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ok, and now for the next chappie, which i am sorry to say, isn't much longer...
chapter eleven....The girl
On Friday morning, Hermione woke up and lay in her bed, letting her thoughts pour out. For the first time since she had ever came to Hogwarts, she considered skipping classes for the day. It seemed like it had been weeks since her and Harry had stopped talking and she didnt feel like seeing him today. Yesterday he had attempted to apologize to her after dinner. She hadn't gone to dinner in hopes of not running into him, and instead taken refuge in the library. It had apparently worked. She advoided contact with him and Ron and her success had lasted up until she had gotten into the common room. There, her good luck streak had faded.
Flashback
Hermione had just crawled through the portrait hole that led into the head's common room. She stood up just in enough time to see Harry standing infront of her, looking at her with an aprehensive look on his face. She continued to stare at him. In truth, she was lost for words. Ever since Wednesday, she had tried her best to advoid him, and she thought he had been doing the same ever since she had been so cold to him that night. But now he was standing in front of her, looking dead straight at her. He took a cautious step towards her.
"Er..Mione? Um, do yo-do you think we could, er, talk?"he had asked her, stumbling on his words.
She had just stood there, not wanting to talk to him. She did not want to face the truth. She didnt want to talk to Harry about what had been bothering her, or why it hurt so much that he had not told her he had liked someone. She couldnt' face him.
"I-I...I can't-" she started.
And then she found herself rushing up the stairs into her bedroom. Once she was there, she settled herself on her bed and thought about what she had done. She had just ran away from Harry. He had given her a chance to talk things over and she had run. How pathetic can you get Hermione? she thought angrily. She angry at herself for running. Just like a little kid, she had run from the problem. Instead of fixing it, she had made it worse. How much worse can things get??
End of Flashback
She sat on her bed thinking back to last night. She still wasn't sure if she could face him. After last night, she now felt embarrassed ontop of everything else. Then her stomach began to churn. Urgh, now Im going to be sick on top of all this....She sighed. What am I going to do???
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Hermione had forced herself out of bed after re-living last night and decided to go to classes. There is no sense in mourning about it, I can't change all that's happened...After all, things couldn't get much worse.
She took a quick shower and prepared for the day. Then, grabbing her bag, she headed out the portrait hole.
A few minutes later, Hermione headed into the Great Hall and chose a seat next to Ginny.
"Good morning!" said Ginny, gladly heaping eggs onto her plate, doing the same to Hermione's.
"Thanks Gin, but I dont think I can eat today," said Hermione, thinking that she couldn't keep food down at the moment. She felt extremely sick by now.
"Yes, Im fine, just feeling a little sick, thats all.."
Ginny nodded, but didn't look to persuaded. She looked at Hermione a minute longer before returning to her breakfast.
Hermione sat there, thinking that if she wasn't going to eat, she might as well go to the Library before classes and work on her homework. As she was getting up, she glanced to the doors that led into the Entrance Hall and saw Harry and Ron walking in the doors. All the better reason to get out of here..she thought.
She was about to set off when a girl from the Ravenclaw Table got up and walked over to Harry and Ron. Hermione stopped to watch. She was apparently talking to the both of them, judging by the smile on Ron's face. After a minute of looking at the girl, she realized who she was. I think her name is Alexa. Alexa what?Alexa.Alexa...Bolisu? Who cares. But what is she doing talking to Harry and Ron? And why does she keep flipping her hair like that and cant take her eyes off Harry?
And then Hermione let out a small gasp as Alexa leaned up and kissed Harry on the cheek. OH MY GOD! Harry likes Alexa? Thats who Ron was talking about?
Hermione's brain went numb. She just stood there with her mouth hanging open, not believing what she had just seen. " Hermione, what are you doing?" came Ginny's voice. "Hermione? Are you listening?"
Hermione felt a tug on her sleeve and suddenly she was being yanked onto the bench next to Ginny once more. She turned to Ginny who still had a good grip on her shoulder.
"You know what, I think I will have something to eat. Please pass the butter Gin, will you?" she asked in a forced, cheerful voice, quite unlike her own. Ginny looked suprise by her sudden change in mind, but all the same passed her the butter.
Meanwhile Hermione had come to a conclusion in her head. I will not, I repeat will not let them see me looking so shocked. I'll just act as if nothing happened. Yes, thats it..
But as she forced herself to eat some eggs and toast, tears tickled in Hermione's eyes, threatening to spill over.
Stop being so emotional. He can't see you like this..
She closed her eyes and forced the tears to retreat. When she opened them, Harry and Ron were sitting at the Gryffindor Table. She brought her head up to look at Harry. She took in his features. As he sat chatting with Ron, she noticed how extremely handsome he looked this morning and became aware of the way he put his head in his hands while he argued with Ron...then he caught sight of her looking at him. Quickly she turned her gaze to her food and concentrated on eating.
"Are you sure you're okay?" asked Ginny once more. "You looked like you're in another world right now." said Ginny. "You have been spending too much time with Harry-or it must be contagious.Pretty soon they'll have to send you both to St.Mungo's..."said Ginny with a smile on her face.
Hermione could tell she was trying to get her attention, so she gave in and turned her focus to Ginny. She could still feel Harry's gaze upon her, and couldnt' help but feel resentful towards him. As far as Im concerned, she thought, let him have his Alexa. Its not like he'll miss me anyways...And who cares if I talk to him again? I dont'...Maybe it'll do me good..who knows?
And with that Hermione focused her attention back to Ginny and finished her breakfast.
thats all for now, sorry its not much. but hang in there and dont forget to review!
Ashton