A/N: Alright. The 6th chapter. Wow! They grow up so quickly…hehehe. I really have no idea how many chapter there will be. Hmmmm. I'm just writing. So it may be many chapters or it may be not. Just know that there will be more. I won't keep you stranded on this note. No, no, no. Anyway, what do y'all think so far. * giggles incessantly* I'm laughing because that's what reviews are for. I LOVE you guys cause you keep reviewing!!! Reviews are awesome. Thanks guys! Um, yeah. So, I'm still not sure if I like Chapter 5 yet. I mean, I can't take it out but it seems like Hermione is having mood swings….BUT, I do like the interaction between the characters. So I guess it stays, mood swings and all. Anyway, this note is getting boring, I'm sure, so off I go. Enjoy Chapter 6!! And LOOK! The Chapter doesn't start with 'the'. Oh yeah! I'm moving up baby!

Chapter 6: What May Come

It was now 4:00 in the morning, a few hours after Hermione irrational decision to wake Harry and practically the whole tower, and Hermione still wasn't asleep. She lay restless in her bed, thinking about what she had yelled at Harry, the way he reacted, and what Ginny had said after Hermione crawled into her curtain-drawn bed. She felt bad for blowing off Ginny but she knew that if she had talked to her, she would have yelled at her also. So her she was, lying sleeplessly in her bed at 4:00 in the morning.

I'm going to pay for not being able to sleep, Hermione thought. She knew that she would be dead tired by the time her first class was if she didn't sleep. Yet, still she lay, staring at the top of the bed as her mind reeled. She eventually fell asleep around 5:30, though she didn't remember even feeling remotely tired. When Hermione's alarm went off at 7:30, she rolled over groggily and slowly sat up. She wanted to talk to Ginny but she didn't want to discuss her and Harry's present situation, which was an unlucky feeling because their was no way around it.

Hermione pulled back her curtains and looked over at the other girls. She watched as they got up to start their morning routines and wished that things were back to normal. Hermione let out a loud sigh, getting up and moved into her daily grove of getting ready. After twenty minutes, she was downstairs, sitting by Ron and looking over his homework. She had caught on to Harry and Ron's system a while back but she never said anything and let them think they had pulled the wool over her eyes. She smiled at that thought and Ron caught it.

" Is that a smile? Was it something I wrote? Oh, I know what it is! It's the part when I describe the side-effects, isn't it? I thought that was hard to…" Ron started to babble, as Hermione shook her head.

" No. It was something I was thinking about. Just something that was funny." Hermione interrupted.

"Care to share? You know, I could be a pretty good poet! The morning dew on the green, green grass cannot compare to your…erm…your…" Ron stopped, scrunching up his face as he searched for the right word.

Hermione started to laugh as Ron went through many combinations that could go in the blank of his poem.

" Hair? No, how about eyes. Wait, that makes no sense. Morning dew like your eyes! How about face. And that doesn't make sense either. I give up on this lifestyle and I chose to return to writing essays and watching Quidditch." Ron smiled smugly, waving his arms empathetically.

Hermione just smiled and looked out across the common room, catching Ginny's eye. Hermione held the look for a second then looked away. She knew that Ginny wasn't going to let her off. She stood up and told Ron she'd be right back and walked over to Ginny, who acted as if she hadn't seen Hermione coming.

" Oh! Hermione! How are you?" Ginny said, a huge grin on her face.

"You know why I'm here and I wanted to tell you that I'm free at lunch, if that's good for you." Hermione said graciously, smiling down at Ginny.

"Oh good! Cause I wasn't going to give you a choice on the matter anyway!" Ginny smirked back up at her, then laughed a little at Hermione's face." I'm just joking with you, Hermione!"

Hermione's face relaxed a little and she nodded then walked away, back to Ron, who was now working on his homework that Hermione had said was wrong. He looked up as she sat back down in the armchair next to him and continued with his work.

"Are you going to talk to Ginny today?" Ron said, not looking up and without the slightest show of emotion on his face.

"Yes, why?" Hermione said as she cocked her head to get a better look at Ron.

"Nothing. It's just good to know that she is. It's a good thing, you know." Ron smirked ever so slightly, still not raising his head.

And with that, he stood and gathered his things.

"We had better get to class or we'll be late!" He said in an air that could've matched Professor McGonagalls.

The morning passed without excitement and as lunch came nearer, Hermione thought of what she would talk about with Ginny. She knew that Ginny would want to know what happened at the dance and what sparked the late night common room fight. But she didn't know how Ginny would react. Obviously, she had talked to Ron because Ron thought it was a good idea for Ginny to become involved. As the bell rang for lunch, Hermione walked to the Great Hall where she had planned to meet Ginny and walked inside. She saw Ginny sitting at the end of their table, talking to Ron, and across from her, Harry. Hermione knew that she would have to go over and she started herself walking, sort of forcing herself to control her urge to say something nasty. She reached the table and tapped Ginny's shoulder.

"Hey there! You wanted to talk?" Hermione said keeping her voice smooth.

"Oh yeah! Let's go then!" Ginny said as she stood up.

Hermione looked at Ron the, without meaning to, looked at Harry. She saw him looking at her, recognizing the want and sorrow in his eyes as the same as hers. But she brushed it aside and looked back at Ginny as they started to walk away.

As soon as they left the Great Hall, Ginny spoke up.

"You do know that Harry is hurting as much as you are right now. Don't think I didn't see the way you two looked at each other. Why don't you just agree that nothing happened with you two and go back to the way things were? I know you know that Harry is smarter than to do anything with Cho and I know that he doesn't believe Malfoy. You guys are just so stubborn!" Ginny cried as she quickened her pace.

Hermione, startled by Ginny's sudden outburst, let the words sink in. In a way, Ginny was right, but she didn't know the gist of the situation that they were currently in.

"Let me tell you what happened first, before you start dishing out advice!" Hermione said, exasperated.

She then began to tell Ginny what happened, starting with the Hogsmead visit and the way Cho acted at Three Broomsticks and ended with the common room fight. Ginny nodded at all the right places and kept quiet, listening intently. As Hermione finished her story, Ginny nodded.

"You know what you have to do Hermione. I don't even have to tell you that this conversation was not needed and that you need to control you feelings and talk to Harry like a civilized person. None of these mood swings! I'm sure that Harry will be relieved and you will have the upper hand on the situation!" Ginny said truthfully.

Hermione looked down at he shoes and thought about what Ginny had just said. She was right and Hermione knew it. But could she talk to Harry. That was the hard part. Hermione wanted to get this all straitened out so she did know the answer.

"Alright. I'll go talk to Harry. I should probably do it now will I have my wits and courage up." Hermione decided.

Ginny smiled and nodded and the two walked back to the Great Hall. They walked over to where Harry and Ron were still sitting and Ron, who knew what was coming, smiled at Hermione as if to give her strength. Hermione breathed in.

" Harry…can I talk to you? I really think we need to." Hermione said in a low voice, not making eyes contact.

When she did look up, she saw Harry was confused. And the she knew that she did have the upper hand and could talk this wherever the conversation went. She smiled at the newfound control as Harry stood and walked to the doors, with her trailing him. And as he turned to wait for her, she knew that today's talk would be for the better.

"Harry, let me tell you my point of view on the night of the dance and what really happened." Hermione started, growing more confident.

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