Viktor found a girl walking through the halls and asked her where the library was. She giggled and pointed him in the right direction. He thanked her and she giggled again even harder.

When he entered the library there were a few students here and there, but Hermione was no where to be found. He walked over to a shelf and started looking through the books, some of the titles he had never seen before. The Hogwarts library was much larger than the one at Durmstang so of course it would have many more books.

He pulled out one that was about deciphering dreams, it seemed interesting to him. He sat down at on the table and began to read. He spent the rest of the day in the library, but Hermione never came in. Not that he could have seen her through the flock of girls who were lurking in the shelves staring at him.

He saw the girl he had met earlier standing behind the closest shelf. When she noticed that he was looking at him she blushed, giggled and ducked out of sight. He sighed, stood up and put the book he had been reading back where he found it. He slouched out of the library.

He turned the corner and saw Hermione walking down the hall. He shrunk against the wall and tried to screw up his nerves to talk to her. Okay, now, he thought. A second passed, two seconds, a minute, two minutes and still he was hidden against the wall. He peered around the corner and saw that she was no longer there. Stupid, stupid, stupid, he be raided himself.

He walked back the castle, yelling at himself the entire time. He lay in bed staring up at the ceiling trying to figure out what he was going to do when he next saw Hermione. Vlad entered a few minutes later, but Viktor didn't feel much like talking so he pretended to be asleep. He lay awake for another hour before resigning himself to sleep.

The next morning he was awoken by one of Vlad's loud, grunting snores. He lay in bed for a moment before getting dressed and heading into the common room int the ship. He stayed there until the classes for Hogwarts' students let out. He got up and went back to the Hogwarts' library, and there she was sitting working on some papers with Harry Potter.

He momentarily lost the ability to breath and just stood staring at Hermione. He finally regained control of his body and walked over to one of the bookshelves. He peered through a crack in the books and looked over at her. He found it funny that he was acting like one of those girls who had followed him in here the other day.

He pulled a book off the shelf and began to read. He occasionally looked up over his book at Hermione, but couldn't muster up the courage to go and talk to her. He soon realized that many of the girls he had seen the other day had come back. He stayed until long after Hermione and Harry had left, mentally kicking himself again.

He left the castle again, still not succeeding in talking to Hermione. He quickly resolved to himself that he would go to that library everyday until he spoke to her.


Yay, my muse has come back. Sadly I'm trying to get through GoF and OotP before HBP comes out. Her timing sucks. Oh well, I feel I came back into swing with this chapter. Reviews are appreciated. No, wait, if you read this and don't review this I will send George W. Busch to your house and have him try to explain the meaning of life to you. Ciao.