Okay, here's the 3rd chapter. I hope you like it

The Secret Admirer
Chapter 3
Who's It From?

Ron's POV

"Maybe she's right," Ron said. He worried about Harry. More than Harry even knew.

"Why should I worry? I've got you and her to look after me. Over holiday she'll be gone, but I'll still have you. Besides you're much better," Harry said

Ron choked on the pumpkin juice he had been drinking and began to cough. Did he just say having me is much better than having Hermione?

"Ron, are you okay?"

"Yah, Harry, I'm fine. Just tried to drink my pumpkin juice a bit too fast."

Later on, the two of them met up with Hermione in the Gryffindor common room and Harry showed his letter to Hermione.

"If you ever catch who's sneaking into your dormitory, make sure and inform me. As a prefect I'll make sure they serve their rightful punishment," Hermione replied.

"Geez, Hermione, it's probably someone being silly," Harry said.

"No girls are aloud in, or should be sneaking around the boys dormitories. It's against the rules, and as a prefect I have to inforce them."

"Turning more into Percy everyday. Besides Hermione, you've been in our dormitory before," Harry said

"There were circumstances concerning my presence, so that makes a difference," she defended herself.

"Maybe it's not a girl," Ron muttered. Harry and Hermione turned to look at him with questioned looks on their faces. Ron realized he'd said what he was thinking out loud. "I mean, maybe one of the boys is trying to play a joke on you or something," Ron quickly said. "Dean and Seamus can definitely be quite the jokesters."

"No, this isn't their style," Harry said, seeming highly convinced that neither Dean or Seamus could have possibly done it.

"I suppose you'll find out who it's from soon enough," Hermione said. Changing the subject, "Word around the tower is that you two are the only ones staying here over Christmas."

Ron gulped at the thought of just him and Harry all alone for the whole Christmas holiday. It would be the perfect set-up for him to tell Harry how he felt about him, but he still didn't know how. "Hermione, before you leave for the holiday I need to talk to you about something."

"Well, what is it, Ron?"

Ron looked at Harry with a look on his face that said that Harry couldn't hear what he needed to talk to Hermione about.

"Don't worry." Harry smiled and held up his letter, "I've got some investigating to do anyway." He headed up the stairs to the boys' dormitory.

Ron smiled as he watched Harry go up the stairs, and then turned back to Hermione. "I've got something I need to ask you about, but not here."

"The library then," she suggested. "With the holidays here, it's virtually deserted. Except for me that is, but I just had to get a start on my homework, especially with having to go home and all to a completely muggle family who also has muggle family members visiting from all over."

"Good idea."

Ron and Hermione exited the Gryffindor common room and made their way for the library.