A day after the accident in Potions, Hermione was let out of the infirmary. Hermione wouldn't talk to Ron for a week after the accident. She was not happy with him. Nothing to bad or strange happened, which was good. It gave me time to think of a way to ask Hermione out.
I was walking down the hall when I heard something weird coming from one of the classrooms. I went to the classroom to see what was going on. When I open the door, I regretted it. In side Harry and Ginny were about to do the tango. Not the dancing type either. The Ginny saw me and her face went as red as her hair. I was pretty sure my face was just as red. Harry was more red than Ginny and I.
"I'm just going to leave," I said as I tried to close the door.
"Slade, wait," Ginny said.
"What?" I asked.
"I want to tell you something," she said.
"Ginny are you sure you want to tell him?" Harry asked.
"Yes, he can keep our secret," she said. Then she turned towards me again. "I feel that we can trust you to keep this a secret. Harry and I are engaged," she said with a huge smile. I really wasn't surprised. I mean when I first saw them together, you could tell that they would get together.
"Wow, Congratulations!" I said. I was happy for them. I have became such good friends with them that I was truly happy for them. They kind of remind me of Lily and James, but they were different too. "Anyway, I'll leave you to alone," I said as I walked out the door.
Later that night at dinner, Harry and Ginny both had huge smiles on their face. Half way through dinner I saw Hermione whispered something to Ginny and Ginny's face lit up and she started to nod her head. I assume that Hermione figured out that Ginny and Harry got engaged. I saw Ginny whisper back to Hermione. She probably telling Hermione to keep it a secret. I saw Hermione nod and she had a small smile on her face.
The rest of the night was pleasant, until I had the nightmare. So to get it off my mind I started wandering the school. I wandered into one of the courtyards and heard some voices. I walked towards the voices when I got near I saw Blaise and a girl. She had long blonde hair and radish earrings. I recently found out her name was Luna Lovegood. Slytherin's called her Loony Lovegood. I noticed that Blaise and her were on a date. I wander back to the Slytherin dorm after thinking that I would have to talk to Blaise about it later.
The next day Blaise and I were walking back to the common room, I bought up what I saw the other day. "Yeah, I've liked her for a very long time. After the war, I realized I really want to be with her. So I found the courage to ask her out about a month ago," Blaise said.
"You two work for each other," I said.
" So have you and Hermione gotten past the friend stage?" Blaise asked.
"Dude, I don't even know if she likes me," I said. After that we walked in silence.
"Do you hear that?" Blaise asked.
"No, what do you hear?" I asked.
"Two people talking, let's see who it is," he said.
"Okay let's go," I said. Blaise led the way towards the sound. We walked until we hit an empty classroom.
"Ginny, what should I do. I like him and want to go out with him, but I don't know if he likes me," we heard Hermione say.
"Just ask him out then. Slade would love to be with you. I wouldn't mind a piece of him," Ginny said.
"Ginny! I'm not going to ask him out. I'm not that type of girl," Hermione said.
"Then show him that your interested," Ginny replied.
"Will you help me?" Hermione asked.
"Of course, I will!" Ginny yelled. After that Blaise and I started to walk back to the common room.
"You know what that means right?" Blaise asked.
"Yeah and luckily Hogmead weekend is next week," I said. Time to start making Hermione mine.
