"Jack!" it was Hermione, they were studying in the library
"Yes?" he asked, without looking up from his transfiguration essay
"There's something I need to talk to you about" she said
"What is it?" he looked up
"Was the chamber opened before?" asked Hermione, it was two weeks after the incident of Mrs. Norris, and another attack had occurred since then, a first year Gryffindor called Colin Creevey
"Why would I know?" asked Jack
"The night Mrs. Norris was attacked you said the chamber is opened again" she answered
"I thought it was written on the wall, I was mistaken" said Jack
"Jack stop! I'm not stupid don't lie to me, you haven't been yourself since the first day of the year, what's wrong?" she asked, demanding to know the truth
Jack looked at her, couldn't find a word to say
"Fine!" she said angrily "You can hide from me whatever you want, I got enough" she said as she stood up from her chair
"What are you saying?" asked Jack, confused
"That it's over Jack, if you keep hiding things from me, then you don't think I'm a trustworthy, I can't be your girlfriend if you don't trust me" she said and turned to leave
"Hermione!" Jack called, but Hermione left the library crying
He looked down at his Transfiguration textbook, tears started to fall
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It was after curfew, Harry and Ron were worried about Jack and Hermione who haven't showed up for afternoon classes, but now they were even more worried about them after they went to their dorms and didn't find Jack, and Lavender had told them, happily, that Hermione have been crying in the bathroom since lunchtime
"crying? Why is she crying?" asked Ron
"Do you think something happened to Jack?" Harry asked Ron
"I hope they broke up" said Lavender with a dreamily look in her eyes, Harry and Ron glared at her before they turned around and left her standing there alone looking stupid with the look she's putting on her face
"What do you think happened to them?" asked Ron
"I don't know, maybe they really broke up" suggested Harry
"No, it couldn't be" said Ron "Where do you they are?" asked Ron
"I don't know, we can use the marauders map" suggested Harry
"It's with Jack, he takes it with him everywhere, and watching it during classes and meals" said Ron
"Well, we know where Hermione is, I bet she knows where is Jack" said Harry
"Should we go get them?" asked Ron
"Yes, I'm going to bring my invisibility cloak" said Harry and stood up, but before he could make any step, the fat lady portrait swung open and Hermione entered the common room, and looked surprised when she saw Harry and Ron still awake
"Why aren't you asleep yet?" asked Hermione, who tried not to sound as someone who was crying for the last several hours, but couldn't
"We were going to sneak to search for both you and Jack, where have you been?" asked Ron
"What do you mean by me and Jack? Isn't he here?" she asked
"No, both of you were missing and haven't shown up for classes since lunchtime, we wanted to check the marauders map, but Jack is not leaving it, he's watching it day and night, we thought you were together" said Harry
"Where did you last see him?" asked Ron
"The library" she said, trying not to remember what happened there just before she left "but how did you plan to go find us if you didn't know where we were?" asked Hermione
"Well, we know where you were" said Harry
"Lavender told us" said Ron, Hermione frowned at the mention of Lavender
"and she said that you were in the bathroom" said Harry
"and that you were crying" Ron added
"Yes, why were you crying?" asked Harry
"It's nothing" she said, Ron and Harry exchanged questioning looks, while Hermione just looked down "I'm sure he'll show up anytime" she added
"Yes, he likes to visit the restricted section at night, but when he does, he takes the invisibility cloak with him" said Harry
"He still got the map" Ron pointed out
"Do you think he was caught?" asked Hermione
"No, he's never caught" said Harry "he knows most of the secret passages"
"Maybe we better go to sleep, there's no point in waiting, we'll find out tomorrow" said Hermione, concerned
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"Ron! Ron! Wake up!" Harry woke Ron up
"What is it?" asked Ron
"Jack haven't come back yet" Harry said, worried
"What?!" Ron woke up immediately
"Hermione will get a heart attack when she knows that" said Harry
"What are we going to do?" asked Ron
"First, we have to tell Hermione" said Harry, who had just finished wearing his robes, and left the dorm to the common room, where he found Hermione, waiting for them and reading a book, when Harry and Ron went down she looked up at them
"Where is Jack?" she asked, concerned as she stood from her chair
"Thank you Hermione, good morning to you too" said Ron sarcastically
"He isn't upstairs" said Harry ignoring Ron, Hermione paled
"I'm going to see if he fell asleep at the library" Hermione told them, and marched out of the common room, Harry and Ron followed her to the library, without exchanging any word all the way there
"Where could he be?" asked Ron
"Harry search the transfiguration section, Ron the modern history one, and I will search the restricted section" Hermione told them what to do
"You know you're not allowed to be there, if you get caught we'll be expelled" said Ron
"take the invisibility cloak" said Harry, and pulled it out from his pocket
Hermione put the cloak on, and went to the restricted section, while the other two went to their given sections respectively, and after they didn't find him in any of those sections, they changed, until they literally had searched everywhere in the library, they gave up
"We should go to breakfast, we'll be late" said Harry
"Yes, I'm starving" said Ron
"Maybe he's already there, sometimes he wakes up very early to meditate" said Harry
"Why does he meditate?" asked Ron
"It's good for your magic, it could help you transforming into animagus faster, and required for wandless magic" said Hermione, Ron who haven't finished his animagus transformation yet was impressed, Harry had already managed to transform into a stag "but that doesn't matter now, let's go check the Great Hall" she said and left the library followed by Ron and Harry
They made all the way, without any word as tense filled the air, they arrived to the Great Hall, and before they even reached Gryffindor table, professor McGonagall approached them
"I need to talk to the three of you" she said
"What is it professor?" asked Harry
"Privately" she added "follow me" she said and started to walk while the three followed her
