A/N: Thanks for the reviews guys, really appreciated. Here is the third chapter, sorry it took so long, been busy with work and stuff.
As always, dedicated to the awesome Sarah. -
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Chapter 3-
Hermione worriedly chewed on her sugar quill, there was no way she had a crush on Harry - right? It was not proper; he was Harry Potter, Harry Potter! Moreover, who was she? Hermione Granger - Ms. Book worm. She was startled form her reverie as a hand clasped onto her shoulder, she spun around confused. Ron was standing there, his eyes dancing in merriment, "'Mione? Don't get too angry at that quill, it won't be able to fight back." She blushed in embarrassment, and nodded her head. Pulling the quill from her mouth she looked around her, where was Harry?
"Ron, where's Harry?"
"Yes…where is the four-eyed wonder?" Hermione spun around angered, there stood a smug Malfoy.
"Malfoy…"
"Yes Granger?"
She glared at him in anger, but before she could reply Ron had stepped in front of her, "get lost ferret. You're obviously not wanted here, so go find your little followers or whatever."
"See now Weasel, I'm not here to talk to you anyhow. Potter is the subject at hand, so if you can't help me, get lost."
She had to grab Ron's arm to stop him from jumping at the boy. She herself was fuming, how dare he! "Come on Ron, let's just go," she muttered pulling him back. He turned to look at her with an incredulous look, but she merely gave him one of those looks - the one that just said you were going to do something stupid. She mentally sighed when Ron nodded, though he had faltered before, "bye Malfoy" she growled out before turning around, pulling Ron along by the hand.
She was still fuming when she reached her destination, a fountain near the end of the forest. She and Ron were supposed to meet Harry here, how long Harry was she was unsure. They had separated not too long after getting here. She fingered a necklace around her neck, and bit her lip worried, "Harry."
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Hermione was looking forward to Hogsmeade, she was almost jumping up and down right now, as they stood in the Great Hall. Harry was laughing with Ron at the moment, the two were talking about how they had beat Hufflepuff with such a great score this morning. She felt some-what bad for not attending, but she could not always be there after all. She bit the inside of her cheek; trying not to laugh, as she witnessed Ron jump up and try to re-enact some scene - without a broom. She finally let out a giggle as someone walked into Ron, causing him to fall on top of Harry. She laughed out again as Harry - with ignition, gave out a yelp and threw Ron on the floor.
"But Harry, don't you love me anymore?" at this, Ron cried out in mock despair, imitating Padme who had been bugging Harry earlier today.
"No," was Harry's short reply, which caused them all to laugh. She felt somewhat sorry for Padme, she was just…so lovesick, but then again, she was happy Harry was free. She found herself blushing at that particular thought and turned to look behind her. She was surprised then when a tap came on her left shoulder, she turned away from her friends and faced a brown owl. She blinked in surprise as it hooted at her in annoyance. She looked behind her, but Harry and Ron merely shrugged at her. She shrugged herself, before taking the letter from the owl - she watched it fly off and noted it was going to the owlry "a school owl," she muttered.
I wonder who sent it, she looked down at the parchment in her hand, and she was interrupted however, when a finger poked her shoulder. She turned her head in confusion to see Ron and Harry looking at her expectantly, "so Herm, are you going to open it?" asked Harry.
"Yeah 'Mione, see who it's from," she nodded her head and bit her lip.
She flipped the envelope over and saw a seal on it, a unicorn? She blinked in confusion, but did not ponder on it. She ripped open the envelope and jumped back when it rose up so it was level with her head. It opened itself all the way and folded its lid over so its pocket was over her, all of a sudden rose petals began to dance down, landing in her hair. Small silver sparkles also fell, she watched stunned as an almost computer like voice reached out to her: "to my darling Herm. I hope you enjoy this gift, as I shall have enjoyed your face when you received it. I remain, Herm, your secret admirer…" She gasped then as a silver necklace appeared around her neck, placed by invisible hands, she looked down and saw a diamond - rather large, hung at the clef of her chest. She blushed at the various catcalls she got then, she turned around and saw Ron looking at her with a smile, and Harry smiling also, but he seemed to be looking at her oddly.
They had left shortly after, nothing else out of the ordinary happened since then.
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"Herm, Ron!" Hermione spun around surprised, Harry ran up to them, apparently he had run all the way here - judging by the way he was heaving, hands on his knees. "Glad I caught up with you."
"You could have walked here mate, we would have waited," replied Ron who was patting Harry on the back.
"Yeah well, just wanted to give you guys these," Harry muttered, she raised an eyebrow at him as he gave Ron and her two boxes. She watched Ron question Harry, she was about to ask herself, but Harry merely waved his hands, saying, "I just wanted you guys to know you mean a lot to me."
She nodded her head, still a little confused but opened the box all the same, inside was a small glass unicorn. It was a sculpture where the unicorn stood on top of a rock, its nose raised to the sky, its tail curled around its body. She vaguely heard Ron exclaim his content and yell something about Quidditch equipment, she herself was turning the small sculpture around in her palm, a smile on her lips.
"You didn't have to do this Harry," she said, finally looking up. He looked at her sheepishly, scratching the back of his head, as he blushed - so cute.
"I just wanted to Herm, you just, mean a lot, okay? I'm always here for you is all."
A/N: Tell me what you guys think.