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Fleurdelacour
03-21-2003, 03:34 PM
I just wrote this about an hour ago, suddenly got creative vibes on the bus, jotted down some ideas and typed it up... so it's only a first draft.

rating: g (will definatly change!)

genre: romance (to be!)

pairing: that'd be telling ;)


the nearness of you





It's not the pale moon that excites me
That thrills and delights me, oh no
It's just the nearness of you.



The sexy electric blue sky gave Hermione sudden pleasure as she approached the drive of The Burrow, her face grinning with utter joy and ecstasy. She pulled off her seat belt before her father had even parked.


“Oh, isn’t it wonderful?” She squealed, clasping her rucksack, clenching it with sheer excitement and anticipation at the fact that she’d see the Weasleys once again.


“Yes, whatever you say Hermione dear.” Agatha, Hermione’s mother sighed, rolling her eyes, surveying the scruffy dilapidated exterior of The Burrow.


“Oh Mummy, don’t be so judgemental, it’s built with so much love, and magic too. I love The Burrow.”


“Mmm, and that Ron too.” George Granger, Hermione’s dentist father muttered, swerving into a space by an overgrown hedge.


“Honestly Daddy!” Hermione folded her arms, giving her father blazing glares in the rear view mirror. “He’s my friend!”


It wasn’t long however, until Ron did actually run out of his unique house into the garden to greet Hermione, who was unpacking her large trunk out of the boot of the silver grey Ford Mondeo.


“Hey, Hermione!” Ron laughed, running up to Hermione and her parents, a big grin spread across his freckled face.


“Ron!” Hermione dropped her trunk on the dusty ground specked with a few weeds. “Oh, how are you?”


“Couldn’t be better!” Ron gave Hermione a hug and helped her with her heavy trunk.

“Ron, I swear you’ve grown an extra few inches.” Hermione giggled, disregarding her parents’ uncouth frowns.

“So, we’ll get going now Hermione. Mrs Whiffé Poisson is having bad breath problems again, she’s booked herself in for an appointment this evening. So see you darling.” Agatha smiled, attempting to ignore her daughter and Ron’s faux flirting.


“Oh, bye Mummy, bye Daddy.” Hermione said quite offhand, not paying much attention to them at all. “I’ll see you at Christmas maybe, y’know how things are.”

“Mm, of course we do.” George grunted, showing dislike towards Ron. “Come on Agatha, Hermione’s unpacked.

“Daddy, maybe if you showed more warmth towards Ron, then maybe I’d be actually saddened to see you leave.” Hermione whispered bitterly in her father’s ear, only low enough for him to hear. “Bye Daddy.” Hermione piped, faking a smile for her strict father. George gave Ron horrid looks, as if to say “Stay away from my daughter.” Ron shuffled uncomfortably, looking to the ground, his hands fidgeting in his jean pockets.

“Bye Hermione dear.” Agatha grimaced once in a loose embrace with her ever-growing daughter.

George and Agatha forced smiles at Ron and Hermione, as they sat themselves down in the car. “It would be preferable if Hermione didn’t see that Ron Weasley.” George grunted, as he drove out of The Burrow muttering obscene things about Ron.

*

Ron dragged Hermione’s trunk into the hall of his house, letting it drop with a clunk. “Welcome!” Ron said, opening his arms for a warm hug. Hermione dropped her rucksack and hugged Ron tightly not wanting to let go, he was so snug and ardent. “Ginny is around somewhere, she’s making up your bed if you want to go up.” Ron shrugged pulling out of the friendly hug.

“Oh no, I’d much rather stay down here and catch up. Have you done all your homework? If you haven’t I could always help.” Hermione said, beaming with peace and contentment

“Oh, alright. Mum! Hermione’s here!” Ron shouted walking into the diminutive, but delightful sitting room. Seconds later, once Hermione was about to sit down, Molly Weasley came in and grabbed Hermione giving her a motherly hug.

“Oh Hermione how you’ve grown!” Molly said rather cheerfully, her apron slightly wet from washing. “Ginny’s made your bed upstairs. Oh I’ll take that trunk up.”

“No, no, I’m sure Ron can, needn’t wear yourself out, Ron’s got plenty of oomph left!.” Hermione smiled, turning around to wink at Ron.

Hermione had certainly grown physically and mentally over the summer. She was a bit taller physically, however, her mentality was now that of a mature sixteen year old, her hormones had obviously done their work over the last two months of the stifling summer.

Ravenclaw
03-21-2003, 04:24 PM
That's it? That's nothing! Come on, FleurD! Give us more, that's just the beginning, right? Let me see if I can guess this pairing...

Nice job. Everything seems to be in order thus far. Nothing Mary Sue-ish, not many grammatical errors (that I caught), everyone seems to be in character... I love how you captured her parents. Lovely! Keep writing!

Fleurdelacour
03-21-2003, 05:21 PM
Like I said, first draft, I will do more tonight :) You'll never guess the pairing... You might... But it's not what you think!

glaelia
03-21-2003, 05:40 PM
norah jones! yay! very nice. more please :D

lithorose
04-13-2003, 10:42 PM
Is there more now?:)

Fleurdelacour
04-14-2003, 04:21 PM
Yes, there will be soon, lol thank you for reviewing, they're greatly appriciated! :D :hug:

I've been writing in notepads on buses and at lunchtime, its my first planned fic! ;) :p

Fleurdelacour
04-16-2003, 03:38 PM
I finished! Well, I don't think it's the best... Far from it. I feel it drags on a bit, but dont let that put you off, and review ;)

This will also be very Snape friendly in the next chapter ;)

Enjoy! Well, I hope you will!



The Nearness of You

Chapter Two


Hermione sniffed the perfume of clean bed sheets with enthusiasm and lust. Her perfect smile lingered as she sat down on the camp bed feeling serene at last. Ginny wasn’t in her room, she was outside helping to de-gnome the unkempt garden, leaving Hermione to herself.

Ginny’s room was on the first floor of the glorious Weasley abode. There was a bijou Victorian fireplace in the corner by the window, painted salmon pink like the bare walls around her. The fireplace wasn’t in use, its crate held several wrought iron photo frames, which glorified the black and white photographs clasped inside them.

Ginny’s pink bedroom had a dirty white wrought iron bed in the right hand corner by the window, her quilt cover a beautiful piece of patchwork, each patch a window of time, each patch unique as the house itself.

Hermione had immersed herself in a pretty princess world, reconciling on her uneventful life in Primary School and comparing it to her wonderful life at Hogwarts. She was sat on the quaint camp bed a funny smile upon her fair face; however, Ginny came in and ruined her dream state.

“Oh! I’m sorry!” Ginny squealed, her ears going pink. “I-I didn’t see you there.” Ginny bit her cerise lip, her eyes darted down, and she put her grubby hands inside her black overcoat pocket, the overcoat protecting a pale pink floral dress decorated with lace and specks of mud. Her long red hair had been braided and tied back with a lemon accented ribbon. She wore dark brown Wellington boots, also camouflaged with thick dust from the dry ground outside. Grubby but sweet, Hermione thought.

“Oh no, don’t be silly, you know how much I love your bedroom.” Hermione smiled intensely at Ginny; Ginny blushed a dark red.

“Yeah.” Ginny paused, her lips pursed desperately trying to think of something to say. “Erm, Mum has made some biscuits and hot chocolate, for, you know, before we go to bed.”

“Oh, sounds good!” Hermione could feel the tension in the bedroom, neither of them could actually think of anything to say, Hermione just really wanted to have a good ol’ chat with Ron until Harry arrived next week. “Shall we go down?” Ginny mumbled something and shrugged her petite shoulders.

*

Ron was sitting at the tough kitchen table nursing a tainted cut above his eyebrow. “Gnome threw a spade at me; vicious tw-” Run grumbled, his mother, Molly interrupting him.

“Language Ron!” Molly snapped, dunking her arms in a basin of foamy hot water.

“Ron that’ll get infected, shall I fix it up?” Hermione asked, her face resolute and concerned.

“Nah, don’t bother, it’s only a cut; bloody gnome.” Ron looked out the window, his expression focused and furious, Hermione couldn’t help thinking he was wishing death upon the ugly creatures; she muffled a giggle thinking this.

*

The evening sun stretched her arms and lay her reddy orange self down to sleep. Hermione felt she’d do exactly the same. Her drowsy head touched the pink feather pillow, her brown hair billowing out behind her. She pulled up the five-tog quilt over, so it just met her chest. Her soft toy, a small dog called Patches was tucked under her arm. Yawning, she turned over in the camp bed “N’night.” She whispered to Ginny, who was still wide-awake.

*

Hermione turned over and fell off the camp bed, however, still sound asleep, she grunted and her wand poked her in the side. “Wha’?” Hermione muttered, her senses not quite there. Shaking her head in attempt to wake herself up, she noticed Ginny snoring lightly, her arm cuddling a dirty pink teddy bear; she had fallen asleep at last. Hermione looked at her friend, her only female friend in all the world, and she couldn’t even make conversation with her.

Hermione gazed at Ginny’s dark red hair which ended in angelic ringlets, and had fallen around her fair oval face, Ginny grunted in her sleep and turned over, hiding her face from Hermione. Hermione’s cheeks started to feel rather warm; she shook her shoulders and told herself to get some sleep. She pulled the duvet over her head , she felt her eyes gradually close, immersing herself into a deep sleep.

*

Days at the Burrow were simply divine. Hermione would often sit out in the Weasley garden, reclining on a red and white deckchair, observing the gnomes run around like springtime rabbits, she’d survey the yellow roses twist their graceful heads towards the hazy afternoon sun. Relaxing was just amazing; she could never relax at Hogwarts, that’s ridiculous, Hogwarts is a school, not a unique wacky house full of wonderful, unique wacky people, yes you could get four Weasleys at Hogwarts, but the full whack at their home was the most glorious entity one could ever ask for.

Hermione often tried to stir up conversation with Ginny, she was sure that Ginny and her would have at least one thing in common! However, Hermione put Ginny’s lacklustre attitude down to timidity. Ginny was like a beautiful red mouse, a long haired mouse that is, with a cute little nose, bright eyes, and quiet. Yes, Ginny was awfully quiet, even more so now that Harry had arrived. She would often stay in her room all day writing to her friends back at Hogwarts. Ron let her use Pig, as Errol was tremendously ill, (the Wizarding Vet said the poor bird had Chicken Pox!) along with the fact that he was after all, getting on quite a bit!

Hermione was rather confused, these feelings she had for Ginny were awfully strange. She thought them to be a tad bit more then a need for a female friendship. Did she have a crush on Ginny? Hermione thought it must be possible, not entirely logical, but it was possible, as you can’t help who you fall for, no matter who you are.

Hermione kept on thinking about this throughout her final weeks at the Burrow, then suddenly the first of September pounced up on Hermione, Ron and Harry before they could say Hogwarts! Mrs Weasley was bustling around as usual making corn beef sandwiches for the boys and ham and lettuce for the girls. Everyone had butterflies in their stomachs anticipating every aspect of Hogwarts (well apart from Potions) Fred and George had made a bet as to who they’d have as a Defence Against the Dark Arts Teacher, Fred thought they’d have an exotic Hawaiian witch with wavy black hair, whereas George reckoned they’d have no teacher, and had to drag in their own father to do the job. They were both wrong - Dumbledore had drafted in a tall skinny woman with dank black ebony hair, sallow white skin, she was virtually a female Snape!

Hermione attended lessons with her head in the clouds, Harry and Ron had to nudge her to keep her awake. Her thoughts and feelings for Ginny were interfering with her lessons! Hermione decided to vent her feelings in a secret diary. A diary only she could see. Then maybe, she’d be able to analyse her feelings, maybe make sense of them, try and sort it out once and for all.

So, later that day (a Thursday night in early October) Hermione sat down with a notebook she had purchased from a small stationers on Hogsmead, and her rare violet peacock quill her mother gave to her has a birthday present.

Dear Diary She scribbled, her cursive handwriting etching into the smooth new paper, the purple ink soaking into the pages. I have a confession to make, sounds scandalous, however, it’s not. I have a friend, Ginny Weasley. Virginia Annabelle Weasley. Yes, she’s quite the girl, long red hair that ends in this fabulous ringlets, her skin is as pale as the winter moon, and she has a few freckles dotted on her angelic face. Ginny is the sweetest of girls, and my only female friend, I have other friends, my best friends are Harry Potter and Ginny’s brother Ron Weasley.

They’re all wonderfully wonderful, but oh, Ginny. How I long to hold her in my arms and tell her how I love her. Or do I love her? Well it’s something, something is definatly there. It’s a buzz, this feeling that is, this incredible content feeling, however it hurts when I’m away from her, and I yearn for her soft touch even more then before…

Ravenclaw
04-17-2003, 01:35 PM
Ah, I figured this might be an H/G fic when I read the part about Hermione falling off the bed... and maybe even the emphisis on how awkward the silence was when Ginny came back to her room.

So, I guess Ginny's favorite color is pink then? lol. Good job. Keep going!

lithorose
04-20-2003, 09:49 PM
The transition between Ron and Ginny is pretty abrupt. Perhaps a little foreshadowing would be helpful? Or a little worrying about Ron's feelings from Hermione? Otherwise it seems like she doesn't really care about Ron, which contrasts with the tone of the first chapter. :)

And it'd be cool to see more of their lives besides Hermione's romantic feelings for various members of the Weasely family.;)

It's definitely developing. Can't wait to see Snape!:D

LuthienElentari
04-22-2003, 11:11 PM
I thought the description was great I thought the characters were great except Hermione. She was good it just seemed like a too dreamy character for Hermione. But otherwise keep WRITING!!!! its a GREAT STORY DON'T GET ME WRONG. its fantastic!!!

Severus Snape
05-04-2003, 08:32 PM
"Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business."

Fleur
06-01-2003, 03:57 PM
Good one Carrie ;) so wheres the rest of it already?

You are a great one for expression of feelings, you really are. Maybe a little over descriptive sometimes! 'lemon accented ribbon'

lol! But yeah nice one :)

Fleurdelacour
06-02-2003, 03:25 PM
Ooh thank you all for the reviews :D Dont quite know what happened up there with the Snape bloke, but hey!

:hug: I'm finding it really had to write this chapter, exams and the fact the battery ran out on my laptop, the cable to charge it broke... so I'm on my dad's one... so writing on pieces of paper on the bus ;)

It will be finished before the 21st June, it will have to be! I'll force myself too!

And Snape will definatly be there! :D Thanks for the reviews and advice :) :hug: