A love/hate/denial poem in Hermione's POV

Teasing my heart


I love you but I'm not in love with you

And you can't seem to distinguish the difference.

You fail to realise that though you're my best friend,

My heart belongs to another.

You tease me mercilessly and will never relent,

No matter how much I ask.

It is alas our only difference,

The breaking of our friendship

But surely you know that I'm not in love with you?

I've told you many a time before.

We've had the conversation again and again,

And again, yet you continue.

Then the others, they tease me about you,

They tell me I blush when I say your name

When I don't.

It's all in their minds, because it is another to whose name I flush,

They tease me about him too.

But they don't actually realise that it's true,

I didn't really realise my feelings till late.

When they started teasing,

I might blush at his name, laugh at his jokes,

But if you have guessed, (and I'm sure you have)

Then why do you tease?

If you are my friend, then why do I hate it so?

Everyone mocks me for my obviousness.

How do I tell you that you are wrong?

How do I tell them that they are not right?

How do I tell them that it is in fact the other boy who haunts my mind?

When I look at you I see a certain smugness which you try to hide

It makes me think of you as arrogant, which I know you aren't.

When I look at him all I do is smile at his face,

For he is the one who cares.

He is the only one who doesn't mock me for you,

Unlike you Ronald Weasley.

You poke fun at my apparent feelings to you,

And you're going out with that nasty piece of work?

I can't help but think you're an egotistical prat

Because you know me better than others,

You know the truth.

I can see it in your eyes sometimes,

A glint per say, when you slide in a comment,

Whenever I mention him, however offhand.

Your eyes flash with a spark of glee,

Because you know I love him

You know that the people who mock me are right,

Because you know that their teasing is no mockery

And yet you tease.