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It had been a little over a week since Hermione Granger had woken up from the 'magical coma' as she had taken to calling the incident and physically she was doing perfectly according to Madam Pomfrey and Dumbledore, but mentally she was about ready to snap which was saying a lot considering it took a lot for the muggle born to lose her temper. She understood that her boyfriend, friends, and teachers were only concerned for her health, but she felt as if she could not get a moments as constantly with her asking if she were alright and watching her as if they expected her to have nervous breakdown or something. She understood their concern and knew that if she were in their positions her behavior would be the same and yet she was not in their position and so Hermione felt she had a right to feel the way she did.

"There is a Quiddich came this afternoon and I promised someone I would be at the game so Luna is going to take over until dinner and then Cedric said he will be finished with his work for the day and will take the night watch." Ginny was sitting on the couch in the common room with her feet tucked up underneath her as she looked over the sports section of the Daily Prophet. "I would invite you to tag along, but I know you don't like to go unless Gryffindor is playing and since they are not, I knew you would most likely decline my offer."

Hermione sighed and tried to smile politely as her friend glanced her way. "You know me well Ginny. You know, I can look after myself. It;s not as if I am going to do something reckless or stupid."

"Nobody said you were." The redhead countered quickly. "We all know how capable you are of taking care of yourself, but the point is we are not staying with you because we think you are weak, rather because we care about you Hermione; you are our family and we protect and look after our family. You would do the same thing for any of us and you know it. Besides, if something happened to you on my watch, even if it were just a paper cut, Cedric would kill me as would Harry and I happen to like my life so you are just going to have to grin and bear it until Dumbledore can figure out a way to stop it all."

The genius Gryffindor rolled her eyes slightly. "Ginny, I don't want you to take this the wrong way, but honestly, if it is Voldermort doing this like Dumbledore thinks, what change do you, myself, or any of the others really have against him if he decides to show up here? Dumbledore has a true chance of defeating him and Harry seems to be lucky whenever he is around, but in reality the rest of us wouldn't stand a chance and you should not be here putting your life at risk for me."

Ginny twisted around in her seat so she wouldn't have to keep craning her neck. "It really isn't up to you what I decide to do with my life Hermione. I am old enough to make my own choices and this is not the first time I have faced off with 'you know who' remember? This is my choice Mione and you don't have to like it, but you bloody well need to respect it. What I am doing for you is no different than what you do for Harry whenever he is in danger so if you can do it then I can as well."

"Nothing I say is going to change your mind is it?" She questioned knowing the answer already. When her friend nodded she decided it was about time to change the subject since the current topic wasn't going anywhere and she already had a small headache from the stress of everything going on lately. "You mentioned that you promised someone you would go to the game this afternoon. Is it safe for me to assume this someone is a guy?"

Ginny turned bright red and quickly averted her eyes. "It might be a guy, but what does that matter? I go to all the Gryffindor games and you're not making a big deal about that."

"Who says I am making a big deal about this?" Hermione shot back with a smirk resting on her lips. "I just find it mighty interesting that you turned the color of pumpkin juice when I mentioned it and the fact you are unwilling to tell me who asked you go tells me my hunch was right and it indeed is a guy. Considering you have never been shy about telling me about all the guys in your life before, that means you afraid I won't understand once I find out who it is. I will find out eventually you know and probably soon considering I spend a lot of my time around you. Come on Gin, I need a book from the library and on the way you can tell me all about your mystery man. Goodness knows it will be nice to focus on someone else for a little while."

The younger girl nodded and stood up in order to help Hermione remove the books from her lap. "Sometimes I think you should have been put in Slytherin because you are enjoying my embarrassment way more than you probably should. I sure hope that Cedric knows what he has gotten himself in to; I hope he knows you are a lot to handle and coming from me that means a lot considering Fred and George are my brothers. Maybe if you stop grumbling all the time about never having a moment to yourself, I will tell all about this mystery man, it's called a compromise Hermione, you stop griping and I will spill the beans."

TBC...

AN: I know this chapter was short and lacked Cedric, but I wanted to do some Hermione and Ginny friendship stuff considering I don't do it a lot in my stories and I wanted to give it a try. Oh, Monday I am traveling to see my doctor and I am not sure when I will be back, but hopefully a day or two unless they need to do something. Anyways, I will try to post again sometime when I get back.

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