A/N: I again have nothing to say for this chapter really. I know I am getting them out fast now and that will most likely continue if I don't get loads at school. Anywho, I hope you like this next chapter. I want to say that you won't be finding out her secret for a while but you might be able to pick it up in one of the chapters coming up but who knows.
Hermione quietly walked through the common room and carefully checked that Ron was no where in view. Once she didn't see him he quietly made her way out of the portrait hole not knowing that Ron had watched her the whole time from his room.
Ron walked out of his room once when Hermione was gone and looked at the door. "Where does she have to keep going," he muttered as he took a seat on the couch to wait for her though that was a rather boring thing to do for him sometimes. It was no fun just sitting there and waiting for her to come back but it had to be done.
"I wonder why she keeps sneaking off like this to see McGonagall. I think she would have told me if this is about some boy or I would have at least seen them together," he mumbled as he tried to figure out some what Hermione might be doing. He concluded that she wasn't meeting a boy because she wasn't all made up and because he would know by now if she had a boyfriend.
"But now the big question is, why is she sneaking out to go see McGonagall is the big question I need to solve," he muttered and then letting out a deep sigh as he stretched out on the couch and let out a yawn. "But I have a feeling I'll have to wait for her to come back."
He kind of started to doze off at this moment since it was a rather boring job just waiting for Hermione when she could be hours long. He was at least aware that things where going on around him so he would know when Hermione came back.
It was about an hour or so later that he heard the faint sound of the portrait singing open and Ron quickly got up and watched Hermione come in. "Hello Hermione, what where you doing out so late?" he asked her as he crossed his arms over his chest and looked at her.
Hermione was shocked to say the least that Ron had stayed up or had seen her leave to begin with. She was hoping he had been asleep so she wouldn't have to face another interrogation from him. "I went out to talk with McGonagall was all," she said quietly as she looked at him closely.
"You seem to be going and talking with her a whole lot lately. Plus you left at about 10 and it is almost midnight now. That was two hours you where gone, no talk with McGonagall is that long," Ron pointed out as he looked at her and watched her just as closely as she was watching him.
"Well this talk was really long is all," Hermione said as she tried to get past Ron and go to her room but Ron wouldn't let her. "Ron, I want to get to sleep if you don't mind so please just let me go."
"No Hermione, not until I figure out what you are up to. Hermione even a lecture with McGonagall doesn't last two hours. Please just tell me what is going on," Ron said as he looked at Hermione and into her brown eyes.
"I am telling you, we where just talking. It wasn't a lecture, it was just a discussion. Why are you all up in my business?" Hermione asked as she looked at him trying to get past him but he still wouldn't let her.
"Because I care about you, that's why! Now please just tell me what is going on with you. You seem really different and you hardly seem to have the time to hang out with me and Harry anymore and we are your friends," Ron told her as he continued to stop her from getting by to her room.
"I know, I am just busy is all," Hermione said softly as she looked at Ron with her sad brown eyes. This was what she did to make people give in to her. She had never tried it with Ron but it worked on her parents so it was worth a shot.
Ron looked at her eyes and found it hard to resist giving in to them but he didn't. "Stop that Hermione," he finally told her as he looked away from her so he wouldn't have to look at her eyes. "You are too busy lately Hermione? You used to always spend time with us no matter how busy you where."
"I know Ron, I've just been really busy is all and I've had a hard time getting to spend time with you and Harry. I am sorry about that," Hermione said as she chewed her bottom lip softly, her eyes still big brown and sad.
Ron took a small glance at Hermione and it just made him given in seeing her like that. He sighed softly as he looked at her then stepped out of her way. "Hermione, if you don't want to tell me what is going on then that is fine but I am worried about you," he said softly and then heading off to his room.
"I am sorry Ron," Hermione's softly voice came before she went up to her room for the night as well.
Ron looked down at the ground and let out a small sigh as he went into his room and falling onto his bed. "What is wrong with her? I miss the old her. She's never around to tell me to do my homework anymore which means I have to do it all alone, without her. I miss the old her when she wasn't so busy," he mumbled as he lay in his bed, staring up at the ceiling.
He let out a small sigh as he thought about her and what might be wrong with her. He missed the old her, he really did. He missed her yelling at him to do his homework instead of goof off. He missed the old her a whole lot and really wanted her back that way.
He finally fell asleep at his thoughts of her and what might happen. He could only hope he would get to find out what in the world was wrong with her. He wanted the old her back but he'd have to figure out what she was hiding before that could happen at all. He just wished it was soon, he really wanted to know what she was keeping from him and Harry. He was determined to find out what she was keeping from them.
