Chapter 5

The bell rang and while everyone was gathering his or her things, Lavender whispered something to Hermione that made her blush. After Rafael said goodbye to the others, he noticed Hermione walking alone in the halls. Rafael ran towards her and walked besides her waiting for her to talk.

"Good job at your first class with Professor Snape, Rafael." Hermione smiled.

"Thank you. To be honest, I thought he was going to curse my cousin." Remus smiled

He heard Hermione giggled at his joke which made him feel happy inside but he didn't know why. As they were walking in the halls, not talking, Remus would turn to look at Hermione once every minute. Hermione noticed this and thought it was annoying; she didn't like what he was doing if he had something on his why not tell her now!

"Rafael, are you going to talk now or continue staring at me?" asked Hermione.

"Sorry", Hermione heard, "But you look like you had something on your mind about something and-"

"I do." Hermione interrupted Rafael. "I just hoped Remus is alright." She whispered.

"You really like him, don't you?" he asked smiling.

Hermione looked at Rafael, "As a friend, yes."

"What if he was your age?" he asked. He had no idea why he even asked that.

"I don't know." Hermione said, "Maybe I would go on a date with him if he was my age."

Remus felt happiness in him but why? Did he start having a crush on Hermione Granger, the know-it-all? Or did he felt happy that a girl would actually go out with him? Remus shook those thoughts out of his head and continued walking with Hermione. Once they enter, the common room, the two found Sammy and Harry playing chess while Ron was waiting for someone to loss.

"Who's winning?" asked Hermione as she put her books down and sat next to Sammy (Sirius).

"I am," smiled Sammy happily, "Harry is taking a long time to make one move!" he yelled at Harry.

Harry groaned, "I surrender."

Sammy laughed happily and clapped. Hermione couldn't help but laugh at Sammy's silliness. It reminded her of Fred and George. After Hermione was done finishing her homework she decided to change her uniform. As soon as Hermione was done brushing her hair, she noticed the heart-shaped necklace. It was glittering as the sunset was reflecting on it.

Hermione came back down wearing dark jeans, "Abercrombie & Fitch" turquoise fleece, and underneath it is light blue tank top, and tennis shoes. When she came downstairs, she found Ron and Rafael yelling at each other about what move was wrong. The young teen rolled her eyes, she then become aware of Sammy standing outside in the balcony.

"Enjoying the view?" asked Hermione as she walked beside him.

Sammy didn't look at her, "Yes actually."

"I always came here for the breeze." Hermione said, "It always feels good to feel the cold, and yet relaxing breeze be blown around your body."

Sirius stared at the young teen next to him and smiled, he never saw this kind of Hermione back at his place. She usually sits near the fireplace reading or talking with Remus or Ginny. He always thought that Hermione was the kind of girl who takes an interest of books, school, and helping her friends. But this Hermione is different, she isn't the know-it-all girl anymore, but a beautiful girl who thinks and cares about stuff.

Sirius and Hermione looked straight at the sunset and there was silence around them. As the sun was going down, Sirius thought of a fantastic idea.

"Hermione come with me." He blurted out.

Hermione looked up at him, "What?"

He didn't answer her; instead her took her hand and walked past the yelling teenagers outside of the Gryffindor dormitory. Hermione didn't know where she and Sammy where going but was praying that they won't get in trouble.

"Close your eyes." He whispered.

Hermione did and let Sammy lead her wherever they were going. She heard a door close behind them, and hope he didn't take her to something scary or gross.

"You can open your eyes now." He said. She opened her eyes and gasped in shock.

There were inside the Hogwarts garden; flowers were around the whole garden and in the middle was a fountain of an angel spitting water of it's mouth. Hermione sniffed the smell of nature as she exhaled in relaxation. She sat at the edge of the fountain and stared at Sammy for a while. He was staring at the sky above them and noticed that he stared at the skied with a misty expression.

"Do you miss your friends?" he asked wonderingly, not looking at her.

Hermione sighed, "During the summer, I do. I would always worry about their safety especially Harry's, he has been through so much. Why do you ask me this?"

"Because I miss some of my old friends sometimes. You and your friends…. Just remind me of what kind of fun we use to have." Sammy answered.

Hermione was shocked at his answer; he missed his friends back home. Hermione shivered a little, and Sammy noticed this. He walked towards her taking off his jacket and wrapped it around her shoulders.

"Thank you." She said.

"No I should thank you, Hermione Granger." He said. "You have been a great friend ever since Rafael and I arrived. I thought no one would want to hang out with trouble makers." He smiled down at her.

Hermione blushed for a moment when he smiled at her. "He's a charmer and has a great smile", Hermione thought, "No! Do not think about his lips." Hermione looked away from Sammy and look down at her reflection from the water.

Sirius noticed what he just did and smacked his head really hard. He was flirting with Hermione Granger, his godson's best friend! But he always flirted with her but this time…was so different. "What has she done to me?" Sirius thought. He could smell her perfume, strawberry, he actually like it… a lot.

"We should head back." Sirius said interrupting the silence treatment.

Hermione nodded. When they enter the common room, they found no one there just a pile of books and a chess game lying on a desk. Before Hermione could reach the stairs to her dorm, she was about to kiss Sammy on the cheek goodnight but he turned and their lips touched one another.