Harry Potter and the Family Secrets

Author: Louise Mills

Email: dimblou@hotmail.com

Summary: Harry returns to Hogwarts in his firth year and finds out more about parents death, from someone he didn't realise connected to him. Along the way Harry has fun and falls in love.

Rating: PG

Chapter Five – Confused

Hermione rushed out of the Gryffindor common room towards the great hall, for breakfast, where Harry and Ron were waiting for her. And they didn't know what she knew Guinevere and Oliver were going to do. And she wished that she could run faster so she could tell them sooner.

Hermione was three steps away from the bottom of the stairs when she tripped over her feet. She closed her eyes as she was falling forward. But she then realised she hadn't jet hit the floor, but two strong arms had caught her and where keeping her from falling.

"Hermione, you okay?" 'Oh thank god, Harry' Hermione thought as she opened her eyes and slowly made herself stand up properly.

"Thanks Harry." Harry chuckled to himself as he let his arms hold drop from Hermione.

"That's okay, but that's not what I asked you. I asked if you were okay?"

"I know you did, and I'm okay."

"Good."

"It was lucky you were there to catch me because I would of ended up in the hospital wing with a broken ankle or a broken nose." She said as she sat down on the stairs.

Harry brought his hand to the back of his neck and started the rub it, something he did when his was ever nervous or confused. Hermione was guessing he was confused and she was extremely intrigued why he was confused.

"What is it?"

"It's weird!" Harry said as he sat down next to her.

"Weird?" she asked, she was confused.

"I just knew I had to come out here, because you were in trouble."

"Yeah that's defiantly weird because I wasn't in trouble until 2 seconds before you caught me. And it takes you more then 2 seconds to walk from the great hall."

"I know that's why it's weird it's like all the sudden I was given a gift to sense into the future."

"I don't believe in that kind of magic."

"I know either do I, but it does kind of explain how I knew to be there to catch you." They sat in silence for a while thinking about what each other said.

"Come on, I'm hungry!" Hermione said as she stood up. She smiled down at him, and held out her hand so she could help him help. Harry smiled back and took her welcoming hand, and they both walked off in the great hall.

Someone in a black robe with a hood stepped put of the shadows just right to where Harry and Hermione was sitting. The hood of the robe covered his eyes, but didn't cover his mouth. The hooded man's head followed the direction Harry and Hermione were walking in, he smiled and you could see his rotting teeth behind the evil smile. He started to laugh.

"So it begins, maybe this time I can get want I need!" The hooded man disappeared into the shadows again just as a few first years hammered down the stairs and into the great hall.

******

Harry and Hermione approached the Gryffindor table and sat down in there usual places next to Ron.

"Harry? There you are! Where did you run off to all the sudden?" Harry nervously glanced that Hermione then back to Ron, he decided he couldn't tell Ron everything or Ron would tease him all the time.

"I had to be somewhere!" Ron shrugged his shoulders.

"Oh okay, so Herm Harry told me what you heard last night, what do you think is going on?"

"Oh god I almost forgot after I left you and Harry and after the girls stopped teasing me…"

"Why were they teasing you?" Ron question her, Harry made eye contact with Hermione. It was like they were communicating without words. Harry knew the girls would be teasing Hermione about were she was last night, and he felt guilty. After all it was his idea for her to stay with him. Harry tore his eyes away from Hermione and look towards the front of the hall. But his glare never made it to the front table where the teachers sat, as he saw Lavender, Parvati and Amelia were all gapping at him. They had their mouths open and spoons half way up to their mouths, they looked like statues.

Harry quickly turned his head away from them and looked towards his food. He realised the way he looked at Hermione and the way she looked at him, and that they saw them starring at each other, he could she in their eyes they knew he was who Hermione slept with last night. And he dreaded what they were going to do, because they always had something up their sleeves.

"Really?" Ron asked Hermione and she nodded. Harry looked at them two confused wondering what they were talking about.

"Really, What?" Hermione smiled.

"I knew you weren't listening." Hermione teased him.

"Sorry I had something on my mind."

"Obviously."

"Yeah, about this girl. Something happen last night with this girl." Hermione smiled realising he was talking about her.

"God Harry why didn't you tell me?" Ron complained, and Harry rolled his eyes.

"I'm telling you now, anyway she didn't want her friends to find out, but I think I know they know she was with me last night. I just 'need to talk alone with her'" Harry finished emphasising 'the need to talk alone' making sure Hermione got the message.

Hermione started nodding her head.

"Good idea, you should. I'm sure, she would like to know how her friends found out?"

"Anyway Hermione said Guin and Oliver are going to talk to Dumbledore to see if they can tell you what they know." Ron spoke dismissing the weird conversation his friends were having.

"What?" Harry said stunned. "You told them that we heard them last night?" Harry snapped, directing the question to Hermione.

"No, and yes, they guessed I heard them. I told them I only heard Rachel and Rebecca. Then I tired to get them to tell me what's going on. And all they said was 'they wished they could, but they can't, because they are not permitted to,' so their going to Dumbledore to see if he changes his mind about letting you know."

"Right sorry for snapping at you!"

"Apology accepted."

"Hey why don't you ever forgive me as quickly as you do Harry?" Ron asked Hermione.

"Maybe because it takes you days, or even weeks to Apologise." Hermione retorted.

"Oh, touchy!"

"Shut up Ron!" Both Harry and Hermione yelled at the same time.

"Hey Harry I wonder if you can help me for a minute with something in the common room, which requires more then two hands. And Ron keep eating and we meet you in potions." At the sounds of the word Potions Ron dropped the sausage he was eating, and glared at Hermione.

"Thank you Hermione you just let me lose my appetite." Harry and Hermione couldn't help but laugh.

"You lose your appetite? God what a joke!" Hermione stated.

"Hey don't laugh at me, Snape can make anyone lose their appetite."

"True!" Harry replied.

Harry and Hermione both started to walk away, when suddenly Ron shouted to them.

"Hey need any help?"

"No, that's okay finish eating Ron!"

"Okay, do you mind if I tag along?"

"Yes!!" Both Harry and Hermione yelled, which made Ron take a step back, scared.

"Okay then, see you in class." Ron said as he slowly sat down confused and hurt, as they didn't want him to come with him. Ron watched as they both left, he was wondering what he had done to them within the last ten minutes, which made them all the sudden not want to include him.

"Cute, Hey?" Lavender whispered into Ron's ear. Ron turned his head to stare at her.

"What is?"

"Harry and Hermione!"

"Yeah I know, but they're in denial! How you figure out that they like each other?" Ron said interested in what she had to say.

"Hermione didn't sleep in her bed last night, but Harry's!"

"What?" Ron said, but didn't realise he shouted it until Lavender started to signal for him to stay quiet.

"Your serious, aren't you about them sleeping together?" Lavender nodded her head in response.

"I have a plan for them to stop denying their true feelings for each other."

******

"What? You telling me our friends know that you and me slept in the same bed last night. Because of the way we were looking at each other over breakfast." Hermione shrieked.

"Yes, I could see it in their eyes."

"Great now their going to jump to conclusions. There's nothing going on between us, I only stayed because one of my best friends needed to be comforted because of something he heard upset him." Harry chuckled.

"Hermione calm down, I know that, you know that, who cares what they think if we know the truth."

"God Harry you don't understand if them three know, then the whole school knows. Because they are the biggest gossips at Hogwarts." Harry walked up to Hermione and grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her trying to get out of the hysterics she was in.

"It be okay, I promise." Harry said as he hugged her, rocking her at the same time."

End of chapter Five – Confused,

Please review, I promise chapter will defiantly be Oliver talking to Dumbledore.