Chapter 10--In the Middle of the Night

"Hermione," Harry said, trying to get me to talk to him. "You can't be upset with me forever."
I turned around to face him. "You're right. But since it's only been a few minutes and you're being hypocritical, I think I still have anger-rights," I said, my hands on my hips.
"You know," said a familiar voice from behind me, "you look adorable when you're upset."
I turned around, hands still on my hips and saw Scott. A smile hit my face and I rushed toward him to kiss him. He took me in a hug and kissed me back.
"You're early!" I said.
He looked at his watch and said, "Nope, right on time. It's barely 12:17am." He hugged me again and said, "Happy New Year, by the way."
I smiled at his cuteness and kissed him again. By the time I realized we were still at the ball, and I had just been in an argument with Harry, Ginny, Kris, and Matilda had joined us.
"Gin, this is Scott," I said before Scott had an opportunity to introduce himself. They shook hands, then Scott took mine in his.
"Can I take you outside for a bit?" Scott asked me. I looked over at Harry, seeing his annoyed face that reminded me of Ron.
"Absolutely," I said, looking back at Scott. He led me outside where Harry, Kris, Ginny and I were just a little while ago. Scott sat me down next to him and he just stared at me. I wasn't exactly used to him looking at me like that.
"What?" I asked, as I smoothed out my hair and then my dress.
"You look beautiful tonight," he whispered, almost as if I took his breath away.
I could feel my face blush, and I smiled.
"Thank you. You look rather handsome yourself," I replied, tucking some hair behind my ear. He leaned forward and kissed me lightly.
"Will you be my girlfriend?" he continued to whisper, but his he whispered in my ear. A brighter smile appeared on my face as I answered, "yes" as calmly as I could be. He picked me up and hugged me, twirling me around a bit. We laughed and kept hugging.

That night we didn't get back to my apartment until 2am. Once we were inside, I told Harry and Ginny what had happened with Scott. Ginny seemed happy considering she jumped up and hugged me straight away. Harry didn't seem too happy, but not entirely disappointed either.
I could hardly sleep that night. Ginny and I shared a room while Harry took my guest room. Seeing that I couldn't fall asleep, I got up quietly and headed to my kitchen for a small snack. Much to my surprise, Harry had beaten me there.
"Harry," I said smiling as I got out some crackers, "what are you doing up so late?"
Harry took a sip of his drink and smiled weakly at me. "I could ask you the same thing, Mione."
"Are you ok, Harry?" I sat down beside him.
"Yes, I'm fine," he replied, taking a cracker from me. We sat there for a little in silence, eating crackers and drinking juice.
"Are you upset with me?" I asked softly.
"About what?" he asked me.
"Casey."
Harry took a while to answer. "I just didn't think it was something you would do, so I was surprised more than anything."
I didn't really have anything to say. It was the truth, I wasn't acting like myself. I considered this as he spoke again.
"Are you gong to tell me how I was being hypocritical?" he asked, looking at me with a smirk on his face.
I rolled my eyes at myself more than anything. "I was just speaking out of the anger of the moment, Harry. I don't think you're hypocritical." He smiled and went back to his drink. Another few moments passed us in silence. My mind was still on what Harry had said. Being the paranoid person that I am, I continued the subject.
"Do you think I'm changing for the worse?"
Harry chuckled. "Only if you kiss every guy you're alone with."
I laughed softly. I looked at the clock, it read 3:52am. "We have a big day tomorrow," I said.
"Oh?"
"I'm going to show you and Ginny around. You better be ready by 10 tomorrow morning," I smiled. Harry smiled back. The smile fell from my face as I turned back to face him. "I'm sorry, Harry."
Harry stood up and walked to me to hug me. "Don't worry about it, Mione. Change isn't always a terrible thing."