Chapter Four – Making Things Worse

As he walked down the stairs, Harry couldn't stop humming to himself and being in a cheerful mood. He greeted everyone he passed, not caring if they thought he was some crazy lunatic. He joined Ron in the Great Hall, still grinning. He glanced at Hermione. He was too happy to let her bring him down. In just a couple of hours, she was going to be in for the biggest surprise of her life.

"Hello Hermione," he smiled as he took a sip of his juice. Ron looked at him, then at Hermione, and then him again. "Great day isn't it?"

She frowned. "Sure, Harry, sure." She finished up and headed for her first lesson.

Ron looked at Harry. "What was that? You talked to her!"

"Yes," Harry said slowly as if speaking to a child. "Um, I was here Ron. I did the talking, remember?"

"Well… Okay. Oh look, here comes your crew of helpers," he said.

Harry looked up to see Neville, Luna, Ginny, Lavender and Malfoy walking towards them. Harry stood up, smiling.

"Well, have you got it all ready?" He asked eagerly. They all nodded. "Excellent, excellent, where's Seamus?"

"Just finishing up the card. He'll be here soon," Ginny replied.

"What do we do now?" Neville asked.

"One of you has to give it to her before lessons start. She's at the library right now, doing some final touches on her homework. One of you has to go there and give it to her. Okay?" Harry explained.

They nodded. "I'll bring it," Ginny said. They all split up before going to their first lesson. Harry shook Ron happily. This was going to be a good day. No. It wasn't going to be a good day. It was going to be a great day.

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Hermione sat in the quiet library, staring at her books. This was the only place she knew where she could get some peace in quiet. Harry would never think to come in here. Harry…

I miss him so much, she thought as she absent-mindedly made her quill float in the air. I mean it's not like I wanted this. He made me do this… Oh if only he'd apologize already. I can't stand this anymore!

"Hermione?" Ginny's voice rang through her thoughts. Hermione looked up and smiled faintly.

"Oh, hello Ginny," she said. She glanced at what she was holding. "What's that you've got there?"

"Oh," this question made Ginny smirk. "Just a little something for you from someone."

"Oh? Who?"

"A boy named Potter." Ginnygrinned widely. "Here."

Hermione took the bouquet of blues, yellows, pinks, and reds of flowers from Ginny. She took a whiff and was immediately lost in the wonderful smell. They were lovely.

"Oh they're beautiful!" she said.

Ginny couldn't contain herself. "Read the card! Read the card!"

Hermione picked up the folded small piece of parchment and read it. She had to read it twice before she understood that Harry was apologizing. She had tears in her eyes.

"Oh… Oh my." Was all she could think of to say at the moment. "They're so beautiful and the poem… Who knew? He sure is—AHH!"

Hermione instantly dropped the bouquet of flowers, screaming for they'd just come to life and tried to bite one of her fingers. Ginny stared at the chomping white teeth the flowers had suddenly grown. She stumbled back and fell over.

"What is going on here?" said the librarian. "What's all this noise? This is—Ahhh! What in the world is that?"

Nearly everyone in the library was on their feet now, scared. Thinking quickly, Ginny stood up, grabbed one of Hermione's thick books and slammed it down on the man-eating flowers. Hermione was looking at her with tears in her eyes.

"What is this? Another one of Harry's stupid jokes? Well you can just tell Harry he can-he can- he can… Ooh I'm so mad!" Hermione said furiously. She grabbed all her books and stormed off.

Ginny looked down at the flattened flowers. "Neville," she said before running out after Hermione.

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Running through the halls, not caring how much it hurt her, was Ginny. She had to tell Harry what had happened in the library. Her timing was perfect. Harry was just coming out of his lesson of Transfiguration. She immediately grabbed Harry and led him away from the crowd.

"How'd it go?" he asked. He couldn't wait to hear what she had to say. "Well, come on then, tell me! What'd she say?"

"It's bad Harry," Ginny gasped for air. "It's bad! The flowers were… Well, I don't know how it happened but one minute they were okay and the next… They tried to bite her!"

Harry blinked. "They what?"

"They tried to bite her! The flowers!"

"But-but- how? They're just flowers!" Harry exclaimed. Just then Neville walked by. Harry immediately pinned him to the wall. "What did you do? What did you do?"

"I-I- Harry please you're- wow, you're- Ow-ow. I don't understand," Neville sputtered in fear.

"Those flowers you sent tried to bite Hermione! What were they?" Ginny asked.

"Oh," Neville's face went extremely red as he tried to think of an explanation. "Well, you see, um, I found them… Well I didn't really find them… Someone suggested… They're Snaptus Perreniales."

"They're what?"

"They're um… Oh… How do I put this? They're snapping flowers… They're fine at night, but as soon as it's mid morning, they go ballistic!"

"And you didn't tell me this?" Harry demanded, fury running through his veins.

"I-I- I tried but you wouldn't listen!"

Harry let him go. "Oh."

Ginny shook her head. "Well, now you've just made things worse Harry. She thought you were playing another one of your jokes on her. She's very upset you know."

"No! Really?" Harry snapped. "Excuse me, I've got to get to my next lesson." He shook his head as he pushed past him. Now what was he going to do?

Author's Note: Well, there's another chapter for you. I just wanted to say thank you to those who reviewed, and I know that I'm cruel for making Harry seem like he has bad luck but hey, you never know, his luck might change. Lol. I hope you enjoyed his chapter. Don't forget to review!

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