Title: Harry Potter and the Year of Realizations
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Harry had a rough fifth year, will his sixth be any better? Harry has a feeling it will be, but he's a little confused about the way Hermione's been acting.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. It all belongs to J.K. Rowling. (Although sometimes I wish I owned Harry, j/k (strike the 'sometimes'))
I know, it hasn't been two days, but I got a really good idea from Andrea and wanted to go with it. Please keep reviewing, I need to know how I'm doing or I might just not have the will to write. J/k (Or am I?) R&R!
Chapter Seven: The Reunion
PREVIOUSLY:
Hermione had a rude awakening. She was happy but then frowned, knowing it would never happen. She then thought about all the times Harry talked about Cho. She cried herself to sleep that night, wondering how she got herself into this mess.
Harry woke up. His eyes were wide, realizing he was in love with Hermione, not Cho, but Hermione. 'IT WAS JUST A DREAM!!!' he thought to himself. He lay down and stared at the ceiling and drifted off to sleep.
HERMIONE'S HOUSE:
Hermione woke up to the sound of her alarm. She reached over and pushed the snooze button. When she was just about to fall back to sleep her mum knocked on the door. "Hermione, sweetie, are you ready to go?" Hermione shot out of bed. "Yeah, just one second." Hermione heard her mum go back downstairs and start the car. Hermione rushed to get dressed. And grabbed her trunk. Crookshanks followed her down the stairs and out the door. Hermione put Crookshanks in the back seat and put her trunk in the back. She then got into the front seat while her mum got in on the drivers seat. Then they set off to 'The Burrow'.
RON'S HOUSE:
Harry woke up in time to see Ron coming at him with a bucket of water. Harry jumped out of bed and ran for the door, dodging Ron. Ron chased Harry out the door and down the hall. Harry ran down the stairs and Ron came after him, almost slipping. They ran through the kitchen, not noticing the opening door. Harry stopped mid-sprint a when he saw Hermione. Ron, not noticing, ran into Harry, spilling the whole bucket of water all over Hermione.
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"I'm so sorry Hermione!" Ron pleaded. Hermione just smiled and gave Ron a hug. "I'm happy to see you too Ron." Hermione laughed. Harry came in the door with a towel. He smiled at Hermione and Hermione just turned toward the window. Harry's smiled faded off his face. He walked over to her and placed the towel around her. Hermione scooted away from him. Ron looked at Harry who looked like he was going to cry. All this time Hermione's thinking 'He's my best friend, I'm not in love with him. He's my best friend, I'm not in love with him...' Over and over again in her head. Harry just turned and walked out of the room. Ron looked at Hermione with disappointment and shook his head, walking after Harry.
"Harry, wait!" Ron yelled as he ran up the stairs and into his room, but all he found was an open window.
Hermione dried off and walked towards Ginny's room. She knocked on the door, she didn't hear anything. She walked in and saw Ginny starring out the window. She tapped Ginny on the shoulder and she jumped. "Oh my gosh." Ginny breathed as placed her hand over her heart. She jumped up and gave Hermione a big hug. "So what were you doing?" Hermione asked, pointing to the window. "Oh, Harry, he climbed down off the roof and climbed that tree over there, see?" Ginny pointed to the tree. Hermione just ignored her and sat down on the bed. Ginny looked at her confused. "Don't you care, he looked like he was crying." (A/N: NOT THAT HE CRIES A LOT, AN-DRE-A. ()
Ginny sat down beside Hermione. "What have I done?" Hermione breathed. Ginny looked even more confused than before. "He's going to hate me forever, he didn't even DO anything." Hermione leaned in toward Ginny. Ginny patted her on the back. "It's okay Hermione, he would NEVER hate you." Ginny looked at her. "He just isn't that kind of person. He's seen to much hate to have to take it from his friends, especially when he doesn't even know what he's done." Hermione looked up at Ginny. "What should I do?" Hermione asked. "Hey, you're the smart one." Ginny laughed.
It was almost time for dinner and Harry still hadn't come in. Hermione thought maybe she was just too harsh on him. She had no clue that he was in love with her. Ron went outside and climbed the tree. Ron's jaw dropped when he saw the tree. It was like a living room.
Harry had built a tree-house, only it's walls were the leaves of the tree. It was really big and he had made seats out of leaves, and made a few shelves out of branches and leaves, and even had four hammocks that he made out of twine he made out of stripped thin branches. "Mate, you must have been really bored up here." Harry shook his head. "Maybe, I don't really know how I did this, I just started with a seat and kept going." Ron shook his head and laid down in a hammock.
"That's not why I came up here." Harry looked at him, waiting for him to continue. "What was that today?" Harry knew exactly what he was talking about, but decided to play dumb. "What are you talking about?" Harry asked innocently. Ron gave Harry that of-course-you-know-what-I'm-talking- about look. Harry shrugged, he honestly didn't know.
"What is her problem?" Harry asked suddenly. "HER problem? Okay, she was a little cold, but what was the first thing you said when she walked in the door? You just turned around and started telling me about Cho." (I didn't write this before, you had to find this out now, and no, it wasn't an error) Harry looked down. "You were talking about how Cho owled you, and asked you out, and of course you said yes, but you told me that whole story before you even said 'hi' to Hermione. Why would you do that?." The truth was, Harry didn't even know. "Other than not saying 'hi' to Hermione the first thing I did when I saw her, what does this have to do with Cho?" Ron sighed. "I can't tell you."
Hermione got up and started pacing. "Ginny, what am I supposed to do, I can't be falling in love with my best friend, can I?" Hermione put her hand over her mouth. Had she just admitted to herself and Ginny that she was in love with Harry Potter?
This chapter was pretty hard to write, especially me trying to get Cho in there. I REALLY hoped you liked it, it took me awhile. R&R
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WHO SHOULD APPROACH WHO FIRST? HARRY TO HERMIONE OR HERMOINE TO HARRY? ANY IDEAS BESIDES THAT? I COULD USE SOME IDEAS. THANKS. PLEASE REVIEW!!!
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