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appreciate it. I sound like a broken record. " * laughs * "Here is Chapter
4 of the dreaded sequel. Another Chapter to come ASAP. And I'll try not to
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Chapter 4
The night had ended about a half an hour after Ginny left for bed at last. Harry and Hermione had stayed up together by the warm fire laughing, talking, and yes, there was some kissing, flirting and hugging also. It was two in the morning when they both were unable to hide the yawns and nodding of heads that kept taking a hold of them. For after all it was rather late and they were both pretty tired after such a long day.
Harry didn't want their time to end. He had wanted to be with Hermione every minute of the day and this seemed to be the only time that they had the chance. It was a shame that this all had to end. When would they be able to meet again? Would they be able to meet at all? Harry tried to hide the yawn that was coming over him but he couldn't help it. He just couldn't stop one little yawn.
Hermione laughed watching Harry as he attempted to hide one of his several yawns. She stopped and yawned herself. She couldn't help but feel tired and sleepy. She just wished she could just fall asleep in Harry's arms right here. She felt her head nodding off it was leaning toward Harry's shoulder.
"No." Hermione said shaking her head jerking herself back and awake. She couldn't let everyone in Griffendor House find Harry and her sleeping innocently by the fire tomorrow. Everyone would know for sure then that they were together. The whole school would know by the end of the day that was for sure.
Harry sighed and smiled weakly at her. Hermione still found herself starting to blush whenever he gave her his full attention and a smile. But there was no reason to blush now. There was nothing stopping her from doing this. She leaned over and kissed his lips softly with hers. She felt him pulling her into the kiss but she reluctantly pulled away.
"I think we better get some sleep. If everyone saw me and you falling asleep in every class they might suspect something." She said with a laugh.
"Especially if Miss. Granger, their best student, fell asleep in one of their lessons. That would be a surprise and a shock for everyone." He said grinning slyly at her. "Heaven forbid I keep Miss. Granger from staying awake in class tomorrow." Harry continued.
"You're worth it." She said with a smile. Then with a goodnight kiss Hermione hurried up the steps.
Harry watched her go and watched her blow him a kiss before she disappeared into the Girls Dormitory. Harry sat back down in the chair by the fire. He sat there for another ten minutes thinking about Hermione and him. Why did they have to keep this so secret? Couldn't they just let it all out in the open? Harry sighed and at last pulled himself up into the Boys Dormitory where he immediately fell asleep. He was just too tired….
"Harry!" Harry jolted awake at the loud voice in his ear. He sat up quickly pulling his glasses off from the table beside his bed and putting them on. He rubbed his tired eyes. It seemed like his head had only hit the pillow a moment ago. But he had definitely slept longer.
His eyes adjusted to the light. The sun was shining brightly into the room through the open window, too brightly for his liking. He checked the clock. It was nine o'clock. No wonder why! He was going to be late for class if he didn't get on the move sometime in the next minute.
Harry rushed into the bathroom quickly and quickly changed into his clothes for the day and his robe. He tried to get a comb through his hair but gave up and hurriedly brushed his teeth. He grabbed his books and his homework for the day and hurried out into the Common room.
Someone grabbed a hold of his shoulder and pulled him back before he nearly fell down the staircase.
"Harry what's wrong with you today?! First I had to wake you up and now you nearly fall down the stairs on me."
Harry turned around and saw Hermione standing there her hand still gripping his shoulder and her other hand holding her large pile of books and the bag over her shoulder. An amusing smile crossed her face. And he could see a hint of laughter in her pretty brown eyes that he loved. Harry could hardly tell that Hermione had been out at all last night. Except for the fact that he had been the one keeping her up. Harry was almost glad to see a little bit of red tiredness beneath her eyes. He laughed in spite of himself.
"Were you out late Mr. Potter?!" Hermione pretended to scold him. But the laughter brightened in her eyes.
"What would make you think that I was?" Harry put on his best look of innocence.
"Mr. Potter I suggest you don't go wondering the halls at night. You need your rest. We wouldn't want you falling asleep in Professor Binn's class now would we?" Hermione said in a matter of fact tone.
"Yes Professor Granger." Harry sighed.
"So you were out last night." Hermione said. Her eyes widened and if Harry didn't know any better he would have thought Hermione was finding all this out for the very first time. Hermione was clever and if she wasn't going to go into an educational job she should definitely consider acting. She was doing a marvelous job of putting on a show. Several other students in the common room were now noticing the two. Hermione began to circle Harry, looking at him suspiciously.
"With who?" She asked stopping in front of him.
"No one." He grinned at her and ran down the steps and out of the common room. Hermione followed grinning also, she tried to hide her grin. They reached the corridor, climbing out of the portrait together. Harry turned to Hermione but his eyes fell upon another person. It was Ron. Who was looking curiously at the two. Something was going on, he could tell. Ron thought to himself.
"What's so funny?" Ron asked sounding a little sterner and colder then he had meant to be.
"Harry was out late last night with someone." Hermione burst out. She was grinning like a little kid having just heard someone had a crush on someone and was now trying to coax the name out of him or her.
"So. It's no big deal." Said Harry shrugging it off. He made it look like he blushed a little bit. This was becoming more fun as Hermione and him went along. They were still acting. Ron looked at Harry and noticed the blush. A smile or a smirk crossed his face. Harry couldn't tell which one it was.
"Did I just see Harry blush?" Ron said his smile or smirk was spreading across his face.
"I think Harry was out with a girl." Hermione said. She flashed a bright smile and her eyes widened once more.
"I was not." Harry said pretending to glare.
"Harry I can see it in your eyes." Ron said. Truthfully he did see it. Harry had been love for a week or two it seemed. Ron had even noticed that. Though he had never found who the girl was. Ron was almost surprised with himself. He hadn't taken the time to find the girl. It was a shame. It would've been fun to catch them kissing or sweet-talking with each other. Maybe he would try to find out who she was. Maybe he would try to walk in on them. Ron could feel a smile crossing his face as he thought about this.
"Harry was out with a girl!" Hermione said in a sing song voice. She was grinning from ear to ear. She seemed to be having a blast. She needs to get out more so she can have more fun like this, Ron was thinking. Harry on the other hand was thinking about how beautiful she looked and how he wished he could just kiss her in front of Ron.
"Who is this girl?" Hermione asked. She was really getting into this.
"Come on Harry just tell us. You know we're going to find out if you don't." Ron said.
That was all it took. Harry and Hermione quickly met each other's gaze. Panic was in both pairs of eyes. Oh great now Ron is going to try to find out who it is, Harry thought. And then he'll walk in one Harry and he and he'll be so mad, Hermione was thinking. They quickly looked away and kept their faces from showing their true emotions. Harry was even wondering if he should lie about who it was. No, he didn't want to lie to Ron. He would just keep it a secret, until Ron finds out. Harry gulped but managed a pretend blush and a smile.
"I'm not telling. Just forget I even told you guys." He walked away smiling. Ron kept hounding him and Hermione would put in a few words every now and then, but Ron noticed that Hermione seemed more interested in her homework now. Maybe she just had her share of fun for the day already, he thought as they walked along to class.
Little did they know but another figure had heard this whole conversation. He watched from the shadows and chose not to make a comment for the first time in his life. He felt that there was more to come. More that he was going to find out over the course of the day. And little did he know but the silent witness was right.
Ron couldn't help but think about the girl that Harry liked. More then ever he wanted to know. All during class his mind wandered. He thought about every likely girl at Hogwarts carefully examining each one. Cho Chang, no Harry hadn't been speaking to her and she seemed, well, kind of in a depression. He knew that Harry blamed himself for Cedric's death and would never even think about becoming Cho's boyfriend. He just knew. If it wasn't Cho then who was it?
Ron's thoughts began to wander to the Griffendor girls. Lavender, Parvati and Hermione, or was it one of the older or younger girls? Parvati was too thick for him and besides if he had liked her he would have made his move at the dance already. If he were going out with Parvati the whole school would know by now. His thoughts reverted to Ginny. Could it be? No, Ginny would have told him. But in his mind they had always been meant to be, so maybe. He'd get back to that one. Lavender, no she was just too beautiful and fun for Harry.
Ron stopped had he just thought that? He couldn't believe it. No, Lavender was just, well, she just wasn't for Harry. Hermione, god no, Hermione was his and Harry knew this. Besides Hermione was in love with someone else and she definitely wouldn't have been questioning Harry if she was the one. Ron became a little amused at the thought of a Harry and Hermione relationship. It would never happen he thought with a laugh. It was going to be Hermione and Ron all the way. Hermione just had to see this. But who was Harry with then?
"Ron class is over." Hermione said to Ron awaking him from his thoughts. Harry and her had gathered their books together and were waiting for him. Lavender walked cautiously over to Harry and Hermione and waited also for him, but at a distance.
The four of them walked to lunch. Ron didn't seem to mind Lavender's prescience and neither did Harry and Hermione. Maybe Lavender was dating Harry. It was a possibility. But it just didn't seem right. The four walked down to the Griffendor table and had their lunch. Ron was so busy thinking that he hadn't noticed Lavender leave them with a sad look upon her face to go sit with Parvati. He never seemed to ever notice her. Lavender wondered why she even bothered trying. But somehow there was now a similarity between them, a reason and possibility for friendship between them.
Lavender watched now as her suspicions were confirmed true. Parvati was in love with Seamus. And Seamus was in love with her. Lavender got up from the table disgusted. It would only be a matter of time before those two became a pair and then she would have no one. Just like Ron when he finds out about Harry and Hermione. But bravely she pushed these thoughts to the back of her mind and sat back down beside Parvati. She would brave the storm while she could. But it would only be a few days or maybe a week or so before…
"Is something wrong?" Parvati asked. Her friend was looking really shaken up but she had been so busy talking to Seamus that she hadn't noticed.
"I'm fine." Lavender said with a weak smile. But even Parvati knew she wasn't.
"Darn we have potions next." Ron groaned.
"Maybe potions wouldn't be so bad if we didn't have it with Snape." Said Harry staring down at his plate.
"Or if we didn't have it with the Slytherins." Added Hermione thoughtfully.
"Or Malfoy." Ron finished. With a look of disgust upon his face he walked down to the Potions dungeon with Harry and Hermione who were no more happy then him.
Ron tried to make it look like he was concentrating on Snapes lesson. But his mind wandered through his previous thoughts. This was driving him crazy. He couldn't stand the suspense. He needed to know! Why won't Harry just tell me so I don't have to go through this painful situation where I'm just dying to know who this girl is!
"Mr. Weasley!" Ron looked up Snape was talking to him. He was looking very angry. Uh oh now he was in trouble. He looked about him. Harry and Hermione were working at one station together and were now peeking over their shoulder at him hoping he wasn't in too much trouble. He was working beside a very confused Lavender. He had been so consumed by his thoughts that he had burnt their potion and it was now smoking and a swirling red color.
"Sorry Lavender. I was just not thinking about what I was doing." He said feeling he should apologize to her.
"It's okay." She said with a smile.
"Mr. Weasley and Miss. Brown!" Snapes voice cut through the classroom and both of them kind of jumped at the sound of his shrill voice.
"Professor I" But Ron was cut off by a loud bang. Their potion proceeded to start to bubble over the sides and smoke filled the room rapidly. Students began to scream and yell and run for the door. Ron didn't notice Harry put a comforting hand on Hermione's shoulder and steer her safely out the door.
"Everyone out!" Snape yelled as the smoke began to choke the air. Ron started out of the classroom when he noticed Lavender wasn't there with him. He turned back toward where the smoke was thickest, where he could only guess the potion and perhaps Lavender was.
Coughing and choking on the thick and smelly smoke that was blinding him and filling his lungs he slammed into a desk and fell to the ground. Something knocked over and the burner went out. The potion stopped smoking. Ron sighed in relief and felt around until he found what he was looking for. Beneath the desk lay a figure that he could only barely make out in the clearing smoke. He touched her. Was she okay?
"Lavender?" There was no answer but it was no doubt that it was Lavender. The smoke cleared and soon he was able to see her pretty face and hair. Her eyes were closed shut and it appeared that she was either asleep or unconscious. She was curled up beneath the desk. The potion had gotten onto her robe and was still dripping off the desk onto her on the floor. Quickly he pushed the potion further away from the edge of the table and then slowly he bent down beside her. What was wrong with her? Why wasn't she waking up?!
Harry outside in the hallway was standing beside Hermione. His hand was entwined with hers. He kissed her forehead when he thought no one was looking and then they let go of hands.
"Thanks." Said Hermione in a low voice. She leaned a little on him but only a little more then a friend should dare.
One person saw this, as it was all happening. He watched as Hermione and Harry stood very close together. They had completely forgotten about that Weasley boy. And hadn't he seen Harry steer Hermione safely outside. That was it he knew the whole story. He was the same person who had been in the shadows listening to their earlier conversation. The very same person now had a smirk upon his face. Now he knew the truth. Harry and Hermione were in Lover. L-O-V-E! Why hadn't he seen it before? Oh he couldn't wait to use this as a weapon against them! Draco Malfoy couldn't help but laugh aloud!
"Where's Ron?" Hermione asked. She didn't like the sound of Malfoy's laugh and she realized that they didn't have Ron to hold as they usually did when Malfoy got on their nerves.
Harry and Hermione met each others gaze and quickly read each others mind it seemed. They quickly pushed their way through the crowd that was standing near the potions classroom door. Heart pounding they jostled through the students. They had to find Ron. How could they have forgotten him?
Harry and Hermione coughed and spluttered and opened their eyes to the shocking scene before them when they reached the front of the crowd. There was Ron knelt upon the ground over a figure.
Ron shook the figure once more as Harry and Hermione came up beside him. He didn't notice them, for his eyes were glued to the girl that was lying slumped upon the floor. It was his entire fault. Everything was his entire fault! How could he be so stupid! She had to be alright she just had too!
"Lavender!" He cried.
The figure stayed the same.
( A cliff hanger! Alright so maybe I put too much Ron and Lavender in there but this idea just came to me as I was writing this. Hope you like it. Review pretty please!HazelMist)
Chapter 4
The night had ended about a half an hour after Ginny left for bed at last. Harry and Hermione had stayed up together by the warm fire laughing, talking, and yes, there was some kissing, flirting and hugging also. It was two in the morning when they both were unable to hide the yawns and nodding of heads that kept taking a hold of them. For after all it was rather late and they were both pretty tired after such a long day.
Harry didn't want their time to end. He had wanted to be with Hermione every minute of the day and this seemed to be the only time that they had the chance. It was a shame that this all had to end. When would they be able to meet again? Would they be able to meet at all? Harry tried to hide the yawn that was coming over him but he couldn't help it. He just couldn't stop one little yawn.
Hermione laughed watching Harry as he attempted to hide one of his several yawns. She stopped and yawned herself. She couldn't help but feel tired and sleepy. She just wished she could just fall asleep in Harry's arms right here. She felt her head nodding off it was leaning toward Harry's shoulder.
"No." Hermione said shaking her head jerking herself back and awake. She couldn't let everyone in Griffendor House find Harry and her sleeping innocently by the fire tomorrow. Everyone would know for sure then that they were together. The whole school would know by the end of the day that was for sure.
Harry sighed and smiled weakly at her. Hermione still found herself starting to blush whenever he gave her his full attention and a smile. But there was no reason to blush now. There was nothing stopping her from doing this. She leaned over and kissed his lips softly with hers. She felt him pulling her into the kiss but she reluctantly pulled away.
"I think we better get some sleep. If everyone saw me and you falling asleep in every class they might suspect something." She said with a laugh.
"Especially if Miss. Granger, their best student, fell asleep in one of their lessons. That would be a surprise and a shock for everyone." He said grinning slyly at her. "Heaven forbid I keep Miss. Granger from staying awake in class tomorrow." Harry continued.
"You're worth it." She said with a smile. Then with a goodnight kiss Hermione hurried up the steps.
Harry watched her go and watched her blow him a kiss before she disappeared into the Girls Dormitory. Harry sat back down in the chair by the fire. He sat there for another ten minutes thinking about Hermione and him. Why did they have to keep this so secret? Couldn't they just let it all out in the open? Harry sighed and at last pulled himself up into the Boys Dormitory where he immediately fell asleep. He was just too tired….
"Harry!" Harry jolted awake at the loud voice in his ear. He sat up quickly pulling his glasses off from the table beside his bed and putting them on. He rubbed his tired eyes. It seemed like his head had only hit the pillow a moment ago. But he had definitely slept longer.
His eyes adjusted to the light. The sun was shining brightly into the room through the open window, too brightly for his liking. He checked the clock. It was nine o'clock. No wonder why! He was going to be late for class if he didn't get on the move sometime in the next minute.
Harry rushed into the bathroom quickly and quickly changed into his clothes for the day and his robe. He tried to get a comb through his hair but gave up and hurriedly brushed his teeth. He grabbed his books and his homework for the day and hurried out into the Common room.
Someone grabbed a hold of his shoulder and pulled him back before he nearly fell down the staircase.
"Harry what's wrong with you today?! First I had to wake you up and now you nearly fall down the stairs on me."
Harry turned around and saw Hermione standing there her hand still gripping his shoulder and her other hand holding her large pile of books and the bag over her shoulder. An amusing smile crossed her face. And he could see a hint of laughter in her pretty brown eyes that he loved. Harry could hardly tell that Hermione had been out at all last night. Except for the fact that he had been the one keeping her up. Harry was almost glad to see a little bit of red tiredness beneath her eyes. He laughed in spite of himself.
"Were you out late Mr. Potter?!" Hermione pretended to scold him. But the laughter brightened in her eyes.
"What would make you think that I was?" Harry put on his best look of innocence.
"Mr. Potter I suggest you don't go wondering the halls at night. You need your rest. We wouldn't want you falling asleep in Professor Binn's class now would we?" Hermione said in a matter of fact tone.
"Yes Professor Granger." Harry sighed.
"So you were out last night." Hermione said. Her eyes widened and if Harry didn't know any better he would have thought Hermione was finding all this out for the very first time. Hermione was clever and if she wasn't going to go into an educational job she should definitely consider acting. She was doing a marvelous job of putting on a show. Several other students in the common room were now noticing the two. Hermione began to circle Harry, looking at him suspiciously.
"With who?" She asked stopping in front of him.
"No one." He grinned at her and ran down the steps and out of the common room. Hermione followed grinning also, she tried to hide her grin. They reached the corridor, climbing out of the portrait together. Harry turned to Hermione but his eyes fell upon another person. It was Ron. Who was looking curiously at the two. Something was going on, he could tell. Ron thought to himself.
"What's so funny?" Ron asked sounding a little sterner and colder then he had meant to be.
"Harry was out late last night with someone." Hermione burst out. She was grinning like a little kid having just heard someone had a crush on someone and was now trying to coax the name out of him or her.
"So. It's no big deal." Said Harry shrugging it off. He made it look like he blushed a little bit. This was becoming more fun as Hermione and him went along. They were still acting. Ron looked at Harry and noticed the blush. A smile or a smirk crossed his face. Harry couldn't tell which one it was.
"Did I just see Harry blush?" Ron said his smile or smirk was spreading across his face.
"I think Harry was out with a girl." Hermione said. She flashed a bright smile and her eyes widened once more.
"I was not." Harry said pretending to glare.
"Harry I can see it in your eyes." Ron said. Truthfully he did see it. Harry had been love for a week or two it seemed. Ron had even noticed that. Though he had never found who the girl was. Ron was almost surprised with himself. He hadn't taken the time to find the girl. It was a shame. It would've been fun to catch them kissing or sweet-talking with each other. Maybe he would try to find out who she was. Maybe he would try to walk in on them. Ron could feel a smile crossing his face as he thought about this.
"Harry was out with a girl!" Hermione said in a sing song voice. She was grinning from ear to ear. She seemed to be having a blast. She needs to get out more so she can have more fun like this, Ron was thinking. Harry on the other hand was thinking about how beautiful she looked and how he wished he could just kiss her in front of Ron.
"Who is this girl?" Hermione asked. She was really getting into this.
"Come on Harry just tell us. You know we're going to find out if you don't." Ron said.
That was all it took. Harry and Hermione quickly met each other's gaze. Panic was in both pairs of eyes. Oh great now Ron is going to try to find out who it is, Harry thought. And then he'll walk in one Harry and he and he'll be so mad, Hermione was thinking. They quickly looked away and kept their faces from showing their true emotions. Harry was even wondering if he should lie about who it was. No, he didn't want to lie to Ron. He would just keep it a secret, until Ron finds out. Harry gulped but managed a pretend blush and a smile.
"I'm not telling. Just forget I even told you guys." He walked away smiling. Ron kept hounding him and Hermione would put in a few words every now and then, but Ron noticed that Hermione seemed more interested in her homework now. Maybe she just had her share of fun for the day already, he thought as they walked along to class.
Little did they know but another figure had heard this whole conversation. He watched from the shadows and chose not to make a comment for the first time in his life. He felt that there was more to come. More that he was going to find out over the course of the day. And little did he know but the silent witness was right.
Ron couldn't help but think about the girl that Harry liked. More then ever he wanted to know. All during class his mind wandered. He thought about every likely girl at Hogwarts carefully examining each one. Cho Chang, no Harry hadn't been speaking to her and she seemed, well, kind of in a depression. He knew that Harry blamed himself for Cedric's death and would never even think about becoming Cho's boyfriend. He just knew. If it wasn't Cho then who was it?
Ron's thoughts began to wander to the Griffendor girls. Lavender, Parvati and Hermione, or was it one of the older or younger girls? Parvati was too thick for him and besides if he had liked her he would have made his move at the dance already. If he were going out with Parvati the whole school would know by now. His thoughts reverted to Ginny. Could it be? No, Ginny would have told him. But in his mind they had always been meant to be, so maybe. He'd get back to that one. Lavender, no she was just too beautiful and fun for Harry.
Ron stopped had he just thought that? He couldn't believe it. No, Lavender was just, well, she just wasn't for Harry. Hermione, god no, Hermione was his and Harry knew this. Besides Hermione was in love with someone else and she definitely wouldn't have been questioning Harry if she was the one. Ron became a little amused at the thought of a Harry and Hermione relationship. It would never happen he thought with a laugh. It was going to be Hermione and Ron all the way. Hermione just had to see this. But who was Harry with then?
"Ron class is over." Hermione said to Ron awaking him from his thoughts. Harry and her had gathered their books together and were waiting for him. Lavender walked cautiously over to Harry and Hermione and waited also for him, but at a distance.
The four of them walked to lunch. Ron didn't seem to mind Lavender's prescience and neither did Harry and Hermione. Maybe Lavender was dating Harry. It was a possibility. But it just didn't seem right. The four walked down to the Griffendor table and had their lunch. Ron was so busy thinking that he hadn't noticed Lavender leave them with a sad look upon her face to go sit with Parvati. He never seemed to ever notice her. Lavender wondered why she even bothered trying. But somehow there was now a similarity between them, a reason and possibility for friendship between them.
Lavender watched now as her suspicions were confirmed true. Parvati was in love with Seamus. And Seamus was in love with her. Lavender got up from the table disgusted. It would only be a matter of time before those two became a pair and then she would have no one. Just like Ron when he finds out about Harry and Hermione. But bravely she pushed these thoughts to the back of her mind and sat back down beside Parvati. She would brave the storm while she could. But it would only be a few days or maybe a week or so before…
"Is something wrong?" Parvati asked. Her friend was looking really shaken up but she had been so busy talking to Seamus that she hadn't noticed.
"I'm fine." Lavender said with a weak smile. But even Parvati knew she wasn't.
"Darn we have potions next." Ron groaned.
"Maybe potions wouldn't be so bad if we didn't have it with Snape." Said Harry staring down at his plate.
"Or if we didn't have it with the Slytherins." Added Hermione thoughtfully.
"Or Malfoy." Ron finished. With a look of disgust upon his face he walked down to the Potions dungeon with Harry and Hermione who were no more happy then him.
Ron tried to make it look like he was concentrating on Snapes lesson. But his mind wandered through his previous thoughts. This was driving him crazy. He couldn't stand the suspense. He needed to know! Why won't Harry just tell me so I don't have to go through this painful situation where I'm just dying to know who this girl is!
"Mr. Weasley!" Ron looked up Snape was talking to him. He was looking very angry. Uh oh now he was in trouble. He looked about him. Harry and Hermione were working at one station together and were now peeking over their shoulder at him hoping he wasn't in too much trouble. He was working beside a very confused Lavender. He had been so consumed by his thoughts that he had burnt their potion and it was now smoking and a swirling red color.
"Sorry Lavender. I was just not thinking about what I was doing." He said feeling he should apologize to her.
"It's okay." She said with a smile.
"Mr. Weasley and Miss. Brown!" Snapes voice cut through the classroom and both of them kind of jumped at the sound of his shrill voice.
"Professor I" But Ron was cut off by a loud bang. Their potion proceeded to start to bubble over the sides and smoke filled the room rapidly. Students began to scream and yell and run for the door. Ron didn't notice Harry put a comforting hand on Hermione's shoulder and steer her safely out the door.
"Everyone out!" Snape yelled as the smoke began to choke the air. Ron started out of the classroom when he noticed Lavender wasn't there with him. He turned back toward where the smoke was thickest, where he could only guess the potion and perhaps Lavender was.
Coughing and choking on the thick and smelly smoke that was blinding him and filling his lungs he slammed into a desk and fell to the ground. Something knocked over and the burner went out. The potion stopped smoking. Ron sighed in relief and felt around until he found what he was looking for. Beneath the desk lay a figure that he could only barely make out in the clearing smoke. He touched her. Was she okay?
"Lavender?" There was no answer but it was no doubt that it was Lavender. The smoke cleared and soon he was able to see her pretty face and hair. Her eyes were closed shut and it appeared that she was either asleep or unconscious. She was curled up beneath the desk. The potion had gotten onto her robe and was still dripping off the desk onto her on the floor. Quickly he pushed the potion further away from the edge of the table and then slowly he bent down beside her. What was wrong with her? Why wasn't she waking up?!
Harry outside in the hallway was standing beside Hermione. His hand was entwined with hers. He kissed her forehead when he thought no one was looking and then they let go of hands.
"Thanks." Said Hermione in a low voice. She leaned a little on him but only a little more then a friend should dare.
One person saw this, as it was all happening. He watched as Hermione and Harry stood very close together. They had completely forgotten about that Weasley boy. And hadn't he seen Harry steer Hermione safely outside. That was it he knew the whole story. He was the same person who had been in the shadows listening to their earlier conversation. The very same person now had a smirk upon his face. Now he knew the truth. Harry and Hermione were in Lover. L-O-V-E! Why hadn't he seen it before? Oh he couldn't wait to use this as a weapon against them! Draco Malfoy couldn't help but laugh aloud!
"Where's Ron?" Hermione asked. She didn't like the sound of Malfoy's laugh and she realized that they didn't have Ron to hold as they usually did when Malfoy got on their nerves.
Harry and Hermione met each others gaze and quickly read each others mind it seemed. They quickly pushed their way through the crowd that was standing near the potions classroom door. Heart pounding they jostled through the students. They had to find Ron. How could they have forgotten him?
Harry and Hermione coughed and spluttered and opened their eyes to the shocking scene before them when they reached the front of the crowd. There was Ron knelt upon the ground over a figure.
Ron shook the figure once more as Harry and Hermione came up beside him. He didn't notice them, for his eyes were glued to the girl that was lying slumped upon the floor. It was his entire fault. Everything was his entire fault! How could he be so stupid! She had to be alright she just had too!
"Lavender!" He cried.
The figure stayed the same.
( A cliff hanger! Alright so maybe I put too much Ron and Lavender in there but this idea just came to me as I was writing this. Hope you like it. Review pretty please!HazelMist)