Harry Potter and the Blood Risen Moon (Completed)

Chapter 11: Morning

The sun rose only a few hours later. Of course Harry was out cold when Hermione woke. She yawned and stretched, slowly pulling herself from bed. If her brain had been awake she would have stayed under the sheets not wanting to face the cold cruel world. She slipped from the bed and stepped on something hard, which grunted in turn. She fully woke up as she was flipped onto her back with a growling Harry on top of her. Apparently he didn't like being woken by having someone step on him, hard.

As he fully woke up as well he realized he had Hermione pinned beneath him. He rolled over embarrassed, his cheeks a solid red. "I'm sorry Harry, I didn't know you were down there." Hermione said getting to her feet and running her fingers through her hair in an attempt to fix it. Harry shrugged getting to his feet as well.

"My fault for sleeping there. Don't worry no harm done." He said working out a sore muscle in his shoulder. He hoped his face still wasn't beat red. Of course thinking about the compromising position they were just in didn't help his train of thought either. He was definitely attracted to Hermione Granger. His timing couldn't be worse. She just got out of a long relationship with a lot of issues.

"Doubt I could do much damage to a werewolf. That is what you are, right?" She asked not making eye contact. This was the moment of truth. Would she accept him as a beast and not her same old Harry Potter? He motioned for her to sit on the bed while he took the chair he sat in previously last night. She sat with a little shake in her hands. Could she handle the truth about what had happened to Harry?

"Yes I am a werewolf. The night we went after the amulet and the werewolf attacked us. After I forced you to leave I was…well…poisoned, I guess you could say." Harry explained watching her reaction. It was understanding, but he could see the wheels turning.

"You were only clawed, not bitten." She said drawing Harry's attention to the details. It was true, he hadn't been bitten. However the poison is transferred through the saliva, and the werewolf had slobbered all over him. It'd only be reasonable that some had entered his open wounds.

He explained this to her which she agreed is probably what had happened after all. Then he went to tell her the news about Draco's father and the conclusion they'd come to. Hermione thought for a while and came to the same conclusion as well. Someone like Tonks was walking around as Lucius Malfoy.

Of course the conversation turned to Ron. Harry told her everything Ron said which only made her even more mad. He listened to her rant and rave on and on about how she despises him. Harry could only hope he'd get to watch her unless whatever spells she was planning. Obviously she wasn't going to be done being mad at him for awhile.

"What did you say to him?" She asked gathering her breath.

"I told him that I forgive him for doing what he did to get back at me. However he had to apologize to you and until you forgave him I wasn't going to be his friend. I choose your side." Harry said.

Hermione looked at him like he had two heads. "Harry, Ron is your best friend. I'd understand if you stayed neutral in this matter." She said waiting for him to reveal why he'd picked her.

"Hermione, what Ron did was wrong, really wrong. I could never condole what he did and I wont. Besides Ron deserves the dog house. However I've been around a long time and I've seen some of the worst things possible. This is not the worst, or the best of bad things to happen to good people. People like you who deserve to be treated like the angels you are." Harry said which caused Hermione to blush until she realized he paid her complement to her as if he had deep feelings for her.

"Harry." She started before he cut her off.

"Hermione, you kept me going all those years I was in hell. The thought of you kept me strong. I forgot who I was long before I forgot you. I fought to find my way back to you." He rubbed his hand through his hair and cursed under his breath. He walked over to the window and looked out into the still ruffed up street. He hadn't meant to confess his feelings for Hermione in anyway.

She looked at him in shock, unable to fully process what he said. "Harry?" was all she managed to choke out.

"Forget I said anything. Your dealing with the heartless piece of crap right now. You don't need your best friend confessing his profound love to you right now. Forgive me." He said still looking out the window, afraid of what she would say. After all she just found out Ron had been cheating on her for their entire relationship and that she had only been a trophy girlfriend and that to top it all off Harry wasn't even human anymore. Not like that should matter anyway, she still cared for him as she always did.

A knock came at the door and Ron stepped in. His impeccable timing as always. "Hermione I came to apologize." he said looking like a wounded puppy. Before he had time to react she sent a hex his way. His face broke out in sores causing Ron some pain.

"I don't want to see your face or hear your voice right now you worthless pig." She screamed sending another hex his way. Before he could react he was being attacked by miniature flying pigs which ended up chasing him out of the room and down the hallway. "Worthless jerk."

Harry heard Luna begin to make her way down the hallway till Ron ran past. "I guess now wouldn't be the time." Harry chuckled as he heard her turn and go the other way.

"Nicely done." Harry said with a smile. Hermione smiled back and curled back into bed. "With that taken care of how about breakfast?" He asked. She nodded and he made his way downstairs to cook her breakfast in bed. Maybe after time things would get back to normal, but for now he'd take what he could get.