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Nobody loves me...

It's true!

Not like you do...

"Hello Hermione!" Seamus greeted her grinning wildly.

"Hi, Seamus…" she planted a very fake cheery smile on her face.

His eyes searched for something in the room oddly, and apparently satisfied, he sat down on the sofa very close to Hermione.

He stared at her differently. Hermione felt uncomfortable. Out of her eyes corner, she could see the weird expression on his face. After a couple of silent minutes, finally Seamus broke the silence.

"Where is Ron and Harry?" he asked curiously.

"They're playing quidditch, outside…" Hermione answered dismissively, without moving her head from her book.

Seamus seemed strange. He was trying to ask something else. He didn't take his eyes off her. Hermione suspected. She felt uncomfortable, her ears slightly burning. She regretted and mentally slapped herself for coming to the common room instead of studying in the library.

Seamus cleared his throat. He finally blurted out what was on his mind.

"Don't get me wrong, Hermione! But I was wondering…" he paused for a moment and shot a doubtful look to her. "Why don't you speak with the boys?" he asked impatiently, his eyes twinkling.

"Is the matter Luna and Ron? I mean, you know. They're dating. Maybe there is a problem about that." He said more than asked with a lopsided smile. He looked at her expectantly for confirmation.

Hermione shot him a dangerous look. This really took her surprise. 'How dare he could bring that up?' she thought. Why on earth, everybody was mentioning about that stupid girl. She very much wanted to ask him to mind his own business. But she didn't. She pasted a very fake smile and turned to gaze at him.

"Don't be silly, Seamus!" she laughed nervously. She had no intention to show her disappointment. "Of course, there is no problem. I am just very busy nowadays. You know lots of homework and examinations." She explained, her voice shaking slightly.

"And they're not dating, for your information!" she added breaking the eye contact with him.

She surprised at her own exclamation. She even wasn't sure if that was true or not. She felt very uncomfortable herself. She scolded Ron mentally for causing those silly rumours.

Seamus seemed offended a bit. His smile fell. Hermione couldn't understand that's why. She puzzled by his sudden change. Obviously he was expecting a different story. Whatever, Hermione could never tell him about her real feelings.

"Oh, really?" he chuckled nervously. "I was told so, sorry!" he stated and changed the subject quickly.

"Speaking of the homework, Hermione!" he started before she stood up. She was preparing to escape as quickly as possible.

"I am having a frustrating time in doing my potion homework. Would you please help me some in the library?" he asked earning a weird stare from Hermione.

Hermione stood bewildered. She definitely wasn't expecting like that an offer. She had a feeling that wasn't a homework subject matter… because she knew Seamus very well. There had to be something else.

"Already?" she asked in a sort of disbelief.

"Yeah!" he replied immediately.

Hermione wasn't in the mood to tutor someone, after what had happened in the common room. She thought some excuses to turn him down but she couldn't find any. Before she answered, Seamus stood up.

"Can't it wait until…" she attempted to pass it over lightly. But then, they heard the acquaintance voices of Ron and Harry, coming from the stairs.

Hermione stood frozen. She felt her heart flutter. She looked at Seamus, he was grinning, awkwardly. 'Oh my god!' she hissed. She was with Seamus in the common room together, very close to each other, and her face was completely red. In addition, he had a disgusting smile on his face. She felt very uncomfortable.

As the boys stepped inside, they saw the couple immediately and approached, enthusiastically.

"Hello guys, what's up?" Harry asked them sweetly.

"Hello Harry!" Hermione answered without knowing what to do. She couldn't help the horrified expression on her face; she brushed her hair behind her ear. She tried not to look at Ron in the eye.

But Ron felt the tense in the air. He looked at them, sceptically. He knew Hermione very well, she seemed, stretched. There was something wrong with her. He shot Seamus a doubtful look.

He was grinning.

"Oh, Hermione!" Harry started. "Thanks god, you gave up studying. Go and get ready. We're going to visit Hagrid. We haven't visited him for a long time, you know. He might have something to tell us." He offered.

She gulped for an air. She did want to go with them but she remembered Seamus. They stole glances. Hermione couldn't know what to say. She didn't need to wait much because Seamus answered him in her place.

"Oh Harry, she promised me to help with my potion homework" Seamus said with a meaningful smirk on his face.

Harry and Ron stood there, totally dumbfounded. They looked at Seamus, confused then they focused their eyes on Hermione, waiting for an explanation.

Hermione felt weak in the knees. She very much wanted to go and be together Ron and Harry. But then remembered the people and what they had said in the common room, she decided to confirm him.

"Yes, he is right. I will help him." She explained shortly.

Now, Ron looked bad tempered.

"You don't need to finish it, right now Seamus." He blurted out. " I am sure you can wait. Or you can find someone else to help you!" he said in an exasperated manner. " Hermione wants to come with us, don't you Hermione?" he said raising an eyebrow seriously.

Hermione looked at him. His expression was priceless. 'He had hurt me and now, it's my turn!" she thought privately herself.

"Say hello to Hagrid from me!" she said refusing to look at Ron. " I can visit him, later!" she pointed.

Ron looked at Harry, his eyes pleading for help.

"Come on, Hermione please." Harry tried to convince her ignoring Seamus.

"She doesn't want to come!" Seamus said raising his voice.

Now, Ron was absolutely fuming. He took a step to approach Seamus. Seamus stepped back in awe.

"I don't remember asking your bloody idea!" he growled exasperatedly.

Hermione stared at him in disbelief. She was terrified. What was he trying to do? Her heart was starting to speed up. She looked at Harry in helpless.

"Ok guys, quit shouting. We're being late Ron. Let's go…" Harry grabbed Ron's arm in a desperate attempt to prevent a row. But Ron had no intention to leave Hermione with him.

He kept looking Seamus furiously.

"To tell the truth Ron… I don't care you. Just accept it, and leave us!" Seamus shouted forcing the edges.

All the people in the common room now stood up and approached to see what was going on there. They surrounded them immediately. They kept their breath and waited.

"You wanted!" Ron hissed and then took his wand out from his pocket and directed to Seamus.

Seamus' eyes widened worriedly. Hermione saw him and threw herself between them.

"Stop this nonsense Ron! You're being ridiculous!" she yelled at him shivering slightly.

"Don't interfere Hermione!" he said pushing her aside.

In the meantime, Seamus had gotten his own wand. For some reason, he was willing to fight with Ron.

"This is my choice Ron. And don't dare to judge my choices. I accepted to study with him and you're trying to hinder it, why?" she yelled him looking directly in his eyes.

"This is not about you Hermione. Please go away." He roared, his ears burning.

"Okay. There you are again Ronald Weasley! We can't expect you to be kind and thoughtful.

Can we? Do you know how to respect? I am so sick of this. All the time you attack like a… like a …" she blurted out getting a little wet around the eyes, her hands on her hips.

Hermione couldn't finish her statement; she could see the pain written on his face. She regretted saying this. She wasn't content now, not one bit.

Ron locked his eyes to her. He couldn't believe that she thought so. His heart fell.

"If you don't want to see Hermione, you don't even wait here… go!" he said furiously.

"You're hopeless Ron!" she said before she stormed up to the girls dorms with the tears streaming down her face.

The rest remained silent when she went out. Ron looked at Seamus. He had still his irritating smile on his face. Ron was determined to punish him. They directed their wands to each other, ignoring Harry and the other.

"Please Ron! It doesn't worth to fight!" Harry requested Ron and tried to hold him back. But it was a waste of time. He was fuming. Obviously, there was going to be something bad.

But suddenly, they heard the door that led into common room swept open; saw Mc Gonogall coming towards them. Probably somebody had informed her. She looked sternly of Ron, then Seamus.

"What's going on here?" she asked exasperatedly, with a disapproving look.

They remained silent. Ron stared down at his shoes, tucking his wand into his pocket.

"I want you two in my office, right now!" Mc Gonogall exclaimed with a dangerous look and headed to the stairs with Ron and Seamus behind her.

As they excited the common room, people started whispering and gossiping. They were sure that they were doomed. Harry threw himself into a sofa. He was confused. He couldn't understand how the incident changed into a fight. He blamed himself for offering to visit Hagrid. Hermione was still angry; he could see that. What about Seamus? What was wrong with him? Harry sighed heavily. He worried about Ron. He wondered how to correct his mistake. Hermione would definitely refuse to speak with Ron, after what had happened. But Harry could understand his behaviour. He was jealous. He was jealous very much. How could he react else? He hoped Mc Gonagall wouldn't give him much punishment. He thought something to melt Hermione' anger. He could find nothing. They needed time.

In the meantime, Ron and Seamus entered the office behind Mc Gonogall. They choose to remain silent and waited her to finish her speech. Otherwise, they could have been more punished.

"Why on earth, you pretended to fight in the middle of your common room? How dare you?" asked them her eyes getting wider and wider.

They remained silent.

"You're in seventh grade, you can't behave how you want! You should be an example to the first years and others. If you fight with your colleagues, what do other houses think about us? Huh? Explain, what's the big matter?" she roared at them shaking her head.

They choose to remain silent.

"All right! Two weeks detentions… But if I ever see you even talking aloud, you will have to pay it in a different way. Understood? Go now!" she dismissed them.

Ron exited the office without looking back. He felt sorry. He went outside. He didn't want to go back to the common room.

He wandered some and then he sat below a huge tree down by the lake. He felt sorry. He wasn't sorry for the detentions. He wasn't sorry for the fight. He was sorry for Hermione.

He had done the wrong thing again. She didn't appreciate him again. He remembered what she had said; 'you're hopeless Ron!' did she really think so about him?

Ron believed that he would never change her ideas about him. She doesn't love him. That was obvious. She even hates him. He squeezed his head between his hands. He cursed for being such a prat. He couldn't help but tears fell down from the cheeks.

And then he begged, mentally. "Please Hermione don't hate me…"

AN: Hey people. I don't know if you read this! I like this chapter and I hope you like, too. And if you like, surely, please make me know. Thank you! :)