Disclaimer-J.K. Rowlings owns everything in this fic. I only own the plot.
Love Never Dies
Chapter 2-I Never Knew
"Hello, Hermioninny," Viktor said in a voice that was not too friendly.
"Hi, Viktor. I wasn't expecting you back so soon," Hermione said, "How was your meeting?"
"It vas fine," Viktor said and his gaze kept shifting from Hermione to the man sitting next to her.
"I'm glad," Hermione replied, and then she remembered that Viktor had never actually met Oliver. "Viktor, this is Oliver Wood. Oliver, this is Viktor Krum."
"Nice to meet you," Oliver said in a friendly manner.
"Nice to meet you too," Viktor said in a voice that was not nearly as friendly as Oliver's.
"Well, it's been nice talking to you again, Hermione," Oliver said. "I probably should go now, but I'll see you later, okay?"
"Of course, Oliver," Hermione said. "I'll talk to you later."
"Bye, Hermione. By Viktor," Oliver said and he turned and left the campsite.
As soon as Oliver was out of sight Hermione asked, "Why were you acting so strangely? Why were you so rude to Oliver?"
"I vas not acting strangely and I vas not being rude," Viktor said defensively.
"Yes you were, Viktor. What has gotten into you?" Hermione asked.
"Nothing," Viktor said.
"Did something bad happen at your meeting?" Hermione asked.
"No, everything vent fine at my meeting," Viktor said.
"Then why were you acting so rude when Oliver was here? Do you know him or something?" Hermione asked.
"No, I don't know him. I vas just surprised to see you vist him," Viktor said. "I vanted to stay vith you and help you vith the tent, but you told me I must go to my meeting. Vhen I got back, you were sitting vith that man and I just vished that I was the one vith you."
"Oliver is just an old friend from Hogwarts, Viktor. We hadn't seen each other for years, not since he was at Hogwarts, and then we saw each other this morning. We were just catching up. He was the one who taught Harry how to play quidditch, so he wanted to hear all about how Harry was doing. And then he was nice enough to offer to help me with my tent," Hermione said.
"I told you I vould help you vith it," Viktor said.
"I know, but you had more important things to do," Hermione replied.
"I vould haff rather spent time vith you. I don't get to see you as often as i vould like to, and I vant to spend as much time as possible vith you. You are more important to me than quidditch right now." Viktor said. "And I saw that man vith you and I vished that I could haff been the one spending time vith you."
"So you were jealous of Oliver?" Hermione asked.
"I vasn't jealous of him. I guess you could say that I vas jealous of the time he vas spending vith you," Viktor said. "I don't know exactly vhat I am feeling right now. It doesn't seem right vhen you are not vith me. Vhen I saw you this morning I vas so happy. But then I had to leave and vhen I returned that man vas vith you. It didn't seem like he should haff been there vith you. I should haff been the one spending time vith you. You know, you are very special to me, Hermioninny."
"I don't know what to say, Viktor. You are very special to me too, but I thought that we decided to just be friends,' Hermione said.
"I know but...but...everything is just different now," Viktor said sounding very upset.
"What's so different now?" Hermione asked.
"I don't know. I always knew that I cared for you. I vas so happy vhen I saw you today. It had been so long since I had last seen you, and I vas so anxious to get out of our meeting so that I could spend some more time vith you. Then vhen I saw you vith that man, I just...it jsut didn't feel right," Viktor said.
"Viktor I..." Hermione began.
"Vait Hermioninny," Viktor interrupted. "I know I always said that I did not vant a girlfriend because it vould attract so much attention from the press, but I feel differently now. I don't care vhat they say. I am much older now, and I am ready for a serious relationship."
"Viktor, when you decided that you didn't want to have a relationship with me, it was really hard to stop feeling the way I felt about you. I knew that we shouldn't be together, and that I wasn't ready for that kind of relationship, but that doesn't mean that I felt differently about you. Now, that I have finally gotten over you, and I care about you only as a friend, you tell me that you want to be more than just friends? Why did your feelings change all of the sudden? Our relationship didn't bother you until you saw me with Oliver. Why did seeing me with another man affect you so much?" Hermione asked.
"Seeing you vith that man made me realize just how much I vas missing out on and how much I vould lose if I didn't have you. I think I haff always had these feelings and I vas to stupid to realize it until now," Viktor said.
"I can't just turn my feelings on and off, Viktor. I hate the fact that now that I have finally gotten over having feelings for you, you decide that we should be together. I'm afraid that the first time the press questions you about our relationship, you will decide that now is not the time for us to be together. I don't think I will be able to handle being pushed aside twice," Hermione said.
"I never knew you felt like I vas pushing you aside. That vas never my intention. I just thought that the best thing for both of us vas to just be friends. I never knew that I hurt you. I never knew that you vere interested in me as something more than a friend. I never meant to hurt you, Hermioninny. You must know that," Viktor said sincerely and put a hand on her shoulder.
"I know that you didn't hurt me on purpose," Hermione said. "And I never realized that I felt so deeply for you then. How should I have expected you to know how I felt?"
"I haff been stupid Hermioninny. I hope that you vill forgiff me for my mistakes, because I really do care about you Hermioninny. I don't know vhy it took me so long to figure that out. I mjust go now, or else I vill be late." Viktor said. "Think about vhat I said Hermioninny." Viktor said and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek before he left her.
Hermione watched Viktor as he walked away. She gave a huge sigh and sank down into one of the lawn chairs. "What am I going to
do now?" Hermione thought aloud. "Why does everything always have to be so complicated?"
A/N-So, what do you think of this chapter? I know it didn't have much of Oliver in it, but he'll be in the next chapter a lot. Sorry it
took me so long to update this, I have been really, really busy lately. I've had a lot of softball games lately, and I was sick this
weekend. Also, it took me quite a while to write this chapter, I couldn't really decide what I wanted to happen in this chapter. I still
don't know if I want to pair Hermione with Oliver or with Viktor. I can see this going either way. I tried to make this chapter longer,
but I didn't really succeed so I hope you don't mind. That's my goal for this fic. I'm trying to write longer chapters. Thanks to
everyone who reviewed. I love getting reviews!
Big thanks to Rikku, Clavel, JSUChic, Caitiy, Juvenus, DevilFireEyes, and Karate Chick, for reviewing the first chapter!
