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A/N: Sorry it took so long to update. I've been REALLY busy. Anyways, here's the next chapter. BUT... I'm having a MAJOR writers block. So, after reading this chapter, if you have ANY ideas... please, please, please email me @ blondie_14_15@hotmail.com. I will be sure to put in that it was inspired by you should I choose to use your suggestion. Thank you, SugaAngel.
Ch. 4~ Hidden Secrets
Hermione sat there for what seemed like ages. Sirius watched her as all the light dimmed from her eyes. She suddenly seemed younger and helpless, like everything has fallen apart. The glow in her face diminished before his eyes, and if he didn't know any better, he'd say she looked heartbroken.
"Hermione?" He said in a quiet, concerned voice, "Hermione?"
She looked at him as if she just realized he was there, "Huh?"
"Are you okay?"
"Yes. Yes, I'm fine." She declared, regaining her composure, "It's just," she paused searching for the right words, "It's just I've already missed all of Charms, and I still have to get my things before I go to Arithmancy."
"Ah, I see."
"Sorry to leave so abrubtly, Sirius, but I must go."
"I understand." he said, unsure if he really did.
Hermione rushed out of the room, leaving Sirius alone and confused. He couldn't figure out why she had reacted the way she did. She had asked for the truth and he had told her that she was in-love.
Sirius shook his head and left his office to go teach his upcoming class.
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Hermione entered the common room at a run. Harry and Ron were already there,waiting for her. She ran right pat them, not even glancing their way, on her way to the girls' dormatories, namely, her own.
"Hermione." Ron yelled. She ignored him. "Hermione!" He shouted louder. She stopped and turned towards him.
"What?" she growled.
Ron held up her books and bag, "Looking for these?"
"Where's my wand?"
Harry reached into his robes and pulled it out, "Right here."
Hermione stormed over and ripped her things out of their hands, "Thanks." She spat. Hermione turned to go to the dorms.
"Hermione, what's wrong?" Ron hastily asked. Hermione paused for a second with her back facing them, she then shook her head and continued up the stairs. Harry stood by, quietly watching the scene before him.
"Hermione!" Ron yelled again.
She spun on him, "What do you want now?!"
He responded in such a soft and calm tone it startled her. "What's wrong 'Mione? Why won't you talk to us?"
She suddenly felt a pang of guilt fot being so rude. 'They deserved it.' She told herself. She shook her head, "Nothing, Ron. I --- you wouldn't understand."
"Why wouldn't we understand?" He asked. A tear slid down her cheek, Harry looked on in wonder, while Ron's eyes expressed love and concern for his friend, "Hermione?"
"You just wouldn't, okay?" She said desperately. She turned and ran up to her dorm before she could be stopped again. As soon as she entered, she flung herself onto her bed and cried, she cried until she fell asleep.
She awoke a while later to a rapping at the door.
"Hermione? Hermione, I know you're in there. Open up."
'Who is that?', she thought, 'Sirius?'
"Hermione? C'mon, Hermione. I've already talked to Ron and Harry...Open the door."
She cautiously walked to the door and unlocked it. She gently turned the knob and opened the door, and there stood Sirius.
"H-hello, Si-Professor Black."
He cringed, "'Mione, we've discussed this and I've told you...Sirius. Professor Black sounds too formal. Don't you think?", Hermione smiled, "So, may I come in?"
"Er...yeah. Sorry."
Sirius stepped in the room and looked around. It was extremely well kept, with a vanity table covered in things, bookshelves filled to capacity, and a very comfortable looking bed with a nightstand to the right. She led him over to a couple of cozy overstuffed armchairs. When they were both seated, Hermione became very interested in her feet. Sirius soon started to voice his concerns.
"Hermione, Ron and Harry came to me and told me everything." He paused to see her reaction, her head flew up.
"Everything?"
"Yes."
"Like what?"
"Like, the rest of the arguement in class, what you said, what happened about an hour ago..."
Hermione's face turned as red as Ron's hair, "So?"
"So, why were you crying?"
Hermione shifted her eyes away from Sirius' probing gaze...she wouldn' t allow him to see her so vulnerable, so....alone.
"Hermione? Talk to me." she wouldn't look at him, "Is it something I said?"
A tear rolled down her cheek and he saw her trying to hide her sorrowm though her eyes were glistening with tears. She looked away from him.
"Hermione...tell me."
She sighed heavily with resignation, 'How do I tell him?' she thought, 'It'll never be, so why shouldn't I?' "Well...er, *sniff*, you see, there's this...guy. I really like him, maybe more, I don't know. But it doesn't matter because nothing will ever happen between us."
Sirius took in a deep breath, "Why not?"
"We're too good of friends, and I can't tell him even if I wanted to."
"How come?"
"We don't communicate well."
"Oh. Do I know him?"
"Yes."
"How well?"
"VERY well."
He cast his eyes down, "Oh. Who is it?"
"Um... th-that's not important." she stuttered.
He looked up, "Why not? Are you embarrassed?"
"No! I'm not embarrassed at all! It's just... I want to scream it at the top of my lungs, but I can't. Harry'll get mad and he doesn't love me anyway so it doesn't matter." She said, mentally kicking herself for mentioning Harry.
'Ron.' Thought Sirius, he sighed, "Hermione,if you love him, tell him. I'm sure he probably feels the same way."
"No, he told me that he was in-love with someone else."
"Did he say who?"
"No. And I really don't care to know."
"Is there anything I can do? Anyone I can talk to?"
'Yes.' Hermione thought, 'You can forget the other girl and kiss me and love ME.' -"No."
Sirius got up slowly, he almost looked as though his heart had been thrown into a blender.
"Okay, then. I have to go. I need to talk to...er...someone." Sirius turned to leave, "Hermione?"
"Hmm?"
"Has our talk helped any?"
'No! You've just got me more confused!'-- "Yes."
He nodded amd almost inaudibly replied, "Good." Then he quietly opened the door and left her alone.
When the door snapped shut, Hermione sadly whispered, "I love you, Sirius."
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A/N: Sorry it took so long to update. I've been REALLY busy. Anyways, here's the next chapter. BUT... I'm having a MAJOR writers block. So, after reading this chapter, if you have ANY ideas... please, please, please email me @ blondie_14_15@hotmail.com. I will be sure to put in that it was inspired by you should I choose to use your suggestion. Thank you, SugaAngel.
Ch. 4~ Hidden Secrets
Hermione sat there for what seemed like ages. Sirius watched her as all the light dimmed from her eyes. She suddenly seemed younger and helpless, like everything has fallen apart. The glow in her face diminished before his eyes, and if he didn't know any better, he'd say she looked heartbroken.
"Hermione?" He said in a quiet, concerned voice, "Hermione?"
She looked at him as if she just realized he was there, "Huh?"
"Are you okay?"
"Yes. Yes, I'm fine." She declared, regaining her composure, "It's just," she paused searching for the right words, "It's just I've already missed all of Charms, and I still have to get my things before I go to Arithmancy."
"Ah, I see."
"Sorry to leave so abrubtly, Sirius, but I must go."
"I understand." he said, unsure if he really did.
Hermione rushed out of the room, leaving Sirius alone and confused. He couldn't figure out why she had reacted the way she did. She had asked for the truth and he had told her that she was in-love.
Sirius shook his head and left his office to go teach his upcoming class.
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Hermione entered the common room at a run. Harry and Ron were already there,waiting for her. She ran right pat them, not even glancing their way, on her way to the girls' dormatories, namely, her own.
"Hermione." Ron yelled. She ignored him. "Hermione!" He shouted louder. She stopped and turned towards him.
"What?" she growled.
Ron held up her books and bag, "Looking for these?"
"Where's my wand?"
Harry reached into his robes and pulled it out, "Right here."
Hermione stormed over and ripped her things out of their hands, "Thanks." She spat. Hermione turned to go to the dorms.
"Hermione, what's wrong?" Ron hastily asked. Hermione paused for a second with her back facing them, she then shook her head and continued up the stairs. Harry stood by, quietly watching the scene before him.
"Hermione!" Ron yelled again.
She spun on him, "What do you want now?!"
He responded in such a soft and calm tone it startled her. "What's wrong 'Mione? Why won't you talk to us?"
She suddenly felt a pang of guilt fot being so rude. 'They deserved it.' She told herself. She shook her head, "Nothing, Ron. I --- you wouldn't understand."
"Why wouldn't we understand?" He asked. A tear slid down her cheek, Harry looked on in wonder, while Ron's eyes expressed love and concern for his friend, "Hermione?"
"You just wouldn't, okay?" She said desperately. She turned and ran up to her dorm before she could be stopped again. As soon as she entered, she flung herself onto her bed and cried, she cried until she fell asleep.
She awoke a while later to a rapping at the door.
"Hermione? Hermione, I know you're in there. Open up."
'Who is that?', she thought, 'Sirius?'
"Hermione? C'mon, Hermione. I've already talked to Ron and Harry...Open the door."
She cautiously walked to the door and unlocked it. She gently turned the knob and opened the door, and there stood Sirius.
"H-hello, Si-Professor Black."
He cringed, "'Mione, we've discussed this and I've told you...Sirius. Professor Black sounds too formal. Don't you think?", Hermione smiled, "So, may I come in?"
"Er...yeah. Sorry."
Sirius stepped in the room and looked around. It was extremely well kept, with a vanity table covered in things, bookshelves filled to capacity, and a very comfortable looking bed with a nightstand to the right. She led him over to a couple of cozy overstuffed armchairs. When they were both seated, Hermione became very interested in her feet. Sirius soon started to voice his concerns.
"Hermione, Ron and Harry came to me and told me everything." He paused to see her reaction, her head flew up.
"Everything?"
"Yes."
"Like what?"
"Like, the rest of the arguement in class, what you said, what happened about an hour ago..."
Hermione's face turned as red as Ron's hair, "So?"
"So, why were you crying?"
Hermione shifted her eyes away from Sirius' probing gaze...she wouldn' t allow him to see her so vulnerable, so....alone.
"Hermione? Talk to me." she wouldn't look at him, "Is it something I said?"
A tear rolled down her cheek and he saw her trying to hide her sorrowm though her eyes were glistening with tears. She looked away from him.
"Hermione...tell me."
She sighed heavily with resignation, 'How do I tell him?' she thought, 'It'll never be, so why shouldn't I?' "Well...er, *sniff*, you see, there's this...guy. I really like him, maybe more, I don't know. But it doesn't matter because nothing will ever happen between us."
Sirius took in a deep breath, "Why not?"
"We're too good of friends, and I can't tell him even if I wanted to."
"How come?"
"We don't communicate well."
"Oh. Do I know him?"
"Yes."
"How well?"
"VERY well."
He cast his eyes down, "Oh. Who is it?"
"Um... th-that's not important." she stuttered.
He looked up, "Why not? Are you embarrassed?"
"No! I'm not embarrassed at all! It's just... I want to scream it at the top of my lungs, but I can't. Harry'll get mad and he doesn't love me anyway so it doesn't matter." She said, mentally kicking herself for mentioning Harry.
'Ron.' Thought Sirius, he sighed, "Hermione,if you love him, tell him. I'm sure he probably feels the same way."
"No, he told me that he was in-love with someone else."
"Did he say who?"
"No. And I really don't care to know."
"Is there anything I can do? Anyone I can talk to?"
'Yes.' Hermione thought, 'You can forget the other girl and kiss me and love ME.' -"No."
Sirius got up slowly, he almost looked as though his heart had been thrown into a blender.
"Okay, then. I have to go. I need to talk to...er...someone." Sirius turned to leave, "Hermione?"
"Hmm?"
"Has our talk helped any?"
'No! You've just got me more confused!'-- "Yes."
He nodded amd almost inaudibly replied, "Good." Then he quietly opened the door and left her alone.
When the door snapped shut, Hermione sadly whispered, "I love you, Sirius."
THANK YOU TO:
Draco-FutureBF: i'm sorry you had to wait so long but here you go! It mite be
a lil while for the next chapter, but hopefully my block is unblocke soon. lol.
Thanks.
Hallie Walker: Thank you.
JagFanatic: Aww... you are so sweet. Thank you. I really take those things to heart
and it really means a lot to me. Thank you again!
Allie-2003: Thank you too. Oh my gah...you all are going to make me cry with your
reviews. You all are so-o sweet.
Kendra Meadows: Thank you.
Dani LupinPotterBlack: Thank you.
ilukaiba: Thanks. I don't know about the fall over part, but thank you. Actually my best
friend thought it worked too. Thanks again.
michelline: Thank you.
CeLeStIaL BeInG: Thank you.
PadfootsAngel1: Thank you!
Captain Oblivious: I know, I know. I'm getting to it. LOL! Thanks.
MiniTieja: Thanks!
LinNicole: Well...since I have your undivided attention then listen up...you might not
want to sit on pins and needles cause that could be a bit painful...lol. Just kidding.
Thank you for your compliments.
A.L. Lorraine: I know... but hey...I had to work him in so that he'd be there ALL THE
TIME. I don't think he'll be the Snape of the Gryffindors to the Slytherins. I love the
Slytherin House...lol...I would never cause them unnessacary (can't spell) pain. Lol.
Thank you!!!!!!!!!
Jazzylady: I bawled too, and I completey agree with you on the writing to JK thing.
Thank you for reviewing.