Hello and welcome to another wonderful chapter of Christmas Complications. I would like to thank all of my wonderful reviewers, you guys are great! Thank you for not being as mean as I expected you to. Well, you don't want to listen to me babbling on, you want to read my story (or you Jacen Fan who's only reading this because you're my best friend, and I told you not to) so here's chapter 4, Jealousy.

Jealousy

Hermione walked into the Hogwarts castle and a wave of warm air rushed over her. However despite the warmth and comfort of the school, she couldn't help but feel cold and empty. She had just returned from her first Hogsmeade trip alone. Ron or Harry had always accompanied her, and it felt strange not talking to anyone.

As she walked up the lonely pathway to the common room, she felt her feeling sadness ebbing away and was being replaced with anger. Harry had promised to take her to Hogsmeade, and she had agreed. They had the whole trip planned out, and now he was probably sitting in the Three Broomsticks enjoying a nice butterbeer with a group of narcissistic Ravenclaw girls showing Harry off like some kind of trophy. None of them would have looked at him twice if it weren't for the fact that he was famous. They only invited him so that they could be seen in public with the Harry Potter.

It wasn't fair. How was she supposed to compete with the beautiful Cho Chang, seeker for her House team? Why couldn't Harry see that the dirty little hag was playing him? She was just using him, he probably had to pay for the entire day because Cho had 'accidentally' left her purse at the castle, and was utterly helpless. It was sickening that they would sink so low as to get five minutes of popularity. It wasn't right that Hermione had to take the entire trip by herself because her best friend was to stupid to see through Cho's little act.

She was so busy thinking of curses that would change Cho's hair color to the color of puke, that she didn't realize that she was outside the entrance hole.

"Password?" said the fat lady, causing Hermione to jump. "Are you feeling OK?" she added as Hermione struggled to catch her breath.

"I'm fine," Hermione lied. She gave the password, entered the room, and sat down in one of the best armchairs staring at the fire.

She was thinking about how much she wanted to kill Cho when the Portrait Hole opened once again and she could see Harry entering looking eager to talk to someone about his afternoon. He glanced around the common room, saw a tangle of brown hair and made his way over to his friend.

"Wow," he said breathlessly as he sat beside a very angry Hermione. "I just had the best time of my life!"

"Spending an afternoon with Cho was better then going to the Quidditch World Cup with Ron and I?" Hermione said stiffly. "I'm going to bed." And she stormed off before Harry had the chance to explain himself.

Hermione sat in her bed forcing herself not to cry. Why am I feeling this way? She asked herself. Harry and I are just friends, nothing more. I've known he's fancied Cho for ages. Why is it so hard to understand? She's so much prettier than I am, she's a fantastic Quidditch player, and she's in Ravenclaw, which means she's also smarter. Its no wonder the famous Harry Potter is head-over-heels for her. I'm just being stupid.

She could no longer control it, tears began to fall silently from her eyes, and landing on the bed she was sitting on.

Hermione just sat there, silently crying over what she had no control of. She had always known that this day would come, but it seemed harder than she thought it would be. There was something about how shallow Cho was that seemed to make the situation even worse.

She heard Lavender and Parvati walk into the room talking about their trip to Hogsmeade and their new boyfriends.

This is just what I need right now. Hermione thought bitterly. To hear these two gossip about how their love lives are perfect and make me feel even worse about mine. I'm really not in the mood for this right now.

But to her surprise the second Lavender and Parvati saw her they stopped their conversation.

"Tell her," Parvati said to her friend with a nudge.

"Why don't you?"

"Because he told you to deliver the message, and I don't remember it anyway."

"Yes you do, you're just embarrassed to say it!"

"Why should I be embarrassed? I really don't remember!

"You do to! And you're embarrassed because you went to the Yule Ball with him, and now he likes someone else. You remember everything that he said!"

"Remember what?" Hermione asked become slightly annoyed that they were discussing something about her as if she wasn't even there.

"Something that Lavender is supposed to tell you!" Parvati said glaring at her friend.

"Fine," Lavender said turning to Hermione. Hermione sat in curiosity as Lavender took a deep breath as though trying to remember something very important, and long.

"Harry wanted us to tell you that he's sorry for whatever it is that's making you so mad. He says he's not sure what it is, or if it's even his fault, but he wants you to know that…that…um…oh yeah! That he's your friend and he'll be there for you if you need anything to talk about." Lavender finished looking pleased with herself for remembering such an impressive message.

After about a second of awkward silence, Lavender and Parvati continued their pervious conversation, ignoring Hermione completely.

Hermione sat on her bed letting this newfound information seep in. It's amazing at how dumb boys can be, she thought as she stepped out of bed and changed into her pajamas. He doesn't know if it was him, or even what the problem is. Though he does send a very nice message, even if he completely clueless. Why did I have to fall for my best friend? And even more importantly, what am I supposed to do now? If I stay mad at him, he'll ask what he did. If I forgive him, he'll do the same thing over again, and he won't even know why I'm mad at him.

She thought over the problem at hand as she slowly fell asleep. She did tell Harry that she wouldn't mind if he went to the Hogsmeade trip with Cho and her minions, but he should have seen that they were using him. Then he said that he had just had the best day of his life, when he hadn't done anything that great anyway.

He had done so many things that had been so amazing, and yet a mere Hogsmeade trip was better than any of the adventures he had been on? He had managed to stop Quirrell and Voldemort from stealing the Sorcerer's Stone when he was only 11. When he was in his second year he return people who had been petrified to their original state by defeating a basilisk. When he was in his third year he managed to free an innocent man, and hippogriff and in so doing found his godfather. He managed to survive impossibly difficult tasks against wizards that had years more experience than him, and yet none of that compared to Cho!

Hermione eventually fell asleep, but it wasn't easy. Questions kept floating into her mind and disturbing her thoughts. When she did fall asleep she had horrible nightmares about Cho ripping out her heart and putting it in a love potion to give to Harry. She would then laugh and say; 'Love potions always work better when the heart of someone who really loves them is in there.'

Needless to say, Hermione wasn't in a good mood when she woke up the next morning. And her day didn't get any better. When she got to breakfast, she found a nasty surprise waiting for her.

Now I'm stuck. I have an awesome cliffhanger, and a list of ideas I could use, but all of them I hate. I was joking when I said that I'd make Harry date Cho, but now it seems like a reasonable idea. I hate it of course, but it would add more drama to the story. I'm not sure how to start the next chapter, so review and give me some advice. After all, you opinions are better then mine, because you have the choice to read or stop reading this story.

Please review, I don't want to change the category of my story to 'angst' because I put Harry and Cho together. I think I might have Harry and Hermione get into a huge fight, but I'm not sure. So tell me what you think, or I can't update.