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A/N: Sorry the chapters are short for right now. They will get longer I promise.
Chapter Two: The Decision
Hermione met up with Harry and Ron so they could walk down to dinner together. When they entered the Great Hall, she could hear the loud chatter from everyone about the quidditch game. Who scored how many goals and who blocked what passes, were floating everywhere around her. But for Hermione quidditch was a bore, except for when her boys were playing.
" So what did you do all day 'Mione?" Harry asked here while he was helping himself to a scoop of mashed potatoes.
"Oh just straining over my Arithmancy homework… so how was the quidditch game? Any competition this year?" She said trying to get off the topic of school work.
"Well Ravenclaware flying pretty well this year, but Hufflepuff shouldn't give us any problems, right Harry?" Ron said nudging to get Harry's attention.
" What?" He said turning his focus back to them "…oh yeah no problem at all." He added, while returning to his food.
Hermione turned her to see what was distracting Harry so much. What she saw took her by surprise. Ginny and Seamus laughing away rather close to one another. Now the couple themselves was not what she was surprised about. Ginny and Seamus had been dating for about two weeks now, ever since he asked when school started again. It was the fact that is seemed Harry had a problem with it. She's noticed him staring at them before in the common room and in the hallways, in between classes. It was finally clicking in her mind that Harry must have started having feelings for Ginny. Why else would he be so bothered by this.
I'll ask him about it later she thought to herself I wonder if she's really over Harry, or if she's just using Seamus to get her mind off of him? Well I'll figure it out soon enough
Later while Hermione was lying in bed she kept going over in her mind weather or not she should take up Malfoy's offer.
He could just be using this time to find more ways to make fun of me… but that can't be true, because he said so himself that he need help himself and that is something I know I've never heard or thought I would hear Malfoy say. She kept moving restlessly in her bed trying to come to a conclusion.
I think I'll take the chance… anyways it's just for school work right, what's that worst that could happen? We get into an argument and the whole thing's called off, and I work by myself again. Not that bad. And with that decision she fell asleep. Unaware of the fact that the Decision she made may change his and her future forever.