Title: The Next Step
Sub-Title: confrontation
Version: 1.6
Author: Xuqra
Date: 08.11.02
Late that evening, Harry sat in the common room doing work on his first potions essay,
"I bloody hate Snape."
"You shouldn't say that Harry." Hermione said in a matter of fact way that made Harry
look up and smirk.
"What are you going to do about it?" Harry said taking in the room, everyone had gone
to sleep already. Hermione noticed this too and gasped.
"Harry James Potter!" She almost scolded him, but she thought better of it and replied,
"I'll be right back, my love." She teased. Harry just nodded as he went back to work on his
stupid essay, while Hermione headed up the stairs to the girls dormitory.
They were wrong though, they weren't the only people in the room. Ron still sat in a
large chair near the fire thinking to himself. They both heard Hermione's door shut and they
sighed, "Harry always gets everything," Ron thought. "Popularity, quidditch caption, head boy,
and now Hermione." Ron groaned loud enough for Harry to hear when hen thought about Hermione.
"Ron?"
"What do you want?"
"I'm sorry Ron," Harry tried to explain what went on this summer, "with out you at the
burrow Hermione talked her parents into letting me stay at their place for the end of summer.
I didn't know it could be so wonderful, but Ron, you gotta understand, I wanted to tell you.
I just couldn't figure out how to say it."
Ron remained silent for a minute trying to decide what to say, "Ron, I don't mean to
be such a bloody fool. I know you like her, but something happened, being in the muggle world
with her changed my attitude toward her."
"I know that's not much of a consolation or a comfort, but we don't want to exclude
you, we don't want to make you feel left out. We really did try to tell you before, but we
figured that you'd want to know in person and on the train well. We didn't want to start the
year off all bad, but obviously that came crashing down."
Harry sighed, not expecting Ron to understand or care anymore, "you are a bloody fool
for not telling me, but now that I know it's still not easy to get over. I bloody loved her,"
Ron said finally from behind the chair. He stood up and walked around to the stairs to the
boys dormitories. "Good night Harry, we'll see what comes in the morning."
As Ron headed up the steps Harry could hear Hermione walking down the other steps,
then suddenly Harry gasped, he couldn't believe his eyes.
Sub-Title: confrontation
Version: 1.6
Author: Xuqra
Date: 08.11.02
Late that evening, Harry sat in the common room doing work on his first potions essay,
"I bloody hate Snape."
"You shouldn't say that Harry." Hermione said in a matter of fact way that made Harry
look up and smirk.
"What are you going to do about it?" Harry said taking in the room, everyone had gone
to sleep already. Hermione noticed this too and gasped.
"Harry James Potter!" She almost scolded him, but she thought better of it and replied,
"I'll be right back, my love." She teased. Harry just nodded as he went back to work on his
stupid essay, while Hermione headed up the stairs to the girls dormitory.
They were wrong though, they weren't the only people in the room. Ron still sat in a
large chair near the fire thinking to himself. They both heard Hermione's door shut and they
sighed, "Harry always gets everything," Ron thought. "Popularity, quidditch caption, head boy,
and now Hermione." Ron groaned loud enough for Harry to hear when hen thought about Hermione.
"Ron?"
"What do you want?"
"I'm sorry Ron," Harry tried to explain what went on this summer, "with out you at the
burrow Hermione talked her parents into letting me stay at their place for the end of summer.
I didn't know it could be so wonderful, but Ron, you gotta understand, I wanted to tell you.
I just couldn't figure out how to say it."
Ron remained silent for a minute trying to decide what to say, "Ron, I don't mean to
be such a bloody fool. I know you like her, but something happened, being in the muggle world
with her changed my attitude toward her."
"I know that's not much of a consolation or a comfort, but we don't want to exclude
you, we don't want to make you feel left out. We really did try to tell you before, but we
figured that you'd want to know in person and on the train well. We didn't want to start the
year off all bad, but obviously that came crashing down."
Harry sighed, not expecting Ron to understand or care anymore, "you are a bloody fool
for not telling me, but now that I know it's still not easy to get over. I bloody loved her,"
Ron said finally from behind the chair. He stood up and walked around to the stairs to the
boys dormitories. "Good night Harry, we'll see what comes in the morning."
As Ron headed up the steps Harry could hear Hermione walking down the other steps,
then suddenly Harry gasped, he couldn't believe his eyes.