A Passage Through Time

Chapter Seven - Hermione

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Thank you guys so much for the great comments. It's good to know I have some dedicated readers. Sorry it took me so long to update I've been really busy with Christmas stuff this week. I hope you like this.

Hermione laid in her bed reading the note Sirius had left her. She always had a crush on him but she never even thought about love. Sirius obviously wanted her not to go to the future. He had taken the spell with him when he left but was it on purpose? All she knew was she was meant to be in the past it was her destiny. She fit so well into the maurauders group. It was almost like she had known them for years. The night James and Sirius had gotten into a fight she decided not to follow Sirius. Did she make a mistake? Sirius had been avoiding all of them for three weeks now and it was driving Hermione crazy. Something similar had happened between her and Ron before but he usually came around in a week or so. She closed her eyes and dreamed about Sirius all night. In the morning she knew exactly what to do.

Hermione jumped out of her bed early in the morning. She ran to the bathroom and put on more makeup than she had ever worn and ran down to the common room with her sexiest cloths on. She knew Sirius liked to be the first one down so she waited patiently by the fire. She could hear footsteps coming down the stairs and turned to see Sirius looking at her in disgust.

"Thought you'd surprise me huh?" He sat on the couch and avoided her eyes.

"Yeah, A little. At least I got you to talk to me." She sat next to him. "What's been bothering you these past couple weeks? I've really missed you." He continued to stare at the fire. "Sirius please talk to me. You're driving me nuts." His watery eyes looked into hers.

"I've just wanted to be left alone. I'm so confused right now. Maybe I didn't love Lily it just hurt for her to turn on me like that."

"I understand. Maybe you're better off though."

"That's what I've been thinking. I've been in love with someone else this whole time and didn't even realize it. I just don't know what to do about it. I haven't known her very long and I don't want to be rejected."

"Well you really never know unless you try. At least then you can say you had the balls to ask her." Sirius got up and started to pace the room.

"Well Willow the girl would be you but I don't want to be more than friends I just wish I could get to know you like Remus does. It makes me crazy knowing he's closer to you than I am. Ever since you showed up I knew there was something special about you. I haven't quite figured it out yet." Hermione got up and stood next to him.

"Well you can always start by asking me questions."

"Well you see James has this special map right. It shows you were everyone is. When we were looking at it a couple weeks ago we ran into you and your dog. Why did it say Hermione for your name and Sirius for his?" Hermione was very taken aback she expected a more simple question.

"Maybe we should talk about this somewhere more private." She grabbed his arm and they left the common room to find an empty room. "Look I really can't tell you much. It's not that I don't want to but I really can't do it."

"You can trust me with any secret no matter how big." He put his hands on her shoulder to comfort her. "I just don't like it when people keep secrets from me. I want to trust you but it's hard to do when I know you're lying about something."

"It's not that I'm lying I am who I am. Hermione is my real name."

"But why would you lie about that."

"I can't tell you. I know I can trust you but you can't know."

"Does Remus know? I bet you trust him. How am I suppose to know you if you won't even tell me the truth about yourself?" He started towards the door.

"Please wait." She pulled him back into the room and gave him the most passionate kiss she could. "Trust that."

"I think I can do that but one day I will find out the truth for now I'll just enjoy this." He kissed her back and left the room leaving Hermione's stomach full of butterflies.

When Sirius got back to the common room just about everyone was awake and chattering away about the Christmas break that was only two weeks away. He walked up to Lily and James.

"I'm sorry for being so immature about you guys getting together. Can we be cool again?" James smiled and put his arm around Sirius.

"We've always been cool Sirius."

"What about me?" Remus teased.

"No we've never been cool." Sirius laughed and gave James and Remus a hug. "We'll always be the maurauders."

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sorry this chapter was so short I'm feeling pretty sick and I need to get some sleep. Let me know what you think. I might not get another one up until next week It's going to be a long weekend.