I only got one review for the last chapter. (Thanks to jennycraig10 for that one.) *sniffle* Come on people, I know this story can't be that bad. Review and make me happy please. Let me know what you think. If you like it, please review. If you don't like it, please review anyway.

I do not own any of the characters from Harry Potter. If I did, I assure you that I wouldn't be on here writing fan fiction about them. J.K would probably have a heart attack if she knew what I did to them half the time. But my mind works in many weird ways.

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Harry woke early. It wasn't light outside yet. He tried to go back to sleep but he saw that it wasn't working that way so he climbed out of bed. He rubbed some crust out of his eyes and got dressed. He looked around to make sure that he didn't wake anyone up and headed for the common room.

He thought that there wasn't anyone around until he sat in his usual chair. Movement in the corner scared him. He looked over and Hermione was sitting there at a table with books everyone.

"Hermione?" Apparently she hadn't seen him come in because she jumped at the sound of his voice.

"Oh my goodness. You scared me to death." She had her hand resting on her chest, glaring at him. "What are you doing up so early?"

"I couldn't sleep so I came down here." He looked at her for a moment. "How long have you been down here?"

"Oh, uh, not long. About an hour or so I guess."

"An hour?" His voice got loud so he quickly lowered it. "Hermione, it's really early. You should be in bed sleeping. Not slaving over some books."

"Shh. You're a little loud." She paused. "I'm fine. I just had to get done with this stuff. I have a few papers due today." She got up and moved over and sat down on the chair next to Harry. "I could use a small break."

They sat there for a few minutes in silence. Harry would look out of the corner of his eye at her and then look away quickly when she caught him.

"Ya know, Hermione, it's not healthy to do work all the time."

"Yeah yeah. You're just a worrywart." She paused. "Let's talk about something else."

"Okay." He looked at her. "Are we having a Christmas Ball this year?"

"I think we are. I heard Snape complaining about it a few weeks ago. He doesn't want any of the students to have fun. Even his own house."

"Would you actually go?" Harry looked at her weird.

"Of course I would go. I like doing those kinds of things too. I can have fun when I want to."

"Well that's good." That just sat there and talked for a little while. Harry got up enough courage to put his arm around her shoulders. When she didn't pull away from him, he pulled her closer to him. He smiled a little. Then he took a deep breath. He leaned in and kissed her gently, bringing his other hand up to rub her cheek. It took her a moment to return the kiss.

Harry was starting to really enjoy it when she pulled away. He was confused now. "Oh god. Um, I have to go now. Class. Yeah, I've got to go to class. I'll see you later. Yeah." She got off the chair and gathered her things up quickly. She left Harry sitting there without looking back once.

"What the hell was that about?" Harry was really confused. Didn't she like it? She had kissed him back. So what was the problem?

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"Ron, have you seen Hermione? I've been looking for her all day and I can't find her anywhere." Harry was out of breath when he caught up with Ron.

"Um, I saw her earlier. She was with some Ravenclaw girl and they were going to the library."

"Thanks." He turned to go to the library.

"Harry!" He turned around. "Where are you going?"

"To the library. I'll catch up with you later." He jogged to the library and went in. He saw Hermione with a girl and some guys. They were sitting at a table in the middle. He walked up to them. "'Mione can I talk to you?"

She looked up at him then at the girl sitting next to her. The girl shook her head yes.

"Sure. I guess I can spare a minute or two." She got up and walked with Harry another table in the corner. "What is it?" She asked.

"I wanted to talk about last night." He could feel his face getting warm but he didn't look away. He forced himself to look her in the eye.

Hermione looked down at her hands. "Yeah, what about it?"

"Well, we kissed and then you just left. Why?"

"I don't know. I felt uncomfortable."

"I make you feel uncomfortable?" She was still looking at her hands. "Please look at me." She looked up. "Do I? Hermione, I like you. That's why I kissed you. And you kissed me back so I thought that you liked me. But then you left. I'm confused."

She stared at him for a minute. "I like you too."

Harry smiled. "Then why did you leave?"

"Because I didn't know why you kissed me. I didn't know if you liked me or if you were just kissing me because you were caught up in the moment."

Harry had the biggest smile on his face. He reached across the table and took her hand. "Will you be my girlfriend?"

"Yes. Yes I will."

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Awww. How touching. *tear* Oh um anyways, to my faithful reader, jenny, I'm taking your advice on the whole Cho/Harry relationship. That will come in later chapters. And they will be longer. Please let me know what you think in a review. Thanks a bunch. J