Posession, part 3B

By Allegra Cadence

Disclaimer: I own nothing. This goes for all chapters previously and all chapters to come.

A/N: Ahh, what am I doing? I have no idea. This wasn't supposed to happen at all, and I left you with a helluva cliffhanger because of it, but, ha, that's the way writing is, right? Sometimes you come up with something entirely unplanned and it totally works with your outline of the story my fingers did it! Not my brain! Once again, forgive me. I didn't expect this to happen at all. (Hey, and I got this out in 2 weeks, expect chapter 4A soon!)

I'm supergirl, And I'm here to save the world

But I wanna know, who's gonna save me?

~Krystal, "Supergirl"

"Hermione, Hermione, you know you almost had me worried!" Harry smiled and said after taking a slurp of his chocolate frog milkshake.

Hermione laughed. "How so? Worried I was going to stand you up or something?"

"Well you have been working a lot lately at your studies," he considered his words, "well, more than usual anyway. I was worried you may not show! Or may cancel at the convenient last minute."

"And miss going to lunch with you? Why, Harry! I'm shocked you'd even think that."

"All work and no play keeps Hermione locked in the libr'y. But actually, I wanted to talk to you about something." He wrung his hands loosely.

"Go on!" Hermione said cheerfully, though her insides were squirming with dreaded anticipation. Could he possibly know about her little fling with Draco? Wait, it wasn't a fling, but Harry would never understand that and-

"I think I'm going to" He drowned out, studying her. "What is on your neck?"

"My neck?" She touched a spot a few inches below her earlobe. Hickey. "Oh, I burned myself with a curling iron! Happens all the time. Hurts like hell though You were going to what?" She strung the flawless lie out of her mouth before she could even think of the good comeback. Harry shall not know, she told herself, and I'm getting better and better at lying.

"Oh," he said, sounding overwhelmed with the lie. Almost disappointed. "Well, I think I'm going to break up with Ginny."

"You're what?" She almost dropped the milkshake into her lap. She couldn't have been more surprised if he told her he was quitting Quidditch to become a professional wrestler and move to the Americas.

"I know, I know We were doing so well but I think it's the right thing to do, you know?"

"No! I don't understand it at all! Just this morning you were all lovey-dovey kissy face! Now you want to break up with her?" She could feel her face fluster with confusion, and put her cool hand on her forehead.

"Ever heard of facades, Hermione?" She nodded, "I don't want to pretend I'm in love with her when I'm not! I don't want to lie and I cannot stand this stupid perfect relationship she and I have created in our heads, but it's not perfect!"

"Nothing is perfect Harry." She took his hands in hers. They were cold, and clammy. "Nothing is perfect. Relationships aren't perfect. You and she may not be perfect for each other, but I never thought it in you to believe in soulmates."

"Well" He looked away from her. "I don't think I love her anymore. Sometimes people fall out of love, and I wanted to break it off before I end up entirely hating her. Fix the broken wheel before it falls apart completely, right?

"Harry, if that's what you want, not what you think you want, then go ahead. But you'll be breaking her heart, and you better be one hundred percent sure. Ah! Look at the time. I told Ron I'd meet him at Floozie's to help with gifts for you all. Bye Harry!" She gave him a friendly kiss on the cheek and left. He stayed back, however, looking at his distorted image in the empty glass.

"Oh yeah, and did I forget to mention I'm in love with someone else?" Harry whispered, but she was long gone and no one was listening.

"You."

(A/N: I was entirely set on ending here. Hehe. Thank my beta!)

A few days later, Hermione returned a chess game with Ron in the common room. She was meeting with Draco in his room in about a quarter of an hour. They had worked out a situation, merely a week ago, how to smuggle Hermione in (with his invisibility cloak you really didn't expect Draco not to have one after Harry got him with those mudballs, did you?) She picked up her (his) coat from the coathanger, but noticed a small sniffling noise. She thought it was maybe a crying house elf; it was soft enough to be coming from a small person, but after walking further into the room, she realized it was coming from Ginny's bed. Harry went though with it.

"Ginny?" She whispered. "Ginny?" A little louder. Now Ginny started singing along to lyrics from her CD player.

"Love can touch us one time, and last for a lifetime, and never let go till- liar! What the hell is this shit" She whispered, then proceeded to throw her cd player against the wall. Just in time to notice Hermione standing over her, looking extremely melancholy.

"Why the sour face, Gin?" She said, wanting to pretend she didn't know it was going to happen.

"He b-b-broke up with me!" She sobbed, collapsing into a fresh wave of tears. She went to pull a tissue from the box, but realized there were no more. She had so many crumbled ones in her lap, they were overflowing to her bed, and some were scattered to the floor.

"Harry?" She asked dumbly, offering her a hankie.

"No, the other guy I was cheating on him with, Draco Malfoy." Ginny cracked a smile, and Hermione realized it was supposed to be a joke. She smiled, and plopped on the bed. Draco! Hermione suddenly thought frantically, I am supposed to be meeting him in some five minutes! I'll just tell Ginny that I am meeting with Flitwick about a special project and One look at her good friend told her that she needed her now. Draco should understand Wow, this is a first. I won't be on time.

And like the good friend she was, she comforted her friend into the wee hours of the night. They talked about all of his ridiculous flaws, and how much Ginny really didn't need him. How she could do so much better. Harry, after all wasn't (was) all that cute, and Ginny didn't need him for support. After all, she was an able and capable woman, and she didn't need some guy dragging her down.

Well, at least that's what they told each other, and that's all they wanted to believe.

My love goes out to the following faithful reviewers, and my beta, Kellen:

Angel (why thank you! I love compliments!), krissy (hmm, great question. Draco is 100% bad, but he doesn't realize he's going to be yet. And no one's found out yet, so we won't know till it happens!), sanna (oops, sorry about the outburst! You rock), judgeDP (you're a very faithful reviewer, thank YOU!), IcyStormz (don't worry, they were just hanging out in his room. Nothing kinky.), jessicA, megan, melanie, Callisto Callispi, Mrs. Amanda Malfoy, Chrissy, hermioneG89, Lara-chan, Lady PC, and blueberryfig!

You all are the best! Now if you like how this is going, click the little box below and tell me! If you don't, click the little box below and tell me! Hehe, till the next chapter

~~ Allegra Cadence