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Username: PhoenixTears

Password: Prongs

Welcome to the Interhouse chat room: Building interhouse relationships with the click of a mouse.

Moony: Watcher Harry. Oh almost forgot follow the rules wolf man has created.

PhoenixTears: Umm… Tonks?

Moony: Yeppers.

PhoenixTears: Why are you at Hogwarts and on Professor Lupin's account?

Moony: Well you see, Remus had a very long night tutoring me. He was simply too tired to perform his duty of getting on her and watching you and serendipity. I took the liberty of taking over for him.

Phoenix: Ok… EWW! I didn't need to know that about you and my professor!

Moony: You asked.

Serendipity has entered the chat.

Moony: Welcome to the chat you always come too. Please follow the rules.

Serendipity: Yeah, I do seem to come in here a lot. Hello Phoenix, shall we go into a private conversation?

Moony: And leave me here all alone waiting and waiting and waiting?

Serendipity: I thought you said you could leave if no one was in the chat room?

Moony: I CAN LEAVE? Then by all means go into a private chat… it seems my tutoring session is about to begin.

PhoenixTears: We're leaving now!

(they enter private chat)

Serendipity: Was it just me or did the professor seem a bit off?

PhoenixTears: I don't know skipper what ever do you mean.

Serendipity: You watch Gilligan's Island?

PhoenixTears: Whenever I get the chance.

Serendipity: I love that show. The Professor was always my favorite.

PhoenixTears: I kind of always related to Gilligan. He was always a little bit different, but always came through when he needed too.

Serendipity: Yeah that's what I always thought of him. Hey isn't today your big date with your friend.

PhoenixTears: Yeah it is. I'm so nervous! I don't want to ruin the friendship.

Serendipity: Do you love her?

PhoenixTears: Wow… That's a difficult question to answer. Hey didn't we have this conversation last time?

Serendipity: Well obviously you need to be reminded of what I said. Answer the question please.

PhoenixTears: Fine. I don't know what love feels like. I do know that our friendship means more to me than anything else.

Serendipity: Well I can tell you what love is.

PhoenixTears: Would you mind telling me?

Serendipity: Love is simply friendship on fire. You see you can not ruin what you too have you can only improve it.

PhoenixTears: What if it doesn't work out?

Serendipity: Look at it this way. Love is just a fire. And a fire needs fuel, for example passion and lust. But to sustain a fire you need oxygen and relationships oxygen is friendship. You can throw as much wood on a fire constantly but without oxygen the fire dies.

PhoenixTears: Thank you. I better get going. I promise to tell you how it goes.

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(Harry's study date with Hermione)

As Harry entered the Library he had to stop himself from going strait to the computers, like he had done so many times this year. Instead he wondered to the back of the library where Hermione's unofficial area was located.

"Harry, you came." She said in a somewhat surprised tone

"What did you think I was going to stand you up?" He said giving her his trademark grin.

He took a seat across from her. Seeing her take out her books and parchment, followed her example. With very little talking they began the grueling task of writing a 2 foot essay.

For the first time in Harry's life, the assignment seemed to come easy to him, and the time flew by. Pretty soon it was darkening out side, and Harry noticed that the lake was barely visible.

"Umm… Hermione you have some ink on your cheek." He mumbled reaching over to wipe it away with his thumb, but as he was saying it her head shot up, successfully poking her in the eye. "Oh bloody hell, Hermione I'm so sorry."

"Language, Harry. Really, I'm fine." She said while wiping away some tears.

"Here, use this." He said trying to smile while he handed her a handkerchief.

"Harry since when did you start carrying this around?"

"Remus gave it to me. He told me that my dad gave it to him to give to me. He said it's been in the Potter family since Gryffindor himself."

Surely enough when Hermione looked at the cloth she noticed a huge roaring lion that moved, and right beneath it were the initials G.G. "Harry this is amazing."

"Well use it!" He said now fully smiling

While dabbing her eyes she started talking again, "so have you finished your essay?"

'That was his Hermione always back on topic… wait his Hermione where did that come from?' He thought.

"Yes I did, and yourself?"

"Almost……. Done……. There." She stated simply while setting her quill down. "It's pretty late, we should go back to the common room."

"Can we stay here for a bit?"

"Sure. Harry are you alright? You look kind of pale." She said moving over to the chair next too him.

"Hermione, I need to tell you something..." he paused waiting for her to give him a sign to continue. " Since school has started I've started feeling new feelings towards someone."

"Are you talking about a girl?" She asked very quickly. "Do you love her?" She said practically becoming frantic.

"Yes, I'm talking about a girl. As for do I love her? Love is a heavy word that should not be thrown around lightly."

"You didn't answer the question!" As she said this Harry thought he saw a flash of anger in her eyes.

"Hermione, I don't know what love is or feels like." At this he knew he saw a flash of sympathy go through her chocolate brown eyes.

"Harry, I'm sorry. I-" before she could go on he interrupted her.

"Stop, I don't need you to be sorry. I want you to understand how I feel about this girl. I feel like all I want to do is spend time with her. When I'm around her I feel like I can be me… just Harry… not the Boy-who-lived."

"Harry… You know you can just be Harry around me." She said looking down at her shoes.

"That's what I just said."

"What are you talking about?" she said with a look that clearly said 'umm, explain'.

"Merlin, Hermione you're supposed to be smart. I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU!" The last part he screamed and earned himself a glare from Madam Prince.

"What?"

"Today I learned what love really is. Love is friendship on fire. Wh-" Now it was her turn to interrupt him.

"What did you just say?" She said looking shocked

"I love you?" He said completely confused.

"No, the Part about friendship on fire, where did you hear that?"

"A friend told me today." He said still as confused as ever.

She continued to look at him, however her face showed surprise.

"Phoenix?"

The End

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Well it's over. I hoped you guys liked this chapter. If you didn't you're free to take this plot and try and do better.

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