DON'T PRETEND YOU LOVE ME
CHAPTER 22
ONE MORE TRY
The four boys went to the Great Hall; they immediately noticed that there was no one else there besides them. A fact that made Harry feel a little more better because he didn't want other people demanding him to tell the story and being thrown by glares at like almost half the time that happened at him since he went to this school.
"Damn you, Voldemort." he muttered.
Now after six years of preventing the Dark Lord to take over the whole Wizarding world, he faces a new challenge in front of him…. and it was called Love.
"Well, looks like we have the Hall all to ourselves." said Draco.
"No wonder." said Ron sarcastically, "It's passed dinner Malfoy."
Draco looked at him and then turned to his watch. Ron was right; Dinner has ended for about two hours before they had arrived.
"You're right Weasley." said Draco still looking at his watch. He then glared at Harry "Damn you Potter."
"What? Afraid you'll miss bedtime?" Harry asked.
"Can we please eat now? I'm starving." whined Neville.
"What are you yapping about Longbottom? It's not like we're going to be punished by wondering out at this time of night." said Draco irritably.
Harry, Ron and Neville glared at him.
"Okay, not much." said Draco.
Harry, Ron and Neville still stood there glaring at Draco.
"Well, if we do get punished, it certainly be won't be as horrible as the situation we're now because of those bloody women!" he protested.
The three exchanged looks and just left Draco for the Gryffindor table. They all ordered their meals that magically appeared in front of them.
As they ate, they finally engaged to a conversation about their plan.
"Hey Potter, if you don't mind me asking, what are you going to say to Granger?" asked Draco.
"I don't know you all know that I'm not good with women." said Harry.
"Yeah, Cho Chang," said Neville absentmindedly.
"Shut up, Neville." said Harry.
"Potter, Potter, poor naïve little Potter, it's very easy with women see, you just push and pull and hump and pump and…"
"Damn it Malfoy! We're eating here!" snapped Ron.
"I'm not talking about that stuff! I'm talking about how I'm not good talking to women!" yelled Harry "Why do you think I'm still single!"
"Well, if you ask me, I did thought you were gay the first time I met you." said Draco.
"What?"
"Yeah, and Weasley here's your partner." said Draco with air quotes, "I personally think that you were too good for him."
Harry glared at him.
"Sometimes I wonder what goes inside that head of yours, Malfoy" said Harry
"Can someone tell me how we got to the subject of homosexuality?" asked Neville.
"We let Mafoy talk, that's how." said Ron.
Neville looked at Mafoy who playfully winked at him.
Suddenly, the door at the back of the Staff's table burst open. Immediately running out was Sirius who looked like he was running away from death himself.
"Sirius?" said Harry.
Sirius jumped in surprise when he heard Harry call him. He turned around and gave a sigh of relief and shut the door behind him.
"What are you doing here?" asked Ron while Sirius sprinted towards them.
"Good evening, boys." said Sirius innocently as he wiped the sweat off his face. "Say, you four hadn't seen Professor Smith around have you?" he asked nervously.
"Why? Are you looking for him?" teased Ron.
"Ha ha ha ha! You know, that would have been funny if I weren't thinking of STRANGLING YOU RIGHT NOW!" snapped Sirius.
"Calm down, Sirius. Why are you looking for him anyway?" asked Harry.
"I'm not looking for him, I'm hiding from him." said Sirius.
"Playing hard to get, are you."" said Draco.
"No one asked you, you little—"
"Oh, hello Professor Smith," called Draco over Sirius's shoulder.
Sirius gave a shriek of fright as he turned behind but he didn't see anyone there. Next thing he knew, he could hear Malfoy laughing behind him. Sirius glared dangerously at Draco and looked like he was literally going to jump at him and poke his eyes out.
"Sirius, you look tired. Why don't you sit down for a moment and have a Butterbeer with us." said Neville pushing a glass of Butterbeer to Sirius.
Sirius accepted Neville's advice to him and sat down and drank the Butterbeer that Neville offered him.
"So why on earth is he chasing you for?" asked Harry..
Sirius put the glass of Butterbeer down the table and wiped his mouth with his sleeve.
"He's crazy about me! Although... I can't blame him. Look at me, I'm delicious!" said Sirius gesturing to his body.
"And would that suppose to be the after effect of your oh so charismatic personality?" asked Draco sarcastically, Sirius glared at him.
"Ignore the boy with attention deficit disorder, Sirius. It's like a disability with him." said Harry
"Oh." said Sirius.
Draco rolled his eyes at them.
"So you're being chased by a raging homosexual, what are you planning to do?" asked Ron.
"Kill Snape!" said Sirius dangerously.
"Not that we won't support you, but why?" asked Ron.
"The bastard's behind this. I'm sure of it. It's so on like Flobberworms." said Sirius gulping a glass full of Butterbeer.
"Well I guess, but what are you going to do later? You can't sleep at our Dorm anymore. So that means that you have to go back to Snape's room." said Harry.
"God, I'm thinking of so many things to make he's life a living hell that I'm going to ignore Snape, go straight to sleep, and do them all tomorrow morning." said Sirius.
"That's nice, you should write that down somewhere." said Draco.
Sirius ignored him and turned to Harry.
"So, Harry. Do you have any plans for tomorrow night?" asked Sirius grinning at Harry.
"As matter of fact. Yes we do, don't we guys?" Harry turned to the other three.
"I just can't see how's singing a stupid love song out of their wits would be any way to make up with them." said Draco bitterly.
"Really now, it's quite funny because when Lily found out that James stole her diary. We serenaded her too." said Sirius.
"Really?" said Neville.
"What a coincidence." said Ron.
"Yeah, as a matter of fact, we used this book to make a potion so that we can sound like we're not some howling dogs at night. What did Remus say that book's name was? Oh yeah, THE BOOK FOR IMPROVING YOURSELF." said Sirius.
Harry and Ron exchanged looks.
"That's right. Harry. You go get Hermione." said Sirius patting Harry on the back.
"Oh yeah, Potter's really gonna get it. I'm afraid singing romantic melodies to Granger won't be even enough to make her forget the fight you two had." said Draco.
"Really? Harry what are you going to do about it then?" asked Sirius.
"I have no idea, alright. Just leave me alone." said Harry.
"Okay, if you say so." said Ron.
Then suddenly, they heard another set of footsteps that was drawing nearer and nearer towards the Great Hall.
"Someone's coming," said Neville.
"Wait… that smell… that perfume (Sniff) damn! It's him! He's coming!" said Sirius.
"Professor Smith." said Harry.
Then within a blink of an eye, Sirius immediately turned into a big shaggy black dog.
"Hello there you four." greeted Smith.
"Hello Professor Smith." said Harry, Ron and Neville in unison.
"Oh, what a cute little dog." said Smith spotting dog-Sirius hiding under the table. "Come here you." he said in a baby sort of way, the dog growled dangerously at him still hiding under the table.
"What a cute little princess." said Smith with admiration at the dog, Sirius barked at him (As if Sirius was offended being thought to be a girl.)
"Err- Professor, she's not a little princess." said Harry.
"Yes, she's a little prince. What a cutie-AW" cried Draco as Sirius bit him from under the table.
"What are the four of you doing here anyway?" Smith asked suspiciously at them.
"Err- we were just having a good time that's all." said Ron.
"Yes, Professor. Being our last year and everything." said Neville.
Smith's look of suspicion didn't disappear just yet.
"Alright, I'll pretend I didn't see you if you tell me where your Transfiguration teacher is." said Smith.
Harry, Ron and Neville quickly glanced at Draco who was sitting there with ease. He rolled his eyes and turned to Smith
"I think he might be asleep now, Professor." said Draco.
"Right. He has to rest his sexy body of his for tomorrow." said Smith.
"But there's no work- ouch." Ron was unable to continue what he was supposed to say because Neville elbowed him.
"I'll see you tomorrow." said Smith before walking away.
A few moments later, Sirius turned back into his old self again after making sure that Smith would be unable to smell him from a safe distance.
"Why did you elbow me?" Ron asked Neville.
"He bit me, because he thought I was you." Neville replied.
"Sorry about that." said Sirius.
"I better get out of here before he comes back." said Sirius turning into a dog again and running out of the Great Hall.
"This school keeps getting weirder and weirder every year I tell you." said Ron.
"Wait, I hear footsteps again." said Harry.
"Maybe it's Smith again." said Neville.
But Neville was wrong; this time it was Lupin who came rushing out of the door behind the Staff's table.
"Professor Lupin?" said Harry.
"Oh great, here comes another one." said Draco in dismay.
"Harry!" said Lupin who was sweating profusely as well.
"What are you doing here, Professor?" asked Ron.
"Oh, nothing… just wandering around. Say, you guys haven't seen Tonks, have you?" asked Remus.
"No, we haven't." said Harry.
The four immediately saw the relief on Lupin's face.
"Oh good." said Lupin.
"What is it now?" asked Ron.
"She's here looking for me." said Lupin.
"You know, I wonder how that woman gets inside this school." said Draco.
"For Tonks, anything is possible…well if you leave clumsiness behind." said Harry.
"I better go, my guts tell me that she's around." said Lupin dashing out of the entrance hall.
"Do you guys reckon that someone's coming next?" asked Neville.
But before they could answer, someone had once again burst out of the door behind the Staff table. It was Tonks and she's looking as active as ever.
"Wotcher Harry!" called Tonks when she saw them.
"Hey Tonks! err… what are you doing here?" asked Harry pretending that he didn't knew already.
Tonks walked towards them and managed to trip on one of the bench's legs "Ow! Darn it, that hurt. I'm looking for Remus. Have you seen him?" she asked.
"No!" Harry, Ron and Neville quickly answered.
"Oh." said a disappointed Tonks. "Oh well, I'll just look around somewhere else. I'm sure I'll find him." said Tonks cheerfully.
"Well don't let us stop you." said Draco, Tonks said good-bye to them.
"This is some day I'm having. Talking to you three… having a plan to get Luna back with you guys… weird people popping out of nowhere-hell. It feels like home." said Draco.
"So we'll practice tomorrow again won't we?" asked Neville.
"Yeah." said Harry
"How's that potion we're going to use?" asked Draco.
"Oh, it's okay. Even if any of you didn't bother to help it's going quite fine." said Harry, while glaring at Draco.
"I'm glad to help." smiled Draco.
"So Harry, how did you know what Hermione's favorite song was?" asked Ron.
Harry scratched the back of his head.
"Well… err…. Remember when I told you that I'm going to find out what Hermione does at her spare time when she goes to the Library? I followed her all day and she went to this empty room near the Kitchen. She was singing it, again… and again… and again." said Harry who looked like he wished that they would suddenly have short term memory loss.
"I knew she doesn't ALWAYS go to the Library all the time." said Ron.
"Yes, yes Weasley, save us from your brilliance." said Draco.
But even before Ron could answer Draco, someone had entered the entrance hall… again.
"Who's that now?" pointed Neville.
"Oh, for Merlin's sake! Who is it this time!" snarled Draco.
"Bill!" said Harry.
"It seems we're having a men's only party." said Bill beaming at them.
"What are you doing here?" asked Ron.
"I'm looking for Tonks. She ditched me again when I said that I wanted talk to a few more people, next thing I know, I was talking to myself… well, maybe not to myself. When I turned around and there were these strange women standing behind me. I still don't know why they wanted my owl address." said Bill.
"She went that way." said Ron who pointing to where Tonks had went off to. He appeared to want Bill out of there as soon as possible
"I knew it." muttered Bill, he said goodbye to them and went off.
"You know, I think we should go to sleep now, it's getting late, we're almost drunk, and I want to be out of here before someone else comes here… namely Snape." said Harry.
"I can stay, he loves me." said Draco.
The three Gryffindors glared at him.
"Fine! Lets do all the things that you want!" snapped Draco.
They went back to the Gryffindor tower to get some rest for their mission tomorrow night.
They all woke up the next morning only to find their selves late for class. Well… except for one Slytherin.
"Oh no! We're late for Transfiguration!" yelled Ron while hurrying up to get dressed.
"That's the last time I'll ever go to sleep drunk." said Neville busy looking for his notes.
"We're not drunk." said Ron.
"Has anybody seen my Quill?" asked Harry.
"Would you lot shut up?" moaned Draco who was still face-down against his pillow.
"Yeah, you've got a lot to worry about. You don't have any problem playing hooky." said Harry.
"Let's go." said Ron.
Harry, Ron and Neville dashed out of their Dorm room, while Draco waved goodbye from his bed.
"What a bunch of idiots." he muttered.
The three ran as fast as they could to get to class. Neville even tripped and skimmed a few meters on the floor but he got up and kept on running like nothing had happened. When they reached their room, they quickly scanned for Sirius, they didn't see him. They only saw the whole class busy copying things down on the board on their parchment.
Harry saw Hermione looked at them, but when she saw him looking, she quickly turned her back to her parchment; Harry, Ron and Neville took their seats.
"Good thing Sirius still isn't here yet." said Ron to Harry while rummaging on his bag.
"Yeah, I'm glad too." came a different voice.
The three looked up and saw Sirius standing right beside them.
"Detention you three." said Sirius briskly.
After class was over, Harry attempted to talk to Hermione but she already took away. He then stayed behind Ron and Neville to reason with Sirius. After they had finished telling Sirius what they were suppose to do tonight, Sirius had let them off the hook… crying, their story must have touched Sirius, they left him and went to their Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson.
At Dinner at the Great Hall. The three found Draco at the Gryffindor table who appeared to be waiting for them.
"Oy! What happened?" Draco asked Harry as the three sat down to help themselves with some food "You look like someone reached down on your trousers and pulled your unmentionables." said Draco.
"Hermione keeps avoiding me." said Harry gloomily.
"So, does this mean we're not going to continue our plan for later?" asked Ron who filled his plate with mash potatoes.
"No, this only gives me more reason to do it." said Harry straightening up.
"Great, I can't wait." said Neville who was eyeing the four girls at the Ravenclaw table.
"Then what are you lot doing and wasting time, we still have to practice those Muggle thingies." said Draco.
"Hungry are we?" came a familiar voice.
When Harry looked up, it was just his disappointment to see Snape standing there.
"What are you up to, Potter." Snape asked aggressively at Harry.
"We're not doing anything." said Ron.
"That's what you always say." said Snape "My gut instinct tells me you're up to something, Potter. I just know it." said Snape.
Harry glared at Snape, he wanted him to go away so much… so he kicked Draco on the knee.
"Ouch!" yelled Draco.
"What's the matter, Mr. Malfoy?" asked Snape.
Harry glared at Draco and pointed Snape with his eyes.
"Uh… err… nothing Professor, karma." said Draco.
Snape looked suspiciously at him and then caught a glimpse at the staff table.
"Ahh, it looks like Smith and Black's paths had crossed again." said Snape before leaving them.
"That man needs help." muttered Ron.
"Ouch!" yelled Harry.
"Thanks for kicking my knee, Potter." said Draco.
The four finished Dinner and quickly ran off to the Gryffindor tower and to their dorm room. They practiced and practiced until the clock in their room told Harry that it was time.
"Okay guys, it's time." said Harry.
"Hang on, I have to wear something more presentable and sexy than I am now." said Draco.
Harry muttered a spell and all four instruments had vanished.
"Hey, what color do you think would fit me better?" said Draco holding two similar shirts that were also colored black.
"Black." said Ron "Not that it would make a difference." he muttered.
"Shut your mouth, Weasley. You should talk, with that maroon sweater of yours." said Draco.
"My Mum gave it to me! I swear!" said Ron.
"Hey Longbottom, this is an improvement. I like looking at you better when you're dressed up like that." said Draco looking at Neville who was wearing the blue sweater that Mrs. Weasley gave him for Christmas.
The four of them made sure that they looked presentable when the girls see them. All of them wore Mrs. Weasley's sweaters because Neville suggested a theme. They all thought that it would look better if they'd roll up their sleeves, that way, they'd feel more comfortable.
They arrived at the Common room and saw a few people hanging out. Seamus was flirting with Lavender, Dean was busy writing love letters to his girlfriend. (He wouldn't tell anyone what he was really doing, but who was he kidding.) They marched towards the door leading to the Girls Dorm, Harry opened it and they all entered, they arrived at the tricky staircase where it turns into a slide when male tries to go through.
"What now, Harry?" whispered Ron.
This appeared to be an obstacle because of a incident that happened on their fifth year, when they tried to look for Hermione in the girl's dorm. The staircase would turn into a slide, preventing any boys to come up.
"One by one, we can levitate each other up the stairs." said Harry.
Using the levitating charm that Flitwick had taught them long ago, they took turns levitating each other until all four of them were across the stairs. The first was Neville being levitated by Harry, then Ron who swore at Draco because he had levitated him so high up, his head met the ceiling… hard. Harry and Draco followed them.
"Alright, we made it." said Neville in low voice.
"That's Hermione's dorm right there." pointed Harry at the door that said Seventh Years.
"Yeah, I can hear Parvati's voice." said Ron.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's get this show on the road." Draco whispered.
Harry muttered a spell. This time, the instruments had appeared in front of them. They all positioned themselves in front of the Dormitory door. Ron sat at the drums, Neville positioned himself at the keyboard while Harry waited with the bass guitar and Draco with the lead.
"Hang on, we still have to drink the potion." said Harry.
The four of them reached in to their pockets and pulled out little vials that had strange blue liquids, they drank it at the same time.
"Let's rock." said Draco.
Inside the girl's dorm, Hermione, Luna, Ginny and Parvati were having a talk.
"… And then Snape saw Sirius wearing his Michael Jackson collectable hat, I swear, I could see veins on his veins." said Ginny
The girls giggled.
"It's a good thing you're here, Luna. What did you say to Professor Flitwick?" asked Hermione.
"The truth of course, he said that he was feeling a little bit of cheerful so he let me stay here for the night." said Luna.
"Isn't this just fun? Us here?" said Ginny.
"Yep! Hey, Hermione. I've noticed that Harry tried to talk to you all day." said Parvati.
"Really? What happened?" asked Ginny.
"Nothing actually, turns out that she avoided him at all cost. I don't know why really." said Luna.
"How did you know?" asked Hermione.
"We Ravenclaws have many ways of keeping up with the news." said Luna reading a book titled OZ IS REAL: EALLY! Which she hid her head with.
The three girls stared at her.
"Anyway." said Parvati shaking their head "I wonder what they're doing right now."
"Who knows." said Ginny.
"They were acting a bit weirder than usual." said Luna.
"Yeah, but still." said Ginny.
"You miss Neville don't you?" said Hermione.
Ginny blushed slightly "No! … Err… maybe…. Well… okay, maybe a little." said Ginny.
"Makes you imagine doesn't it." said Hermione.
"That they're right behind that door with something on their sleeves." said Hermione.
Suddenly, they heard a sound behind the door of their dorm room. A strange music that none of them except Hermione weren't familiar of.
"What's that sound?" said Ginny.
"It sounds like guitars." said Hermione.
"It's coming from outside." said Luna.
The four of them stood up and went towards the door. When they opened it; they saw Harry, Ron, Neville and Draco were playing instruments right in front of them.
(Harry) "Could be your eyes, could be your smile, could be the way you freed my mind."
(Ron) "Your precious touch, caressed my soul and gave me everything I need.
And now I'm lost, lost forever."
(Draco) "Lost forever."
(Neville) "And you said." (Draco) "This is going nowhere girl."
(Neville) "And you said." (Draco) "I turned my back on."
(Neville) "You said." (Harry) "I'm not the only one for you."
(All four) "Please give me one more try for the sake of our love.
Let's give it one more chance coz I can't give you up.
I can't live one more day without you in my arms.
I can never find another like you."
(Draco) "Could be the lies, could be my pride, could be the days and night so wild."
(Neville) "Could be the times I wasn't there and all the nights we didn't share.
And now you're lost, lost forever."
(Harry) lost forever
(Draco) "You said." (Harry) "This is going nowhere girl."
(Draco) "And you said." (Harry) "I turned my back on."
(Draco) "You said." (Ron) "I'm not the only one for you."
(All four) "Please give me one more try for the sake of our love.
Let's give it one more chance coz I can't give you up.
I can't live one more day without you in my arms.
I can never find another like you."
(Ron) "I can't sleep; I can't live without you by my side."
(Neville) "So cold, so lost without you as my guide."
(Draco) "And you made me realize
I got nothing, nothing without you."
(Harry) Ooooh…
(All four) "Please give it one more try for the sake of our love.
Let's give it one more chance coz I can't give you up."
(Draco) "One more try..."
(All four) "I can't live one more day without you in my arms."
(Ron) "One more chance."
(All four) "I can never find another like you."
(Harry) "Baby give me one more try…"
After Harry and the others had finished, they looked at the girls who were blushing out of control; they didn't even realize that they were all being watched by girls from other years that were rooming near Hermione's dorm. Harry stared at Hermione's face who was right in front of him. She fixated on him as well, a few moments later, Hermione had slammed the door in front of Harry's face.
Draco, Neville and Ron were speechless. And so were Luna, Ginny and Parvati from the other side of the door, but Harry didn't look surprised at all. He laid his guitar down and walked towards the door.
"Hermione! I know you can hear me! Please listen!" yelled Harry.
Draco behind him muttered a spell to make their instruments vanish. He looked at Harry surprised, so were Ron and Neville, and apparently, Ginny, Parvati and Luna are the same.
"I'm really sorry I've put you thought all of this. It's just… I can't convince myself to hide what I feel about you anymore. I- I can't help it Hermione, I'm so in love with you. I tried to ignore it but every time I see you standing there, I fall. You're my best friend, and I'm so scared with the thought of losing you because of what I feel. I know you're scared, Hermione. God knows I am too, but, I just sort of thought that…we-we can give it a chance… we can give us a chance." said Harry.
He stopped after that, desperately waiting for an answer. He thought to himself that this is pointless. Hermione wasn't going to have any feelings for him what so ever, and worst, that she and him wouldn't be able to salvage of what's left of their friendship. Behind his shoulder, Draco, Ron and Neville looked as if they didn't need to hear Luna, Parvati or Ginny. They felt sorry for Harry that they looked like they wanted to get Harry out of there and spare him the humiliation. Harry backed away from the door who appeared to be like the ground he was standing on right now has collapsed and letting him drop to a severe end.
"Well, that's it, Potter." nagged Harry's mind "I hope you're really happy about this. How many times did I tell you not to tell her? But you just have to go with your heart than listen to your brain. You're an idiot, get your ass out of there!"
But when Harry was about to turn around and leave, the door opened. He turned around as his heart stopped when he saw Hermione standing there. He can tell that she was crying from her cheeks that were flushed, her eyes were watery and the napkin she was holding in her hand had told him that she had tried to wipe her tears away, but nevertheless, he thought that she was still as beautiful as ever.
"Hermione-" Harry started, but Hermione cut him off.
"Harry, I- I normally know what to say, but right at this moment I don't know what to tell you. You're right Harry, I am scared, I don't want to lose you as a friend. After all those years we three have been (She looked at Ron who smiled at her), we can't split now… not ever." said Hermione.
Harry smiled at Hermione "Well, at least you have you're friend back." said Harry's mind at him.
"And Harry." said Hermione.
"Oh no," said Harry's' mind.
Hermione's cheeks weren't pink anymore; they had turned into scarlet, which left Harry wondering.
"About the other thing you said." said Hermione, Harry was hanging to her every word "I- I'm not sure how I feel about you yet."
"Oh." said Harry with a half smile.
"But I do think you're right, I think we should go and find out." said Hermione.
For a moment there, Harry thought that someone have been putting him on levitation charm once again because he felt like rising up the air. His heart was beating so fast yet his whole body was numb. He can't move, he can't talk and he can't think of anything but happiness beyond his understanding.
"You do?' said Harry finally getting his self back.
"Yes." said Hermione, Harry smiled at her.
Draco in the meanwhile had stopped gazing at them and went right down to business. He beckoned Luna politely to go on the corner of the room; Neville did the same with Ginny, while Ron was left alone with Parvati.
"Luna." Draco started.
Luna sighed heavily at him "Look here, Draco. It's not your fault that you mixed up a potion that was suppose to be for Hermione. The thing is I don't blame you anymore. So you can go now free to the world that you lived in before that mistake," said Luna who was looking directly at Draco's eyes
"No! Luna… this time it's my turn to talk. You're right, it was an accident, but it was the greatest accident that can happen to a man. When I was in the influence of that potion, it was the first time I ever paid any attention to you, the first time I saw you then was like you were the most beautiful thing I've ever laid my eyes on, and now that the effect of that potion had wore off, I still think you are. Luna please let me be your boyfriend, I'm' madly in love with you, potion or no potion." said Draco directly back at her.
Luna seemed to be trying hard to stop herself from bursting into tears from what Draco had said, it seemed not so like him to say words like that. If she didn't know better, he could have been in the influence of another potion, but she knew that it was true, she rested her head on Draco's left shoulder, Draco smiled and locked her within his arms.
(AN it's getting sappier and sappier doesn't it? Just bear with me here)
Ron remained with Parvati. He was looking for words to say to her that wouldn't cause her to cry again, or worse, hex him.
"Go away." said Parvati with her hands crossed to her chest.
"No." said Ron stubbornly.
"What are you doing here? Haven't you got anyone to talk to? Padma perhaps." said Parvati with a hint of jealousy on he face.
"No." said Ron still.
Parvati rolled her eyes at him.
"Err… you look really pretty tonight." said Ron who didn't sound so sure enough on what he said, but Parvati paid no attention to him "Umm, you know, when it comes down to it, I think you're smarter than your sister."
Parvati gave him a puzzling look "What?" she said.
"You were smart enough to tell me that I'm a total, selfish, arrogant, jerk with a numb brain. Those were your own words right?" said Ron with a slight grin "To tell you the truth, I didn't know what I was feeling for you, but when I saw you crying I realized that I made a big mistake. I should have realized that I-I liked Padma because she looks like you, she's smart and clever, but I wouldn't want that if I can't have you. Would you like to be my date at the Ball?"
Parvati didn't need telling twice, she quickly lunge at Ron and gave him a rib-breaking hug.
"Parv, you're suffocating me," said Ron in difficulty.
Harry smiled at the sight of Ron and Parvati, he looked over and saw Neville and Ginny locking lips near one of the girls four-poster bed, she maybe had forgiven Neville. He turned back to Hermione and smiled at her.
"So." said Harry "Still want to go to the Ball with me?" he asked her.
"Yeah." said Hermione who was beaming back at Harry "I guess I do."
"Cheers Harry, you have done the impossible. After this you should treat yourself with a number of Firewhiskeys, but don't tell Draco! He's addicted to the stuff and might drink them all without telling you." said Harry's mind at him.
"Harry, I think you guys better get going now, not that I don't like what you guys did, but err… men are not allowed in here remember." said Hermoine.
Harry nodded, he quickly grabbed Draco's collar and told Ron that Neville was kissing Ginny; the four of them were now going out to go back to their dorm.
"Goodnight my love." called Draco while being dragged by Harry.
"See you tomorrow, Draco." said Luna.
Parvati gave Ron a quick kiss on the lips before he left the room.
"Hey!" said Ginny warningly at her.
"I'll see you tomorrow too, Hermione." called Harry as he tried to pull back Draco who seemed to have become jealous of Ron and wanting to ask Luna to give him one too.
"Night Harry." said Hermione.
Harry couldn't be happier in his life. It all seemed to be perfect, when they were now walking back to their dorm room. Harry thought of the predictable things that would make his life a bit of a challenge for him in the future, but there's only one thing he can say to that…...
"Bring it on."
A\N Alright. This is one of my favorite songs. It's called One more try by A1. You can check it out on Youtube. Check out the official one and not the cover.
Saki-Hime: Well I did want to write about a smart yet very neurotic type of Hermione. I thought it would be the fun way to go. And about her reaction, I just didn't want to write about a crying wimpy girl. I think Hermione's suppose to be stronger than that, at least the one in my story.
Miss Hermione Granger 1995: Thank you very much. I'm going to try.
JazzGirl123: Oh wow, you reviewed every chapter! Thanks you so much. You brought my reviews closer to the 100 mark. I love your comments. Is your BFF still going out with you guy friend? I just saw Deathly Hallows at the 18th and it was great. There IS a kiss between Harry and Hermione. I can't wait for the AMV's in you tube to come out. There's going to be a lot of moments between them. Harry Hermione forever!