"It became a matter of even greater urgency that you should master Occlumency."
"But I didn't," muttered Harry. He said it aloud to try and ease the dead weight of guilt inside him: a confession must surely relieve some of the terrible pressure squeezing his heart. "I didn't practise, I didn't bother, I could've stopped myself having those dreams, Hermione kept telling me to do it, if I had he'd never have been able to show me where to go, and - Sirius wouldn't - Sirius wouldn't---"

Harry passed her the pod in the bowl; he and Ron both snapped their goggles back over their eyes and dived, once more, for the stump. It was not as though he was really surprised, thought Harry, as he wrestled with a thorny vine intent upon throttling him; he had had an inkling that this might happen sooner or later. But he was not sure how he felt about it. ... He and Cho were now too embarrassed to look at each other, let alone talk to each other; what if Ron and Hermione started going out together, then split up? Could their friendship survive it? Harry remembered the few weeks when they had not been talking to each other in the third year; he had not enjoyed trying to bridge the distance between them. And then, what if they didn't split up? What if they became like Bill and Fleur, and it became excruciatingly embarrassing to be in their presence, so that he was shut out for good?
"Gotcha!" yelled Ron [...]"

Doesn't that read like, "GOTCHA! I FOOLED YOU ALL!"? It'd be just like JK to hide clues in plain sight.

Also, the imagery of something throttling Harry while he thinks of R/Hr is also interesting. JK is so sneaky.

Harry squeezed himself through a crowd of sixth years and saw a sign
hanging in the farthest corner of the shop (UNUSUAL TASTES). Ron and
Hermione were standing underneath it, examining a tray of blood-flavored
lollipops. Harry sneaked up behind them.
"Ugh, no, Harry won't want one of those, they're for vampires, I
expect," Hermione was saying.
"How about these?" said Ron, shoving a jar of Cockroach Clusters under
Hermione's nose.
"Definitely not," said Harry.
Ron nearly dropped the jar.
"Harry!" squealed Hermione. "What are you doing here? How -- how did you
--?"

When Harry finds Ron and Hermione in Hogsmeade, what were they doing? Talking about him and deciding what to bring him! That could have been a great possibility for JK to show Ron and Hermione having fun on their own but she chose to show them talking about Harry. I really don't think it's accidental.

'All right, all right, I won't tell him, then!'
said Harry irritably. He got to his feet. 'I'm
going to bed. Tell Ron for me, will you?'
'Oh no,' said Hermione, looking relieved,
'if you're going that means I can go too,
without being rude. I'm absolutely
exhausted and I want to make some more
hats tomorrow. Listen, you can help me if
you like, it's quite fun, I'm getting better, I
can do patterns and bobbles and all sorts of
things now.'
Harry looked into her face, which was
shining with glee, and tried to look as
though he was vaguely tempted by this
offer.

And he traipsed off to the boys' stairs, leaving her looking slightly disappointed.

(End of chapter)

Doesn't that read like, "GOTCHA! I FOOLED YOU ALL!"? It'd be just like JK to hide clues in plain sight.

Also, the imagery of something throttling Harry while he thinks of R/Hr is also interesting. JK is so sneaky.

The thing i love about that piece is that Harry can only focus on the negatiev aspects of R/Hr happening. It doesn't even cross his mind to be happy for his 2 friends to 'finally' getting together. That for me speaks volumes about what he thinks about R/Hr

"Mr. Knightley and Jane Fairfax!" exclaimed Emma. "Dear Mrs. Weston, how could you think of such a thing?--Mr. Knightley!--Mr. Knightley must not marry!--You would not have little Henry cut out from Donwell?-- Oh! no, no, Henry must have Donwell. I cannot at all consent to Mr. Knightley's marrying; and I am sure it is not at all likely. I am amazed that you should think of such a thing."

[...]

"Yes, I would. I could not bear to have Henry supplanted. [...]"

That's another great example of how JK always interrupts Harry's train of thoughts when he is thinking about something "shippy" connected to Hermione or Ron/Hr. I mean, really, if she's already established the "anvils" and keeps throwing R/Hr in our faces what's the point in all those interruptions?

The closer we get to the release date, the more hopeful I get.
There's another moment I noticed in PoA

And he traipsed off to the boys' stairs, leaving her looking slightly disappointed.

On the surface, Emma is 'worried' about Little Henry being cut out if Mr. Knightley and Jane Fairfax get together, when in fact she is in love with him. On the surface, Harry is worried about being cut out if R/Hr get together.

Harry squeezed himself through a crowd of sixth years and saw a sign
hanging in the farthest corner of the shop (UNUSUAL TASTES). Ron and
Hermione were standing underneath it, examining a tray of blood-flavored
lollipops. Harry sneaked up behind them.
"Ugh, no, Harry won't want one of those, they're for vampires, I
expect," Hermione was saying.
"How about these?" said Ron, shoving a jar of Cockroach Clusters under
Hermione's nose.
"Definitely not," said Harry.
Ron nearly dropped the jar.
"Harry!" squealed Hermione. "What are you doing here? How -- how did you
--?"

I can't believe how excited I am for DH. After the IoD I was so down that I had to stay away from HP for a long time, but, as this thread helps prove, the H/H evidence in these books is just too strong for anyone (in particular JKR!) to dismiss it completely out of hand. The next twelve days cannot go quickly enough.

Yes I agree. JKR needs to know about how Harmonians think. We should organize a magazine type thing that holds all the Harry/Hermione articles and things that you could ever get. Like the alchemy stuff, Austen, book moments and our interpretations, and much more.

Harry squeezed himself through a crowd of sixth years and saw a sign
hanging in the farthest corner of the shop (UNUSUAL TASTES). Ron and
Hermione were standing underneath it, examining a tray of blood-flavored
lollipops. Harry sneaked up behind them.
"Ugh, no, Harry won't want one of those, they're for vampires, I
expect," Hermione was saying.
"How about these?" said Ron, shoving a jar of Cockroach Clusters under
Hermione's nose.
"Definitely not," said Harry.
Ron nearly dropped the jar.
"Harry!" squealed Hermione. "What are you doing here? How -- how did you
--?"

Hermione bit her lip, looking extremely worried.
'Are you going to report me?' Harry asked her, grinning.
'Oh - of course not - but honestly, Harry -'

Harry squeezed himself through a crowd of sixth years and saw a sign
hanging in the farthest corner of the shop (UNUSUAL TASTES). Ron and
Hermione were standing underneath it, examining a tray of blood-flavored
lollipops. Harry sneaked up behind them.
"Ugh, no, Harry won't want one of those, they're for vampires, I
expect," Hermione was saying.
"How about these?" said Ron, shoving a jar of Cockroach Clusters under
Hermione's nose.
"Definitely not," said Harry.
Ron nearly dropped the jar.
"Harry!" squealed Hermione. "What are you doing here? How -- how did you
--?"

It's a really sweet moment and Harry seems to be teasing her!

Okay, its not really a H/Hr quote, it just sounds like Ginny replacing Hermione.

Fred and George challenged Harry and Ron to a few games of Exploding Snap,and Ginny sat watching them, very subdued in Hermione's usual chair.

Ginny is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo trying to take over Hermione's place...

Fred and George challenged Harry and Ron to a few games of Exploding Snap,and Ginny sat watching them, very subdued in Hermione's usual chair.

Not so much a Harmony moment but it sure makes me happy to see Harry missing Hermione terribly.

"You just want to think Snapes up to something," said Hermione, sending her cushion zooming neatly into the box.
"I just want to know what Snape did with his first chance, if he's on his second
one," said Harry grimly, and his cushion, to his very great surprise, flew straight across the room and landed neatly on top of Hermione's.

'Well, yes, that occurred to me, too,' said Hermione, allowing her teacup to jog in neat little circles around Harry's, whose stubby little legs were still unable to touch the desktop, [...]

hexonjellybeans12 that quote was from Chamber of Secrets in the chapter Aragog. They might have been pretty young, but I was just proving a point that Jkr wrote that in. Why Hermione's chair? Why not just a chair?

hexonjellybeans12 that quote was from Chamber of Secrets in the chapter Aragog. They might have been pretty young, but I was just proving a point that Jkr wrote that in. Why Hermione's chair? Why not just a chair?

"What?" said Harry, who was now watching Cho and Cedric.
"Oh never mind," snapped Parvati, and she went off with the boy from Beauxbatons. When the song ended, she did not return.
Hermione came over and sat down in Parvati's empty chair.

Hermione came over and sat down in Parvati's empty chair.

[...]

...how can JK Rowling not realize all these little 'on-purpose' moments?

[...]

Oh, I'm very sure that JK is aware of that symbolic wording. She also used it for H/G when in OotP Ginny caught the snitch right under Cho's nose.

"He did reconigze Sirius on the platform..."
"What?" said Ron, looking alarmed. "You didn't say--"
"Shh!" said the other two.

OTTP, pg 287

"NO!" said Harry and Hermione together, very loudly"

OTTP, pg 304

"What was it like?" Harry and Hermione asked together.

OTTP, pg 311

Both Harrys and Ron's were the size of dragon eggs and full of homemade toffee. Hermiones, however, was smaller than a chicken egg. Her face fell when she saw it.
"Your mum doesn't read Witch Weekly, by any chance, does she, Ron?" she asked quietly.
"Yeah," said Ron, whose mouth was full of toffee. "Gets it for the recipes."
Hermione looked sadly at her tiny egg.
"Don't you want to see what Percy's written?" Harry asked her hastily.

So much for Ron-pays-more-attention-to-Hermione-than-Harry. Harry immediatedly notices that she's sad and tries to distract her.

So much for Ron-pays-more-attention-to-Hermione-than-Harry. Harry immediatedly notices that she's sad and tries to distract her.

Goblet Of Fire -- American paperback edition- Chapter 27 "Padfoot Returns" pgs.513-514

"Don't be stupid," Hermione snapped, starting to pound up her beetles again. "No, it's just...how did she know Viktor asked me to visit him over the summer?"

Hermione blushed scarlet as she said this and determinedly avoided Ron's eyes.

"What?" said Ron, dropping his pestle with a loud clunk.

"He asked me right after he'd pulled me out of the lake," Hermione murmered. "After he got rid of his shark's head. Madam Pomfrey gave us both blankets and then he sort of pulled me away from the judges so they wouldn't hear, and he said, if I wasn't doing anything over the summer, would I like to---"

"And what did you say?" said Ron, who had picked up his pestle and was grinding it on the desk, a good six inches from his bowl, because he was looking at Hermione.

"And he did say he'd never felt the same way about anyone else," Hermione went on, going so red now that Harry could almost feel the heat coming from her, "but how could Rita Skeeter have heard him? She wasn't there...or was she? Maybe she has got an Invisibility Cloak; maybe she sneaked onto the grounds to watch the second task..."

"And what did you say?" Ron repeated, pounding his pestle down so hard that it dented the desk.

Now, I have to ask, is this a positive or negative sign for our ship? I'm really on the fence about this.

It's funny that Ron, and then Harry in HBP have somewhat the same reaction when Hermione is talking too or about certain guys that are somewhat linked romantically to her.

Talk about anvil-sized... that totals 4.

1. "Oh, I wish you could come, I don't want to go on my own!" said Hermione anxiously; Harry knew that she was thinking about McLaggen.

2. "I can't believe you've wriggled out of another one," said Hermione, shaking her head. "They're not that bad, you know. . . They're even quite fun sometimes. . . " But then she caught sight of Ron's expression. "Oh, look — they've got deluxe sugar quills — those would last hours!"

3. "So how was Slughorn's latest party?" Harry asked her thickly through the gum shield.
"Oh, it was quite fun, really," said Hermione, now putting on protective goggles. "I mean, he drones on about famous exploits a bit, and he
absolutely fawns on McLaggen because he's so well connected, but he gave us some really nice food and he introduced us to Gwenog Jones."
"Gwenog Jones?" said Ron, his eyes widening under his own goggles. "The Gwenog Jones? Captain of the Holyhead Harpies?"
"That's right," said Hermione. "Personally, I thought she was a bit full of herself, but —"(SNIP)
"Anyway," said Hermione, continuing their interrupted conversation as though a lump of wood had not just attacked them, "Slughorn's going to have a Christmas party, Harry, and there's no way you'll be able to wriggle out of this one because he actually asked me to check your free evenings, so he could be sure to have it on a night you can come."
Harry groaned. Meanwhile, Ron, who was attempting to burst the pod in the bowl by putting both hands on it, standing up, and squashing it as hard as he could, said angrily, "And this is another party just for Slughorn's favorites, is it?"
"Just for the Slug Club, yes," said Hermione.

4. "They didn't have the potions with them in the bathroom," said Hermione scornfully, "They were just discussing tactics. As I doubt the Half-blood prince" she gave the book another scornful look "could dream up an antidote for a dozen different love potions at once, I'd just invite someone to go with you, that'll stop all the others thinking they've still got a chance. It's tomorrow night, they're getting desperate."

Here they are again: ...

Notice that first Hermione says that the party is 'just for the Slug Club', but later admits that they're 'allowed to bring guests'? Funny how that slipped her mind while Harry was still date-less....

I like how Hermione emphasizes the urgency by saying "It's tomorrow night," and "they're getting desperate." Short of saying, "Quick, ask me out!"

Lol.

1. "Oh, I wish you could come, I don't want to go on my own!" said Hermione anxiously; Harry knew that she was thinking about McLaggen.

2. "I can't believe you've wriggled out of another one," said Hermione, shaking her head. "They're not that bad, you know. . . They're even quite fun sometimes. . . ." But then she caught sight of Ron's expression. "Oh, look — they've got deluxe sugar quills — those would last hours!"

"Oh, I wish you could come, I don't want to go on my own!" said Hermione anxiously.
"Okay, then let's just go together."
Hermione looked relieved.
"Thanks, Harry. You're a life-saver," she said, giving him a quick pat on the shoulder.

And if she were so desperate not to go on her own, then it was the perfect opportunity to ask Ron out--casually, even, while they were in the twin's shop when she "caught sight of Ron's expression."

I really love this scene for some reason... probably because it shows Ginny for the psycho-stalker she really is. Oh Watch out STALKER!Ginny!

'Wait ...' he told Mr Weasley, and, pulling his moneybag Irom his pocket, he
turned back to the fountain.
He looked up into the handsome wizard's face, but close-to Harry thought he
looked rather weak and foolish. The witch was wearing a vapid smile like a
beauty contestant, and from what Harry knew of goblins and centaurs, they were
most unlikely to be caught staring so soppily at humans of any description. Only
the house-elf's attitude of creeping servility looked convincing. With a grin at the
thought of what Hermione would say if she could see the statue of the elf, Harry
turned his moneybag upside-down and emptied not just ten Galleons, but the
whole contents into the pool.

They could hear footsteps, Filch running as fast as he could towards Peeves's shouts.

"Oh, move over," Hermione snarled. She grabbed Harry's wand, tapped the lock, and whispered, "Alohomora!"

The lock clicked and the door swung open--they piled through it, shut it quickly, and pressed their ears against it, listening.

- p. 160

Someone knocked into Harry as they hurried past him. It was Hermione. Harry caught a glimpse of her face--and was startled to see that she was in tears.

"I think she heard you."

- p. 172

It was really lucky that Harry now had Hermione as a friend. He didn't know how he'd have gotten through all his homework without her, what will all the last-minute Quidditch practice Wood was making them do. She had also lent him Quidditch Through the Ages, which turned out to be a very interesting read.

- p. 181

"You've got to eat some breakfast."

"I don't want anything."

"JUst a bit of toast," wheedled Hermione.

- p. 184

Ron and Hermione joined Neville, Seamus, and Dean the West Ham fan up in the top row. As a surprise for Harry, they had painted a large banner on one of the sheets Scabbers had ruined. It said Potter for President, and Dean, who was good at drawing, had done a large Gryffindor lion underneath. Then Hermione had performed a tricky little charm so that the paint flashed different colors.

- p. 184

At these words, Hermione seized Hagrid’s binoculars, but instead of looking up at Harry, she started looking frantically at the crowd.

"What are you doing?" moaned Ron, grey-faced.

"I knew it," Hermione gasped. "Snape – look."

Ron grabbed the binoculars. Snape was in the middle of the stands opposite them. He had his eyes fixed on Harry and was muttering non-stop under his breath.

"He’s doing something – jinxing the broom," said Hermione.

"What should we do?"

"Leave it to me."

- p. 190

"Go on then, try and hit me!" said Neville, raising his fists. "I’m ready!"

Harry turned to Hermione.

"Do something," he said desperately.

Hermione stepped forward.

"Neville," she said, "I’m really, really sorry about this."

She raised her wand.

"Petrificus Totalus!" she cried, pointing it at Neville.

- p. 273

Notice that first Hermione says that the party is 'just for the Slug Club', but later admits that they're 'allowed to bring guests'? Funny how that slipped her mind while Harry was still date-less....

It was really lucky that Harry now had Hermione as a friend. He didn't know how he'd have gotten through all his homework without her, what will all the last-minute Quidditch practice Wood was making them do. She had also lent him Quidditch Through the Ages, which turned out to be a very interesting read.

- p. 181