Falling for you
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley or any other character. The only thing that's mine is the plot.
- The last thing Hermione wants is to fall for someone... again. -
Chapter 7
"Hey, girl! How are you?" Cho asked.
"Confused and pained and –."
"Okay, okay. Slow down," Cho said, pulling her to sit down. "What happened?"
"Harry's seeing Parvati," Hermione said simply.
"And you're jealous?" Cho asked. Hermione nodded.
"I know I'm not supposed to be but –."
"What do you mean you're not supposed to be? You're allowed to be! You still love him!"
"What?"
"You still love him, Hermione. Don't deny it," Cho added once Hermione opened her mouth to speak. "You know you do."
Hermione buried her face in her arms as she sat down and rested herself on the table. "I know." Cho sat beside her and put an arm around her. "And I feel stupid because..."
"You're not stupid," Cho interjected.
"Yes, I am. I'm stupid. I'm stupid because I let him go. I let him slip away," Hermione said, tears forming in her eyes as she looked at Cho. Cho simply hugged her tight. Hermione silently cried on her shoulder.
"Hermione, what you did was understandable. I know I would've done the same thing if that happened to me," Cho said soothingly.
"Yeah, but you would've listened first and you wouldn't have broken up with him," Hermione answered back. Cho sighed knowing that she was right. But she knew that Hermione did want to listen, but she just felt too hurt to do so. She rubbed her back gently, trying to calm her down.
"What do you want to do?" Cho asked carefully. Hermione slowly pulled herself away from Cho and looked at her questioningly.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, what are you planning to do about this? Are you going to talk to –?"
"No!" Hermione said indignantly. "I will not talk to him like I want him back."
"But you do want him back," Cho said simply. Hermione looked away and bit her lip. It was true that she did want him back, but that doesn't mean that she was going to get him back. She didn't want to appear like a puppy dog, begging for his master to notice him. "I'm not saying that you should ask him back. All I'm saying is that you should talk to him about you guys, about your relationship. You never really got that chance."
"I guess," Hermione said resignedly. "But..."
"But?"
"What if he doesn't want to? I don't... I don't want to appear eager or something," Hermione explained. "I don't want him to think that I regret breaking up with him... even though I am." She sighed.
"You really love him, don't you?" Cho said, watching her closely.
"More than you know."
**
"That's the third time you've gone out with her this week. That's about the 10th time you've gone out with her since the week before last," Ginny pointed out. "Are you guys getting serious?"
"I don't know," Harry said, smiling. "We're getting along great. She's amazing."
Ginny rolled her eyes. "I know. That's all you've been talking about." Puts on a mimic of Harry. "Oh, Parvati, she's amazing. She's cool. She's so beautiful. I can't get enough of her smile..."
"Oh shut up!" Harry said, turning a bit red. "I don't talk about her that way."
"Yes, you do," Ron said, who arrived just in time to hear Ginny mimic Harry.
"Who asked you?" Harry said.
"No one. Just trying to prove a point," Ron said.
"Where are you off to?" Ginny asked, noticing that he's dressed up to leave.
"I'm meeting Hermione in Diagon Alley," Ron said.
"You are?" Harry asked, facing Ron, obviously interested. Ginny and Ron looked at him with both eyebrows raised. He turned a bit red and pretended to be interested at his plate. "I... well... was just curious," he said quietly. Ron and Ginny looked at each other, both thinking the same thing.
"Well, I'd best be off," Ron said, grabbing his cloak. "I'll let her know you said hi," he added to Harry. Then he apparated before Harry could protest.
**
Hermione stood outside Flourish and Blotts and nervously waited for Ron to arrive. She didn't know why she was nervous. She was only meeting Ron and not Harry, though she was going to talk to Ron about Harry. She sighed and looked around, hoping that he'd arrive soon. Then she felt a hand on her arm and turned around, becoming face to face with Ron's neck. She looked up and smiled.
"Hey," she said, smiling warmly.
"Hey," he said in return.
"It's good to see you," she told him truthfully. Ron didn't say anything at once. Instead he wrapped Hermione in a tight hug.
"It's good to see you, too," Ron said through her hair. "We missed you."
They went inside the Leaky Cauldron, got a private room, ordered food then began to talk. Before Ron took a bit of his food, he asked Hermione, "So what did you want to talk about?"
"Well, I –," Hermione began but Ron interrupted her.
"Oh, Harry says hello, by the way."
Hermione stared at him. "Really?"
"Yeah," Ron said, munching on some pie.
"How is he?" Hermione asked softly, but interestedly.
"You mean you don't know?" Ron asked in disbelief.
"Know what?"
"Well, uh, Harry's been seeing Parvati for the past three weeks," Ron informed her uncertainly. "They –."
"Oh, that," Hermione said, making a gesture. "I know about them."
"You do? How?"
"Well... uh, I saw him and Parvati in a restaurant when I was taking a walk with Draco," Hermione explained. "I must say I was shocked."
"Shocked? Or Jealous?" Ron said bluntly. Hermione choked on the punch that she was drinking.
"What are you talking about?" she asked, feigning innocence.
"Oh, come on, Hermione. I'm not stupid. I know you were jealous."
She sighed. "I still am."
**
"You look beautiful tonight, Parvati," Harry commented. Parvati smiled prettily, clearly pleased at the remark.
"Thank you," she replied daintily.
"I'm having every bit of fun with you. I'm really glad that we saw each other again after a long time," he continued. Parvati smiled again and didn't say anything. "You're one of the best things that happened to me."
Now Parvati had to speak up. "Harry, that's too much."
"No, Parvati," Harry said, holding her hand. "I don't even think that's enough."
"Harry..."
"I mean it. You gave me a new outlook on life. I'm really glad that I found you again," he said, lifting her hand and kissing it softly. Parvati sighed.
"What about Hermione?" Parvati asked. Harry slowly let go of her hand and looked away.
"What about her?" he said indifferently.
"Don't you have feelings for her anymore?" she asked. Harry ran a hand through his hair and didn't answer. "Harry, answer me," she insisted gently.
"Why do you need to ask that? It's not important."
"What do you mean it's not important? It is to me," Parvati said. "Harry, look at me." He slowly met her eyes. "I can't be with someone whose heart is with someone else."
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley or any other character. The only thing that's mine is the plot.
- The last thing Hermione wants is to fall for someone... again. -
Chapter 7
"Hey, girl! How are you?" Cho asked.
"Confused and pained and –."
"Okay, okay. Slow down," Cho said, pulling her to sit down. "What happened?"
"Harry's seeing Parvati," Hermione said simply.
"And you're jealous?" Cho asked. Hermione nodded.
"I know I'm not supposed to be but –."
"What do you mean you're not supposed to be? You're allowed to be! You still love him!"
"What?"
"You still love him, Hermione. Don't deny it," Cho added once Hermione opened her mouth to speak. "You know you do."
Hermione buried her face in her arms as she sat down and rested herself on the table. "I know." Cho sat beside her and put an arm around her. "And I feel stupid because..."
"You're not stupid," Cho interjected.
"Yes, I am. I'm stupid. I'm stupid because I let him go. I let him slip away," Hermione said, tears forming in her eyes as she looked at Cho. Cho simply hugged her tight. Hermione silently cried on her shoulder.
"Hermione, what you did was understandable. I know I would've done the same thing if that happened to me," Cho said soothingly.
"Yeah, but you would've listened first and you wouldn't have broken up with him," Hermione answered back. Cho sighed knowing that she was right. But she knew that Hermione did want to listen, but she just felt too hurt to do so. She rubbed her back gently, trying to calm her down.
"What do you want to do?" Cho asked carefully. Hermione slowly pulled herself away from Cho and looked at her questioningly.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, what are you planning to do about this? Are you going to talk to –?"
"No!" Hermione said indignantly. "I will not talk to him like I want him back."
"But you do want him back," Cho said simply. Hermione looked away and bit her lip. It was true that she did want him back, but that doesn't mean that she was going to get him back. She didn't want to appear like a puppy dog, begging for his master to notice him. "I'm not saying that you should ask him back. All I'm saying is that you should talk to him about you guys, about your relationship. You never really got that chance."
"I guess," Hermione said resignedly. "But..."
"But?"
"What if he doesn't want to? I don't... I don't want to appear eager or something," Hermione explained. "I don't want him to think that I regret breaking up with him... even though I am." She sighed.
"You really love him, don't you?" Cho said, watching her closely.
"More than you know."
**
"That's the third time you've gone out with her this week. That's about the 10th time you've gone out with her since the week before last," Ginny pointed out. "Are you guys getting serious?"
"I don't know," Harry said, smiling. "We're getting along great. She's amazing."
Ginny rolled her eyes. "I know. That's all you've been talking about." Puts on a mimic of Harry. "Oh, Parvati, she's amazing. She's cool. She's so beautiful. I can't get enough of her smile..."
"Oh shut up!" Harry said, turning a bit red. "I don't talk about her that way."
"Yes, you do," Ron said, who arrived just in time to hear Ginny mimic Harry.
"Who asked you?" Harry said.
"No one. Just trying to prove a point," Ron said.
"Where are you off to?" Ginny asked, noticing that he's dressed up to leave.
"I'm meeting Hermione in Diagon Alley," Ron said.
"You are?" Harry asked, facing Ron, obviously interested. Ginny and Ron looked at him with both eyebrows raised. He turned a bit red and pretended to be interested at his plate. "I... well... was just curious," he said quietly. Ron and Ginny looked at each other, both thinking the same thing.
"Well, I'd best be off," Ron said, grabbing his cloak. "I'll let her know you said hi," he added to Harry. Then he apparated before Harry could protest.
**
Hermione stood outside Flourish and Blotts and nervously waited for Ron to arrive. She didn't know why she was nervous. She was only meeting Ron and not Harry, though she was going to talk to Ron about Harry. She sighed and looked around, hoping that he'd arrive soon. Then she felt a hand on her arm and turned around, becoming face to face with Ron's neck. She looked up and smiled.
"Hey," she said, smiling warmly.
"Hey," he said in return.
"It's good to see you," she told him truthfully. Ron didn't say anything at once. Instead he wrapped Hermione in a tight hug.
"It's good to see you, too," Ron said through her hair. "We missed you."
They went inside the Leaky Cauldron, got a private room, ordered food then began to talk. Before Ron took a bit of his food, he asked Hermione, "So what did you want to talk about?"
"Well, I –," Hermione began but Ron interrupted her.
"Oh, Harry says hello, by the way."
Hermione stared at him. "Really?"
"Yeah," Ron said, munching on some pie.
"How is he?" Hermione asked softly, but interestedly.
"You mean you don't know?" Ron asked in disbelief.
"Know what?"
"Well, uh, Harry's been seeing Parvati for the past three weeks," Ron informed her uncertainly. "They –."
"Oh, that," Hermione said, making a gesture. "I know about them."
"You do? How?"
"Well... uh, I saw him and Parvati in a restaurant when I was taking a walk with Draco," Hermione explained. "I must say I was shocked."
"Shocked? Or Jealous?" Ron said bluntly. Hermione choked on the punch that she was drinking.
"What are you talking about?" she asked, feigning innocence.
"Oh, come on, Hermione. I'm not stupid. I know you were jealous."
She sighed. "I still am."
**
"You look beautiful tonight, Parvati," Harry commented. Parvati smiled prettily, clearly pleased at the remark.
"Thank you," she replied daintily.
"I'm having every bit of fun with you. I'm really glad that we saw each other again after a long time," he continued. Parvati smiled again and didn't say anything. "You're one of the best things that happened to me."
Now Parvati had to speak up. "Harry, that's too much."
"No, Parvati," Harry said, holding her hand. "I don't even think that's enough."
"Harry..."
"I mean it. You gave me a new outlook on life. I'm really glad that I found you again," he said, lifting her hand and kissing it softly. Parvati sighed.
"What about Hermione?" Parvati asked. Harry slowly let go of her hand and looked away.
"What about her?" he said indifferently.
"Don't you have feelings for her anymore?" she asked. Harry ran a hand through his hair and didn't answer. "Harry, answer me," she insisted gently.
"Why do you need to ask that? It's not important."
"What do you mean it's not important? It is to me," Parvati said. "Harry, look at me." He slowly met her eyes. "I can't be with someone whose heart is with someone else."