The Line...Crossed

Thinking

Harry woke up feeling better then he had in a long time. Hermione was still fast asleep and getting up he showered and dressed, headed out to the Great Hall. He was almost dancing thinking that all of this had been worth it.saw saw Professor Hagrid talking to Professor McGonagall.
\" I hope that this all works out for them.\" Hagrid told McGonagall.
\" Trust me Professor it will, I knew that they had feelings for each other since they first arrived. I hope that its not to late for them.\"
\" Any more news about what caused the attack on Professor Snape?\" Professor McGonagall shook her head. Harry watched them leave five minutes later and then hurried to check on Snape. He was busy doing his potions and looked up when he saw him.

\" Come to see a cursed man?\" He asked. Harry looked confused.
\" No I come to check on you.\" He answered. \" I was hoping that you were feeling better.\" Snape nodded and went back to his potions. Harry decided to leave him to himself, and so turning around he headed back upstairs and went to join the rest of the Gryffindors in the Great Hall.
\" So how is Hermione?\" Ginny asked.
\" Oh well.\" He replied. Ginny smiled at him and he wondered what she was smiling about. \" What\'s wrong?\"
\" You have the afterglow.\" She replied. \" You made love to her.\"

\" And why don\'t you speak louder so that Ron can hear you.\" He hissed. Ginny giggled.
\" I think its sweet.\" She commented. \" Well how was it?\"
\" The best, but I worried that I was hurting her.\" Ginny giggled again. \" Ginny why are you giggling.\"
\" Simple...your in love.\" He stared at her and then her words hit him making him go all warm. He was in love with her and he was never going to let her go. For the rest of the day Harry kept a close eye on Hermione and made sure that Ron didn\'t try anything. He suspected that Ron had been the one that had hurt Professor Snape, but he just didn\'t have the proof and it made him mad to think that he was going around attacking people for the fun of it.

He also wondered if something else was not driving him to do this, he wondered how much that Brain Room had done to his own brain. He and Hermione hadn\'t been affected but Ron had been. And he decided that a letter to the Department of Mysteries was in order.
\" So what are you doing?\" Hermione asked. When Harry had sat down after Double Advance Potions and started to write.
\" I\'m writing to the Department of Mysteries to find out if that Brain Room could do damage to someone\'s mind.\" He replied without looking up.

\" I was wondering about that,\" she said to him. \" So have you figured out who attacked Professor Snape?\" Harry shook his head, and then he looked up.
\" You know I suspect that Ron attacked him.\" Hermione gasped.
\" Really.\" Harry nodded.
\" He has not been acting as though he was worried that the Professor might die, you could say he was happy about it.\" Hermione heart seemed to of stopped. How could Ron of enjoyed that and then it hit her that he might of enjoyed attacking her and making her do what he wanted. Harry saw her shiver and getting up he wrapped his arms around her.
\" Please don\'t ever let me go,\" she begged.
\" Never,\" he whispered. \" Never.\"

Hermione decided that night that she didn\'t want to have sex with Harry and Harry was okay with that. He went into his room and finished the letter to the Department of Mystery. He had to much on his mind to think about anything else. When Hedwig flew out Harry made a sandwhich appear and that\'s when he heard it. Hedwig screamed and fell to the ground. Harry raced out and with Hermione and Professor Snape following went outside. Hedwig was dead when he found her, the letter still clutched in her beak. Harry cried over his lost friend and when Professor Snape looked up he swore he saw Ron standing in Gryffindor tower.