Chapter XXXI
Harry, Ron and Hermione were really happy when Snape finished the class. It was three hours of Potions.
"Thank God he didn't take any point from Gryffindor" Harry said, relieved.
Ron and Hermione were in total silence. Harry thought it was better he keeps silence too. Ginny was already at the table when they got at the great hall. Harry kissed her cheek.
"So, how was Potions?" Ginny asked.
"Look at my happy face" Harry answered. He was frowning and had an angry look in his eyes.
Ginny smiled. "That's not a happy face, Harry". She looked at Ron and Hermione. "You don't have a happy face either, both of you".
"Cause I'm not happy". Hermione pushed the plate. "I'm not hungry. I'll take a walk. See you later". She caught her rucksack and left the table.
"Ron". Harry called.
He was looking at Hermione's back. "What?"
"What did you say to her?"
Ron rose, as he saw Hermione leaving to the garden. "Sorry, mate, talk to you later". He grabbed his things and walked towards the entrance.
"I think he went after Hermione" Ginny said.
"That's what it seems".
"Hope he fixes it".
"Me too, Ginny". Harry kissed her.
Ron was entering at the garden when somebody held him by his arm. "Who's the... Malfoy?"
Draco"s blue eyes were flashing. "Going after Granger, Weasley?"
"That's not of your business, Malfoy".
"Oh, is that so? But I think it is".
Ron took off his arm from Draco's hand. "Since when you care about her?"
"She's mine, Weasley, and I'm warning you, don't stay in my way".
"Oh, yeah? I already know it; you don't have to tell me".
Draco gave him a strange look. "How... how do you know that?"
"It doesn't matter, but I tell you, if you make Hermione suffer, I'll make you pay, and it will be a huge price". Ron turned his back at him and ran towards Hermione.
Malfoy didn't know what to think. What did Weasley mean when he said he already knew about him and Hermione? "Did she had the guts to tell him what happened between us? Is she thinking about giving me a chance?" all these questions were passing in Draco's mind. "Hey, Weasley!" he called, but Ron was too far to listen. He then entered again at the great hall, his brain in a total confusion.
Hermione fastened the steps when she heard somebody was getting closer.
"Hermione! Wait!" Ron yelled.
She pretended she didn't listen and kept walking, but, as Ron was running, he caught her near the rock seats. "Hermione, please, let me explain..."
"You have nothing to explain, Ron, just leave me alone".
"But I want to tell you why I wasn't there yesterday".
"I know why".
Ron looked at her, surprised. "You know? How?"
"Nobody told me, if it's that what you mean".
"I know nobody told cause I told to nobody. But what do you think you know?"
Hermione fastened the walk again. "It's cause of the girl".
"Girl? What girl?" Ron asked, confused.
"Your girl, the girl you love".
"What?!"
"There's only her, right? And she doesn't care about you, am I wrong?" She was talking too fast, so fast that it was hard to Ron to understand properly what she was saying. "Why do you care so much for someone that doesn't care about you at all?" Her face was red in anger.
"Hermione, you're talking nonsense. So you think I was not there cause of... that?"
"You don't care about me... I mean, us, since you fell in love with... I don't know who!" It was getting difficult to breath, because of the hard walking and her emotional state.
"Hermione, stop!" He grabbed her arm. "You'll have to let me explain!"
"I don't want to. Just leave me alone, please". Hermione was facing the ground, but Ron could see tears shining in her eyes.
"Look, when we had that fight cause of that ro... I mean, Malfoy, you asked me to listen to you and I agreed. Don't you think it's my turn now?"
Harry, Ron and Hermione were really happy when Snape finished the class. It was three hours of Potions.
"Thank God he didn't take any point from Gryffindor" Harry said, relieved.
Ron and Hermione were in total silence. Harry thought it was better he keeps silence too. Ginny was already at the table when they got at the great hall. Harry kissed her cheek.
"So, how was Potions?" Ginny asked.
"Look at my happy face" Harry answered. He was frowning and had an angry look in his eyes.
Ginny smiled. "That's not a happy face, Harry". She looked at Ron and Hermione. "You don't have a happy face either, both of you".
"Cause I'm not happy". Hermione pushed the plate. "I'm not hungry. I'll take a walk. See you later". She caught her rucksack and left the table.
"Ron". Harry called.
He was looking at Hermione's back. "What?"
"What did you say to her?"
Ron rose, as he saw Hermione leaving to the garden. "Sorry, mate, talk to you later". He grabbed his things and walked towards the entrance.
"I think he went after Hermione" Ginny said.
"That's what it seems".
"Hope he fixes it".
"Me too, Ginny". Harry kissed her.
Ron was entering at the garden when somebody held him by his arm. "Who's the... Malfoy?"
Draco"s blue eyes were flashing. "Going after Granger, Weasley?"
"That's not of your business, Malfoy".
"Oh, is that so? But I think it is".
Ron took off his arm from Draco's hand. "Since when you care about her?"
"She's mine, Weasley, and I'm warning you, don't stay in my way".
"Oh, yeah? I already know it; you don't have to tell me".
Draco gave him a strange look. "How... how do you know that?"
"It doesn't matter, but I tell you, if you make Hermione suffer, I'll make you pay, and it will be a huge price". Ron turned his back at him and ran towards Hermione.
Malfoy didn't know what to think. What did Weasley mean when he said he already knew about him and Hermione? "Did she had the guts to tell him what happened between us? Is she thinking about giving me a chance?" all these questions were passing in Draco's mind. "Hey, Weasley!" he called, but Ron was too far to listen. He then entered again at the great hall, his brain in a total confusion.
Hermione fastened the steps when she heard somebody was getting closer.
"Hermione! Wait!" Ron yelled.
She pretended she didn't listen and kept walking, but, as Ron was running, he caught her near the rock seats. "Hermione, please, let me explain..."
"You have nothing to explain, Ron, just leave me alone".
"But I want to tell you why I wasn't there yesterday".
"I know why".
Ron looked at her, surprised. "You know? How?"
"Nobody told me, if it's that what you mean".
"I know nobody told cause I told to nobody. But what do you think you know?"
Hermione fastened the walk again. "It's cause of the girl".
"Girl? What girl?" Ron asked, confused.
"Your girl, the girl you love".
"What?!"
"There's only her, right? And she doesn't care about you, am I wrong?" She was talking too fast, so fast that it was hard to Ron to understand properly what she was saying. "Why do you care so much for someone that doesn't care about you at all?" Her face was red in anger.
"Hermione, you're talking nonsense. So you think I was not there cause of... that?"
"You don't care about me... I mean, us, since you fell in love with... I don't know who!" It was getting difficult to breath, because of the hard walking and her emotional state.
"Hermione, stop!" He grabbed her arm. "You'll have to let me explain!"
"I don't want to. Just leave me alone, please". Hermione was facing the ground, but Ron could see tears shining in her eyes.
"Look, when we had that fight cause of that ro... I mean, Malfoy, you asked me to listen to you and I agreed. Don't you think it's my turn now?"