Red and Green
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Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters are copyright of the wonderful J.K Rowling.
Author: HPFan
Title: Red and Green
Chapter 2: A "Krum"my Realization
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"Um, Hermione, could Harry and I talk to you for a minute?" Ron asked.
"Sure, go ahead."
"Alone?"
"Oh, of course! Victor, do you mind?"
"Vell, I guess not." Victor sighed as he slouched away.
Ron grabbed Hermione and Harry by their arms and dragged them away from the house. Once he was sure they were well out of earshot, he began yelling at Hermione.
"What is he doing here?"
Hermione flushed scarlet. "Well, I went over to his house for the beginning of the summer, but then my parents thought it might be a nice idea for him to come over to my house for a while."
"Well then, why didn't you at least mention he was going to be here in your letter?"
"I told you Ron, I forgot! I'm sorry. I don't see why it bothers you that much anyway!"
With that, Hermione stormed off to the house. Ron just stood there with a look of annoyance on his face.
"Don't worry about it, Ron! Why don't you just tell her how you feel about her?" Harry asked.
"I told you before, Harry, I can't!"
"But it would be so much easier easier, Ron."
"No."
"Well, fine then. If you won't tell her how you feel about her, then I am going to tell her how I feel about her."
"WHAT?! You mean you like Hermione?" Ron yelled, his eyes widening.
"No, but it got you to show how much you like her. Just look at how upset you got. Just tell her how you feel."
"I can't Harry."
With those words, Ron walked back up to the house. Harry just sighed. This was going to be a long summer…
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Harry walked back up to the house. He found his way towards the kitchen, where he heard many people talking. He walked in and saw Mr. and Mrs. Granger, Hermione, Krum, and Ron all gathered around the table.
"Oh, hello, Harry dear. I'm so pleased to see you again," said Mrs. Granger.
"That goes for me, also" said Mr. Granger.
"It's nice to see you both, also" replied Harry.
Harry sat down at the table. He had just started to get aquatinted with Mr. and Mrs. Granger when his stomach gave an almighty rumble.
"Oh, goodness! You boys must be starving. I'll get started on lunch," Mrs. Granger said quickly.
"Yes, why don't you all go somewhere and catch up?" said Mr. Granger.
"Good idea, Dad" replied Hermione.
All four of them went outside again and sat under a large tree in Hermione's yard. They were all having a lovely discussion about qudditch and school. Even Ron was being kind to Krum. Harry didn't talk much. He kept looking at Hermione. He couldn't help noticing how much prettier Hermione looked. He tried to shrug a funny feeling in his stomach off and he joined the discussion.
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Everyone was having a good time at Hermione's house. Ron was generally nice to Krum, except for when Krum tried to talk to Hermione. Ron would then try to interrupt them in any way possible. Then, Hermione would become very angry with him.
Harry was asleep one morning, when he was awoken by shouting. Harry just assumed it was Hermione and Ron. He sighed and started to get up. As he was getting up, he noticed that the male voice that was shouting didn't seem to be Ron's.
Harry quickly got up and snuck across the hall to Hermione's room. He peered in the door and found Hermione and Krum having a heated argument.
"What do you mean I like Harry?" screamed Hermione.
"Vell, it is very obvious," Krum yelled back.
"What do you mean 'it is very obvious'?"
"The vay you look at him, the vay you always talk about him, the vay you ignore me vhen he is around…"
"Alright, alright, enough! I am getting really tired of all these nonfactual accusations."
"Fine!"
Hermione stormed out of the room without even noticing Harry. Harry felt guilty, but he couldn't help feeling a little happy. His feelings for Hermione have been growing steadily all summer.
Harry decided to go and comfort Hermione. She had gone outside under the big tree in her yard. Harry sat next to her, and she broke down in tears on Harry's chest. Just then, Ron looked out the window.
"What does he think he'd playing at!"
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TO BE CONTINUED…
Author's note: What will Ron do? Find out next chapter. Please read and review. I am open to any ideas you may have. I want to thank everyone again for their praise from last chapter. Thank you!