To all of my readers and reviewers...let me apologize for putting this chapter up so late...I had a death in the family recently and I have been so busy. I am really sorry I haven't updated and but I promise I will try to update more...on..the..dot? lol. i cant remember the-PROMPTLY! haha, thats the word! I will try update more promptly and on time! haha. sorry, lol. well...as an apology, i will give you two chapters. a special treat not to occur again unless something else like this happens! haha

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Chapter 9: Does he or doesn't she?

Hermione almost literally froze. She knew what he had done, why had it hit her so hard? "What are you talking about Harry?" she had asked it better than she had thought she would. It almost sounded as if she really didn't know what he was talking about. "

What are you going to deny it now?" he asked dumbfounded.

"I..." she didn't know what to say. Her cheeks felt hot. "Oh why do I have to blush now? He'll know that I know." she pulled her knees up to her chest. "Why did I do that? I'm practically yelling out "I'm trying to think of another lie!" "

"It wasn't just a dream. It couldn't have been. We both had the same dream. I think." he said as he was trying to remember what she had said before. All she had said was, "I can't believe you!" and then she had stormed off. He had just asked her how she had slept.

"All right!" she seemed to admit. "Maybe...maybe it wasn't just a dream." she looked a little defeated.

"So...I did-" he started.

"I guess...but it wasn't anything, right?" she asked trying to make herself believe that he didn't mean to. "Hermione!" he said shocked. "I can't believe you! First you are mad because I don't believe it, now you're trying to get me not to believe it!"

"Harry!" she said choking back tears. "We both weren't ourselves! We were over emotional and we had both been through a lot! Considering all that, I don't really think it meant anything!" she almost cried.

He opened his mouth about to yell at her, but shut his mouth, huffed, and stormed out. She started sobbing to herself once she had heard him flop down on his bed.

"I can't and I don't love him! And he can't love me!" she thought to herself and she cried silently into her pillow.

She heard someone walking up, but really didn't care who it was. If they came to her, she'd tell them to leave her alone. "Hermione?" a deeper voice asked quietly.

"That can't be Harry..." she thought confused. "Ron?" she whispered quietly back. He poked his head around the curtains,

"Can I come in?" he asked politely. "

Yeah, sure." she said sitting up and wiping her eyes off.

"Are you okay?" he asked, closing the curtains back up.

"Yeah...why wouldn't I be?" she almost laughed.

"Oh...have...have...you and Harry...made up?" he asked almost sounding disappointed.

"You sound sad about it." she almost laughed.

"Oh," he said cheering his voice up, "I was just actually wondering if you really had or you both were just trying to make that impression on everyone..." he trailed off slowly as if he didn't know what had actually said.

Hermione's eyes widened a little bit. "I..." she was speechless. They both knew this was an awkward situation. They kind of looked around the room or at the floor.

"Have you done all of your summer homework yet?" she said suddenly.

"O-ooh...umm...well, I..." he stammered.

"Which subjects have you not finished?" she asked humored at her good friend.

"All of them..." he turned light red.

"Why are you so ashamed about it? You do this every summer!" she laughed light-heartedly. She pulled her hair to one side subconsciously.

"Yeah... well...I've just been a bit preoccupied..." he said a bit edgy. "I'm gonna go and check on Harry..." he said turning to leave. Hermione sat up,

"Thanks for checking on me," she smiled. "That was umm...rather...sweet...of you to do." He smiled slightly and walked out.

"Hey Ron." Harry called to Ron as he was walking by his bed.

"Oh hey Harry." he said stopping abruptly. "Hey...do you have a minute?" Ron asked seeming edgier than normal.

Harry motioned to his surroundings, "Does it look like I have anywhere to go?" he laughed slightly.

"Heh, no. But...can I talk to you about something?" Ron asked lowering his voice and stepping up to the side of his bed.

"Yeah. Of course!" Harry said motioning for him to sit down.

Ron sat down a bit tense and looked around the, now mostly empty room, then edged a bit closer to Harry. "Does Hermione seem a bit...different to you?" he asked quietly.

Harry thought about it for a minute. "Well...we're all a bit different now. Aren't we?" he chuckled.

"No. I mean...she's...acting different. She just seems really different. Don't you see it?" he asked curiously.

"What are you talking about?" Harry laughed again.

"Oh forget about it!" Ron huffed. "Your thick head keeps you from noticing anything new!" Ron laughed. "Hey!" Harry laughed throwing a pillow at him.

"So, have you finished your summer homework?" Ron asked rather nonchalantly.

"Can muggles do magic?" Harry riddled back.

"No." Ron answered smiling.

"Well, there's your answer." Harry said leaning back on his remaining pillow.

"So...when can you leave?" Ron asked randomly. "To tell you the truth...I really don't know." Harry said sitting back up. "Why don't you ask your dad to ask a Healer or something?"

"Good idea, I'll be back in a few minutes. "Don't run off anywhere!" Ron said as he dodged another pillow.

Harry leaned back and hit his head on the wall. He had thrown his last pillow at Ron. "Ouch..." he said sitting back up. He threw his covers off of him as he rubbed his head.

His scar started throbbing in rhythm with his head. He walked over to the door where his pillow was. He picked it up as Ron came back in. The door smacked the top of his already throbbing head. He fell back on the floor.

"OOW!" Harry yelped. He grabbed the top of his head,

"Harry! I'm bloody sorry about that mate! I imagine that twinges a bit." he said pulling him up off of the floor. Harry's eyes were watering a little bit as he walked over to his other pillow beside someone's bed.

He pulled the pillow off the floor, still rubbing his head. He walked back over to his bed and threw the pillows back on it. He leaned on the bed wiped the water away from his eyes.

Ron noticed the person in the bed where Harry's pillow was beside. He walked over to the bed. He squinted at the person.

"Hey Harry...does this person remind you of someone we know?" he motioned to the person with bandages on their face. Harry came over with his hand on the top of his head.

"Well...yeah it does actually." he agreed.

"But who?" Ron asked rhetorically.

"Kinda reminds me of..." "Professor Lupin!" they both realized together.

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