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Hermione Granger (cerebralwitch) wrote in wished,
@ 2010-03-02 21:04:00

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!1998: 03, !incomplete, hermione granger, ron weasley

Who: Hermione and Ron
What: Birthday present giving, Cheering up
Where: Shell Cottage Kitchen
When: After dinner
Rating/Warning: TBA

Hermione watched Ron during dinner. She'd seen him taking an owl - which was dangerous, and she'd meant to scold him but then she'd helped with dinner and it had been nice to be able to do some magic with the wand that Bill had brought her. Besides, it was still probably about his birthday, and Bill and Fleur getting a few owls probably wasn't too out of the ordinary, so she didn't really want to say much about it.

She felt stupid about the present she'd made him, but it was the best she could do, really.

After everyone had left to their rooms or to other things, she found herself still sitting next to him at the table in the cottage's small kitchen, looking at him carefully and wondering if she should ask. "You got an owl earlier?" She finally decided on.

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	geroffme 2010-03-11 04:37 am UTC (link)
	"Will not. You knew where it came from when you drank it. Purpleness is one of the standard risks." He grinned down to where her hand had landed on his arm, and leaned into it just slightly (only a little afraid that if he moved too suddenly, he'd fall out of his chair). "So where's my present, eh? I'm surprised you even remembered - I pretty much forgot." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

cerebralwitch
2010-03-21 10:24 pm UTC (link)

Hermione had to think very hard for a moment, which was a little unsettling, to remember what present she'd actually gotten him, and then she blushed and looked down at her lap. "It's a bit of a rubbish present, actually..." She admitted, but before he could answer that she laughed - it was embarrassingly close to a giggle - and jumped up to go and get it.

A few moments later she was back with something held behind her back.

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geroffme
2010-03-22 02:37 am UTC (link)

It couldn't possibly be rubbish, he thought, as he watched her leave. He didn't know what she could actually have found - even the thought of being presented with a rodent a la Luna wasn't quite enough to lift the giddy haze - but he knew it wouldn't matter. He stood up when she returned and held out his hands, the same stupid grin plastered across his face. Any efforts to tame it had been long abandoned. "Alright, then - no need to be hiding anything, I know no one's had any time to do wrapping."

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	cerebralwitch 2010-03-22 02:42 am UTC (link)
	Hermione rolled her eyes, but she found too that it made her a little dizzy and tickled somehow, which was ridiculous but made her laugh again. "No, but close your eyes." Because that was what someone was meant to do when getting a gift. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

geroffme
2010-03-22 03:05 am UTC (link)

"Hermione," he very nearly whined, even as he was squeezing his eyes shut - which threatened to ruin his balance. The thought that the twins had sent him more than just a cheering potion went through his mind not for the first time. "Hurry then, before I fall over and bash my head on the table." He couldn't do that, because then everyone would come in here, and that ... would be bad. Yes.

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cerebralwitch
2010-03-22 03:12 am UTC (link)

Oh. Hermione laughed, but that was actually serious, and she took his hand and tugged him into the abandoned living room instead of giving him the gift. "Sit down, then." She shoved a little too hard and sent him tumbling down onto the sofa, laughing all the time, then sat beside him and sat the envelope in his lap.

Inside was a coupon she'd made herself - Good for one real present when Voldemort was dead.

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geroffme
2010-03-22 03:39 am UTC (link)

Ron dutifully kept his eyes closed, even as he was almost definitely about to crash to the floor. He let out a loud laugh when he landed instead on the couch, and grabbed for Hermione's arm to pull her along with him - but she was already there. He opened his eyes and snatched up the paper, pulling it closer than he really needed to. His smile couldn't possibly have grown any more.

"That's fantastic," he laughed, holding it up to the light as though checking for authenticity. He threw his arm around her shoulders. "Don't think I'm going to forget, either - first thing, I'll be looking for it. The minute that bastard hits the ground, you can bet I'll have an open palm."

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cerebralwitch
2010-03-27 03:29 am UTC (link)

Hermione didn't think it was as fantastic as all of that, but the fact that he seemed to like it, that he didn't look disappointed, made her grin for some reason literally from ear to ear, and she was sitting far closer to him than she would have if she hadn't been so happy. It couldn't all be the potion, could it.

"It isn't a real present, but it will be. Then." When the bastard hit the ground, she giggled again at the description - but, somehow, that didn't seem so impossible right now.

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