"Detention? That's not fair!" Hermione said angrily. "I guess not Mione, but you where kind of loud." Ron said. "This could not get any worse! First this Cho-chang girl shows up, and now I am academically in trouble?" Hermione said as she saw Harry standing with Cho-chang in the distance. "Wait here, I'll be back." She said as she hurried over to them.
When Harry noticed that Hermione was walking over to them she told Ch-chang that he'd talk to her later. "Hi Hermione…we need to talk." He said. Hermione nodded in agreement, and they both sat down on a nearby bench.
"What were you and Cho-chang talking about?" Hermione asked. "Why do you need to know?" Harry asked rudely. Hermione looked hurt and said, "Harry, what's wrong with you? Why are you talking to me like this?" Harry looked at the ground then back at Hermione.
"Do you love me?" He asked her. She immediately answered yes. Harry then said, "Are you sure Mione? Because you don't act like you do, you're always everywhere and you think that I'm cheating on you." Hermione looked ashamed and said, "Harry I'm sorry, but I can tell that you like Cho-chang more than me." "What? That's not true! I thought you trusted me. Love means trust, you don't trust me, so you obviously don't love me."
Everything was quiet for a moment. Hermione wanted to cry, but she kept it in because she knew that she still had a chance in keeping Harry by her side. "Harry, I'm really sorry, but just the thought of you with someone else made me feel……mad."
"Hermione, I think that we should have some time to ourselves, you know…alone." Harry said quietly. "Are…are you breaking up with me?" Hermione began," I knew it! You love Cho-chang more than me!" "See there you go again! At first I was mad at you, but this is insane!" Harry yelled.
"Harry, just tell me if we're over." She said quietly almost in a whisper. "Of course we're over, how can we not be? I mean look at us, this is never going to work out. I hope that you understand." Hermione then felt a tear slide down her Cheek as she broke into tears. Harry put his hand on her back and said, "But what we had…..it was really something. You're an amazing girl, and I'm sure that you'll get over me and find someone else in no time." Harry got up and left Hermione sitting there by-herself.
Once Harry was out of sight she dropped herself on the ground and cried for long hours. When she stopped crying it had already started to get dark, so she headed to the girls' dormitories. Once she got to her dorm she plopped on the bed and stared outside her window at the beautiful glowing moon. She could not sleep knowing that she would no longer have Harry with her. Not only that, but Cho-chang's party would be tomorrow, and Harry would be there……with her.
The next day……
When Harry woke up, he couldn't help but feel guilty about what he did to Hermione. Did he really love Cho-chang? If he did, did he love her more than Hermione? These questions and many more kept running through his mind. He thought about Hermione pretty much all day.