A/N- lol, this is like the quickest I updated. I think… lol… Nothing much to say except that Alicia Keys came back to visit her old school… which is… er.. My school. lol.

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If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time… You'd see this again ;) :

Someone around the corner from them gasped.

Hermione and Harry went wide eyed.

They ran to the corner and looked around it.

It wasn't just someONE… it was some people…

2 people to be exact.

"Seamus!" Shouted Hermione.

"Ron!" Shouted Harry at the same time.

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Chapter 20: (WOW! Already this far??) We Like You

Hermione and Harry ran after them.

They were moving fast. It seemed they were heading for Gryffindor Tower.

Seamus and Ron turned a corner.

Harry and Hermione followed.

They ran for a few minutes.

Seamus and Ron went up a flight of stairs.

Harry and Hermione followed still.

Seamus shouted the password to the tower and ran in, followed by Ron.

The portrait closed right in Harry's face.

He said the password and he and Hermione stepped in.

"Where do you think they are?" Hermione said.

"Boys Dorm. Stay down here, I'll go check." Harry told Hermione.

"Okay." Hermione said heading to a couch in the Common Room.

Harry went up the stairs and into the Dormitory.

Hermione stared into the fire thinking.

'Omigosh, I shouldn't have said that out loud. I knew I shouldn't have! I should have went someplace a little more private and said it… this is so stupid. Why were they eavesdropping anyway? Boys can be so nosy… Omigosh… are they mad at me or something? Well they can't stop me from liking someone that I like… ohhhh this is so stupid!'

Harry came downstairs pulling Ron and Seamus by the arm.

"Okay, you guys need to talk." Harry said. "This is not Hermione's fault at all."

When Harry got to the Common Room, he pushed Seamus and Ron into a couch, and then sat down next to Hermione.

"Talk." Harry demanded.

Quiet…

"Is there a problem?" Hermione asked.

"Yes. How could you like MALFOY, Hermione??" Ron demanded more than asked.

"Well… I mean… if you knew him, or been around him and gave him a chance… you'd understand…" Hermione answered.

"But it's MALFOY!" Ron shouted.

"What on earth is that supposed to mean??" Hermione yelled back.

"He's our arch-enemy, Hermione!" Ron said.

"But he's changed! At least around me…" Hermione said.

"He's probably playing some bloody trick for all you know, Hermione!" Ron hissed.

"No. He wouldn't. He couldn't. How he acts is pure. Not fake. Not fake at all." Hermione responded.

"All I'm saying, is that you just don't know." Ron said.

Hermione rolled her eyes, then looked at Seamus.

"Seamus? You've been really quiet." Harry said, noticing Hermione look at him.

"I've been listening." Seamus said.

"Okay…" Hermione trailed off.

"You guys aren't answering Hermione truthfully. Tell her the truth.. NOW." Harry said.

Hermione looked confused.

"The truth…?" Hermione said.

"Yeah. The truth." Harry told Hermione. "Tell her how you feel." Harry looked sharply at Seamus and Harry.

Hermione raised an eyebrow.

"Seamus, how 'bout you go first since Ron is.. Uh… in need of cooling off." Harry suggested.

Seamus shot Harry and worried look.

Harry gave him a reassuring nod.

"Well… Uhm…" Seamus started, looking at the floor. "See… err… I've sorta… had… a crush on you… since like… 2nd year… and… uhm… I guess… I guess I was upset to hear you like Malfoy… 'cause… well… you get it." He looked up.

Hermione tilted her head.


"Aww." Hermione got up, walked over to Seamus, bent down and gave him a huge hug. "I'm sorry that I hurt your feelings." Hermione let go and sat back down where she had sat previously.

Ron's face was reddened.

Seamus was looking at the floor blushing furiously.

"Ron?" Harry said.

"Ditto… but… I liked you since err… 1st year." Ron mumbled looking at the floor.

Hermione gave Ron a hug too and stood up in front of Ron and Seamus.

"I'm sorry." Was all she could get out. Then Hermione ran out of the Common Room, into her own, and up to her room.

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'Wow, I've sure been stupid. How could I not have known! This is so terrible. I hurt their feelings… and I admitted my deepest-darkest, secret. I can't believe this…' Hermione thought sitting at the edge of her bed, covering her face with her hands. 'I don't know what to do. I don't want to go outside… I'm going to stay in from classes today. This is just too embarrassing… What if someone else heard… Oh no oh no oh no…'

Suddenly there was a soft knock from the Lion's portrait that led to Gryffindor Common Room.

Hermione looked at it.

She sighed, got up and opened it.

Harry stood there.

"Come on in." Hermione said opening the portrait door wider so that Harry could step in.

Hermione closed the door behind him.

Harry sat on the couch in her room and Hermione did the same.

"Are you okay? You just said "Sorry" and fled from the room back there." Harry said.

"I just feel so bad. I mean… I never knew." Hermione responded.

"It's not your fault. I've been trying to get them to tell you for the past billion years. Don't feel so bad. I mean… they were eavesdropping." Harry said.


"Yeah but… I mean…-" Hermione started.

"I understand how you feel. Just don't feel bad about it! They'll get over it…… Of course… They'll still like YOU though." Harry said.

Hermione sighed.

"This is so not good. No matter what way you look at it… it's just not good…"

"Just calm down. Forget about it. You've still got school work to worry about… and seeing Snape's ugly face…" Harry said.

"I'm skipping classes today. It'll be too embarrassing to show my face… I mean… what if someone else overheard? What if they tell people? I don't want people glaring at me all day, Harry." Said Hermione.

"Nobody else heard. Nobody will glare at you. Just give it a rest." Harry said.

"But Harry-"

"Just try to forget about it."

Hermione sighed.

"Fine, but I'm still staying in."

"If you stay in here, you'll think about it even more." Harry said.

"I'll read." Hermione suggested.

Harry bit his lip. "I suppose…… Just… Whatever you do… try not to worry about it."

"Alright."

"Ok. Well… I'll tell the Professor's you were feeling sick."

"Okay. Thanks." Hermione said smiling.

"No problem." Harry said opening the portrait.

He stepped out, poked his head back in and said "Remember… don't think about it!" Winked and left, closing the portrait door behind him.

Hermione walked over to her bed and picked up 'Hogwarts, A History' , sat down and began to read.

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A/N- Thanks for reading. I hope it was a good chapter :-D It's 5 pages long, 1259 words… and uhh… I'm still looking for a Beta Reader Person. Llol. Just Email me or IM me if you want to be it. :-D

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