"Krum???!!!" choked a very shocked Harry.
The Great Hall turned to look at him.
Harry, however, was staring at Krum who looked very confused.
Ginny broke the silence.
"Euh, Harry here is a bit surprised." She said apologetically, patting Harry's arm.
Dumbledore smiled and Krum still looked a little uncertain.
"Let's continue, shall we?" said Dumbledore and gradually the babble in the Great Hall broke out again.
Malfoy and the other Slytherins were laughing and pointing at Harry from the Slytherin table.
Harry realized what had happened and went a very deep red.
Ron and Alex were also laughing.
"The whole Hall stared at you!" whooped Ron.
Hermione was smiling; Ginny was grinning at a very red Harry.
"Euh…"He mumbled. "Oops."
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The next day they got their schedules; they had DADA in the afternoon.
Ron was looking particularly annoyed by this.
"Honestly, Ron, you have no reason to be scared." Alex assured him. "Hermione would never leave you."
Ron went even paler at this and kept shooting daggers at Krum who was sitting at the Staff Table, looking very solitary.
"Hey. Did you see we have DADA this afternoon?" asked Hermione, who had been talking to Parvati, turning to them.
Ron muttered darkly and Harry and Alex just nodded. Hermione glared at Ron.
"Ron. Really, why are you so annoyed by this? It's just Krum. I thought he was your idol?" she asked.
Harry, Alex and Ginny winced. "Bad move, Hermione" they silently agreed while Ron went very red.
"DO YOU WANT ME TO TELL YOU WHY I'M ANNOYED THAT YOUR EX-BOYFRIEND WHO IS VERY FAMOUS IS GOING TO BE HERE ALL YEAR TEACHING US?" he yelled furiously.
"Do you?" he repeated, lowering his voice.
Hermione just looked at him, her face expressionless.
"Oh, so that's it, is it? You don't trust me? Well, okay then, I guess this isn't going to work." She said simply, and she picked up her books and stalked out of the Great Hall.
"Hermione! Wait! I do trust you…" Ron called after her, but she was already gone.
"What are you looking at?" Ginny asked the people who were staring at them (again). They turned their heads and started whispering.
"God, what have I done?" Ron moaned, his head falling into his cornflakes.
"Well, I think you just fell into your cornflakes." Said Ginny a-matter-of-factly.
Ron grunted.
Harry and Alex just stared at him.
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Hermione P.O.V.
"How could Ron do this to me? How could he not trust me?" she slid down the wall and sat there, in a dark corridor, crying silently.
"I thought he trusted me, I thought he actually loved me. But there can't be love without trust. After all we've been through together…I did think he trusted me…but he doesn't…"
The sound of footsteps echoed in the corridor.
They came nearer.
And nearer.
And even nearer.
Hermione held her breath as the person came in view.
Yep, she knew the person.
Dark complexion, round-shouldered and slightly duck-footed.
The one and only Viktor Krum.
"Vot is the matter, Herm-own-ninny?"
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Ron's P.O.V.
After cleaning his face of the cornflakes, Ron went on a search for Hermione, leaving his friends in the Great Hall. He had about 15 minutes before Charms.
"What have I done? I told her I didn't trust her…she'll be so upset…where is she?" he thought desperately.
He turned into a dark corridor and saw 2 shapes: one sitting on the floor and seemed to by crying and talking, another crouching next to him/her, listening. He heard sobs and a girl's voice.
Suddenly the person crouching next to the girl reached out and hugged the girl.
"Lumos." Ron whispered, taking out his wand.
And there, in front of him; Hermione Granger, his girlfriends, in the arms of Viktor Krum.
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Hermione P.O.V.
"Well, it's really complicated." She said, tears still rolling down her cheeks.
Krum merely looked at her, and then crouched down beside her.
"Ron Weasley, the redhead who asked for your autograph after the Triwizard Tournament, do you remember him?" she asked.
Krum nodded.
"Well, he was my boyfriend. Then you came to teach at Hogwarts, and now he was all worried I'd dump him and get back together with you." Explained Hermione, blushing faintly.
"But, this Ron Weasley, doesn't he know ve are over?" asked Krum, his eyebrows raised.
"Yes, I told him that, but he doesn't trust me, apparently…he doesn't…" sobbed Hermione, tears now pouring steadily down her cheeks.
Krum hesitated and then pulled Hermione in his arms. Hermione sobbed into his shoulder, making his shirt wet.
Suddenly there was a bright light.
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"I was right." Shouted Ron, pointing at Hermione and then at Krum and back at Hermione again.
"You're dumping me for him!" he yelled.
"NO, Ron, this isn't what you think it is." Yelled Hermione, tearing herself out of Krum's arms and standing up, grabbing Ron's arm.
"I think I know exactly what this is…Granger." He said coldly, throwing her hand off his arm, turning around and walking away.
Hermione just stood there until his footsteps died away.
"Herm-own-ninny?"
"Viktor…just go…I want to be alone…" Hermione managed to get out.
Krum nodded, stood up and walked away too.
Hermione flung herself back down as the bell rang. Class would have to wait.
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"Where the hell is Hermione?" Harry asked Ginny as they hurried to class.
"I have no idea. And Ron?" asked Ginny, stopping.
"Nowhere in sight." Answered Harry, stopping too and looking around.
"I hope they show up. Se you after class." Said Ginny, and she stood on her tiptoes and kissed Harry on the lips. He started to put his arms around her waist, but she pulled away.
"Class, remember?" she said, grinning, and she dashed off to her class.
Harry sighed and turned around. He saw Alex and Melanie kissing before him.
"Class, remember?" he said, echoing Ginny, and he grabbed Alex's arm and dragged him to Charms.
"Where's Ron and Hermione?" asked Neville as they sat down beside him.
"I have no idea…but it must be really important or something…Hermione would never miss a class." Replied Harry, taking out his books.
"Maybe they've apologized to each other and are currently in a broom closet, oblivious to the rest of the world." Said Alex, grinning and taking out his Charm notes.
Professor Flitwick then began to tell them about Growing Charms, so they stopped talking and started taking notes.
Alex didn't know how wrong he was.
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Ron stormed to the boys' dormitories and let himself fall on his bed.
"How could Hermione do this to me?" he asked himself, his eyes misting over. Soon tears were starting to form in his eyes. He reached over and closed his hangings.
Crying was something he didn't do in public.
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Hermione made her way to the Gryffindor Tower, hardly noticing where she was going. She stumbled up the stairs to her dormitory and closed the door behind her. She ran to her bed and threw herself upon it, crying her eyes out.
"How could Ron do this to me?"
"How could he not trust me?"
"Why did he have to draw the wrong conclusion about what happened in that corridor?"
"Why? Why? Why???" She asked herself over and over again until she finally fell asleep, her face wet from tears.
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aw…..this is so sad! I'm sorry I didn't update yesterday, but I had writer's block! Argh I just hate that!
Well, I'm terribly sorry, but I probably won't be updating tomorrow either- even authors go on vacation! I'm going to a friend's in the next state…hehehe!
Well, please review! If I get lots of reviews maybe I'll write a chappie before I go!
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Responses:
ElizabethMM: *choke* yep, it's Vicky all right! *laughs evilly*
Caroline E.M.A. Melbourne: Hehe…you've got it right! Evil has come upon them…hahaha! Now I need something to get Harry and Ginny apart! *laughs cruelly* nah, just kidding!
Supergirl1036996: Thanks! Exciting is what I'm trying to create!
Sarahamanda: Thanks!
Aragorn Elessar: Hey! I'm glad you like my story! I decided to update soon…hehe…I didn't want to feel the wrath of the strider *winkwink* I'll check out your fic sometime when I have time! I really will!
Raisinnutbread: Yes, poor Seamus. Yep, Voldie is kind of creepy, isn't he? Hehe…
Jennykins3: Hey! I'm glad you liked the chapter so much! Hehe! That's okay, I'm sorry I made fanfiction send an email to you…hehe…Yep, I'm going to make my story really really really really long! Haha! Until someone (won't tell you who) gets married. And then maybe I'll write a sequel…you rock too, my…euh…if I'm your beta reader, what would that make you to me? A beta writer? Hehe..just kidding!
ZagZig722: Nope, I kind of like Vicky, and Ron doesn't seem the type to beat the crap out of his Professor…hehe…Vicky is older and more sturdy, since he plays Quidditch too much…it would probably be Viktor who would beat the crap out of Ron! Anyways, I made Krum and Hermione friends…I like that in a relationship, when you're together, but then you're apart, but you're still friends…that's so nice…Don't you think? Anyways, thanks!
Miss Prongs: Hmmmmm…..
