Whoops, I forgot: Last chapter is in Hermione's POV. So is this one. :-D.

Disclaimer: Yeah, I forgot to do this too… OH! J.K. Rowling owns all the characters… but not the story plot. Hee…

            After lunch, we had Care of Magical Creatures with the Slytherins. And that means I'm going to see him.

            As Harry, Ron, and I walked down from the castle to Hagrid's hut I swear, I felt someone staring at me. Oh, and someone was!

            I already knew who it was, and dreaded it. I couldn't bear to see him, but for some reason, I had to turn around. So I did.

            Turning slowly, there he was, his stare penetrating me.

            Hagrid began to talk about those nasty skrewts again.

            I could feel him staring at me again, and I froze; I couldn't move, or at least take notes (again).

            The class went by swiftly; we had to walk those skrewts. This time, not many people got too many burns.

            The bell signaled, and as I packed my things, it was unaviodable to look at him.

            He had avoided my yes, but me being the nosy person that I was, I got a glance of his face, his eyes, their normal sparkle in his silver gray eyes that were once full of love vanished, replaced by dark and stormy eyes.

            After dinner, I was just as miserable, but I had to just let it all out. So there I was, surrounded by my close friends as I cried in the common room, Harry's attempts at comforting me went unnoticed. Harry's a great friend. Which reminded me, where's Ron?

            I raised my head and scanned the common room for Ron, and I found him in a dark corner, deep in thought. No doubt he would be plotting against him.

            I stood up.

            "I'm gonna go to bed," I mumbled, wiping away my tears hastily and left before anyone could object.

            I slept in through breakfast, then went down into the common room after I was fully dressed, spotting Harry and Ron sitting in armchairs, speaking in hushed tones.

            I cleared my throat, and both their heads popped up, stopping their conversation completely.

            "Hermione," Ron began, "You weren't at breakfast today."

            "Yeah, we brought you some food just in case." Harry said, handing over an apple and a muffin.

            "Thanks." We headed out of the common room and down to the dungeons where we had double potions with, guess who? The Slytherins.

            While there, I remained silent while we made the memory potion. The one drawback of that class is that I was happily (not!) paired with him.

            He left me to do all the work (what a great guy) while he talked to Blaise Zambini behind us.

            As class ended, he said those three words to me. The ones that I never thought I'd here from him:

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