AN: Ok before I begin I would like to give a little advice to one of my
reviewers:
Purplerks- you said you are falling for your best friend but he likes all your other friends. My friend sort of has the same problem and I'm going to tell you what I told her. You should tell him how you really feel no matter what his answer is. Sure he may ignore you or something but it's better to let it out. If he doesn't respond or thinks you're just joking around then tell him your not and make sure you get an answer. Whether you take this advice or not I just wanted to help. If he turns you down then forget about him- he doesn't know what he's missing! By the way if this advice turns out to ruin your life I am so sorry! Not really a good advice person- anyway on with the story!
Chapter 14-
The next day passed by so quickly for Hermione. She took her time to get dressed because she was afraid to face Harry. Also there was another problem- Ron!
Hermione sighed and went downstairs. Harry and Ron weren't there yet and she was relieved. She sat down and started to eat her breakfast. Just then Harry arrived followed by Ron. For some reason they both sat as far from Hermione as possible.
Just then Dumbledore came in and wanted to say something. " Attention students! Now is the time to reveal secret Santa's. You all have your final gifts ready right?" Everyone nodded and he continued, " All right then you may begin."
Hermione reluctantly stood up. Her gift to harry was in her pocket and she didn't know what he would think of it. She slowly made her way to Harry who also did the same. Once they reached each other Harry handed her a gift.
" I'm your secret Santa!" Harry said.
" What?" Hermione asked surprised. " I thought you were Ginny's!"
" NO- I just said that to throw you off. I don't even know who Ginny's secret Santa is!" Harry said. The both of them searched for Ginny to see her next to Neville. He handed her a wrapped gift and it turned out to be another book.
They both laughed and suddenly Hermione remembered about Harry's gift. " Oh Harry! Here!" As she handed him the small wrapped box she said, " I'm your secret Santa!"
Harry eyes went wide. " You are?"
" I guess we both were trying to fool each other!" Hermione said.
" Well, should we open our gifts?" Harry asked. Hermione replied, " I think I want to hold on to this later."
Harry nodded and said, " Me too."
What Harry didn't know was Hermione put a letter in the box saying all the things she felt. But now it didn't seem to be a good idea anymore. Hermione shoved that feeling away and forgot about it.
All day Harry had been trying to ignore Cho as much as he could. After that kiss- which felt nothing to him- he didn't know how she would act. But his luck finally went out when he was about to head for the common room. Just then Cho came out of nowhere and was already in front of him.
" Hi Harry! I have been trying to find you since this morning!" Cho said with a smile.
" Oh," Harry said awkwardly. " What about?"
" Well, about. The kiss," Cho said shyly. " I just wanted to see how you felt about it."
Harry didn't know what to say. Sure he still likes show in that way. But not that much anymore. To be honest it just didn't feel right like it did with Hermione. He didn't want to tell her that because he didn't want to hurt her that way.
" Um. Well." Harry said.
Cho interrupted him and said, " I just want to tell you that the kiss meant a lot to me. I really like you Harry."
Seeing that look on her face, it hurt Harry to say anything. Harry cleared his throat and before knowing what the hell he was doing he said, " Um. Sure me too."
Cho's face filled with happiness, which made Harry feel guiltier about what he did. Suddenly Cho took his hand and kissed him. Harry soon noticed that Hermione was standing there.
" Hermione!" He said shocked. " How long have you been standing there?"
" Long enough," Hermione replied.
Cho looked at Hermione and said, " Hermione guess what! Harry and I are together!"
Hermione put on a fake happy face as she said through her smile. " Congratulations."
Harry looked away not wanting to see how Hermione said. Cho didn't notice anything wrong and just kept saying, " Isn't this great!"
Hermione nodded and nodded with that smile on her face. She hated Cho about now but was ashamed to admit it. Didn't that kiss mean anything to him? Hermione finally said, " You know I don't want to intrude on anything so I will just leave you two alone. Bye." She then walked off and Harry looked after her.
" So let me get this straight, you are now with Cho?" Ron asked with happiness inside of him.
Harry knew he couldn't tell the truth to his best friend, knowing that Ron liked Hermione and everything.
" Yeah we are. It's very hard to believe." Harry mumbled.
" So that means you have no more feelings for Hermione?" Ron asked anxiously.
" Yeah." Harry said though he sounded unsure. But Ron didn't notice that and was happy.
" SO you wouldn't mind if I. You know. Ask Hermione on a date?" Ron asked nervously.
Harry didn't know what to say and he knew what his real answer was but he couldn't say it. " Sure- I don't like her anymore so go right ahead," he lied.
Ron was already making plans and didn't seem to notice the real look on Harry's face. Harry sighed and thought, ' Great! Just great!'
At least 3 months past after the ball and Cho and Harry were still together. Harry stilled like Cho but now as days passed by he started to like her less and less. And started to like Hermione more and more. Harry was confused so he decided not to do anything about it for a while.
Hermione and Ron relationship on the other hand was getting complicated. Ron waited at least 2 months to make a move. When he finally did it, it didn't work. He would walk carry her books and all that but nothing happened. Ron was still trying to get over his cowardliness and get his feelings out in the opened but that wasn't really going to happen.
Hermione and Harry were still friends but it was starting to feel more then that. Knowing that Harry and Cho were together Hermione tried to stay as far as she can from them. Especially from Cho who kept talking and talking about their relationship.
Harry had other things to worry about instead of his love life. It's almost time for the school year to end and there was still no sign of Voldemort. Harry knew something weird was going on but didn't know what. He knew it wasn't likely that Voldemort was just going to leave him alone, Harry knew he should prepare himself for him. Even the professors thought something odd was going on but didn't want to say anything.
Finally it was time for another quidditch match between Gryfindor and Hufflepuff. Harry was all excited about it as he began to get ready for it. Before he went to join his other teammates Cho stopped him and gave him a kiss for luck. " You'll win! I know you will!"
" Thanks," Harry said and then she left him. Suddenly Hermione came up to him and said, " Good luck Harry! Try not to hurt yourself this time."
She left before he could say anything. Harry then went off with the others. (AN: Sorry if I am rushing it a bit, I just want to hurry and get to the good part, which is the end.) They went outside where everyone was cheering so loudly. He tried to find Hermione through the crowd and smiled when he finally saw her. He didn't bother looking for Cho because he knew she was somewhere there.
Once the whistle was blown everyone got on their brooms and flew up. Harry kept his eyes of the snitch (AN: Spelled it right this time! OR did I?) and so did the other seeker. Harry thought he saw something to his right but then he saw nothing. Somehow the other seeker caught sight of the snitch before Harry and started to fly towards it. Harry flew right after him as he yelled at himself for not paying more attention.
Finally Harry caught up and both of them were raising towards the snitch. The Hufflepuff seeker (AN: Don't know who their seeker is) pushed Harry to the side, which caught Harry off guard. But Harry didn't let that stop him and once the other seeker realised that he started to do everything he could to push Harry off the broom.
' Why is he acting like this? Only Malfoy would of done something like this,' Harry thought. Before Harry knew what was happening the other seeker took out his wand and started to say some sort of chant. Harry's glasses suddenly broke and he couldn't see a thing Through his blurry eyes Harry tried to concentrate on the snitch. Then he started to feel his broom go crazy.
' Why is this so familiar?' Hermione thought worriedly as she watched Harry flying around crazily.
Just then Harry was close enough to grab the snitch, once his hands got it something happened. His broom jerked him left and right acting as if it wanted Harry to let go of the snitch. Before Harry knew what was happening he flew into a wall and fell off his broom and slammed into the ground. Everyone gathered around Harry and the last thing Harry saw was the image of Hermione and then blackness.
Harry woke up in darkness and felt pain all over. He groaned and then suddenly quieted when he saw an arm on his bed. The arm had no body attached to it and Harry gave a little cry. Suddenly Hermione appeared and the arm was hers.
" Hermione! What- how? What are you doing here? And have you been using my cloak? Have you been here all night?" Harry asked.
" First of all I'm here because you're hurt," Hermione replied. " And yes I have been using your cloak and yes I have been here the whole night. Well, 3 nights to be exact."
" What? I have been out of it for 3 nights?" Harry asked surprised.
" Yeah," Hermione said. " How are you feeling?" Her eyes suddenly filled with concern.
" I'm fine," Harry said. " What happened exactly?"
" I don't know. One minute you and the other seeker were playing fair but then he started to pull out his wand. He might get expelled but for some reason I don't think it was entirely his fault," Hermione said. " The only person who would this type of thing is Malfoy but I don't think he has anything to do with this at all."
" Who do you think did it then?" Harry asked, trying to ignore the major headache he was having.
" I don't know," Hermione said thinking. " You know you shouldn't worry about this right now. You should rest until you feel better. Now go to sleep."
" I will but only if you go back to your room. I don't want you to worry and sleep here with me. Go," Harry ordered. Hermione tried to argue but he wouldn't have it. Finally she gave up. She got up to leave but before she did he said, " Wait- give me my cloak just in case."
" You can't even trust me?"
" Nope." Harry said with a smile. Hermione handed it to him and started to leave. Harry looked after her and in his heart he felt something warm, something special that he couldn't explain. Harry smiled and went to sleep which was right away with that special warm feeling.
Hermione was walking through the halls quietly hoping she wouldn't get caught. ' Stupid Harry! Why did he have to take the cloak from me? I might get caught and get expelled!' Hermione passed a couple of doors when all of a sudden she felt someone grab her and put their hand over he mouth.
She tried to struggle away but that didn't work. Hermione was taken somewhere really dark when she was finally let go. A dark cold voice said out of nowhere, " GO ahead and try to yell as much as you want. No one will be able to hear you-not even your boyfriend."
Hermione gasped knowing that voice. "Voldemort," she said.
" You are very smart indeed. Now guess what I'm going to do with you." He said followed by a fit of cruel laughter. All of a sudden light came out of nowhere and hit Hermione who hit the ground, blood coming out of her mouth, unconscious. Then out step someone with red hair- Ron.
Just then Harry woke up full of sweat all over and gasped, " Hermione!"
Purplerks- you said you are falling for your best friend but he likes all your other friends. My friend sort of has the same problem and I'm going to tell you what I told her. You should tell him how you really feel no matter what his answer is. Sure he may ignore you or something but it's better to let it out. If he doesn't respond or thinks you're just joking around then tell him your not and make sure you get an answer. Whether you take this advice or not I just wanted to help. If he turns you down then forget about him- he doesn't know what he's missing! By the way if this advice turns out to ruin your life I am so sorry! Not really a good advice person- anyway on with the story!
Chapter 14-
The next day passed by so quickly for Hermione. She took her time to get dressed because she was afraid to face Harry. Also there was another problem- Ron!
Hermione sighed and went downstairs. Harry and Ron weren't there yet and she was relieved. She sat down and started to eat her breakfast. Just then Harry arrived followed by Ron. For some reason they both sat as far from Hermione as possible.
Just then Dumbledore came in and wanted to say something. " Attention students! Now is the time to reveal secret Santa's. You all have your final gifts ready right?" Everyone nodded and he continued, " All right then you may begin."
Hermione reluctantly stood up. Her gift to harry was in her pocket and she didn't know what he would think of it. She slowly made her way to Harry who also did the same. Once they reached each other Harry handed her a gift.
" I'm your secret Santa!" Harry said.
" What?" Hermione asked surprised. " I thought you were Ginny's!"
" NO- I just said that to throw you off. I don't even know who Ginny's secret Santa is!" Harry said. The both of them searched for Ginny to see her next to Neville. He handed her a wrapped gift and it turned out to be another book.
They both laughed and suddenly Hermione remembered about Harry's gift. " Oh Harry! Here!" As she handed him the small wrapped box she said, " I'm your secret Santa!"
Harry eyes went wide. " You are?"
" I guess we both were trying to fool each other!" Hermione said.
" Well, should we open our gifts?" Harry asked. Hermione replied, " I think I want to hold on to this later."
Harry nodded and said, " Me too."
What Harry didn't know was Hermione put a letter in the box saying all the things she felt. But now it didn't seem to be a good idea anymore. Hermione shoved that feeling away and forgot about it.
All day Harry had been trying to ignore Cho as much as he could. After that kiss- which felt nothing to him- he didn't know how she would act. But his luck finally went out when he was about to head for the common room. Just then Cho came out of nowhere and was already in front of him.
" Hi Harry! I have been trying to find you since this morning!" Cho said with a smile.
" Oh," Harry said awkwardly. " What about?"
" Well, about. The kiss," Cho said shyly. " I just wanted to see how you felt about it."
Harry didn't know what to say. Sure he still likes show in that way. But not that much anymore. To be honest it just didn't feel right like it did with Hermione. He didn't want to tell her that because he didn't want to hurt her that way.
" Um. Well." Harry said.
Cho interrupted him and said, " I just want to tell you that the kiss meant a lot to me. I really like you Harry."
Seeing that look on her face, it hurt Harry to say anything. Harry cleared his throat and before knowing what the hell he was doing he said, " Um. Sure me too."
Cho's face filled with happiness, which made Harry feel guiltier about what he did. Suddenly Cho took his hand and kissed him. Harry soon noticed that Hermione was standing there.
" Hermione!" He said shocked. " How long have you been standing there?"
" Long enough," Hermione replied.
Cho looked at Hermione and said, " Hermione guess what! Harry and I are together!"
Hermione put on a fake happy face as she said through her smile. " Congratulations."
Harry looked away not wanting to see how Hermione said. Cho didn't notice anything wrong and just kept saying, " Isn't this great!"
Hermione nodded and nodded with that smile on her face. She hated Cho about now but was ashamed to admit it. Didn't that kiss mean anything to him? Hermione finally said, " You know I don't want to intrude on anything so I will just leave you two alone. Bye." She then walked off and Harry looked after her.
" So let me get this straight, you are now with Cho?" Ron asked with happiness inside of him.
Harry knew he couldn't tell the truth to his best friend, knowing that Ron liked Hermione and everything.
" Yeah we are. It's very hard to believe." Harry mumbled.
" So that means you have no more feelings for Hermione?" Ron asked anxiously.
" Yeah." Harry said though he sounded unsure. But Ron didn't notice that and was happy.
" SO you wouldn't mind if I. You know. Ask Hermione on a date?" Ron asked nervously.
Harry didn't know what to say and he knew what his real answer was but he couldn't say it. " Sure- I don't like her anymore so go right ahead," he lied.
Ron was already making plans and didn't seem to notice the real look on Harry's face. Harry sighed and thought, ' Great! Just great!'
At least 3 months past after the ball and Cho and Harry were still together. Harry stilled like Cho but now as days passed by he started to like her less and less. And started to like Hermione more and more. Harry was confused so he decided not to do anything about it for a while.
Hermione and Ron relationship on the other hand was getting complicated. Ron waited at least 2 months to make a move. When he finally did it, it didn't work. He would walk carry her books and all that but nothing happened. Ron was still trying to get over his cowardliness and get his feelings out in the opened but that wasn't really going to happen.
Hermione and Harry were still friends but it was starting to feel more then that. Knowing that Harry and Cho were together Hermione tried to stay as far as she can from them. Especially from Cho who kept talking and talking about their relationship.
Harry had other things to worry about instead of his love life. It's almost time for the school year to end and there was still no sign of Voldemort. Harry knew something weird was going on but didn't know what. He knew it wasn't likely that Voldemort was just going to leave him alone, Harry knew he should prepare himself for him. Even the professors thought something odd was going on but didn't want to say anything.
Finally it was time for another quidditch match between Gryfindor and Hufflepuff. Harry was all excited about it as he began to get ready for it. Before he went to join his other teammates Cho stopped him and gave him a kiss for luck. " You'll win! I know you will!"
" Thanks," Harry said and then she left him. Suddenly Hermione came up to him and said, " Good luck Harry! Try not to hurt yourself this time."
She left before he could say anything. Harry then went off with the others. (AN: Sorry if I am rushing it a bit, I just want to hurry and get to the good part, which is the end.) They went outside where everyone was cheering so loudly. He tried to find Hermione through the crowd and smiled when he finally saw her. He didn't bother looking for Cho because he knew she was somewhere there.
Once the whistle was blown everyone got on their brooms and flew up. Harry kept his eyes of the snitch (AN: Spelled it right this time! OR did I?) and so did the other seeker. Harry thought he saw something to his right but then he saw nothing. Somehow the other seeker caught sight of the snitch before Harry and started to fly towards it. Harry flew right after him as he yelled at himself for not paying more attention.
Finally Harry caught up and both of them were raising towards the snitch. The Hufflepuff seeker (AN: Don't know who their seeker is) pushed Harry to the side, which caught Harry off guard. But Harry didn't let that stop him and once the other seeker realised that he started to do everything he could to push Harry off the broom.
' Why is he acting like this? Only Malfoy would of done something like this,' Harry thought. Before Harry knew what was happening the other seeker took out his wand and started to say some sort of chant. Harry's glasses suddenly broke and he couldn't see a thing Through his blurry eyes Harry tried to concentrate on the snitch. Then he started to feel his broom go crazy.
' Why is this so familiar?' Hermione thought worriedly as she watched Harry flying around crazily.
Just then Harry was close enough to grab the snitch, once his hands got it something happened. His broom jerked him left and right acting as if it wanted Harry to let go of the snitch. Before Harry knew what was happening he flew into a wall and fell off his broom and slammed into the ground. Everyone gathered around Harry and the last thing Harry saw was the image of Hermione and then blackness.
Harry woke up in darkness and felt pain all over. He groaned and then suddenly quieted when he saw an arm on his bed. The arm had no body attached to it and Harry gave a little cry. Suddenly Hermione appeared and the arm was hers.
" Hermione! What- how? What are you doing here? And have you been using my cloak? Have you been here all night?" Harry asked.
" First of all I'm here because you're hurt," Hermione replied. " And yes I have been using your cloak and yes I have been here the whole night. Well, 3 nights to be exact."
" What? I have been out of it for 3 nights?" Harry asked surprised.
" Yeah," Hermione said. " How are you feeling?" Her eyes suddenly filled with concern.
" I'm fine," Harry said. " What happened exactly?"
" I don't know. One minute you and the other seeker were playing fair but then he started to pull out his wand. He might get expelled but for some reason I don't think it was entirely his fault," Hermione said. " The only person who would this type of thing is Malfoy but I don't think he has anything to do with this at all."
" Who do you think did it then?" Harry asked, trying to ignore the major headache he was having.
" I don't know," Hermione said thinking. " You know you shouldn't worry about this right now. You should rest until you feel better. Now go to sleep."
" I will but only if you go back to your room. I don't want you to worry and sleep here with me. Go," Harry ordered. Hermione tried to argue but he wouldn't have it. Finally she gave up. She got up to leave but before she did he said, " Wait- give me my cloak just in case."
" You can't even trust me?"
" Nope." Harry said with a smile. Hermione handed it to him and started to leave. Harry looked after her and in his heart he felt something warm, something special that he couldn't explain. Harry smiled and went to sleep which was right away with that special warm feeling.
Hermione was walking through the halls quietly hoping she wouldn't get caught. ' Stupid Harry! Why did he have to take the cloak from me? I might get caught and get expelled!' Hermione passed a couple of doors when all of a sudden she felt someone grab her and put their hand over he mouth.
She tried to struggle away but that didn't work. Hermione was taken somewhere really dark when she was finally let go. A dark cold voice said out of nowhere, " GO ahead and try to yell as much as you want. No one will be able to hear you-not even your boyfriend."
Hermione gasped knowing that voice. "Voldemort," she said.
" You are very smart indeed. Now guess what I'm going to do with you." He said followed by a fit of cruel laughter. All of a sudden light came out of nowhere and hit Hermione who hit the ground, blood coming out of her mouth, unconscious. Then out step someone with red hair- Ron.
Just then Harry woke up full of sweat all over and gasped, " Hermione!"
