Chapter 76: Increasing Closeness!

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"Ch-Charles," she stuttered out, "h-hello."

"Getting something to drink?" I asked as I walked over to a punch bowl filled with a red sugary liquid, "You look very nice by the way."

Her face turned a nice shade of pink as she looked at her shoes, "Thank you."

"Where are your two followers? Harry and Ronald. I don't see them here," I asked, offering her a cup of punch.

She took it and said, "They're in detention with Snape."

"Ahh. Well that's a shame," I said with a shake of my head, "but that's no reason to not enjoy ouselves."

I put the cup down and offered her my hand, "Care for a dance?"

"Oh, I really don't know how to," she said shyly.

I took her hand anyway, "Don't worry, I'll show you how."

[Increase closeness with Hermione Granger.]

"O-okay."

It took very little time for her to find the rhythm as we danced.

"So, I noticed you've been frequenting the library more often, are you perhaps getting ready for the finals," I said, twirling her once.

"Yes, it's never too early," she said, having gotten used to my presence.

"The Ravenclaws hold a study session every Saturday afternoon in the library. We quiz each other and go over each other's notes. I'd love it if you could join us," I offered.

Her expression looked excited before it turned downcast, "Sorry I can't, I just remembered I have to help Harry and Ron study."

"Well the offer is there, though it is a shame, but I can understand wanting to help out a friend. I'm sure they appreciate it too," I said with a smile.

"Actually, they constantly complain about me nagging them, and tend to ignore most of what I say," she said gloomily.

"Oh," was all I said as we continued dancing.

After some more time I finally asked, "So anything you're currently working on?"

"No," she said with a shake of her head before suddenly perking up, "hold on, you wouldn't happen to know who Nicolas Flamel is?"

"Nicolas Flamel," I said rolling the name before finally answering, "Isn't he that one famous alchemist that supposedly invented something called the Philosopher's Stone. It's supposed to turn lead into gold and give you immortality or something. Why?"

"J-Just curious," she said nervously.

"Well if you want to know more, I suggest reading in the alchemy section of the library. I think it's rumored that he and Dumbledore were supposed to be good friends too."

"Okay," she said with a fear of gaze but then she looked at me again, "Oh, by the way, how did you know who he was?"

I gave a smug smile, "He was mentioned in my chemistry book. Apparently, the non-magical side considered him to be something of a famous figure too."

She looked surprised, "You're studying chemistry?"

"Of course, I mean learning magic is fine and all, but that doesn't mean I'm going to abandon my other studies. It'd be pretty ignorant of me as a muggle-born to forget what my roots are," I said before leaning in to whisper in her ear, "By the way I found out that muggle jobs tend to make more money than magical ones with a lot less risk being involved. You know the typical wizard salary is like 4 Galleons a week right. That's like 60 pounds. You're studying them too, right?"

She looked tongue tied by what I told her, "I-I-"

She was saved however when I felt a tap on my shoulder and saw that it was Eric. Turning to the still stunned Hermione I bid my farewell, "Well looks like I have to go now. It was nice dancing with you."

"Bye," she said dumbly.

I caught her being swarmed by her fellow Gryffindor girls as I was leaving however.

"Hey sorry about cutting in, I know how annoying that is," Eric said as he led me out of the room, "though I could have sworn you and Greengrass had something."

I gave him a befuddled look, "What are you talking about, it's just dancing. But more importantly, how's Clare?"

"She's having a great time," he said smiling.

"Good, then let me just go on ahead and set everything up. You can start bringing her toward the empty classroom on the 2nd floor in about three minutes."

"Okay," he said, heading back inside.

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Eric:-

Gently leading his girlfriend by the hand, he walked through empty corridors.

"Why the blindfold? What's with all the secrecy?" Clare asked with a laugh, that caused his heart to race.

"It's so that it doesn't spoil the surprise," he said, opening the door to the specified classroom.

His eyes widened in shock at what he saw. The classroom looked nothing like before.

Dozens of candles covered almost every surface. A red rug had been placed in the center of the room filled with different sized pillows. A table with what looked to be an ice bucket holding some champagne and that odd device from before was placed on one side of the room facing a large white sheet hanging on the other wall. The room was also filled with fireflies that twinkled with red, pink, and blue lights rather than their normal yellow-green hue.

It took him a moment to come back, but he did, and he moved behind his girlfriend and removed her blindfold.

Clare gave a gasp of surprise as she took in the sight too, mesmerized even more than Eric.

The Head Boy gently led her in and made sure to lock the door behind them.

"Amazing. How did you even-" she was cut off when Eric pulled her into an embrace.

The two stared at each other and smiled before leaning in for a kiss. It only lasted for a second but for some reason both felt it was the best kiss they've had.

"I wanted to make this special," Eric said, caressing the side of her face.

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