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Chapter 8
When Ron went to dinner that night, he couldn't help but think about Hermione. As he started to eat dinner he noticed that Hermione was nowhere to be found. "Hey Harry, have you seen Hermione?"
"No. The last time I saw her was after potions when she said that she was going to take her books to her room and then head to dinner."
"How long ago was that?" Ron asked.
"About thirty minutes ago," Harry said beginning to sound concerned.
"It shouldn't take her that long."
"I know," Harry said.
"Maybe we should go and see if she is in her room. Maybe she is upset again."
"Maybe. Come on lets go," Harry said getting up from the table.
As the two walked out of the Great Hall, both of them were lost in thought. Harry realized at that moment just how much Ron cared about Hermione. In all of the years that Harry had known Ron, he had never seen him turn down food before. Until tonight that is. Ron never even touched his plate.
Ron couldn't stop thinking about Hermione as they headed towards her room. He knew that he had been acting like a git lately, but she had never done this before. As they got closer to her room, he started to get a sinking feeling that something was really wrong. Once they got to her room, they knocked on the door. When she didn't answer, they decided to split up and try and find her.
Forty-five minutes later, they returned to the entrance hall with still no Hermione.
"Where could she be that we're not looking?" Harry said.
"I don't know, but I'm really beginning to worry," Ron said.
"Maybe we should go talk to Lupin and see if he can help us," Harry said.
"Okay."
As the two headed off towards Lupin's office Harry finally worked up the nerve to ask Ron something that he had wanted to ask for awhile. "Ron, do you love Hermione?"
Ron looked started at Harry's question. "I don't know, Harry. I'm not really sure anymore."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean I thought I did, but ever since she announced that she was pregnant I have been wondering if she has been lying to me all along."
"Why would she lie to you?"
"The baby, Harry. What is the truth behind the how she became pregnant. I mean it takes two. She has to know who it was she just can't forget who she had sex with."
"Ron, when are you going to stop being stupid and realize she is telling the truth?"
"So you believe her?"
"Yes, Ron, I believe her. We all know that Hermione is a horrible liar. If she was truly lying, we would have known by now."
At this Ron didn't answer because they had arrived at Lupin's office. They knocked on the door and entered when they heard Lupin say come in. "Harry, Ron, what can I do for the two of you?"
"We have a problem, professor. We can't find Hermione anywhere," Harry said.
"What do you mean you can't find her?" Lupin asked.
"The last time that we saw her she said she was going to her room to drop off her school books and meet us in the Great Hall for dinner. She never showed up," Ron said.
"Have you looked for her?"
"Yes. We looked in the usual places that Hermione goes and we can't find her," Harry said.
"What about her room? Have you looked there?"
"That's where we looked first and she didn't answer our knock and since we don't know the password we couldn't get into her room," Harry answered.
"Well then come on. Let's go see if she is in her room," Lupin said.
"You can get into her room?" Ron asked.
"Yes, all the teachers know the passwords."
"Oh." Harry and Ron said together.
"Acid pops," Lupin said.
"Acid pops?" Both Ron and Harry said in unison.
"Yeah it wasn't her idea."
"Any chance it was Dumbledore's?" Harry asked.
"Actually, it was."
Once they entered Hermione's room, they found that she had indeed brought her books to her room and left them lying on her bed. Once they did a thorough look of her room Harry and Ron started to get really worried.
"Don't freak out you two; we will find her," Lupin said.
"What are we going to do?" Ron asked.
"Go to Dumbledore," Lupin said.
AN: Thanks for reading. One more chapter will be uploaded after this tonight.
