Why Didn't I See It?

Chapter 1~ Discovering The Truth

Harry awoke at 2:00 am on his birthday to his snowy owl Hedwig pecking him on the hand trying to wake him from a very pleasant dream and he was slightly annoyed. He had been dreaming of his long time crush Cho Chang. He had just won the Quidditch World Cup and Cho's face was the only thing he saw as he entered the top box. She was beaming at him as he swept her up in his arms and kissed her for the whole wizarding world to see.. "Oh Hedwig why did you have to wake me up right at the beat part?" asked Harry slightly agitated. As he said that Hedwig poked out her leg to show Harry the package she had brought him. Harry reached for his glasses and untied the parcel, he read the letter out loud.

Dear Harry, Happy Birthday Harry! I really miss you. I have thought about you a lot this summer. I have two birthday presents for you this year, one is the package I have sent and the other is I was wondering if you wanted to come to my house for the rest of the summer!! I just got back from Victor's house and we broke up. He was a real jerk to his parents because right when we got there they informed him that they were moving closer to Hogwarts so his brother could go there seeing as Karkaroff is a death eater. So he was a real jerk the whole time even to me. I have changed a lot since I last saw you but you will have to wait and see. Well owl me back if you can come. I have to go now because if the rents (parents) catch me up this late I'm dead. bye-bye Love Hermione

Harry sat on his bed for a minute starring at the letter. Whoa he thought she really has changed. He sat there thinking about their previous year at Hogwarts. How the Triwizard Tournament had taken place and he had been secretly entered in. He thought about the Yule Ball and how beautiful Hermione looked and. wait no he like Cho, or did he. Of course he did even though she was a couple years older than him and very pretty he had had a crush on her since the minute he saw her. "Oh come on you know you love Hermione ever since that first day on the train." Said a voice in the back of his head, "No I like Cho, or. maybe," He remembered his last day when they got of the train when Hermione had said goodbye to him and then kissed him. He had felt a strange felling then, it felt like someone had punched him in the gut, could he, could he love Hermione and not Cho?

He turned over the letter she sent him and he noticed some eraser marks all over the parchment. He got his eraser lifter (a magical eraser that lets you see what was there before it got erased.) What it said almost made Harry drop the letter, all around the outside of the paper there were things like Harry+Hermione, H+H, I Love Harry, Hermione Potter, and H loves H, and in the middle of the paper were two poems, they said: The first time I saw you I knew it was true, that I'd love you forever and that's what I'll do, You don't know what you do to me you don't have a clue, You don't know what it's like to be looking at you. And I dropped a tear in the ocean, the day I find it is the day I stop loving you.

Harry couldn't believe his eyes, Hermione loved him, she had for a long time, how could he have been so stupid not to see it. He wanted to hit himself. But he didn't. Harry went over to his desk and fumbled around the papers to find a new piece of parchment to right back to her.

Dear Hermione, I would love to come and what did you do to your hair? I've bought a car now with my money from the Dursleys (it's suppose to be for an apartment but Sirius's name has almost been cleared) So send me your address and I will come tonight. Harry stopped "what should I put," he thought "Hermione put love but.o well sure then" Love Harry

Harry went to his snowy owl, Hedwig's cage to tie the letter to her leg and told her to take this to Hermione and hurry. Then he sat on his bed thinking, which was very different considering he wasn't thinking about Quidditch, or Cho, but Hermione. He fell back onto his bed and fell asleep since it was still late at night. He had the strangest dream