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Chapter 3
The second class of the day had just let out. Many Hogwarts students filed into the halls and corridors rushing about. There was much talking and laughing. There were younger students chasing each other and racing to their next classes. There were older students flirting and kissing. And then there was Ron, Hermione and Harry.
The three were standing side by side pushing their way through one particular large group of girls. Ron took notice that Cho Chang was one of these girls. He looked over at Harry and saw Hermione doing the same. But Harry did not even give his old crush a glance.
"Hey Ron." Said a voice in his ear. Ron turned around and saw another familiar girl. It was Lavender Brown. She waved to him and smiled.
"Hey." He said acknowledging her, and then with a wave he continued onward with Hermione and Harry.
No one appeared to have noticed the greeting shared between the two Griffendor students who weren't usually on such good speaking terms. None of the other girls nor Harry or Hermione. Ron barely even cared. Only Lavender seemed to know what the greeting had meant. Only Lavender seemed to care that she may have found another friend.
"Why are you staring into the distance like that?" Asked Parvati.
"Huh?" Lavender said coming back to reality and turning back to her friend.
"Nothing." Parvati said. "Somebody's in love." Parvati mumbled under her breath watching her friend's gaze once again become dreamy. Lavender didn't hear her last comment.
The silent trio began the trek across the castle where their next classes were. Harry and Ron unfortunately had divination. Hermione no longer took divination and couldn't stand the fact that several people took it, including Harry and Ron and half of the other students. She couldn't stand it. It was about the only class that Hermione hadn't liked and hadn't been good at.
Once again, just like the train ride, silence was weighing them down. Hermione could feel the familiar suffocating feeling of the unbearable silence around her. She was glad that Ron hadn't took it out on her verbally or physically after their so called break up. Yet still. This silence was almost as bad. She could tell that only her and Harry were still on speaking terms. She had seen Harry and Ron speaking on short and polite tones but it seemed that their friendship, just like Rons and hers would never be the same. It would get even worse if Ron knew the truth about she and Harry. She didn't want to know what horrible things would happen if Ron found out about them. That's why she had the determination to make sure Ron did not find out about them.
Hermione felt a tap on her shoulder and jerked her head up looking around. She had walked all the way to divination with Harry and Ron unknowingly. Harry the one who had tapped her looked at her amusingly.
"Correct me if I'm wrong. But I believe you have something against divination." Harry said in a sarcastic tone. Ron was making his way up to the divination room leaving she and Harry alone without meaning too. It just goes to show that Ron never seemed to notice her.
Hermione tried to hide a growing smile on her face. She frowned and pretended to be offended but it did no good. She saw Harry glance around and see that everyone was gone.
As if on cue the two leaned toward each other and kissed for a second longer then they had been planning too. They briefly were caught up in their meant to be a quick kiss. Hermione put one arm around him and managed to keep a hold on her bag with the other. Harry had dropped his bag to the floor and had both arms around her.
They drew away but didn't let go. Their eyes looking into each other. They forgot about Ron and their little meant to be a secret relationship. Everything was out in the open and it was just the two of them. The world lay forgotten behind them.
Lavender Brown hurried down the hall hoping she wasn't late for divination. She was rummaging through her bookbag making sure she had everything for her next few classes when she nearly slammed into Harry and Hermione. Lavender took a step back and was about to climb up to the divination room when she saw what was really happening. Harry and Hermione were kissing!
She watched as the two drew apart and looked into each other's eyes. It was amazingly cute how caught up they were with each other. Lavender stifled a giggle as the shock of the two together began to wear off. She couldn't help it. Harry and Hermione were together not Ron and Hermione like everyone had thought. She must be, gosh, like the only one who knew this.
Hermione and Harry turned and saw Lavender at the exact moment. They both snapped apart like magnets repelling each other. Hermione was turning bright red in the face and so was Harry. Hermione was so embarrassed that she dropped her bookbag and all of her books and things came out. Harry immediately bent down to help her Lavender rushed forward to help the lovers too.
Hermione started mumbling her thanks to Lavender and Harry, mostly Lavender. She was stealing nervous glances at Lavender and Harry her eyes filled with a strange panic.
"Lavender." She said picking up her bag and the last few books. Harry looked at Lavender and stood firmly beside Hermione as if protecting her.
"Harry and I haven't told any one yet. We were, uh, kind of trying to keep it a secret. We would really appreciate it if you," She said in a quivering low voice. She obviously didn't want anyone to hear.
"Would keep it a secret." Harry finished for her. His hand had slipped into Hermione's and he was gently fingering it as if reassuring her to go on.
Lavender looked slightly taken aback. Though she wasn't terribly surprised. If Harry and Hermione had been together and someone knew she would have heard about it.
"Don't worry I won't tell. Who else knows?" She asked. For some odd reason she found herself thinking of Ron. She had a strong suspicion that he didn't know.
"No one." Said Hermione. She looked pleadingly at Lavender begging her to keep the secret with her eyes alone.
"Don't worry about it, I would never tell." Lavender said smiling at Hermione reassuring her. She would not tell until Harry and Hermione told everyone themselves. She'd just forget it ever happened.
"Thanks." Hermione said. A small smile formed on her face and it almost seemed like the friendship between her and Lavender improved. With that Harry and Hermione went their separate ways. Lavender watched as Hermione went rushing off and then slowly she made her way up to the divination room after Harry.
All through class poor Lavender couldn't concentrate. She was busily thinking about the news that she had recently discovered. If she remembered correctly Ron had had a huge crush on Hermione. Hadn't Hermione turned him down or something like that after he finally confessed his love to her? She had heard that Ron had done something to Hermione and had gone just a little too fast. Still she couldn't help feeling bad for Ron. After all, love cannot be stopped.
Lavender found her eyes wandering down to Ron where he sat beside Harry. He was glowering at the Professor Trelawney. He looked so funny sitting there. He was imitating Professor Trelawney with perfection. He was throwing back his head and adjusting imaginary glasses and pretending to gaze into a crystal ball and predict Harry's death fate. Harry was laughing and trying to play along.
Lavender found herself unable to draw her eyes away from Ron. She saw his smile his sparkle in his eyes and his humor all in one moment. Harry seemed to be blocked by her view and she was only watching Ron. Thoughts began to race through her head and she wondered suddenly if…
"Mr. Weasley and Mr. Potter!" Both boys looked up and sobered up. Lavender snapped back and pretended to be looking ahead in her book.
"I predict that class is over. I predict that you two will have several more detentions before the year is ended. No need for me to add to that." Professor Trelawney said.
With that Ron and Harry ran out of the room not wanting to know what a detention with Professor Trelawney would be like at all. Lavender picked up her books and followed the others out pushing away her thoughts about Ron, that had been cut off, away for now.
It was several hours later when Harry and Hermione finally had some time alone together. All day they had been looking forward to "tonight". Now they had to wait no longer.
The last straggler had left the Griffendor common room a half and hour ago. Harry and Hermione had watched until they were sure that no one else would be awake or come back out into the common room and then slowly they had emerged from their dormitories.
Hermione watched as Harry came out of the shadowy entrance of the boys dormitory across the hall. She stayed hidden behind the door for a brief time as she watched him slowly descend down the staircase and down into the empty common room.
He ran a hand through his messy, untidy, black hair. It looked like he had tried to comb it but hadn't had much luck with it. She saw him standing near the flickering dancing light from the low fire that was still burning slightly. Surprisingly she could see the light reflecting off those emerald green pools that she was always so caught up in. Even from where she stood here on the balcony looking down upon him.
It was then that he looked up and saw her watching him. Hermione blushed having been caught staring at him but it was unnecessary. She pushed back a strand of her thick brown hair and quietly descended ever so gracefully down the steps. She was like and angel in a black robe floating gracefully upon the air. Harry had never seen Hermione like this before. She was so beautiful.
His eyes stayed upon her, as if in slow motion, Hermione walked down the stairs. It was amazing what love can do to you. Even a person doing the simplest of things, such as walking down a staircase seems like the most amazing thing on earth to watch. If Ron was there, he probably wouldn't have been so mesmerized by the beautiful Hermione like Harry was now. Because Ron wasn't truly in love with her. But Harry was.
She nearly tripped down the last two steps but as always Harry was there to catch her. Hermione turned a bright red embarrassed that she had been so clumsy and that Harry had to catch her. The same strand had fallen into her face again and as she looked up at him, he gently pushed the strand out of the way revealing her even more beautiful face. She smiled up at him gratefully. His hand brushed against her face and both of them felt the warmth radiating between her face and his hand.
She straightened herself up slowly and adjusted her clinging hold on him to a more relaxed grip. Her arms were loosely around him. He relaxed his grip on her seeing now that she could stand on her own two feet. Hermione glanced down at the ground afraid of what would happen if she met his gaze. The same as always would happen. Passionate, uncontrollable love, that's what would happen.
Harry touched her hair with his forehead and softly kissed her on the top of her head. Slowly Hermione raised her head and leaned closer to him.
Her gaze met his and there was nothing that could stop it. What they had kept bottled up all day now let loose, stronger then ever and began radiating through each other. Hermione brought her face to his and kissed him passionately. Harry answered with a kiss just as passionate as hers. So it was like a game that little kids play. They tried to see who could kiss better. If someone had seen them they would have thought the two were acting ridiculous. Love can do that to two innocent people in love.
Hermione smiled shyly up at him and then brought him into a soft kiss. It was perfect. Or it would have been if…
At the top of the steps stood a young red headed girl. She sat down quite loudly upon the steps in shock. Harry and Hermione of course didn't notice, since they were far off on another planet by this time having been so caught up in each others passion. She couldn't believe it.
Harry and Hermione together? No way! She blinked rapidly several times and pinched herself once more. Was this one of those dreams that seemed extremely real but wasn't? It had to be. It was just a very real like dream that was all it was. Ron and Hermione were supposed to be together. Not Harry and Hermione. This would never happen right beneath Ron's nose.
Ginny looked down at the two. She had known the two friends all of her life. They were always with Ron and she had grown to know them too. She could always count on Hermione. And Harry, Ginny had liked him a little more then a friend should. Ginny blushed just at the thought of her little crush on Harry. It was really Harry and Hermione. She could tell just by the way they were kissing with each other. She wasn't dreaming. This was reality! When did this happen? Ginny wondered about all this, as she watched the two longingly, wishing she was Hermione and was being kissed by Harry.
Ginny looked down and spotted her Transfiguration book in the corner on a chair. She had come out here to get it before she had seen Harry and Hermione. As much as she'd love to watch the two in their mad passion, she had to get to that Transfiguration book and finish her homework before she fell asleep. Ginny took one more glance at them. An amusing thought came to her. They probably wouldn't even notice if a Filibuster firework went off. Too bad George and Fred weren't here. Ginny started down the steps, not at all afraid that she was disturbing the two. They were in another galaxy by now.
Ginny felt a strong desire to wave her hand in front of them or dance around them or scream. She had a strong desire to do something to make her prescience known. But she just simply went and got the book. What she hadn't been planning on was that there would be a cat sitting on it.
"I thought cats stayed inside the dormitories." Ginny mumbled under her breath. The cat was asleep and Ginny had a strong feeling that if she pulled that book out that cat was going to yelp and probably attack her. Ginny glanced back at Hermione and Harry. She had been lucky so far. Closing her eyes she yanked the book out a little too quick.
"MEOW!" The cat screamed loudly. It jumped up into the air. It's tail was stuck in the book. Ginny hastily pulled it out and the cat fell back upon the chair. Ginny ducked as the cat made a snag with it's claw for her head.
There was silence for a moment and then the cat made another snag at her head. This proved successful. The cat made a scratch across her forehead.
"Stupid Cat!" Ginny said a little too loudly.
Suddenly there was a voice behind her. There was a series of syllables and the cat suddenly had a dreamy look upon it's face. It fell asleep in midair. A boy leaned down and caught and placed it back upon the chair just before it hit the floor.
Hermione came over to Ginny, her wand still out. Harry gave the cat a final pat and stood beside Hermione. They stood there facing Ginny as if bracing for the worst. They were like a team. They would stick together until the end. The friendship between them had only grown stronger.
"Thanks." Ginny said shyly looking up at them. An embarrassing look came across her face as she looked up at the two. Who almost looked angry at having been disturbed.
"No problem." Hermione said a little smile crossing her face.
There was an uneasy silence for a second or two until Ginny finally spoke.
"I saw you too." She said blushing.
Harry and Hermione stole a worried glance at each other. This was the second person who had found out. Ginny was also very close to Ron. Would she tell?
"Ginny please don't tell anyone." Hermione said in a soft pleading voice.
Ginny struggled for a moment. Ron was her older brother and like a friend to her. Did he know?
"Who else know?" Ginny asked. She would be very surprised if her brother knew.
"Only Lavender." Hermione said. She was glancing downward. She still had her wand out so that she almost looked threatening, without meaning too.
"I won't tell." Ginny said after several more moments of silence. A pang of guilt went through her as she realized she would be keeping a secret from Ron. A big secret for that matter.
"You're the best Ginny." Hermione said. She hugged the girl knowing it would take a lot for her to keep a secret from her brtother. "Thanks." She whispered drawing away. She waved to Ginny as she and Harry walked back to the fireplace and sat down in two separate chairs. Ginny started up the steps, a slight smile on her face, as she remembered the amusing scenes that had taken place that night.
Ginny looked back at them as she reached the top. She saw the two of them watching her go. Hermione smiled at her and Harry smiled slightly and gave her a slight nod. Ginny smiled back. Their secret was safe with her.
(Here's Chapter 3. Chapter 4 to be up soon. Hope you like it so far. Please review!HazelMist)
Chapter 3
The second class of the day had just let out. Many Hogwarts students filed into the halls and corridors rushing about. There was much talking and laughing. There were younger students chasing each other and racing to their next classes. There were older students flirting and kissing. And then there was Ron, Hermione and Harry.
The three were standing side by side pushing their way through one particular large group of girls. Ron took notice that Cho Chang was one of these girls. He looked over at Harry and saw Hermione doing the same. But Harry did not even give his old crush a glance.
"Hey Ron." Said a voice in his ear. Ron turned around and saw another familiar girl. It was Lavender Brown. She waved to him and smiled.
"Hey." He said acknowledging her, and then with a wave he continued onward with Hermione and Harry.
No one appeared to have noticed the greeting shared between the two Griffendor students who weren't usually on such good speaking terms. None of the other girls nor Harry or Hermione. Ron barely even cared. Only Lavender seemed to know what the greeting had meant. Only Lavender seemed to care that she may have found another friend.
"Why are you staring into the distance like that?" Asked Parvati.
"Huh?" Lavender said coming back to reality and turning back to her friend.
"Nothing." Parvati said. "Somebody's in love." Parvati mumbled under her breath watching her friend's gaze once again become dreamy. Lavender didn't hear her last comment.
The silent trio began the trek across the castle where their next classes were. Harry and Ron unfortunately had divination. Hermione no longer took divination and couldn't stand the fact that several people took it, including Harry and Ron and half of the other students. She couldn't stand it. It was about the only class that Hermione hadn't liked and hadn't been good at.
Once again, just like the train ride, silence was weighing them down. Hermione could feel the familiar suffocating feeling of the unbearable silence around her. She was glad that Ron hadn't took it out on her verbally or physically after their so called break up. Yet still. This silence was almost as bad. She could tell that only her and Harry were still on speaking terms. She had seen Harry and Ron speaking on short and polite tones but it seemed that their friendship, just like Rons and hers would never be the same. It would get even worse if Ron knew the truth about she and Harry. She didn't want to know what horrible things would happen if Ron found out about them. That's why she had the determination to make sure Ron did not find out about them.
Hermione felt a tap on her shoulder and jerked her head up looking around. She had walked all the way to divination with Harry and Ron unknowingly. Harry the one who had tapped her looked at her amusingly.
"Correct me if I'm wrong. But I believe you have something against divination." Harry said in a sarcastic tone. Ron was making his way up to the divination room leaving she and Harry alone without meaning too. It just goes to show that Ron never seemed to notice her.
Hermione tried to hide a growing smile on her face. She frowned and pretended to be offended but it did no good. She saw Harry glance around and see that everyone was gone.
As if on cue the two leaned toward each other and kissed for a second longer then they had been planning too. They briefly were caught up in their meant to be a quick kiss. Hermione put one arm around him and managed to keep a hold on her bag with the other. Harry had dropped his bag to the floor and had both arms around her.
They drew away but didn't let go. Their eyes looking into each other. They forgot about Ron and their little meant to be a secret relationship. Everything was out in the open and it was just the two of them. The world lay forgotten behind them.
Lavender Brown hurried down the hall hoping she wasn't late for divination. She was rummaging through her bookbag making sure she had everything for her next few classes when she nearly slammed into Harry and Hermione. Lavender took a step back and was about to climb up to the divination room when she saw what was really happening. Harry and Hermione were kissing!
She watched as the two drew apart and looked into each other's eyes. It was amazingly cute how caught up they were with each other. Lavender stifled a giggle as the shock of the two together began to wear off. She couldn't help it. Harry and Hermione were together not Ron and Hermione like everyone had thought. She must be, gosh, like the only one who knew this.
Hermione and Harry turned and saw Lavender at the exact moment. They both snapped apart like magnets repelling each other. Hermione was turning bright red in the face and so was Harry. Hermione was so embarrassed that she dropped her bookbag and all of her books and things came out. Harry immediately bent down to help her Lavender rushed forward to help the lovers too.
Hermione started mumbling her thanks to Lavender and Harry, mostly Lavender. She was stealing nervous glances at Lavender and Harry her eyes filled with a strange panic.
"Lavender." She said picking up her bag and the last few books. Harry looked at Lavender and stood firmly beside Hermione as if protecting her.
"Harry and I haven't told any one yet. We were, uh, kind of trying to keep it a secret. We would really appreciate it if you," She said in a quivering low voice. She obviously didn't want anyone to hear.
"Would keep it a secret." Harry finished for her. His hand had slipped into Hermione's and he was gently fingering it as if reassuring her to go on.
Lavender looked slightly taken aback. Though she wasn't terribly surprised. If Harry and Hermione had been together and someone knew she would have heard about it.
"Don't worry I won't tell. Who else knows?" She asked. For some odd reason she found herself thinking of Ron. She had a strong suspicion that he didn't know.
"No one." Said Hermione. She looked pleadingly at Lavender begging her to keep the secret with her eyes alone.
"Don't worry about it, I would never tell." Lavender said smiling at Hermione reassuring her. She would not tell until Harry and Hermione told everyone themselves. She'd just forget it ever happened.
"Thanks." Hermione said. A small smile formed on her face and it almost seemed like the friendship between her and Lavender improved. With that Harry and Hermione went their separate ways. Lavender watched as Hermione went rushing off and then slowly she made her way up to the divination room after Harry.
All through class poor Lavender couldn't concentrate. She was busily thinking about the news that she had recently discovered. If she remembered correctly Ron had had a huge crush on Hermione. Hadn't Hermione turned him down or something like that after he finally confessed his love to her? She had heard that Ron had done something to Hermione and had gone just a little too fast. Still she couldn't help feeling bad for Ron. After all, love cannot be stopped.
Lavender found her eyes wandering down to Ron where he sat beside Harry. He was glowering at the Professor Trelawney. He looked so funny sitting there. He was imitating Professor Trelawney with perfection. He was throwing back his head and adjusting imaginary glasses and pretending to gaze into a crystal ball and predict Harry's death fate. Harry was laughing and trying to play along.
Lavender found herself unable to draw her eyes away from Ron. She saw his smile his sparkle in his eyes and his humor all in one moment. Harry seemed to be blocked by her view and she was only watching Ron. Thoughts began to race through her head and she wondered suddenly if…
"Mr. Weasley and Mr. Potter!" Both boys looked up and sobered up. Lavender snapped back and pretended to be looking ahead in her book.
"I predict that class is over. I predict that you two will have several more detentions before the year is ended. No need for me to add to that." Professor Trelawney said.
With that Ron and Harry ran out of the room not wanting to know what a detention with Professor Trelawney would be like at all. Lavender picked up her books and followed the others out pushing away her thoughts about Ron, that had been cut off, away for now.
It was several hours later when Harry and Hermione finally had some time alone together. All day they had been looking forward to "tonight". Now they had to wait no longer.
The last straggler had left the Griffendor common room a half and hour ago. Harry and Hermione had watched until they were sure that no one else would be awake or come back out into the common room and then slowly they had emerged from their dormitories.
Hermione watched as Harry came out of the shadowy entrance of the boys dormitory across the hall. She stayed hidden behind the door for a brief time as she watched him slowly descend down the staircase and down into the empty common room.
He ran a hand through his messy, untidy, black hair. It looked like he had tried to comb it but hadn't had much luck with it. She saw him standing near the flickering dancing light from the low fire that was still burning slightly. Surprisingly she could see the light reflecting off those emerald green pools that she was always so caught up in. Even from where she stood here on the balcony looking down upon him.
It was then that he looked up and saw her watching him. Hermione blushed having been caught staring at him but it was unnecessary. She pushed back a strand of her thick brown hair and quietly descended ever so gracefully down the steps. She was like and angel in a black robe floating gracefully upon the air. Harry had never seen Hermione like this before. She was so beautiful.
His eyes stayed upon her, as if in slow motion, Hermione walked down the stairs. It was amazing what love can do to you. Even a person doing the simplest of things, such as walking down a staircase seems like the most amazing thing on earth to watch. If Ron was there, he probably wouldn't have been so mesmerized by the beautiful Hermione like Harry was now. Because Ron wasn't truly in love with her. But Harry was.
She nearly tripped down the last two steps but as always Harry was there to catch her. Hermione turned a bright red embarrassed that she had been so clumsy and that Harry had to catch her. The same strand had fallen into her face again and as she looked up at him, he gently pushed the strand out of the way revealing her even more beautiful face. She smiled up at him gratefully. His hand brushed against her face and both of them felt the warmth radiating between her face and his hand.
She straightened herself up slowly and adjusted her clinging hold on him to a more relaxed grip. Her arms were loosely around him. He relaxed his grip on her seeing now that she could stand on her own two feet. Hermione glanced down at the ground afraid of what would happen if she met his gaze. The same as always would happen. Passionate, uncontrollable love, that's what would happen.
Harry touched her hair with his forehead and softly kissed her on the top of her head. Slowly Hermione raised her head and leaned closer to him.
Her gaze met his and there was nothing that could stop it. What they had kept bottled up all day now let loose, stronger then ever and began radiating through each other. Hermione brought her face to his and kissed him passionately. Harry answered with a kiss just as passionate as hers. So it was like a game that little kids play. They tried to see who could kiss better. If someone had seen them they would have thought the two were acting ridiculous. Love can do that to two innocent people in love.
Hermione smiled shyly up at him and then brought him into a soft kiss. It was perfect. Or it would have been if…
At the top of the steps stood a young red headed girl. She sat down quite loudly upon the steps in shock. Harry and Hermione of course didn't notice, since they were far off on another planet by this time having been so caught up in each others passion. She couldn't believe it.
Harry and Hermione together? No way! She blinked rapidly several times and pinched herself once more. Was this one of those dreams that seemed extremely real but wasn't? It had to be. It was just a very real like dream that was all it was. Ron and Hermione were supposed to be together. Not Harry and Hermione. This would never happen right beneath Ron's nose.
Ginny looked down at the two. She had known the two friends all of her life. They were always with Ron and she had grown to know them too. She could always count on Hermione. And Harry, Ginny had liked him a little more then a friend should. Ginny blushed just at the thought of her little crush on Harry. It was really Harry and Hermione. She could tell just by the way they were kissing with each other. She wasn't dreaming. This was reality! When did this happen? Ginny wondered about all this, as she watched the two longingly, wishing she was Hermione and was being kissed by Harry.
Ginny looked down and spotted her Transfiguration book in the corner on a chair. She had come out here to get it before she had seen Harry and Hermione. As much as she'd love to watch the two in their mad passion, she had to get to that Transfiguration book and finish her homework before she fell asleep. Ginny took one more glance at them. An amusing thought came to her. They probably wouldn't even notice if a Filibuster firework went off. Too bad George and Fred weren't here. Ginny started down the steps, not at all afraid that she was disturbing the two. They were in another galaxy by now.
Ginny felt a strong desire to wave her hand in front of them or dance around them or scream. She had a strong desire to do something to make her prescience known. But she just simply went and got the book. What she hadn't been planning on was that there would be a cat sitting on it.
"I thought cats stayed inside the dormitories." Ginny mumbled under her breath. The cat was asleep and Ginny had a strong feeling that if she pulled that book out that cat was going to yelp and probably attack her. Ginny glanced back at Hermione and Harry. She had been lucky so far. Closing her eyes she yanked the book out a little too quick.
"MEOW!" The cat screamed loudly. It jumped up into the air. It's tail was stuck in the book. Ginny hastily pulled it out and the cat fell back upon the chair. Ginny ducked as the cat made a snag with it's claw for her head.
There was silence for a moment and then the cat made another snag at her head. This proved successful. The cat made a scratch across her forehead.
"Stupid Cat!" Ginny said a little too loudly.
Suddenly there was a voice behind her. There was a series of syllables and the cat suddenly had a dreamy look upon it's face. It fell asleep in midair. A boy leaned down and caught and placed it back upon the chair just before it hit the floor.
Hermione came over to Ginny, her wand still out. Harry gave the cat a final pat and stood beside Hermione. They stood there facing Ginny as if bracing for the worst. They were like a team. They would stick together until the end. The friendship between them had only grown stronger.
"Thanks." Ginny said shyly looking up at them. An embarrassing look came across her face as she looked up at the two. Who almost looked angry at having been disturbed.
"No problem." Hermione said a little smile crossing her face.
There was an uneasy silence for a second or two until Ginny finally spoke.
"I saw you too." She said blushing.
Harry and Hermione stole a worried glance at each other. This was the second person who had found out. Ginny was also very close to Ron. Would she tell?
"Ginny please don't tell anyone." Hermione said in a soft pleading voice.
Ginny struggled for a moment. Ron was her older brother and like a friend to her. Did he know?
"Who else know?" Ginny asked. She would be very surprised if her brother knew.
"Only Lavender." Hermione said. She was glancing downward. She still had her wand out so that she almost looked threatening, without meaning too.
"I won't tell." Ginny said after several more moments of silence. A pang of guilt went through her as she realized she would be keeping a secret from Ron. A big secret for that matter.
"You're the best Ginny." Hermione said. She hugged the girl knowing it would take a lot for her to keep a secret from her brtother. "Thanks." She whispered drawing away. She waved to Ginny as she and Harry walked back to the fireplace and sat down in two separate chairs. Ginny started up the steps, a slight smile on her face, as she remembered the amusing scenes that had taken place that night.
Ginny looked back at them as she reached the top. She saw the two of them watching her go. Hermione smiled at her and Harry smiled slightly and gave her a slight nod. Ginny smiled back. Their secret was safe with her.
(Here's Chapter 3. Chapter 4 to be up soon. Hope you like it so far. Please review!HazelMist)