Entry for "Ancient Runes" at "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Challenges and Assignments)"

Task: Write about a lover or partner hiding something. Min 300 words.

Extra Prompt: (pairing) Hermione/Bill

Entry for the "Ultimate Hermione Granger Pairings Challenge" at "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Challenges and Assignments)"

Pairing: Hermione/Bill Weasley

Entry for the "Gringotts Prompt Bank"

Character Pairings: Hermione/Bill

Writing Prompts Plot Ideas: Planning a Surprise Party

Adjectives: foolish; ridiculous; intelligent; clever; determined; amateur; absent-minded

Verbs: know; think; hide; seen; felt; catch; be; try; sense; sigh; harm; plan; notice; search; convince; exchange; consider; organise

Nouns: sign

Compound Words: something; anything


No Secrets Possible

Bill knew that Hermione was suspecting something – it would have been ridiculous and foolish of him to think that he would be able to hide anything from a girl as intelligent and clever as Hermione Jean Granger. No one he knew had a sharper mind than her, and it was clear to him that she had seen the signs from the beginning, no matter how determined he had been to keep it from her.

He himself was aware of the fact that he had been rather ineffective in concealing it, yes, nearly amateurish, and he felt as if she was trying to glare him to death whenever she catched him being absent-minded. Bill really had the feeling that she could sense whenever he was thinking of the thing that had kept his mind busy and away from her during the last weeks.

She tried to mask it, but he could still see the hint of a disapproving and wary scowl on her pretty face and whenever he would see it, he would sigh inwardly, hoping that in the end, she would not hate him that much for what he was doing here. He did not mean to harm her, that actually was the last thing he wanted, and it had also not been planned that she got wind of his secret, but well, she was just too good in her job – what kind of an Head of the Magical Law Enforcement would she have been if she had not been able to notice that something was going on in her immediate environment?

But well, it was pretty unfortunate for Bill that she started to search his papers at some point, obviously convinced that she would find clues about what he was up to in them – as if he would have been dumb enough to leave the letters he had exchanged with that woman in his desk at home!

However, Bill had not considered the possiblity that Hermione would follow him to one of their meetings, and that she would cause an embarrassing scene in the middle of a crowded cafe, only to find out that Bill had been meeting a party planner to organise a surprise party for Hermione's birthday, and that he did not have, as she had feared, have a secret affair with that woman.