Chapter Six
The Two Admissions
(orginal version with two admissions)
The next day, Alex woke up. Followed by Ron then Harry. Alex looked at them and remembered what Dumbledore told him last night. "Hey Harry, Ron. Guess what?" Alex said. "What?" Harry and Ron said in unison. "There's a Hogsmeade trip today," Alex said. Harry and Ron looked at him for a moment. "Its to early in the year. They usually don't plan one until about a month into the year," Ron said. "Well I heard it from Dumbledore himself," Alex said proudly. "And by the way, I yelled at Hermione last night. So, don't expect me and her to talk any on the trip ok?" Alex finished. Harry and Ron nodded. They all got up, dressed, and went down to the Great Hall. Alex sat across from Hermione, who looked down when she saw him sit there, and Ron and Harry sat next to each other. Professor Dumbledore stood up and looked around the room. "Today will be the first Hogsmeade trip," he said. "You are free to go when you are done eating your food," Dumbledore finished.
About thirty minutes later, everyone walked out of the Great Hall, and got into a carriage to go to the village of Hogsmeade. When they got done at Honeydukes, Harry, Alex, Ron, and Hermione, walked over to The Three Broomsticks to have a butterbeer. After they got their butterbeers, they walked over to a table in the corner. Alex looked at Hermione, but she didn't look back at him. Alex sighed and looked at Ron and Harry. "Its about time you guys know. Yesterday, the reason I was pulled out of Snape's class was because I was told that my mother died," he said. "Oh that's so sad Alex!" said Ginny who had came up behind them. She took a seat next to Hermione, who was staring aimlessly into her butterbeer. "Yeah, well I promised my father that I would stay at school. But they thing is, that when they told me, the murder had only happened two hours before they told me. Dumbledore told me that they caught the wizard, he was tried and put into Azkaban. In under two hours!" Alex exclaimed.
Harry and Ron smiled. "Well that's great that he's going to be in Azkaban for a long time," Harry said. Alex nodded and looked at Hermione and sighed. "Hermione I need to talk to you for-" "Harry! I need to tell you something!" Ginny yelled. She got up and pulled Harry outside the pub. Alex looked at Ron then to Hermione. Ron nodded, got up, and walked over to the door way in time to hear Ginny tell Harry that she was in love with Harry. Ron dropped his butterbeer, and Ginny, who was red in the face, took off down the road. Ron looked at Harry, who was awe struck, and then picked up his butterbeer cup. Ron started laughing, then walked back into the pub and got another butterbeer, telling the tender why he had dropped his cup.
Alex looked at Hermione. "I want to tell you something. First thing, I want to apologize for last night. It was rude of me and I feel bad for it. The second thing I thought I had better tell you now. I have nothing to lose, so here I go. Hermione, I like you. I have liked you since I first saw you in our first year. I wanted to tell you since then. I couldn't though. So yeah…that's all I wanted to tell you," Alex said calmly. Hermione looked at him with eyes that will brimming with tears. Alex looked at her and thought, Oh great…I made her cry. That's not what I was going for. Hermione took his hand and a tear slid down her cheek. "You scared me last night. I didn't know what to think. I was more scared than angry at you," she told him. "I forgive you," she finished. Alex looked at her. "What about the second part of that?" he asked. "Alex, I've like you for a while too. But not since our first year. It was our second year, when you smacked Malfoy with your broomstick for calling me a Mudblood. Then Ron cursed himself," Hermione said with a laugh. "So…does that mean you'll go out with me?" Alex asked. Hermione, who wiped her eyes, nodded. Alex smiled and squeezed her hand. "Lets not tell anyone yet ok?" Alex said. "Alright. I won't if you don't," Hermione said. "I won't," Alex said assuredly.
Alex waved for Ron and Harry to come back to their table. Ron was laughing. "What's so funny?" Hermione asked. "Ginny's in love with Harry!" said Ron, continuing to laugh. Harry looked at Hermione. "Yeah. She took me outside and said that she was in love with me, then she turned red, and ran off down the road," Harry said. "Well…it looks like Malfoy is going to be teasing you a lot more now Harry," Alex said. "Probably," Harry said. Alex took a sip of his butterbeer and looked at Hermione with a smile, then looked back at Harry. "Well if he gives you any trouble, I'll turn him in, and he'll be in trouble," said Alex sarcastically.