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a/n: here, after a slightly LOOONG break, is chapter 13. and don't worry Star06, I know what Harry's doin is mean...that's kinda the point. muahaha, just wait til you see what happens next. Okay it's not really that exciting.
At lunch, while no one was paying attention, Harry tipped a bit of the Truth Draught into Hermione's goblet. Harry was a bit anxious after this, especially after Hermione took drinks. Luckily, she didn't seem to notice that her drink had been tampered with. Unluckily, Harry didn't seem to notice any difference in Hermione.
After Hermione had finished her drink, Harry said "Hermione, can I talk to you in the hall, please?"
Hermione got a worried look on her face and replied "Sure...let's go."
Out in the hall, Harry stared into Hermione's eyes, looking for some sort of change.
"Hermione, you still seem so sad about what Malfoy said. Could you please tell me why?"
Hermione sighed. "You know how Malfoy said all sarcastically that we were the cutest couple?"
"Yes..."
"Well, it was just strange...I mean, just that morning I had thought that maybe we weren't such a cute couple."
"Wha...What do you mean? One day you start crying because you 'love me', but two days later, you don't think you like me anymore?"
"It's not that. It's just that...well, people are saying things about us."
"Saying things? Like what?"
"Like that I just want to go out with you because you're famous."
"So? We both know that's not true!"
"Well I'm just afraid that the things they're saying are going to get worse...much worse."
"Hermione, who cares what these gits are saying? Why does it matter?"
"Harry, it matters because...because it's true."
"What??? What's true?"
Hermione had this odd glazed look in her eyes. It was obvious that she never wanted to say any of this. Yet she still had the same old frown on...
"It's true that I only wanted to go out with you because you were famous! I only turned down Ron so I could go out with you."
"Hermione--no...no, that's not true...no..."
"It was, and it still is. I've had the biggest crush on Ron forever, but he's not you."
Harry didn't know what to do...how could Hermione have led him on like that? Just as he had started to fall in love with her, he found out that she didn't love him after all. She loved his best friend. Harry wished that he had never put the truth potion in her cup.
"Hermione...why would you do something like this...well you know what? You can go out with Ron now. You can go out with Draco Malfoy for all I care, because we're through."
Hermione jerked slightly, the glazed look from her eyes gone. The potion had worn off. Hermione must have realized what she said, because she hung her head and ran away crying.
Harry, who hardly felt bad about dumping Hermione, headed back to the common room. Ron was there, not knowing what was going on.
"Ron?"
"What's up?"
Harry sighed a bit. "You can go out with Hermione."
"What? You mean--you dumped her?"
"Yes. She doesn't love me, she loves you."
"Are-Are you serious?"
"Yes."
"Honestly Harry, I don't know how you could have dumped her over that."
"It wasn't just that. She also was dating me because I'm famous."
"Yeah, I'm sure." Ron said, very sarcastically.
"What do you mean by that?"
"I mean that you never wanted to go out with her in the first place. I mean that you just wanted to break her heart."
"Oh really? Well you try being me sometimes. Of course, if you were me, you would have committed suicide years ago." Harry retorted, each word dripping with bitterness.
"I would not! You're just famous and stupid, that's all! You never had to live in anyone's shadow!"
"Are you sure about that?" It was true that Harry didn't have 5 wizard brothers to live up to, but how many times had others been considered better than him?
"Yes, I'm sure! You're just a bigheaded showoff is all you are."
Harry had had enough. Just before stomping up the stairs, Harry screamed "That's it! I'm tired of everyone treating me like 'Famous Harry Potter'! I just want to be Harry, the real Harry, with real problems and REAL FRIENDS, for just one second of my life!"
a/n: short and EVIL! I can't believe that I just did that to Hermy from the block, but I don't know what else to do. So this stays ppl!
a/n: here, after a slightly LOOONG break, is chapter 13. and don't worry Star06, I know what Harry's doin is mean...that's kinda the point. muahaha, just wait til you see what happens next. Okay it's not really that exciting.
At lunch, while no one was paying attention, Harry tipped a bit of the Truth Draught into Hermione's goblet. Harry was a bit anxious after this, especially after Hermione took drinks. Luckily, she didn't seem to notice that her drink had been tampered with. Unluckily, Harry didn't seem to notice any difference in Hermione.
After Hermione had finished her drink, Harry said "Hermione, can I talk to you in the hall, please?"
Hermione got a worried look on her face and replied "Sure...let's go."
Out in the hall, Harry stared into Hermione's eyes, looking for some sort of change.
"Hermione, you still seem so sad about what Malfoy said. Could you please tell me why?"
Hermione sighed. "You know how Malfoy said all sarcastically that we were the cutest couple?"
"Yes..."
"Well, it was just strange...I mean, just that morning I had thought that maybe we weren't such a cute couple."
"Wha...What do you mean? One day you start crying because you 'love me', but two days later, you don't think you like me anymore?"
"It's not that. It's just that...well, people are saying things about us."
"Saying things? Like what?"
"Like that I just want to go out with you because you're famous."
"So? We both know that's not true!"
"Well I'm just afraid that the things they're saying are going to get worse...much worse."
"Hermione, who cares what these gits are saying? Why does it matter?"
"Harry, it matters because...because it's true."
"What??? What's true?"
Hermione had this odd glazed look in her eyes. It was obvious that she never wanted to say any of this. Yet she still had the same old frown on...
"It's true that I only wanted to go out with you because you were famous! I only turned down Ron so I could go out with you."
"Hermione--no...no, that's not true...no..."
"It was, and it still is. I've had the biggest crush on Ron forever, but he's not you."
Harry didn't know what to do...how could Hermione have led him on like that? Just as he had started to fall in love with her, he found out that she didn't love him after all. She loved his best friend. Harry wished that he had never put the truth potion in her cup.
"Hermione...why would you do something like this...well you know what? You can go out with Ron now. You can go out with Draco Malfoy for all I care, because we're through."
Hermione jerked slightly, the glazed look from her eyes gone. The potion had worn off. Hermione must have realized what she said, because she hung her head and ran away crying.
Harry, who hardly felt bad about dumping Hermione, headed back to the common room. Ron was there, not knowing what was going on.
"Ron?"
"What's up?"
Harry sighed a bit. "You can go out with Hermione."
"What? You mean--you dumped her?"
"Yes. She doesn't love me, she loves you."
"Are-Are you serious?"
"Yes."
"Honestly Harry, I don't know how you could have dumped her over that."
"It wasn't just that. She also was dating me because I'm famous."
"Yeah, I'm sure." Ron said, very sarcastically.
"What do you mean by that?"
"I mean that you never wanted to go out with her in the first place. I mean that you just wanted to break her heart."
"Oh really? Well you try being me sometimes. Of course, if you were me, you would have committed suicide years ago." Harry retorted, each word dripping with bitterness.
"I would not! You're just famous and stupid, that's all! You never had to live in anyone's shadow!"
"Are you sure about that?" It was true that Harry didn't have 5 wizard brothers to live up to, but how many times had others been considered better than him?
"Yes, I'm sure! You're just a bigheaded showoff is all you are."
Harry had had enough. Just before stomping up the stairs, Harry screamed "That's it! I'm tired of everyone treating me like 'Famous Harry Potter'! I just want to be Harry, the real Harry, with real problems and REAL FRIENDS, for just one second of my life!"
a/n: short and EVIL! I can't believe that I just did that to Hermy from the block, but I don't know what else to do. So this stays ppl!