A/N:
I think my time of paying no attention to this story is just about done so I took some action…. Here now, presenting….. Chapter 8!
Disclaimer: Crazy, boring, legal, copyrighted, unauthorized disclaimers- all do apply…
Oh, and I dedicate this to my beta…. Sorry for being so unreliable lately…
Who Knows
By: Carla P.
Chapter 8- From the Other Side
That morning, Hermione woke and saw, more like blinded by, the darkness. She muttered, "What time is it?" She grabbed her wand, cast the Lumos spell and peered at the watch she had laid down on her bedside table. Her eyes widened when she saw how incredibly early it was, " 6:40! In the morning? After not being able to sleep at once last night, I wake up this early?" She let out a big groan that had more to do with her two bestfriends than it had to do with waking so early. She was used to waking up early, after all. She just dreaded the thought of what was going to happen between those two.
She realized that she might as well head to the common room and wait for Harry, what with all the things that have been happening, what else could she do? She stood up and attended to her different necessities, all the while thinking that today should be better than yesterday. But as Trelawney said, she was not much for fortune-telling, so she had no idea how very, very wrong she was.
As she twisted the knob and pushed open the door, she rubbed her eyes and almost got to the familiar descent of the staircase when she heard voices. More specifically, two familiar voices.
Deciding that it would be rude to interrupt now, especially as it seemed that Ron and Harry were on the road to making up, she crouched down and stayed by the top of the stairs. She was hidden from sight but she could hear them very clearly.
When Harry got to the part about saying that Ron was a prat, she thought, 'Oh, that surely hurt Ron…. I could tell… But, way to go, Harry! You show him all right!' And she almost jumped for joy when she realized that she was to be hiding.
It startled her to here Ron say sorry for being a prat. It came as a bit of a shock and a surprise to Hermione that Ron had become so open-minded and understanding. She was very happy and with a smile got up and almost walked in on them to congratulate them on finally making and also to reprimand the two of them for staying mad each other for this long. 'I mean,' she thought, 'they were best friends before we were in speaking terms with each other…'
That was when she heard Ron say that he had something else to say. So she decided that, maybe, walking in on them then was most certainly not the best decision she would make in her whole existence. She assumed her crouching position and tilted her head to better hear what Ron had to say.
A small, uneasy frown formed on her lips as she caught a glimpse on the expression on Ron's face. Sure, she'd seen it uneasy before, frightened most of the time, definitely always silly or annoying but never like that- funny in a serious sort of way. She came to the conclusion that whatever it was, it wasn't going to be pretty.
Then, she thought, 'What if it's about me?' She shook her head… No! It couldn't be… he wouldn't dare, right? At that moment, just below her, Ron said "I like Hermione, I was hoping that you would steer clear of her. Seeing as that would improve my chances in making her my girl, and all" After that, she heard no more for she was so speechless with fury, anger, shock… all those negative emotions she normally didn't feel. 'HOW DARE HE!' Just watch out, Ronald, just watch out. She moved ever so slightly as she shook from the great anger she felt… Ooooh, just watch out!
Below, Harry didn't know of the imminent danger in the form of Hermione… He was just thinking of what to answer to the boy opposite him.
Ron, on the other hand, (since he hasn't really matured yet) was already thinking of how to win fair Hermione's heart… (fat chance, Ron…fat chance)
A/N:
Sorry for that short chapter (my shortest yet…) don't give up on me…I'm just feeling pressured…. Yeah Oh, and read what I wrote below…It's absolutely essential…
Hear ye! Hear ye!
Anyone who read this story absolutely has to review (yes, that includes you, Kelly...) Like my beta, I am fed up of seeing so many hits but a fraction of that as reviews… I don't care if you think my story sucks or you have nothing to say… All I really care about is you taking a measly part of your life to drop a casual comment, criticism, word of praise or a hello even… It doesn't matter... All I need is the review… So get a move people! Unless I see 13 or more reviews…I'm balking… understood? (Onlyway to get me to review would be to let my betas force me... and I won't be forced! Absolutely not...so click that button now, people...) Can you believe that I had only 10 reviews for my last chapter? And can u believe that it had 140 hits? That's where I got fed up... I, unfortunately, am not joking...