Chapter 8

Harry awoke from his nap feeling happier then he could remember being in a long time. Ginny was still asleep with her head resting comfortably on his chest with his arm draped over her shoulder. She had the most innocent expression on her face, on that she only wore when she slept. Because when she was awake she was either a temptress, mischief maker or a nosy little no-it-all. But Harry loved her all the more for it. He shifted a little trying to get her to wake up but she just burrowed into his side almost causing him to fall of the seat they shared. He nudged her once more but again she just burrowed down.

"Come on Gin, we're almost at the school you have to get up now." At this she didn't even move so he sat up a little and blew a very loud and very juicy raspberry right in her ear. She came up so fast that Harry fell off the seat but he didn't care because he as laughing too hard.

"Harry Potter of all the low-down, dirty-disgusting things to do to your girl friend, how in the hell did you come up with a raspberry to the ear and why?" She was clearly pissed and that made Harry laugh all the harder. "And what are you looking at Ronald? Haven't you ever seen somebody pissed before?" Ron seemed to be having a hard time controlling his laughter. Only Luna had managed to keep a straight face, but you could see laughter in her big gray eyes. And how could they not laugh Ginny's face was bright red and her hair was all over the place. She looked like something out of the textbook for Care of Magical Creatures.

Harry looked about the compartment and realized that Hermione was missing. So he asked Ron "Hey, where's Hermione?"

"I don't know mate she said something about going to get Crook shanks and never came back. I guess she got caught up talking to Ernie and Hannah." He said unconcernedly. He laced his fingers through Luna's and looked out the window.

"Speak of the devil." He said as she came through the door. Hermione was out of breath, very red in the face and her hair was bushier than usual. She looked as though she had gotten in a scuffle or something, but she held Crook shanks and just sat down to read her book. They all changed in silence but that was when Harry noticed something, Hermione's eyes weren't moving. She was just staring intently down at the page. He caught Ron's eye and Ron knew what it meant. He pretended to stretch and "accidentally knocked the book out of Hermione's hands then snatched it up with a fake apology but his face went white at what he saw. Then he tossed it to Harry.

It was a wizard photo-album and on the page Hermione was a moving picture pf Viktor Krum holding Hermione around the waist and they both were smiling, kissing each other, and holding hands. They were in Paris you could see the Eiffel Tower in the background. Viktor was in back of Hermione and had his hands around her waist; he was bent in half and had his face on the side of hers. Hermione was smiling in a way that Harry and Ron had never seen before. She looked truly happy.

"Hermione, what is this?" Harry asked gently. She looked at him with tears in her eyes and told him the entire story. By the end she had collapsed on the floor. Harry had never seen his show such an out pour of emotion before. She had completely lost it. Harry left Ginny's side to go and put his arms around Hermione. She was like his little his little sister and right now his little sister was hurting.

"'Mione, why did you never tell about this? What were you afraid of how we'd react? We love you and only want you to be happy. I'm sorry that you've had deal with his death on your own but we're here now and we'll never leave you." Harry held her until the tears were gone and for a long time afterward. She hugged him fiercely for a moment then started to get dressed. They never saw the boy looking in with a broken heart in his eyes.

A/N: Hope you enjoyed that it was kind of a tear jerker I admit but it had to be done. Read, Review and Enjoy! Love, Saylin.