Okay. Here is the next chappie. Hope you all enjoy it! Um...not much to say here by way or notes. Thanks to all those who have reviewed and if you haven't...well, thanks for reading. I write it for those that don't review too. Anyway...remember, this is unbetaed so any mistakes are my own. I have also not mentioned a disclaimer in a few chapters (if ever) so here it is:

Disclaimer: They don't belong to me. I cannot and do not claim to be JKR as I am neither British or quite as creative as she. I am only borrowing her characters for a short time and will return them relatively unharmed.

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Untitled - ch. 6

Hermione woke up a couple of hours later. She sat up and stretched, taking a good look around. She was home (well, her second home) and it felt great. She got up and left the room and walked downstairs where an amusing sight met her eyes.

Remus had stretched out on the sofa and fallen asleep. Currently, he had one arm hanging off the sofa, one arm across his eyes and he was snoring softly. She smiled and walked into the room, taking a seat on the coffee table. She watched a few more seconds before lightly tapping his shoulder. It took her a couple of times, but he finally awoke with a jerk.

"Hermione," he said, sitting up and running a hand through his hair. "I was just..."

"Sleeping soundly and snoring to show it?" she finished for him.

"I don't snore."

"Yeah. You do."

"Maybe a little. So what do you want to do for the rest of the day?"

"Well. I was kind of wanting to go to Diagon Alley. It's been a while since I've last been and I wanted to go look around."

"You mean you want to go to the bookstore," Harry called from the top of the stairs.

"No," she started but stopped at the knowing looks from both Harry and Remus. "Okay yes. I want to go to the bookstore. But I want to look around too!"

"Sure, Hermione," Harry said after coming downstairs.

Hermione rolled her eyes at him and looked at Remus. "Who wants to go with me?"

"Why don't we wake Ron and all go?" he said.

So it was agreed that they would all go to Diagon Alley together and Harry was chosen to go wake up Ron. An hour later (it had taken 45 minutes to wake Ron) they were in Diagon Alley and making their way toward Flourish and Blotts.

However, on the way, they had to pass the Quidditch shop and that was where she lost the men. Noticing she was now walking alone, she turned and saw them looking though the window.

"Why don't you guys look around in there and I'll come and get you when I'm done."

"Sure," Harry said, but he was the only one of the three to answer. Or even realize she'd spoken.

"Boys," Hermione said to herself, rolling her eyes and walking away.

"Where'd Hermione go?" Ron asked a few hours later.

"She went to the bookstore hours ago, mate," Harry said.

"Oh."

"I think I'm going to go check on her. We'll come get you boys in a bit," Remus said.

"Okay," Harry said and Ron didn't seem to hear him at all. However, he didn't miss the look on Harry's face as he watched Remus walk away. When Remus was gone, he finally noticed he was being watched.

"What?" he said, a slight tinge of pink rising to his cheeks.

"You have a thing for Lupin!" Ron exclaimed.

"What? I do not!" Harry said, the pink turning to a full blush.

"They why did you watch him until he was out of sight just now?"

"I..."

"And," Ron continued. "Why did you turn red when you realized I was watching you?"

"I..." Harry started but had no answer. "It's just an infatuation or something. Because he was Sirius' best friend."

"Uh huh," Ron said unbelieving. "It may be an infatuation, but I don't think it's because he was Sirius' friend."

"Shut up," Harry said, quickly paying for his purchases and leaving. Ron just grinned as he paid for his also and followed him out.

Back in the bookstore, Remus was hunting for Hermione. He found her in the science section, reading through some of the books.

"There you are," he said, walking over to her. "Finding anything you like?"

"Plenty," she said, adding a book to her already impressive pile. "Some of these will help me with my classes next term."

"Be prepared. You should be a spokesperson for the muggle boy scouts."

"How do you know about muggle boy scouts?"

"I'm a half-blood, remember? I never was one, but I knew about them."

"Well, I'm impressed. Most times, even half-bloods don't know about muggle things."

"Well, I'm full of surprises," he said. "So, are you ready to go? I told the boys we would meet them once I found you."

"Yeah. Just let me pay for these."

They made their way up to the counter where Hermione paid for her books. She then shrunk them down and put them in her pocket.

"Alright," she said. "Let's go."

"After you, my dear," he said, stepping aside to let her go first. Then he followed her out.

"They found the boys sitting on a bench across the street from the Quidditch shop.

"Hey guys," Hermione said, walking up to them.

"Hey," Harry said as they sat down. "Find anything you like?"

"Don't I always? How about yourselves?"

"We can always find something we like in the Quidditch shop," Harry said, smiling. However the smile quickly faded into a slight blush when Ron responded.

"We sure do. Don't we Harry?" Ron said, grinning as he elbowed Harry in the side.

"Everything alright, Harry?" Remus asked, noticing the slight color rising in his cheeks.

"Yeah," Harry said, looking down quickly.

Remus smiled, figuring he'd met someone.

"Well," Remus said, standing up. "Why don't we go get some ice cream before we go home?"

They all agreed and were soon eating various ice cream desserts not far from the Quidditch shop. Ron, having practically inhaled his, was already done.

"So what did you get in the bookshop, Hermione?" Ron asked.

"Who said I got anything?" she responded, taking another bite of her ice cream.

"Well, nobody, but we all know you can't go into a bookstore without buying something."

"He's got ya there," Harry said, earning himself a glare in return.

"It's not like you two don't find some way to buy something every time you go into the Quidditch shop."

"Well, yeah, but that's something useful," Ron said. However, he knew it was the wrong thing to say as soon as it left his mouth.

"Books are more useful than some dumb ol' broom will ever be!" Hermione said, then she left, leaving the three guys staring at each other in silence.

"I'll go talk to her," Remus said, getting up and walking in the direction Hermione went.

"What was that about?" Ron asked after a few minutes.

"I dunno, Ron," Harry said, shortly. "Maybe she's tired of you dismissing everything she says a unimportant or belittling the things that are important to her. Maybe she's tired of you basically ignoring and mistreating her."

"I don't ignore or mistreat her," Ron said, unbelievingly. Harry just stared at him. "What?"

"Sometimes you can be so stupid," he said before he walked off in the direction of Hermione and Remus.

Ron just stared after him for a few long moments before he followed him.

"Hermione!" Remus said, practically running to catch up. "Hermione, wait up!" Hermione stopped but didn't turn around. When he reached her, he put his hand on her shoulder.

"Hermione are you alright?"

"Why does he always do that? Why does he always act like nothing I say or do is important?"

"Because it really is," he said softly, turning her around to face him. It was then he realized she was crying and wiped some of the tears away with his thumb. "Ron is confused. He has feelings for you, but he's afraid you don't feel the same. He acts indifferent to you and your interests because he doesn't know what else to do. The truth is, I think everything you do is important to him. He just doesn't know how to show it."

Hermione wiped the few remaining tears away and smiled up at him.

"You really think so?"

"Yes, I do," he said, returning her smile.

"Thanks, Remus," she said, giving him a hug.

"You're welcome," he said, wrapping his arms around her and squeezing.

"So what should I do?" she said, stepping back. "We can't keep going like this. I can't take it anymore."

"I think you and Ron should talk. I mean really talk. Tell him what you're thinking and how you feel about him and the things he does."

"You're right," she said after thinking for a long minute. "We need to get everything out in the open. Something we should have done a long time ago."

"Good. Now lets go find the others and go home. I'm sure you're anxious to get to those new books of yours."

"You know me too well," she said, smiling. "Let's go."

Remus offered her his arm and they were off in search of Harry and Ron.

Well. That's it for now! I hope to have the next chapter up in a few days. It's written. Just needs to be typed. Hope you enjoyed it and remember...reviews are love!