Chapter 4: Nothing

Hermione walked downstairs into the Common Room where sure enough Ron and Harry were still sitting. She looked at Ron who refused to look at her and smiled.

"Ron, listen," Hermione said; her voice soothing.

"No, you listen! I don't know what your problem is!" Ron said, standing from his seat and walked over to Hermione.

"Ron, I don't have a problem," she said with a smile.

"I really like Charlotte and you have to go and make my feel like I did something wrong!"

"Ron, I'm sorry that I-"

"No, I don't care what you have to say!" he started to shout. "Why is it that when I'm happy you have to be immature about it all."

Hermione really did want to apologize for overreacting but with Ron pointing it out just made the situation worse.

"RONALD WEASLEY, I came down here to say sorry, but now… NEVER! I can't believe that you would have the nerve to say that I am being IMMATURE! After all of these years I have known you and you think that I am immature. YOU MUST BE MAD! Have you taken a look in the mirror lately?"

"See there you go! You are a bossy know-it-all that is loud, immature and-and JEALOUS!"

Hermione gasped. She had never been this mad before. She wanted to take out her wand and jinx him out of the school, but she took another way.

"I hate you, Ronald Weasley!"

Her voice so low. There was anger, pain, and so many emotions that she could hardly handle in it at that moment. Tears were falling down her cheeks now, fast and angry tears. Ron didn't have the slightest flicker of sympathy in her as Hermione looked up at him. She couldn't believe that he was just standing there. She lifted up her hand and slapped him so hard across the face. Then she fled the Common Room.

"Get her!" Harry shouted at Ron from behind.

"No," he said plainly, not moving his head which was still turned sideways from her blow.

"Fine!" Harry said.

He run after Hermione. He saw her going down the corridor. She wasn't fast. Harry caught up to her as she collapsed onto the ground, crying. He knelt beside her. Harry raised his hand to her arm and lightly touched her arm. She pushed it away and continued to cry.

"Hermione? I'm sure Ron didn't mean what he said."

"Stop, Harry, we both know that he did."

Hermione finally turned to him. Tears were still running down her face. Harry frowned down at her.

"And I meant it too. I hate him!"

"Hermione, no you do not! Stop talking like this. He is your best friend and you love him!"

Hermione only caught the last few words because she jumped to her feet.

"I do NOT love that stupid boy!"

"Fine, Hermione, just listen to me. Tomorrow I am running the Gryffindor Quidditch tryouts and Ron will be …"

Before Harry could finish his sentence Hermione said, "There is no bloody change I'm going to be there."

"Hermione, come on! This is so childish. Ron is your friend. At least be there to cheer him on. Or just show up and if anyone asks then say you're there to cheer me on. Please?"

"Fine, but only for you," Hermione said.

"Thank you," Harry said.

Yes, Hermione did show up to the Gryffindor Try-outs the next day. Ron barely looked at her and she did the same. Ron was called to try-out by the captain, Harry. He looked over at Hermione and gave her a little wink. She flumped down on the seat below her, arms crossed. Hermione heard a yelled coming from the side of her. Charlotte was there cheer for Ron. She looked into the patch and saw Ron looking at Charlotte right before he took off on his broom. Hermione looked back over to Charlotte to see Cormac McLaggen sitting not far from her. He was in Quidditch robes and looked pretty antsy. Hermione took it to her liberty to go and talk to him.

From a far distance up in the air Ron hovered on his broom. He was doing fine, just saved one quaffle from going though the hoops. Harry could tell that he was nervous and yelled up the him to calm down and take a breath. As Ron did he looked at his cheering girlfriend then saw something, Hermione was hugging Cormac McLaggen. He gasped so loudly he didn't hear the yells of terror filling the Quidditch Patch. Then nothing…

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