Author's Note: Hello again! I am truly sorry that I haven't posted anything for ages! Not like any of you really care. I have been extremely busy with school,
dance, and I just recently got over being sick so I haven't had the time or
patience to write. Yeah so I didn't get as good of response to the last
part. Someone (I am not going to name
names cause that's rude) said that I basically had no right to change the
story. Well as I have stated before,
this is my story so I can do what I please. Isn't that what most people do? And some of you were mad about me not using Ron or any of the others, so
I will incorporate Ron into the story. So just pretend he was there all
along. Also I am sorry that my grammar,
etc. Was so bad in the last story, I wrote it at like 1 am…. what do you
expect?!?! Ok enough of my yammering….
on with the story!
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Hermione's
Problem (part Four)
When Saturday morning finally came…Hermione woke up to a
dark and cloudy sky. Oh no! This surely must be a sign! Why does everything always bad happen when I
want something good to happen? "Good
morning Hermione!" Cambric called to
her from the other side of the room. "'Morning Cammy," Hermione replied with a sad tone. "Hey what's wrong? Aren't you supposed to be going to Hogsmeade with Harry?" "Yeah, but it's pouring! I don't want to go to Hogsmeade in the rain
and I doubt Harry will want to go either. It's a sign I tell you. We
aren't meant to be together," Hermione sulked. "Oh be quite! Of course you and
Harry are supposed to be together! And
don't think that a little bit of rain will keep fate from happening!" Cambric retorted. "I'm going to take a shower. If you see Harry tell him I will meet him in the common room in an hour,"
Hermione said as she crawled out of bed. "Yeah yeah. Whatever. I'll tell him."
After Hermione had gotten dressed she headed down to the
common room to find Harry. She found
him, Ron, Gerric, and Harrison playing a game of exploding snap in the corner. "Morning guys." "Hey Hermione! You wanna
play?" Ron asked her. "No thanks I'll just sit and watch,"
Hermione stated as she fell into an overstuffed chair. After about 10 minutes of watching, she got
up to go to the Great Hall for breakfast. "Hey Hermione wait up!" It was
Harry calling after her. "So do you
still want to go to Hogsmeade today?" "Not entirely…I honestly don't feel like going out in the rain. It's pouring and I am in no mood to get
soaked," Hermione said tensely. "Yeah I
really don't want to go out in that rain either, but I would have gone if you
wanted to." Hermione relaxed a little,
"That's so sweet Harry!" "Yeah that's
me alright…nice and sweet," Harry replied with a dopey grin on his face. Hermione gave him a playful push. "Hey what was that for??" Harry said, half confused and half amused at
Hermione's response. "What was that
for? Well you see, ummm…I
really…because I felt like it," was her response. "Oh ok then. Come on, I'm
starved!" With that Harry and Hermione
entered the Great Hall and had a nice long and enjoyable breakfast
together…minus the flirty Caroline.
Later that day Hermione curled up in a large chair in
front of the fire to read a book. Though her mind was on something else, Harry to be exact. She had
finally gotten into her book when Harry, Ron, Harrison, Gerric, Lorraine, and
Caroline came falling through the portrait hole laughing loudly, well everyone
was laughing but Harry. Speak of the
devil. Hermione thought to
herself. "Guys that is so not
funny! I don't like Caroline! Quite teasing me about it," Harry
whined. Harry spotted Hermione reading
her book and left the others to go talk to her. "Hey, can I ask you something?" "Sure Harry, what is it?" "Do
you honestly think I like Caroline?" Hermione looked away and bit her lip. "Ummm, well truthfully…yes I do think you like Caroline," Hermione
squeaked. "You can't be serious! You of all people! God Hermione I thought you knew me better than that!" Harry practically shouted at her. "Harry how can I not believe that?!? The two of you are always hanging on each
other! And you wonder why I always walk
away when you are together. It's
actually quite disgusting to see!" With
that Hermione picked up her book and stormed off to the Library, leaving Harry
there shocked. "I can't believe
her!" He muttered to himself.
Hermione never ended up at the Library. Instead she ran right out into the rain and went to her thinking tree. She was so upset from her quarrel with Harry that she ended up climbing the stupid thing. She had never climbed such a difficult tree before, but with all her anger that she was holding inside, she eventually made it up. "A difficult tree for a difficult person," she thought out loud. "You're not kidding," said a mysterious voice. Hermione, startled, almost fell out of the tree. "Who who's there?" Her voice shaking tremendously. Suddenly she came face to face with a boy, a boy she had never seen before, a boy with a really cute face. "Don't worry. I won't hurt you," the mysterious boy said as he hopped of the broom he had been riding and sat down on the branch next to Hermione. "Hi, I'm Jason," he held out his hand, "Pleased to meet you!" "Hi," Hermione said quietly and took Jason's hand. "So I heard you having a fight with the infamous Harry Potter." "Yeah. Harry, well he's my friend that I happen to like, well liked." "So you don't like him anymore?" Jason inquired. "Well no not really. Not after him yelling at me like that, by the way how come I've never seen you around before?" "That would be because I am a sixth year that just started attending the oh so wonderful Hogwarts!" Jason replied with a cheesy tour guide voice and smile. "Hmm…I take it that you don't really like it here." "What gave it away? My sarcasm or my false happiness?" "Both." "Yes well. When you come from America and are thrown into some random school in a country that you have never been to before, you normally tend to not like it." "Well I guess your Americanized self can't handle all of this." "Uh, no. I can adapt quite well. It's just when you get thrown in with people that have known each other for years, you kinda fell like an outcast and don't like to be around them." "I'm sorry. I guess I never thought of it like that before," Hermione apologized. "Don't be sorry. I think I have finally found someone that I can be friends with." "Who? Oh you mean me?" "No I mean the five-headed dragon over there. Of course I mean you!" "So you want to go get dinner in Hogsmeade? The rain seems to have died down." Hermione wasn't quite sure. She had never even seen this guy and he expected her to go to get on his broom and fly to Hogsmeade without anyone knowing where she was? Oh who cares. It's not like anyone will miss me if I never come back anyways! "Well do you wanna come with me or not?" Jason asked. "Sure. Why not? No one seems to care where I am anyways," was her answer. "No one seems to care ehh? What about your boyfriend?" "What boyfriend are you referring to? Harry? He's not my boyfriend; he never was and never will be. Or are you referring to your smart-assed self?" "Oh touché! And yes I was referring to myself. I thought you loved me Hermione!" Hermione hit him playfully. "Oh stop. You are so not my boyfriend and I hope it stays that way. Boys are trouble." "So you don't like me at all?" "I didn't say that did I now? I must admit, you are pretty hot, but as I said before, boys are trouble." "All right. Come on lets blow this pop stand." "Huh?" "It's an American expression. You English people are so dense!" "Hey that's not nice!" "Come on get on the broom. I'm soooo hungry!" Hermione climbed on the back of Jason's broom. The two flew off towards Hogsmeade to get so dinner.
~˜~˜~˜~˜~˜Meanwhile,
back in the Gryffindor common room…
Harry was sitting in the chair that Hermione had just vacated in a fit of anger. Lorraine was sitting on the floor with Cambric playing a game of wizard chess. "Why did she get so mad at me?" Lorraine stared at him with disbelief, "Harry! Could you possibly be that oblivious? Hermione can't stand it when you guys are hanging all over each other! She always leaves the room when you two are doing that. I don't blame her. I would be the same way if the guy I was in love with flirted endlessly with some other girl." "Hermione is in love with me?" Cambric stood up and hit Harry upside the head. "Earth to Harry, earth to Harry. We seem to have a numbskull on our hands. Of course she is love with you!!!!! You are just too busy flirting with Caroline to notice." "Man I really screwed up didn't I guys?" Cambric and Lorraine look at each other, "Duh!" They say together. "Alright I am going up to my room. When and if she ever gets back tell one of the guys to come and get me. I really need to talk to her." "Yeah yeah Harry, we'll do that."
~˜~˜~˜~˜~˜Later when Hermione and Jason return…
"I'll race you back to the common room!" Hermione said to Jason. "Why even bother…you know I'll win!" Jason retorted. "So what? It'll be fun to try to beat you." "Alright." "On the count of three. One, two…," Hermione took off running even before she said three, "three!!!!" "Hey you little cheater! Get back here!" Hermione and Jason raced down the corridors and up the stairs. Unfortunately Jason forgot to jump over the disappearing stair and got stuck. This gave Hermione a huge lead. Hermione burst into the common room with Jason right behind her. "Not so fast!" He said as he grabbed her by the waist and picked her up and swung her around. Hermione fell on the floor with Jason laughing hysterically. When they finally stopped laughing, Jason helped her up off the floor. They turned and faced the common room. Everyone had stopped what they were doing and were now starring at the two…including Harry. "Where the bloody hell were you Hermione?" Harry said while shaking with anger, "I thought you were in the Library reading your book? When I went down there to talk to you, you weren't there." "God Harry, relax! Jason here found me crying up in my tree and took me to Hogsmeade to dinner. I enjoyed myself a great deal and Jason is a very nice person to talk to, unlike some people I know." Hermione retorted with a calm and steady voice. Hermione had grabbed Jason's hand for support in the process of her little speech. "What so is Jason your new boyfriend or something?" Jason finally decided to say something to Harry. "Dude lay off the girl. She has every right to be mad at you. Flirting with that chick Caroline, even after you find out that Hermione likes you. Maybe you should start thinking of her and how she must feel instead of only thinking about yourself for a change. I have only known Hermione for lets see…about 6 hours and you have known her for almost 6 years and I seem to understand her better than you do!" Hermione started up at her newfound friend with great admiration. No one had ever spoken up for her before. Harry stood there speechless. Hermione looked up at Jason and said, "Jason thank you for dinner and being my friend. I am tired so I am going to go to sleep." "Ok Hermione. I will see you in the morning. 'night Angel." Hermione gave Jason a hug and he kissed the top of her head. Harry stood there with his jaw on the floor. Hermione turned to Harry, "I don't to hear any of your bullshit right now, actually make that never. So just do me the favor of not giving me the third degree about Jason and how it is dangerous to go off with someone that you don't know. I will talk to you when you have come to your senses. And no I am not your girlfriend so don't get all possessive. Jason is my friend and a better one than you are right now. Good night." With that Hermione left Jason and Harry, who still had his mouth hanging open. Jason turned to Harry, "Close yer mouth…your letting the flies in." Harry glared at Jason, but indeed closed his mouth. Cambric and Lorraine who had been watching the scene with great interest snuck up stairs after Hermione.
"Damn girl! Where'd you find him?" Lorraine said, referring to Jason, as she plopped down on Hermione's bed. "I didn't find him, he found me," was her reply. "So come on then tell us what happened!" Cambric said excitedly as she sat down next to Lorraine. "Alright. Well you know what happened in the common room right?" The two girls nodded their heads yes. "Well instead of going to the library, I went to my tree. Yes I know it was pouring, but I didn't care. I was angry and it was all bottled up inside of me so I decided to channel it into energy so I climbed the tree. Apparently Jason had followed me out of the common room unnoticed. He saw me climbing the tree and went and got his broom. Oh yeah did you know he is from America?? He just started here. He is a sixth year, so I guess that's why we never noticed him. Anyways, I had finally climbed up the tree and I had said 'A difficult tree for a difficult person' not knowing anyone was there let alone listening. He was like yeah no kidding. So we got to talking about what happened. He totally thought Harry was a jerk! Though he did tease me about him being my boyfriend. But I denied it cause it isn't true…and even more so now. But anyways we got hungry so we flew to Hogsmeade on his broom. When we got back we raced each other to the common room and you know the rest." Lorraine and Cambric were sitting there pleased with Hermione with the way she handled the situation. Cambric was the first to speak, "You like him don't you? And what's even better is that he likes you!" Hermione blushed crimson, "No I don't like him! Well maybe I do. He is hot! But I don't know there is something there that is like no you guys can't be together in that way. I think he feels it too because he didn't try to make a move even though there was that we know we like each other thing going on. I honestly want him as a friend and nothing more. I can get a guys perspective this way and have an "older brother" so to speak, yet still have him as a good friend." "Oh come on Hermione! You know you want him!" Lorraine teased. Hermione threw a pillow at Lorraine, but she ducked and it ended up hitting Cambric instead. "Alright guys! I am tired. 'Night!" Hermione said with a yawn. Cambric got up, but then turned back, "Hey Hermione what's up with Jason calling you Angel?" "I don't. He just started calling me that while we were at dinner. I don't care though. I like it." "Yeah. I bet you do. You should have seen Harry's face when he called you that. He was jealous!" Lorraine said. Hermione laughed, "It's about time he is jealous of me!" With that the three girls went to sleep.
The following morning, Hermione, Cambric, and Lorraine were in the common room waiting for Jason to come down so they could go get breakfast. Just then Harry came down the stairs. "Hey Hermione. Look I am sorry about yesterday. Can we go talk about it?" "Ugh Harry I was kind of waiting for Jason," she stopped when she looked up at Harry's face, "Yes alright. Hey guys tell Jason I will see him later ok?" "Sure thing Bob," Cambric replied, "Or should I say Angel?" Lorraine and Cambric burst out laughing. Hermione shot daggers and left with Harry.
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Author's Note: Alright there it is! Part Four. So I added yet another character. If you guys have any ideas that you might want me to add, please tell
me. So do you like where this is
headed? I felt like it needed a change
so I decided to add Jason. Umm I guess that's
it. Oh yeah R/R please!!!! Please no flames. Honestly if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say
anything at all. Or if you positively
must say it, use CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM! Don't just tell me that it's bad, tell me
how I might make it better. Telling me
it is just bad won't do anyone a bit of good so don't do it! And yes CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM is welcomed with open arms! Thanks! ~*Carrie*~
Disclaimer: I own nothing except for what doesn't appear
in JKR's books!