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Chapter six

She looked at me for a second then started to wipe her eyes in order to hide the fact that she had been crying.

"You don't have to do that Hermione. I saw you."

She smiled weakly at me.

"So what's up?"

"Oh, it's nothing."

I gave her a very skeptical look and said, "I can tell the difference between nothing and something and what you're doing is something definitely not nothing. It's something. Like a big something! Not nothing but something. So don't give me this 'nothing' crap. It's something. So… what's wrong. I might not be your best friend in the world, but I'm here and I'm willing to listen."

She didn't say anything. She just sat there, crying. I went to my closet grabbed my robes and changed. I was about to leave when she suddenly spoke.

"It's Ron." She said.

"Ron? What did he do? Do you want me to punch him for you? You've seen my skills, I'd totally kill the little rat!"

"No! He didn't do anything to me. I just…." She paused for a minute or two then continued. "I think… I think I fancy him."

I didn't know what to say to this so I just said, "Wow. That's… that's, wow."

"I know!" She sobbed. "I have no idea how to handle this! He's just my friend! I couldn't tell him, it would make things really awkward between us!"

"How do you know he doesn't like you back?"

"Because I know how he acts around the girls he's liked over the years, and he certainly doesn't act that way around me."

"Well…" For the first time in my life I didn't quite know what to say. For a minute at least. "Well maybe it's different with you!"

"I highly doubt it."

"Why? He knows you better than any girl in the world who isn't like, a family member right? He's probably just too comfortable around you to act…. How ever it is he acts."

"Somehow I don't think that's it."

"Why?"

"Because he likes someone else!"

"Really? Who?"

"Okay, I made that up."

"I thought so."

"The point is if I tell him I'll never be able to show my face in front of him again!"

"Yes you will! Like I said before what if he likes you back! Huh? If he does and you both are too shy to tell each other! That would be terrible! You've got to tell him!"

"No actually I don't. And I won't! It would ruin our whole friendship!"

"Unless it makes it better, if you know what I mean."

"It won't. Trust me. He doesn't like me in that way."

"But how do you know? Have you ever asked him?"

"Well, no but… I can tell so just drop it!"

"Okay Hermione, fine. I'll drop it. I just hope you don't. I can tell you really like him now that I actually talk to you about it. I had that happen to me once. It was torture to be with him and heaven at the same time and even worse torture when I wasn't with him. I found out three years later that he liked me at the same time I liked him. We could have been really happy for a while, you know? We might even still be together! I had to really try to get over him! Oh well. You win some you lose some. And if you want advise from me, it's to tell him and see how it goes. Who knows you might just find out he feels the same way about you."

She just sat there and started to get teary again.

"Would you please tell Professor McGonnagal I'm sick and won't be coming to class today?"

"Sure, whatever. See ya later Hermione."

I took one last look at her before leaving for class. She was sitting on her bed and crying. She looked just how she did when I walked in on her.

"Hey Skylar!" She called.

"Yeah?"

"Thanks for talking this out with me. Even if it was kind of quick, it's helped a lot."

"Anytime Hermione."

"Thanks. Oh and please don't tell anyone about this!"

"It'll be our little secret."

She smiled at me and I smiled back. Then I walked out the door and down to class.

After that Hermione and I became friends. I guess that's one of those things that people do together and have no choice but to become friends afterwards. You know, kinda like knocking out a mountain troll or something.

A/N: Okay, so I kinda coppied off the brilliance of JK Rowling. You know, with the last sentence and all. Just remember I don't take credit for absolutely ANYTHING you recognize from the Harry Potter. Oh and don't forget to review!:D