Ten Past Twelve
Chapter Two
In the common room this evening a rather flustered Ginny walked in. "I've just been talking to the new boy. He's in my year. He mentioned that his brother had said that you go here Hermione, and he asked if I knew you. I said yes I did and he gave me this. He said that his brother gave it to him to give to you." she handed Hermione a mobile number. Hermione and Harry stared at it for a moment, but Ron and Ginny didn't know what it was.
"Hermione, what's that?" asked Ron.
"A phone number."
"What? He gave you his phone number? Is that the thing you call someone on? You know the muggle way of talking to someone?"
"Yes." They all sat there for a moment and then Ginny said
"Harry?"
"Yes."
"Don't we have a thing we have to do in the library?"
"What?"
"Remember?" Then Harry cottoned on. She wanted to let Ron and Hermione be alone. "Oh. I remember." And they walked off.
"So." Hermione was still sitting there shaking, staring at he piece of paper.
"Thought you broke up with him." Ron mumbled.
"I did."
"Then what's that?"
"I don't know!"
"You know what Hermione? I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DO WITH VICKY!"
"OH YEAH? THEN WHY ARE YOU STILL SHOUTING AT ME?" There was a stunned silence and Ron just stood there with his mouth hanging open.
"I've got to find Joseph." Hermione mumbled and walked off.
Hermione searched everywhere and eventually found Joseph in the library. "Erm…excuse me?"
"Yes?" he replied. His accent was just as strong as Victors.
"Are you Joseph Krum?"
"Yes."
"Hi. I'm Hermione Granger and I wonder if I could have a word?"
"You are Herm-own-ninny? Ahh! I vanted to talk to you as vell! I have an important message from my brother!" Hermione pulled up a chair next to his.
"I was wondering why your brother gave me this." she held up the phone number.
"Vell, so you could call him of course!"
"Yes, but I broke up with him!"
"I know! He was so upset he didn't speak for days! But surely, you… you… didn't really mean that it was over for ever did you?"
"Well…yes. Actually I did."
"Oh. Vell Victor doesn't see it that way. Herm-own-ninny, you cannot be serious."
"Well, I'm afraid I am."
"Herm-own-ninny, you cannot do this to him."
"He'll get over it!"
"Herm-own-ninny, he's… he's in love vith you."
"Wha… wha… WHAT? HE'S… HE'S IN LOVE WITH ME?"
"Yes."
"But… but I didn't… but we didn't want anything serious, we said so at the beginning!"
"That's vhat he vanted as vell, but he slowly fell in love vith you."
"WELL TELL HIM FROM ME THAT THIS OVER!"
"Tell him yourself."
"What?"
"He's coming tomorrow. To visit you." Joseph stood up.
"Eight o'clock sharp. Don't be late." Then Joseph left.
"Wha… wha… wha?" she was still sitting there frozen when a shocked Ginny came over.
"Oh my God."
"You heard?" asked Hermione.
"Every word." said Ginny.
Chapter Five
Ron and Harry were sitting in herbology, when Dean Thomas walked over. "Have you heard?"
"Heard what?"
Harry and Ron said together.
"That new bloke in Slytherin, Victor Krum's little brother, has asked Ginny out!"
Harry and Ron just sat there starring at each other with their mouths hanging open.
It was late at night and everyone had gone to bed apart from Harry who was sitting up in the common room waiting for Ginny to return. Suddenly the portrait hole swung open and a flustered looking Ginny hurried in. "Filch kept me there for three hours! A three-hour detention for letting off a few dungbombs! Really!"
"He asked you."
"What? Who asked me what?"
"That new boy. He asked you out. What did you say?"
"Oh. So you heard about that-"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Ginny, looking a bit taken back said,
"No. Of course. Did you really think I would of said yes while I was still dating you?"
"Dunno. Ask him. He's the Slytherin."
"He's not that bad you know!"
"Oh and I suppose you would know wouldn't you!"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"I mean that you've been getting quite chummy with him recently!"
"I'm just being friendly! Everyone treats him differently just because he's Krum's brother! It's not very fair!"
"I'm sure friendship was all that was on his mind when he was asking you out!"
"I had no idea that he liked me more than just a friend!"
"The cheek! Asking you out when he knew you had a boyfriend!"
"He didn't know actually and when he asked me out, I told him and he apologised and said that he would never of asked me if he knew!"
"Yeah right."
"Are you calling me a liar?"
"Well, I wouldn't really believe that a Slytherin would have said that!"
"You know what Harry? I don't that this relationship is really going to work!"
"Wha… wha… what?"
"That's right Harry. First you don't trust me and think I'm gonna go out with someone else and then you call me a liar! So goodbye!" Harry saw her try and wipe the tears from her eyes before running up the girl's staircase sobbing.
The next day Ginny still wasn't speaking to Harry. Every time he tried to speak to her, she walked straight passed him and ignored him. At around seven thirty Hermione was sitting so stiffly she looked like she'd been turned to stone. Ginny kept throwing her looks to say, "are you going to go and find him yet?" Harry got up and tried to talk to Ginny again. "Gin, please talk to me, I'm so sorry about yesterday, I shouldn't of yelled like that. I was just annoyed at Joseph."
"HARRY. I AM NOT GOING TO TALK TO YOU ANY MORE SO STOP TRYING!" and she stormed out of the portrait hole. As Harry fell back onto the couch he heard,
"Hard blow man." As he looked round Lee Jordan patted Harry on the shoulder,
"You're never gonna get her back you know." Feeling as if he wanted to kill Lee Jordan, Harry slowly traipsed up to his dormitory.
It was eight o'clock when the portrait hole swung open and Mc Gonagall walked in. "Miss Granger, my office if you please." Hermione froze. What had she done? As she slowly got up and followed Professor Mc Gonagall out of the common room many heads turned. When they entered her office Hermione nearly fainted with shock. "I'll leave you two in peace then." Mc Gonagall said.
"Herm-own-ninny." Said the voice Hermione knew only too well.
"What are you doing here Victor?"
"I've come to tell you something."
"WELL I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT!" she broke down in sobs.
"Herm-own-ninny, vhen you vrote to be telling me that you vanted things to end, you broke my heart. I vouldn't talk to anyone for days! I… I… I lo-"
"Don't say it!"
"I love you." Neither of them spoke for a few minutes.
"So what if you love me? I don't love you!" said Hermione, shaking.
"Vhy not? What more do you vant me to do? Vhat have I done to hurt you?"
"Nothing, I just… just have feelings for someone else."
"Are you vith them right now?"
"Well not exactly, but-"
"Then they do not love you as much as I do! Vho is this foul creature vho treats you with no respect? I have loved you since the day I met you! Don't give me up for someone vho von't even go out with you!"
"This is none of your business anyway! GO AWAY! LEAVE ME ALONE! I AM SICK OF EVERY TIME I TRY TO TALK TO RON FEELING GUILTY WHEN I'VE DONE NOTHING WRONG!" She cried so hard her eyes became red and puffy.
"Ron? Ron Veasley?" he gasped.
"Yes." She mumbled.
"Oh Herm-own-ninny." he put his arms around her.
"Herm-own-ninny. You know you love me."
"I don't!" she pushed his arms away.
"I can't do this anymore Victor!" and she stormed out of Mc Gonagall's office leaving the door swinging on its hinges.
The next morning Hermione was eating her breakfast when Ron came down and sat in front of her.
"Hermione." he said taking her hands in his.
"I'm sorry about what I said about Krum. I should have trusted you and now I do. I know that I was stupid saying those things. I was wondering if you could ever take me back?" he asked hopefully. Hermione bit her lip. She knew that it would mean not telling Ron about how victor had come to see her, but she really wanted to get back together with Ron. She knew Ginny was listening just a few seats away and would have a go at her for not telling him, bit it was worth it.
"Sure I can take you back." he grinned at her from across the table.
"Do you want to come down to hogsmede with me later then?"
"Of course." she said with a feeling of sickness in her stomach.
Hermione was standing outside honeydukes when Ginny walked up behind her. "Hey."
"Oh thank goodness you're here," said the breathless Hermione.
"What's happened? You said it was a emergency."
"It is. I'm about to go out with Ron. I said that I'd meet him in the tree broomsticks in fifteen minutes."
"Is that all?" Ginny said angrily.
"Well… yes." Hermione mumbled.
"So you brought me down from the castle saying that it was an emergency, because you're going on a date with my brother?"
"Yes, but actually that's not all."
"Oh yeah? What else?"
"I'm going to tell him that Victor loves me and that he came down to see me."
"WHAT?"
"Ginny look, I can't keep lying to him, I can't do this anymore." Hermione whined.
"I thought we decided that you won't going to tell him." Ginny sighed. "If you want to ruin your chances for ever with him that's fine by me. But remember, you'll be ruining your friendship too. He'll never speak to you again you know that don't you?" And she walked off back up to the castle leaving Hermione standing there stunned.
A little while later, she went to meet Ron. He looks so cheerful she thought to herself as she saw him sitting in the three broomsticks with two butterbeers in front of him.
"Hermione!" he called and gestured to the seat in front of him.
"Hey." she said as she sat down. The day passed surprisingly quickly and Hermione couldn't believe how much fun she had had, until later in the day she remembered Victor and what she had to tell Ron.
"Ron listen, this has been great and all, but there's something I have to tell you."
"Hermione, what's happened?" Ron asked anxiously.
"Hi guuuuuuys!" Harry ran over.
"I've been searrrrching for you and and you allll day! Whoa…" Harry stumbled and the empty firewisky fell from his hand as he landed on the snow.
"Look at me I'm a snow angel!" Harry said as he moved his arms up and down in the snow.
"Harry, mate are you drunk?"
"I'm a snooow annnngel!"
"We better get him up to the castle Ron." They both heaved Harry up and traipsed back into the castle, praying that they wouldn't meet any teachers on the way.
Author's note: Please review me, this is the second chapter of my first ever fic and I still don't know if I'm any good! Constructivecritism is fine, but please don't flame me.