Imagine Us

Chapter 25:

Harry's POV:

In the middle of Central Park. What. An. Idiot. He was going to kill me, and there was nothing I could do about it. My first thought was 'magic.' Not in front of Muggles, though. Hermione screamed, pulled her chair out, and ran to behind Dean. Has she really left me here to die? Was my first thought....until I heard Dean scream and gash the side of my throat. It fortunately didn't go deep, so I had the strength to turn around and see Hermione holding the knife, and Dean holding his crotch. She didn't....there was no blood. I sighed and kicked Dean in the abdomen. I was so calling the police.

The number wasn't '999' in America, it was apparently '911,' so I called and reported him. Hermione threw the knife down, and came over to me. "Er....let's get out of here." I looked at her wildly. "Why?" "Please." I took her hand and ran out of sight of the New York people in Central Park. That was the worst date experience, and that's saying something. I remember Clair....okay too painful. I ran with her into an empty alley. She panted and slumped a bit against the wall. "I hated him anyway."

I slumped next to her, and put my hand on her arm. "Where have we gotten to?" I sighed heavily, putting my head against the wall. "I dunno, Harry....our lives...they've permanently changed...there's nothing we can do about that," she looked up at me. Our eyes met, and the next thing I knew, I was leaning in, and she was too.

I felt our lips connect as an electric shock surged down my spinal cord. I put my hands around her back and she put her hands through my hair. I was on top of her, and ripped her shirt off. I felt her do the same to me. I crashed our lips again as I unhooked her bra, and felt up and down her bare back. She unzipped my jeans, I didn't want to break the kiss, I uneasily took my jeans off. She grinded against me as I finally turned over.

I woke up to what felt like a few hours later, definitely not the morning. I realized we were in a freaking alleyway and hurriedly put my jeans and shirt on. She jolted awake just after I put my shirt and glasses on. She smirked up at me, and then realized, this was not a bedroom. "Ew! Did we actually do that in an alleyway? So cliché." I laughed at the actually true statement. She got dressed, and passionately kissed me, but it was slow, and quick. "I can't believe we just did that," she recoiled. I laughed as she rolled her eyes. We walked out of the alleyway, and just walked in a straight line for a while, hands intertwined.

"So....what do you think we should do?" She asked, looking up at me. That's when I saw the real Hermione, I saw the girl I had went to Hogwarts with, and she was finally coming back. "I....I know this may sound crazy, after all that's..er..happened. I-I want to go back to Hogwarts, Hermione. I want to go home." She smiled wide, and just laughed. She looked as if she was about to cry, so I stopped walking, and turned to face her. I looked at the ring on her hand, and slipped it off. She still wore it. "Hermione Granger, will you really marry me this time?" She then broke down in tears, and I saw her. I saw the girl again. I saw the blonde who didn't pretend her name was Sarah and wear blue eye contacts. "Yes! Yes, yes! A million times yes!" She wiped tears and took the contacts out, throwing them on the floor.

She ran over and hugged me, against the dirty building wall of an abandoned building. I didn't know what to say, I was speechless. I felt so vulnerable right now, even Dean could've come up and stabbed me. I felt my hand slip into hers, and get off the wall. "I love you, Hermione Granger." She breathed a shuddering breath, and whispered, "I love you too, Harry Potter." And she was back. I kissed her, and I felt the same feeling. I kissed a girl who went to Hogsmeade, studied all day, had the busiest hair I've ever seen, talked so much about candy you wouldn't believe, and who loved me.

Later that day, we went to meet Ginny, Ron, and the others. They went to a shop, called "Starbucks." I walked in and smelt...coffee? I dunno, but I spotted Ginny cracking up while Ron held a disgusted face. Luna sipped on a pink and blue drink, George looked like his had caramel, and Neville drank a brown and chunky drink. The drinks looked pleasant, and I was probably going to get one for myself, not side why. They saw me and started to wave at me, and when they saw Hermione, waves died down. Ginny was the only one who came running to hug Hermione. While they caught up, I ran over to Ron.

"Hey, mate. So...on your date...did you get some?" He laughed at himself a bit. I couldn't help but smirk and nod. He applauded, and went back to studying his drink. "What even is that?" I asked. "I like s'mores and all..but thu.is is called s'mores...frappecino?" (I MEANT TO SPELL IT THAT WAY) I smiled and tried a sip, it was a bit bitter but tasted okay. I wasn't going to drink the whole thing though. "That's mine, Potter. Don't drink any." Ginny called. Hermione laughed as they walked over to the table. "Neville, how is that?" I asked. "Er..it's good. I mean, it's bad, but it's good." I laughed and at him on the shoulder, sitting next to Hermione. "So...are you guys, like.." George put his two fingers together and I laughed. Hermione blushed but nodded furiously.

We left the Starbucks, which was actually pretty pleasant. We were planning on leaving New York a day after tomorrow. So, what were we to do with a free day to ourselves? Go everywhere! I planned with Ron and Hermione, we were planning to have a huge fun day tomorrow. "Times Square!" Hermione squealed in her pajamas, "it's so much fun!" I nodded and smiled, looking up at Ron. He grunted, but agreed. "And a lunch picnic in Central Park, and the Hershey's factory, and the Ripley's Museum, and...." I sighed. "Oh, Hermione." She laughed smacked my head lightly. "You know it'll be fun!" She smiled. Ron laughed, which triggered me to start laughing.

We spent the rest of the night high on coffee caffeine and planning the next day. I only got sleep next to Hermione on the couch in Ron's rented apartment for two hours. "Wake up, early bird!" Ginny and Hermione called into my ear. I saw Luna making tea mugs levitate in the kitchen, and George trying to smack them with a bat. "George!" She yelled, "I'm trying to make tea!" He just laughed and swung his bat. Ginny and Hermione were giggling at something, and Ron was laughing at something Neville had just told him. I was really late to the party. "Fun day!" Yelled Ginny. I waved my arms around in a sarcastic way as Hermione put her arms around me.

We all got ready quickly as we really wanted to have a lot of fun for our last day in the Big Apple. It was just coming back to the winter season as our last day in New York, so it was very cold. I wore a heavy blue coat, and a Gryffindor scarf. That may have been a mistake. "I was going to wear mine too!" Hermione laughed. "Really?" I asked in a high-pitched voice. "Oh, shut up," she punched my arm. "Hey, before we leave." She was about to leave the room, when she turned around. "Yeah?" She asked with a worried face on. I patted the seat next to me on my bed, and she sat down. "Why...why were you depressed?" She shook, and immediately went from happy to extremely sad within seconds.

"I-I tried to commit suicide, Harry. I couldn't take it anymore. I thought you were going to leave me, and Ron was mad at me, Ginny was all obsessed with Draco and neglected me, and my parents hadn't written me in months. Nobody cared about me. I was alone. I'm so sorry, Harry." She croaked, but she didn't cry. I felt my heart sink, and for now, I just hugged her. I'm not going to yell, I wasn't going to let out any emotion. I felt my heart sink lower and lower into my stomach by the second, but I held it in. I don't need her to feel my demons, and she was never going to meet them.

"It's okay, I promise," she continued to sob, I've literally ruined her mood. "You're okay. Let's go have fun." She nodded, and kissed me. It felt like magic, the two of us, and in that moment, I swear, we were infinite.

A/N: YESSSSS FEELLSSSS I HAVR JUST CAST UPON YOU ALL. I AM ALIVE IF YOU WANTED TO KNOW. THIS WAS SHORT, BUT I NEEDED ITTTTTTT. Anyway, all suicidal things explained in the next few chapters. This chappie was so cute though, wasn't it?😂💖 alright Ilysm... IM CALLING MY READERS FISHIES NOW! The lead fishy this chapter is...*drumroll* superem01 ! Ilysm gurl you made a majority of my days last week with your comments😂😘

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