Chapter 6:
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"Fred?" Hermione asked, again, as she walked around the corner.
Fred turned around. "Hermione! Lovely to see you! I was just going into Honeyduke's to talk to the manager about the waggin worms he's been selling. George had a few and lets just say that the boils aren't all that great looking."
Hermione sighed. Fred obviously wasn't the guy sending the letters.
"So what are you doing back here?" he asked.
"Oh I was just taking a walk. Nothing special." She said, partially lying through her teeth.
"Oh. Have you seen Ron or Gin? I've been meaning to ask them something. Wanted to see if they'd be interested in a part time job at the shop over the summer. Offers open to you and Harry too." Fred said, trying to find the key to get in the back of Honeyduke's.
"They went to the Quidditch Inventory the last time I saw them. I got to go though. Bye." Hermione said and walked away.
She sat on a bench nearby for about a half hour. She was watching the back of Honeyduke's. Sooner or later she just gave up hope. The guy never showed. She got up off the bench, and headed to see Ron and Ginny.
"So how was your walk Hermione?" Ginny asked as the group sat in the common room later that night.
"Nothing happened. Just ran into Fred. You guys thinking of taking those part time jobs? I might." Hermione answered.
"I thought it would be cool." Ron said, eating a couple chocolate frogs that he had gotten at Honeyduke's.
"Yeah." Harry said with a mouthful of Fantistico's Gummy Worms.
"I'm in." Ginny said.
"I have to send a letter to my dad about it. I'm off to the owlery and then I'm going to bed." Hermione yawned. She left them sitting there, with a note in her pocket. This guy wasn't getting off with this little stunt easy.
You didn't show. What's up with that? I was right behind Honeyduke's for a good decent amount of time!
She sent the owl off, and later hopped into bed. She was brushing her hair when she noticed something. The necklace was gone. Hermione was fit to cry at that moment. The necklace was so pretty, and she had spent quite a bit on it too.
Hermione was bummed as she pushed her pancakes around her plate about a week later at breakfast. She had lost her necklace, the guy hadn't written back, and she had to cram for the big end of semester exams coming up before the big holiday. Plus after the stunts Ron and Harry tried to pull, she had to avoid them.
FLASHBACK:
Hermione was taking a walk outside on the grounds, with Ron. She needed fresh air. Harry was still studying. The sun was setting, and everyone was around the castle, glad the week was over.
The two neared the lake, and then suddenly Ron grabbed her hand. Hermione didn't know what to do. She wasn't in love with Ron. She couldn't lead him on. It would be the wrong thing to do. She yanked her hand away, and ran for the castle.
"Hermione! Hermione!" Ron yelled after her. She kept running. She looked back once, and saw his face. He was heartbroken.
Hermione was studying one night, late, around 2 am. Her blasted Ancient Runes exam was bound to be hard. Binns had notified them a month in advance of this one. No one gives you a month notice of an exam un less it's going to be tough. She glanced at the fire. She heard footsteps behind her. It was Harry.
"Harry, what are you doing up?" Hermione asked, closing her textbook.
"Couldn't sleep. Thinking about the exams and some other stuff." Harry said, sitting down next to Hermione. She was becoming awfully tired. That's when he did it.
He just grabbed her, and started to kiss her. Hermione enjoyed it for about two minutes, and then pulled away. This just wasn't right. She ran, all the way up the stairs, to her dorm, and then to the dorm bathrooms. She locked herself in a stall, and let herself slide all the way down to the floor. She sat there, ready to pull her hair out. She was taken by none, wanted by some, and waiting for one.
End flashback.
She sat toward the end of the table, and finished her breakfast. More like just sat there for about five more seconds and then left. She heard a voice.
"Hermione!" Ginny called after her.
Hermione did not answer, she just kept walking. That's when a arm grabbed her.
She opened her mouth to scream, but noticed it was Ron.
"Hermione, please. I need to talk to you." He pleaded, but she just pulled away, and walked faster. She glanced over he shoulder, and saw Ron, looking ever so lonely.
She had her mind set. She was going to skip a class, for once. She headed up to the Astronomy tower, where Harry cornered her.
"Hermione I need to talk to you!" He said, and she could see the sincerity in his eyes.
"Harry, forget it, I'm in no mood to talk to you." She simply stated, and kept on walking.
Harry grabbed her shoulder.
"Mione please!" he pleaded.
"I trusted you, and you-you-" she started to yell but just stopped. She had had enough. She continued to walk, to the Astronomy tower.
She ran up the stars at the speed of light, and pushed open the door to the balcony.
"I thought I'd find you here. I assume you got all my letters."