Right I changed the name. "Breaking Love" is a much more suiting title since that is literary what happens. She proposes to Harry and he breaks her into little pieces… I am serious!

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Chapter 15 Breaking Love

Harry awoke as usual the next morning. Ron kept casting him curios glances, as they got dressed. He knew that Ron wanted him to tell him where he was last night, but he didn't want to tell Ron anything in front of his other class mates but then he remembered that Neville already knew luckily, Neville didn't say anything. They walked down the stairs to the common room as usual and found Hermione waiting for them with her nose in a book as usual.

"Harry" Hermione exclaimed as she saw them, when they got closer Hermione added in a whisper "Did you fall asleep?"

"Yes" Harry replied also in a whisper he wondered if Hermione knew something.

"With Fleur" Hermione asked still whispering.

"How did you know?" Harry asked back.

"Rumours about students who is dating a teacher travels fast especially if the student happens to be the-boy-who-lived" Hermione replied "and even more so if the entire sixth year Astronomy OWL class walks in on them"

"You slept with Fleur in the Astronomy tower" Ron asked eagerly with wide eyes.

"Yes" Harry replied "We fell asleep, but we didn't sleep with each other" Why did every one have to be so dirty minded?

"Oh" Ron said.

"You are going have trouble to explain that" Hermione stated sympathetically.

"Poor Fleur" Harry sighed. They walked down to breakfast and once more every one was whispering about him, some even pointed. He could see Draco Malfoy smirking at him from the Slytherin table. He didn't care much though he was much to worried about how Fleur would take it. But to his relief Fleur didn't seem to care much when she entered the great hall, she walked strait up to the staff with Tonks. Harry noticed that most boys didn't seem to think any less of Fleur because of the night's events, most girls did however. Harry caught Fleur's eye for a moment before she begun to eat. She gave him a small smile before she turned to her breakfast.

"So" Harry said changing the subject "how is our little Malfoy doing"

"I have no idea" Hermione replied viciously.

"Did you see her at all yesterday?" Harry asked.

"Yes" Hermione said firmly.

"And" Harry pressed on.

"Why don't you just go and ask Ginny" Hermione snapped.

"I don't think that would be a good idea, can't you tell me" said Harry, he normally wouldn't press Hermione like this but he was in bad mood.

"Well if you have to know Selena won't talk to me" Hermione said "She prefers Ginny"

"Why" Asked Ron with his mouth full of egg.

"Promise you won't fly off the handle, Selena is a Gryffindor after all"

"Okay, tell me" Ron said.

"She prefers Ginny because she is a pure blood" said Hermione sadly "said she didn't have to make matters worse by spending time with someone like me"

"So it's her fault that her parents brainwashed her when it's old Mrs Black's fault that Kreacher turned out as he did" Harry spat, he couldn't help it he just felt angry. Hermione didn't reply and after a moment Harry muttered "Sorry, Fleur must be rubbing off on me"

"Well you are right Harry, it's just well she kind of seems so innocent somehow and she gets to me" Hermione explained smiling weakly.

"Let's get to charms" Ron said and got up.

They entered the charms corridor on third floor first. They had 15 minutes to kill before class started. Flitwick was one of those teachers that left the door to the classroom open so they entered and managed to get the best seats.

"McGonagall came over to talk to me during dinner" Ron stated as he pulled his battered copy of Standard Book of spell Newt Edition from his bag.

"She asked me if…" Ron said but trailed off, it was very nice of Ron to be concerned that Harry should be disappointed not being Quidditch captain.

"Captain?" Harry pretended to guess.

"Yes" Ron replied "But it should have been you, you've been on the team since first year"

"Congratulations" Harry said calmly, Ron and Hermione exchanged a nervous glance as if expecting him to blow any second.

"The part I like of Quidditch is the flying part" Harry said truthfully, he had no particular urge to hold speeches and book the Quidditch pitch all the time, but it would of course have been an honour to be the Quidditch captain.

"You okay with it" Ron asked and smiled "Wonder why she chose me"

"You're good at chess I suppose" Harry lied smoothly.

"Yeah" Hermione said "bet she expects you to come up with tricky strategies"

"Thanks" Ron muttered, grumpily. He didn't want people expecting things from him.

"You better let Ginny on the team, you know"

"Yeah" Ron said "Bet she knows how to the cruciatus curse"

Harry nodded.

"Don't be stupid" Hermione said "She doesn't enjoy seeing people in pain"

"Yes she does" Said Ron heavily "Especially if I don't let her on the team"

"It's not enough to hate someone for a reason" Harry stated remembering all to clear the night in the ministry of magic when he had tried the curse.

"Oh hail to the dark lords" Ron said and bowed to them at the same moment the door swung open and Draco Malfoy entered together with Pansy Parkinson and some other Slytherins.

"Trying to save your reputation by turning up early for class, Potter?" Draco asked the Slytherins sniggered.

"Azkaban" Ron coughed loudly Draco turned on him.

"What's that" Draco Malfoy hissed.

"I happened to cough" Ron said and paused for a short moment and then added coolly "at the same time as I said Azkaban" Draco Malfoy turned white, Ron grinned widely.

"You will be sorry Weasley"

"Oh yeah" Harry replied "You've been saying that for more then five years"

Draco Malfoy didn't reply.

"You're lucky there aren't any dementors there because I don't think your old dad could have survived this long otherwise" Harry said, it was not often that Harry could get to Draco as much as Draco usually got to him this was one of those rare occasions. Harry enjoyed every second of it. Then he remembered that Fleur had told him not to get into any fights or people would know that she favoured him. He would have to take a dive.

"At least I have a father" Malfoy spat furiously.

Harry wanted to tell Malfoy that if he had a father like his it would be better not to have one at all, but he didn't. He sat quiet biting his lip to keep calm.

"And a mother too" Added Ron as if Draco Malfoy's parents were a big joke "And she isn't even in Azkaban"

"Oh how nice to see that my first students have already arrived" Professor Flitwick said happily as he entered the room "Sit down on your seats and we can practise some summoning charms while we wait for your classmates" Harry thought this a rather odd request but was thankful for any excuse for not talking to the Slytherins.

"Mr Potter why don't you go first" Flitwick said this was even odder since Harry was sitting between Ron and Hermione and normally Flitwick would start with who ever sat at one end of the classroom.

"Right" Harry said and pulled out his wand.

"Good, summon this book" Flitwick said, Harry now understood why Flitwick wanted to try summoning charms Fleur must have told him about what happened to her office door.

"Accio" Harry cried and the book flew over to him.

"Excellent Mr Potter" Flitwick said happily even though it was a very simple charm for their year "Now why don't you summon it Mr Malfoy" Malfoy who was sitting at the far end of the room summoned the book with out problems, this continued until the classroom was full.

"First of all I want to tell you all how very proud I am to have so many talented students" Flitwick said "I am really happy that you have decided to take another two years of charms. We will mostly this term go through the charms in your assigned book and next term we will be studying how to enchant objects such as chilling pitchers. In your final year will we continue to work on enchantments and maybe if we have time charm our own brooms, before your NEWTs we will also go through rituals and basic ward raising…"

Hermione couldn't have looked happier as she scribbled down the course goals in unusual, even for her, neat and well shaped letters.

"… Those of you who might be interested in becoming a healer will have the opportunity to go on a field trip with Madam Pomfrey to St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries…"

Hermione smiled even wider at these words, Harry knew that she didn't really want to become a healer but that she found the prospect of a field trip more then exiting.

"… Please stay back after class if you are interested" Flitwick finished his speech.

They had a very funny charms lesson braking things and then repairing them with magic. As the lesson went on, they repaired more and more complex objects. Hermione managed to repair a whole tea set with twelve cups with one wave of her wand and there by earning Gryffindor ten points. At the end of the lesson, they received almost as much homework as they got from McGonagall. Harry now begun to hope that the rest of the teachers wouldn't pile so much home work on them or he would have to sit all the weekend with it. Hermione stayed back after class together with a Hufflepuff and some Rawenclaws to sign up for the field trip. Harry hesitated for a moment it would be fun to go on a field trip but then figured that he wouldn't be allowed without a guard. Ron seemed to be thinking along the same lines because he glanced at over at Harry.

"We could just stay here and play Quidditch or something"

"Yeah" Harry replied, he was very grateful that Ron decided to stay with him.

Ron and Hermione argued during lunch over whether or whether not to Quidditch were more important then homework. Ron stated that with every that went on they needed something to take their minds off things. Hermione stated just as firmly that their education was much more important with everything that went on. Harry gave up on trying making them behave, he figured that he should be happy for them and let them have their love arguments. He ate his lunch in silence trying to ignore them. When he had finished his food he got bored, he looked up at the staff table where Fleur and Tonks usually sat but they weren't there. He decided for a moment to go and read Dueling for Masters but then he remembered that it Fleur had borrowed it. Then it struck him, he had not informed the DA about the dueling club. With a quick accio, he had his galleon that he used to summon Dumbledore Army. He set the date to September 3rd and the time to seven pm. He watched the different members of the DA to see if they had noticed and if they even carried their galleon. Ron and Hermione seemed to be carrying their galleons because they stopped arguing and looked over at him. Several students in the great hall looked over at him curiously it seemed as if most of them had hopped that he should summon them and there for had brought their galleon with them.

"Seven" Ron read from his galleon and looked curiously over at Harry.

"Yepp" Harry replied shortly.

"You are starting DA again?" Hermione whispered.

Harry smiled "I'll tell you later"

"Come on Harry" Ron said and then added in a slow hypnotic voice "We are you're friends Harry you can trust us Harry we wont hurt you Harry trust us… trust us"

Harry laughed "All right, no I'm not starting DA again"

"But we had so much fun" Hermione exclaimed sadly hoping to change his mind.

"We'll have fun this year too" Harry said with a smile.

"What are you not telling us" Ron asked.

"Is this something to do with Fleur and Tonks?" Hermione asked piercing him with her gaze.

"Maybe" Harry replied, trying to keep his face unreadable.

"You said maybe when Dean asked you if Fleur was your girlfriend" Ron stated "So what's up with you, Fleur and Tonks"

"Now I know how Hagrid feels" Harry said jokingly, but Ron and Hermione didn't seem to think this was the time for jokes they watched him expectantly.

"I'll tell you in about six and a half hour" Harry said glancing down at his watch. "Don't look at me like that. I want it to be a surprise"

"Right" Hermione said dropping the subject "Promise me that you will do your homework while I am in History of Magic"

"What?" Ron asked.

"I said…"

"I heard what you said" Ron interrupted Hermione. Harry could tell that Ron was building up another argument.

"Fine we will do our Charms homework" Harry said to shut them both up, he couldn't take another argument.

Ron and Hermione looked over at him as if he was interrupting them. Harry smiled innocently "Did I interrupt something?"

Hermione blushed slightly and looked down on her plate.

"What's with you two" Ron asked "Why are you" he looked at Harry "saying odd stuff and why do you" He turned to Hermione "blush when he does"

"I have to go to History of Magic, see you later" Said Hermione quickly and ran off. Harry wondered if he was being too evil.

"Right you tell me" Ron said firmly and turned to Harry "What's with her"

"I can't" Harry said he really thought that this was something Ron had to figure out for himself or at the very least be told by Hermione.

"So you and Hermione know something. Why can't I" Ron said irritably.

"Sorry" Harry said.

"She's my girlfriend and you are my best friend" Ron exclaimed.

"That's just it I'm Hermione's best friend too and this is something she has to tell you" Harry said, he hoped that Ron wouldn't be too angry with him.

"You do love Fleur right" asked Ron nervously.

"Yes" Harry replied and added as reassuringly as he could "there is nothing like that between me and Hermione"

"What then"

Harry took a deep breath "Just drop it, you'll figure it out"

"Tell me" Ron demanded.

"It's a girlfriend boyfriend thing" Harry exclaimed "it's none of my business"

"So how come you know?" Ron asked angrily.

"Because you two are my best friends" Harry said "Let's just drop this"

"No if something is going on, I have the right to know" Ron said loudly.

"Be quiet" Harry hissed "I told you this is something between you and you're girlfriend"

"Fine" Ron said in a very Hermioneish way "But she better tell me"

"Have you told her you love her" Harry asked Ron quietly, he doubted that Hermione would tell Ron if they hadn't even admitted that they love each other.

"No" Ron said nervously "How did you tell Fleur?"

"I really didn't have much choice" Harry confessed "I had to tell her… because of Bill"

"Oh"

"So when are you going to tell her?"

"Soon" Said Ron as if he was speaking of his own death.

"Don't worry about it" Harry said trying to cheer Ron up.

Ron looked down on his plate "You, think she… Do you think I… I have a chance?" Ron asked and blushed furiously.

"Of course you do, you are a prefect" Harry joked.

Ron didn't look amused "Seriously Harry"

"Yes I think you have a chance" Harry said, he didn't want to make it too easy for Ron by telling him Hermione loved him back, it should be Hermione who told him that she loved him.

"Sure?" Ron asked nervously.

"Positive" Harry replied.

Ron smiled slightly "Right now we better do the charms homework that you promised"

They worked for hours in the library, as did most of the other OWL students who didn't have lessons. Hermione joined them when she was done with History of Magic though she started on her Transfiguration homework.

"I though you did that yesterday?" Harry asked Hermione. Ron and Hermione exchanged a quick glance.

"Right don't answer that" Harry said and continued to write on his essay. Flitwick expected four roles of parchment on every possible way of repairing object with Magic.

"If this is what we get from Flitwick, can you imagine Snape" Ron said and shuddered.

"Yeah" Harry agreed "Bet he adds even more because of us"

"Look at the bright side we would learn loads" Hermione said "and we wouldn't have to worry about our NEWTs"

"How are we supposed to do the rest of our homework if we have to Potions homework all the time" Ron exclaimed disbelievingly.

"Maybe if you do it on time and don't go out flying all the time it would be a lot easier" Hermione retorted and then when she realised that she had just started an argument with Ron she looked over at Harry apologetically.

"Now you are doing it again" Ron said accusingly.

"If you can't keep a civil voice I will have to ask you to get out" Madam Pince said from behind them.

"Sorry" Ron and Hermione muttered.

"Now tell me" Ron hissed fiercely at them.

"It's just a stupid thing Ron" Hermione said softly.

"Then tell me" Ron hissed.

"Please" Hermione begged sweetly "can we discuss this later"

"Sure" Ron replied mesmerised by her sweetness.

They continued on their homework until dinnertime only occasionally asking each other for advice. They bored Hermione thoroughly during dinner with Quidditch. Ron had now realised that he really was the Quidditch captain and wanted out of it before it became his fault that Gryffindor lost the cup. Harry and Hermione were able to persuade him not go to McGonagall and resign and instead hold Quidditch tryouts. After dinner, they decided to go and find the room of requirements even though it was almost thirty minutes left until the DA meeting begun. They found however that several other members of the DA had decided to do the same. In fact, every one was there except Ginny and last years seven years. Marietta Edgecombe, Cho's friend who had told on them last term wasn't there either of course.

"Hello all" Harry said stupidly as he entered.

There was a rumble of noise as every one greeted back.

"Thanks for the book" Harry said awkwardly "It's really good"

"Yes of course" said Luna Lovegood in her far away voice "The author was the last living relative of Merlin"

"Oh" Harry replied in lack of a better answer. He seriously doubted that Merlin ever even had children.

"So when can we see it?" Ernie Macmillan asked eagerly.

"I lent it to Fle…" Harry begun but stopped himself as he realised that he should call Fleur Professor Delacour. Cho snorted, and the rest of the DA smiled knowingly at him.

"I lent it to Professor Delacour"

"Oh come on Harry you can call her Fleur in front of us" Lavender said smiling widely "We all think it's great that you have a girlfriend"

"We knew you didn't sleep with each other" Parvati added when Harry didn't reply.

"You do?" Harry asked uncertainly.

"We saw you" Lavender said "We were there, didn't you see us?"

"Oh" Harry said he took a deep breath of relief "Thanks"

"So we are continuing with the DA?" Ernie Macmillan asked irritably, he clearly didn't think girlfriends belonged in the DA.

"I'll tell you when Ginny gets here" Harry replied. They had fun talking about what they had done during the summer and Harry told them all about how McGonagall had cleared her throat in court when she had witnessed against Umbridge.

At seven o'clock Ginny entered the room wearing a very stern expression quite unlike her normal.

"So what's up" Ginny asked sharply.

"Uh" Harry said uncertainly, he found him self lost for words.

"Are you starting the DA again" Ginny asked still with an edge to her voice.

"No" Harry replied.

"No DA?" Neville asked urgently.

"No, Professor Delacour and Tonks have agreed on doing something together with us" Harry said.

"What?" Colin Creevey asked eagerly.

"We are starting a dueling club" Harry announced.

"A dueling club" Ron asked "Like the one with Lockhart and Snape"

"I think it is brilliant" Hermione said and interrupted Ron "That way every one can learn to defend themselves, not just us"

"Yeah it will be fun" Ginny said dreamily "to seriously curse someone not just practise disarming or stunning" Harry was stunned by this statement he had never thought he would hear Ginny say that she wanted to curse anyone, maybe she was up to the cruciatus curse after all.

"Yeah" Justin agreed "They won't stand a chance after all our practise"

It was agreed that a dueling club would be a good idea and they couldn't help them self from spending the two following hours practising hexes and jinxes that would be useful in the dueling club.

"Welcome to Hogwarts Defence Against the Dark Arts 6th year NEWT class" Fleur said as they sat down in defence against the dark arts class room the following morning. Every student who had managed to get an E in their Defence against the dark arts OWL was there, it was a huge class. Draco Malfoy and most of his Slytherin friends was there except Crabbe and Goyle, which Ron said this was a pity since it would be fun to see them embarrass themselves.

"I am professor Delacour and this is Professor Tonks" Fleur said and Tonks nodded a hello. "We will teach you this year how to lift curses from dark artefact, those of you who plan to become curse breakers should there for pay extra attention"

Tonks nodded importantly behind Fleur and turned her face into a something like a goblin's. There were snorts of laughter and Fleur looked over at Tonks. "Very funny Tonks, now let me get the class's attention" Tonks changed her face back to normal and Fleur continued "Next term we will start on removing curses from each other and practise throwing off the imperius curse"

"Any questions" Tonks asked brightly "We are more qualified then we look you know"

There was another snort of laughter from the students.

"How come there are two of you then" Pansy Parkinson asked.

"Because there are so many off you to take this class" Tonks replied and then added with an evil smirk "But don't worry dear when we are done there won't be so many of you left"

Harry knew that Tonks was joking of course but not every one seemed to be too sure off that, some students seemed to think she might be as crazy as Umbridge.

"I was top of my year in Defence against the dark arts and have worked the last year as a curse breaker. Professor Tonks here is a fully qualified auror and has worked for the ministry since she left school" Fleur said as she didn't seem too pleased with Tonks answer.

Harry could hear a Ravenclaw mutter "Not another auror"

"I am also part veela and Tonks is as you know a Metamorphmagus" Fleur said and Tonks couldn't resist letting hair grow out of her nose as if bored by Fleur's speech.

"Any more questions about us or the course plan?" Fleur asked as Tonks vanished her nose hair and rubbed her nose furiously as if it tickled badly. There were more snorts of laughter especially from the female part of the students as most boys focused too hard on Fleur and hadn't even noticed Tonks nose hair. Harry was uncomfortable with the way most boys stared at Fleur but he couldn't really blame them, she was a part veela after all.

"Very well then male prefects please step forward and hand these mirrors out to your house mates" Fleur said and Draco Malfoy, Anthony Goldstein, Ernie Macmillan and Ron stepped forward and pick up a pile of mirrors each from the desk in front.

"Tonks have cursed these mirrors and I want you to break it using pages five to forty eight in your books. If you find out how to break the curse please keep it to yourself" Fleur said "A piece of advice is don't make it harder then it is"

"Wow" Harry's mirror exclaimed in a female voice as it saw him "You are so HOT!"

Harry looked up at Hermione in pure surprise, she giggled at him as Ron handed her a mirror.

"Are you an angel of some kind" Hermione's mirror asked in a male voice "I've never seen anyone as good looking as you"

"Don't look at her" Harry's mirror said angrily as he was watching Hermione.

"Sorry" Harry said utterly bewildered.

"It's all right sweetie I know I'm the only one for you I just got a little jealous" Harry's mirror purred "I'll always love you, green eyes"

He looked up at Tonks to get some kind of explanation from her. Tonks was biting her lip very hard not to burst out laughing. She had obviously charmed the mirrors to seem to love who ever looked into them.

"I know this might be a bit sudden darling… but I have been thinking and I really know what I want, what I need. Will you marry me?" Harry's mirror asked, Harry couldn't help gaping at it.

Once the initial shock of having a mirror loving you and telling you off for looking at anything else then it, they had a great time. Harry soon figured out that the best way of breaking the curse would be too simply break the mirror and then repair it again. He got the idea from Riddle's diary, he could technically repair it so that it didn't have a hole in it but Tom Riddle's memories were gone forever they had pored our of it in form of ink.

"If you have figured out how to break it" Tonks said "Write it up on this piece of paper and continue to read your books"

Harry and Hermione were the first one to write on the paper a little while later Draco Malfoy some Ravenclaws and a Hufflepuff, then Ron and Lavender.

"All right Mr Potter you are first on the list, would you like to show us how to break it" Tonks said at the end of the class.

"Yes" Harry replied and slammed his mirror to the floor. A horrible ear-splitting scream filled the room.

"Normally you place a silencing charm on the artefact before you end it" Fleur said as the scream died out.

"I'll remember that Professor" Harry said, there were some sniggers especially from the Slytherins but Harry ignored them and so did Fleur.

"Reparo" Harry said firmly and waved his wand at the pieces of the mirror. They flew back together and the mirror became as good as new with a quick accio he held the mirror in his hand.

"Excellent" Fleur said "Ten pointes to Gryffindor, five for every one on this list who had a correct solution. Homework until next week; please describe the different ways of breaking curses placed on objects. I want at least four rolls of parchment… dismissed!"

"Got your girlfriend to tell you how to do it before class?" Draco Malfoy said as when they were out of any teachers hearing.

"No" Harry replied shortly.

"Don't tell me you figured that out by yourself" Pansy Parkinson said.

"I did" Harry replied as calmly as he could.

"Ignore them" Hermione whispered and pulled him and Ron along towards the great hall.

Everyone talked excitedly about their defence against the dark arts lesson on their way down to lunch, they all thought that the mirrors had been very funny and was looking forward for the next lesson even though they would have to write four rolls of parchment until then.

Harry and Hermione helped Ron to put up a notice on the Gryffindor notice board. It said that Quidditch tryouts for two chasers would be held on Saturday afternoon. It had been very hard to replace Fred and George last year they had been forced to pick those who had any flying talent at all even though they barley could swing a bat at the same time as they were flying. Now the hopes fell very much on the second years and Ginny. Ron drowned his worries in his homework, which was a good indicator on of how nervous he was. They worked tirelessly all day and managed to finish their Charms and Defence against the dark arts assay before dinner. Hermione was beaming at Ron when she found out and Harry decided to go down to dinner early to give them some privacy.

After dinner Hermione curiously enough agreed to exchange notes with them, they let her read their assays in exchange for her transfigurations assay. Hermione had of course loads of corrections and pointers for them. The evening progressed slowly in the library, with help of Hermione's Transfiguration assay Harry and Ron managed to complete their transfiguration homework too. Though Hermione read theirs and made sure that they didn't directly copy hers and that they knew what they were writing about.

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Wasn't that fun! Well I thought so anyway… you didn't seriously think Fleur would propose did you?