My Head On Your Shoulder

Part 4

The next morning....

It's time for the one thing I'm dreading the most....quidditch tryouts. I flew down to the field with Ginny at my side to see a group of people messing around with their brooms.

"Attention! I'm gonna be putting you all through a series of tests" I yelled to the group immediately catching there attention

I looked over to see Hermione in the stands, she waves to me and then looks over to Ron. I know Ron wants to be keeper but so does Cormac. Cormac is kinda a jerk....a jerk who likes to flirt with a lot of girls. Ron says he has his eyes on Hermione, so I really hope Ron makes the team.

First Ron and Cormac flew over to their positions. It finally began as one of the chasers was racing around the field. She threw the quaffle towards Cormac and he instantly blocked it, he is really good.

Next is Ron. As the ball comes towards him he blocks it....not as well but still, though he nearly flies off his broom.

"Come on Ron" I said quietly to myself

Suddenly Cormac's broom moved out of the way completely missing the quaffle. At first I'm surprised but then i noticed Hermione over in the stands whispering something to herself, she must be messing with his broom. Nice job Hermione. Well now I know who isn't the new keeper.

Back in the common room....

Hermione's pov

"I thought I was going to miss that last one. I hope Cormac isn't too upset, you know he fancies you Hermione" Ron says as we are sitting near the fire

I glanced over at Harry who looks utterly disgusted. Cormac is not at all attractive, I like Harry or even Ron is better than he is. Why would he be interested in me anyway?

"He's terrible" I tell them before continuing to read my newspaper

"Have you ever heard of the spell...." Harry began to ask

"Harry you need to turn that book in" I tell Harry not caring what new spell he learned out of that book he always has.

"No he shouldn't. He is even doing better than you are. You are just jealous that he is Slughorn's favorite" Ron says, i tried my best not to hit him for that comment

"Who's book is that anyways. Let's see" I reached for the book but he easily pulls it out of my reach.

I stood up to grab it but he doesn't let me have it. I saw Ginny grab it out of his hands and began to look through it. I walked over and began to read what was on the back of the cover.

"Who is the half blood prince?" I ask Harry

He refuses to answer. He takes one last look at me before walking away, not before taking the book out of my hands that is. How rude! All I wanted to know was who he was, that wasn't too much to ask of.

The next morning....

Harry's pov

I have been up most of the night thinking about who the half blood prince could actually be. Maybe it was someone from years ago....I don't even know. I quickly got dressed and went down to the common room.

I walked down to see Hermione was awake and reading a book on the couch. I was a little nervous, i hope she wasn't mad about last night. I knew if she had the book she would have taken it from me and forced me to give it back.

"Hey Hermione"

"Harry" She says not looking up from her book

"Are you mad at me for last night?" I asked nervously as i approached her

"I don't know what you're talking about" I know enough about girls to know that she really is upset when she says that

"Hermione. I'm sorry, but for once I am doing well in a class. I haven't needed any help....i really need the book. The professors finally see me as a brilliant wizard. Did you hear Slughorn, he thinks I'm as brilliant of my mother....it means a lot to hear someone say that"

"It's just....you didn't even tell me anything out of that book. And I think that you could be a brilliant if you really put effort in that class" She says sadly as she places the book beside her

"I know please don't be mad" I asked taking a seat next to her

"I'm not" She says smiling slightly

"Liar. Don't be mad" I started poking her sides causing her to start giggling, she then hits me in the shoulder.

"Oi!"

"Stop! We are not doing this again" She says laughing

"Then don't be mad" I tell her crossing my arms across my chest

"Harry. You need to realize that you could never make me mad. I will always forgive you" She says in all seriousness

"Same to you. Now do you want to wait for Ron or go to breakfast early?" I ask her

"Breakfast definitely" She grabs my hand and we walked out of the common room and towards the great hall

We took a seat and began eating when I see Cormac walk over to us.

"Hey potter, you know you made a mistake picking that weasel for the team. I'm much better and you know it"

"Thanks for telling me that. Is that why you walked over here?" I asked really not caring about anything that he had to say

"No. I wanted to talk to your friend over here. Hermione right?"

"Yeah....why?" She asks surprised

"Can I talk to you for a second?" He asks, she looks at me for a second before deciding

"I don't see why not" Once he walks away I grabbed her hand hoping to avoid her from going over there.

"Hermione? What are you doing?"

"Don't worry I got this Harry" She says before walking over towards his table

Just then Ron walks over and takes a seat. He notices me staring over at those two, he looks shocked.

"What is she doing talking to Cormac!"

"I have no clue. He just came over here and talked to me about picking you for the team, then he asked to talk to Hermione" I explain to him

"Last night she said he was terrible" Ron says, i could tell he is getting upset

"I know"

Ron and I just turned away from them and finished eating. Soon she walked back over with a huge smile on her face.

"So what did he want?" I asked immediately

"He just asked me to go with him to hogsmeade, you know we have a trip in a couple weeks"

"So you said yes! Hermione why would you do such a thing? Cormac is a lonesome...."

"Harry! I said no and trust me, i hate him just as much as you do" She slightly yells stopping me

"Good" I say relieved

"Good? Harry you sound rather jealous you know that" She teases

"I'm not jealous....it's just out of all the guys you could go to hogsmeade with, i don't want it to be him"

"Harry I would never like Cormac, Trust me. I will go with you to hogsmeade. Okay?" She says sweetly

"Okay"

We continued eating as Ron just glares at me. But I knew he was secretly glad Hermione wasn't going with Cormac.