A/N: Hey everyone… I am so glad you guys are enjoying it. I know for some people HP/HG got together way too fast… for the progress of the story… but, the they had been toying with the idea for about a month until Harry's birthday. So they just acted on impulse last chapter. In this Chapter they deal with what they did poorly, and something will come between them for a bit in this chapter… don't get mad and throw your computers across the room, I make it up to you at the end.

This is also going to suck, because I have to slow down on the posting… It's not that I am blocked… it's just that I have a toddler, and chapters take me at least four hours of non stop writing. I haven't looked at the story for over a week and I appologize... I am also working on about a thousand other projects. So from here on out it is Truly going to be slow… I will try not to make it more than a week. If anything is really bothering you about the pace, shoot me an e-mail. I will respond.

S.K. Rowling

The Test

The next morning, Harry wakes up with a hunger. Not one for food, but it was also an unusual feeling; especially after a certain sort of dream. Had the previous night been a dream? He took a deep breath and snuggled close to the soft body spooned in front of him. No, it had not been a dream, she was there in his bed. He had had sex for real.

It was very early in the morning and he could not hear any movement down below. He tried to non-verbally call his wand to him and succeeded sending a soft muffilato spell in the direction of the door.

He wanted to surprise Hermione this morning. Waking her with something very pleasant and he hoped she was as hungry as he. He ran his hand down the front of her body, as he had been spooned with her directly in front of him. He moved his hand down to her center. This elicited a soft moan from her lips. She shifted her body in response making it easier for harry to reach her center.

Shifting her slowly on to her back, Harry lowers himself down to where her center stood erect and he took it into his mouth. Now she was awake, her eyes shot open in surprise. When she realized that she was still in Harry's room she groaned and opened her legs wider and held his head in place.

He found himself overly excited, loving her that way, and when she began to shudder violently he lapped at her generous juices. She pulled him up to kiss him and to take him inside her. She rolled him onto his back and began to ride him. "Oh, Yes Harry," Hermione said between thrusts, "This feels so bloody good, oh…FF--." She said as she came again. Her spasms sent him into a tailspin of emotions and sensations, he didn't think he could ever give her up, and was resenting Ron that very second.

Hermione collapsed on top of him, She wanted to tell him she loved him, but it felt wrong somehow. Besides, she had a boyfriend. Harry hadn't spoken, he just held her, and she felt safe there.

"Hermione," Harry finally said, "I have to get ready for the test."

"Right," she said as she rolled off of Harry. The disappointment was so clear in both of their eyes.

"We'll do this again... Won't we." Harry said stroking Hermione's hair.

"I hope so." She said softly, telling herself that she didn't really care how, she would make it happen again.

It was still fairly early; there was faint stirring in the downstairs, so Hermione and Harry slid out of bed. Harry handed Hermione his invisibility cloak to wear when he walked out to take his shower for the test.

As they walked out of the room, Mrs. Weasley came out of her room and knocked on Hermione's door. "Good morning Harry," she said, "good luck on the apparition test."

"Thank you Mrs. Weasley," Harry said, he could feel Hermione standing behind him.

"Hermione Dear," she said as she continued knocking on the door, "Lets get some breakfast, Ron's coming home today."

"He is?" Harry asked with a true smile, then a frown, then a fake smile.

"Too bad he couldn't have been there last night for your party." She said as Harry felt Hermione walk past him down the stairs.

"What was that Mrs. Weasley?" Hermione said coming up the stairs looking as though she had cast a spell on herself to make her look fresh.

"Ron is coming home today." Mrs. Weasley said looking at her, "I was just knocking on the door to tell you."

"That's wonderful, but what about Ginny?" She asked.

"No change," Mrs. Weasley answered, "I guess you'd have to pick a new Quiddich Captain this year Professor."

Hermione smiled. "Let me change my clothes, I put on yesterday's clothes just so that I could go out of my room, but this calls for a dress."

"We will meet you at the ministry, I am so sure Ron would like to be there when you take your apparition test." Mrs. Weasley stated heading downstairs.

"Brilliant." Harry said heading to the bathroom down the hall to shower the smell and taste of Hermione away.

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"Harry!" he heard a familiar voice from behind him. He turned around and grinned.

"You made it!" Harry said, giving his friend a hug. Harry was giddy, until he saw Hermione stroll gingerly behind Ron. "Man I've missed having you around."

"Ginny's woken up," Ron said, "But she will be in there a while."

At that Harry looked at Hermione whose lips had turned into a straight line. He smiled at her, and relief came to her features. "I'm so glad she's getting better," Hermione said, "We need our Quidditch captain."

"She's captain?" Ron said excitedly as they continued on to where they did the apparition tests. "I don't expect there will be much of a team this year."

"Most of the team is sixth year anyway. We'll see who else turns up," Harry says, "At the most you'd need a new seeker, but Ginny is a great one."

"You two are talking as if you're going back to Hogwarts." Ron said signing his name to a ledger.

Harry and Hermione looked at each other, "If you come back with us... You will be Head boy." Hermione said with a giggle.

"So you are going back?" Ron said as he watched Harry sign his name. "I thought you said..."

"I think Hogwarts bears more scrutiny," Harry said, "Ron, meet the new head of Gryffindor." He signaled to Hermione and walked on towards the tester. In an instant Harry had disapparated and apparated next to Ron again passing his test straight away.

"You?" Ron asked placing his hand on her hip. "The things you miss while being in St. Mungoes."

"That's not all." Hermione said pushing him towards the tester. When he apparated next to her, she said. "We have a new dark arts teacher."

"I hope he's good." He said as the two of them went to get their licenses. The tester appeared completely irate, at the fact that they paid so little attention to what they had been doing. It showed him that they had been using apparition before the test unlicensed.

Still, neither Harry nor Ron bothered with him; they felt as though the ministry really had no authority over them anyway. Hermione was a little tense; she didn't like that they had been so callous towards the entire situation. But she had to admit that formalities were a little useless just now.

They walked out of the ministry and headed back towards St. Mungoes to visit Ginny. Ron could feel Hermione's distance and hoped to reclaim her. So as they walked He wrapped his arm around her waist.

Harry looked away from them and placed his hands in his pocket. Guilt and jealousy filled his consciousness. But would he take back what he did. Would he want to turn back time and not go as far as he did with his best friend? No he wouldn't. It's not like they are married. Harry rationalized looking over his shoulder, as he hadn't heard much chatter from either of them. He had turned just in time to see Hermione elbow Ron.

"What was that for?" Ron said as she sped away towards Harry.

"I'm not ready for you to touch me like that Ronald." She shouted over her shoulder. Harry didn't know weather to smile, or punch Ron. But then he figured neither reaction would be appropriate.

"Why not? You didn't have a problem before." Ron said catching up to them. Harry blocked the conversation out of his mind. Ron and Hermione were back to arguing as they always had, and were bound to have a vicious make-up round. It put Harry in a terrible mood, because she might take it a bit further than before now that she was more… experienced.

When they got to St. Mungoes harry turned to them "Will you two desist. We're here to visit Ginny."

"Yes Ronald, your sister does not need our bickering." Hermione said heading towards her room. "We're back"

Harry stepped inside and looked at a sleeping Ginny. "She's fallen asleep again, she is still not well and can't move much of her body," Mrs. Weasley said, "Neville was here just before she fell asleep, she was so glad to see him."

Harry walked up to Ginny and held her hand. Harry's guilt resurfaced and he just sat there holding her hand thinking about what he had done, to his best friend, and his girl friend. They were going have another go at it, and he betrayed her. Not to mention that he helped his best friend's girlfriend cheat... with him and it was good. He knew that he would do it again if given the chance.

"I guess there is no reason to stay much longer," Harry said dropping Ginny's hand, "I'm going back to Grimmauld Place." He walked out of the room and didn't stop until he was outside.

"Wait mate," Ron said coming up behind him, "I know it's hard seeing her like that, let us keep you company."

"Ron, maybe Harry just wants to be alone." Hermione said with her head down she was also feeling the shame that plagued Harry, but had no idea how to break it to Ron.

"But I have not seen him all this time, I need to get caught up on every thing." Ron insisted.

"I will tell you everything Ronald, just let him go." Hermione whispered holding him back allowing Harry to escape.

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Harry paced his room thinking about the job at hand, trying not to think about what Hermione and Ron were doing. He sat down and stared at the locket, which was the fake Horcruxe. The design looked familiar but he didn't know where he had seen such a thing before.

"A locket, a kelidoball, a ring, a journal. What if the kelidoball really isn't a Horcruxe?" He thought out-loud, "What if…" Harry said pulling out the bundle he had retrieved from Gringotts that afternoon.

Harry studied the glowing green ball, and stared into it. Suddenly Harry saw the face of a woman appear, then vanish as sudden as it had come. "What the, where did that come from?" He peered closer at the ball and he could make out a scene from the point of view of a wizard.

There was a woman screaming as she exploded at the end of this wizard's wand. Harry now knew that this was Voldemort at the height of his power. He then saw himself sixteen years younger. Standing in his crib holding his kelidoball. Baby Harry didn't look scared, and in fact threw the kelidoball at Voldemort in a rage a green flash filled the ball; a bluish light that surrounded the baby countered it. Suddenly the baby had fallen backwards and cried touching his head. A scar shaped like a lightning bolt slashed his forehead.

The attacking wizard seemed to deflate. A miniscule green light emerged from the Voldemort as he pointed a wand at it the light dimmed and split in two. Then the scene disappeared. So this is a Horcruxe. Harry thought staring at it. He didn't even have the strength to hide it.

Just then there was a knock at the door. "Come in," he said closing up the bag that he had the kelidoball in. Hermione's curly head peeked in. She had an annoyed look on her face until her eyes met Harry's. She quickly came inside the room and sat next to Harry at the foot of the bed.

"Hello you." She said softly placing a soft kiss on his cheek.

"Hello." Harry said thinking about where those lips could have been hours, or minutes before.

"We didn't… what kind of girl do you think I am?" Hermione said as if reading his mind.

"So you told him?" Harry asked looking at her.

"Harry, How could I tell him that his best friends betrayed him? I can't tell him alone."

"I've made a mess of things, haven't I?" Harry says wrapping an arm around her.

"We've made a mess of things," Hermione whispered into his neck, "I missed you."

"We saw each other most of the day." Harry answered closing his eyes as she had kissed him at the base of his neck.

"No… I have missed you." She said moving to straddle him. "Ron has been very amorous, and fighting him off has only made me miss you more."

"Don't fight him, unless you are ready to tell him." Harry said kissing her neck in return.

"Are you going to tell Ginny?" Hermione asked as she pulled off her own shirt.

"I will… when she's better." He whispered into the skin of Hermione's breasts.

"Shut up Harry…let's do this." Hermione said, as Harry stood up with her in his arms and laid her on the bed.

"Muffilato"

(Yeah okay so I lied about not making many authors notes. I like hearing from you guys and I had to let you know it.)