritchie you seen Hermioneâ
âNo not since, no not since class I just got in thoughâ
âOh okâ Harry walked across the room and sat on the loveseat, front the fire and stared at the flames. Several people walked thru, Harry didnât notice.
Hermione finally regain her composure and dried her tears, when Parvati Patil walked in âHey Hermione whatâs wrong with Harryâ
âWhat⌠Harry⌠something wrongâ she started sitting up worried.
âYea heâs sitting in front of the fire staring at the flames, I said hi and sat next to him, he didnât even notice, something wrong with him if he didnât notice meâ
âI, I donât know, maybe I should check, thanks Pavâ
She picked up her book, wiped her eyes and quickly headed downstairs.
There he was watching the flames, she smiled.
Neville was talking to him, well trying to talk to him.
âHi Neville, can I talk to Harryâ
âYou can tryâ
Hermione sat next to Harry and picked up his arm and slid in under and next to him and opened the book, âHarry where were weâ holding it in front of them.
Harry looked down and pulled her close with his arm. âNot sure maybe we should start at the beginningâ
âYes Harry, the beginningâ and open to page one, somewhere around page six âIâm sorry Harryâ as she turned to him. He turned to her âMy fault Mio..â and they kissed.
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