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What The Hell Is Happening?

"Oh Please, don't think that world just revolves around you. Not everyone worship the land you walk on, Potter." Clara said angrily. People around them were listening now. Harry didn't want to give them more reasons to talk about him.

"Like, I don't have enough of that." Harry mumbled angrily and walked straight towards the Gryffindor tower.

Harry was practically fuming as he reached to Gryffindor common room. He found a seat for himself on a couch in front of the fireplace.

'What the hell that girl thinks of herself?' Harry thought angrily.

After sometime Ron entered through portrait hole, made his way to Harry, and sat next to him on the couch. Common room was almost empty at that moment. Most of the students had already gone to their beds.

"Hey mate. What happened down there? Everyone is talking about you and Clara." Ron asked curiously.

Harry glowered at Ron, but then told him what happened with Clara. Ron was surprised at Harry's reaction to Clara's behavior.

"It seems like she has seriously pissed you off mate." Ron said teasingly, "You don't see it every day when a girl ignores the charm of famous Harry Potter."

"Just shut up Ron." Harry said irately.

Harry was looking at Ron with anger, but then his eyes shifted and his stance softened. Ron turned to see what brought this sudden change in mood of his enraged best friend. He saw Hermione entering in the common room through the portrait hole.

"Hey guys." She said smiling widely. She sat next to Harry on the couch. Her face was glowing in the firelight and she was looking very pleased about something.

"What's wrong with you?" Ron asked suspiciously. Hermione just shook her head and looked at Harry.

"You won't believe, what just happened down there in the dungeons." Hermione said with excitement, just like a small child. Harry laughed at her expression and asked, "What happened?"

"It was Peeves. This time he was creating havoc in potions lab. We were trying to control him and just then, Dumbledore came there with Prof. McGonagall and cast a non-verbal spell on Peeves. Next moment his mouth was full of bubbles and he was frozen in mid-air. You must have seen him. It was so funny. Now for next few days whenever Peeves would try to insult somebody only bubbles will come out of his mouth." Hermione said all this in one breath.

"Relax Hermione." Harry said in amused voice, making Hermione blush furiously.

"That was really some very cool stuff on Dumbledore's part." Ron said in awe. Both Harry and Hermione agreed with him.

Hermione knew something was wrong with Harry. So when Ron left for bed, she asked Harry about what was bothering him. Harry hesitated a bit, but then told her about what happened outside the Great Hall. Hermione listened carefully to what he said. Then she said,

"Harry, I think we should give her some time. When she will come to know about the lies Cho has told her and when she would come to know about real you, she will like you as well." Hermione said.

Harry looked at Hermione. There was something in her eyes, and before he could recognize, it vanished. He had noticed the same thing sometimes in her eyes, since they had gotten together, but it vanished as quickly as it appeared. She had that look which confused him. It raised so many questions in his mind that had no answers.

After some time they both left for their respective dormitories.

This was how it all started. It became a common knowledge in the castle that Clara Jones and Harry Potter were in a fight, that Clara was not interested in the famous boy-who-lived. They both were the new talk of the school and there would always be a high tension whenever they both would be in the same room.

Clara was good to everyone even Draco Malfoy, except Harry. And sometimes it pissed Harry off to no end. They would fight constantly whenever they would be near to each other, in class or outside.

Clara would always say something, which made Harry angry, and then Harry would retort. Then they would start fighting. Students in the castle had started calling it as the sexual tension between Clara and Harry. One incident was the main reason, which led them to believe this.

It was during first week of December. It was Quidditch match between Ravenclaw and Gryffindor. Gryffindor had won fair and square. However, Ravenclaw seeker Cho Chang was feigning an injury and Ravenclaw team was demanding a rematch.

Harry was the captain of the Gryffindor team. He told Madam Hooch that it wasn't their fault that Cho had been injured and that she had gotten injured after he had caught snitch. So there was no chance of a rematch. In the end, Gryffindors were declared winner.

Harry was making his way to the changing room after the game along with his teammates. Clara was standing beside Cho at the entrance of the castle.

When she saw Harry,

"Enjoying it Potter, using your name and fame to get your way," Clara said tauntingly.

Harry motioned rest of the team to go to changing room and then spoke. "What's your problem Jones? I haven't even said anything to you." Harry said coldly.

She stepped near to Harry and said, "You are my problem Potter." She said jabbing her finger in his chest, "You think whole world is at your feet. That you can walk over them whenever you want. You think all girls are like your little girlfriend, throwing themselves at you." She said sneering at Harry. "You Harry Potter are nothing more than a self absorbed git." Clara said with satisfaction.

Next moment she found herself pressed against the wall with Harry's angry face just inches away from her own.

"Who the hell you think you are? You don't even know me. You just trust the lies your dear friend Cho has told you. Open your eyes and mind. People are not always, what you think of them. And don't ever bring Hermione between us." Harry said in a low rough voice that sent chills down to Clara's body. They both were staring at each other, breathing heavily. They both heard Cho coughing from behind Harry and Harry immediately pulled away from Clara and left quickly.

Some of the students were standing there watching the whole scene. In next few hours, whole castle was swarming with rumors. With lots of twists and turns in the rumor, the final rumor was that Clara and Harry Potter were snogging each other outside the changing room, which they both denied.

People had started making bets on how long will it take for both of them to kiss each other and then get together, due to all rising sexual tension that was rising between them, that they won't be able to stay away from each other for long.

In this entire chaos, people had completely forgotten that Harry already had a girlfriend, Hermione Granger.

One person who was worried and tensed due to what was happening between Harry and Clara was Hermione. She had always liked Harry more than just a friend. No, like was the wrong word. She had always loved Harry, since their fourth year. However, she never had the required courage to tell him those three words. Harry had never said that he loved her. He always said that he liked her a lot. Hermione wanted him to realize on his own that whether he loved her or not. She knew Harry didn't know what love felt like due to his horrid times at Durselys. She was ready to give him all the time in the world to figure it out. She could wait forever.

However, she was also worried that 'What if Harry doesn't love her. What if whatever they had was just a passing crush for him? Then one day he would find his true love in some other girl. Could Clara be his true love? He is always disturbed about what she thinks of him. He never cared about what I thought about him, he never asked me what I think of him as a person. Does it not bother him if I think he is an arrogant jerk? Does Harry have unknown feelings for Clara?'

All these thoughts swirled in her mind all the time these days. But, Harry always said to Hermione that he had no feelings towards Clara, though to Hermione his voice always sounded unsure of what he said.

Finally, one day Hermione's patience ended.

Harry and Hermione were sitting in the common room. It was already around midnight.

"I just don't believe that girl she is always saying nonsense about me." Harry said frustratingly. He himself was unable to understand why he felt like this.

"Calm down Harry, she don't know the real you. She has just believed all the lies Cho has been telling about you." Hermione said in a calmer tone to hide her own frustration.

Harry looked at her in anger. "You have been saying it for so long that she don't know the real me. I don't think she ever would. I can't stand her at all. Why she have to believe all those lies?"

Hermione was getting more and more annoyed at his unnecessary worry about what Clara thought about him. She finally snapped.

"And why does it matter to you so much that what she thinks of you? You were never before bothered by what people thought of you. What is so special about Clara then?" Hermione burst out.

"What are you talking about?" Harry asked sharply.

"You bloody very well know what I am talking about. In the past you never cared what people said about you. And now all of a sudden you care about what Clara thinks of you. Do you have feelings for her?" She asked almost yelling at him.

"What kind of nonsense is that?" Harry asked harshly.

"It's not nonsense, Harry. It's always about what Clara thinks. You always worry about what she thinks of you. When her opinion did become so important to you? Do you even remember that you are talking about what other girl feels about you, to your own girlfriend?' Hermione asked him in a defeated tone.

"You think something is going on between Clara and me?" Harry said, incredulous.

Hermione just stared at him and then, "You know Harry, I L.…" she trailed off. She just stopped herself in time before she messed up everything with those three words.

"You know what Harry, just forget it. When you get over your fascination with what Clara thinks of you, come and find me." Hermione said in a detached voice and left. Harry stood their staring at the place where Hermione was standing just few moments ago. He still felt angry about what Hermione had said.

'Why girls have to be so complicated?' He wondered and left for boys' dormitory.

In the girls' dormitory Hermione was sitting on her bed. She had closed the curtains and put up a strong silencing charm upon them. She felt like crying. She never liked to fight with Harry.

'Why does that Clara matter so much to him? Will our relationship end? Will he break up with me? There will be no forever together between us. I wish he could love me back as much as I love him'

With these musings, Hermione cried herself to sleep that night.

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