You played me!

Summary: Hermione and Ron were an item, but when Ron's love becomes questionable and Hermione finds out about his dirty secrets, she discovers her other best friend as been right all along. Based on a R/HG ship that goes wrong, H/HG I'm guessing it will be from my plans. Songfic. I know the chapters might be short but I wrote them in pieces. This chapter involves talk about a death. Although it isn't greatly detailed, it may not be to everyone's taste.

Chapter6: Gabrielle and Melissa.

The sun was just beginning to rise when Hermione woke up the following morning; feeling like last night was the best night's sleep she'd had in ages. Suddenly Hermione realised her left arm was being held captive, she turned her head, which is difficult when your left side of your body is incapable of movement and got a face full of black hair. Mm, she thought, Harry's smelt of Limes and apricots, a very weird combination, but smelt nice all the same, just at that moment, Harry stirred.

"Morning 'Mione" he yawned stretching up and grinning,

"Well it would be great, if you weren't laying on my arm." Harry blushed and mumbled a few apologies before she told him to shut up. Hermione left for her room, to go get ready, for a trip to Diagon alley- she wanted to browse Flourish and blots, to find that new book on Arithmancy.

Harry, on the other hand chucked on a white shirt and a pair of old jeans and headed out to the muggle supermarket, money in hand.

The saleswoman, was a small lady, who reminded Harry of Mrs Weasley (Molly), she had curly red hair and a welcoming smile, although she had only worked there for about a week so he didn't really know her.

"Hello, there Mr Potter, having a nice day?" the saleswoman, called Gabrielle according to her nametag, asked.

"Oh yes, just peachy and… Hang on, how did you know my name, I never told you!" Harry exclaimed puzzled as to why, she could know who he is.

Gabrielle, suddenly closed the shop door, pulled down the blinds and locked the door, at this moment, Harry wished he was in the wizarding world, where he could use his wand all the time without muggles questioning him. " What are you doing?"

Gabrielle laughed and suddenly Harry realised that the woman in front of him, was now sporting light blonde hair, a almost porcelain looking face and was wearing elegant blue dress robes.

" Hello, Harry. It's Gabrielle Delacour, you know the girl you saved from the lake at Hogwarts. Do you remember me?" She smiled and stepped forward towards him.

Harry stood there shocked, wondering what to say to her, " Hello, yeah I remember you, Fleur's sister. When did you get here? I thought you were in France with your family."

Gabrielle laughed " Well when my sister married Bill, my parents thought they should move over to Britain. We live not far from here actually, so I got a job at this supermarket, hoping that one day I'll be able to afford to get my own place."

Harry excused himself for his rudeness and told Gabrielle that he needed to head home, because he promised a trip to Diagon alley with Hermione, but Gabrielle insisted she came along too.

So Harry and Gabrielle made the trip back to his flat, where Hermione was sat watching dirty dancing.

" Oh, Hi Harry." Her head turned to Gabrielle, obviously trying to guess who it was, Gabrielle stepped forward to greet her, " Hello, I'm Gabrielle Delacour, I do believe we have met before, Hermione is it."

Hermione replicated Harry's look from before, and spoke " Hello, you didn't come to Bill and Fleur's wedding did you?" Gabrielle, let out a sob and explained

" No, I didn't go. But only because my best friend, Melissa Dewberry got ill that weekend, and…"

Suddenly, she broke down in a fit of tears, Harry and Hermione knew that Gabrielle and Melissa had been friend's since the age of three then just before they were to begin Beauxbatons the trouble started.

Flash back

Gabrielle and Melissa used to play at each other's houses everyday, as they were home schooled in the evenings, both growing up in wizarding families. Now on the 25th August, just six days before term started, Gabrielle went round to Melissa's to ask whether she could play today, now they were both almost eleven they seemed old enough to do this themselves. Anyway, Gabrielle knocked on the door like normal, and found a distressed woman at the door- Melissa's mother, sobbing and sniffling. She led Gabrielle to the fireplace and flooed Emily Delacour- Gabrielle's mother asking for permission to take her daughter to the hospital.

They travelled to St Mungo's where they headed to a secret area, which was where the emergency accident's patients were kept. Mrs Dewberry was sobbing as they went to a bed where a little girl, with wavy brown hair and a petite frame was struggling to talk, being fed food through a drip system. Gabrielle walked slowly up to the bed and realised that it was Melissa, wondering why her best friend was in Hospital, she asked her " What are you doing in hospital, Lissy?" The fragile girl began to talk softly " Tell mum, dad and everyone that I love them, please. Oh and keep this forever, remember me always and don't let anything ruin your life. It's too precious, goodbye Gabby see you soon." Suddenly a loud beeping sound filled the room, The Dewberry's were crying hysterically, the doctors were wiping tears from their eyes and Gabrielle was holding a Purple stone attached to a gold chain necklace.

That was the last time Gabrielle ever saw her best friend, she couldn't go to the funeral, because her parents moved to England but she did manage to find out that, Melissa died from a rare disease, found in the wizarding world called Magiccelldeformity or MCD. This was where the magical cells in the body were damaged, often during a difficult birth. Meaning that when a child showed true magical powers, often around the age of starting wizard schooling the cells would begin to take over, killing the normal cells in the body, to feed the magical cells. This disease was extremely rare and there was no cure, the wizarding world couldn't stop everything, and death was one of them.

Gabrielle had gone home a short while ago, after being soothed by Harry and Hermione who explained that Melissa wouldn't have wanted her to be upset like this. They walked her back to the shop and when they arrived back at the flat, they found a letter on Harry's bed addressed to them both.

Harry picked up the letter and read

" Dear Mister Potter and Miss Granger, Your presence is requested at Hogwarts School of witchcraft and Wizardry, to celebrate the anniversary of Mrs Fleur Danielle Michelle Delacour-Weasley and Mr Bill Fabian Weasley. You should arrive by the 31st august and you are invited to spend the first week of term in the guest quarters of the Gryffindor tower, if you would like. Also there is another favour I would like to ask of you, would you be willing to take up positions of teachers in this school, I know that it will be hard returning to the castle but we are in dire need of teachers. Many of our staff left during the devastating events of your sixth year upon which the school was closed, we understand though, the need to train young witches and wizards, to carry on our legacies. Miss Granger, we would like you to take place of Charms teacher as Prof. Filius Flitwick died, as you may know, three years ago, during a raid upon his home. Mr Potter, we would like to offer you the DADA position, please reply ASAP, we will discuss this further on the 31st.

Yours, Minerva McGonagall

Headmistress of Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry."

"Wow!" was all Hermione could say when the letter was finished, she and Harry stood for a moment before Hermione said, " Well, I have always wanted to teach…"