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Hermione was sat with her head in one of the numerous textbooks in the Hogwarts library. She was sat alone. Harry and Ron were no doubt sat in the common room messing around. Harry was supposed to figuring out what that golden egg meant not spending his free time playing chess with Ron.

"Ok so if-" Hermione muttered to herself but she was cut off as she heard giggling behind her.

Oh no she thought to herself. She knew that that could mean only one thing a certain Mr. Krum was up in the library accompanied as usual by a crowd of giggling girls. He always acts as though he trying to get away from them by Hermione could tell that he liked that attention.

Why does he always have to come here? Some of us are actually trying to do work. I mean where am I supposed to do it if I can't do it here? I can't do it in the common room coz Harry and Ron will just annoy me and try to get me to check their work. Annnd there are all those people who keep turning into blasted canaries.

Argh. Go away.

Hermione went back to her book trying to ignore the giggles. But no sooner had she picked up her quill again than the giggles broke out again.

"Argh," Hermione cried out gaining a reproachful look from Madame Pince.

"Sorry" she mouthed back.

She couldn't take any more of this she would just have to go back up to Gryffindor tower and work up in the dormitory. That was if Lavender and Parvati weren't up there giggling about their latest crush. Girls Hermione thought to herself.

She gathered up her things and moved towards the door. Glancing back t see Krum looking at her. She was halfway done the corridor when she heard someone call out.

"Excuse me?" The voice had a hard foreign accent to it.

She turned around to find herself face to face with none other than Viktor Krum.

"Yes?" she asked slightly exasperated, he was sure to be joined by his groupie at any moment.

"Could ve find somevare vare we could talk? I vould like to ask you some thing. I haff been meaning to for a long time."

Hermione considered him for a moment.

"Erm yes ok, if it's quick I have a pile of homework to do and I really can't get it done in the library with you and your gaggle of girls around."

"I am very sorry about that. I vish they would not do that." He said looking extremely sincere.

"Yes well we'd best find somewhere or we'll end up being joined by them no doubt." She led him towards an empty classroom.

He followed her in and she closed the door behind him.

"Ok so what do you want?" She asked surveying him closely.

"I vould like to ask you if you would go to the ball vith me." He said looking somewhere between her knees and he ankles.

Hermione laughed. She couldn't help it. There stood Viktor Krum, international quidditch star. Asking Hermione Granger self proclaimed ugly duckling to the ball. Surely this was some kind of joke.

"That is extremely funny Mr Krum really it is. You can tell whoever put you up to this that I found it funny too."

"I vasn't joking. I haff been coming up to the library every day just so that I could see you. I haff been waiting. I did not want to ask you incase you said that you vould not come vith me."

"I- what?" Hermione was dumbstruck. He couldn't be serious could he? "Are you sure there is no one that you would rather go with? Someone from your own school? Some one pretty? Someone who isn't me?"

"There is no one that I would rather go with." He said looking her in the eyes. "and you are pretty. Very pretty to me." He added and Hermione blushed.

"Erm well if you are sure that you want to. I mean I would love to go with you. I'm just really surprised that you would ask me."

"Ok. Vell I shall see you soon I am hoping. I shall come to the library often. Hermy-own-knee."

"I- what? How do you know my name." She said once again surprised by what he said.

"I am knowing more than you think." He said before walking towards the door. "I shall see you again."

"Yeah, err bye." She replied he mind swimming,

She had just been asked out by none other than the guy who all the girls seemed to fancy, the guy all the boys wanted to be. And she had showed no interest whatsoever in him ever. How did stuff like this happen? There were millions of girls who would want this and she had it. Had she wanted to go with him? Would she have ever given him a second glance?

She had a date for the Yule ball. Not just any date but a famous date. Although if she had wanted that then she could have just gone with Harry and call it quits.

But how was she going to keep it from Harry and Ron?

A/N: Whoo another chapter. I know it has been forever. Having slight writters block on what happens next in the confrontation. Well that's not true I know what I what to say but I need to do it in the right way.

So you have an insight into the beginnings of Hermione and Viktors relationship.

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