Hermione's POV

I am so sick of this. It's been what 8 months of misery for me. And there is nothing I can do! Harry needs to stop being so over possessive. I can talk to Ron it doesn't mean I'm hitting on him. I wish Harry would just back off. I can't deal with this kind of a relationship anymore, but I'm scared of what he'll do if I break up with him.

Hermione sat in the winged armchair reading up on some homework that needed to be done the next day. She tried to concentrate but it was useless.

She was too preoccupied. She and Harry had been going out for 8 months now. It was their last year at Hogwarts and she really wanted to get a good ending mark. She also wanted a good relationship but right now either one seemed realistic.

She laid her head back on the armchair and thought back to a couple weeks ago.

START FLASHBACK

"Hermione get in here" Harry yelled pounding on her door. "Just a second" she said pulling on a sweater and walking over to the door.

He just kept pounding. She pulled open to door to reveal a very flustered Harry.

"What do you want?" she asked in a mild manner.

"Are you cheating on me?" he asked grabbing her by the shoulders.

"No, of course not!" She said pulling away from him.

"Why won't Ron look me in the eye then?" he said.

"I have no idea" she said shrugging.

His face brightened. "Oh ok then just wanted to know" he gave her a peck on the cheek and walked down the hall, into the common room.

She rolled her eyes and sat back down on her bed.

END FLASHBACK

She shook her head and continued to read. She was actually starting to concentrate when she heard a faint thumping coming toward her. She looked up staring in the face of Dobby.

"Oh my goodness Dobby please don't do that" she gasped clutching her throat.

"Dobby is sorry Miss..." he said twitching slightly.

"Can I help you then Dobby?" she asked him kindly.

"Well Miss.... It is difficult to say. You see I owe you a debt of gratitude for helping me receive my wages. And I have heard some rumours around the kitchen that something is happening you may want to know about Miss" Dobby said shuffling.

"And what would that be Dobby" Hermione said sitting up a little more in the chair.

"Well Miss Dobby once thought much of Harry Potter he set Dobby free after all! Now though, Dobby feels most angry. For you see some of the house elves say they have seen Mr. Potter kissing some girl in the corner of the library, and to say Miss we all know about you and Harry Potter. And so the rumours go it was certainly not you alone with Mr. Potter" Dobby said looking at the floor.

"What?" Hermione said as silent tears rolled down her cheek.

"Dobby is sorry he must be the one to tell you but he figured that you should know" Dobby said "I will leave you alone now Miss Dobby does hope you'll be alright"

He bowed until his nose touched the floor. Then he straightened up and left the common room.

Hermione curled up into a ball and cried for a minute or two. Then she decided to go for a walk.

She got on Harry's invisibility cloak and walked out into the hallway. She walked along the corridors hoping against hope she would not run into someone. Especially Harry.

She kept walking until she found a balcony she walked onto it and sat down. There was a rose bush nearby and the stars lit up the sky.

She started to sob as she realized where she was. That was where she and Harry had had their first kiss.

She started to bawl, sobbing continuously. She heard some footsteps and she ceased crying. She looked out but couldn't make out who it was as she had so many tears in her eyes.

"Hello is someone out here?" it was a boys voice a very cool one, but also with concern.

She lowered the cloak. "Yeah I was crying."

She wiped her eyes and gasped. It was not at all who she thought it might have been.