Hermione Granger was terribly confused for the first time in her life. She knew she shouldn't be having these thoughts, she knew it was wrong to think like this. But she couldn't stop and she knew she needed to talk to someone, anyone. So that's why she had taken Harry Potter into an empty classroom and put locking charms on the door.

"Harry, I-I need to tell you something very important," she stuttered. She was so nervous she was shaking from head to toe.

"What is it? Is everything OK between you and Ron?" He sounded concerned. His concern for her reminded her why she chose Harry to tell her darkest secret to.

"This is really hard for me to say so don't interrupt me." She went over different ways to phrase her next statement, hoping that he wouldn't think differently of her once she finally spoke her peace. He probably thought she was about to confess her undying love to her the way this was going. She snorted mentally at that thought given what she was about to say. "Er, well, um, I don't know if I can do this."

"The suspense is killing me Hermione." She knew she was procrastinating but she couldn't help it.

"Well, I um, think that I er, like girls." Hermione barely whispered the last words.

"I knew that I mean your friends with girls and, oh, oh, you mean you like girls that way." He sounded very shocked. She suddenly knew she had dropped a major bomb on him. Surprise was bright in his eyes and she could tell he was trying to think of something to say. She spoke first to ease the tension.

"Yeah, I do. I'm so confused Harry I don't know what to do. I'm dating Ron but its all a lie, its just a futile attempt to try and have a normal life. I don't want to hurt his feelings but I also can't stand being with him know that I'll never want more than friendship with him. I've been holding this in for so long I felt as if I would explode if I didn't tell some one, you seemed the perfect person to tell. I knew you would still be my friend after I told you my disgusting secret, I knew you wouldn't judge me or shun me for being different. I just…" She sank to the ground sobbing. She couldn't believe she finally told someone after all this time of suffering in silence. The sobbing witch felt arms around her. She was so grateful that he didn't hate her that she sobbed even harder this time with relief.

"Please don't tell anyone." The young witch said in a broken whisper.

"I promise I won't."

They stayed on the floor of the empty classroom like this for several long moments before they both sat up.

"Are you sure you don't hate me."

"I could never hate you Hermione, no matter what." He sounded so sincere that she wrapped him in a hug. After a few short moments she let go.

"We have to go we're going to be late to class."

They walked out of the classroom and headed to their next class not knowing that someone had overheard their entire conversation.

Disclaimer: Needless to say it is all JK Rowling's.

A/N: Ohh cliffhanger. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of what is probably going to be a long story. Remember to review. J