Title: Hate, Lust, and Love
Pairings: H/Hr, R/L, D/G
Summery: Harry has been crushing on Hermione since their 4th year. But all Hermione thinks is that Harry is just some popular guy who is trying to play a prank on her. But when their 5th year comes around, what will happen?
After coming back from the summer holidays for her 5th year, Hermione had changed. Her personality hasn't changed, but the blessing of puberty has made her get some attention, especially from the male department. In particular, Harry Potter.
Harry was the most popular guy at Hogwarts, along with his friend Ron. Everyday as he walked to the Gryffindor table for breakfast, all the girls would turn and stare at him. He could date any of them if he wanted. But he would always ignore them, turning his attention to the quiet girl sitting at the end of the table, reading a book. This has been going on since Harry's last year, and his friend Ron was getting very tired of it.
"Oh for god's sake Potter! Just go and ask her out! It's not like you haven't done it before!" Ron yelled.
"Can't" Harry said, not really paying any attention to his friend.
"And, why may I ask? You've been crushing on her for more than a year now! You're the most popular guy in school! Every girl you look at wants to go out with you!" Ron pointed out.
"Yeah? Then why won't she go out with me?" Harry asked, looking at the girl reading her book.
"Because she think's you're a complete arrogant prick." Ron's sister and Hermione's best friend Ginny replied.
It was true. Harry had openly asked Hermione out quite a few times during their 4th year, but he never succeeded.
"Right. Sorry. Kindda forgot." Ron mumbled. Harry didn't say anything and sighed. He knew that Hermione was very smart, always getting top marks. Suddenly, an idea popped up in his head.
"Hey. Does Hermione tutor?" he suddenly asked Ginny.
"Yeah. Why? You're top of the grade! You don't need it!" Ginny answered, a bit puzzled. Ron frowned.
"I do. My potion sucks." Harry answered, getting up from his seat.
"That's because Snape hates you." Ron replied. But Harry wasn't listening. He was already making his way to Hermione.
"Hey." He said, trying to be casual.
"What do you want, Potter? I won't go out with you if that's what you want." Hermione said coldly, putting down the book she was reading.
"I know that. I was just wondering if you could tutor me." Harry said. Hermione looked at his like he was crazy.
"May I remind you that your marks are top of the grade?" she said, looking a bit confused.
"Yes, but professor Snape hates me, so I really suck at potions." Harry responded. Hermione looked thoughtful for a minute.
"Fine I'll tutor you. But this is not a date Potter." She glared at Harry's smirking face.
"I know."
"So you got a date with Harry?" Ginny asked as they sat in their room at night.
"It's not a date. I'm tutoring him for god's sake." Hermione rolled her eyes. Then she stood up.
"Please don't tell me he went around the whole school and told everyone we were going on a date." She groaned. Ginny laughed.
"No. He didn't. He'd never do anything that bad." She smiled. Hermione sighed with relief.
"Then why is he asking me out?" Hermione asked, suddenly curious. Ginny gave her an "oh-my-god-i-can't-belive-you-don't-know" look.
"He likes you. Duh." Ginny rolled her eyes. Hermione was speech-less.
"You know, for the smartest girl in our school who can do NEWT stuff already, you don't really know anything about love don't you?" Ginny asked.
"Umm…no." Hermione answered.
"I'm going to bed." Ginny said, pulling up her covers and falling asleep leaving Hermione to her own thoughts. She was a bit lost for words. She had always thought that Harry was asking her out because of a dare or a prank between him and his friends. She never actually thought that he liked her.
A/N: Well, that's my first post! Hope you guys like it! Comments are appreciated!