Chapter 11

"Hey." Harry plopped down next to Mattie on the couch and kissed her cheek lightly. She closed her book and smiled at him.

"Hi, what's up?" Mattie wrapped her arms around Harry's middle and laid her head on his shoulder. In all honestly, she had been feeling very lonely as of late, and was definitely grateful for Harry's sudden closeness.

"Well you weren't at dinner and you seemed kind of distant at lunch." Harry smiled and kissed Mattie's forehead, taking in her smell. It never ceased to amaze him; even after four hours playing Quidditch, she still managed to smell good. It was some kind of crazy mix between muggle soap and vanilla and it drove him absolutely wild. He ran a hand through her silky black hair.

"Yeah, I wasn't really hungry and I wanted to catch up on some reading. Hermione's not mad is she?" Harry laughed.

"She was a little too busy snogging the living daylights out of Ron to notice much." Mattie burst out laughing and Harry soon joined her.

"I can't believe her ... although I can't say that option doesn't look rather enticing right about now." Mattie giggled as Harry cocked an eyebrow at her. He leaned closer and lowered his voice to a whisper.

"Are you suggesting what I think you're suggesting, Miss Mantreh?"

"That all depends, Mr. Potter." Just as Mattie was about to kiss Harry, Hermione burst into the Common Room, slamming the portrait behind her. She stomped up the stairs to her dorm as Mattie sighed heavily. "Ugh, Harry I'm sorry. Rain check?"

"Sure, you got talk to her, I'll find Ron."

"You're the best." She gave him a peck on the cheek before running up the Dormitory stairs after Hermione.

"Love, what happened?" Mattie sat down next to Hermione on her bed and squeezed her shoulder.

"Ron's being a prat."

"Well we all know that, but what exactly is going on?" Hermione chuckled a little bit; it never ceased to amaze her how Mattie could make her laugh no matter what the situation.

"He's just ... he kept talking about Quidditch incessantly! I feel like he's not paying any attention to me anymore! Like now that we're going out he doesn't have to try and be nice or whatever ... does that make any sense at all?" Mattie smiled warmly at her best friend.

"It makes perfect sense ... I'll be right back, okay?" Mattie rushed out of the Dormitory and back down to the Common Room. She reached it just as Harry, who was coming down from the Boys' Dormitories, jumped off the last stair.

"Where do you think we should go then?" Harry was amazed how he and Mattie seemed to have some kind of strange connection. They didn't really need to voice what they thought; they kind of knew what the other was thinking sometimes. It almost scared him ... but then it just gave him this warm feeling that she really knew him, in a different way than Hermione and Ron ever could.

"Hogsmeade?" Harry offered.

"That's brilliant. They both need time away from school, it's making them too stressed." Harry nodded; from an outside perspective, kidnapping Ron and Hermione and taking them to Hogsmeade for the day didn't really seem like it would solve their problems. But Harry and Mattie knew they just needed time to be a couple and nothing more.

"We won't all fit under the cloak, though."

"Don't worry about it Harry, I'll meet you outside Honeydukes in half an hour okay?" Harry cocked and eyebrow but nodded.

Outside Honeydukes

"I can't believe we're doing this! We'll all get in so much trouble!"

"No, Hermione dear, we won't get it trouble. Because no one's going to find out." Mattie walked up behind them and wrapped an arm around Harry's waist. He smiled and kissed her temple, wrapping his own arm around her.

"She's right, 'Mione. Let's just enjoy this okay?" Hermione sighed and nodded at Harry. She glanced at Ron, who was staring at the ground. "Mattie why don't we go look in that little shop over there?" Mattie nodded, understanding Harry's intent. "We'll meet you at the Three Broomsticks in half an hour?"

"Okay." Ron nodded as Mattie and Harry trotted off, looking perfectly content in each other's arms. "Umm, 'Mione?"

"Yes, Ron?"

"I'm really sorry ... I didn't even think about, you know, ignoring you. I wasn't trying to! I just got so involved in my Quidditch stuff ... well you know." Hermione smiled and chuckled a little.

"Yes, Ron I do know. I'm sorry that I jumped over the edge like that. I'm just a little stressed with school and everything ... well you know." Ron smiled and offered Hermione his hand. She cocked and eyebrow but took it nonetheless. In one swift motion, Ron pulled her to him, wrapped one arm around her waist and cupped her face with the other, and brought her lips to meet his. Hermione moaned softly as her hands found their way up to his hair and began playing with it, her tongue exploring familiar territory. As they pulled away, Ron leaned his forehead against Hermione, both of them breathing rather heavily.

"Bloody hell, if you kissed me like that every time we made up, I'd fight with you every day," Ron whispered. Hermione chuckled and rolled her eyes.

"If I promise to kiss you like that more often, can you promise me that we won't fight? I hate it when we fight." Ron smiled his crooked smiled.

"Of course, 'Mione."

Two Hours Later

"Ugh! Come on, get a room!" Harry made a disgusted face and smacked Ron on the arm. Ron and Hermione had been practically snogging in the street as they walked towards Zonko's.

"What's wrong Harry?" Hermione asked innocently.

"Urg, it's like my best mate and my sister, practically." Hermione smiled hearing Harry call him his sister; it was a pretty accurate though. Hermione and Harry were just as much like sister and brother as Ginny and Ron were, except for the whole sharing DNA thing. "Its rather disturbing."

"Well we're in the same boat with you and Mattie!" Hermione and Ron said at the same time, smirking.

"Okay, enough of this silly conversation! Harry and I put up with you two snogging just like you two put up with us snogging. So frankly, we're even. Let's go get some chocolate or something." Mattie shivered in the cold and Harry wrapped his arm tighter around her.

Ron leaned over and whispered something in Hermione's ear, sending her into a fit of giggles. Harry cocked an eyebrow at Ron, who just smirked.

"Oh my god!" Mattie stopped in her tracks and stared at the side of the road.

"What's wrong, Mattie?" Harry, Hermione, and Ron walked back to where she had stopped and followed her gaze. There was a large black, quite familiar looking dog, sitting on the side of the road.

"Sirius! Sirius Black!" At hearing his name, the dog ran off the road and into one of the alleys. Mattie inhaled sharply and ran after it. "You guy's its Black! Come on!" she called over her shoulder.

"Oh no, Harry! He's not been cleared yet! She knows its him!"

"Chill out Hermione, we've got to find her, come on!" Harry sprinted after Mattie and was followed by Hermione and Ron a few minutes later.

A/N: Mwahahaha! A cliffie! Does Mattie know? Is she going to turn Sirius in? You'll just have to wait and find out! I'm a little hurt that I only have 2 reviews on chapter 10, and I'm hoping for a lot more in the near future! Please review, this story is my baby and I would hate it if no one read it!

Sandoifa: Haha, that's okay! All that matters is that you're reviewing now! Thank you so much! I love this story; it was my first fanfic that I ever wrote down! How was this chapter?

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