Hey everyone! Long time no see! I have missed writing this so much. But with me being on vacation for so long (not that I regret it) I haven't had much time to right on this : _ ( but not to worry cause unless you are really ditsy (like me) you would realize that this is a new chapter! Yeah! So I hope you like it and if you don't then that one is your problem (LOL! just kiddin) so here it is... THE DISCLAIMER! (te he he)

Disclaimer: you know after a while you would hope that people would realize that if it wasn't yours in the first 9 chapters then it wouldn't magically become mine in the 10th!

Who Would Have Thought

Chapter 10

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Hermione went to bed that night happier then she had been in days. Not only had she found someone to replace Travis, but also Tom had not even looked at her the whole day. Katie and Michelle however, had been acting rather odd at dinner that night. They were continuously glancing over at her and then to Tom, back at her and over at Sercio. When she asked them what was going on they always found some way to change the subject. She didn't think about it for too long because once she got to her room she found Katie and Michelle talking in hushed voices on their beds.

"What are you talking about?" Hermione asked them.

They both immediately fell silent and stared at her with intense concern.

"Nothing." Katie lied, looking down at her feet.

"Do you really think I'm that stupid?" She asked sitting down on the bed opposite of them. "I can tell when you are lying believe it or not."

"What would make you think that?" Michelle asked her in a very high pitched voice much unlike her own.

"Oh I don't know." Hermione mimicked using the same high-pitched voice.

"That wasn't funny." Michelle said placing her hands on her hips. "And what if we are keeping something from you?"

"Ha! So you do know something, what is it?" Hermione asked getting a little impatient.

"Umm…" Katie stuttered. "Do you think we should tell her, I mean it does sort of involve her." Katie said in a hushed voice to Michelle.

"I don't know, I guess we could, she is our friend and all." Michelle shrugged.

"Okay we'll tell you." Katie replied before Michelle could speak again.

"Well you see this morning after you left, Tom came in and – don't make that face – well he wanted to know where you were." Michelle told her.

"You told him didn't you. Please tell me you didn't tell him, please" hermione begged them.

"Well he was just so cute and he said that he would walk us to class and…" Katie explained.

"HE BRIBED YOU! Just so that he could find me!" Hermione yelled.

"Well he offered to take us before he asked where your were, but yes." Michelle answered.

"And you told him." she repeated. "Well did he come looking for me?"

"Yeah, I guess you could say that." Katie shrugged.

"What do you mean 'I guess you could say that?'" Hermione asked getting angrier every moment.

"He came and got us after talking to Sercio about something. Sercio left first and then Tom, Katie, and I came a little bit later." Michelle said looking at her as though she might explode any second.

"Did he see us?" Hermione asked dreading the answer.

"Well he saw something that made him pretty mad." was Katie's only response.

"We never got to see because we almost fell because of him; once we got back our balance Tom was storming off while you and Sercio were smiling, so I don't really know." Michelle finished looking expectantly towards Hermione for and explanation.

Hermione however stood up from here perch on the bed and started pacing the length of the room thinking over what had just been said. She was replaying everything that had happened between herself and Sercio that could have set Tom off like it did. She knew that Katie and Michelle were waiting for an explanation but she wouldn't be able to give them one until she figured it out herself. That was when it hit her: the kiss, the kiss is what had set Tom off. She already knew how jealous Tom was about any guy that even looked at her.

Katie must have seen the light go on because she immediately began asking questions again.

"Well what did he see?" Katie asked. "What did you do that pissed him off?"

"Huh?" Hermione questioned coming back from her thoughts. "Oh well, he must have seen me and Sercio together and have gotten jealous."

"Now what would make Tom jealous of Sercio if you were just talking to him?" Asked Michelle not really believing her. "Or is there something that you aren't telling us?"

"Well…" Hermione began pondering whether or not to tell them. "Um… I did sort of…kiss him about the same time you said Tom came."

"Oh Hermione you didn't!" Michelle exclaimed. "You know how made Tom gets when you do stupid things like that."

"Yeah! What about poor Travis, what would he think?" Katie added. "Speaking of Travis, where has he been lately."

Hermione didn't respond thought; she had forgotten that only a select few knew about Travis's fate. She knew that she had to tell them what happened that night, but she couldn't bring herself to tell them. Right when she was going to tell them some lie about him being sick, something clicked inside her head. She had to get out of the room and find Tom or Sercio, one. She just might have a chance to save Sercio from the same fate as Travis.

Hermione ran out of the room as quickly as her legs would carry her, but not before writing a quick letter for back up, in case her plan didn't go correctly. Questioning voices followed her all the way to the library where she hoped to find either Tom or Sercio. She knew that they had a report due tomorrow and she could only hope that they needed research. Much to her relief Sercio was sitting at a table in the middle of the room surrounded by books of all sizes and colors.

She walked over to him with relief flooding her veins knowing that he was safe for the time being. She was about to kiss him when she noticed a tall dark hair figure in the back of the room starring directly at her; Tom was here too. Hermione immediately stood straight up after realizing what a stupid mistake kissing him would be let alone talking to him. She was going to simply walk over to Tom and hope that Sercio hadn't realized she was there. As she was walking away someone grabbed her hand pulling her backwards.

"Hey Herm!" Sercio smiled, gently kissing her hand.

"I can't talk right now." She whispered yanking her hand back praying that Tom wasn't looking. "I'll explain it later, but I have to go."

Hermione hurried over to where Tom had buried his face back into a book, she had to trust that it had been there for a while and he wouldn't jump to any conclusions about what happened with Sercio. She walked over to where he was sitting with his back turned to her. Hermione only hoped that here plan would work and would keep Tom off of Sercio's back.

Hermione walked closer to the dark hair student bent low over a book pretending to read. She crept closer and placed her hands so that they covered his eyes. However the second she did this she regretted it. Tom shot up out of his seat grabbing her hands and turning around causing her arms to be twisted. In the next second he had both her hands in one of his and grabbed his wand out of his pocket and at the ready.

"You honestly think that you could have gotten me?" He asked starring her straight in the eye.

"I was just playing with you." she answered trying to pull her arms out of his grasp. "Or am I not allowed to do that, oh mighty exalted one."

"Haven't I warned you about talking that tone with my?" he replied in a dangerous tone.

"You probably have, but then again you have told me not to do so many other things that I start forgetting them." Hermione said angrily tossing herself into the nearest seat, her hands still held tightly by his.

"Would you mind having your temper tantrums on your own time?" he asked with the same menacing tone yet releasing her hands.

"Yes I do mind!" she exclaimed jumping from her chair. "I have had it with you and I am leaving. I'm walking out that door and I don't want you coming within 50 feet from me unless required by school!"

With that Hermione stormed out of the library in a fit or rage. She could feel dozens of eyes burning into her as she made her way down the hall. Most or them had probably heard her yelling at Tom and the whole thing would be around school before breakfast, or at least the revised version. At that moment though she could care less, the only thing that she could think about was getting up to her room and away from prying eyes.

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Tom was in a horrible mood the rest of the day, he couldn't believe that she would act that way to him. He knew that he had done some bad things to her, but in public? And what was she doing with Sercio? Didn't she realize that Travis had died because he had gotten in-between Hermione and himself? He wasn't going to do anything to Sercio yet but he was going to watch her and see if what she does and if she figured out why Travis was killed.

He went up to his room to find a note on his bed. It was cream paper that smelled of coconut and had his name written gracefully on the front. He knew that smell from somewhere but he couldn't think of it then. As he opened it he found more of the graceful writing but no signature at the bottom. He decided to read it in hopes of a clue of who it was from. Tom was used to getting letters with no signature from 5th, 6th and a few brave 4th year girls, but there was something about this one that intrigued him.

Tom,

I know we haven't gotten off to that great of a start but I really do want to make it up to you. If you would meet me in the Astrology tower tomorrow around 9 o'clock, I can promise you won't regret it. I realize that this is going to interfere with your Death Eater meetings but if you want to know who this is then I suggest you reschedule.

Sincerely Yours

He had received many strange letters from many love-struck girls, but this one certainly took the cake. Whoever it was obviously had meet him before and made a bad impression. They also had to be in Slytherin to know about the death eater meetings that night. She also had to have some nerve and no fear of him to come out so abruptly and tell him what to do. That could only leave one person as a culprit...

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