A Hand To Hold (1)

Part 30

We all just got to the burrow and the boys were already off flying. Ginny was upstairs writing love letters to Dean no doubt, i decided to stay downstairs and talk to Mrs.Weasley.

"So Hermione why aren't you spending the holidays with you parents dear?" Mrs.Weasley asks me kindly

"I wanted to spend it with my friends this year" I actually wanted to spend it with just Harry

"Splendid. Well I am going to start dinner. Do you mind helping me today?" She asks me

"Of course not" I instantly accepted, we had lots of food to make since she has so many mouths to feed.

"So dear I heard about you and Harry at the yule ball. You two looked wonderful in the prophet. Are you two together?" She asks as I started chopping the vegetables

"No. Harry and I went to the ball as friends, and the papers are all rumors" I started to feel my heart beating faster, i didn't know if I should tell her the truth.

"You don't need to lie. I see the way you to look at each other. That's love isn't it, you two are in love" She says excitedly

"No....we are just...." I tried to reason with her

"Dear I have 7 children, i can tell when I'm getting lied to" She says not even letting me finish

"Don't tell anyone please. We have been keeping it a secret since the first task and Ron is jealous because he fancies me....so we just don't want people knowing" I explained turning around and facing her

"I understand. But if you two really love each other you shouldn't be ashamed of your reletionship" She tells me as I turned back around

"I am not ashamed. Harry and I decided to tell everyone after the break since we didn't want to disturb the holidays....but forget about me. Have you talked to Ginny lately? I'm pretty sure she is dating Dean" I told her trying to change the topic

I don't know how Ginny will feel about me telling her mum about her relationship.

"That's great....well Hermione now we just have to put the roast in the oven and it should be ready in a few hours" Mrs.Weasley says happily

"I'm going to go find the boys" I started to walk out but she stopped me

"Don't hide your love away" I heard her say as i grabbed my coat and hat and walked outside

I looked up to see Ron, Harry, Fred, and George riding around on their brooms. It looked like fun, but i am afraid of heights. Harry asked me to come with him before, but i was too sacred.

"Mione!" Harry yells flying down in front of me

"Do you want to get on with me?" He asks

"Harry you know I am afraid of heights"

"I will be with you the whole time. All you need is to hold on to me" He grabs my hand softly giving me that famous Harry Potter smile, i can never resist that.

"Okay. Just don't crash or let me fall" I finally gave in to his pleading. I took my place right in front of him

He grabs tightly onto my waist and began flying above the ground. I closed my eyes not wanting to look down.

"Mione. Open your eyes" I opened my eyes to see all the boys surrounding us

"How did you get her on broom? She hates flying" Ron asks Harry

"Not unless Harry is with her" Fred teases

Harry just flies away from them, ignoring their teasing and began moving through the white forests. Suddenly he dived down towards the ground, I held on to the broom as tightly as I could not wanting to fall off. Moving back away from the ground, i noticed how far we were from the burrow.

"Harry where are we going?" I asked him

"You'll see" Harry answers eventually flying to this open space

I looked around to see a small frozen pond with beautiful trees covered with snow.

"It's beautiful" I express

"I know. I thought this was a perfect place where we could sneak away from everyone. Nobody knows about this place"

I got off the broom and held my arms to my chest. It's rather cold outside, but it was still very romantic.

"I love it Harry, no matter how cold it is" I told him pulling him into a hug

"Are you cold?" He asks holding me tighter, i nodded my head against his chest taking in his warmth

"Then I won't let you go"

We stayed like that before attempting to skate on the pond. I fell a few times and so did Harry, but it was really fun. We said that before the holidays ended we're going to learn how to skate. I tried spinning on the ice but ended up falling on my side.

"Hermione are you okay!" Harry kneels down next to me

"Yeah. My side is just bruised a bit"

"This place might not be the best place to sneak off to" He says finally realizing, he lifts me up and helps me stand

"It's lovely but how can we stay here all day. We will surely be cold" I told him fixing my hat

"I was thinking we wouldn't stay long. Anything else can be done in the privacy of your bedroom, since you have your own" I instantly pulled him to my lips

Our cold lips began heating up as they collided together. We wrapped our arms around each other taking in the heat from our bodies. We slowly separated letting the kiss linger.

"Hey come dance with me" He says pulling me farther on the ice.

"Harry there is no music playing"

"We don't need it" He says taking one hand in mine as the other went around my waist

Slowly we begin to sway on the ice. There is no music, but as Harry said, we didn't need it. Slowly he spuns me on the ice making sure i didn't fall. I placed my head on his chest never wanting to leave his side. Most people wouldn't expect Harry to be so romantic and spontaneous, but i loved it. He could always surprise me.

I looked at him for a second before leaning up to kiss him. Slowly his lips collide once again. Our lips moved together as the snow fell around us. I never wanted to stop kissing him, but i know dinner will be starting soon and everyone will be wondering where we went.

"Harry we should head back. They will be wondering where we are" I said separating from him, i could see the sad expression written in his face.

"You're right....accio broom!" Harry shouts as his broom flies in his hands

We both got back on and flew back over to the house. When we walked inside everyone was sitting around the fireplace drinking some hot chocolate.

"Where have you two been?" Ginny asks us

"Just flying around" I looked towards Harry who gave me a quick wink and took a seat next to me on the couch.

Later that night....

After having dinner Harry and I went off to my room for some quality time together, everyone else went straight to bed. Whenever I came here they made a special room just for me.

"Are you okay? You were quiet at dinner" Harry asks walking up to my room

"Yeah. I guess i just wanted to spend some time with you....alone" I admitted as we walked in and took a seat on the bed.

"Harry i want to tell everyone tomorrow morning. I don't care what they say. Mrs.Weasley told me we shouldn't hide our love away, and I don't want to hide anymore"

"Okay. Now lets get some rest. We need to wake up early. So you can sneak out tomorrow morning" He says simply

Tomorrow everyone would find out, and I think it's was going to go great.