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56- Night Terrors In the Maze

"I'm fine," Liana huffed. Hermione raised an eyebrow skeptically.

"I had another nightmare where I was in the maze again," Liana admitted "but this time it was worse, I could hear Harry's voice instead of the noises, and he was screaming at me-" She shivered at the memory.

"Promise me you won't say anything about this?" Liana begged, reaching for Hermione's hands so she was forced to look into Liana's eyes.

"I don't know Liana- don't you think you should tell someone about all of this?" Asked Hermione doubtfully, biting her lip cautiously, she didn't want to make any promises she couldn't keep.

"No I shouldn't, they'll read too deep into it. I'm perfectly fine aren't I?" Liana assured. Hermione wanted to answer a very strong 'no'  to that question as she still remembered how Liana had fallen apart at the party last night.

"I suppose- alright, I promise," Hermione sighed. She gave Liana a quick and rather unexpected hug.

"What's this for?" Smiled Liana, ignoring her pounding head from her disastrous hangover.

"I just thought you looked like you needed a hug," shrugged Hermione gently as she gave Liana an extra tight squeeze.

"Move over," Hermione instructed as she clambered into Liana's bed next to her. Liana grinned as she snuggled into Hermione's side and began braiding Hermione's long hair absentmindedly.

"Liana, just out of curiosity- how much do you remember of last night?' Asked Hermione, trying her best to sound casual. Liana groaned and buried her head in her hands.

"Too much," Liana told her "I remember screaming my drunk head off at Harry and Cho," she sighed. "I'm such an idiot Hermione."

"Well, Harry's not going to date Cho anymore," Hermione disclosed with a slight smirk.

"Really?" Liana exclaimed, unable to keep the excitement out of her voice. "Oh um- I mean- really?" She corrected herself, trying to sound disinterested and cool. Hermione just snorted.

"Cho left him at the party last night. Harry stomped off back to our common room and just sat in bed with a bottle of fire whiskey complaining about how his dad must've had it much easy with his mum," Hermione smiled at the memory. "It was quite funny really."

Liana giggled, "I bet, I've never seen Harry drunk before."

"You don't want to- he has worse mood swings than Ron. Honestly, he was fuming one minute and in tears the next."

Liana laughed but it quickly died away as she came to the realisation that she was the cause of all that.

"How do I apologise Hermione? How can I move on from this?" Liana questioned. Hermione patted Liana's shoulder. She didn't quite know how to answer Liana, as much as she wanted her two best friends to be happy it seemed they could only stop fighting long enough to kiss.

"I think time is key." Hermione decided after a few moments of silence. "I think you both need to mature first before you can even get along properly. You both have terrible tempers and until you can calm down and think rationally, it's probably best for you to keep your distance."

"Ugh you're right- I hate it when you're right," sighed Liana. "I guess I just miss him sometimes."

"So you didn't mean it?- Yesterday when you said you hated him?" Hermione asked gently. Liana shook her head after a moment.