Jane kept running until she reached the house she was staying at. ` Why did I run away? I'm such an idiot sometimes!' she thought as she opened the door to be greeted by Cork.
" I know you wanted to come see him too, next time you will. I promise." She said as she bent down to pet the dog. " This is getting too hard, Cork, I don't know how much longer I can put up with this. I hate having to lie to Harry." Jane said and she marched into the kitchen for some tea. " Hi mum, I'm back."
" Hi dear, how was the park and Harry?"
" Oh umm, it was okay. It's getting too hard mum! I don't know how much longer I can do this." Jane said sitting down next to her mum.
" I know dear, just a few more weeks and it will be over."
Jane sighed, " I know, I just wish I could tell him. You should have seen how he looked last night; he really wanted to talk to his friends not some strange girl he met in the park. He keeps saying I look like Hermione too, and then he figured out who else I look like, his mum. "
Jane's mum wrapped her daughter in a hug. " This can't be easy for you dear, and I am sorry for that. But you are doing a good thing, if Dumbledore thinks this will help Harry open up to someone then you just have to go along with this."
" I know mum, it's just so hard. When I found him at the park he looked so sad. He said he had a dream today. He looked so upset! I just wanted to give him a hug and tell him that I was here for him, but I couldn't! I tried to get him to tell me, but he wouldn't. He wanted to get to know me! He already knows me! I hate this!" Jane said running out of the kitchen and up to her room.
"I know it's hard dear, it will get easier Hermione.," her mum said
(A/N: I am going to continue calling Hermione Jane until they are both back at headquarters. I think that will make things easier)
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A few days passed and Harry had not seen Jane since she ran away form him at the park. ` I should have kept my big mouth shut! Why do I always say the wrong thing to girls!' Harry thought as he made his way to the park. ` Ron even thought I was an idiot for saying that.' Harry made his way around the parking hoping for any sign of Jane. Then he heard her.
" CORK! Where are you?! CORK!" Harry made his way to her voice " CORK!" she yelled again
" Jane?" Harry said Jane turned and looked at him.
" Oh hi Harry."
" Is everything okay? You look scared or something"
" It's Cork, he's ran off."
" Do you want some help looking for him?"
" You don't have to, I'm sure you have other things to do."
" No I don't. Let me help please."
Jane sighed " okay."
" CORK!" They both began to yell " CORK!"
Harry looked over at Jane to see tears beginning to form in her eyes. " It's okay Jane we will find him. Please don't cry."
" I just hope he is okay. He is not use to these areas."
" It's going to be okay, he'll turn up. I'm good at finding things." Harry smiled at her.
" Are you sure we will find him?"
Harry looked around and spotted and large furry object running towards him " Yes I am." he said pointed towards the now clear dog.
" CORK!" Jane said, " Where have you been! Don't run off again!" Jane said crouching down to greet her dog. Cork began barking widely and knocked Jane over. " Cork! Get off of me! You have no manners! You're impossible!" Harry began to laugh at the sight of Jane and Cork rolling around on the ground. " Harry could you help me please!"
" Oh I don't know, I'm kind of enjoying the sight." He said laughing
" Harry, please!"
" Okay." Harry began walking away form the girl and her dog "Cork, come here." Cork looked up from on top of Jane and began barking and running towards Harry. "Good boy!" Harry said " Stay" Harry commanded and Cork stopped in his tracks " Sit" Cork dropped his read end on the ground. Jane got up from the ground and made her way over to Harry and Cork.
"How did you get him to do that? He never listens to me."
" I don't know, I guess I know how to handle dogs."
" Well that's good to know, I should be going. Thanks for your help"
" Jane wait. I need to apologize for the other day. I didn't mean to upset you. I don't always think things out before I speak."
" It's okay. It's not everyday you get told you look like someone's best friend and their mum. I just didn't expect that. I shouldn't have run away."
" Are you sure you're okay? I am really sorry for what I said."
" It's okay, really Harry. I know you didn't mean anything by it. I just didn't expect you to say that."
" I know. Again I am very sorry."
" Don't worry about it. But I should get going."
" Can I walk you home?"
" You don't have to."
" I know, but I want to."
"Well if you really want to you can. Come on Cork, Harry's walking us home tonight." Cork barked happily and started off toward Jane's house letting Jane and Harry stay behind.
"So where have you been the last couple days? I haven't seen you around." Harry asked
"Oh, umm I was visiting some friends for a few days. Why? Did you miss me?" Jane asked in a joking manor
"Actually I did. I don't have anyone to talk to around here. It makes time go by faster when you have someone to talk to and stuff."
Jane blushed "I didn't expect you to miss me, we have only talked a few times."
" I know. It's weird, but I feel like I already know you. I don't know if it's because you look so much like people I know or what it is, but I like talking to you."
Jane blushed even more. "I kind of feel the same way, well that is I like talking to you. I don't know anyone around here either and its makes time go by faster." Jane smiled
"When are you leaving?"
"Oh, umm I think on the 30th or 31st. What about you?"
"I am not sure yet, hopefully around the same time, I don't want to be here on my birthday."
" When is your birthday?"
" July 31. Hopefully I will get to stay with Ron and Hermione."
" Well then we both have about two weeks before we leave."
" Well, I don't know if I will be leaving then. I just hope I will. It depends on what Ron's parents say. They are kind of in charge of me now."
" I thought you lived with your Aunt and Uncle?"
" I do. I have to stay with them because my mum and dad wanted me to, but they don't really care about me. I just found out the Ron's parents are my new guardians." Harry and Jane stopped walking and stood in front of her house.
"Are you happy about them being your guardians?"
" Oh yeah. They are the greatest people. They welcomed me into their home when they didn't even know me. They made me feel like part of their family from the moment I met them."
"Well that's wonderful. I'm glad you have people that make you feel welcome."
"Yea, I really do appreciate it. Since Sirius isn't here anymore, they are the perfect replacement."
" Who is Sirius?"
" Oh, He was... is my Godfather."
" I see." Jane said nodding " I should be going, it's getting late and I don't want my mum to get worried."
" Yeah it is getting pretty late, I should go too. I am glad we ran into each other tonight."
" Me too. I will see you tomorrow?"
" Sounds good. Good night Jane."
" Good night Harry." Jane opened the door and walked in to her house leaving Harry alone.
Another week went by and Harry and Jane spent most nights together at the park talking. Harry felt so comfortable around her. He looked forward to the nights at the park with Jane. For the first time since he got here, Harry was enjoying staying with his Aunt and Uncle. Jane on the other hand was having a hard time dealing with her secret. It was the middle of the afternoon and Jane decided to walk around the neighborhood and see if she could find where Harry lived. As she walked around the neighborhood she reflected on the last week and what they had talked about. Harry mostly talked, that is how Jane liked it. He talked about his godfather, his new guardians, his two best friends, and school. Jane was amazed how much Harry talked about his friends. How his face would light up when he told her about the times they have gotten in trouble or the arguments they got in to. It was hard for Jane to not say "You remember the time when we..." She wanted to badly to tell him who she really was and why she was pretending to be someone else, but she couldn't. She promised Dumbledore she wouldn't tell until they were back at school. Jane continued walking until she saw a large white owl flying in the sky.
"Hedwig!" Jane said. The bird seamed to know who Jane was and flew down to her with a letter addressed to her (Hermione) tied around her foot. "Thank you Hedwig, you better get back to Harry now." Jane petted Hedwig who cooed and gave her an odd look. " I know I don't look like myself, but I will soon." Hedwig then flew off towards the house she was standing in front of. Jane stuffed the letter in her back pocket. "Oh my! This must be where he has been staying" she said and made he way up the walk to knock on the door.
" Boy get the door!" an angry male voice yelled from within the house
"Yes sir" Harry said Harry opened the door and was shocked.
"Jane what are you doing here? You really shouldn't have come here, how did you know where I live?"
" I'm sorry Harry. I umm... followed you home one night. I wanted to know where you live. I'm sorry."
" It's okay. I've never had a visitor before."
" Really?"
" Boy who's there? It better not be one of your freaky friends from school!"
" It's no one from school, just a girl I met at the park. I'm going out for a while. I don't know when I'll be back."
" We want dinner at 6!"
" Well if I'm not here than someone else will have to make it."
" What did you say boy! You better not have just told me to make my own meal!"
" Maybe I should write to Sirius before I leave, I am sure he would like to know how I am."
" FINE!" his uncle said.
" Come on Jane, lets get out of here."
" Is he always that way?"
" Ya, you get used to it after awhile."
" That's horrible, how can you put up with it?"
" I manage. I use to not be able to leave the house, but Sirius fixed that for me."
" But don't they know he's not around?"
" No. I thought it would be better to keep that to myself."
" That's not healthy."
" I know. There is no use on telling them. They wouldn't care."
" That's horrible!"
" It's okay really. I only have five more days here. I just found out from Ron today that they are picking me up on the 29th! I can't wait."
" That's great Harry! I will miss you."
" So will I. But we still have five days to hang out."
" Well actually four. I am leaving on the 28th. I have to leave early. Riley is intent that I met him that day for something. He's being kind of odd." Harry and Jane began to walk to the park in silence until they reached the park.
"Umm Jane?"
" Yes Harry."
" Umm, could I write you while we are at school?"
" Oh, I don't know. My school is really strict on post from anyone beside your family."
" Oh, I see" Harry said looking down at the ground and kicking a few pebbles.
"It's not that I don't want you to write me, I would love it if you would, but my school won't allow it. They are very strict."
" Oh, okay, I don't want to get you in trouble."
" Harry can I ask you something?"
" Sure."
"A few weeks ago when you said that I looked like your mum and Hermione, umm did you really mean it? I mean do I really look like them?"
Harry looked at her for a few minutes. "Yes. It's really weird."
" How do I look like them?"
"Oh well, Hermione has bushy brown hair and my mum and red curly hair, and well your hair is kind wavy that looks brown one minute and red the next. Hermione has these big brown eyes and my mum had eyes like mine, and well your are brown with flecks of green. You have the same body type as Hermione, but you have my mum's smile and nose. Sometimes when I am talking to you I feel like I am talking to Hermione. It's really a bazaar."
Jane began to blush and a huge smile came across her face. "I would love to see a picture of these two women."
" Really? I have a few pictures of them in my wallet." Harry said, he was thankful he charmed his pictures in his wallet to not move. Incase the Durlsey took his wallet, or it fell out of his pocket.
" Can I see them?"
"Sure." Harry reached in his pocket and took out his wallet and opened it to show Jane the pictures. "This one is my Mum and Dad on there wedding day. That's Sirius next to them."
"Oh she is beautiful! You look just like your dad, but you have your mum's eyes."
" That's what everyone says." Harry turned to the next picture. "This is Ron and his family"
"Wow! There sure are a lot of them!" Harry laughed. "I know, it's crazy at their house. It must have been great growing up there, always having someone to play with. I wish I had that."
"Me too. I don't like being an only child."
Harry turned to the next picture. "This is Hermione." It was a picture of just her smiling right into the camera. It was at the Yule ball during the fourth year.
"Oh wow, she looks beautiful." ` Where did he get that picture! I don't remember that one being taken' Jane thought
"She is beautiful. I like her better when she isn't all made up. Like this one." Harry turned to the next picture of Hermione sitting on the grass under a big tree reading a book. Jane gasped. ` Where did he get that one? Did he just say I was beautiful?'
" What's wrong Jane?"
" Oh nothing, but you are right, I do look like your mum and her. Did she know you took that picture? She doesn't look aware of it"
" No I don't think she does. A boy at school Colin took it. He always has a camera with him. He thought I would like it so he gave it to me."
" Why would he think that?"
" I'm not really sure. I guess because we are such good friends."
" Makes sense, I have people giving me picture of Riley and Jimmy all the time." Jane smiled and thought of her photo album full of pictures of Jimmy that Collin had gave to her.
"Are there any more?"
"Just one more." Harry turned the to the next picture of him, Sirius, Ron and Hermione. They all had huge smiles on their faces. Sirius had his arms around Harry while Harry was looking at Hermione and laughing. Ron's face was bright red and looked like he was laughing. Hermione was looking at Harry with a huge grin on her face. " This one is at Sirius's place last summer the night before we all left for school. Ron's brothers were telling embarrassing stories about him and we where all laughing. He always turns red when he is upset, embarrassed, confused, and even hungry! That was a fun night."
Jane smiled " It looks like it was." `That was such a fun night, I wish I could talk more about it with Harry. God I hate lying to him! Four more days and I will be to my old self and then I can tell him.'
" I'm getting hungry" Jane said
"Ya, me too. I should get going. Maybe I will get some dinner tonight, unless Dudley ate it all."
"Ya I guess I should be going too. I will see you tomorrow Harry. Thanks for showing me the pictures."
" You're welcome." Jane got up from the bench not noticing that the letter from Harry had fell out of her pocket and began walking home. Harry noticed something fell out of her pocket and called after her.
" Jane you dropped something!" but she didn't hear, she was to far away. "Oh well I will just give it to her tomorrow." Harry turned the paper over and gasped "Why does she have the letter I sent Hermione?"
Thank you for all the reviews!!! I loved them all! So now you all know who Jane is, and it should go with out saying who Jimmy and Riley are. Again thank you all for reading and reviewing!!
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