Chapter 98 - Adding new functions on the Magical Phone (1/2)
Hermione was worried.
That was not something unusual as she was the type of person who got worried for just about everything. But this time she was so worried that she was not able to concentrate on her books.
And that meant a lot to her because she saw books as sacred things that were bestowed to mankind by the gods themselves.
Well, maybe not something that dramatic but the point stands that she respected her books very much and the fact that she was not able able to focus on her books meant that there was something drastically wrong with the world.
And this time, that something drastic had to do with her friendship with Harry. A friendship that meant the world to her.
A friendship that had been strained unnecessarily because of her foolish actions and her blind respect for the authority.
Yes, she had spent numerous hours in the chamber of secrets in order to seek his forgiveness and yes, he had forgiven her eventually.
But even after that bit of reconciliation, she could see that there friendship was not what it used to be once.
It was strained and there was always a sense of tenseness they Harry felt around her now.
As if he was simply waiting for her drop the shoe and betray him once again.
He was probably not even aware that he was doing it but being a girl, she was able to sense such subtle things.
And the worse part was that she only had herself to blame for all of this.
Oh how she wished that she had not been so foolish.
Well, at least Harry was allowing her to help him in his new projects.
And gods those projects excited her.
She could even understand why he would ditch every single one of his class. Working on those projects was just that exciting.
To know that you're inventing something that would be used by many other witches and wizards in the future.
With those thoughts she reached their 'Study room'… and was shocked to see Harry's face submerged in one of the Pensieves that he had been recently been trying to repair.
Her heart hammered in her ċhėst and she almost ran to take him out of the pensieve before she remembered that it was exactly how the pensieves worked.
Only when she was sure that his heart was beating and that he lungs were still working perfectly did she let out a sigh of relief and plopped on the floor.
In hindsight, the fact that Harry would die by getting submerged into a dish of metal was completely ridiculous.
”You know. It's rather rude to touch people like that without their permission.” She heard his voice and blushed at those words before looking up and meeting his bright green eyes. She felt her heart hammer in her ċhėst once again because of the devilish smirk in his expression before she controlled her emotions and huffed.
”I was not trying to… touch you.” She managed to say without blushing.
”I know.” He smiled and lifted her up from the ground ”I was just teasing you.” He smiled and she huffed back.
2 months ago, he would have hugged her in greeting by this point but now, he just gave her a pat on her shoulders before getting back to his work.
The change in his behavior hurt her a little as she liked those hugs a lot as well. Not that she ever showed it. But then again, she only had herself to blame for her mistakes.
She shook such thoughts from her mind and went beside him to check on the Pensieve that was definitely damaged until a few days ago.
”You repaired it?” she asked. Not really sure if the Pensieve was working properly or not.
”Yup.” He said with a smile, looking rather proud over the fact that he managed to get the blasted thing to work ”Took a lot of hard work and time but yes. I did. And it's working perfectly now.”
”And how would you know if it was working properly or not?” she asked ”How you ever used it before?”
Her question brought him up short and he opened his mouth to say something but then stopped and the said ”Not really. But I've read about how it works in a book.”
She felt that he was lying to her but didn't point it out.
If he wanted to keep a secret from her then she should not push him.