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Chapter 7

I stopped walking. My mother was staring at me. Her eyes showed that she had been crying. I looked to my father. To my surprise he had tears in his eyes as well. I struggled to walk forward. I could see other students staring at me and my parents. Harry came up beside me. He smiled sheepishly, I smiled back.

"Mother? May Harry come with us?" I asked. If he did it would mean less yelling at me.

"Oh...Hermione...You should...uh...go with your parents...alone. They..don't..uh..want...to..uh...have me come with them." Harry stumbled.

"Harry. We would love to have you come along." my father said. He waited a moment for anyone to say anything. Noone did and so me and Harry followed my parents out into the hall.

Harry walked along side me the entire time. He tried to make small talk with me and my parents, but I couldn't cooperate.

"So...What's the weather like, Mr. Granger?" Harry asked.

"Quite good. Fairly warmer than usual." my father replied.

"How has your school work been, Hermione?" my mother spoke. The first time the entire walk.

"Oh! I'm doing well. I could be doing better in Potions but I'm almost the top of my class in every thing." I said, smiling.

"Well, that's great hunny." my mother replied. She continued to stare ahead.

"Hermione. That's not true. Your top of the class in everything." Harry said quietly.

I looked at Harry for a moment. He turned away from me. I looked ahead, following the path with my eyes. How could he tell my parents a lie. I was doing horrible in Potions. Everyone knew it. Why did he think that he had to make up such a horrible lie?

"Oh. That's wonderful hunny." my father said smiling at me. We continued on down the road, stopping every few minutes to look at a statue of some sort.

I had seen all these statues before, many times. I started to drift out. I started to think about dinner and what I would eat. They expected me to eat. They thought there was something wrong with me. I had only eaten at Hogsmade once. Last year, celebrating Harry's birthday. But then, I hadn't cared about my weight, and had ate everything in site. Well I couldn't do that this year, now could I?

"...This statue is of Professor Dumbledor. He's rather fond of this statue. Isn't he Hermione?" Harry said, pulling me out of my thought.

"Huh...Oh. Yes rather fond. Yes." I said. My mother looked at me then. It looked as though she wanted to say something to me, but thought better of it and turned back to my father.

They started whispering to each other, and Harry joined me. He walked beside me, watching every movement that I made. It made me feel uncomfortable. All of sudden, Harry grabbed my arm. I looked up at him, and he whispered to me how he had loved me since the second he had seen me, and he wanted me to be his girlfriend.

"Harry...Can't this wait till later?" I whispered.

"No Hermione. I have left it too long to ask you. I do not want to waste any more time." he whispered back looking into my eyes.

I smiled up at him. That's when I realized my parents had stopped and were standing there watching me. Harry looked over at them, waved and then turned around.

"You mean...You asked them?" I asked, anger in my voice.

"I thought it was the best thing to do." he replied.

"It was very sweet. And very thoughtful." I replied.

I didn't know what to say. I would love to be Harry's girlfriend, but in the same way I didn't want to be because he would make me eat more, which would make me fat.

"What do you say, Hermione?" Harry asked.

"I would love to." I replied. I had made up my mind. I could still have some fun, I would just have to avoid places where we would have to eat.

Harry and I walked up to my parents, smiled, and headed on to the restaurant. We could see it in the distance. I smiled to myself, humming a song that I had heard in the summer, of some muggle superstar. Harry smiled at me, and my parents looked content with me.

Author's Note: Thank you for the wonderful reviews. I will have the next chapter done by tomorrow, if everything goes as planned. Hope you enjoy this chapter.