Chapter 5- Harry and Hermione Talk
"So..." Hermione said, staring at the floor.
"I just want to know one thing, why'd you do it?" Harry asked.
"Well, you might not understand this, but I love Ron. I don't know why I love him and not you, but that's just the way my heart works," Hermione explained.
"I've always loved you. I knew you never loved me back, but I always hoped that you could learn to. I should have realized you can't make someone love you, no matter how hard you try to be everything they want."
"Oh Harry, I didn't mean to hurt you," Hermione said, coming closer to hug him. She was just now realizing what a horrible thing she had done.
"Don't touch me. I don't want your pity, I just want to know why you did what you did."
"I didn't want o hurt you, I thought if I dumped you for Ron, it would ruin your friendship with him, as well as ours."
"But you didn't think if I found out about you cheating on me with him that would ruin our friendship?"
"Well, I didn't think that you-"
"You didn't think I would find out? How could I not? Just looking at you two made it obvious. I just didn't want to see it. I didn't let myself see it until Ginny told me. I don't even know why I'm here talking to you."
"Harry-"
Harry stepped back, farther away from Hermione. "No. I don't want to hear whatever it is that you want to say. I guess I only came to hear from you that it's true. That you betrayed me with my best friend. I've heard what I wanted to hear, and now I want to be as far away from you as possible." Harry turned and ran. He didn't stop running until he saw the Fat Lady. He mumbled the password and ran to his dorm.
Hermione followed Harry to his dorm.
"Harry," Hermione said. Harry looked up in disgust. "Just listen to me. I want everything to be okay with us. Please talk to me. You can't avoid this."
"You have no right to be talking to me, after everything you've done. Why can't you just stay away from me?"
"Maybe if you listened you me-"
Harry cut her off. "Get out. GET OUT NOW!" Hermione ran out of the boy's dorms with tears streaming down her cheeks. Ron, who was walking up the stairs, saw her fly past him, not noticing that it was him. Ron ran after her, and grabbed her shoulders.
"What's the matter?" he asked. They sat down on the couch in the common room and Hermione told Ron about her talk with Harry.
"So..." Hermione said, staring at the floor.
"I just want to know one thing, why'd you do it?" Harry asked.
"Well, you might not understand this, but I love Ron. I don't know why I love him and not you, but that's just the way my heart works," Hermione explained.
"I've always loved you. I knew you never loved me back, but I always hoped that you could learn to. I should have realized you can't make someone love you, no matter how hard you try to be everything they want."
"Oh Harry, I didn't mean to hurt you," Hermione said, coming closer to hug him. She was just now realizing what a horrible thing she had done.
"Don't touch me. I don't want your pity, I just want to know why you did what you did."
"I didn't want o hurt you, I thought if I dumped you for Ron, it would ruin your friendship with him, as well as ours."
"But you didn't think if I found out about you cheating on me with him that would ruin our friendship?"
"Well, I didn't think that you-"
"You didn't think I would find out? How could I not? Just looking at you two made it obvious. I just didn't want to see it. I didn't let myself see it until Ginny told me. I don't even know why I'm here talking to you."
"Harry-"
Harry stepped back, farther away from Hermione. "No. I don't want to hear whatever it is that you want to say. I guess I only came to hear from you that it's true. That you betrayed me with my best friend. I've heard what I wanted to hear, and now I want to be as far away from you as possible." Harry turned and ran. He didn't stop running until he saw the Fat Lady. He mumbled the password and ran to his dorm.
Hermione followed Harry to his dorm.
"Harry," Hermione said. Harry looked up in disgust. "Just listen to me. I want everything to be okay with us. Please talk to me. You can't avoid this."
"You have no right to be talking to me, after everything you've done. Why can't you just stay away from me?"
"Maybe if you listened you me-"
Harry cut her off. "Get out. GET OUT NOW!" Hermione ran out of the boy's dorms with tears streaming down her cheeks. Ron, who was walking up the stairs, saw her fly past him, not noticing that it was him. Ron ran after her, and grabbed her shoulders.
"What's the matter?" he asked. They sat down on the couch in the common room and Hermione told Ron about her talk with Harry.