A/N: Hey! Sorry it took so long for me to update, but my finals were evil and I had a lot to do right when skool was out, but I'm done now. Woot! Well, I guess I'll just get on with the story now, sorry for keeping u waiting, thanx to all my reviewers!
For the next few days, Harry acted as if everything was fine, but he was still having nightmares, and waking up with his scar burning, almost every night.
They weren't really doing much of anything except playing chess and gobstones, when Hermione cornered him in the library.
"Hey what's up?" she asked, frowning at him.
"What do ya mean?" Harry asked, why was she frowning at him like that? Why?
"You know what I mean, we're worried about you" She said, barely above a whisper.
"I'm fine," lied Harry, half-hoping that she wouldn't believe him.
She didn't. "Oh come off it," She looked really worried, "all you do is push us away, you know we don't blame you for Si-his death," She had almost said 'Sirius'. "so why are you shutting us out like you are?" she asked, almost pleadingly.
"What do you mean, 'we'?" he already knew who it was, but he was carefully avoiding the question, to which the answer was mainly that he didn't want to tell them about the end of the prophecy, and only partly about Sirius's death.
Hermione took a deep breath, and then said, "Ron and I, and probably everyone else who's seen you recently, so just answer the question."
"I just," Harry paused, wondering to himself how to say what he had to tell them sooner or later. "Well-"
Hermione raised her eyebrows expectantly as Harry quickly chickened out, when he pictured her reaction.
"Never mind, it's nothing."
Hermione sighed, apparently deciding to give up on him for now, and said, "Okay, but always remember, I'm here for you if you wanna talk, k?"
Harry nodded, knowing that she would never fully understand how grateful he was for that.
She hugged him briefly on her way out, leaving him wondering why there was a slightly jumpy feeling in his stomach.
The next morning, Harry woke up having just had another horrible dream, this time, though, it was different…
A/N: hehehe, another cliffy! O well, I'm already started on the next chapter, so it shouldn't be too long, so, R&R, then maybe I will write faster… lol, well, so goodbye cruel world…
