"What on Earth do you mean 'calm down'? How am I supposed to react by finding out that my best friend would rather talk to a house-elf who almost killed him then ME! WHY SHOULDN'T I BE -------- ANGRY?"

Hermione was rather frightened by this sudden outburst from Ron.

"Don't you feel the same, Hermione? Doesn't it annoy you that Harry prefers to talk to some one you are protecting rather than you? Doesn't it hurt after all you have gone through with him?"

A resounding SMACK could be heard in the corridor. Then there was a punch at Ron. Someone had hit him in the face.

"I know you're angry but you didn't have to hit me on both cheeks!" Ron exclaimed this while holding his face.

"She only hit you once; I hit you the other time. I'd rather you not talk about me behind my back. I see now that I was right not to talk to you. Come to lunch with me Hermione?" Harry offered his arm to Hermione while glaring at Ron.

"I would love to." The two stomped away leaving Ron in the hall.
"Thanks for standing up for me Hermione. I am sorry I didn't talk to you but--" Hermione cut him off.

"I understand Harry. We don't have to talk about anything until your ready. I respect Dobby, and he'll keep all your secrets and is very nice. You know, I'm not really hungry. Can we practice Transfiguration some?"

"Sure. We can go to the library."

With those words Harry and Hermione were back to normal.

---What happened from Harry's POV----

Harry was talking to Dobby and was rather enjoying himself. Surprisingly enough, Dobby was easy to talk to and smiled knowingly at Harry.

"Dobby knows how Harry Potter feels, sir. My fellow house-elves judge Dobby. They don't like Dobby because Dobby is different."

"Thanks Dobby, you make me feel a whole lot better."

"Honestly Ron, you really should calm down."

Hearing his friends Harry made his way out of the kitchens. He heard the rest of Ron and Hermione's fight and was shocked. How could Ron do this to me? Harry thought. He was furious. Here Ron was trying to turn Hermione against him! They were supposed to be best friends.

When Hermione slapped Ron, Harry went ahead and punched him.
It was then that Ron and Hermione noticed him and they looked shocked.

--- Back to the story----

"I still can't believe Ron would do that! Harry? Let's not talk about him anymore. I was looking ahead in our textbooks and do you know what we are doing in transfiguration this year?"

Harry shook his head.

"We're starting Human transfiguration."

"That's really good news, Hermione!" Hermione beamed. It was rather exciting, after all.

"I know. I really want to learn more about Animagi! Oh, by the way, who examined you for your N.E.W.T.s?" Harry was glad that Hermione had tactfully changed the subject; he had winced at the comment about Animagi because it had reminded him of Sirius. A lot of things reminded him of Sirius.

"Dumbledore did. Listen, I'm going to go to bed Hermione. See you in the morning."

Authors Note: Your still reading, good. I am truely amazed at everyone! I have received eight reveiws this chapter! I am pretty sure its a new record. You guys all make me feel so happy. Today was I was doing an intrupitive dance during my sisters piano playing (a spur of the moment descion to make her laugh) I was breathing! Gasp! I know, you probaly all I thought I was going to compliment you chessiley so Haha!

Desipoplover13: Thank you so much for agreeing to be my beta reader. That makes me really excited. Your friend can't be as bad as my friend who repedatly misspelled 'what'. See, I make friends and then after five minutes show my crazy side. Stangley enough the majoroty of themdon't walk away. My best friend says I have two sides, a weird side and a sarcastic side. I have to say I agree. I even have invisable friends. Theres Timmy my boufriend, and Tammy my cousin. They have invisable pets too (Taz and Taffy) we all get along great. I'm just going to stop talking now. Thanks for being my beta!

Trumpet-geek: I love reveiws that are long! It makes me feel so much more imporantant. Er, what does 'np' stand for? Harry really is an emotional wreck. I was going to have him talk to Diggory but then inspiration struck me! I read a couple of storys about Lily and James where Amos wasn't so nice and liked the idea. Don't worry, he won't have three teachers hateing him. I changed my mind about Trepur to.

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Tatsuhiko-shido: Thanks for the offer. I would but Desi agreed and she has been reveiwing my story a lot longer(she already points out my errors) so I went with her instead. I am very sorry. Thanks for reading!

actionmaster: Your name makes you sound like some sort of special angent. That, or I'm on a suger high while writting these author notes. Thank you for reading and reveiwing!

coolone007-2: Well, I didn't want an ugly confortation (yet) so I needed one of them to be reasonable. I choose Hermione since she is a lot more sensiable then dear old Ron.

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