Chapter10
Bolded Italics: Diary Entries
Italics: Thoughts
Dear Diary January 8thI can't do it, I can't just owl him I tried like 5 times but it just didn't feel right, if I do, do something then it has to be in person. But first I need to well actually nothing really but I'm such a sissy I probably won't do anything until… well a long time! Maybe I could get Harry to talk to him or something! But then that would be pointless, stupid and immature I have to talk to him myself. But why god why do I have to be such a wimp! I am scared stiff to just face George! I mean I was in with Harry's adventures all the time and I was not scared, well I was, but not like this never like this and to think its because of a boy! God how retarded can I get? I mean seriously this is so retarded, I'm getting scared just thinking about talking to George! It's only George for pete's sake, love of my life but still only George! Okay I'm getting over this stupid little scared thingy, this weekend I will talk to him and then everything will turn out okay.
Okay on to more important things, I forgot to mention that Harry, the poor dear, had been taking Occlumency lessons from Dumbledore. And now he has started to take extra DADA lessons, well more advanced it was Dumbledore's idea to get him more prepared for the Final Battle. Dumbledore says it'll be happening soon, Voldemort has already made his presence known back in fifth year. And now he has started killing people, those 5 people, I have no idea why and then he just pulled another attack but it was on a wizard family all of them dead. Poor Seamus it was his mum and dad and older brother he has been really bummed out today. (The attack was last night.) He is going home tomorrow and staying until the funeral and after that I'm not sure exactly he'll be coming back he said in a rather vengeful voice that he wanted to be here when that dirty varmint came and he wanted to kill him. Yea it prophesized that Harry has to kill him but well we let Seamus say that since no one else knows about the prophesy. Harry only told Ron and me the beginning of this year! Anyway I feel sorry for Harry I really do he is under a lot of strain, he has a lot going on in his life quidditch practice, homework and then these lessons with Dumbledore and the DADA teacher (they last forever.) He has had to go through so much during his life so far and now he has a workload, which I being the nicest person around I help him with his homework a lot. Harry is amazing though he hasn't ever given up and he knows the fate of the world rest's in his hands and he is so determined to do this. Such courage I know I will never have not now, not ever! I know Harry will be able to do this he will defeat the dark lord and peace will reign once again (well until the next dark lord come around craving power,)
Love Hermione
Hermione put her dairy away and walked into the bathroom to get ready for her first class, potions. Twenty minutes later she was out with her hair pulled back into a messy bun and some clear lip-gloss on. She went down to the great hall for breakfast and scooped some porridge into her bowl and loaded it with sugar.
"Enough sugar Hermione?" Ron laughed as he sat down beside her.
"Yes I suppose I do."
"Oh to give you a heads up Harry is in a terrible mood, he's been snapping at everyone and telling everyone to and I quote 'get out of my bloody way and stay out of it.' Then Seamus had gotten mad and they started having a yelling match and that's when I left I couldn't stand it!" Ron exclaimed. Hermione snorted but didn't comment.
The rest of the week past very quickly, to quickly for Hermione's taste, but non the less the weekend came and Hermione got ready to go, she went to the common room only to find Ron and Harry sitting on the couch's opposite each other playing wizard chess.
"Aren't you guys coming?"
"No." Both of them said in unison not looking up from the chessboard.
"Why not?!"
"Don't want to."
"Oh come on you have to come with me!" Both shook their heads and waved Hermione off, "Fine then I'll go by myself." Hermione stalked off with her bag, when she got to the entrance hall she saw Ginny's head bobbing a few feet in front of her she ran to catch up with her. "Hey Gin I thought you couldn't come."
"Oh I couldn't but then I got some of my work done so now I can." Hermione was about to reply when someone tapped on her shoulder with a stick.
"Excuse me Miss Granger but Professor Dumbledore and I need to speak with you if you please." Hermione sighed but followed McGonagall to the Headmasters office.
"Miss. Granger please sit down." Professor Dumbledore said as she walked into his office behind Professor McGonagall. "Miss. Granger I know you planned the weekend out in the village but it has come to my attention that you are slipping in your grades. Now you may not think this is a bad thing but you are coming painfully close to failing Transfiguration and I know you can do better since you were top student last year. I don't know why this is, but Professor McGonagall has decided to give you extra help and you are inclined to stay here for the weekends to work on it. I also advise you to work on you other subjects before we need to have another talk with you." Hermione sat glumly through the talk wanting to scream at Dumbledore for being unfair and saying that others were failing and yet they got to go to the village. But I restrained myself from yelling at him and instead I glared at him, I mean I had something very important planned this weekend I was going to George! Ahhh! The world is against me I swear, why is it that when you have something to do it always seems to get messed up?
"Miss. Granger please come with me we will get started in your tutoring."
"Professor I do not need tutoring I can do just fine on my own!" Hermione said in defiance. McGonagall gave Hermione a stern look, which clearly said if-you-don't-do-as-I-say-I will-be-forced-to-do-something-terrible. Hermione reluctantly followed the head of her house to the empty transfiguration classroom.
"Sit there." McGonagall pointed to the front row desk. Hermione groaned but sat down, "I know you don't want to do this but it is necessary."
"Professor can't you give me one more chance? I mean its not as if I don't know how to do all this stuff it is just that I don't what's the word, apply myself."
"I'm sorry Miss Granger." Hermione rolled her eyes in annoyance.
For the rest of the day Hermione tried to listen and practice all the things McGonagall was doing but her mind kept straying to other things, but mainly her mind was on George. "You may go." Hermione got up and left without another word, it was 7:00 p.m. by that time and Hermione was just a little upset that she was kept in the classroom all day and even lunch was brought in for her. "Oh and Granger don't forget tomorrow morning at 7 be here."
"Whatever." Hermione said and left the room.
"Hey Hermione I thought you were going to Hogsmeade?" Harry asked as soon as Hermione walked into the portrait hole.
"I was until McGonagall came and got me…" Hermione continued on with her story, which only lasted a few minuets but Ron looked quite mad.
"There are others that are failing, like me for example and they don't make me stay behind and do a days worth of Transfiguration." Hermione nodded,
"Oh well I suppose, but now I can't even go into the village on weekends until my grades are better! How insane is that?" Hermione sat down in front of the fire and continued her rant until Harry said it was dinnertime.
Later that night Hermione lay in her bed starring at the roof thinking about how stupid the teachers were and how unfair it was of them to make her stay back. She had to talk to George in person and the only way to do that was to go to Hogsmeade and now she wasn't aloud to go to Hogsmeade! Unless I sneak into it, I could go at night when everyone is sleeping. Just get Harry's invisibility clock and voila I'm home free!
"I'm brilliant!" Hermione yelled sitting up and throwing on some jeans and a T-shirt and a sweater. She ran to the boy's dormitory and threw open the door with a loud bang though neither Harry nor Ron woke up, no other boys had stayed back so Hermione rushed to Harry's bedside and started to shake him violently. He snored on, Hermione conjured up a bucket of cold water and made it levitate over top of Harry. "I'm real sorry bout this Harry." She spilt the contents of the water on his head it did the trick, Harry fell of his bed groaning and cussing soon he sat up to see Hermione doubled over laughing
"Hermione that was not funny!" Harry said in annoyance as he preformed the drying spell and climbed back into his bad.
"Harry don't you dare fall back asleep I need you to do me a favor."
"I will not sleep with you if that's what you're wondering." Harry mumbled groggily into his pillow.
(a/n a favor…get it… hahaha it's a joke laugh it up)
"Harry you idiot why ever would I want you to do that? No I need your invisibility cloak.
"In my trunk." Harry said almost inaudibly since he was almost asleep. Hermione after some looking pulled it out and then slipped out of the dormitory towards the one eyed witch, Harry had shown her this passageway a long time and she found it very useful.
"Dissenduim." Hermione whispered under the cloak when the witch moved forward, Hermione slipped through the crack and started walking up the secret passage.
Finally Hermione emerged from the passage and into Honeydukes cellar, she put the invisibility cloak into a corner and then pushed the block back down to the ground and went to the stairs to the door and found that it wasn't locked. She pushed it open cautiously and looked around, the store was dark and obviously closed. She got to the door and unlocked it from the inside. She stepped outside and saw a sight she never seen before, a sleeping Hogsmeade. The whole village was shut down and all lights where turned off making the village look even more like a village you'd see in a story book. Well that's what I should have expected it being 1 o'clock and all. Hermione thought of something else how am I going to find George? His store is closed and I don't know if he even stays in the village during the night. Hermione sighed and wondered how she could have forgotten such an important detail! Well since I'm here I suppose I could try and find him, he might have gone to a bar or something. Hermione trudged to the Three broomsticks but it was closed and no one was inside, Hermione kicked herself mentally and then made her way to a Hog's Head. Hogs Head was its usually dreary self and to Hermione's surprise it appeared to open, she pushed the door open and was greeted by a very foul smell. Great, not only do I have to go in here at night, which is very dangerous I have to be in here when that… that thing has to be in here to! Hermione shuddered in disgust but continued on in, she seen a few varies creatures and a few drunk witch's and wizards and a few hags but she didn't come across George. She made her way out avoiding any eye contact from any of the customers but even so a man came up to her
"What is a youngin' such as yourself doing in this here bar at such a late hour?" He leered and took a hold of her arm with his grubby dirty hand and pulled her to him. Hermione screamed and used her other hand and grabbed her wand, which she had grabbed at the last minuet and pointed at him.
"Let me go!" Hermione said angrily.
"Ooo wands don't scare me missy, know why cus I'm a warlock baby." Crap! Warlocks are more powerful and they can repel spells!
"P-please sir let me go." Hermione said pleadingly.
"I don think so you will be me catch for the night. And lata you'll be doin me a favor." Hermione felt tears come to her eyes. I can't let this happen! Hermione started to fight him, kicking and screaming but to no avail, none of the other customers seemed to care or the bartender as the warlock started to take Hermione away.
"Help!" Hermione screeched hoping that someone would come to her rescue, but no one came, the warlock took her outside and towards the outskirts of the village.
"Well I think we should get ta know each other bedder, I'm Javin." Hermione glared at him and continued screaming silencing anything else he might have said.
"Evening Javin I'd suggest you let the young lady down she don't look to happy to be were she is." A familiar voice said.
"Why's that she's mine."
"You don't want to be arrested again for this kind of thing do you? It'd be for life this time since your still on probation." The voice said calmly. Javin stopped and thought for a second and then dropped Hermione to the ground, her face hit the snow hard and she groaned. She heard the heavy footsteps of Javin walk off and then strong arms lifted her up roughly. "What are you trying to do? Get yourself killed? Walking into Hogs Head at this time of night its suicide for someone such as yourself." The person said harshly. Hermione looked up at her rescuer and her mouth gaped open.
"Fred?" Hermione said in surprise,
"What are you doing here anyway?"
"I wanted to talk to George and well yea." Fred looked at her skeptically
"Why didn't you just come during the day when everyone else did?"
"I couldn't I' not even supposed to be here now, I can't go to Hogsmeade village on weekends anymore and well I came now cuz I really need to talk to George." Hermione said truthfully.
"Well can it wait till morning?"
"No, I'm supposed to be back at Hogwarts at 7 o'clock for another lesson with McGonagall, but if it's to much trouble then I'll just go back and maybe I'll catch him later."
"No, no it's okay." Fred led Hermione to WWW and unlocked the door, "just go in you'll find stairs at the back, just go up and you'll find him, he might be sleeping but just wake him up I don't think he'll mind to much." Hermione gave Fred a grateful look and walked into the store. Fred locked the door behind her and then he disappeared into the night. Hermione found the stairs with ease and followed them till she came to the upstairs, all the lights were off and Hermione seen a few doors that were closed and she assumed that they were the bedrooms. But instead of looking into each one she wondered around the little home that they had, once she got to the living room she seen George collapsed on one of the couch's sleeping. She came up to him and just looked at his peaceful face she smiled unconsciously and brushed back some of the red hair that had fallen onto his face.
"George?" Hermione said quietly almost reverently, she touched his face lightly, George turned slightly away from her and let out a short snore. Hermione hid her giggles behind her hand; He is so cute when he sleeps! "George wake up!" Hermione said loudly, still no response, why do all guys have to be the same, heavy sleepers? Hermione took out her wand and conjured up a bucket of ice cold water for the second time that night and made it levitate over George's head, and with a quick swish of her wand the water splashed onto George's face making him fall of the couch in surprise. Hermione instead of laughing looked guiltily at him as he shook his head like a dog and then he looked around to see who had committed the crime.
"Hermione? What are you doing here?" Hermione smiled sheepishly at him and sat on the now wet couch, George sat down beside her.
"Um… sorry bout that."
"Its alright you know I'm cool with it."
"Right I woke you up from you sleep no guy is happy bout that."
"Well I'm one of a kind, its even a bonus to see your face as soon as I wake up, its like eternal bliss." George said in all seriousness. Hermione blushed slightly but then remembered why she was here and suddenly got very nervous and had no clue what to say to him. George noticed Hermione's quick nervousness stayed silent waiting for her to speak.
"Um… George you know last week when you… well when you asked if we um… when I said I just wanted to be friends and all well I think I lied." Hermione looked down at the hard wood floor as she was saying this and she felt the blush creep into her face.
"What are you saying Hermione?" George asked genuinely confused. Boys, sometimes they are so dense!
"George when I said I thought being friends was the best course of action I lied! I don't think that it is, I almost gone crazy this last week thinking about my answer, George I can't live without knowing that we aren't together. I don't know what I'd do if we parted ways and never saw each other again, I don't know how I'd react if I knew you left without knowing how I felt about you. George I as good as love you and well yea." And as soon as Hermione's momentum had come, it left and she covered her face with her hands to hide her tears from George, if she had looked into his face she would have seen his smile that would have stretched of his face if it had the power.
"Hermione darlin, you know I've wanted to hear those words from you for so long but now that I hear them it just isn't satisfying." Hermione looked at George scornfully and then rose to get up, "A kiss would be ten times better." Hermione continued to rise but instead of leaving she went so she was standing in front of George and sat on his lap and gave him a quick peck on the lips. George smiled and he pulled her to him and she settled herself in his arms till she was comfortable. They talked for a while until Hermione fell asleep in George's arms.
That's how Fred found the pair, George had also fallen asleep and they were sleeping soundly.
"Hey love birds wake up." Fred said loudly as he turned on the light to the living room and turned on the radio on full blast. Hermione jerked awake and stretched,
"What time is it?" Hermione asked with a yawn.
"7 o'clock if you wont to believe it."
"Oh crap! I gotta go!" Hermione leaped off George's lap and ran out the door in a flurry. George woke up seconds after she had left,
"Where's Hermione or was that just the best dream I ever had?"
"No mate she was here, just left actually she has some business she had to be back to right now and she was running late so she high tailed it out of here." Fred said as he started making pancakes for the two of them. George cursed under his breath got up from the couch and went into his dinky little room to change. "Hey George, do you really like Hermione I mean she's our little brother's best friend not to mention he had a huge crush on her for such a long time and I don't even know if he's over her yet." Fred yelled so George could hear.
"Fred I love her nothing is going to stand between us. You know what's funny for the longest time she was just my kid brothers bushy haired friend and I suppose just this year I don't know but something funny happened in my heart and I seen her in a whole new light." George said dreamily when he poked his head out of his door. Fred rolled his eyes and let out a snort of disgust. "You should try it mate, love isn't as bad as you think."
Dear Diary January13th
You know not even a totally boring lesson from McGonagall or her extremely long lecture for being late could take me off of cloud nine. I'm in love and its with George Weasley who'd have thought me and George, kind of weird once you think about it but hey I can't choose who I fall for and I'm quite happy falling for him. Did I mention he is incredibly sexy? Hot muscles hot face hot everything, ooo he is so yummy I just want to eat him all up! Hehehe that was corny but love does strange things to a person. Even Ron, of all people, he doesn't realize anything and today he asked me why I was so happy and frankly and I quote 'Frankly Hermione your just plain creeping me out.' I just smiled at him and gave him a hug and skipped off humming some love song, I think actually I made it up…oh well. Anywho when Harry came back from his 'lessons' he looked totally exhausted and he just collapsed on the couch and fell straight to sleep. He didn't even notice all the 'looks' the girls were giving him (he usually does and gives them one of his 'sexy' smile which seems to make the girls die right then and their.) The admiring looks might I add yea the Hogwarts population of females it seems has seemed to be quite taken with him, not only his a hero, I heard a group of girls say in a corridor once, he is so incredibly hot. Yea I didn't want to hear that about my best friend, oh and to top things off they try and get me in the middle of it and ask if I could 'hook' them up. Which of course I politely decline and tell them to leave Harry alone cuz he has enough stuff to deal with right now and he doesn't need a crazy girl along with it. And I usually put in a threat that if they don't I will do something very bad yea I wouldn't do anything but hey it works you should see the looks on their faces when I say that. It is quite humorous, oh I'm not doing this for my own fun if your wondering Harry asked me to try and get as many girls off his back for now. Though he does enjoy the attention sometimes, but other times it just plain annoys him! Anywho I gotta go lots of homework to do. (A/N I'm serious I do I have loads and I have to go!)
Love Hermione
Authors Note: Holy F that was a long chapter! So, so, so long and it took forever to write. Oh and sorry bout the updating speed but I don't have as much time on my hands as I once did (during the holidays now I have tons of Homework and I have tons to do right now) But the updates will come believe me. Anywho they are together FINALLY! I thought of delaying it a bit longer but then decided not to, yea cuz meandmysharpie wanted them to get together plus I wanted them too.
Meandmysharpie: HAHA they together, thanks for the review
Sennica01: Sorry bout the mistake cousins husband? Yea srry I feel really stupid should have read the review one more time before posting. But yea thankx for the review, Yea Harry's weird I have to admit.