"My Heart Will Go On" Chapter 10: Avoiding...Then Confronting
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After the Halloween Ball, Hermione was still sick for a few more days, 3 at the most. She still couldn't believe that she kissed Dean, her up-coming best friend, & then he did something that shocked her...he kissed her back. After that, they went up to the balcony to look at the stars, & she went off, ranting how she shouldn't have let her emotions do that...how she can't control them anymore, but Dean was the one who comforted her & told her sometimes that's good & she kept saying how ugly she was & how geeky she was & how anybody could every like her, while Dean was tall, cute, & cool & everyone likes him more than her, but he just pressed his lips against hers to make her shut up. She still thought he was a great kisser, because that was her first kiss. The next day, she told him this. He said "Well, for your first kiss, you kiss great!" She laughed & asked him if it was his first too, but he didn't say because she started to throw up.
Finally, Hermione was free to move around again, but she was still weak, so Dean always helped her out. She was grateful for him to be there. She could see how much he cared for her. The only thing was that she had a lot of make-up work, & so did Dean because she was sick & he was taking care of her, so they missed 2 weeks worth of classes. It was Wednesday when Hermione was let free again, so they had Double Potions first. 'Wonderful, the class I want to go to when I get better,' she thought to herself miserably as she & Dean walked into class behind Seamus, Lavender, Parvati, & Harry. They decided that after class they would get their missed work from him. That day they had to make a Truth Potion, & surprisingly, he let them have their own partners. Hermione guess he only did that because he knew friends would ask personal questions, & it might be about them, so it could be a bad something that would ruin their friendship. So, Dean asked Hermione to be his partner, & of course she agreed to it. She made the potion, got it checked by Snape, who gave them an evil sneer as he said it was the right color, & they both drank it. Hermione was the first to ask one question, then Dean.
"Are you too good to be true to me? That means, do you really like me?" His reply was, "Of course. Why wouldn't anyone like you? You're smart, pretty, fun to be around, & great to hang out with. I've always liked you, you just didn't know." Hermione was shocked. Dean has liked her for a long time! She just hope he didn't ask her the same question. Luckily, he didn't, but he asked an even more difficult one. She heard him say this in a whisper. "When you kissed me, did you want to kiss me because you like me, or because I wouldn't shut up?" Hermione had to think about this. She wouldn't have kissed him if she didn't feel an attraction between him & her, but she couldn't go liking him. He would probably break her heart, but for some reason, that didn't seem possible for him to do to her. "I kissed you because I like you," she whispered back, in full honest truth. Hey, it was a Truth Potion.
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Dean was a shocked about what Hermione said. She wasn't lying, since she was under the Truth Potion, but she never expected her to like him. She thought he did it because he was talking too much. But there she was, telling the truth about him: she liked him. It was now the end of class, & he helped Hermione up & said, "Come on, we need to get our make-up work before Charms." "Right," she said, a little dazed, for whatever reason he didn't know about. "Professor Snape?" Dean asked. "Well, look who it is: Miss Granger & Mr. Thomas. What do you two want?" he sneered with a smirk on his face. "We just want our work that we missed." "Alright, you two have to write a 3 page essay about the Forbidden Potion Combinations, then create the Mood Potion & let me see it." As they left, Dean thought that what Snape gave them was fairly easy. He couldn't understand it. Snape was never that lean on something like that. 'Well, the more he does that the more I'll start to like him.' Surprisingly, Hermione hadn't said anything yet. She still looked dazed. "Hermione, are you alright?" Dean asked, looking at her worriedly. Then, she did something he didn't expect: she ran away from him. "Hermione! Wait!" he called out to her, starting to follow her, but she got too much of a head start & vanished. He couldn't believe she did that, so he went to class, giving her some space.
During that day, Hermione kept avoiding him for some unknown reason. She just talked to Lavender, Parvati, & Ginny, & also to Harry, but to no one else. He had no idea why she was avoiding him. The next day, she avoided him still, & then Friday too. Finally, it was Saturday, & he had enough. He didn't know why she was avoiding him, so he went to find her after breakfast. He saw her disappear somewhere, but he didn't know where, so he went to the best place to find her: the balcony. He ran up there & looked around the grounds. He then spotted her, sitting on a large rock by the lake. For November, it was pretty cold, & she only had her cloak & school robes on, so he ran into his room, got his Hogwarts' blanket, & performed a charm on himself that he recently learned from a charm book of his. He made himself fly, so he ran to the balcony, climbed onto the rail, & jumped. Luckily, he kept his cool, so he was flying like a free bird looking for his lost partner, going to Hermione. She didn't see or hear him coming; she was just staring off into the lake. He landed behind her with a soft 'thump!' & he walked over to her.
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Ever since Potions' class Wednesday, Hermione had been avoiding Dean. She just couldn't be around him when she said she liked him. She promised herself she wouldn't do that, but she betrayed it. She couldn't do that, she could break his heart, or he could break hers. She just didn't want to get hurt, or be the one hurting the other. She was just too confused & messed up.
"Mind if I sit here?" someone said from behind her. It was Dean. She panicked & said, "I...um...need to do....work now...so...um....see ya-." "You're not going anywhere Hermione. We have to talk," he said, a look of pain & hurt in his eyes. Hermione didn't know how she hurt him, so she stayed & made a spot for him to sit. He had a blanket with him, but didn't do anythign with it yet. "How come you have been avoiding me Hermione? What did I do wrong?" he asked in hurt. He thought he did something wrong? "Its not you," she whispered in reply, looking down. He put his arm around her shoulders & said, "Look Hermione, something I said in Potions is making you this way, so tell me, what did I do?" "Its not you!" she replied angerly, "Its me! I don't...don't..." She then started to cry. She couldn't bare to tell him the truth. As hard as it was for her to admit it, he meant too much to her for her to lose as a friend. "What is it 'Mione?" he asked again, more forceful to get the answer out of her. "I don't want to...get hurt," she replied sheepishly, "& I don't want to hurt you. You mean...too much to mean. & I don't want to lose you as a friend." She cried some more, but this time, buried her head into Dean's chest. "Shhhhh....you can't be scared Hermione. You'll always be my friend. &...if I need to get hurt just to have you...I will." Hermione looked up at Dean in surprise. He was smiling down at her. She just hugged him tight, afraid to let go. "I can't believe you care about me Dean. I was hardly your friend before...& now this. Why?" "Like I said...because I care about you. I knwe someday you would be all mine." "& now it is." She finished by kissing him, long & hard.
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Little to their thought, someone was watching them from a window. "That bitch...I'm going to get her for that." The person closed the window in disgust, & started plotting a way to break those two apart...for good.
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After the Halloween Ball, Hermione was still sick for a few more days, 3 at the most. She still couldn't believe that she kissed Dean, her up-coming best friend, & then he did something that shocked her...he kissed her back. After that, they went up to the balcony to look at the stars, & she went off, ranting how she shouldn't have let her emotions do that...how she can't control them anymore, but Dean was the one who comforted her & told her sometimes that's good & she kept saying how ugly she was & how geeky she was & how anybody could every like her, while Dean was tall, cute, & cool & everyone likes him more than her, but he just pressed his lips against hers to make her shut up. She still thought he was a great kisser, because that was her first kiss. The next day, she told him this. He said "Well, for your first kiss, you kiss great!" She laughed & asked him if it was his first too, but he didn't say because she started to throw up.
Finally, Hermione was free to move around again, but she was still weak, so Dean always helped her out. She was grateful for him to be there. She could see how much he cared for her. The only thing was that she had a lot of make-up work, & so did Dean because she was sick & he was taking care of her, so they missed 2 weeks worth of classes. It was Wednesday when Hermione was let free again, so they had Double Potions first. 'Wonderful, the class I want to go to when I get better,' she thought to herself miserably as she & Dean walked into class behind Seamus, Lavender, Parvati, & Harry. They decided that after class they would get their missed work from him. That day they had to make a Truth Potion, & surprisingly, he let them have their own partners. Hermione guess he only did that because he knew friends would ask personal questions, & it might be about them, so it could be a bad something that would ruin their friendship. So, Dean asked Hermione to be his partner, & of course she agreed to it. She made the potion, got it checked by Snape, who gave them an evil sneer as he said it was the right color, & they both drank it. Hermione was the first to ask one question, then Dean.
"Are you too good to be true to me? That means, do you really like me?" His reply was, "Of course. Why wouldn't anyone like you? You're smart, pretty, fun to be around, & great to hang out with. I've always liked you, you just didn't know." Hermione was shocked. Dean has liked her for a long time! She just hope he didn't ask her the same question. Luckily, he didn't, but he asked an even more difficult one. She heard him say this in a whisper. "When you kissed me, did you want to kiss me because you like me, or because I wouldn't shut up?" Hermione had to think about this. She wouldn't have kissed him if she didn't feel an attraction between him & her, but she couldn't go liking him. He would probably break her heart, but for some reason, that didn't seem possible for him to do to her. "I kissed you because I like you," she whispered back, in full honest truth. Hey, it was a Truth Potion.
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Dean was a shocked about what Hermione said. She wasn't lying, since she was under the Truth Potion, but she never expected her to like him. She thought he did it because he was talking too much. But there she was, telling the truth about him: she liked him. It was now the end of class, & he helped Hermione up & said, "Come on, we need to get our make-up work before Charms." "Right," she said, a little dazed, for whatever reason he didn't know about. "Professor Snape?" Dean asked. "Well, look who it is: Miss Granger & Mr. Thomas. What do you two want?" he sneered with a smirk on his face. "We just want our work that we missed." "Alright, you two have to write a 3 page essay about the Forbidden Potion Combinations, then create the Mood Potion & let me see it." As they left, Dean thought that what Snape gave them was fairly easy. He couldn't understand it. Snape was never that lean on something like that. 'Well, the more he does that the more I'll start to like him.' Surprisingly, Hermione hadn't said anything yet. She still looked dazed. "Hermione, are you alright?" Dean asked, looking at her worriedly. Then, she did something he didn't expect: she ran away from him. "Hermione! Wait!" he called out to her, starting to follow her, but she got too much of a head start & vanished. He couldn't believe she did that, so he went to class, giving her some space.
During that day, Hermione kept avoiding him for some unknown reason. She just talked to Lavender, Parvati, & Ginny, & also to Harry, but to no one else. He had no idea why she was avoiding him. The next day, she avoided him still, & then Friday too. Finally, it was Saturday, & he had enough. He didn't know why she was avoiding him, so he went to find her after breakfast. He saw her disappear somewhere, but he didn't know where, so he went to the best place to find her: the balcony. He ran up there & looked around the grounds. He then spotted her, sitting on a large rock by the lake. For November, it was pretty cold, & she only had her cloak & school robes on, so he ran into his room, got his Hogwarts' blanket, & performed a charm on himself that he recently learned from a charm book of his. He made himself fly, so he ran to the balcony, climbed onto the rail, & jumped. Luckily, he kept his cool, so he was flying like a free bird looking for his lost partner, going to Hermione. She didn't see or hear him coming; she was just staring off into the lake. He landed behind her with a soft 'thump!' & he walked over to her.
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Ever since Potions' class Wednesday, Hermione had been avoiding Dean. She just couldn't be around him when she said she liked him. She promised herself she wouldn't do that, but she betrayed it. She couldn't do that, she could break his heart, or he could break hers. She just didn't want to get hurt, or be the one hurting the other. She was just too confused & messed up.
"Mind if I sit here?" someone said from behind her. It was Dean. She panicked & said, "I...um...need to do....work now...so...um....see ya-." "You're not going anywhere Hermione. We have to talk," he said, a look of pain & hurt in his eyes. Hermione didn't know how she hurt him, so she stayed & made a spot for him to sit. He had a blanket with him, but didn't do anythign with it yet. "How come you have been avoiding me Hermione? What did I do wrong?" he asked in hurt. He thought he did something wrong? "Its not you," she whispered in reply, looking down. He put his arm around her shoulders & said, "Look Hermione, something I said in Potions is making you this way, so tell me, what did I do?" "Its not you!" she replied angerly, "Its me! I don't...don't..." She then started to cry. She couldn't bare to tell him the truth. As hard as it was for her to admit it, he meant too much to her for her to lose as a friend. "What is it 'Mione?" he asked again, more forceful to get the answer out of her. "I don't want to...get hurt," she replied sheepishly, "& I don't want to hurt you. You mean...too much to mean. & I don't want to lose you as a friend." She cried some more, but this time, buried her head into Dean's chest. "Shhhhh....you can't be scared Hermione. You'll always be my friend. &...if I need to get hurt just to have you...I will." Hermione looked up at Dean in surprise. He was smiling down at her. She just hugged him tight, afraid to let go. "I can't believe you care about me Dean. I was hardly your friend before...& now this. Why?" "Like I said...because I care about you. I knwe someday you would be all mine." "& now it is." She finished by kissing him, long & hard.
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Little to their thought, someone was watching them from a window. "That bitch...I'm going to get her for that." The person closed the window in disgust, & started plotting a way to break those two apart...for good.