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OH WHAT!? Right.. author's note! Smart.. :) Enjoy!


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I bit my lip. It was late at night and I still couldn't concentrate on sleeping. I fiddled with the drawstring on my expensive baby-blue satin pants. I yawned despite how incredibly awake I was.
"Hermione?" Called a sleepy voice.
"Who said that?" I inquired, warily lifting one hand to open the hangings.
"Me." Yawned the voice again.
"Who's me?" I questioned.
"It's just Lavendar!" She replied, slightly irritated.
"What are you doing up so late?" I said.
"What are you?" She replied, propping up on her elbows.
"I'm just thinking." I said, rolling onto my back and staring at the ceiling.
"About?" She asked.
"About nothing in particular!" I snapped.
"Ok, ok. Sheesh." She said.
I sighed, "If you MUST know, Harry was on the verge of telling me that he liked me. So I'm staying up and thinking long and hard about it."
"Ahh! That's so sweet!" She replied.
"It is? Tell me this, would you like it if you're best friend liked you?" I snapped.
"Depends on the guy, in this case, yes! I'd totally like it!" She gushed.
I rolled my eyes. "You are too predictable."
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I paced back and forth, not even hestitating to look at Ron.
"Harry, you're going to burn a hole through the floor!" Ron remarked.
"So?" I said, not stopping.
"No one is going to get any sleep if you don't stop and tell us what's wrong." Dean commented from his bed.
"Yeah, it can't be that bad can it?" Seamus said.
"Oh, yes it can!" I exclaimed.
"Try us!" Ron said.
All of them nodded.
"OK..." I said, flopping down on my bed.
All of them stared at me.
"OK, see me and Hermione-"
Everyone nodds interested suddenly.
I rolled my eyes, "It's just Hermione guys."
"She's hot!" Seamus said.
I stared at him like he'd grown another head. "Hermione?"
"Yeah! She's gotten so pretty since when we started school. I mean, her hair isn't bushy anymore and she kind of lost that nerdiness that we all hated." He said explaining.
"Uh... anyway." I said.
"Yes, do go on." Ron said irritated at Seamus.
"OK, so me and Hermione were out in the Common Room watching snow fall and stuff and we were talking about how pretty it was and I just blurted out of the blue 'So are-' and then I stopped myself before I said anything else." I said, rearranging myself so I was facing the ceiling.
"Wait a second here!" Ron said, his eyes bugging.
"What?" I asked.
"You like Hermione?" He asked, a grin spreading across his face as I again shifted so I was facing everyone else.
"Uh...." I said, my face turning red.
"I'd never believe it! The 7th year nerd and the Quidditch Star. Totally mind-blowing!" Seamus said, laughing.
"Hey! It's not funny! She's really nice and...... um.. pretty." I said, offended.
"It does seem pretty unlikely, Harry." Ron said, chuckling.
"How is that unlikely? I don't get it!" I said, exasperated.
"Never mind, you wouldn't get it." Dean spoke up.
"So how are we going to solve this problem?" I asked.
"What problem?" Dean asked.
"The.. whole Hermione thing? Do I make up an excuse for what I said?" I explained.
"No way! Tell her straight out what you think!" Ron said.
"Yeah, if you hide it, she'll be really awkward around you," Seamus said, "And you don't want that." He winked.
"Shut up." I said.
"Tell her first thing tomorrow at breakfast and tell us what happened." Ron said, yawning.

Tell her what I think of her? I thought.
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OOOH! Cliffhanger! Sorry it took so long to get Chapter 2 out! R/R!