A/N: Well some of this is Hermione's thoughts they are in italics.
Ron was actually smart he stopped us from going further. We could have gone on and on with our flirting and revealed things that 1: Teachers shouldn't know about you.
2: That you don't want your classmates to know.
That also makes me wonder at times is it really flirting if your married. Never mind my point is I could have let loose the ultimate secret...our baby. Sure marriage and baby to me are equal but I find the need to protect the baby even though I'm barely two months now. I already think that 3 is obvious.
3: Saying things that could make you not look at anyone in the face ever again. That you can't dare voice your opinions on.
I have been in those situations before many times. I'm in one of those situations right now. I will continue to be in them also with Harry by my side. We keep each others' secrets and that is the only thing right now keeping me that inch above sanity.
Above all else I do the one thing that I can think of to remain calm...just breathe in and out...relax and remember a whole pitch full of people are watching me...is it getting hot in here or is it just me?
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"Hermione are you okay?" Ron asked.
"I'm fine it's just...we need to get away from here...people are staring and its just kind of creeping me out."
"Are you going into shock?" Harry asked.
"No, I just need to relax...and you need to go...um...get changed...yes, go get changed...and me and Ron will meet you in the Gryffindor common room."
Harry started to walk off before she decided something."
"Can you bring some cookies too?" Hermione asked.
Ron started to walk in the direction of Harry but Hermione pulled him off towards the castle.
"I need you to come with me. I need someone to talk to."
"Sure."
Hermione waved her wand and a cookie dropped in her hand.
"Why did you ask Harry to get you some cookies then?"
"One it gives us time to think and reflect. Two my magic hasn't exactly been ol' reliable lately. The things I've been summoning for transfiguration look right but if you actually test it, it doesn't work or taste right."
"Let me see that." Ron said snatching the cookie from her. He bit it and spit it out.
"I don't know how you eat that."
"If your hungry enough you'll eat just about anything." Hermione said
Harry came back a few minutes later in muggle clothes and tossed Hermione a bag of still warm cookies.
"Thanks sweetie." Hermione said. "Let's go."
Harry gave her a weak grin and followed her to Gryffindor tower. Everyone was currently in Gryffindor Tower. They tried to get back to their own portrait in the tower secretly. They tiptoed the whole way but were caught off guard by Neville calling them.
"Hey guys. Are you coming over to celebrate?" Erin asked.
"I don't know. I'm going to go upstairs I don't think everyone down here is that welcoming." Harry said.
"Then are you coming Hermione." Dean asked.
"Ummm no I have some things that I need to take care of with these too first." Hermione added.
"We all know there's no need to hide." Parvati said.
"What are you talking about?" Neville asked.
"She's talking about that while everyone was at the pitch and the team was changing they revealed the fact that they were married." Lavendar said.
"You two got married! Congrats." Neville said.
"Your the first ones to say that. I have no idea what the big deal is." Harry said.
"Okay we know what the big deal is. Just think of it like this. I'm not available and Harry's not available. Include the fact that we are dating and that I 'happen' to have the same last name as him."
"We're still your friends. We'll always be your friends nothings changed that much."
"I can't believe that I hit on somebody's husband. Does that make me a slut?" Parvati asked.
"I called you one and yes I believe you did." Hermione responded still looking down into her cup of water.
"Here Hermione." Neville tried to pass her a butterbeer.
"Uh...no thanks I'm good I have water."
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The next day there was classes. It was also rumored that in classes they were to have team projects. It was true and they were currently getting paired in class. The objective was to create a new charm. It involved a lot of research and thought.
"You will have to think about what you want the spell to do. It has to be useful to you in some way in real life. You will have to research spells similar to what you're trying to do, magical force, and wand movements. This will be easier on you if you've had Arithmancy classes. Seeing as only three of you have done that in the seventh year and two of them are not in this class it will be harder. Also due is a report on how the spell works. It must be worthy of one of your spell books...Yes, Weasley even the length." Flitwick said cheerfully
"What about groupings?" Parvati asked.
"Good question, ten points to Gryffindor. By the way I will assign them."
Everyone groaned. He paired everyone up as Hermione and Harry landed together for the project.
"By the way the project is due Wednesday! Good Luck!"
Everyone looked at him like he was out of his mind. Wednesday was the next day and they had him first thing in the morning. On top of all their other class work and studying for the final NEWTS. It was extremely stressful just to imagine the work they would have to do tonight.
"Professor Flitwick. We can't possibly get this done on top of everything that other professors will assign."
"Yes, you will this is your last yeare here. It's obviously the most demanding. Welcome to NEWT year students face it."
They were already beyond stressed and it was only 15 minutes.
"Since it's supposed to be something that we can use we should do something with a horcrux. We already have enough research on them so it would be very simple."
"What do you want hte spell to be like?" Harry asked.
"A mixture of Accio..."
"...then maybe add some type of destruction spell." Harry added.
"That would be very useful."
"We'll need a powerful accio then and it combines with the destruction spell and we're done."
By the time they set aside time for the library class was over.
"Who did you get paired with Ron?" Harry asked.
"I got Susan. She's nice but I don't know her that well." Ron said
"You can use this time to get to know her."
"It's all good since lunch is now!" Ron said.
"Are you always thinking of food?" Hermione asked shaking her head.
"Don't give me that crap. Don't think I don't notice every five minutes your asking for something to eat or snack on. Or if we're at the table in the Great Hall having two helpings."
"Are you implying that I eat to much food?... Or that I eat more than you."
"Yes."
"You know what Ron. Do you know how insensitive you can be sometimes. Your eating for yourself while I'm eating for two people. Your not there either when I'm in a lavatory five times a day sick to my stomach until I have nothing left. Harry is right there and he worries about me so he has no qualms about going down to the kitchens to get me something to 'snack on' as you call it. So what it could be a whole sub sandwhich the point is I'm still hungry and I'm not about to let you tell me how you think I should and shouldn't be."
"I'm sorry." Ron said.
"You're not sorry. Don't look me in the face and call me sorry when you're not sorry and I know it.
Suddenly she didn't feel in the mood for the Great Hall. She just went to the kitchen asked Dobbwy for a big plate of whatever they were serving down there and set to work on the project. Harry came back a few minutes later and helped with the work.
"So in theory if we maximize both spells and combine them with a new wand movement we get Acronomia." Harry said.
"We call it that. I have no idea what it really means but it's a combination of the two original spells we used to combine it. The two spells cancel each other out at certain points though because accio is calling it to you and destructo is telling it to move apart..."
"The casting spell is destraccio. So it summons desired item after you make the wand movement..."
"...which is to draw the desired item out with your wand. After said item is conjured it errupts immediately."
"So we're done!" Harry asked.
"Not really we just have to decide who's going to present it. It takes an awful amount of magic to do it." Hermione said as she looked upwards towards the ceiling in questioning.
"Harry, I think you should do it." Hermione said finally.
"Why? It's not even tested."
"I've checked and rechecked it. It's practically fool proof. There is no possible error that could happen if you do it. I on the other hand...I don't know if I already told you this but I know I told Ron...my magic hasn't exactly been doing as it's supposed to. Sometimes most of the time it does and acts normally. Then there are these lapses where it does these wierd things. Imagine me in front of the entire class casting a spell that's supposed to destroy something knowing that it can perfectly well go the other way. Defense Against the Dark Arts is different we are already padded for mistakes made when learning a spell. It would be extremely fishy if all of a sudden we come in with padding. The first thing they would ask is 'what's it for?'"
"Fine I'll do it. You have to promise that if anything goes wrong with this spell that you'll catch me."
"Harry you don't even have to ask me that. I'd be there in a second."
A/N: Well this is the next chapter. I think that at some point I'll either have to end this story and start a sequel or have to change the title of the story I know that for sure thought that this story will hopefully not go over 40 chapters. That is just wayyyy to long.
