"From the Brilliant Mind of Harry Potter" by Quidditch, Anyone?
Chapter 7
31 October -Halloween Feast
Hermione didn't even sit with Ron and me during the feast. We could see her glaring in our direction every so often from Parvati and Lavender's corner of the table. I'm sure Ron would have been more than willing to glare back, but he was slightly distracted by the twins' fabulous display of black and orange fireworks that were magically igniting now and then from the Slytherin table (Fred and George both have detention for the next 3 and a half weeks).
I meant to go ask her what was wrong, but after the feast I was so full and happy and tired that I didn't see the point in mucking things up right then. So I fell asleep on the Common Room sofa as soon as I came in. I woke up a few hours later to find Ginny with her arm around Hermione by the fire. I couldn't hear all of what they were saying, but I could tell that Hermione was upset and Ginny was consoling her. I did what any normal boy would have done and pretended to be fast asleep but was really trying to catch every syllable.
So from this I found out two things... well, two and a half:
1. 'He' is such a stupid git and Hermione would never be upset if it wasn't for him. Plus it's even worse that he doesn't even realize he gets her so mad.
I thought that 'he' was me for a fleeting second, but then I was mentioned by name.
2. She felt guilty for taking things out on me. She isn't really mad at me, but she feels like I'm always taking Ron's side and she's just fed up with it. I guess this is as good as an apology.
The other half thing that I found out was that I'm guessing Ron (obviously the 'he') is a lot less considerate to her than I thought. Maybe it's because she's a girl and I wouldn't understand why this is. Or maybe there's something else that I'm completely missing. This idea of mine that could explain a whole lot is too risky and not definite enough to put on paper... yet.
Harry
1 November
Hermione apologized. Well, sort of. It went a bit like this:
HERMIONE: Er, Harry, could I talk to you for a moment?
ME: Yeah, sure.
HERMIONE: Well... I've heard you think I stole one of your... homework assignments?
ME: Erm... that is... what I've heard.
HERMIONE: Hmm. (puffs up a bit) I don't know who would be spreading such rumors about me... IhaveaverygoodideaofwhombutjusttokeepthelittlepeacethatisstillleftIwon'tsayhisnameoutloud, but... erm... if I-if I did happen to take it... I guess it would be a complete accident and I'm very sorry that you went through all of that panic.
ME: Yeah, sure. No worries, Hermione.
HERMIONE: Right.
Just like her; will never directly admit that she's wrong, but still has the biggest heart of anyone I know.
Sincerely,
Harry
4 November
I cannot believe these dunderheads! After Ron found out that Hermione and I were on speaking terms again, he started to fume and yelled something about how he doesn't need to be friends with a traitor. And now Hermione thinks I was trying to side with Ron just because I was explaining to him what happened. Honestly, if a girl so much as hears her name mentioned in a conversation, she'll automatically assume someone's putting her down and get on the defensive straight off. And Ron isn't much better!
So for the past couple of days I have been spending time with Ginny. Ron's with his brothers, Hermione with her new little group, so I'm with her because I don't fancy having the Creevey brothers snapping pictures or blatantly staring at me at all hours. Dean and Seamus seemed to have taken Ron's side, so I even get slight glares from them, too.
Good thing Ginny is so understanding. At first she was naturally on Hermione's side, but after we talked for a bit, she can see all sides of this three-way argument (well, perhaps not as much Ron's) and is quite sympathetic, which is nice. Not only that, but the other two can confide in her as well, so she's sort of this cherry-haired link holding us three together. It's really quite hard not to get along with her, to be honest. Maybe she can speed up the process of us patching things up.
Looking on the bright side,
Harry
Oh yes, note to self: get better closings that would be less likely to appear in a book called Gilderoy Lockhart's Best Memorable Quotes of Self-Esteem and Inner Love.
Hey, I've noticed that a lot of the stories whose new chapters I always have looked forward to reading aren't being updated. Where is everyone?!?! If you're reading this, that means that you do have the same time and boredomness as I do, so get writing again! No excuses!