Chapter IV
Harry woke up and saw that Ron was not in bed. He changed clothes and went to the common room. Ron was not there. He didn't understand why Ron didn't wait for him to have breakfast.
"Harry!"
He turned back. It was Ginny. "Yeah?"
"Did you see Hermione?"
"No. But I think she might be at the great hall. Ron is not here either."
Ginny smiled.
"What?" Harry asked.
"Nothing."
"Ginny. oh, no, no way."
"Why?"
"You know them. You know what Ron keeps saying and what Hermione thinks of him."
"Yes, but. they would make a great couple."
"You say that cause you want your brother to date your friend."
"Ok, Harry. Now, let's eat. I'm hungry."
They went to the great hall. Harry saw Ron sitting near Dean Thomas, but he didn't see Hermione. Ginny and he went towards Ron, but she sat beside Dean, which made Harry, against his will, frown. He sat in front of Ron. "Why you didn't call me, Ron?"
"Cause you were still sleeping."
"Where's Hermione?"
"I don't know."
"I thought you might had come together to have breakfast."
"Did you?" Ron said, harshly.
"What. you had a fight again?"
Ron didn't answer.
"What was now? Hermione must be really pissed off to not show up."
"Ask her. Or you'd better ask Malfoy." Ron said, looking at Malfoy, who was at the Slytherin table.
"What? What do you mean "ask Malfoy"? Did you. he did something to her? What."
"Can we change the subject, please?"
"But." Harry decided to stop talking about Hermione, as he saw how angry Ron was.
At the other side of the great hall, Draco was smiling. He noticed that Granger was absent and that Weasley was not in a good mood. He could not tell if it had something to do with him, "but what else could that be?" he thought.
Ron finished his breakfast and rose, intending to leave the great hall.
"Ron, where are you going?"
"To take a walk."
"Wait." Harry was getting up.
"Sorry, mate, but I want to be by myself, if you don't mind."
Harry looked at him in disbelief, but agreed. Ron gave him a half- hearted smile and left the great hall towards the garden.
Ginny got near Harry. "Where is he going?"
"To take a walk."
Ginny looked at the door direction. "What happened yesterday?" She asked herself. Harry knew it, but asked: "What do you mean?"
She looked at Harry. He felt his cheeks getting hot, but pretended nothing was happening. "It's only Ginny, after all" he thought.
She sat beside him. "I asked Parvati about Hermione. She said that Hermione entered the room late at night and said nothing to the others, but everybody saw that she got red eyes, like she had been crying. Parvati asked Hermione what was going on, but Hermione said that nothing was going on and went straight to bed. She also said that Hermione didn't sleep right away cause she heard her rolling in her bed. And, now, by the morning, Hermione was still in bed, sleeping or pretending she was. Parvati said the girls made more noise than the usual, just to see if she would get up, but they obtained nothing." Ginny said it almost whispering.
Like her, Harry found it really strange. "I think Ron and Hermione had another fight yesterday."
"But he went to bed, didn't he?"
"Well, not right to bed. He went with me to the boys' bedroom, took a bath, but said he was not sleepy, so he told me to look for him in front of the fireplace if I needed anything. But I was really sleepy and tired, so, after my bath, I saw nothing, but my own bed. I didn't see if Ron returned to our bedroom. And."
"What?"
"He said an odd thing to me minutes ago. He said that if I want to know what happened between them, or at least with Hermione, I should better ask to Malfoy."
Ginny gave him a strange look, and then got up. "I'll talk to her. I think this time the thing was really serious. See you later, Harry." And she left. Not before giving Dean a blink, which Harry saw and made him close his fist. "Better look for Ron, though" he thought, leaving the great hall.
Harry woke up and saw that Ron was not in bed. He changed clothes and went to the common room. Ron was not there. He didn't understand why Ron didn't wait for him to have breakfast.
"Harry!"
He turned back. It was Ginny. "Yeah?"
"Did you see Hermione?"
"No. But I think she might be at the great hall. Ron is not here either."
Ginny smiled.
"What?" Harry asked.
"Nothing."
"Ginny. oh, no, no way."
"Why?"
"You know them. You know what Ron keeps saying and what Hermione thinks of him."
"Yes, but. they would make a great couple."
"You say that cause you want your brother to date your friend."
"Ok, Harry. Now, let's eat. I'm hungry."
They went to the great hall. Harry saw Ron sitting near Dean Thomas, but he didn't see Hermione. Ginny and he went towards Ron, but she sat beside Dean, which made Harry, against his will, frown. He sat in front of Ron. "Why you didn't call me, Ron?"
"Cause you were still sleeping."
"Where's Hermione?"
"I don't know."
"I thought you might had come together to have breakfast."
"Did you?" Ron said, harshly.
"What. you had a fight again?"
Ron didn't answer.
"What was now? Hermione must be really pissed off to not show up."
"Ask her. Or you'd better ask Malfoy." Ron said, looking at Malfoy, who was at the Slytherin table.
"What? What do you mean "ask Malfoy"? Did you. he did something to her? What."
"Can we change the subject, please?"
"But." Harry decided to stop talking about Hermione, as he saw how angry Ron was.
At the other side of the great hall, Draco was smiling. He noticed that Granger was absent and that Weasley was not in a good mood. He could not tell if it had something to do with him, "but what else could that be?" he thought.
Ron finished his breakfast and rose, intending to leave the great hall.
"Ron, where are you going?"
"To take a walk."
"Wait." Harry was getting up.
"Sorry, mate, but I want to be by myself, if you don't mind."
Harry looked at him in disbelief, but agreed. Ron gave him a half- hearted smile and left the great hall towards the garden.
Ginny got near Harry. "Where is he going?"
"To take a walk."
Ginny looked at the door direction. "What happened yesterday?" She asked herself. Harry knew it, but asked: "What do you mean?"
She looked at Harry. He felt his cheeks getting hot, but pretended nothing was happening. "It's only Ginny, after all" he thought.
She sat beside him. "I asked Parvati about Hermione. She said that Hermione entered the room late at night and said nothing to the others, but everybody saw that she got red eyes, like she had been crying. Parvati asked Hermione what was going on, but Hermione said that nothing was going on and went straight to bed. She also said that Hermione didn't sleep right away cause she heard her rolling in her bed. And, now, by the morning, Hermione was still in bed, sleeping or pretending she was. Parvati said the girls made more noise than the usual, just to see if she would get up, but they obtained nothing." Ginny said it almost whispering.
Like her, Harry found it really strange. "I think Ron and Hermione had another fight yesterday."
"But he went to bed, didn't he?"
"Well, not right to bed. He went with me to the boys' bedroom, took a bath, but said he was not sleepy, so he told me to look for him in front of the fireplace if I needed anything. But I was really sleepy and tired, so, after my bath, I saw nothing, but my own bed. I didn't see if Ron returned to our bedroom. And."
"What?"
"He said an odd thing to me minutes ago. He said that if I want to know what happened between them, or at least with Hermione, I should better ask to Malfoy."
Ginny gave him a strange look, and then got up. "I'll talk to her. I think this time the thing was really serious. See you later, Harry." And she left. Not before giving Dean a blink, which Harry saw and made him close his fist. "Better look for Ron, though" he thought, leaving the great hall.