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A/N: Ok well I think that they changed it back now but there was this new thing on the site that said that only members can review stories a few days ago. I just signed an anonymous review to another story but incase this is only temporary and it happens again, I would like to encourage all you non- members to sign up because it only takes a few minutes and just because you're a member doesn't mean that you have to write fics. I love all my reviews and reviewers and I hate to see you all stop because of this. All you have to do is go to Log In and click on Register and then it's pretty straight forward from there. Anyways, thanks so much for all your support! It's greatly appreciated!! I really hope to see all of you reviewers back and registered soon if this thing on here isn't lifted! Now on with the fic!
Ron's POV
Ron and Harry went under Harry's invisibility cloak and quietly went down the spiral staircase to the common room. It was nearly nine o'clock and Hermione would be leaving with Seamus any minute now. Ron only hoped that he and Harry weren't too late.
Thankfully when they reached the common room Seamus was at the table where they'd talked the night before and it seemed that he was still waiting for Hermione. Watching Seamus sit there with that smug smile on his face made Ron have a strong urge to smack him in the back of his head but he resisted as he saw Hermione coming down the staircase.
When he saw her, his jaw dropped! "She looks so gorgeous!" he thought. "Well she always looks gorgeous but more so than usual, I mean."
After a brief moment of gaping at her beauty, he suddenly became angry. "Bet she wouldn't try and make herself look nicer for me!" he thought disgruntled.
Hermione tentatively walked up to Seamus and tapped him on the shoulder. "Hello" she breathed.
"Hiya beautiful! You're just in time!" Seamus said as he got up from his seat and held out his arm for her. "Shall we?"
Ron watched Hermione awkwardly link arms with Seamus with narrowed eyes and was overcome with rage! Harry seemed to notice this because he whispered quietly to Ron, "Calm down!"
"I swear Harry! If he tries anything..."
"Shhhh! Do you want to get caught? Hermione will never forgive us for this if she catches us! Either that or she'll curse us to oblivion! Get a grip!" Harry hissed.
Ron was still glaring at Seamus but nodded his head to show Harry he understood and would try to behave. Then Ron and Harry sneakily followed Hermione and Seamus out of the portrait hole.
Hermione's POV
Hermione felt extremely odd having her arm in Seamus'. It's not that she didn't like Seamus; he was nice to her and everything but he just wasn't Ron. No one could ever replace Ron as much as she tried to make herself think otherwise.
Speaking of Ron; Hermione began to wonder where he and Harry were. She half expected for Ron to try and stop her or at least talk to her before she left with Seamus but he and Harry weren't in the common room when she left. "Perhaps they already left or are going to go later on in the day." Hermione thought to herself.
Hermione and Seamus were now making their way through the gates of Hogsmede; Seamus still clutching onto her arm as if he thought that if he let go someone else would pounce on her at any moment. Hermione didn't quite like that too much. She found it if possible, even more awkward.
"So love, where would you like to go first?" Seamus asked her.
"Well, I—"
"How about Zonkos? All their stuff is quite hilarious, aren't they?" Seamus interrupted.
"Oh, um alright I guess..." Hermione muttered.
Hours passed which actually felt more like years to Hermione. She definitely wasn't having any fun at all; quite the contrary actually. All Seamus did was drag her off into his favourite stores showing her completely useless things and constantly talking only about himself. It was quite annoying really.
"Oh and did I ever tell you about the time that I whipped Dean's butt in a Quidditch match at my house last summer?" said Seamus enthusiastically.
"Three times..." said Hermione dully.
"Oh. Well how about the time I..." Seamus continued. Hermione wasn't really paying attention to Seamus because for one thing, he was boring as hell and for another; she was on the look out for Harry and Ron. She didn't see them anywhere; not in Zonko's, Quality Quidditch Supplies or the Three Broomsticks and those were their favourite places to go in Hogsmede! She didn't even see them passing by while walking down the street. Hermione was now getting a bit worried about them.
As she and Seamus were looking at the Shrieking Shack, Hermione felt yet another awkward feeling to add to the list; she felt as though she was being watched. She looked over her shoulder. The only people Hermione saw were Crabbe and Goyle. "That's odd," she thought, "I wonder why they keep popping up around me...I should probably watch my back. But they wouldn't do anything while I'm with Seamus, would they?"
The thought of Draco's minions deliberately following her for some reason sent shivers up and down her spine. Hermione remembered Draco's evil threat and decided that she should probably test out her theory of them following her just in case Draco had planned some nasty scheme for revenge on her.
"Seamus how would you like to go for a bit of a walk?" she asked him nonchalantly.
"Yeah, sure doll. What ever you want." Seamus agreed.
Hermione now lead the way passing by different stores and basically walking all over Hogsmede. Uncannily Crabbe and Goyle never seemed to be too far behind. Hermione was now almost convinced that something was going on and didn't like it one bit.
Ron's POV
Ron and Harry were still following Hermione and Seamus all throughout Hogsmede. Several times Ron tried to trip Seamus but Harry always stopped him in fear that Hermione would figure it out that they were using the cloak to spy on them.
Then Ron noticed something and led Harry a little further away from Seamus and Hermione so he could talk to him, "Harry, did you notice that Crabbe and Goyle keep popping up where ever we go?" he whispered.
"More so than usual you mean?" muttered Harry.
"Yeah...do you think that maybe we're not the only ones who are following Hermione and the git around?" Ron asked.
"But why would they? I mean what's the point for them to? I can't even see what the point is for us to! Seamus is being about as exciting as a box of hair." Harry whispered.
"WE are here to protect Hermione. But as for those thick gits......do you think that they're up to something?" asked Ron, concerned.
"I dunno... has Malfoy said anything or acted any different towards us lately?"
"He's a slimy little git as always... but no more so than usual, to me at least. Has he done or said anything odd to you?" Ron asked.
"Nope... this is weird."
"Do you think Hermione notices?" Ron asked glancing at Hermione.
"Well she IS the cleverest witch in our year, and that would explain why she's now leading Seamus all over the place. Maybe she thought the same thing as we are and is testing them out to see if they do follow." Harry said thoughtfully.
"Yeah that makes sense but why would they want to follow Hermione anyway? Because you're right; Seamus isn't exactly being very exciting or charming on this so called date." Ron said with some detest in his voice from mentioning Seamus.
"Well what ever it is they're up to we best be careful not to be spotted by them either. If they do try anything though, at least we'll be here to help Hermione and catch them off guard." Harry stated.
Ron nodded in agreement and was now glaring at Crabbe and Goyle. "This is just great!" he thought sarcastically, "Now I have 3 idiots to worry about. Well four really, if you count Malfoy. How bloody fantastic!"
Harry and Ron caught back up to Hermione and Seamus and were following close behind while trying to watch Crabbe and Goyle at the same time. Sure enough, Crabbe and Goyle were never too far behind from them. Ron looked at Hermione who was glancing back at Crabbe and Goyle. She looked anxious and a bit worried.
"Don't worry, Hermione." Ron thought to himself. "I won't let those two buffoons hurt you. I'll always be here to protect you, no matter what! That's a promise!"
A/N: Ok well I think that they changed it back now but there was this new thing on the site that said that only members can review stories a few days ago. I just signed an anonymous review to another story but incase this is only temporary and it happens again, I would like to encourage all you non- members to sign up because it only takes a few minutes and just because you're a member doesn't mean that you have to write fics. I love all my reviews and reviewers and I hate to see you all stop because of this. All you have to do is go to Log In and click on Register and then it's pretty straight forward from there. Anyways, thanks so much for all your support! It's greatly appreciated!! I really hope to see all of you reviewers back and registered soon if this thing on here isn't lifted! Now on with the fic!
Ron's POV
Ron and Harry went under Harry's invisibility cloak and quietly went down the spiral staircase to the common room. It was nearly nine o'clock and Hermione would be leaving with Seamus any minute now. Ron only hoped that he and Harry weren't too late.
Thankfully when they reached the common room Seamus was at the table where they'd talked the night before and it seemed that he was still waiting for Hermione. Watching Seamus sit there with that smug smile on his face made Ron have a strong urge to smack him in the back of his head but he resisted as he saw Hermione coming down the staircase.
When he saw her, his jaw dropped! "She looks so gorgeous!" he thought. "Well she always looks gorgeous but more so than usual, I mean."
After a brief moment of gaping at her beauty, he suddenly became angry. "Bet she wouldn't try and make herself look nicer for me!" he thought disgruntled.
Hermione tentatively walked up to Seamus and tapped him on the shoulder. "Hello" she breathed.
"Hiya beautiful! You're just in time!" Seamus said as he got up from his seat and held out his arm for her. "Shall we?"
Ron watched Hermione awkwardly link arms with Seamus with narrowed eyes and was overcome with rage! Harry seemed to notice this because he whispered quietly to Ron, "Calm down!"
"I swear Harry! If he tries anything..."
"Shhhh! Do you want to get caught? Hermione will never forgive us for this if she catches us! Either that or she'll curse us to oblivion! Get a grip!" Harry hissed.
Ron was still glaring at Seamus but nodded his head to show Harry he understood and would try to behave. Then Ron and Harry sneakily followed Hermione and Seamus out of the portrait hole.
Hermione's POV
Hermione felt extremely odd having her arm in Seamus'. It's not that she didn't like Seamus; he was nice to her and everything but he just wasn't Ron. No one could ever replace Ron as much as she tried to make herself think otherwise.
Speaking of Ron; Hermione began to wonder where he and Harry were. She half expected for Ron to try and stop her or at least talk to her before she left with Seamus but he and Harry weren't in the common room when she left. "Perhaps they already left or are going to go later on in the day." Hermione thought to herself.
Hermione and Seamus were now making their way through the gates of Hogsmede; Seamus still clutching onto her arm as if he thought that if he let go someone else would pounce on her at any moment. Hermione didn't quite like that too much. She found it if possible, even more awkward.
"So love, where would you like to go first?" Seamus asked her.
"Well, I—"
"How about Zonkos? All their stuff is quite hilarious, aren't they?" Seamus interrupted.
"Oh, um alright I guess..." Hermione muttered.
Hours passed which actually felt more like years to Hermione. She definitely wasn't having any fun at all; quite the contrary actually. All Seamus did was drag her off into his favourite stores showing her completely useless things and constantly talking only about himself. It was quite annoying really.
"Oh and did I ever tell you about the time that I whipped Dean's butt in a Quidditch match at my house last summer?" said Seamus enthusiastically.
"Three times..." said Hermione dully.
"Oh. Well how about the time I..." Seamus continued. Hermione wasn't really paying attention to Seamus because for one thing, he was boring as hell and for another; she was on the look out for Harry and Ron. She didn't see them anywhere; not in Zonko's, Quality Quidditch Supplies or the Three Broomsticks and those were their favourite places to go in Hogsmede! She didn't even see them passing by while walking down the street. Hermione was now getting a bit worried about them.
As she and Seamus were looking at the Shrieking Shack, Hermione felt yet another awkward feeling to add to the list; she felt as though she was being watched. She looked over her shoulder. The only people Hermione saw were Crabbe and Goyle. "That's odd," she thought, "I wonder why they keep popping up around me...I should probably watch my back. But they wouldn't do anything while I'm with Seamus, would they?"
The thought of Draco's minions deliberately following her for some reason sent shivers up and down her spine. Hermione remembered Draco's evil threat and decided that she should probably test out her theory of them following her just in case Draco had planned some nasty scheme for revenge on her.
"Seamus how would you like to go for a bit of a walk?" she asked him nonchalantly.
"Yeah, sure doll. What ever you want." Seamus agreed.
Hermione now lead the way passing by different stores and basically walking all over Hogsmede. Uncannily Crabbe and Goyle never seemed to be too far behind. Hermione was now almost convinced that something was going on and didn't like it one bit.
Ron's POV
Ron and Harry were still following Hermione and Seamus all throughout Hogsmede. Several times Ron tried to trip Seamus but Harry always stopped him in fear that Hermione would figure it out that they were using the cloak to spy on them.
Then Ron noticed something and led Harry a little further away from Seamus and Hermione so he could talk to him, "Harry, did you notice that Crabbe and Goyle keep popping up where ever we go?" he whispered.
"More so than usual you mean?" muttered Harry.
"Yeah...do you think that maybe we're not the only ones who are following Hermione and the git around?" Ron asked.
"But why would they? I mean what's the point for them to? I can't even see what the point is for us to! Seamus is being about as exciting as a box of hair." Harry whispered.
"WE are here to protect Hermione. But as for those thick gits......do you think that they're up to something?" asked Ron, concerned.
"I dunno... has Malfoy said anything or acted any different towards us lately?"
"He's a slimy little git as always... but no more so than usual, to me at least. Has he done or said anything odd to you?" Ron asked.
"Nope... this is weird."
"Do you think Hermione notices?" Ron asked glancing at Hermione.
"Well she IS the cleverest witch in our year, and that would explain why she's now leading Seamus all over the place. Maybe she thought the same thing as we are and is testing them out to see if they do follow." Harry said thoughtfully.
"Yeah that makes sense but why would they want to follow Hermione anyway? Because you're right; Seamus isn't exactly being very exciting or charming on this so called date." Ron said with some detest in his voice from mentioning Seamus.
"Well what ever it is they're up to we best be careful not to be spotted by them either. If they do try anything though, at least we'll be here to help Hermione and catch them off guard." Harry stated.
Ron nodded in agreement and was now glaring at Crabbe and Goyle. "This is just great!" he thought sarcastically, "Now I have 3 idiots to worry about. Well four really, if you count Malfoy. How bloody fantastic!"
Harry and Ron caught back up to Hermione and Seamus and were following close behind while trying to watch Crabbe and Goyle at the same time. Sure enough, Crabbe and Goyle were never too far behind from them. Ron looked at Hermione who was glancing back at Crabbe and Goyle. She looked anxious and a bit worried.
"Don't worry, Hermione." Ron thought to himself. "I won't let those two buffoons hurt you. I'll always be here to protect you, no matter what! That's a promise!"