A/N
Hey guys, this chapter will have some elements from the movie along with the book and my own imagination.
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A week later
"Hermione! It's been so long!" Mrs. Weasley cried out before giving her a crushing hug. "GINNY! RON! GET DOWN HERE AT ONCE!"
"HERMIONE!!!" Ginny screamed, running down the stairs.
She gave Hermione an attack hug as soon as Mrs. Weasley let go. "It's so good to see you again! You don't know how horrible it's been here!"
Hermione suddenly blushed as she smelled the familiar scent of toothpaste... She could see red hair behind Ginny's long one and perfect sea blue eyes that she so desperately wanted to stare at all day...
"Hey 'Mione," Ron said, barely looking at her. His gaze was towards the kitchen. "I'll be in the kitchen..."
Mrs. Weasley followed after him as soon as he left the living room muttering something about 'Stupid French girl'.
"Since when did Ron help out at the kitchen?" Hermione asked, her gaze looking towards the kitchen where he had just entered. "Or is he just hungry as usual?"
"Phlegm." Ginny mumbled, with a ferocious glare.
"Phlegm?" Hermione repeated.
Ginny looked at her hopelessly, a look, begging her to stab her. "Remember Delacour?" she asked.
Hermione thought for a moment. The last time she had seen a Delacour had been during the Tri-Wizard Tournament. There were two Delacour's she remembered clearly. "Gabrielle or Fleur?"
"Fleur," Ginny said, as if pained.
It seemed to take her a while to say her next words as she was having trouble breathing for some reason. "She's here." she choked out.
Hermione gasped after charming her luggage to get themselves to her room. "What?!"
"I know! Can you believe it?" Ginny said as she and Hermione went to their rooms. "She's dating my brother Bill... And what's worse- Ron's been staring at her all day- her legs especially. It's been horrible."
Hermione felt her blood boil and suddenly wished that she was Fleur so that Ron would love her too, or at least see her as a girl. Why was there always someone or something in the way whenever it had something to do with Ron? Why couldn't he be like a book? It would have been much easier to talk to him or something.
Five days later
"Oh an zen zee ozza day- no. Actually a few ouiks ago, I met my cuzzins and zey were verry fussy. Can you beeleeve 'Ow many theengs zey complain about?"
Ginny faked a cough, earning herself a glare from her eldest brother and Ron. She glared back at them and stuck the finger up at Ron under the table.
Hermione rolled her eyes and ignored Fleur as she talked. How is it possible to go on and on about your day for- she looked at the Weasley Clock- four hours! Merlin! She and Ginny exchanged glances then began to eat.
"Eet was so funny. 'Ow are you I say and zen zey were like, ''O oui are okay' And zen oui..."
"May I be excused?" Ginny asked, getting up from the dinner table with an angered look on her face.
She had left before an answer was given.
Hermione decided to do the same as she really didn't want to listen to Fleur give another hour long of her 'lectures'. She was worse than Professor Trelawney- Well, maybe not. They were tied in first place. "I'm done. Thanks for the dinner Fleur. It was very... satisfactory."
"NO!" Ron protested so suddenly that Mrs. Weasley shrieked. "Her cooking was way better than good! 'Mione! You've got to be kidding me! It was bloody brilliant! Right? Bill? Right?"
Bill nodded and gave Fleur a kiss on the cheek who in return, giggled her girly giggle.
Ron looked slightly disappointed at the sudden exchange but held a determined expression immediately as he looked at Fleur with hopeful eyes.
"Fine. It was 'bloody brilliant'." Hermione said, before leaving to get to Ginny.
The two sat on their beds and looked at each other for a moment with a frustrated look on their face. The room temperature suddenly seemed to had gone up as it suddenly felt very hot. Hermione blamed it on their anger.
"She's so annoying right?" Ginny said after a while. "Phlegm."
Hermione nodded, but for a different reason.
There was a moment of silence before Ginny spoke again. "Guess what?"
"What?"
She blushed for a moment as she looked at Hermione, she had never held that expression she was holding before. She cleared her throat. "I'm going out with Dean Thomas!"
Hermione stared at Ginny in surprise, she hadn't expected Ginny to something along those lines. She had to admit though, Ginny was a very pretty girl, any boy in their right mind would fall for her. "That's great!" she said, happily. "Since when?"
"End of the year... He brought me to a side before getting onto the train and told me that he loved me and that he wanted to go out with me. We got to know each other over the DA project... He was really sweet. Is sweet. Look-" She rolled up her sleeves to reveal a beautiful silver bracelet with the words, 'I love you'. "He gave this to me. He bought it in this muggle store. Sweet right?"
Hermione sighed, imagining Ron doing the same for her. "Yeah... That was really sweet of him."
"Hermione, what's that you're wearing?" Ginny suddenly said, with the look of scrutiny on her face. "You're neck- it's beautiful! It looks like a book!"
Hermione smiled and touched the necklace Viktor gave her. "It is beautiful."
"Who gave it to you?" she asked before gasping with admiration. She sighed. "Your crush or something? Secret admirer?"
"My one time boyfriend." Hermione said, suddenly imagining her brother kissing her. She laughed. Thinking about Viktor kissing her now felt weird, he was her brother now after all.
Ginny thought for a moment before saying. "NO WAY! Viktor?"
Hermione nodded.
"Are you two dating again?" she asked, suddenly worried.
Hermione looked at Ginny for a moment, wondering why she was worried. "No. He's my blood brother now-"
Ginny gasped again before looking relieved. Whatever it was that she was relieved at, it was obvious she wasn't going to tell her. She jumped over to Hermione's bed. "How? But- That's- Hard- How- Merlin... Did you use magic?"
Hermione nodded again.
"Shit! Hermione! That's huge stuff! Big stuff! Hard magic! Bigger than N.E.W.T. charms! WOW!"
"I know. I managed to pull it off though. Kind of relieved..."
"That's brilliant, Hermione! You've finally got a brother!"
Hermione smiled, happily. "Yeah."
"Do you have a crush on anyone?" Ginny suddenly asked, changing the subject. It seemed that this was what was worrying her.
Hermione went red all of a sudden and to make things worse, Ron suddenly came into their room.
"Hi." he said, sitting next to Hermione.
Hermione felt very hot all of a sudden and she tried to avoid looking at Ron.
Ginny eyed Hermione for a moment and seemed to have figured it out. She looked pleased. "It's my brother, isn't it?" she whispered into her ear. "Always had been and always will be... Did you really like Viktor though? You know... Back in fourth year.."
Hermione leaned closer to Ginny. "Now that I think of it, I had always seen him as a brother. He's was a brilliant kisser though. And when he touches you- not weirdly- but when kissing... It's amazing- It feels like your in heaven."
Ginny laughed and Hermione followed suit, she hadn't been lying.
"What's so funny?" Ron asked, looking at his sister then Hermione.
Hermione felt heavenly again as she took in his toothpaste scent. Why did he have to smell so good? She remembered that one of the reasons why she had gone out with Viktor was because he spelled like freshly mowed grass and autumn rain, her other favourite smells.
"Nothing," Ginny said, standing up so suddenly that the bed started to bounce slightly.
As the bed bounced, Hermione's arm brushed against Ron's. She blushed and she wondered if he was too. She couldn't tell though because he had turned his head slightly to look at the door.
"I'll be outside."
As the door slammed shut, everything seemed to stop, time stopped. Hermione looked at Ron in the eyes and felt weak all of a sudden. Oh my God! I'm alone in a room... with him.
"How's you?" he suddenly said, looking into her eyes.
"Oh, f-fine!" Hermione stammered. She cleared her throat. "I've been great."
"Cool."
"Can't believe we're in sixth year already." Hermione said, moving slowly closer to Ron.
"Yeah."
Why can't he answer in full sentences... "How was your summer so far?" she asked, trying to make some conversation.
"Brilliant," he said, before suddenly adding with a smile. "Since Fleur's around, it's been great here."
"Oh." Hermione said, feeling her heart drop.
"What do you have against her?" He suddenly asked angrily. He glared at her slightly. "She's a great girl you know, hot too! Really hot!"
Hermione felt her blood boil again and she glared at Ron. She wanted to scream 'I LOVE YOU RON! I LOVE YOU!'. But instead she screamed out. "I HATE YOU RON! I HATE YOU! YOU'RE SO HORRID!"
She stormed out of the room and slammed the door in his face as he attempted to follow after her.
Three days later
She and Ron had made up. They were friends again although she wanted to be more than that with him. She sighed and took her wand out to conjure a parchment to write to Viktor.
Dear Viktor,
How are you? I'm missing you already. Are the negotiations going well?
I've been trying to find ways to tell Ron I love him but I've got a problem. Three guesses what? 1. Harry 2. My tantrums 3. Fleur
If you chose Harry, you're wrong, he's not gay. I have this feeling that Harry likes Ginny. Do you remember Ron's sister? That's her. He's been looking at her differently since the end of the year... If you chose my tantrums, you're wrong again, we made up after the argument I had with him three days ago. My tantrums aren't that bad... If you chose Fleur, bingo. She's around The Burrow! Can you believe it? It's so irksome having her around, really annoying. She's dating Bill! Ron's eldest brother!
Oh Viktor, how do I tell him? Shall I just be straight forward? But that would make me look desperate... right? Every things so apprehensive at the moment... Fleur's in the way, he's drooling over her all the time. He's got a predilection for her because of her looks. Her nose is dead center, that's a plus for her. Why can't I be pretty too? VIKTOR STAB ME PLEASE!!!
Two weeks left till school starts. I'll be seeing you then.
I love you.
Love,
Hermione
P.S. Can you send me some of those Bulgarian cookies or something? It was really good.
Hermione got Pig over to her and attached the letter to its feet. Ron wouldn't mind right? He hardly uses his owl anyway. "Travel safely." she told the owl.
Pig flew away leaving Hermione to ponder on her thoughts about the letter and Ron. She decided to take out a book and read since she didn't want to be around Fleur or play Quiddtich with Bill, Ron and Ginny.
Four days later
"Wake up! 'Mione wake up!"
Was she dreaming or was Ron actually awake before her and telling her to wake up?
"'MIONE!"
Hermione opened her eyes and found Ron prone to her to her surprise. His body was on top of hers, when did that happen? His skin felt nice on hers... Her reaction to his sudden appearance was a scream but her mouth was covered immediately by his hands.
"Shhh!" he said, whispering, eyes looking directly at hers. His hands were shaking due to... nervousness? "You're going to wake Harry up. He's here! Harry's here!"
He got off of her and made his way to the door. "Get Ginny up."
Oh my God! Ron had actually been on top of me while I was asleep... Hermione blushed when she found that she had liked the idea of him on top of her. Hermione! Snap out of it! Wake Ginny up!
"Ginny!" she said. "Ginny!"
"What?" she groaned, rolling to her side on her bed.
"Harry's here!"
She shot up from her bed immediately at the word 'Harry' and was now standing up. "He's here? Harry's here?"
Hermione looked at her curiously and wondered... "Yes he's here. Ron's just gone over to him."
"How do you know?"
Hermione blushed. "He came in a while ago and woke me up. Come on let's go greet him- after washing of course."
One hour later
"Is he awake?" Hermione asked, looking at Harry who was sleeping peacefully on his bed.
Ginny sat by Harry's side and watched him carefully. She seemed to be strangely happier too as she was smiling a lot more.
"Wuzzgoinon?" Harry said, suddenly awake. He searched for his glasses with his hands.
"We didn't know you were already here!" Ron said.
To Hermione's surprise and not to Ginny's, Ron suddenly smacked Harry in the head.
"Ron!" Hermione said. "Don't hit him!"
Harry looked like he wanted to yell something at Ron but couldn't as he started to speak.
"Alright?" Ron asked, Harry.
Harry looked at Ron for a moment before saying. "Never been better. You?"
"Not bad."
Ron then sat on a cardboard box. "When did you get here? Mum's only just told us."
"About one o'clock this morning." Harry said, looking incredibly tired.
"Were the muggles alright? Did they treat you okay?" Hermione asked, suddenly worried for Harry again.
"Same as usual." He said.
Hermione then decided to sit on the edge of his bed, like Ginny was, but opposite her. She thought that she could feel Ron looking at her but she wasn't sure.
"They didn't talk to me much, but I like it better that way, how are you, Hermione?"
"Oh, I'm fine" she said before looking at Harry with a hurt look.
He had been through so much... loosing Sirius must had been dreadful.
"What's the time? Have I missed breakfast?" He suddenly asked, looking at her.
"Don't worry about that, Mum's bringing you up a tray, she reckons you look underfed," Ron said, rolling his eyes. "So, what's been going on?"
Hermione tuned off for a moment as she looked at Ron. He was so... handsome wasn't the word... Cute? Yeah, that was it. After a moment Hermione managed to hear something from Ron that she knew Harry wouldn't like. She flashed him a 'I'm warning you!' look.
He looked at her for about half a second and changed his sentence.
he suddenly tuned off again as she looked at Ron. Why was he so distracting? It was only when she heard something about Phlegm did she snap out of her reverie. "What's she done now?"
"It's the way she talks to me" Ginny said, looking really irked. "You'd think I was about three."
"I know," Hermione said, seriously agreeing. "She's so full of herself."
She tuned off again but the sudden yanking of the bedsheets under her caused her to 'wake up'. She turned around and found Fleur standing by the threshold of the door and groaned.
One month and a week later
School
Hermione thought that she really needed to see a doctor, Ron was all she could think about, apart from studying. Hermione! Stop thinking about him and get some sleep! You're doing yourself no good! She rolled to her side, kicking at her blanket in frustration. The blanket was making her sweat.
An owl suddenly flew in with a parchment through the open window and landed right on Hermione's lap. She took the letter off of the handsome owl's feet and started to read. It helped her forget about Ron for a moment as the letter was from someone special.
Dear Hermione,
Negotiations went well but I declined it. The other team was going to sign me with a world record fee, a hundred million galleons, can you believe it? I think the amount is stupid, they could use the money for charity or something instead of wasting it on people like... me.
I managed to establish my own team and decided to call it 'Heart of fire'. Stupid name huh? I've already signed five players who I think will become great. I still need to sign more players though as well as trainers and other people. Any ideas who to sign? I'll send you over tickets soon for our first few games, I'm sure Professor Dumbledore wouldn't mind loosing you for a second.
Fleur's dating Bill? Well that's news. Did you know she once tried to kiss me during the Tri-Wizard tournament? It was the day before the ball. I was walking by the lake about to swim and she was crying. I wondered why and decided to comfort her. She told me that Cedric rejected her for some other 'ugly' girl and whilst she was at it, she suddenly pounced on me! I couldn't tell you back then because I thought that I'd hurt you, that you'd get angry. And don't worry, I pushed her off and told her to go with Davies. Sorry little sister.
Ron is still young and an idiot. He doesn't have the 'brains' yet for girls. When he's older, he'll realise what he's missing. No offense but I always saw him as an idiot. He's not a good boy but since it's my little sister who loves him, I'll have to too, but in a friendly manner of course. I don't think I should question who you love, yeah?
Hermione, looks are not everything remember? Who cares if your nose is dead center or not (yours are by the way, and I think it is really adorable). I fell for you because of your mind and eagerness to learn. I'd like to add that you were actually quite hot. Still are. I managed to see it. I'm sure other boys will soon, you were young then and weren't at your full potential like Fleur was. Their eyes weren't open yet, they didn't see you as I did. Theirs will now. I guess that you should tell Ron the way you best feel, I can't help you there. Since he is an idiot of a boy, it will take a lot of work. Do you know what he likes? That might help.
Hermione, I will not stab you. That's a stupid thing of me to do if I were to do it. I won't though. Why would I want to stab my sestra? You still have a long life a head of you!
I'm sorry this letter came late by the way. Took a while to find the time to write to you. I have missed you. I know I should have just given you this letter when I sent you off to school. *laughs* Anyway, have fun at school and I'll see you in Christmas.
Good luck with Ron the idiot.
From your handsome brother,
Viktor
Hermione laughed at the word choice 'handsome, and hid her letter inside of her locked box she kept by her bedside. Viktor was really cute.
Next day
Gryffindor Quidditch tryouts
Hermione sat by the bleachers and watched as Ron tried for Keeper. If it weren't for the wiry brown haired tall boy she had never seen before, Ron wouldn't have needed to go through this. Come on Ron! You can do it!
An hour had passed and they both had blocked every shot. Hermione had to admit, they were both really good. Ron managed to block out all the shots in the funniest ways, his head, his thigh, his face and his... butt? The wiry-haired boy blocked it out the normal way, if that made any sense. As the game went on, she noticed that the wiry-haired boy kept looking over at her... and smiling? She ignored him as she found it quite annoying.
...
She wondered when the game would be over, she hated Quidditch. It had already been two hours since she sat down. Did tryouts always take this long? She decided that it was her turn to step in and help... Not playing as Keeper of course but to help Ron. "Confundus!" she whispered, whipping her wand out and secretly pointing at the wiry-haired boy.
The brunet suddenly lurched to the side and the quaffle went in as Ginny shot furiously. A scream erupted and a few cheered as Ron shouted with happiness, Lavender was the loudest. "I'm KEEPER!" he yelled. "I'm KEEPER! YES!"
Hermione looked at the wiry boy for a moment and suddenly felt scared. He had the look of an angry devil on his face and if looks could kill, you'd be surely dead by now. Hermione, whatever you do, stay away from that boy and make sure he never finds out what you did.
Three days later
Gryffindor vs. Slytherin
Hermione thought she saw Harry put something in Ron's drink and gasped. Felicis Felix? Was that what I just saw? HARRY! COULD GET EXPELLED! "You put something in Ron's drink!" she said, glaring at Harry.
Harry looked at her as innocently as possible and raised an eyebrow. "No I didn't."
"YES YOU DID! Ron don't drink it!"
Ron looked at her and shook his head. "No."
He then drank the whole thing.
Hermione sighed. He never listens...
...
The crowd excluding the Slytherins, were cheering as Ron managed to block every shot. It was unbelievable, even the fastest shots were blocked.
Hermione could see the wiry haired boy a few seats ahead of her and could tell he was really pissed off. He had really wanted to be Keeper, had Hermione made the right decision when she decided to 'help out'? She was a prefect after all... On the bright side, Harry hadn't given Ron the Felicis Felix, it was all Ron out there.
...
"We WON! WE WON!" was all Hermione could hear as the Gryffindor house made their way back to the common room. "WE WON!"
"Quidditch," Hermione hissed, irked. "What's so interesting about Quidditch? -" She saw some first and second years playing with one of Fred and Georges creations. "-Hey! You four! Get rid of those immediately or I'm giving you four a detention! -" They didn't appear to have heard her.
She entered the common room and tried to spot Ron, she wanted to congratulate him.
"Where is he?" she heard Harry ask Ginny, as Hermione entered the room.
"In the corner, and guess what he's doing?" she said, disgusted. "He looks like he's eating her."
Hermione looked at where Ginny had said he would be and found him closely wrapped around her roommate, Lavender Brown. His hands and hers were all over each other, it was really hard to tell whose was whose.
Her heart tore- no. It tore and ripped apart. She was hurt, really hurt and wondered what she had done wrong. Ron was all she ever wanted and now Lavender had to be in the way? She felt tears start to come to her and made her way out of the common room to get to an empty classroom.
...
Serves him right Hermione thought as she ran out of the classroom. Harry had come to comfort her but didn't know how to. And just as she was about to feel better, Ron and Lavender fell in, snogging. ARGH!
She walked then ran as she made her way to the lake, the very place where Viktor had said goodbye to her when she was back in fourth year. How she missed it. It hadn't been so complicated back then and everything had been perfect.
She sat at the top of the big boulder where she and Viktor used to sit together all the time and took in the smell of the lake as she breathed. She looked at her necklace and found it was red. Viktor's alright at the moment. She thought. She wondered what colour the necklace Viktor was wearing was. If Viktor was here, he would know what to do, how to comfort me... She remembered how he had comforted her after her huge argument with Ron after The Yule Ball. Viktor was nice.
"Hey, what's up?" a cocky-ish voice said below her.
She gasped, feeling surprised. "What?" she said.
"Ms. Granger is it? What a surprise."
Hermione looked down to find a tall blond haired boy. He wasn't as tall as Viktor but that was because Viktor was... tall. "Smith?" she said.
He climbed up the rock and sat next to her, not closely though, he was sitting far enough to show that they were merely friends. He looked at her in the eyes with his green ones. "Why are you crying?" he asked, before adding. "You're not the replacement for Cho Chang are you?"
Instead of being angry like she should have, Hermione found his comment about Cho quite funny. 'You're not a replacement for Cho Chang are you?' She had been known as a cry baby last year. She laughed.
"I don't get why she's crying now," he said, suddenly upset. "She's the one who dumped me- just now. She slapped me for it too! She's a bitch..."
Hermione looked at him for a moment and suddenly felt sorry. It wasn't just her who was having a horrible day.
"I'd never expected to find you crying," Zacharius Smith continued, looking out towards the lake. He turned back to look at her. "Who upset you?"
"Nothing, it's none of your business." Hermione said, she wiped a tear from her face.
"Fine."
"You alright?" she asked after a while.
He looked at her curiously. "Why are you asking?"
"You just got dumped?" She said in a matter of fact way.
"I feel horrible," he said, suddenly angry. "I actually loved her you know... And she just dumps me... I reckon she still loves Potter."
A moment of silence went as the two sat next to each other. The breeze of the lake's wind could be felt on their skin and they could smell the autumn leaves as the wind reached their faces.
Hermione looked at the lake's waters and found a kaleidoscope of colours. It was beautiful. She remembered how her brother had commented on how beautiful the water was two years ago and how she was like it, only better. "You know," she said, suddenly. "Viktor and I used to come here all the time."
Smith looked surprised at her sudden comment. "You-You mean Krum?" he said, eyes wide. "He's awesome. Best seeker in the world."
"Yeah, he is..." she said, sighing. "He'd hug me all the time whenever I was upset. He was a nice guy."
"Are you still dating him?" he asked.
Hermione laughed. "Everyone thinks I still am-" She looked at Zacharius in the eyes and found them surprisingly comforting, much like her brother's only green. "-He's my blood brother you know. Isn't it illegal or something to date your brother?"
He smiled at her or at least tried to. He was still hurting from the break up. "Cool- I mean, cool at the fact that he's your brother. I know I'm in Hufflepuff but I'm not stupid. How though? I mean, I know that a Ravenclaw can't figure it out straight away."
"Magic." Hermione said.
As the two continued to talk, she started to feel much better and forgot all about Ron and Lavender snogging. A couple of hours had passed and the sun had began to set. The smell of the air had changed too and the breeze was getting much colder. The kaleidoscope of colours had changed into warm colours to match the sun as it slowly started to disappear.
"It's getting late," Zacharius said, getting up. He offered her his hand to help her up. "I'll walk you back to the common room- if you want me to."
"Thanks," Hermione said, accepting his hand, to get herself up.
She then let go of it and walked by his side as they both made their way back to Hogwarts.
A/N
How was it? Don't worry, Cormac's out in the next one, I promise. Hope you enjoyed it.
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