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Breakup

Hermione was so deeply involved in her work that she didn't notice somebody entering into her office and silently closing the door.

"Good evening, Ms. Granger," A voice whispered in her ear, making her almost jump out of her seat.

She looked back angrily, but all her anger disappeared when her eyes met emerald green eyes of her best friend and boyfriend.

"Harry!" She exclaimed happily, leaping out of her chair in a dash, and hugged Harry tightly. Harry too wrapped his arms around her, and hugged just as fiercely.

Harry pulled back and kissed her on the lips, which soon turned into a passionate snogging session.

"What are you doing here?" Hermione asked once her breathing pace was under control.

"Well, it's time to leave." Harry said looking amused.

"Really?" Hermione said looking astonished. She checked her wristwatch, which confirmed Harry's statement.

"It looks like you lost the track of time, again." Harry commented, trying to keep his face straight. However, looking at Hermione's sheepish expression, he started snickering.

Hermione hit him on the arm to make him stop laughing. "Ok now, enough of that. Let's go." Hermione said collecting her things from the table and putting all the important manuscripts back on their places.

"Where's Annie?" Harry asked as he and Hermione exited the office.

"She left early because of some personal work." Hermione replied as they entered into the lift. Harry simply nodded.

Once they were out of the ministry, Hermione turned towards Harry.

"What are your plans for the night?" She asked.

Harry smiled at Hermione suggestively. "I know what I want to do at night." Harry whispered in her ear, lightly brushing his fingers around Hermione's waist, making her body tremble with pleasure, "But the question is, what you would like to do before that. I would suggest a movie, dinner, and then back to my place for rest of the night." He finished, smiling smugly at the effect he was having on his intelligent girlfriend.

Hermione was dazed for a moment, before she quickly recovered looking at the self-satisfied smile on Harry's face.

"Well, I would have to think about spending any time at your place. You know, tomorrow its Christmas Eve, and I don't want to feel tired when we go to the Burrow for the Christmas Eve party." She said in a mock serious tone, which was immediately caught by Harry, who simply grabbed her around the waist and apparated them straight to his flat. Movie and dinner could wait for another couple of hours.

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"So, how do I look?" Ginny asked her friend and her brother's girlfriend, Jessica, who was standing behind her as she whirled around in her dress, standing in front of the mirror.

Jessica smiled in return. "You are looking beautiful, Ginny. Roger's going to have a hard time keeping his hands off you." She said looking amused.

Ginny and Jessica were at Burrow, getting ready in Ginny's room for Christmas Eve dinner party. Jessica was ready, but Ginny was taking her time to get ready. She was wearing a designer made, off shoulder, violet, knee-length dress, hugging her shapely curves alluringly.

While Jessica was thinking that Ginny was putting so much effort to look beautiful for her boyfriend, Roger, her friend, Ginny, was thinking about someone else, or to be more specific, a certain messy haired man with bright emerald-green eyes.

Just a week back Ginny had found out that Harry and Hermione had been dating for last three months. She just couldn't believe it. Harry had confessed his feelings for her, then why was he dating his best friend. She regretted saying no to Harry when he confessed his feelings for her, but she had no idea what else to do. She had given up on him during her last year at Hogwarts.

His confession, around eight months back, was completely unexpected. Never before, he gave any kind of indication about the existence of his feelings towards her. He had turned her world upside down. Now she was dating Roger, who was very good and loving towards her. She was sure she would have fallen in love with Roger, if her heart had not wanted to be with Harry.

Nevertheless, what confused her more than anything else was that why did Harry start dating Hermione. She was sure that Harry had no feelings towards Hermione during their school days. Sure, they were close, but Ginny was sure that Harry always thought of Hermione as his sister, nothing more, and nothing less.

Was Harry trying to make her jealous by dating with Hermione? Was it some kind of a payback for rejecting his feelings? Was he trying to move on? Did he really have feelings for Hermione? Was he in love with her? Various thoughts had been swirling through Ginny's mind for last one week.

Whatever his reasons were for dating Hermione, tonight Ginny Weasley decided to concentrate on her current boyfriend, Roger Davies and completely ignore Harry Potter, the bane of her existence.

There was a knock on the door and then Molly Weasley, Ginny's mother, came in.

"Are you ready dear? Roger's here along with everyone else." She said.

"Yes mum," Ginny said turning around from the mirror to look at her mother.

"Oh dears, you both look so beautiful." Mrs. Weasley said with a proud smile.

"Mum," They heard a loud voice coming from downstairs.

"Its Ron," Jessica said looking excited, eagerly making her way towards the door. Both Ginny and her mother laughed and followed Jessica out of the room. Ginny gave one last look on her reflection in the mirror, before she walked out of the room.

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As Ginny neared to the bottom of the stairs, she saw Roger coming towards her. He was looking quite handsome. She blushed as almost every eye turned towards her. Room was crowded, she noticed. All her family members were there, including Percy and Charlie. Other than her family, Roger, Harry, Hermione, Hermione's parents, Neville, Luna, Dean, Seamus, Parvati, Padma, Lavender, Prof. McGonagall, Hagrid, Andromeda, Teddy, and some of her other school friends were there as well.

"You are looking beautiful, Ginny." Roger whispered in her ear and kissed her lightly on the lips. Pulling back, he hugged her lightly. Ginny hugged him back with a smile. Her smile faltered when her light brown eyes met a pair of green eyes. Her breath was stuck in her throat as she looked at him as it always did whenever she thought about him. She held his eyes for a moment, before looking away. She thought that she saw something in his eyes. Was it regret, she mused. She quickly quashed the thought and concentrated back on the man in her embrace.

She pulled back from Roger as Mrs. Weasley announced for everyone to move towards backyard.

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Even though Ginny thought that the silent exchange between her and Harry had gone unnoticed, a certain brunette witch, who was also Harry's girlfriend, did saw the exchange.

Hermione felt an uneasiness coming over her when she saw Harry staring at Ginny. She was looking beautiful and almost every young male, who wasn't Ginny's brother or father, was looking at her longingly.

Hermione felt plain in her simple black jumper and blue jeans. She couldn't help but compare herself to Ginny. While Ginny looked graceful, Hermione felt herself to be brash. Hermione wished she had Ginny's beautiful silky red hair instead of her brown bushy mane. She couldn't help but think that Ginny looked exact replica of Harry's mother, Lily Potter, beautiful and elegant.

She felt as though if her heart was being squeezed as illogical thoughts started entering in her logical mind. She had been so happy when she and Harry started to date. Her long lost wish had come true. It was a pure bliss, her relationship with Harry. She had fallen in love with him all over again.

Analyzing the things thoroughly had always been a part of Hermione's personality. And same thing happened in case of her relationship with Harry. Her mind had started analyzing why Harry asked her out. He had confessed to her that he had feelings for Ginny, then what changed. Sure, Ginny said no to him, and Harry's life had been on a downward spiral after that. He was deeply affected by Ginny's rejection.

Sometimes she would think that the only reason he asked her out was that they slept together, and then she would berate herself for thinking like that.

Harry had been very caring since the day they went on their first date. His feelings had been genuine, as Hermione had felt them. However, that minute unseen and ignored glitch in their relationship was there, at least Hermione could see that.

Today was the first time Harry and Ginny had come face to face since Harry and Hermione started dating.

Hermione could feel her insecurities bubbling under the surface. She felt helpless and scared. She feared that Harry still had feelings for Ginny. The way he had been looking at her earlier, with that unreadable expression on his face, Hermione found it difficult to believe that Harry had moved on from Ginny.

"Here's your drink." A voice interrupted Hermione's jumbled thought process.

Hermione looked up to see Harry standing in front of her with two bottles in his hands. She smiled and took the bottle of Butterbeer from his hand. She was sitting in the backyard where guests were gathered.

"Thank you," She said as Harry sat down on an empty chair next to hers.

"What were you thinking? You seemed quite serious." Harry said taking a swig from his bottle of Firewhisky.

"Nothing serious," Hermione said taking a sip of her drink. Harry just snorted in return and looked like he was about to retort. However, he kept quiet.

Even though weather was quite cold, thanks to heating charms, backyard was very warm.

Hermione looked around. Everyone was enjoying. People were chatting, laughing, eating, and dancing. She looked over to where a temporary dance floor was set up. Couples were dancing on the dance floor, and on one side of the floor, a musical band was playing the music. Ron was dancing with Jessica, Bill was with Fleur, Luna was trying to teach some weird dance to poor Neville who was having trouble following her instructions. To Hermione's surprise to see Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were on the dance floor. Mrs. Weasley was blushing furiously at something Mr. Weasley was whispering in her ear as they swayed together.

Hermione put her glass on the table and looked at Harry who was lost in thoughts. Hermione felt a feeling of intense despair wash over her heart as she looked at him. Was he thinking about Ginny? Did he still want to be with her? No matter, how much Hermione tried, she couldn't stop those thoughts from coming into her mind.

Harry looked at her with concerned eyes. "Are you alright Hermione?" He asked worriedly.

"Huh? Oh yes, I am alright." Hermione said with a forced smile. Suddenly she got up from her chair, before Harry could ask her anything else.

"I need to use the bathroom. I'll be back in few minutes." She said and left without waiting for a reply from Harry.

Hermione took a deep breath, once she was inside the bathroom on the first floor. After using the toilet, she stayed there for few minutes. Once she was sure that her feelings were under control, she walked out of the bathroom.

She was going downstairs when she heard voices coming from Ginny's room that was on the first floor.

She silently walked towards the room. Door of the room was slightly open. She peeked inside to see Ginny and Roger having an intense conversation. Ginny was sitting on her bed and Roger was pacing in front of her. She knew it was wrong, but she could not help her curiosity as she tried to eavesdrop on their conversation.

"I don't understand what your problem is, Ginny?" Roger said looking furious, "Why don't you want to move in with me? I love you and you love me. We have been dating long enough to take it to the next level. Then, what is the problem?"

He waited for Ginny to answer, but she looked away from him.

When Ginny did not answer, Roger's shoulders slumped in defeat.

"Why Ginny? Don't you love me anymore?" He asked jadedly.

"I...I am just not ready yet." Ginny said, looking anywhere but at Roger.

"Is it because of Harry Potter?" Roger said unexpectedly.

"What do you mean?" Ginny asked sharply, looking at her boyfriend with narrowed eyes.

"Like you don't know," Roger replied with a derisive laugh.

"What are you trying to imply here, Roger? What does, my not moving in with you, have anything to do with Harry?" Ginny asked looking a bit angry.

Roger chuckled sarcastically. "Do you think I am blind? I saw when you were sneaking glances towards your precious Potter and his girlfriend, when you though nobody was watching. Jealousy was written all over your face." He said irately.

"I know you wish it'd have been you at Hermione's place." He added harshly.

Ginny was speechless as her face turned white.

"I am not jealous of Hermione." She said trying to sound stronger, but failed miserably.

"I think it's over between you and me." Roger said in a detached tone.

Ginny didn't say anything as tears flowed down her eyes.

"I…I am sorry." She whispered looking down at her hands in her lap, "I didn't want to hurt you."

"It doesn't matter anymore." Roger said with a last look at his ex-girlfriend and walked towards the door to leave.

Hermione quickly rushed towards Ron's old bedroom that was situated at the other end of the hall. She hurried into the room and closed the door without making any noise, before Roger came out of the room.

She slumped down against the door and closed her eyes. She had no idea what to think of what she just witnessed. Roger and Ginny were no longer a couple and they had broken up because of Harry. And that meant that Ginny Weasley, for whom Harry Potter had feelings, was once again single.

After some time Hermione heard footsteps going downstairs. She waited for some time and then got out of the room.

When Hermione arrived back in the backyard, she noticed that Ginny was talking to Jessica, looking cheerful and her face looking lovely, without any traces of tears. Roger was nowhere to be seen.

"Hey," A voice said in Hermione's ear. Hermione quickly turned around to find Harry smiling at her. She sighed with relief and returned the smile.

"You know I don't dance. Nevertheless, I have decided to make an exception for you Ms. Granger. So would you like to dance with me?" Harry asked with sham courtesy.

Hermione had to laugh at his antics.

"I'd love to dance with you, Harry." She replied with a sincere smile.

Harry smiled at her and kissed her lightly on the lips. Then he took her hand and led her to the dance floor where some couples were dancing on a slow song. Harry pulled Hermione in his arms and Hermione wrapped her arms around his neck. She felt Harry's on her hair as she rested her head on his shoulder and reveling in the warmth of his gentle embrace.

Hermione closed her eyes as she thought about what she had witnessed earlier and how that would affect her and Harry's relationship. How would Harry react to Ginny and Roger's break up? Would he want to be with Ginny?

She so desperately wanted to ask Harry if he was still in love with Ginny. However, she couldn't bring herself to do that. She was scared of the answer she would receive from him. What if he still loved Ginny? Did she have the strength to let him go if he still loved Ginny?

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