Ron looked over at the couch and decided to lay down. The one time he tried to help her she pushed him away which was doing wonders for his moral and his ego. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

After a few hours Harry and Ginny walked into the common room and saw Ron sound a sleep on the couch.

"I guess it didn't go to well." Ginny said.

Harry shook his head and went over to the couch. He sat in the chair next to it and looked at his best friend. What could he have done this time? Harry went over and nudged Ron softly in the side….nothing happened.

Harry rolled his eyes and nudged him just hard enough just to wake Ron.

"Bloody hell Harry! Why did you have to wake me up?" Asked Ron.

"Well how'd it go? Did you find out what was bothering Hermione?" Harry asked.

"No, she wouldn't tell me. She just got all moody and stormed off! You can never win with women." Ron said running his finger through his hair.

"She probably felt cornered Ron." Ginny said.

"What do you mean cornered?" Ron asked.

"Hermione might have felt cornered because you were asking her question and following her. Sometimes it really bothers girls." Ginny explained.

"Whatever." Ron sighed as he laid his head back down.

"Since you two are together I'm going to go see if Hermione wants to go study with me." Ginny said as she got up to leave.

Ginny walked up the stairs and Harry smirked. It was quite ironic for Ron to care about Hermione and for her to have those feelings towards him, but both were to proud to admit it.

"You know Ron, if you like her you should tell her." Harry suggested.

"Like her? Are you mad? With her mood swings and her little comments?" Ron went on for a few more minuets while Harry just laughed.

"Whatever you say Ron. You can't keep it from her forever." Harry said before getting up and started his work.

"I don't like her…do I?" Ron asked himself.

Ginny closed the door softly as she went over to the bed where Hermione was sitting. She knew something was wrong, Hermione was never this quite, and she was never this moody.

"Hermione are you sure you're alright? If there's something bothering you, you can tell me I swear I won't tell anyone! I promise." Ginny said.

"I got a letter from home. Mother is sick. They don't know what the problem is. But she's tired all the time, she can't keep most of her food down and she's been running a fever for the last four days." Hermione said quietly.

"I'm so sorry Hermione. But I'm sure she'll be alright." Ginny said with a small smile.

"Thanks Ginny. Do me one favor promise you won't tell Ron or Harry." Hermione said.

"I promise. But may I ask why?" Ginny asked.

"Well I just don't want it to spread and with the way those two carry on to each other someone else might hear." Hermione explained.

Ginny nodded and Hermione smiled a thank you. The girls continued to talk about a number of things. But by the time they looked at the clock they realized I was time for dinner. Ginny and Hermione walked down together. Surprisingly, they didn't see the boys on there way down.

The girls were already seated when they saw the boys running up.

"Where have you two been?" Hermione asked.

"We were writing our papers." Harry said.

"Well he was writing. I was attempting." Ron said with a smile.

"So you were so in to your papers you were late for dinner?" Ginny asked.

"Yep." Ron and Harry said.

Ginny and Hermione exchanged glances. They could tell that Ron and Harry were lying! But where had they been? After dinner Ginny grabbed Harry's hand and pulled him ahead of Hermione and Ron.

"Why are we walking so fast?" Asked Harry.

"Those two need some time to make up for what happened when my brother tried to find out what was bothering her." Ginny said.

Harry and Ginny were already around the first corner when Hermione decided to say something.

"Ronald, I'm sorry that I snapped at you earlier. Its just I've been frustrated lately. I didn't mean to take it out on you." Hermione said.

"It's alright. I shouldn't have pushed you to tell me." Ron said. He didn't understand why he was all the sudden he felt butterflies in his stomach. He'd been alone with Hermione loads of times!

"I want you to know that its not that I can't tell you its that I don't want to talk about it." Hermione said simply.

"Its alright. I know how you feel. Hermione I have a question for you." Said Ron.