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A.N Wow 3rd chapter up in one day. I am on a roll! lol. enjoy and dont forget to review.
Days and Deliveries
"Harry! Ron, he's here! Oh Harry are you all right? We were so worried! Ron, RON! Harry's here!" Hermione's cries of delight sounded strangely similar to Mrs Weasley's. This did not lighten Harry's mood. Hermione broke away from hugging Harry and turned bright eyed and flustered to Ron, who was sat shyly on the edge of his bed. "Alright?" He said as he stood up. Harry noticed that Ron was looking everywhere but Harry. His ears were burning red and he seemed flustered. Hermione looked between Harry and Ron then rolled her eyes. "Let's sit down shall we?" She said as she sat cross-legged on the floor. Harry did the same and so did Ron. " So Harry, mate, we're sorry we didn't write sooner-" Ron began but stopped abruptly when Harry shook his head.
"Don't worry about it, it doesn't matter" Harry said as he sighed heavily. He knew that considering the circumstances he would have done the same, however Harry would never admit that to Ron. Instead he tried to be happy. "Listen, I'm really happy for you both-" Harry began heartily, although he found that it didn't sound like his voice. Hermione and Ron were looking seriously at Harry. "Nothing's changed though Harry" Hermione said earnestly. Ron nodded looking at Harry now. "We're still mates." Ron said. Harry smiled. "Yeah I know, seriously, I'm fine with it, really" he looked at Hermione and Ron, who were both eyeing Harry suspiciously for a moment. Then Hermione's face broke into a smile and she said "wonderful!" Ron's face turned back to normal and he smiled in relief too. Harry could see that Ron and Hermione had been worrying about telling him for a long time. Perhaps that was why they hadn't written to him for the past two weeks. It was at that point that he decided to forgive them, besides, Harry thought, he already lost one friend that night, he didn't need to lose any more. "So did you get your OWL results?" Harry asked trying to change the subject. Hermione suddenly brightened and nodded happily to Harry, Ron however sighed shrugged. "Yeah" he said heavily. "Didn't do as well as mum wanted but I dont care, I'm not Percy" Ron finished firmly. "So er- is Percy talking to your parents again?" Harry asked, but he saw Hermione shake her head and give Harry a warning look. Ron looked hatefully at the floor. "Stupid idiot. He ran off" he said in a low voice. Harry raised his eyebrows in shock.
"What do you mean? Where did he go?"
"We don't know, he found out what happend and next thing we know, he's gone, dissapeared without a trace" Hermione said in a small voice.
"Coward" Ron snarled. Harry felt sorry for the Weasleys, he wondered how Mrs Weasley was taking it. But Ron seemed to know what Harry was thinking and answered before Harry asked. "Mum's in a right state. She tried to owl him but the owl came back. Never found him, whats worse is the clock back at the burrow..." Ron stopped talking and looked away angrily. Harry turned to Hermione who was looking pitifully at Ron, she took his hand. This was the first sign of affection he'd seen since he arrived. "What does it say?" Harry asked quickly, hoping it didn't say "dead" or "mortal peril". Ron didn't answer but glared at the dark window across the room. "It said-" Hermione began in a weak voice "lost." Harry looked down, he felt angry with Percy for being so proud and felt sorry for the Weasleys. With Lord Voldemort around, families should stick together. Harry's stomach tightened, he had momentarily forgotten about the prophecy and what he must do. He still hadn't told Ron and Hermione but he knew that he must tell them soon, he knew that he couldn't bottle up the imformation for long. But he wouldn't tell them now.
The next few days passed like a blur to Harry. There was still much cleaning to do in the house, especially with the absence of Kretcher. Harry learnt that shortly after Dumbledore spoke with him Kretcher went away to look after the Malfoys. Harry could picture Malfoy and Kretcher laughing happily over the death of Sirius and their plots towards him for placing Malfoy's father in Azkaban prison. The house was almost always full of order members and Mrs Weasley forced Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny to stay far away from the meetings. But Ginny refused to stay in the same room as Harry and spent most of the day in her room. When Ron asked her what was wrong, she merely glared at Harry before leaving the room. Harry did not tell Ron and Hermione about their fight, he knew Hermione would lecture him and Ron would get angry. So he merely shrugged when Ron exchanged exasperated looks with him. Hermione however, looked from Harry to Ginny and pursed her lips, as if stopping herself from saying something. After a few more days passed Harry broke into Hermione's silent taunts and told them about the night he arrived. After recalling the accounts of what happend Hermione looked steadily at Harry over the top of her Charms book. Ron however looked bewildered at Harry. "Why did she get mad at you for mentioning Lee?" He asked amazed. Harry sighed heavily and shrugged. Hermione tutted. Ron looked over to her. "What are you tutting for?" He asked annoyed. Hermione rolled her eyes at Ron. "Don't you see?" she said looking at Ron and Harry, who looked at eachother and shrugged. "She likes you again Harry" Hermione burst out. Harry was taken aback by this. That was not what he expected at all. He turned to Ron so they could exchange looks but Ron seemed thoughtful. "You know-" He began rubbing his chin "I think your right" he looked up at Harry happily. "This is great!" he said. Harry looked from Ron to Hermione lost for words.
"Are you sure?" he asked. Hermione sighed.
"Yes Harry, she was mad that you mentioned Lee because she doesn't want to talk about Lee, she doesn't want you to think about Lee, she wanted to see if you would ask her out. Or talk to her and show her you like her. You do like her don't you?" Hermione added testily. Harry swallowed. He didn't know. It wasnt like he was sat around at Privite drive thinking about Ginny. But before Harry could answer Mrs Weasley entered the room all flustered and bright faced saying "Come downstairs quickly, we have a special delivery" and she disapeared. Harry, Ron and Hermione looked at eachother intriqued and left the room.
A.N ooo whats happend? You'll see soon, I might have another chapter up tonight but if not, I'll definately have it up tomorrow. Like I said I'll be updating frequently! Hope you liked the chapter!