Fall For Hermione

"Come on Hermione!" Shouted Harry Potter, to his his friend, Hermione Granger. He wanted her to teach him spells, however, the spells he wanted were way beyond their level.

"Look Harry, I can't explain it, it's too difficult." Hermione put her hand on Harry's shoulder.

"Well, why don't you look it up?" Harry pulled Hermione closer to his body.

"Why don't you?" Hermione ran her fingers through Harry's messy brown hair. Just then, Ron Weasley burst into the room.

"Harry? What are you doing?" Ron's face turned bright red.

"I...I...Ron, it's not what it looks like!" Harry stummbled with his words, letyting go of Hermione. Ron glared at both Harry and Hermione.

"Look, Ron, I was just helping Harry with his potions." Hermione lied.

"Yea, like hanging off of Harry's neck is doing him any good in the potion department." Ron snapped at her.

"Hey! Don't talk to Hermione like that!" Harry pulled out his wand.

"Harry, don't!" Hermione lept in front of Harry.

"Get out of the way Hermione, I don't want you to get hurt." Harry motioned for Hermione to get out of the way.

"I'll do no such thing, if I leave, you'll kill Ron, and I will never let that happen!" Tears formed in Hermione's eyes.

"H...Hermione, I...I didn't think that you cared." Ron stuttered.

"Well I do, ok? You're...you're...a...great friend, leave it at that ok?" Tears rolled down Hermione's pale cheeks. Harry, who hated upsetting Hermione like that, put his wand away, and wrapped his arms around Hermione. Ron gently kissed Hermione's face. She slowly stopped sobbing, and hugged both boys tightly. She hardly noticed when Gryffindor students started filing into the tower, staring at Hermione, Harry, and Ron. Both boys were too busy not believing that Hermione, the school's smartest student, was actually hugging them. However, it wasn't too hard to believe. They've been friends since the first day, and Hermione was giving signs to them that she liked them, but being boys, they were too busy staring at her to notice her signs. However, the kid's have never really told each other how they felt, for fear of rejection, mostly. There was also the fear that it would ruin their friendship. Suddenly, they boy's felt Hermione's hands run off their backs, and felt a shove in their side.

"Harry, Ron, get up." Hermione whispered in their ears. All three faces turned bright red.

"Good night Harry, Ron." Hermione scurried out of the room.

Later that night, Harry and Ron were sitting by the fire, talking. When Ron suddenly burst out,

"Harry, I know you like Hermione! Admit it, I know the truth." Ron accused.

"Don't be stupid, I...I, No! We're only friends, you're my friend too." Harry blushed deeply.

"Admit it, you like her." Ron sneered.

"Yea, but I like you too, you guys are my friends." Harry's face was as red as a firetruck. Ron rolled his eyes,

"yea, whatever. Don't give me that crap, I know the truth." Ron left the room in a hurry. Harry just stayed by the fire for a while, before he heard someone come down the stairs.

"Oh bloody hell." Harry cursed. He hid behind a leather couch.

"Harry? Are you down there? Harry? Harry?" Whispered a voice, that Harry only knew too well. It was Hermione, his life long desire.

"Yes, i'm here Hermione." Harry got up from behind the couch and gripped Hermione with a bear hug. "Harry, Harry, yes, i'm glad to see you too. Harry, let go, Harry!" Hermione gasped.

"Oh, sorry." Harry let go of Hermione.

"Well, umm, w...would you like to sit down with me?" Harry asked Hermione, trying hard not to blush. "Harry, I...I would love too. What time is it?" Hermione too, was trying hard not to blush. The two sat down on a couch, Harry's arm around Hermione's shoulders, her head on his.

"It's 10:56pm." Harry checked his watch, not taking his arm off Hermione.

"Oh, that's it? Oh well. Never mind." Hermione seemed to be deep in thought.

"Why? What's wrong?" Harry tapped Hermione's shoulder's.

"Nothing, I just thought that if it was late, then Snape would be on us like Crookshanks on Scabbers." Hermione joked.

"Ha, ha, very funny." Harry shoved playfully shoved Hemrione's shoulder. Then, Hermione wrapped her arms around Harry's neck, and pulled him closer too her. In mere seconds, Hermione was kissing Harry ever so lightly, however, both of them could literally feel the love between them. Hermione slowly pulled herself away from Harry, and got up.

"Well, good-night Harry. See you tomorrow." Hermione left the room, up to the girls dormitory. Harry sighed, and went up to the boy's dormitory.

The following day was Saturday, no studies, just a relaxing day, to finish work, and go go to quidditch practice's. Hermione, however, had nothing to do all morning. She was finished her school work the previous night, and Harry's team wasn't practicing untill 3:00pm that afternoon, so she could relax. 'Hermione, can you help me with this herbology project?" Ron whined, hoping that he could spend some quality time with Hermione, alone.

"Ron, for the last time, NO! You've asked me about 50 times today!" Hermione yelled at Ron.

"No, I only asked you about 49 times." Ron smirked. Hermione rolled her eyes and left Ron in the library. 'Will I ever get Hermione to like me? I've been trying to get her attention...well, that's been working, but not in the way that i'm imagining.' Ron thought to himself. She figured that Ron and Harry were both trying to get her attention, but little did she know, that someone else was watching. All of a sudden, Draco Malfoy walked into Hermione, whether it was an accident or not, Hermione couldn't tell. Draco lightly blushed, but quickly got to the screaming. "Hermione, you jerk! Watch where you're going you mudblood! You could've killed me!" Draco screamed in Hermione's face.

"Well, that would be one less thing in my way all of the time." Hermione scoffed as she walked past the raging Draco, not caring what he thinks. Hermione left the library, and was quickly greeted by a more friendly face. It was Harry.

"Hermione, what happened? I heard the shouting from the common room, and I know that you are the only one that Draco calls a 'mudblood.' Not that it matters what he thinks. Anyways, are you ok?" Harry's face turned red, which, Hermione thought, was from the running. The common room was almost on the other side of the school.

"Well...I...err, I didn't do anything, Draco was in the library, he saw me, and started screaming at me. Harry, you couldn't have heard Draco and I shouting, because we were in the library, and you were in the common room. How could you have heard that?" Hermione's face shone brightly.

"Well, I could hear Draco yelling, and the sound was coming from the direction of the library, not directly from the libraray, but from the direction, and then, I saw Draco, coming out from the library, so I knew that you must have been in there at some point of the argument." Hermione thought that Harry sounded like a professer, not a 15 year old kid. Hermione hugged Harry, as usual, however, at that moment, Ron came through the library door, staring at Hermione and Harry.

"Ron! W...what are you doing here?" Harry let go of Hermione.

"That's what I was about to ask you!" Ron shouted. "Ron, quit acting like such a werewolf!" Hermione shouted at Ron, and quickly left the two boys to argue. She wasn't just about to get into yet another argument, not that girl.

"Look what you did now!" Harry shouted at Ron. "Well, how come you keep trying to get Hermione to like you? I L...err, I care for her too." Ron blushed deeply, hoping that Harry wouldn't suspect anything. "You like her don't you?" Harry accused.

"Well, yea, but I like you too, you guys are my friends." Ron hoped that Harry would leave it at that. "Well, I like her too, but that doesn't mean that you have to get mad at me when she goes and hugs me." Harry and Ron were getting deep into an argument, that only Hermione could fix, but she wasn't anywhere close to them. She was up heading towards the Gryffindor tower, sulking all the way. Then, she heard a voice that could only belong to one person.

"Hermione, what's wrong? Did my awful brother spill something on your shirt?" The voice was coming from Ginny Weasley, Ron's brother.

"Get lost Ginny." Hermione shoved Ginny to get past. "Don't talk to me like that!' Ginny yelled.

"What are you going to do?" Hermione scoffed, walking right past Ginny.

That evening, Harry left dinner early to go look for Hermione.

"Hermione? You there? Hermione?" The sound echoed through the vast, empty corridor. He heard faint crying not far away, it sounded like it was coming from the Gryffindor tower, but he wasn't so sure.

"Hermione, is that you?" Harry shouted up the staircase heading up to the Gryffindor tower. He slowly headed up the winding staircase, being very cautious, just in case Dobby was up there. Dobby often came to visit Harry, for Dobby worked in the kitchen of Hogwarts.

"Dobby? Is that you? Hermione?" Whoever was crying, they were positivly crying buckets, and buckets of tears. 'Dobby? Hermione? Dobby? Hermione? Who is it? Wait, I didn't see Ginny downstairs either, so...Ginny? Dobby? Hermione?' Harry kept thinking, during the entire climb. When he reached the peek of the tower, he saw who the crying was coming from. Hermione was wrapped in a blanket, close to the fire, crying her eyes out. "Hermione? What's wrong?" Harry put his hand on Hermione's shoulder, sitting down next to Hermione. "Harry, it's just you, and Ron. Why don't you guys ever listen?" Hermione managed to say, between sobs.

"Listen, Hermione, we...err...I listen to you. I care for you more then anything in the world." Harry kissed Hermione on the top of her head, for she kept her face hidden from view.

"Harry, but Ron, why do you guys have to argue about me all the time? Why is it always me?" Hermione still kept her face from view.

"Hermione, come on, you know why that is. He's just jealous." Harry tried his best to comfort his gal. "Jealous of what?" Hermione scoffed, and pushed Harry away, getting up from in front of the fire. "Hermione, wait!" Harry called after her, trying to catch up to her.

"What?" Hermione spun around, facing Harry. "Well, it's just that, Ron cares for you, and...so do I. Please Hermione, quit this nonsense, Please." Harry begged Hermione.

"Harry, you're so cute when you beg like that." Hermione giggled, for the first time, in what seemed like forever to Harry.

A/N: ok, so, I hope you liked this chapter, it's my first Harry Potter fic. Please R&R.