One Lover's Love
Authores Note- I already mentioned that Cedric didnt die!!!
Chapter Two- Don't Turn Your Back
Running into the corridor, Harry didn't know which way she went, but heard rapid footsteps coming from the distant,
but fading away. He went bolting in that direction, passing the dim lanterns hoping they would help him see her. Harry
ran past Myrtle's bathroom, but then stopped and went back. Muffled cries were coming from inside and for once, it
wasn't Moaning Myrtle.
The door creaked as he pushed it open. Harry knew that bathroom all too well. It was dark except for the moonlight
coming from the window in the U-bend.
" Hermione?" he could hear her crying, but wasn't sure which stall she was in.
" Go away" she whispered harshly.
The fourth stall, Harry approched it, " Hermione, it's only me".
" Harry?" she breathed.
He placed his hand on the wooden door, " yeah" he said soothingly.
The lock unlatched and the door slid open. With what little light there was, he could see her sitting there, all curled
up and crying. " Did he make you come?".
" No" Harry sat in front of her, " are you alright? What happened?".
Hermione ran a hand under her eye, then wiped it on her blue satin dress. " We had a fight, what else is
new".
" I'm sorry".
She shook her head, " just get out of here before- he finds us" she acted very alert.
He held her wrist, " it's okay'' suddenly, her name echoed throughout the corridor, Seamus. "
He's probably coming to apologize and-".
" No" Hermione slid against the floor, edging away from the door, " no, he can't find us. He's
mad" she rambled on, " he's mad, because I left, I made him look a fool by running away".
" Hermione-" he stopped when the foor leading into the bathroom once again opened.
Hermione clung tightly onto Harry as Seamus's calling voice surrounded them. He obviously knew she didn't want
to be found, he didn't know why exactly. Wrapping his arms around her, hoping to try and calm her coarse breathing.
As Seamus approched the stall they were in, Hermione buried her head in the nape of Harry's neck, clutching his
back even tighter. He could easily feel her pounding heart.
Their breathing, their hearbeats, and time stopped that very second. Seamus stood outside their stall for an eternity,
when really it was only a few seconds before he took a guess that she wasn't there and left. The two hideouts
remianed completly still until they were sure he was gone.
Hermione sighed with extreme relief and loosened her grip, " thank you".
" Hermione, you're really scaring me, what's going on?".
She glanced at Harry but then looked away, " I-I just don't want to deal with him right now".
" Would it had been so bad if he found you?".
Hermione weakly nodded, " yes".
Harry then had a sudden suspicion about one of his roommates, " Herm, he wouldn't, hurt you, would
he?".
She stood and pulled the stall door open, " I'm going back to the tower, thanks Harry".
He wasn't ready to let her get away that easily, " Hermione, please, just tell me what's going on. I
promise, you can trust me".
Hermione shrugged, " Seamus doesn't like it when I do this to him. I have a headache and I don't feel like
fighting with him".
Harry made her think that he believed that she said, but he didn't even in the slighest bit. The only thing
Hermione Granger was bad at, was telling a lie. If something was going on, and Hermione wouldn't tell, maybe Seamus
would.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The ball was still in progress, the common room was bound to be empty. All except for Seamus, who was sitting by the
fire, but jumped when Harry walked in.
" Harry! Have you seen Hermione?".
He knew damn well she was walking behind him with the indivisiblity cloak, " no" he waited until he faintly
heard a door closing upstairs, " why?".
" She's my girlfriend, do I need a reason?" Seamus asked coldly.
Harry shrugged, " guess not", speaking of girlfriends. As he turned towards the portrait hole, " hey
Seamus, be nice to her- I mean it".
Unfortunatly, he had been too far away at the time to run back at Hermione's screams.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The next morning, Harry had breakfast at the Ravenclaw table, therefore did not notice Hermione wasn't there. Cho,
who was pleased about his sudden departure the night before, made sure he didn't move even an inch away from her.
There was something tapping on his back, he turned around.
It was Ginny Weasley, who was now in her fifth year and hadn't changed a bit. Shy and silent, if it wasn't for
her flaming red hair, people may not notice she was there sometimes.
" Hey Ginny" he smiled. Over the years, Harry ignored Ron's constant reminders that she had a crush on
him, but always made attempts to brighten her up.
There didn't seem for any possiblites now. Ginny motioned for him to come closer, he leaned back. Cho only saw the
whisper, the drained look on his face, but didn't hear a word. He sat up again and glared at Cho.
" Ginny's having trouble getting into the common room, I'll be right back".
That was a lie and she knew it. Why would he look so- dull and leave just to give a simple password? Ginny wasn't
like Neville and a bad memory. Still, she tried to forget it after they ran from the Great Hall.
Harry ran ahead of Ginny the distance to the common room, screamed ' pine sap' and ran inside. He stopped dead
in his tracks, nearly falling over from the speed he was running. Alone, hidden in the shadows, Hermione sat curled up,
her face buried in her knees. Harry inched closer, without breathing, without blinking.
He crouched next to her, " Hermione?" he said softly.
The sight of her face when she looked up, could have made Harry's heart stop beating.