Chapter 4- The Search
"I don't want to talk to him, Ron, I can't. I can't face him, not yet."
"I understand."
"He's going to try to talk to me, I know it. He even told you that he needed to talk to me."
"We could hide from him. Wait here and I'll be back in fifteen minutes. I'll get everything we need."
Ron left Hermione's dorm and quickly walked to his own. Soon he found what he was looking for, and went back to Hermione. He showed her what he had brought back with him and she gasped. Was this the right thing to do? First she cheated on Harry with his best friend, now they were hiding from him, and stealing. Things were getting worse and worse. But she trusted Ron, so she followed him to their hiding place.
* * *
"Harry, I haven't seen Hermione all day. Come to think of it, Ron's missing too. I wonder where they are," Ginny said. They were in the Gryffindor common room.
"They're hiding from me," Harry replied.
"How do you know?"
"My invisibility cloak is gone. So is the Marauder's Map," Harry said grimly.
"They will be impossible to find! They are invisible and know where we are at all times."
"I know, but we have no other choice, we have to go look for them. I need to talk to Hermione. You know most of Hermione's favorite places in the castle, go search those places. I'll go to Ron's."
"Okay," Ginny said, complying to his orders. She was gone in seconds, because she knew how much it meant to Harry to find Hermione.
Harry stayed in the common room. He knew where they were, but did he really want to find them? Finding Hermione meant having to talk to her, having to face the facts. Harry knew that he would have to talk to her sooner or later, why not sooner? He walked out of the common room and found his way to his destination, somewhere he had been many times.
Harry stopped outside Myrtle's bathroom. It was still 'Out of Order.' His hand was on the door, ready to push it open, and find his so-called friends. Sucking up his courage, he opened the door. Of course, he saw no one, but he could sense their presence.
"Hermione, Ron, I know you two are in here. I can't see you, but you are here, and it would be so much easier if you just revealed yourselves." Harry saw nothing for a second, but then he was faced with Ron and Hermione. Ron looked sheepish. Hermione wouldn't look up at him.
"How'd you know we were here?" Ron asked, breaking the silence.
"Where else would you go? You easily forget how well I know both of you. If you please, I would like my cloak and map back. I would also like to have a word with Hermione, if it's not too much to ask," Harry said harshly. Hermione winced. Ron handed Harry back his belongings.
"Hermione?" Ron asked.
"It's okay, he deserves to be able to talk to me. I'll see you later," Hermione said, and with that, Ron left.
"Finally," Harry said.
"I don't want to talk to him, Ron, I can't. I can't face him, not yet."
"I understand."
"He's going to try to talk to me, I know it. He even told you that he needed to talk to me."
"We could hide from him. Wait here and I'll be back in fifteen minutes. I'll get everything we need."
Ron left Hermione's dorm and quickly walked to his own. Soon he found what he was looking for, and went back to Hermione. He showed her what he had brought back with him and she gasped. Was this the right thing to do? First she cheated on Harry with his best friend, now they were hiding from him, and stealing. Things were getting worse and worse. But she trusted Ron, so she followed him to their hiding place.
* * *
"Harry, I haven't seen Hermione all day. Come to think of it, Ron's missing too. I wonder where they are," Ginny said. They were in the Gryffindor common room.
"They're hiding from me," Harry replied.
"How do you know?"
"My invisibility cloak is gone. So is the Marauder's Map," Harry said grimly.
"They will be impossible to find! They are invisible and know where we are at all times."
"I know, but we have no other choice, we have to go look for them. I need to talk to Hermione. You know most of Hermione's favorite places in the castle, go search those places. I'll go to Ron's."
"Okay," Ginny said, complying to his orders. She was gone in seconds, because she knew how much it meant to Harry to find Hermione.
Harry stayed in the common room. He knew where they were, but did he really want to find them? Finding Hermione meant having to talk to her, having to face the facts. Harry knew that he would have to talk to her sooner or later, why not sooner? He walked out of the common room and found his way to his destination, somewhere he had been many times.
Harry stopped outside Myrtle's bathroom. It was still 'Out of Order.' His hand was on the door, ready to push it open, and find his so-called friends. Sucking up his courage, he opened the door. Of course, he saw no one, but he could sense their presence.
"Hermione, Ron, I know you two are in here. I can't see you, but you are here, and it would be so much easier if you just revealed yourselves." Harry saw nothing for a second, but then he was faced with Ron and Hermione. Ron looked sheepish. Hermione wouldn't look up at him.
"How'd you know we were here?" Ron asked, breaking the silence.
"Where else would you go? You easily forget how well I know both of you. If you please, I would like my cloak and map back. I would also like to have a word with Hermione, if it's not too much to ask," Harry said harshly. Hermione winced. Ron handed Harry back his belongings.
"Hermione?" Ron asked.
"It's okay, he deserves to be able to talk to me. I'll see you later," Hermione said, and with that, Ron left.
"Finally," Harry said.