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The Truth.

Y/N noticing this she quickly spoke up. "Did you want something?" She asked as softly as she could, trying to calm down the shorter girl's nerves. Hermione nodded lightly, the tip of her ears tinting a light pink.

She huffed shakily, trying to ease some of her nerves. "I wanted to know if you wanted to study with me in the library," Y/N furrowing her eyebrows at her, Hermione lowering her head down towards the floor continuing to ramble. "Only if you want to of course- I don't really expect you to accept my response but-" Y/N raised her index finger to Hermione's chin, lifting her head to her eyes. Y/N lips curled into a small smirk, amused by the girl's rambling. She nodded, accepting her request.

"Sure, just tell me when," Hermione's eyes narrowed into the taller girl's orbs, seeing if there were any hints of dishonesty swirling around those Eye/C orbs. She nodded, rubbing her neck shyly about the time.

"Maybe after dinner?" She requested hesitantly. Y/N nodded, waving her goodbye with a small smile on her face. Hermione's heart stopped for a second seeing Y/N's charming smile.

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"Hermione have you heard?" Harry asked, they were currently in the dining hall, Hermione was sitting next to Harry while Ron sat across both of them. Hermione curled an eyebrow at him questioningly, signaling him to go on. He nodded. "Y/N.. passed you in potions," Harry said cautiously. Hermione furrowed her eyebrows at him, making sure she heard him correctly. He nodded hesitantly after a few moments, knowing how angry Hermione might've been for this, she's always been on top of her classes but when she heard someone else surpassed her, Harry knew she was most likely going to be enraged.

Hermione's eyes widened, shocked. She looked over at the y/h/h table, seeing Y/N brooding which worried her. The topic of Y/N passing the bushy-haired girl in potions had been thrown out the window, she made a mental note with herself to ask her what was wrong when they're going to study. Y/N got up from her table, seeing how she barely touched her food as she made her way out the Great Hall.

The raven-haired boy looked over at Hermione, noticing how her eyes were following a certain someone on their way out of the Great Hall. Harry smirked knowingly, Ron being the oblivious person he continued eating. Harry nudged the bushy-haired girl next to him, making her snap out of her trance as she directed her eyes towards him.

"What do you want, Harold?" Hermione asked harshly, Harry's grin only widening in response. Harry still is not making eye contact with the girl instead of looking towards the table.

"Nothing, nothing at all. Just watching how you observe your future girlfriend as she exits the Great Hall." He retaliated teasingly, Hermione smacking him with her book, slowly becoming a blushing mess.

"She's not my girlfriend!" She replied with a snappy comeback. Harry shrugged, a grin still plastered on his face almost saying 'whatever you say.' Ron looked at the two confused, Hermione giving him a discreet sneer as he just went back to his plate.

A few moments after, Hermione finished her food as she decided to go after Y/N, already knowing where she was. She waved the boys goodbye as she hurriedly rushed out of the Great Hall making her way to the library.

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Hermione greeted Madam Pince as she looked around the library, her face fell when she didn't see Y/N anywhere she looked. She shyly looked over at Madam Pince, seeing her reading something. Hermione on the other hand was trying to work up the courage to ask where a certain someone was, that was until she saw someone else familiar, Jace. She quickly walked over to him tapping him on the shoulder, he turned around with a teasing smirk.

"How may I help you?" He asked the younger girl with a slight glee in his tone. Hermione raised an eyebrow at him, slightly shaking her head out of her thoughts.