(I know this chapter is much shorter then the others, but I still liked writing it. So I hope you enjoy reading it! XD)

Chapter 5 – Trouble

Hermione and Ginny were two of the first students in the Great Hall on Sunday morning. Neither had slept well so as they reached for eggs they asked each other why.

"Ron."

"Harry."

They both shook their heads. "What kept you up about Harry? You had a great day yesterday." Hermione asked.

"Too great. I kept thinking about it…kept me awake." Ginny stated simply.

They ate in silence, each of them thinking about their own guy. Once they finished eating they headed out the front doors into the bright morning sun.

"Let's go walk by the lake." Ginny said.

"Okay." As they walked on the bank of the lake Ginny stopped and looked at Hermione.

"What?" Hermione asked as she stopped as well.

"You never did tell me what happened last Saturday." Ginny said as she stared out into the water.

"Oh…well you saw. Ron saved me." She averted her eyes.

"No I mean what happened to make him save you?"

"Well I-he…" She stopped.

"What? You can tell me."

"He was…teaching me…to swim." She started to walk off.

Ginny hurried to her side, "You can't swim? I never knew that."

"Ya well."

"Hey." She grabbed her arm to stop her. "So what happened?"

"Well he took me out there with him and he was teaching me to float."

"So if he was with you what happened?"

"He was with me for awhile…until I told him I thought I had it." She sighed, "Then like an idiot I told him to go and see what time it was."

"He left you!" Ginny said in outrage. "What an idiot! He should have known better then that."

"It wasn't his fault, I assured him I had the hang of it and then he left after I persuaded him to." She closed her eyes, "Then I don't know what happened. I guess I moved too much and before I could yell for help I went under. That's all I remember until I woke up in the hospital wing."

Ginny stood with her mouth open, but before she could say anything Hermione spoke up again.

"Madam Pomfrey told me that Ron…gave me CPR. Did you see him?" She asked nervously.

Ginny smiled, "Yeah I did. I don't think I've ever seen him act like that…"

"Like what?"

"I don't know quite how to explain it. He was frantic but calm at the same time. Then you wouldn't wake up and I saw tears in his eyes. It was the oddest thing, a tear fell on you and you suddenly gasped for air. He was so happy, he picked you up and rushed you to the infirmary."

There were tears in Hermione's eyes, "See it figures he acts like that when I'm unconscious." She laughed.

"Well at least you bring that out in him." Ginny smiled at her. "That's what you should think of when he acts like a jerk. You know he doesn't mean to ignore you or anything, he just doesn't realize what his actions do sometimes. I don't think he thinks you like him, I guess that's why he acts the way he does."

"How can he think that? If anything I'm the one who has dropped so many clues."

"Yeah, but we know how bad Ron is at puzzles." They laughed again. "Come on lets go see if they're at breakfast yet."

They walked back to the castle and were greeted by the boys as they came down the stairs.

"Hey Hermione, Ginny." Ron said sleepily at them.

"Hey Hermione." Harry didn't look at Hermione but kept his eyes on Ginny. Neither said hello, they just smiled at each other.

"Come on, I'm starving." Ron was already halfway to the doors.

"Right." Harry hurried forward and Hermione and Ginny smiled at each other as they followed them.

They all sat down and the boys dished up. "So what are we doing today?" Ron asked.

"Homework. We didn't do one assignment yesterday because of tryouts. So we have two to do today." Hermione said.

"Hermione come on." Ron said with a mouth full of eggs.

"Close your mouth when it's full. No one wants to see that and we have rounds tonight to do." She said.

"Oh no we don't, we did it last night. Ginny you're doing ours tonight."

"Why?" She asked.

"Because we took your shift last night, plus you owe us. It's only fair."

She sighed and shook her head. "Fine whatever."

Ron smiled, "Good…" then he looked at Hermione, "Do we have to do homework?"

"Of course we do, especially now that our whole day is empty. If we finish early we can do whatever we want tonight."

The day didn't develop how Hermione expected though. Ron and Harry left after breakfast and went to the quidditch stadium to continue their talk about the new players. So Hermione spent the day helping Ginny with her homework. Hermione enjoyed it because it was a nice refresher course for her, but Ginny had a different view.

"Hermione I'm never going to pass this stuff." Ginny said leaning back in her chair.

"Oh please, if the boys can pass you'll make it look like a piece of cake. You can join us whenever we have homework and then I can help you if you have any questions."

"I'll definitely be taking you up on that offer. It's going to start getting hectic with quidditch practices starting soon."

As the day progressed they steadily finished Ginny's homework with no sign of the boys…that was until dinner came around.

Hermione and Ginny sat eating when Ron and Harry sat down, their hair soaking wet. Hermione glared at them.

"What have you two been doing?"

Ron looked at Harry, "Well we talked about the new players we've finally decided on."

"Then we went swimming. We would have invited you guys but well you know. We didn't think you'd want to go back in so soon." Harry said.

Ron looked down at his plate guiltily. "We had work to do today, you guys knew that." She said, "Now we'll have to work on it late, again!"

"We're sorry." Harry said.

"We'll work on it right after dinner." Ron offered.

"You know…whatever. You guys do what you want!" She said angrily and stood up, "I'll talk to you later Ginny." She turned on her heels and walked out of the hall.

Ginny sighed, "Why do you guys do that to her?"

"We said we were sorry." Harry said to her. "It's was just nice out today, plus we do have tonight to do it."

Ron hadn't heard a word, he watched as Hermione's back disappeared out of sight. "I'll be back in a few minutes." Ron said and left the hall too.

Ginny watched her brother leave, but was suddenly aware of Harry looking at her. "What?"

"Come on you're not mad at us are you?" He asked.

"I just don't like seeing Hermione upset like that." She was silent for a few moments. "But no I'm not mad at you. Truth is I would have liked to go swimming today too instead of doing homework."

"Next time then." He smiled but his face grew serious. "So…about last night…do you…regret it?" He asked nervously.

"No." She said simply, "Do you?

"No." They both looked relieved.

"Good." They said together and laughed. They sat together in silence for a few minutes. "You know, I never did tell you what I thought about your tryout." Harry said quietly so no one around him could hear him.

"You said brilliant, that's good enough for me." She said smiling.

"No you were better then brilliant. I've never seen anything like that. Fred and George taught you that?"

"Well they taught me the basics and then Ron helped me. We practiced everyday until I hit my target every time."

"I feel sorry for the other players who get hit…well unless they're on slytherin." He grinned, "Make sure you hit Malfoy at least once for me."

She laughed, "Will do captain…so…my moves didn't disappoint you then?" She smiled.

"Not at all."

"Thanks for pick-"

"Shhhh! No one supposed to know yet and that includes you." He whispered.

"Oh sorry, but thank you."

"You deserve it."

"Hermione!" Ron saw her hurrying up the stairs. "Come on wait up!" He climbed the stairs faster but she was already a flight above him. "Hermione!" He saw her run to the Fat Lady's portrait. He ran flat out once he reached the landing, he heard the password and slipped through just as the portrait was closing. Her hair whipped out of view as she went up the girl's staircase, but he still went after her. He caught her by the wrist and the next second he felt the stairs go flat under his feet. He slipped down the slide still holding on to her.

Hermione hurriedly stood up and headed toward the portrait. Ron got up and blocked her off.

"Ron, get out of my way! I don't want to talk or see you now!" She said angrily.

"Well I want to talk to you!" He said back loudly.

She was silent for a moment shaking her head, "Oh I see…now you want to talk to me, when the entire week you've barely uttered five whole sentences to me and you and Harry just ignored what I said today." She said in a calmer tone but with the utmost seriousness.

Ron just looked at her unable to answer her.

"That's what I thought." She said shaking her head. She moved toward the staircase again, but he blocked her.

"Ron, I swear if you don't move…" She closed her eyes.

"Let me finish, so you're going to stay down her until I do." He said forcefully, making Hermione stand still. "I don't know why me and Harry did that, but we didn't realize it would make you feel like this and for that I am sorry."

"No you're not…" she began.

"Be quiet, I'm still not done." She fell silent. "Do you want to know what I was thinking about the whole time me and Harry were out swimming?" She still remained silent. "I was thinking about how you almost died in the lake because of me. I was thinking of all the ways I could make up for leaving you out there by yourself and I just figured out how to do so. I finally know how you feel about me after what you've said to tonight. I'm tired of always being the one that upsets you. I never mean to do it because the last thing I want for you is to be sad or upset, especially if I'm the one who causes it. Now you won't have to worry about me making you angry anymore…because I'm just going to leave you alone." He stepped away from her and he slowly walked up the staircase to his room.

Hermione just stood rooted to the spot, looking at the empty space Ron had just occupied. Her eyes started to well up. What have I done?

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