A/N: Lost chapter number 2! Yay! ::cough::
Chapter 4 - Anything Particular
"Hello Madame Pince," Hermione said happily as she entered the library.
"Oh, hello dear," Madame Pince said, checking in some books, "Don't forget, you have a book due back tomorrow."
Hermione nodded. Hermione walked over to the card catalog and opened the K-L category. She flipped through all the cards but couldn't find what she was looking for. She scanned rows and rows of books but still couldn't find anything on the subject. Hermione made her way back up to Madame Pince's desk where she was still busy checking in books.
"Excuse me," Hermione said, "But I need help finding something."
"Anything particular?" Madame Pince asked.
"Yes," Hermione said, "I was wondering if you had any books on.Love."
"Love?" Madame Pince asked, "Why in the world would a Hogwarts school library have any books on love?"
"Well.It's an important subject," Hermione said and walked away.
Hermione stayed up for hours reading books she knew she had read several hundreds of times before. Hermione glanced up to see Madame Pince had fallen asleep on the desk. She felt sort of guilty, making Madame Pince stay up as she continued to read. As Hermione was about to get up to leave and wake up Madame Pince, the library door slowly crept open. Through the candlelight, Hermione saw a nervous face peeking in. The door opened the rest of the way and Lavender Brown stepped in, seeing that Madame Pince had fallen asleep and was now lightly snoring. Hermione glared at Lavender as she made her way over to Hermione. From Hermione's stare, Lavender thought she was unwelcome and was hesitant to say anything.
"H-Hi Hermione," Lavender said.
"Hi Lavender, what are you doing here?" Hermione asked suspiciously.
"Well, it was getting pretty late and I was wondering where you were, so I thought I'd check here," Lavender explained, awkwardly standing opposite to Hermione, who was closing the book she was reading.
"Do you have some note from Harry too?" Hermione asked bitterly.
"What?"
Hermione sighed and explained, "Parvati had some note from Harry. We're having a fight and." Hermione drifted off as she stood up to put the book away.
"Who? You and Harry or you and Parvati?"
"Both, I guess." Lavender followed Hermione as she went back to put the book back on its rightful shelf.
"What are you and Harry fighting about?"
"Well, he's just been acting so-Wait, why do you care?" Hermione was still suspicious about Lavender's unexpected visit.
"You've just seemed really angry lately, and I thought maybe you'd need someone to talk to." Hermione read Lavender's face and decided her intentions were genuine.
"Well, okay. Sometimes I just feel that Harry isn't taking this seriously, you know? It's like love is all a game to him and I'm his pawn. He can be so hypocritical sometimes, it just drives me mad. The problem is, I don't really want to break it off with him. Deep down I think I really do love him."
"You think you love him? How can you be so unsure about everything?"
"I can't really say I'm sure about anything right now," Hermione muttered.
"Maybe it would be good to take a break from Harry," Lavender advised, "Give you some time to think about everything."
Good advice, Hermione thought, But then I'm afraid he'll never take me back. Whatever the matter, Hermione realized she was dead tired and talking with Lavender wasn't helping a bit.
"Thanks," Hermione said, "But I really do need to go to bed."
"Okay," Lavender said.
Hermione and Lavender walked out of the library, the closing of the door shaking Madame Pince into awareness that she had fallen asleep.
What was Hermione to do? Should she talk with Harry, take a break, or continue her plan with Draco. Hermione closed her eyes and nodded it off. She was too tired to walk back to her bedroom, much less think and stress.
Chapter 4 - Anything Particular
"Hello Madame Pince," Hermione said happily as she entered the library.
"Oh, hello dear," Madame Pince said, checking in some books, "Don't forget, you have a book due back tomorrow."
Hermione nodded. Hermione walked over to the card catalog and opened the K-L category. She flipped through all the cards but couldn't find what she was looking for. She scanned rows and rows of books but still couldn't find anything on the subject. Hermione made her way back up to Madame Pince's desk where she was still busy checking in books.
"Excuse me," Hermione said, "But I need help finding something."
"Anything particular?" Madame Pince asked.
"Yes," Hermione said, "I was wondering if you had any books on.Love."
"Love?" Madame Pince asked, "Why in the world would a Hogwarts school library have any books on love?"
"Well.It's an important subject," Hermione said and walked away.
Hermione stayed up for hours reading books she knew she had read several hundreds of times before. Hermione glanced up to see Madame Pince had fallen asleep on the desk. She felt sort of guilty, making Madame Pince stay up as she continued to read. As Hermione was about to get up to leave and wake up Madame Pince, the library door slowly crept open. Through the candlelight, Hermione saw a nervous face peeking in. The door opened the rest of the way and Lavender Brown stepped in, seeing that Madame Pince had fallen asleep and was now lightly snoring. Hermione glared at Lavender as she made her way over to Hermione. From Hermione's stare, Lavender thought she was unwelcome and was hesitant to say anything.
"H-Hi Hermione," Lavender said.
"Hi Lavender, what are you doing here?" Hermione asked suspiciously.
"Well, it was getting pretty late and I was wondering where you were, so I thought I'd check here," Lavender explained, awkwardly standing opposite to Hermione, who was closing the book she was reading.
"Do you have some note from Harry too?" Hermione asked bitterly.
"What?"
Hermione sighed and explained, "Parvati had some note from Harry. We're having a fight and." Hermione drifted off as she stood up to put the book away.
"Who? You and Harry or you and Parvati?"
"Both, I guess." Lavender followed Hermione as she went back to put the book back on its rightful shelf.
"What are you and Harry fighting about?"
"Well, he's just been acting so-Wait, why do you care?" Hermione was still suspicious about Lavender's unexpected visit.
"You've just seemed really angry lately, and I thought maybe you'd need someone to talk to." Hermione read Lavender's face and decided her intentions were genuine.
"Well, okay. Sometimes I just feel that Harry isn't taking this seriously, you know? It's like love is all a game to him and I'm his pawn. He can be so hypocritical sometimes, it just drives me mad. The problem is, I don't really want to break it off with him. Deep down I think I really do love him."
"You think you love him? How can you be so unsure about everything?"
"I can't really say I'm sure about anything right now," Hermione muttered.
"Maybe it would be good to take a break from Harry," Lavender advised, "Give you some time to think about everything."
Good advice, Hermione thought, But then I'm afraid he'll never take me back. Whatever the matter, Hermione realized she was dead tired and talking with Lavender wasn't helping a bit.
"Thanks," Hermione said, "But I really do need to go to bed."
"Okay," Lavender said.
Hermione and Lavender walked out of the library, the closing of the door shaking Madame Pince into awareness that she had fallen asleep.
What was Hermione to do? Should she talk with Harry, take a break, or continue her plan with Draco. Hermione closed her eyes and nodded it off. She was too tired to walk back to her bedroom, much less think and stress.