"Hermione, I need to talk to you. Yes, just stay where you are.
Sitting is fine. Oh, no it's nothing like that. Ron is just fine. Mione,
just calm down. There is something you need to know. But let me explain
first. When we first became friends, I knew you were special, as a person
and to me. You and Ron were my first real friends, you know? I thought of
you guys as family. As the years have gone by I still think of you two in
this light. Ron as a brother, but were never a sister to me. Oh, no it's
not that I didn't care about you, I did, and I do. I just care about you in
a different way. I mean, I care about you so much it makes my head hurt
trying to comprehend it. It's like right now, I can be perfectly content
just knowing you are there. Hermione, what I am trying to say is that I am
head or heels in love with you.
"I tried to tell myself, 'No, she is your best friend.' But it didn't
work. It was always there in the back of my mind, nagging. I had to tell
you before the summer. I don't know if I can last this whole holiday
without you. They say 'Distance makes the heart grow fonder' but really
'distance makes the heart go insane.' Please, Hermione don't look at me
like that. Say something, actually don't. I will just be going. See y-" but
just before Harry could turn around to leave, Hermione roughly grabbed him
by the front of his robes and kissed him.
