Title: Bloody Valentine - Chapter 2: Weirdness in Classes
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Author notes: Ok, thanks for the reviews! Here is chapter two.
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The first lesson of the day was History of Magic. Hermione walked into the room with her two friends at each side. She went and sat in her usual place. Ron took out his History of Magic book which he had put a spell on to be as soft as a pillow so that he could sleep the lessons. Hermione has been telling Ron off but then she had realised that it was no use telling Ron to do anything, he wouldn't listen anyway.
Harry didn't need any pillow to sleep. Instantly has he had sat down his head dropped onto the desk and he started snoring.
Hermione rolled her eyes and turned to her left were Lavender and Parvati were gossiping. Lavender started telling Hermione the whole Terry-Blaise-Parvati triangle. Obviously Terry had gone out with Parvati just to get his ex-girlfriend Blaise jealous. It had worked and Blaise had gone to Terry this morning that she really wanted him back and that she had made a mistake. And then Terry had told Blaise that he didn't love her anymore that she was in love with somebody else. As Lavender said 'somebody else' she winked at Parvati and they both drowned in giggles. Hermione just smiled to be polite but, honestly, she didn't give a damn if Terry had an affair with the giant squid. Ok, that would be kind of intresting, Hermione thought after a while and smiled.
"So!" Lavender almost yelled when she noticed Hermione wasn't paying attention. "Me and Seamus are having our 9 month anniversary next week and he said that he would do something special." After 'special' Lavender and Parvati giggled again.
"How nice," Hermione said trying to sound interested. Lavender and Parvati stopped giggling instead they were smiling like too mad women.
"So, Hermione," Lavender began, "How is your love life?" Oh my god, Hermione thought. Can't they just give it up? Lavender and Parvati asked that question at least two times a week. And Hermione always replied with "Huh, you know… Nothing special going on." She was sick of that reply so she decided to try something else.
"Haha," Hermione said. "What love life?" Hermione laughed awkwardly.
"Honestly, Hermione" Parvati began. "You are best friends with two of the most gorgeous guys at school. How do you keep your hands off them?" Hermione tried not to laugh.
"You know," Hermione replied. "I can't honestly. Me and Ron have been secret lovers for ages. I tried to get Harry too but he had that whole Hannah thing, you know. But I don't know. I think Hannah and Harry has some off-season right now, so now might be the right time to strike." This is the best moment ever, Hermione thought as she saw Lavender's and Parvati's widening eyes. Hermione couldn't keep a straight face anymore. She started laughing. At first Lavender and Parvati looked at each other puzzled but then they started laugh too, though very uncertainly.
"You should have seen your faces!" Hermione said between laughs. Suddenly someone poked Hermione in the shoulder. She turned around to see that it was Ron.
"What's so funny?" he asked.
"I told them about us," she said trying to hide a smile. Ron looked puzzled. "You know, me and you, being secret lovers and all that." she said. Ron now look even more puzzled. First he looked at Lavender and Parvati who were giggling and then at Hermione who had a grin on her face.
"What," he managed to get out. Hermione burst out laughing.
"Honestly, Ron," she said. "Don't you have any humor at all? You, with your always so smart comments," Ron was about the reply but Hermione didn't listen because she had started browsing through her History of Magic book. Suddenly she stopped and saw that there was a parchment inside pages 23 and 24 similar to the one she had gotten at breakfast. Hermione looked at it and saw that it had the letter 'R' written on it. Weird, Hermione thought, very weird. She turned to Ron to ask if the parchment rang a bell but she saw that he was asleep on his History of Magic book. At least he was pretending too. She looked at Harry who was too asleep. Honestly, she thought, why don't they sleep at night? Ok, she could understand Harry. He had black under his eyes and looked like he hadn't had a proper meal in days. Ron on the other hand was grinning. Dreaming of something pleasant I see, she thought. She had the urge to poke at Ron but resisted, instead she looked at the parchment she had received. She tried to find clues on the parchment but it seemed that it was just a regular parchment with the letter 'R' written on it with regular ink. She came up with an idea and rummaged after the other parchment in her bag. She found the envelope and reviewed it. There was nothing unusual with the envelope. She opened it and took out the parchment and stretched it out. Hermione jumped in surprise. It had the letter 'M' written on it. I am positively sure that it had the letter 'B' when I was at breakfast, she thought and felt a little annoyed. Who was playing with her like that? Hermione looked in the envelope again and found the parchment with the 'B' on that she had received at breakfast. She took placed them all on the table. It made no sense to her whatsoever.
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Later Hermione felt a little guilty about not doing anything in History of Magic class. She decided to make it up later in the evening. Harry had disappeared mysteriously right after class. Herbology was up next so Ron and Hermione headed down to the greenhouses. When they reached the greenhouses they saw that Parvati was down on her knees on the ground, shaking. She was obviously crying. Lavender went down on her knees as well and put a comforting hand on her shoulder and started whispering something to her. This obviously calmed her down because she stopped shaking. Hermione looked at Ron with a questioning look. Ron just shrugged and walked past Parvati and Lavender.
Hermione had seen Parvati cry before but usually not like this. The last time she had cried like this was when Ron had broken up with her after a little fling. Parvati had thought it would be something serious but Hermione had heard Ron talking to Harry. He had just been playing with her. Hermione had gotten very angry and had a big argument with Ron. Later he had promised her that he would never play with a girls feelings, ever. This time it couldn't be anything Ron related.
Hermione walked to Parvati, who was still sobbing, and Lavender as softly as she could, not to make Parvati more upset.
"Hey," she said softly, "What's going on?" Hermione had excepted a nice reply. Well, she didn't get one. When Lavender and Parvati saw that Hermione was standing there they both shot dangerous glares at her.
"Ask that best friend of yours," Lavender said angrily. At first Hermione looked offended, then she though Ron! Hermione ran towards Ron who was chatting with Seamus and Neville outside the greenhouse.
"RON!" Hermione yelled, though he was just a few metres before her. "I need to speak with you alone, please." Neville and Seamus backed quickly away when they saw that Hermione was in an angry mood, and disappeared to the grounds.
"What is it?" Ron said nicely.
"I thought I told to stop playing with Parvati! So stop it! Right now!" Hermione yelled in Ron's face. Ron's mouth fell open.
"What?" he said raising one eyebrow, "I haven't been playing with Parvati! I haven't even spoken with her for months! You know she hates me!" Ron was about to continue but stopped as Harry came over to them.
"What's with the yelling?" he said as though saying 'How's the weather?'. Hermione and Ron didn't get the chance to reply as Lavender joined them.
"Hello Ron," she said looking at him. "Hello Hermione," Lavender looked at Hermione and then turned to Harry. "Harry." Hermione and Ron looked at each other with the same question in mind. What the hell is going on? Lavender and Harry stared at each other for a moment then Lavender raised her hand and slapped Harry in the face. Both Hermione's and Ron's mouth's dropped open. Harry, on the other hand, hadn't changed expression. He looked at Lavender walking down to Parvati with a blank look.
"Harry!" Hermione managed to speak after a while of silence. "What the bloody hell was that? What's going on?" Harry seemed eager not to answer and tried to find words to explain the recent events but failed. Ron's patient ran out as he waited for Harry's reply.
"What - is - going - on?" he said calmly. "Someone cut your tongue?"
Harry saw Professor Sprout walking towards the greenhouses and said quickly, "Oh, it's nothing. Really." Harry felt relieved. He knew that Hermione and Ron wouldn't question him during Professor Sprouts lesson. He really wasn't in the mood telling anybody anything.
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There was definitely something going on. Hannah ignored Harry during the whole Herbology class and Harry kept looking miserably at her. Hermione and Ron didn't get the chance to talk to him during class but right after Professor Sprout had let them out Ron grabbed Harry's arm and dragged him away from the castle. Hermione followed them.
"Ok," Ron spoke in a demanding voice. "Speak."
There was a short silence then Harry spoke. "Ok, ok," he said. "I'll tell, but it's just nothing, really. Me and Hannah just had a little argument. That's all." Both Ron and Hermione raised their eyebrows.
"A little argument, huh?" Ron said. "Then what was the thing with Lavender and Parvati?" Harry mumbled something in reply but neither Ron or Hermione heard him.
"What?" Hermione said. "I didn't hear you."
"Hannah caught me snogging with Parvati." Harry said. Ron's and Hermione's mouth's dropped open for the fourth time that day.
"What? How? When?" said Ron. "And may I repeat, What?"
"Well, yesterday when I came from Hannah's I felt little miserably 'cause she wants to keep sneaking around and all that, she doesn't want people to know about us and, well, I do. And then when I was about to come back to the tower I met Parvati and she sort of threw herself at me. It's all sort of a blur. And then we suddenly we were kissing and then Hannah came back and she saw us. She ran away quickly, so I didn't get the chance explain things. And now she is ignoring me." Harry stopped playing with his fingers and looked at Ron and Hermione for some response.
"Well, what is there to explain?" Hermione said dryly. "You cheated. Period." Harry blinked at Hermione.
"You're accusing me?" he said. "It was Parvati who threw herself at me,"
Hermione looked outraged and said, "Oh my god! I can't believe you are saying that!" Harry was about to reply when Ron interrupted.
"Stop it!" Ron said, waving his hands. "Harry, if I may ask, why was Parvati crying and why did Lavender slap you?"
Harry shrugged. "Well, Terry Boot found out about it somehow today and broke up with Parvati or something. I don't know if you can break up with someone who you aren't really dating, but, anyway, I think Parvati and Lavender think that it was me who spilled it out to Terry but it wasn't. I don't know how he found out. And just before I went to Herbology I saw Terry and Blaise walking very close to each other in the corridors. So I don't think Parvati is in any good position right now." When Harry was done Hermione crossed her arms, obviously still thinking the whole thing was Harry's fault.
Ron just nodded and said, "Ok. So now we know. Let's go to Lunch. I'm hungry from all these confusing love triangles." Harry and Ron started walking towards the castle. Hermione was about to follow them when she noticed a black owl hooting above her head.
"Oh no!" she said when she saw what the owl had come to deliver to her. It was the same kind of envelope she had gotten at breakfast. "Not those bloody messages again!"
The owl dropped the envelope on Hermione's head and disappeared. Hermione took the envelope and took out a parchment with a big 'O' and then 'times two' scribbled on it.
"Huh," she said to herself and hurried after Ron and Harry, who were by the castle already, to eat lunch and worry about the messages later.
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I already know this is gonna be short, so a few chapter left, everybody! So review and the next chapter will be here soon…
