A/N: I DON'T OWN HARRY POTTER!! So anyway, I got the idea for this story from the TV show "Everwood". Basically, Hermione is dating Ron and he winds up in the hospital. Despite her grieving, she notices Harry in a different light. He seems more attractive than Hermione thought. Now she has to choose between Ron and Harry in a war within her heart.

Whoa that was kind of freaky. Don't worry (if you are), this is not JUST a romance fic, there are other aspects to the story. A lot of horror will appear later on. Enjoy! (Hey, that was the longest Author's Note I've ever written!)

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"Hermione! Over here!"

Hermione Granger looked out over the sunny Hogwarts grounds to see her best friend Harry Potter standing with her boyfriend Ron Weasley near the enormous fountain. She hurried across the lawn, the sun making her brown hair shine even more than it already was.

Thank goodness for hair products. Hermione thought with a little smile as caught up with the guys.

"What's up?" she asked, sitting on the fountain's marble edge. She looked up at Ron with innocent brown eyes.

"Not much. Harry and I were just discussing the best way to get revenge on Snape without him knowing it was us," said Ron, who had Crookshanks purring around his leg.

Hermione rolled her eyes. "You two never stop, do you? It won't matter who gets revenge on Snape, he'll still think it's you. He hates Gryffindors, remember? And what did he do that was worthy of revenge this time?" Now Hermione looked up at Harry to discover that he was already looking at her. They smiled at each other.

He has a nice smile. Hermione noticed suddenly. Then she realized Ron was talking.

"Well, first he reprimanded us for not doing a longer essay than was assigned; which was THREE BLOODY ROLLS OF PARCHMENT, then he decided we'd done enough with the knowledge potions because Neville wasn't any brighter, so we moved on to hearing potions, which can make people temporarily deaf… The list goes on and on. Say, where were you during Potions anyway?" Ron removed Crookshanks from his leg and sat down next to Hermione.

She said, "I was feeling ill and went to see Madam Pomfrey."

Hermione realized she must be a very bad liar, because Harry instantly said, "You didn't want to go to Potions, did you Hermione?"

"What? Hermione, skipping class? No way!" cried Ron.

"Actually, Harry's right," confessed Hermione, "I've just had enough of Professor Snape! Why is he so foul anyway? I mean, what's his freakin' problem?"

Harry and Ron's mouths dropped open in surprise. They had never heard Hermione talk that way about a teacher! Then Harry jumped back, and Ron fell off the fountain.

Professor Snape was right behind Hermione.