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Harry Potter and the End of Illusions	By : Christina_Potter_09 Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Harry/Hermione Views: 11159 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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-CHAPTER FOURTEEN-

The Heroes are Together

With Harry and Hermione's bond growing and the N.E.W.T.s quickly approaching, Harry and Hermione spent the rest of September in peace and happiness. Harry and Hermione let their bond work and both of them got used to their connection. Harry always felt secure and protected with Hermione in his head. He knew he could trust her with his heart and that made him feel protected. They had decided to try after a few weeks to block each other so they could practice but Harry didn't feel the need to stop Hermione from entering his mind.

The couple had started feeling each other's presence and emotions as well, like Dumbledore's portrait had told them. Harry would turn and look at Hermione even if she had entered the common room quietly and she would help him with tests and homework when he was distressed and worried about them. They would think something at the same time or would complete each other's sentences and laugh with their new power. People around them hadn't noticed anything except for Ron who seemed to notice their strange behavior; but even then, Ron never mentioned anything.

Harry had realized that he wasn't always with Ron like before. Ron had Luna and Harry had Hermione, but Harry didn't feel lonely like back in fourth year. Then, he had been just a fourteen year old boy who needed another male friend to laugh with jokes and nonsense or talk about Quidditch. Now, Harry could see both he and Ron wanted a female companion; someone who could understand and care for them. Harry could see now the difference between a teen boy with a young man.

But Harry was troubled because, even in the little time that he saw Ron, Harry had noticed that his friend was different. Ron seemed worried and sometimes even angry about something. At first Harry thought that Ron was troubled because of his classes and the difficult homework or because he'd fought with someone; Luna maybe, or Hermione. Harry hoped Ron wasn't angry with him and Hermione for being together. He couldn't imagine being in a situation like that again. Harry didn't want to think of all that while he was near Hermione because he didn't want to make her upset with his suspicions. She was already stressed about all the homework and the Head duties. Harry didn't want to put more weight on her shoulders with his suspicions about Ron.

The day of the Hogsmeade visit Harry woke up -like the days before- in Hermione's bedroom. Hermione was half-naked in his arms and he smiled at the sight of her as memories of the night before filled his mind. The last few weeks, Harry and Hermione started discovering the art of lovemaking and Harry had to admit, it was the most interesting and pleasurable discovery he had ever made. He reached and started kissing her neck and cheeks, waking her up. Hermione wrapped her arms around him and pushed him against her bed, Harry obeyed and Hermione straddled his waist. She rested her self on Harry's body and kissed the tip of his nose.

'Good morning,' Hermione said softly and pecked Harry's lips.

'Good morning,' Harry replied in the same tone and caressed her sides, making her giggle.

'Ticklish,' she murmured.

'I know,' Harry said and caressed her sides again, Hermione giggled more and started tickling him back and soon a tickling battle started. After a few minutes of kissing, tickling and laughing, Harry decided to show some mercy on his girlfriend who begged him to stop.

'I won,' Harry said as he stood up but didn't have the time to be proud of it as a pillow landed on his face from Hermione's wand. 'Didn't you have enough, Granger?' Harry asked playfully as he jumped on the bed and started tickling Hermione again.

'Harry, not again. I didn't mean it. Please stop!' Hermione squealed and begged for him to stop but Harry didn't buy it this time. Only when he felt satisfied by her pleas did he stop.

'I hope you've learned your lesson, young lady.' He said as he captured Hermione's lips with his in a sweet yet breathtaking kiss. Hermione responded with love and the funny mood soon changed into a passionate one. After more minutes of serious snogging Hermione stopped first.

'We have to get ready for the visit in the Village; the students will need our help,' Hermione said and Harry sighed but nodded. She was right. Harry stood up first but stopped when Hermione squeezed his hand. He turned and looked at her.

'I think we should ask Ron and Luna to have a butterbeer with us. I think Ron's been acting differently for the last few days. Don't you think?' Hermione asked and Harry sat back down.

'You've noticed?' He asked and Hermione nodded.

'Yeah, I think it'd be nice to talk to him and see what's wrong. What do you think?' Hermione asked and Harry smiled and nodded.

'I think it's a great idea,' Harry said and leaned to kiss Hermione's cheek. She accepted it and spoke.

'I'll talk to Luna when she comes to take instructions like the rest of the prefects and we can join them in the Three Broomsticks after our patrols,' Hermione said and Harry nodded again.

The couple got ready and Harry and Hermione found the prefects and professor McGonagall in the Entrance Hall. Hermione spoke to Luna and their blond friend agreed with her honest smile. The students started for the village and Harry and Hermione waited for everyone to move so they could be at the end of the bunch to make sure everything is fine. When the students entered the village and they started separating in groups and moving close to shops Harry and Hermione started their patrol. They avoided, with difficulty, lacing their fingers together but smiled and grinned at each other allot.

Some time after, when most of the students were in shops and cafes of the village, Harry dragged Hermione into a tiny alley between two houses at the end of the village and kissed her full on the mouth. Hermione responded with passion and wrapped her arms around Harry's neck despite her surprise. Harry trapped Hermione against the wall and started caressing her sides. Hermione moaned into Harry's mouth but both of them froze when a flash hit them. They separated in a heartbeat and saw a man with a camera in his hands. He just smirked at them and apparated away, Harry knew this guy; he was the photographer who always followed Rita Skeeter.

'Terrific,' Hermione murmured sarcastically as she fixed her robes.

'Terrific it is.' Harry said angrily. 'Darn it, not again. You know what's going to happen tomorrow with us on the first page and all the school gossiping. Damn it!' Harry said.

'It won't be just the school, Harry. It'll be the entire Wizarding Community,' she pointed out and Harry swore. Harry ran his hands through his hair and Hermione moved closer and wrapped her arms around him.

'Hey, look at me. It was bound to happen one day,' Hermione said and Harry looked at her. She was right. 'We just keep a low profile like always and things will get easier soon,' Hermione went on and Harry sighed and kissed her lips. He was so comfortable with the secrecy of his relationship with Hermione. No one was disturbing them and they were finally out of people's attention. Now, he was back on that bloody track of everyone looking and whispering about him. Harry remembered Rita's book about Dumbledore and felt his blood boiling at the thought of a book about him and Hermione by Skeeter.

'We should go and find Ron and Luna. They'll be worried.' Hermione said and Harry nodded. The two started moving to the pub.

'What if we inform the ministry about her being an animagous?' Harry asked Hermione. She looked at him and sighed.

'It'd cause more problems. Plus, she'll open her big mouth and spread lies about us and things will be out of control. And lets not mention that it wasn't her taking the picture of us snogging, but her partner.' Hermione said and Harry swore again, this time mentally. Hermione looked at him.

'Swearing all the time won't make things better,' Hermione said and Harry was ready to say something but stopped when he saw the understanding and fair look in her face.

'Can you not be right every time?' Harry asked with a weak smile.

'That's why you love me,' Hermione murmured as they entered the pub. They looked around and found Ron and Luna talking in a corner. They moved closer and Luna and Ron smiled at them.

'Hey guys,' Harry said and helped Hermione with her chair. He sat next to her and the four started talking. When Luna and Hermione left to bring some butterbeers, Harry leaned over the table and spoke quietly to Ron. 'Is everything alright? You seem different lately. Is everything alright between you and Luna? Can I or Hermione help with anything?' Harry asked and Ron looked at him for a few moments. He then gave a smile which Harry knew was fake.

'No mate, everything is fine, I'm just stressed with the exams and what I wanna do after school, that's all.' Ron said and Harry sat back on his chair and sighed.

'Fine,' Harry said, obviously not buying the excuse. 'Is something wrong with some family member of yours?' Harry asked a few seconds later and Ron tensed up, his ears turned red and just nodded.

'Everyone is healthy... Just, I figured something out and I can't believe it. I'll tell you when I'm ready, ok mate?' Ron asked and Harry this time nodded.

'Anytime, Ok? We're friends. Anytime, come and tell me. Both Hermione and I are really worried about you,' Harry said and Ron smiled and nodded. He gestured to Harry to stop as the girls returned with the drinks.

The rest of the evening was nice and cheerful with the two couples laughing and talking about many things like school and the next Quidditch World cup, which would take place next summer instead of the one which passed because of the War and about Luna's father who claimed to have found a new kind of hippogriff. After awhile, Harry decided mentally with Hermione to talk to their friends about the photograph in the alley. Hermione told the story to Luna and Ron and their best friend got angry.

'That bloody, old cow!' Ron exclaimed and hit his hand on the tabletop, making everyone jump. 'Will she ever let you two be?' Ron asked.

'No,' both Harry and Hermione said and smiled weakly.

'What are you going to do?' Luna asked.

'Well, we'll try to keep a low profile and just hope that people will get tired of all this,' Hermione said and Harry only nodded knowing things wouldn't be as easy as it sounded.

The Boy who Won and his best friend in Love

Our Hero, Harry Potter, the Boy who Won, is in love with his best friend, Hermione Granger, Heroine of the War and companion of Mr. Potter for more than seven years. As our reporter Rita Skeeter had discovered years ago -and the picture now proves with no doubt- the young couple is very much in love. The picture (above) was taken yesterday during the Hogwarts' students visit in the village of Hogsmeade. Mr. Potter and Ms. Granger displayed their love in the public by having a small kissing and hugging encounter in a small alley of the village. Of course who can blame them when they make such a cute couple and considering the rough past months for both of them? The couple gently declined to make any comment but the picture is enough. (History of their friendship and love with photos and interviews of friends and friendly sources pages: 2-12)

Harry tried not to burn the newspaper in front of everyone's eyes which were already stuck on him and Hermione as he read the small article twice with Hermione sitting next to him and Ron opposite them in the Great Hall the next morning. The picture was indeed revealing a passionate teen couple snogging and Harry felt his cheeks burning from the embarrassment. He didn't know how Hermione and he looked when they were snogging against a wall and now he -like the rest of Wizarding World- knew. Harry sighed and set the newspaper down. Every single person from the four houses was looking at him and Hermione, who was quite nervous too. Harry could feel it through their bond. He knew everyone in the Hall was waiting for them to do something interesting. It was ridiculous! His bond with Hermione was the only comfort he had now.

'It'll get better, I'm sure.' Hermione spoke through the bond and, for the first time since they entered the Hall, Harry looked at Hermione and gave her a reassuring smile. Everyone in the Hall started whispering and even a few "awws" were heard. When Harry and Hermione exited the Hall, they walked through the Entrance Hall close to Draco Malfoy who, surprisingly, didn't comment. When Harry and Hermione locked eyes with him, he just nodded and walked away.

'If that is not a drastic change, then what is it?' Harry wondered mentally and Hermione just nodded, confused.

The rest of the month was in the same tempo. Everyone was talking about Harry and Hermione like in the beginning of the term. Harry was once more suffocating most of the times he was out of the Head tower. But now, he had Hermione as his girlfriend and best friend, he had Ron being fine with them and of course the Bond which seemed to be getting stronger and stronger with every passing day.

Harry could now easily track Hermione. He could feel her presence more when she was close and less when she was away from him. He could hear her thoughts and sometimes even share dreams he had with her and vice versa. Hermione and Harry started blocking each other, trying to control their new power and did it by stopping each other from entering the other's mind. It was a nice process, especially when they were ending up snogging or making love in their tower. The nights, after the exhausting homework, the restless students who watched them and the hard Head duties, Harry and Hermione were spending time in the tower's bathrooms which were like the ones of the prefects some floors below them. They were relaxing. They cuddled in the large tub or played and splashed each other or even made love in the warm water, discovering new ways of pleasuring each other. Even under all this pressure, Harry was happy because he had Hermione with him.

Harry tried to catch his breath as Hermione unwrapped herself from him and he slipped out of her body with ease in the water. Hermione leaned back and immersed her head in the water to wet her hair. She moved close to Harry again and he hugged her as she wrapped her legs around his waist again, Harry supported his girlfriend's body by supporting her waist and bottom. Hermione hid her face in the crook of Harry's neck and together they fell into comfortable silence as they enjoyed the aftermath of their lovemaking.

'That was amazing,' Hermione whispered after several moments and Harry kissed Hermione's wet hair.

'You were amazing,' Harry said and felt Hermione kissing the skin of his neck and biting lightly close to his pulse point. Hermione lifted her head and looked at him.

'I love you,' Hermione said and Harry smiled and kissed her cheek, lingering on her soft skin.

'I love you too. Don't ever forget that, Hermione.' Harry said and Hermione smiled and nodded. Sometimes Harry just needed to make sure he was making Hermione happy, thanking her for all the happiness she had been giving him all this time.

'I won't, I promise.' Hermione replied and kissed his jaw and neck, brushing her soft cheek against his unshaved one. 'I like your face unshaved. You seem older and wiser.' Hermione said as she trailed her index finger along Harry's face.

'You mean I just look wise because of my unshaved face Granger?' Harry asked and tickled Hermione above the water, making her giggle madly.

'No, I mean you look more handsome and sophisticated.' Hermione said as she tried to stop Harry's hands in the water.

'Oh, well that's different, I guess.' Harry said and buried his face in Hermione's neck, kissing, biting and blowing against her skin, making Hermione giggle and laugh.

'I like your face smiling. You look even more beautiful and carefree.' Harry said as he lifted his head this time and looked into Hermione's eyes.

'I should smile more often, then.' Hermione said and Harry nodded and hugged her tighter. 'You think we should tell Ron about our Bond? I think he'll feel left out again.' Hermione said after a few moments and Harry sighed. He had thought about it the past weeks and never came to a solution.

'I think you're right. We can keep it secret. It's just for us so it'll be better if only we know about it.' Harry reasoned. 'Besides, I like having secrets with my love.' Harry said and felt Hermione smiling against his shoulder and then a peck being placed on it.

November passed by quickly with things getting just a bit lower and Harry and Hermione finally being in a little peace with Christmas on everyone's mind. Hermione would want to be with her family and Harry was fine with visiting the Grangers again. Of course he didn't know how Hermione's father would react when they learned that Hermione and Harry were together, or what the Weasleys would say about Harry and Hermione being away for Christmas. One more thing worrying Harry was Teddy and Andromeda and how he'd be in so many places at the same time.

Harry didn't actually want to be at the Burrow with Ginny still not talking to him and Hermione, and the rest of the family mourning their first Christmas without Fred. Ginny had crossed the line a long time ago. Four months of not talking to Harry, Hermione and even Ron was too much of a revenge for an ended teen crush. Harry believed things would be better if the Weasleys were alone this time, so they could heal the still fresh wound. Harry also wanted to spend some time with Andromeda and Teddy who, this year and from now on, would be alone. Above all this, the words of Ron in the pub never stopped troubling Harry. Something inside Harry was telling him that Ron's family member who was troubling him was Ginny. Even if Ron wasn't ready to talk yet, Harry had a feeling that something really serious was going on.

Harry had talked with Hermione about his conversation with Ron in the pub. She was worried as well, but she tried to assure both of them that everything would be fine.

'The good thing is that everyone is healthy and that we're not sure if Ginny is the problem. The bad part is... well, Ron not being ready to talk to us. I mean, he's Ron. He always blurts things out. The fact that he's not saying anything could mean that we have to do something about it.' Hermione said as both of them lay under the covers in Hermione's bedroom after their bath at the end of an early December day. Crookshanks was on Hermione's chest above the covers and Harry was on his side, one hand playing with Hermione's locks and the other caressing the purring cat's head and sometimes brushing against his mistress's breast.

'I don't know, I think we should ask Ron to talk to us, or we could talk to Luna. She may know.' Harry said as he looked at Hermione's relaxed face.

'No, we have to give Ron time and going to Luna behind his back is not right. If it was something dangerous Ron would have spoken up. It can't be that important. We have to wait for him.' Hermione said and Harry could only agree. Ron never pushed Harry to say anything he didn't want to, or couldn't, say.

'You're right.' Harry said as he brought Hermione's lock close to his face. He smelled the fresh aroma of Hermione's hair and gently pushed Crookshanks away from the bed. He moved on top of his smiling girlfriend and started kissing her jaw and neck. 'I think it's time for some payback for all the teasing you did during our patrols.' Harry said as he nipped Hermione's earlobe, making her moan softly, reminding her of the things she had done during their patrols in the empty corridors a few hours ago.

'I thought I paid when we were in the bathtub.' Hermione said breathlessly and moaned again as Harry nibbled lightly on her jaw.

'No, love. That was just a little fun. Here is the true torture for you.' Harry said as he moved further down Hermione's body, ready to "torture" her yet again for that day.
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