The week before Hogsmede flew by. By Saturday everyone including Draco, Pansy, Ron, Hermione and Harry were looking forward to visiting Hogsmede. Well the night before they wouldn't have been included.

The night before…

"I think we should make a plan of how the day should go." Hermione said importantly.

"I don't agree, I think we should just do everything spontaneously." Harry said wishing Hermione to give up on this. But instead Hermione choose to defy him even when the other three agreed with him.

"We will be arguing over where to go to next." Hermione argued.

"We'll compromise-" Began Ron.

"Or maybe we just argue like we are doing now." Hermione contradicted him.

"But-" Put in Pansy

"How about we don't go!" Hermione snapped.

"No!" The boys shouted.

"We'll go." Harry said. "We will compromise on where we go. And we will enjoy ourselves in each others' company as soon as we do we are out of this room."

This room had the virtual background of a blue sky with clouds today and the cheeriness was grating on his nerves.

"Harry's right." Pansy said.

"See Hermione we can compromise." Draco said pleadingly. If Hermione didn't go then none of them did. "Come on; think of it as a test of how far we have come."

"Oh all right." Hermione said grudgingly.

At Hogsmede…

"Where should we go first?" Asked Pansy dressed casually dressed in jeans with little make up. Hermione was in jeans and a long sleeved top with babelicious splashed on to it, she was wearing the minimal make up and she had her hair out. Harry was wearing ripped jeans and a black wife beater and wearing a short sleeved denim shirt over it. Ron was wearing faded jeans and a white t-shirt. Draco was wearing black jeans and a black t-shirt with the brand Guchi on it – Harry had heard of Gucci but not Guchi – and the boys were all wearing their medallions and the girls their chokers.

"Honey Dukes." Everyone but Pansy said.

"Ok." Pansy agreed with a nod. They all bought sweets galore. Then they headed to Zonko's. The boys bought dung bombs and stuff like that but Ron complained,

"Our Fred and George's joke shop is better."

Hermione bought a perfume that smelt like a muggle bottle of versace perfume but after 40 minutes started to smell like dung, she planned to give it to Cho. Pansy bought a lip gloss that was to plump up your lips but after five minutes plumps it up till it looks like you have fish lips, she too planned on giving it to Cho.

Then they went to the Three Broomsticks where Hermione excused her self to go the bathroom Harry too excused himself.

Harry waited for Hermione to come out of the girls' toilets. When she did come out it looked like she had topped up her lip gloss. Harry was looking at her lips and dying to kiss them when Hermione finally noticed him.

"Oh Harry! Are you… Well, waiting for me?" Hermione asked him surprised.

"In a word, yes." Harry said. "Hermione I want to, no, need to talk about the kiss-"

"Harry-"

"And maybe try it again." Harry said hopefully.

"Is that all I am to you? A few good forbidden kisses?" Hermione asked in outrage.

"N-n-no!" Harry stuttered. "I want to give us a chance!"

"Harry, there is no us!" Hermione said sorrowfully. "I'm sorry."

With that Hermione walked away from him. Leaving Harry, with a very painful, yet very familiar emotion.

The rest of the day passed very slowly for Harry. He didn't even enjoy himself when they went to the quidditch shop. Harry hadn't done anything except walk around, grunt, shake and nod his head. No one was arguing! So he was bored out of his head and was upset at the same time.

"I am so bored!" Exclaimed Harry.

"Yeah me too." Agreed Pansy.

"Should we go back to the castle then?" Hermione asked.

"Yes." All but Harry replied.

"Harry?" Hermione asked.

"Granger – I mean Hermione – since Harry helped raised this point I doubt he needs to answer that question." Draco snapped. He was annoyed. All their nerves and control were snapping. They needed a breather away from every one.

"Come on let's go back to school!" Said Harry to them, to himself he said I need to get away from you lot the sooner the better! They were silent on the way back in the carriage.

"You could cut the tension with a chain saw." Said Ron.

"Ron, it's a knife." Corrected Hermione. Ron looked confused. Hermione sighed. "You could cut the tension with a knife."

"Hermione! Why do you persist on being a little Miss-know-it-all?" Draco asked. He had shocked them. He had called Hermione, Hermione instead of Granger with such ease you would have thought he had said it all his life.

"Well Draco," Said Hermione coolly but Harry cut her off before she could continue.

"Will you lot just shut up!" He yelled. They all shut up. Whoever made up the phrase "Silence is golden." Was wrong, silence is platinum!

When they arrived at Hogwarts Harry jumped out of the Carriage and ran not to anywhere in particular just to get away from all of them. Mostly to get away from Hermione.

"What have you done to him, mudblood?" Spat Pansy.

"What?" Asked Hermione confused.

"Don't play dumb, I'm better at it then you." Spat Pansy. "What have you done to Harry?"

"Nothing!" Exclaimed Hermione.

"Yeah, right." Sneered Draco. "You must think we were born yesterday."

"Judging by the way you're behaving, I think that would be a justified thought." Snarled Hermione.

"Look, Hermione, Harry was happy when he went to the toilet after you, but when he came back you were both different you had an angry air about you but Harry had a rejected one about him." Said Ron. "You had something to with it Herms."

"Harry asked me out; I rejected him thinking that it was some cruel joke." Hermione explained ashamed. Pansy let out a noise that could only be described as a hiss.

"For such a smart girl you are completely clueless!" Pansy screeched. "Hermione I don't know whether you've picked up on this but me and Draco have! Hermione, you are the only one Harry will listen to, only you can calm him down. I'm hoping you have noticed this, Harry's got a bad boy thing going on all because of loosing the ones he loves he's hoping that he will just finish Voldemort off alone but he wont because he's going to get himself killed!"

"Harry wouldn't get himself killed!" Hermione protested.

"He would if he went off in a blind rage and went looking for Voldemort, it'll be a repeat of last year." Draco said.

"What you mean Voldemort could make the visions appear?" Hermione asked.

"Yes but these images will be his deepest fears, probably losing you and Ron." Draco said.

"Hermione, Harry was going off the rails with his temper; you saw what happened in Dumbledore's office first day back. Then the second time we were in there. Hermione you might have just pushed him a little further." Draco said.

"Mr. Malfoy, Miss. Granger, Mr Weasley and Miss Pansy, Dumbledore needs to speak to you for a few minutes about Mr Potter." Magonagol said appearing as if from thin air.