A/N- Okay, so, the last chapter kinda sucked, but I'm really happy with this one, so I hope you like it! Review and tell me what you think!
ALSO, I want to think my very first reviewer, ShreksDaddy. I meant to say that last chapter, but I was rushing and it completely slipped my mind. Okay, so, read, review, enjoy!
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Hermione, exhilarated after her run-in with Draco Malfoy, decided to head back to the Gryffindor common room, where she joined her friends. Ron glanced up as she sat beside him, his face brightening.
"There you are! Harry and I wondered where you'd got to. So, what happened with McGonagall? And why've you got a second wand?" his eyes searched her expression, as if he expected to find answers there, despite the fact that he wouldn't know how to interpret them even if he could. Hermione opened her mouth to speak, but Ron had already turned away.
"Oh, nevermind that, I need help with my potions essay," he informed her. Hermione sighed, and leaned in to help Ron write about the properties of Amortentia. A small smile crept onto her face. She could do with some Amortentia right now - not to use, of course, Merlin knew the last thing she needed right now was for someone to fall in love with her. No way. No, what she loved about Amortentia was the scent. She remembered the beginning of the year when Professor Slughorn had brewed a huge cauldron of the stuff. Freshly cut grass, new parchment, and something else, something that she couldn't quite place. Something sharp, almost spicy, like cinnamon. She let her mind meander down the long, winding trails of thought , wondering what the mystery scent could be, until Ron's voice jerked her abruptly from her trance.
"Hermione!" he exclaimed exasperatedly.
"Hmmmm?" she replied dazedly, blinking to clear her head.
"I said that I had something I wanted to show you."
"Oh… sorry. So what did you want me to see?"
A dopey grin spread across his face as he pulled a slightly crumpled slip of paper from deep within the pocket of his robes. Hermione felt her good spirits plummet as she took in the slip. Calm down, she told herself. It's probably not the same one. And so what if it is? He's probably just excited he managed to scrape a high C on an assignment I didn't do for him. What's there to worry about? Still, her breaths became shallower and more frequent as she stared at the slip with a growing sense of dread. Ron shoved the slip into her face, waving it around excitedly, preventing her from reading it. Not that it mattered. He informed her loudly of its contents, his tone triumphant.
"92! A 92!" he yelled, so loudly that several people within the vicinity looked up in their direction. Ron, oblivious to this, was focused on Hermione, his jubilant expressio beginning to slip when it wasn't reciprocated by his friend, "what's wrong?"
Hermione's vision snapped back into focus at the question, taking in the concern in her friend's vivid blue eyes.
"I-I have to go," she stammered, and rushed from the common room, fighting back tears for what seemed the thousandth time that day. Ron could do nothing but stare helplessly after her as she ran off, the Fat Lady's portrait swinging back into place behind her, blocking her from his sight. He sat, frozen, staring at the spot where Hermion had sat just moments prior, before coming to his senses and turning back to his essay, eyes lingering momentarily on the slip of paper that had been the apparent cause for Hermione's sudden mood change. He frowned at it, before setting his quill to parchment once more. A moment later his eyes returned to the slip, and he swept it wordlessly into the rubbish bin flanking the table, before returning to his work in one fluid motion, scribbling away about the properties of Amortentia.
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A/N- Thank you so much for reading! I know the Amortentia thing is cheesy, but I don't know how integral it's going to be to the plot when I bring it back, so I put it in just in case, so please bear with me. Anyway, thank you for reading, please review, and new chapters should be posted soon, the next few aren't great, but after that it should start picking up, I PROMISE. Thank you!
~hermionegrangerandarocketship