Harry Potter and the Secret Squib!
Chapter Eight: Hermione's Embarrassment
As Harry made his way down the stairs he couldn't help but feel sorry for Ron, Harry had kept pushing him to tell him and kept teasing him... He would have never had thought Hermione would then say no...
As Harry walked down the stairs he saw that everyone was sitting around the living room, even Mrs. Weasley
"Ahh Harry, welcome back, I take it those Hogwarts owls were for you?" Said Lupin
"Err... yeah" replied Harry "They were giving me this..."
Harry held up the Captain's Badge
"Well I'll be... Like Father like Son... Congratulations Harry" Said Lupin happily
"Oh wow Harry!" Said Hermione running towards him "That's really great, I'm so happy for you"
Hermione hugged Harry. Ron's face turned red
"Nice one Harry! I remember when I had that badge! Congrats!" said Charlie coolly
"Oh Harry dear, that's wonderful!" said Mrs. Weasley motherly "But what about your ban?"
"Oh, Professor McGonagall said that everything Umbridge said was cancelled..." replied Harry
"Oh that's so-"
"What? We can play Quidditch again?!Yes! Thank Merlin!" interrupted George as he apperated back into the room with Fred
"I thought I'd die if I couldn't play for much longer, I've been so lonely without my bat!" said Fred excitedly
"It's good for you two to join us again... so where have you been?" said Mrs. Weasley
"Well, Mother, me and my business partner were creating a new product..." said Fred
"Blubberbears to be precise. We got the idea from Harry a few years back, but never had enough time to develop the idea" said George, while winking to Harry
Harry smiled.
"Hey - um - Hermione... can I speak to you?" asked Harry
"Yeah sure..." said Hermione as her and Harry went into another room
"Look Hermione I need to speak to you about a few things..."
"Harry you know you can speak to me about anything..."
"Good, well, here's the first... why didn't you introduce me to your parents?"
"Oh... so you know..."
"Yeah, Ron told me... so, why didn't you?"
"I didn't w-want them to embarrass me, you know, in front of you or Ron... Harry you don't know what its like, having Muggle parents that know nothing about the Wizarding World. I didn't want them saying anything stupid to you... like asking about your parents for something, they just don't understand... I love them and everything but... you know... they're just... Muggles..." said Hermione miserably
"Hermione... you should never feel embarrassed about your parents... because well... it's a lot harder without them..." said Harry sadly
"Oh Harry... I didn't mean to make you talk about -"
"Hermione, forget it"
Hermione smiled.
"Hermione... I know what happened with you and Ron..."
"What? How? What do you mean?" Hermione said blushing furiously
"Hermione, I know what happened..."
"But... how?"
"I got it out of Kreacher, when I went to get the book; he was running around and shouting about how you promised him to secrecy
"How did you get it out of him? You didn't use magic did you?"
"Well, I'm pretty sure I used a bit of emotion magic, by mistake... and it isn't my fault he fell for me threatening him with the killing curse-"
"Harry you used magic out side school! The Wizengamot said if you did it again you'd end up like your aunt!" said Hermione sounded horrified
"Hermione! Stop changing the subject... why did you say no to Ron? He really likes you, really likes..."
"I... I don't know why okay! I didn't know what to do... I didn't want everyone finding out that I... like him..." Hermione said sounded very upset
"Hermione... we don't need to talk about it if you don't want to... but there's still something I want to ask you though..."
"Thank you, Harry; what do you want to ask?" Hermione said sounding a bit happier
"Well, I need your help... with..."
"A girl?" Hermione cut in
"Yeah... I need you to help me... apologise to Cho..."
"Why... what happened?"
"Well... near the end of last year... after Sirius' death... I shouted at her... really shouted..." said Harry gloomily
"Oh Harry... I'm... what do you need help with?" said Hermione caringly
"I need your help on how to talk to her... every time I try... I act like a git... I... I really like her still... I think, I've been thinking of her lately, wondering what she's doing and stuff..."
"Well, the first thing you should do is not think about what your going to say... if you really do like her... it should be easy... you shouldn't need any help"
Harry nodded
"The second thing is... you need to control your temper a bit more... I know your going through a hard time Harry, but so is she..."
Harry nodded again
"The third thing is... be more romantic... go on walks with her... eat with her... talk to her... remember Harry... she stuck by you with the DA; that means she really likes you..."
"Thanks"Harry said as he kissed her on the cheek "Thanks Hermione, your brilliant... C'mon... lets go back to the others..."
Hermione blushed
"Yeah - Yeah, okay... oh and Harry; thanks for understanding... about my parents..." Hermione said with a smile
"It's no problem, Hermione... really... no problem at all" said Harry encouragingly with a smile