a/n Thanks for the reviews! Here is the next chap.
Hermione turned to Michael to give him her answer.
"Michael, why are you asking me this now?" Hermione questioned him.
"Because I realized after you left for the last battle that I had never told you how I felt. Now, I don't want to waste a moment that I lost," he recited from memory. He had written down everything he planned on saying on a piece of parchment, of course Hermione knew nothing of this. Hermione on the other hand looked at him confused.
"But didn't you ask Hannah out?" She asked, something at the back of her mind was telling her that something was missing, and something was definitely not right.
"Yeah, but that was just to cover up my feelings for you," he said.
"Why hide them? Why not just ask me out?" Hermione asked looking at him with narrowed eyes.
"I um…" Just like she thought, he never planned anything ahead of time. Little did she know that this was one of the few things that he had planned ahead of time, but not too well.
"Exactly, how about you ask me later? I am in no mood to think right now," Hermione then hurried over to the Fat Lady. She said the password and whisked up to the girl's dormitory.
"What is wrong Hermione?" Ginny asked, looking at her confused.
"Michael just asked me out!" Hermione said sitting down onto the bed next to Ginny.
"Oh, did you tell him that you are already dating someone?" She asked looking at Hermione eagerly.
"But I'm not dating anyone!" Hermione looked at her best friend confused.
"Give it up Hermione, I already know about you and Draco," at this Hermione got angry. What was it with everyone saying that she had something going on with Malfoy? What was up with him anyway? (a/n if you hadn't figured it out yet, Ginny doesn't know that Hermione has lost all memories she had where she and Draco were a couple.)
"What the heck is it with everyone telling me that Malfoy and I were together?" Hermione stormed looking wildly at Ginny. Just then Harry and Ron shouted up for both of the girls.
"Ginny! I need to talk to you!" Harry shouted up the stairs and with out another word Ginny ran out of the room and away from the angry Hermione.
"Hermione!" Ron shouted up after her and she sighed. "Hermione!" He shouted again, Hermione ignored him and lay down onto her bed.
When she closed her eyes she could feel someone's strong hands wrapped around her waist and someone's soft lips on hers. But she had never kissed anyone like that before. Where were these memories (if that's what you could call them) coming from? Soon Ron's didn't penetrate her mind; all she was thinking about was the strong arms that she remembered. Deep down she knew something was missing, something important.
"Hermione wake up!" Ginny was running around the room throwing on a pair of jeans and a shirt.
"What?" She asked groggily watching the panicky Ginny.
"Dumbledore says that we all need a brake, so there is a Hogsmead trip today. If you don't hurry, then we will miss the carriage!" Hermione sighed and rolled off the bed. She really didn't want to go to Hogsmead.
"Ok, I'm coming," she mumbled and put on a pair of jeans and a shirt too.
"Hey girls!" Hermione and Ginny had emerged from their room to see Harry and Ron waiting.
They lead the way to the carriages, Harry's arm around Ginny, and Ron's arm around Hermione. Hermione found herself comparing Ron's arm to the memory of the other one. They were noting alike, and she some how felt wrong with his around her. They got into the carriages and were off to Hogsmead.
"Guys, I'm going to go look around y myself for a bit," Hermione said when they got there. "I'll go look at books, and I don't want to drag you around complaining." They nodded and Ron let go of her reluctantly.
When Hermione rounded the corner and was out of view she broke into a run, not knowing where she was going. All she knew was that she needed to run. Faster and faster she pumped her legs as they took her where ever they wanted to. Soon she was no longer flying past bewildered students and shops, but past houses and their bewildered residents.
She stopped and took a deep breath looking around at the abandoned street that she was on. For no reason at all she feel to her knees and started to cry. What was wrong with her? What was she missing? Why did she feel like everything was fake, nothing seemed real? Suddenly strong arms wrapped around her waist and hoisted her up. These arms felt familiar, but by the time she had cleared her eyes of tears and looked around all she saw was the empty street.
Slowly she walked back through the streets and to the part of Hogsmead that was laden with people and shopping bags. Her feet dragged as she made her way to her three friends that watched her in confusion.
"Is something wrong Hermione?" Harry asked worried.
"No, I just don't feel like shopping any more," her voice was built up with sadness, but no tears escaped her eyes. Not this time.
"Ok, well let's go get butterbeers." Ron said and this time held Hermione's hand. She didn't pull away, but instead gave a weak smile.
She would find out what she was doing living this lie, but for now she would just play along. Hermione wanted to find out the truth, and she wanted to find out what was missing. After leaving Hogsmead, Ron gave her a shy kiss on the cheek before she went back up to bed. Closing her eyes she fell onto her bed thinking about the strong arms that made her feel whole and safe. With this last thought she drifted into a sleep full of memories that she had forgotten, and wouldn't remember in the morning.
a/n Ok, how did you like this chapter? Review and tell me what you thought. Don't worry Michael will ask again! Or maybe that is something to worry about…