Hey! Thanks for reviewing, but I'd still like more! Hehe. I think I'll have a little more time to really think of some good stuff and update regularly… finals are done and not rehearsing as much now… playing operas… not fun lol. So here it goes.

Chapter Five:

After the final bell of the day had rung, the four students packed up all their stuff and started out the room to their lockers. While they walked Hermione yet again came up with another great idea. "Hey, I know!" she said excitedly, "Let's go to my house and hang out and watch a movie or something. My parents won't be home for a while."

"Oh yea," Izzy said, "I bet there's a lot of things to do at the clinic after being gone for a while."

"Clinic?" Harry asked curiously.

"My parents are dentists—they have their own private business."

"Oooh," Harry said, "That explains the perfect smile." He thought.

"That sounds great," Ron said, "the homework load isn't too bad tonight, especially without that chem. lab." He smiled.

"Oh, but we do have all that crap for McMonagal." Harry remembered.

"Oh yea," Hermione said disappointedly.

"But, four heads are better than one." Ron reminded them.

They all agreed. "So, everyone in?" Hermione asked.

"Sure, totally," Izzy and Ron said.

Hermione turned to Harry, "Harry? How 'bout you?"

He laughed, "How could I say no?" Hermione smiled, "But—under one condition," he paused, Hermione's face turned to confusion, "no chick flicks." Everyone laughed.

"Great!" She smiled, "Ok, so let's meet back here in about five minutes."

Ron and Izzy walked away to down the hall to their lockers. Harry and Hermione went the other way to theirs' that happened to be close by.

Harry and Hermione were completely quite for a while until Harry finally broke the silence, "So why did you go England?" He asked, then thinking it was a little more straight forward than he really wanted it to be. Hermione suddenly looked at him with a worried face then quickly turned her head back and looked straight ahead of her. "Unless," Harry said trying to fix anything he had done wrong, "it's, I mean, I'm sorry, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to."

Hermione looked back at him. As she gazed into his round emerald eyes, she got such a warm feeling. It was like she could totally trust him, and she felt like she just wanted to spill out everything to him right then and there. "I don't get it," she thought, "I just met him but I've never felt so close to anyone before, not even Ron and Izzy." Her face relaxed and she smiled at him, "No, it's ok, maybe later—it's just not a really good time right now."

Harry was so relieved that he hadn't messed anything up, "Okay," he said with as much sincerity in his voice as you could possibly put into that short word.

They went to opposite sides of the hall to get their things together. When she was ready, Hermione went across to Harry, "ugh," she scoffed sarcastically, "aren't you ready yet?" Harry looked up at her and smiled, "hold your horses, girl!" he laughed, "unlike SOMEONE I know," he flashed a smile to Hermione, making her think she was going to melt into a puddle right there in the middle of the hall, "I was here all day, meaning have more things to get together."

Hermione just laughed, "Okay, okay." And rolled her eyes.

A few seconds later Harry stood up and shut his locker. "All right," he grinned and stuck out his arm, "shall we?"

Hermione laughed and linked her arm with his, "we shall!" They started walking down the hall to meet Ron and Izzy. A moment went by when Hermione looked up at Harry. "I just want you to know," she paused, she didn't want to seem too clingy or sound cheesy right from the start, "For some reason, I just feel like you're someone that I can really talk to… I just want to make sure that's ok, I mean I don't want to bother you with random meaningless things and ramble o-"

Harry cut her off, "you mean like you are right now?" She gave a worried look, she was sure she had just ruined everything, "God, Hermione, you can be so stupid sometimes." She thought to herself. Harry just laughed, "Hermione, it would be my pleasure— you can talk to me about anything, anywhere, any time of the day." Hermione smiled and sighed in relief.

"Thank you," she replied quietly. They turned a corner and saw Ron and Izzy ahead waiting for them down the hall.

"Do they know?" Harry asked Hermione, nodding to Ron and Izzy.

Hermione looked confused, "about England?" Harry nodded. "Oh, well—some of it."

As they approached the other two, still linking arms, Izzy laughed, "well, well, did we miss something important within these last few minutes?" Hermione and Harry suddenly looked at each other and quickly pulled apart, both slightly blushing. Ron started laughing too.

Ron then just remembered something, "Hey wait guys, both Izzy and I are parked on the other side."

Hermione laughed and remembered their adventure from the afternoon. "Oh that's right, well then we'll just meet at my house." She turned to Harry, "So, do you drive? Or do you need a ride?"

"Oh, I don't live very far away," Harry replied, "I usually just walk."

"Ok, you can just ride with me then," Hermione said.

Izzy rolled her eyes and muttered under her breath, "didn't see that coming." Ron stored a laugh. Harry heard this and smiled. Hermione, who seemed to be completely oblivious to what was going on, continued on, "ok, so we'll see you two at my house." She said to Ron and Izzy, "if you get there before us, just go on in, the key is still in the same place."

They once again parted, going separate ways down the halls. Harry and Hermione walked out the door to her van.

Harry got into the passenger seat. As he buckled up, he noticed a little sticker in the bottom left side of the windshield. It was a maroon shield with a golden lion on it. Instantly, he had figured everything out. After Hermione got situated, Harry pointed to the sticker and asked her, "Is that from Hogwarts?"

Sorry, sorry for cutting it short, but I think that's a good place for a slight cliffhanger :-P but I have a gig that I gotta get to soon. I just thought it'd be a good idea to get SOMETHING up on here, but I promise I will finished this up soon. Review pleas! Thanks!