Harry lay down in his bed and thought about Hermione. "Dammit, why did I kiss Lavender!" Harry got up and walked into the bathroom, he splashed his face with water, and then returned to his bed when Neville and Ron walked in.
"Hey Harry." Ron said. Harry made a muffled noise that was meant to sound like 'hello.' "What's wrong with you mate?"
"I kissed Lavender." Harry said, taking his head off the pillow and sitting straight up.
"A bad kisser?" Neville asked.
"No, that's not it. Hermione and I got into this fight. She thought I was jealous so then I kissed Lavender to prove I wasn't. I'm so stupid."
"Why?" Ron asked.
"Because now she won't talk to me, she even through a book at me..."
"Maybe she got jealous." Neville proposed.
"Why, would she get jealous?" Ron asked Neville.
"Because she likes Harry." Neville said. Ron and Harry looked at each other.
"No way, she doesn't like me." Harry said.
"Come on Neville it's Hermione." Ron said. Harry nodded.
"Yea, she's our best friend, not girlfriend." Harry said.
"Whatever you say, but it would explain the way she reacted." Neville told them.
"And I have arrived with the ice cream!" Ginny smiled Hermione smiled at her and put her quill down. "What were you writing?" Ginny asked.
"The usual."
"Poem about a certain best friend of yours with blazing emerald eyes." Ginny quoted a line from one of Hermione's poems.
"Shut up." Hermione said.
"So then, what exactly happened between you two?" Ginny asked as the two girls started to dig into the ice cream. "Well it started when Harry put his hand through his hair which is so cute." Hermione sighed, Ginny gave her a look to go on. "But it usually means that he is frustrated, so I offered to help him." Hermione told her the story in detail.(excluding the part about Draco touching her thigh)
"You threw a book at him!" Ginny said.
"He caught it!" Hermione said, Ginny started laughing. "It's not funny! I need that book back."
"Hermione, come on. You threw a book at him, that is kind of funny."
"No it's not!"
"Sure." Ginny said.
"Can you ask him for the book back?" Hermione asked Ginny.
"Why can't you? I'm sure you could walk up to the dorm 'Harry could you please give me the book back that I seemed to have thrown at you.'" Ginny started to laugh again. "Oh Merlin, I have to watch this."
"Ginny!" Hermione whined. "I can't face him, now he probably knows I like him."
"Fine, I'll get the book for you, but the sooner you talk to him and deal with this the sooner you two will be normal again." Ginny said as she walked out of the room. She walked into the sixth year boys dormitories.
"Ginny what are you doing here?" Ron asked.
"I have come up here, because Hermione has asked me to ask Harry for the book Hermione... threw at him." Ginny tried not to laugh.
"It's not funny." Harry said.
"Of course not." Ginny said. "Could I just have the book back?"
"Yea, wait a second." Harry said, he walked over to his dresser and picked up the book Hermione had given him, he didn't notice that a piece of parchment that fell onto the floor in-between his and Ron's bed. "Here you go." He said. "So how is she?"
"She's fine." Ginny said and left the room.
The next day Hermione ran into Harry. "Oh Harry. Hi." Hermione said.
"Hello... um... are you alright?" Harry asked her. "Yea, umm...sorry bout throwing that book at you. I was kind of angry."
"Yea, alright."
"I'm hungry." Ron complained coming down the stairs. Harry and Hermione nodded and the three walked down to the great hall.
Later that night Ron and Harry were in the boys dormitory. "The whole day was weird Ron. She was fidgeting the whole day around me! I shouldn't have kissed Lavender!"
"Yes, well how many times must you repeat that sentence?" Ron asked Harry. Harry sighed. "I need to bug Hermione about transfiguration homework, I'll be back in a bit." Harry nodded.
"Hermione." Ron said, sitting next to her. "I need help with my transfiguration homework."
"The answers are in chapter twelve of our text book." Hermione told him.
"Right, how about you give me the actual answers."
"How about I don't."
"I think you should, that's the least you owe to Harry, after acting strange around him all day."
"He noticed?" Hermione asked.
"Everybody noticed, what's gotten into you?" Hermione sighed.
"It's- It's nothing."
"Hermione I might not be an expert with feelings and emotions and stuff."
"Feeling and emotions are the same thing." Hermione told him. Ron rolled his eyes at her.
"But I can tell there is something going on with you."
"I'm fine."
"Right, so answers please?"
"No!" Hermione said. Ron looked over her shoulder and smiled. He walked into the dorm.
"Okay, Hermione put down-"He was cut off as he noticed Harry was asleep already.
"Hermione." Ron heard Harry say. Ron smirked at Harry, he really needed to get over this whole thing with Hermione. It was just a little fight. Ron heard a moan come out of Harry's mouth. Ron shook Harry up.
"Wha- Ron why did you wake me up?"
"One, you're not done your homework; two, you were moaning and saying Hermione's name! What on earth were you dreaming about?"
"Umm... Well you know Hermione..." Harry smiled.
"That's gross."
"It was just a dream Ron, it was nothing." Harry told him. Harry licked his lips in thought of the dream...
"Yea, we hope so."
Harry sat next to Hermione in Charms class. "What is wrong?" Harry asked Hermione.
"Nothing."
"I know your lying to me."
"Don't worry about it." Hermione told him.
"Hermione, you can tell me. You acted strange when I kissed Lavender."
"Well maybe it's just because I don't like to be proven wrong." Hermione said. Harry looked unconvinced but nodded his head and left it at that.
Neville was walking out of Charms when he saw Luna, she was staring at him. He gave her a smile, which she returned and blushed. Neville's eyebrow's furrowed as he realized that Luna had a crush on him. Oh merlin. She likes me.
"Hello Neville." Luna said walking up to him.
"Hello Luna."
"So how are you doing?" She asked him. Well truth be told she isn't really that bad, kinda nice, cute... in weird yet adorable way. She's nothing compared to Emily– get that out of your head she has a boyfriend! "I'm doing good Luna, how about you?"
"Good." She said, playing with the strap of her bag.
"So Luna, would you like to maybe go to the next Hogsmeade with me?" Neville asked. Luna smiled.
"Yes, that would be great!" She said with a big smile. She does have a really nice smile.
"Great." Neville smiled and they walked down the corridor talking.
Harry came out of the shower a put on his boxers, he put his glasses on his nightstand next to a framed picture of Him, Hermione and Ron from last year. He crawled into the bed and went into a deep slumber...
[Harry was holding his firebolt at the bottom of the girls dormitory staircase. He was debating on going up their and talking to Hermione, he wasn't even sure if their would be a barrier, not allowing him to go up their, he certainly hoped not. He mounted on the broom, took a breath, and flew up the staircase, he was thankful their was no barrier, that kept him from walking to the sixth year girl dormitory. He knocked on the door, and saw Hermione, she was wearing the blue silk nightgown whose hem cut off at mid thigh.
"Harry what are you doing here?" Harry took a step toward her.
"You know why I'm here." he told her.
"Your not supposed to be here." Hermione told him. Harry let his hand slid up her arm to her neck.
"I know." He said bringing his head closer to hers.
"It's late you should be asleep, it's past curfew."
"I know." He said. "I couldn't sleep." Hermione nodded, as he bent his head down and kissed her.]
Harry woke up breathing heavily. "Oh Merlin, not again." Harry said and groped his nightstand for his glasses he grabbed a towel and took a cold shower. He looked at the time it was around 6:30, he wouldn't be able to get back to sleep, and he would have to get up in an hour or so anyhow, so it didn't matter. He got dressed for his classes, he walked downstairs and saw Hermione talking to Dobby. Harry's mind flashed to what she was wearing in his dream but he shook his head to get rid of the thought. "Harry!" Dobby said. "We was talking about hats!" Dobby said excitedly. Hermione's face was slightly down. Harry could only presume she was told by Dobby he was the only one taking the hats, which didn't help her organization of S.P.E.W. Harry nodded. "I is better go back, good bye Harry and Herm-eye-knee." Dobby said with great effort. Hermione sighed as he left.
"He was the only one taking my hats."
"I know."
"You knew!"
"Yes, but- I didn't want to tell you..."
"Thanks Harry but you should have told me so maybe I could figure another way."
"Hermione, maybe they don't want-"
"Oh yes they do Harry, they are treated as slaves! They should be treated better. Anyhow, why are you up so early?"
"Had a dream..." Hermione looked at him uneasily. "Not a vision, just a dream... I think."
"Well what was it about?" Hermione asked.
"Uh-well." Harry started to blush.
"Oh." Hermione said in surprise. "That kind of dream." She blushed.
"Erm, yeah."
"Forget I asked."
"Will do."
Later Harry, Hermione and Ron walked down to the Great Hall where Professor McGonagall walked up to Harry.
"Mr. Potter, please report to Professor Dumbledore's office after breakfast." She said. Harry nodded, and she walked away.
"Harry, what did you do?" Hermione asked. Harry shrugged.
"Nothing that I know of." Harry said scratching his head. So after breakfast he headed to the headmasters office, the last time he had been their he nearly destroyed the whole room, the gargoyle moved and the staircase was now accessible to Harry. He walked up the steps and heard one of the portraits say. "Let's hope he doesn't go on a rampage again." Harry walked up to Fawkes, and pet him, which was when Dumbledore entered the room.
"Well hello Mr. Potter." Dumbledore said.
"Hello, Sir. Why did you ask for me to come here?"
"Because I am concerned about Voldemort trying to pry into your brain again like he did last year, now that he knows of his powers on you, he may try and use it again."
"You mean you want to teach me Occlumency?" Harry said. He hadn't liked Occlumency, it was very painful, and Snape always knew of how to get to him.
"Yes, I am going to teach you Occlumency." Dumbledore said. "If you'd please come up here every Thursday night, at eight o'clock." Harry nodded, and Dumbledore excused him.
Later that night after dinner, "That's great Harry!" Hermione said as she heard the news of Harry taking classes of Occlumency with Dumbledore.
"Harry hates Occlumency, how is it great?" Ron asked Hermione, who rolled her eyes.
"Well it was one of the things Sirius did want you to do..." Hermione said. Harry nodded.
"I suppose it was." Harry said. Hermione gave him a weak smile.
"I'm sure it will be much different with Dumbledore teaching you, instead of Snape, who obviously had something against it to begin with." Hermione said. Harry nodded.
"So you guys, you know tomorrow... Emily and I kind of have plans to spend the day together..." Ron said. Harry smiled.
"It's okay Ron, we can manage going around Hogsmeade without you." Harry said.
"Thanks."
"So where are you taking her?" Hermione asked. Ron shrugged.
"I don't think that far ahead!" Ron said, Hermione rolled her eyes and excused herself to go asleep, the boys followed in suite shortly after.
A/n: Another chapter finished! Hope you all liked that chapter, review and tell me your thoughts please! I couldn't get to see my reviews cause something is wrong with my internet or something. So sorry no review thanks today. :( (But much thanks to all who did review!)
–Jessie
"Hey Harry." Ron said. Harry made a muffled noise that was meant to sound like 'hello.' "What's wrong with you mate?"
"I kissed Lavender." Harry said, taking his head off the pillow and sitting straight up.
"A bad kisser?" Neville asked.
"No, that's not it. Hermione and I got into this fight. She thought I was jealous so then I kissed Lavender to prove I wasn't. I'm so stupid."
"Why?" Ron asked.
"Because now she won't talk to me, she even through a book at me..."
"Maybe she got jealous." Neville proposed.
"Why, would she get jealous?" Ron asked Neville.
"Because she likes Harry." Neville said. Ron and Harry looked at each other.
"No way, she doesn't like me." Harry said.
"Come on Neville it's Hermione." Ron said. Harry nodded.
"Yea, she's our best friend, not girlfriend." Harry said.
"Whatever you say, but it would explain the way she reacted." Neville told them.
"And I have arrived with the ice cream!" Ginny smiled Hermione smiled at her and put her quill down. "What were you writing?" Ginny asked.
"The usual."
"Poem about a certain best friend of yours with blazing emerald eyes." Ginny quoted a line from one of Hermione's poems.
"Shut up." Hermione said.
"So then, what exactly happened between you two?" Ginny asked as the two girls started to dig into the ice cream. "Well it started when Harry put his hand through his hair which is so cute." Hermione sighed, Ginny gave her a look to go on. "But it usually means that he is frustrated, so I offered to help him." Hermione told her the story in detail.(excluding the part about Draco touching her thigh)
"You threw a book at him!" Ginny said.
"He caught it!" Hermione said, Ginny started laughing. "It's not funny! I need that book back."
"Hermione, come on. You threw a book at him, that is kind of funny."
"No it's not!"
"Sure." Ginny said.
"Can you ask him for the book back?" Hermione asked Ginny.
"Why can't you? I'm sure you could walk up to the dorm 'Harry could you please give me the book back that I seemed to have thrown at you.'" Ginny started to laugh again. "Oh Merlin, I have to watch this."
"Ginny!" Hermione whined. "I can't face him, now he probably knows I like him."
"Fine, I'll get the book for you, but the sooner you talk to him and deal with this the sooner you two will be normal again." Ginny said as she walked out of the room. She walked into the sixth year boys dormitories.
"Ginny what are you doing here?" Ron asked.
"I have come up here, because Hermione has asked me to ask Harry for the book Hermione... threw at him." Ginny tried not to laugh.
"It's not funny." Harry said.
"Of course not." Ginny said. "Could I just have the book back?"
"Yea, wait a second." Harry said, he walked over to his dresser and picked up the book Hermione had given him, he didn't notice that a piece of parchment that fell onto the floor in-between his and Ron's bed. "Here you go." He said. "So how is she?"
"She's fine." Ginny said and left the room.
The next day Hermione ran into Harry. "Oh Harry. Hi." Hermione said.
"Hello... um... are you alright?" Harry asked her. "Yea, umm...sorry bout throwing that book at you. I was kind of angry."
"Yea, alright."
"I'm hungry." Ron complained coming down the stairs. Harry and Hermione nodded and the three walked down to the great hall.
Later that night Ron and Harry were in the boys dormitory. "The whole day was weird Ron. She was fidgeting the whole day around me! I shouldn't have kissed Lavender!"
"Yes, well how many times must you repeat that sentence?" Ron asked Harry. Harry sighed. "I need to bug Hermione about transfiguration homework, I'll be back in a bit." Harry nodded.
"Hermione." Ron said, sitting next to her. "I need help with my transfiguration homework."
"The answers are in chapter twelve of our text book." Hermione told him.
"Right, how about you give me the actual answers."
"How about I don't."
"I think you should, that's the least you owe to Harry, after acting strange around him all day."
"He noticed?" Hermione asked.
"Everybody noticed, what's gotten into you?" Hermione sighed.
"It's- It's nothing."
"Hermione I might not be an expert with feelings and emotions and stuff."
"Feeling and emotions are the same thing." Hermione told him. Ron rolled his eyes at her.
"But I can tell there is something going on with you."
"I'm fine."
"Right, so answers please?"
"No!" Hermione said. Ron looked over her shoulder and smiled. He walked into the dorm.
"Okay, Hermione put down-"He was cut off as he noticed Harry was asleep already.
"Hermione." Ron heard Harry say. Ron smirked at Harry, he really needed to get over this whole thing with Hermione. It was just a little fight. Ron heard a moan come out of Harry's mouth. Ron shook Harry up.
"Wha- Ron why did you wake me up?"
"One, you're not done your homework; two, you were moaning and saying Hermione's name! What on earth were you dreaming about?"
"Umm... Well you know Hermione..." Harry smiled.
"That's gross."
"It was just a dream Ron, it was nothing." Harry told him. Harry licked his lips in thought of the dream...
"Yea, we hope so."
Harry sat next to Hermione in Charms class. "What is wrong?" Harry asked Hermione.
"Nothing."
"I know your lying to me."
"Don't worry about it." Hermione told him.
"Hermione, you can tell me. You acted strange when I kissed Lavender."
"Well maybe it's just because I don't like to be proven wrong." Hermione said. Harry looked unconvinced but nodded his head and left it at that.
Neville was walking out of Charms when he saw Luna, she was staring at him. He gave her a smile, which she returned and blushed. Neville's eyebrow's furrowed as he realized that Luna had a crush on him. Oh merlin. She likes me.
"Hello Neville." Luna said walking up to him.
"Hello Luna."
"So how are you doing?" She asked him. Well truth be told she isn't really that bad, kinda nice, cute... in weird yet adorable way. She's nothing compared to Emily– get that out of your head she has a boyfriend! "I'm doing good Luna, how about you?"
"Good." She said, playing with the strap of her bag.
"So Luna, would you like to maybe go to the next Hogsmeade with me?" Neville asked. Luna smiled.
"Yes, that would be great!" She said with a big smile. She does have a really nice smile.
"Great." Neville smiled and they walked down the corridor talking.
Harry came out of the shower a put on his boxers, he put his glasses on his nightstand next to a framed picture of Him, Hermione and Ron from last year. He crawled into the bed and went into a deep slumber...
[Harry was holding his firebolt at the bottom of the girls dormitory staircase. He was debating on going up their and talking to Hermione, he wasn't even sure if their would be a barrier, not allowing him to go up their, he certainly hoped not. He mounted on the broom, took a breath, and flew up the staircase, he was thankful their was no barrier, that kept him from walking to the sixth year girl dormitory. He knocked on the door, and saw Hermione, she was wearing the blue silk nightgown whose hem cut off at mid thigh.
"Harry what are you doing here?" Harry took a step toward her.
"You know why I'm here." he told her.
"Your not supposed to be here." Hermione told him. Harry let his hand slid up her arm to her neck.
"I know." He said bringing his head closer to hers.
"It's late you should be asleep, it's past curfew."
"I know." He said. "I couldn't sleep." Hermione nodded, as he bent his head down and kissed her.]
Harry woke up breathing heavily. "Oh Merlin, not again." Harry said and groped his nightstand for his glasses he grabbed a towel and took a cold shower. He looked at the time it was around 6:30, he wouldn't be able to get back to sleep, and he would have to get up in an hour or so anyhow, so it didn't matter. He got dressed for his classes, he walked downstairs and saw Hermione talking to Dobby. Harry's mind flashed to what she was wearing in his dream but he shook his head to get rid of the thought. "Harry!" Dobby said. "We was talking about hats!" Dobby said excitedly. Hermione's face was slightly down. Harry could only presume she was told by Dobby he was the only one taking the hats, which didn't help her organization of S.P.E.W. Harry nodded. "I is better go back, good bye Harry and Herm-eye-knee." Dobby said with great effort. Hermione sighed as he left.
"He was the only one taking my hats."
"I know."
"You knew!"
"Yes, but- I didn't want to tell you..."
"Thanks Harry but you should have told me so maybe I could figure another way."
"Hermione, maybe they don't want-"
"Oh yes they do Harry, they are treated as slaves! They should be treated better. Anyhow, why are you up so early?"
"Had a dream..." Hermione looked at him uneasily. "Not a vision, just a dream... I think."
"Well what was it about?" Hermione asked.
"Uh-well." Harry started to blush.
"Oh." Hermione said in surprise. "That kind of dream." She blushed.
"Erm, yeah."
"Forget I asked."
"Will do."
Later Harry, Hermione and Ron walked down to the Great Hall where Professor McGonagall walked up to Harry.
"Mr. Potter, please report to Professor Dumbledore's office after breakfast." She said. Harry nodded, and she walked away.
"Harry, what did you do?" Hermione asked. Harry shrugged.
"Nothing that I know of." Harry said scratching his head. So after breakfast he headed to the headmasters office, the last time he had been their he nearly destroyed the whole room, the gargoyle moved and the staircase was now accessible to Harry. He walked up the steps and heard one of the portraits say. "Let's hope he doesn't go on a rampage again." Harry walked up to Fawkes, and pet him, which was when Dumbledore entered the room.
"Well hello Mr. Potter." Dumbledore said.
"Hello, Sir. Why did you ask for me to come here?"
"Because I am concerned about Voldemort trying to pry into your brain again like he did last year, now that he knows of his powers on you, he may try and use it again."
"You mean you want to teach me Occlumency?" Harry said. He hadn't liked Occlumency, it was very painful, and Snape always knew of how to get to him.
"Yes, I am going to teach you Occlumency." Dumbledore said. "If you'd please come up here every Thursday night, at eight o'clock." Harry nodded, and Dumbledore excused him.
Later that night after dinner, "That's great Harry!" Hermione said as she heard the news of Harry taking classes of Occlumency with Dumbledore.
"Harry hates Occlumency, how is it great?" Ron asked Hermione, who rolled her eyes.
"Well it was one of the things Sirius did want you to do..." Hermione said. Harry nodded.
"I suppose it was." Harry said. Hermione gave him a weak smile.
"I'm sure it will be much different with Dumbledore teaching you, instead of Snape, who obviously had something against it to begin with." Hermione said. Harry nodded.
"So you guys, you know tomorrow... Emily and I kind of have plans to spend the day together..." Ron said. Harry smiled.
"It's okay Ron, we can manage going around Hogsmeade without you." Harry said.
"Thanks."
"So where are you taking her?" Hermione asked. Ron shrugged.
"I don't think that far ahead!" Ron said, Hermione rolled her eyes and excused herself to go asleep, the boys followed in suite shortly after.
A/n: Another chapter finished! Hope you all liked that chapter, review and tell me your thoughts please! I couldn't get to see my reviews cause something is wrong with my internet or something. So sorry no review thanks today. :( (But much thanks to all who did review!)
–Jessie