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The school day went on in kind of a blur. Hermione even answered an easy question wrong, she never did that, ever!

"Is everything ok, Hermione?" Luna was walking next to her, today she was dressed in her uniform. Defense Against the Dark Arts had just let out, Hermione was heading done the winding stairs, not really noticing her surroundings so when Luna said her name she was more then a little startled.

"You answered Professor Moody's question completely wrong. Are you feeling sick? I'm sure Madam Pomfrey could fix you up in a snap."

"No Luna, I'm not feeling sick. I'm just. . ."

"Thinking about Harry." By this point they had reached the bottom of the stairs. With a startled look she whipped around to look Luna dead in the eyes. What did she know? Did one of the fourth year Gryffindors tell her about what happened?

"What do you know? Did someone say something?" She had a shoulder in each hand, trying hard not to shake her.

"Everyone knows, it's not like its a secret." At this sentence Hermione's face fell white. She quickly replayed the words in her head to make sure she heard it right. 'Everyone knows, it's not like it's a secret. How? How did everyone know? She thought only a few Gryffindors knew. What was she going to do now? Was this what the whole school was talking about? Why everyone stopped talking when she came by? Realizing she still had Luna by the shoulders, she dropped her hands.

"What am I going to do? Luna you have to help me,"

She got cut off when looking a little confused, more then normal, Luna tilted her head to one side.

"Hermione, you're not the one going up against students much older than you in a few days. Isn't Harry the one that would need my help?" The competition, of course. She was talking about the competition, how could she not be? Now she felt a little foolish.

"Of course he does, I'm just being selfish."

"Why because he's your friend and your worried about him? That's not selfish, not at all." Giving a smile that only Luna could give, she hugged Hermione and headed off to her next adventure. Hermione stood in that stairway just glad Luna didn't know what she was really thinking about.

She barely got through the portrait before she was tackled by a frantic Ginny.

"You're finally here! Let's go! Let's go!" She squeaked as she nearly pushed Hermione back though the portrait. Quickly moving out of Ginny's reach Hermione turned and grabbed her by the arms, seeing her own anxiety in the young girls eyes.

"I need to change out of my uniform then we'll go, ok? 10 minutes." Letting go of her, Hermione turned on her heals and went up the stairs before Ginny could respond. It took her less the 7 minutes to find her clothes, change and head back down. By this time more students had found their way into the common room, Ginny was leaning against the fireplace. Noticing Hermione coming down, Gunny hurried out the portrait and down the flight of stairs. Hermione had to double her pace to keep up.

They met Ron just outside the castle doors. For the first time in weeks, Hermione was finally able to suppress her feelings for him and go numb. He grabbed Ginny by her arm and dragged her to one side. Feeling a little awkward, Hermione just stood there hugging herself, wishing she had the will to say 'no' to Ginny. As she smiled at the students coming in and out of the castle she heard her name in loud whisper, she quickly looked over to the pair of Weasleys'. She felt a little proud as Ginny stood her ground against her older brother, standing back straight, arms folded, confident look on her face; hearing every word he said and only giving short responses. After what felt like hours, the pair made their way back to her.

The group started to make their way to the lake where Harry and Neville were currently sitting.

"I need one of you to tell Harry that Seamus told me that Dean was told by Parvati that Hagrid's looking for him" realizing both the girls had stopped he turned to them and looked expectantly.

"That's mental Ron!" Both girls said at the same time with a shared questioning look. Starting up the walk again Ginny and Hermione passed a dumbfounded Ron.

"Ron, just tell him that Charlie brought dragons for the competition. And stop being such a boy!" Being the only girl in the family gave Ginny the right to say things like that. Wait, did she say dragons? Stopping in her tracks, Hermione turned to face Ron and Ginny.

"Dragons? As in the scaly, cold blooded fire breathing reptiles?"

"Ya, Charlie brought them down from Romania" Ginny replied almost in a giggle. She skipped the rest of the way to the lake. Following close behind, Hermione struggled to remember the words Ron had told them. The group decided that Hermione would tell Harry since Ginny wanted to tell him the truth. As they got closer she couldn't suppress her feelings any more. Anxiety, fear, nervousness, happy, love, and even a little sick, fueled her for the task at hand. Walking up to Harry the words were fresh on her lips.

"Ronald would like me to tell you that Seamus told him that Dean was told by Parvarti that Hagrid's looking for you." She smiled a little as she said it all in one breath.

"Is that right? Well...what?" Confused was a good look for Harry. His eye brows came together, his nose wrinkled, and his eyes widened. Turning back to Ron she asked if she got it wrong, confirming she didn't she tried one more time.

"Dean was told by Parvarti... please don't ask me to say it again. Hagrid's looking for you." Knowing he had it that time she turned to walk away,

"Well you can tell Ronald..."

"I'm not an owl!" She snapped with a fierceness she didn't know she had.

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