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A/N: Thank you to the reviewers. I'm sorry for the delay in updating. I wrote chapter 10, it was chapter 9, before I started this chapter. I had to split this chapter into two pieces because I decided to put more detail into the Spring Formal than I had initially planned. Thanks.
Chapter 8- Unrequited Love
Two months had passed since the match against Beauxbatons and the kiss with Gabrielle, yet Harry still couldn't get the moment out of his mind. How could something that lost him his girlfriend felt so good? Harry was the happiest he could ever remember when he was with Hermione for those few weeks. Then Gabrielle kissed him and he lost Hermione, yet he enjoyed the kiss.
Harry hadn't even talked to Hermione about it. He didn't dare. As far as everyone knew, it was just a kiss. Except for Ginny, they didn't know that Harry and Hermione had been dating. Harry intended to keep it that way. So despite the obvious discomfort, Harry and Hermione acted as if nothing had happened.
Now the Easter Formal was less than a two weeks away and Harry wanted nothing more than to take Hermione. However, they hadn't reconciled and Harry knew this wasn't the way to do it. To make matters worse he had received a letter from Gabrielle asking him to accompany her to the dance. Harry didn't know what to do so he went to talk to Ginny.
Harry found Ginny alone by the lake skipping stones. He quietly called out her name, "Ginny."
"Hi Harry," She replied. "How are you?"
"I'm doing good, I just wanted to talk to you a bit."
"Sure, what about?"
"I want to talk about Hermione and me." He sighed.
"Do you want to do this somewhere more private?"
"No, here is fine."
"Well what about you two do you want to talk about?"
"First, I need to know if Hermione has a date to the Easter Formal. Secondly I want to know if she has talked about what happened at the match."
"Well, she says she wants to go to the dance with you. But you two haven't talked since the incident. She just doesn't think it would be the right way to get back together. She is mostly over the incident, but can't help to think that you enjoyed the kiss. That is what hurt her; it wasn't that you kissed but that you enjoyed the kiss."
"I feel the same way on both accounts. The kiss troubled me. I did enjoy it; when I know I shouldn't have. I also want to take Hermione to the dance but we haven't talked but in passing since the kiss. At least now I know the feelings are mutual."
Harry then told Ginny about Gabrielle's letter and talked about the upcoming dance. They sat next to the lake talking for nearly an hour. Harry saw someone approaching and decided that he should get going back to the castle. But first he had to ask Ginny something.
"Ginny, would you be kind enough to accompany me to the Spring Formal?"
"It would be my pleasure, Harry." Ginny was giddy at the thought of going to a dance with Harry Potter. Sure they would only be going as friends but it was still Harry Potter.
"Hi Ginny, Hi Harry." Called Hermione. "Ginny, can I talk to you alone?" Hermione said while looking at Harry.
"Actually I was just leaving." Harry said, turning towards the castle.
"Yes, Hermione, what is it?" Ginny answered, knowing that Hermione wanted to talk about Harry. The two discussed pretty much the same things Harry and Ginny had just finished talking about. Only Hermione didn't have a beautiful younger girl asking her to the dance and she wasn't going to ask Ginny to go with her.
Meanwhile, Harry had gone to the Quidditch Pitch looking for Viktor Krum.
"Mister Krum." Harry said tentatively.
"Oh Harry, please call me Viktor." Krum responded.
"Okay, Viktor, could I talk with for a bit." Harry continued, "It's about Hermione."
"Of course ve can talk. Vhat exactly do you vant to talk about?"
Harry told him the whole story. The bracelet, when they first kissed, and how it ended when Harry and Gabrielle kissed.
"I thought you vere seeing each other. Now it all makes sense. That vos the reason for the tension at practice the last few months. Now is that all?"
"No, you see Hermione and I haven't really talked since the incident. This means I won't be going with her to the dance. I still want her to be happy though and I know she still likes you. That is why I want you to take her to the Spring Formal."
"Vow, Harry. That is very kind of you. Herm-own-ninny is blessed to haff a friend like you. Hovever, she has told me that she didn't think ve should see each other. She thought it best for the team. For you I will giff it a try though."
"Thank you Viktor. I will talk to the team and Dumbledore to make sure everyone understands. I don't think there will be any problems."
A/N: Okay, Gabrielle wasn't intentionally trying to break up Harry and Hermione, no one but Ginny knew they were together. Yes, the bracelet will be back, I intially wanted to have Hermione take it off and keep it but I think this worked out better.
The accents are pretty easy to write, I just copied them out of Goblet of Fire and wrote down a key. For Krum w=v, ve as in have or give =ff. For Gabrielle, Fleur, and Madame Maxine th=z, h=', who='oo and sometimes i=ee.