How Gullible Can You Get?
Summary: Hermione's two best friends have been overly annoying, and keep asking her the same question every day. She decides to play a little trick on the two and see how thick they can be. Coming up with a whole made up story including a boy, an engagement and many story's of a secret romance. But what happens when this made up story becomes almost a reality? AU. Dramione
Need to know: No Voldemort, Trio attends Hogwarts, Draco goes to Durmstrang, Malfoys are not famous so they are not known to everyone. Takes place in 7th year.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter and the series he is a part of belong to the incredible J.K. Rowling. The plot of this story is mine!
This is my first story, hope you like it…
Chapter 1: It all started with a Ring
About two years ago over the summer holidays, while at home I went out shopping with my mum. I'm usually not into jewelry, but as we were walking past the ring display my eyes were caught by the sight of the most gorgeous looking ring. Upon taking a closer look at it, I could tell it was just an accessory ring, but it looked like it could be an engagement ring. It was silver, with three diamonds, the one in the middle slightly larger than the two surrounding it.
My mother, who had just realized I was no longer by her side, returned to the front of the store where she saw me, distracted by the sight of the ring.
"Hermione?" my mother cautious called me to get my attention. "Are you alright dear?"
"Wha- oh yeah. Sorry Mum," I reply. "I was just abstracted by the sight of this ring. Isn't it just lovely?"
My mother takes a look at the ring, and smiles. "I bet it would look even more amazing on your finger? Would you like to buy it?"
I'm not certain if I would actually want it. I don't like wearing things on my fingers. But on the other side, it is a really gorgeous ring, and I could always learn to adapt to the ring, I won't have to wear it constantly after all.
So here I am two years later with the ring on my ring finger. Shocking as it may seem, after I bought this ring two years ago it was really easy to get used to wearing it. Now when I don't wear the ring, it seems odd. It is as if the ring has become a part of me now.
The odd thing is, I've been wearing this ring constantly over the past two years, and the two idiots I call my best friends since we met the first day of Hogwarts, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, have just noticed my ring. The first thing they said to me when they saw my ring, "Woah Hermione, nice ring! Are you engaged? Who's the lucky man? Why didn't you tell us there was a man?"
I role my eyes at their preposterous questions, "Ha ha you guys, you know I'm not engaged. I'm way too young to even think of such crazy plans."
"You're damn right, you're too young" Ron contradicts his earlier excitement.
"Anyway," I continue, "I've had this ring for the past two years. It's not even real diamonds or real silver!" I exclaim.
The two boys look at me confused, obviously not believing that they could have missed something like that on my finger. I shake my head at the two airheaded boys I call my best friends and finish my potions essay before I go up to bed.
The next morning while in the Great Hall for breakfast, the two blunder heads, Harry and Ron, ask me yet again the same exact questions as last night about my ring. I reply with the same answers I gave them the previous night before I went off to my first class of the day, Ancient Ruins.
Since there aren't many who take this class, (which I don't really understand, this class is very interesting) students from year six and seven are combined. I am thankful for this, because my other best friend, Ginny Weasley, Ron's younger sister, is always there for me to talk about girl things. Things I can't talk to Harry and Ron about because they just won't understand my feelings and give me advice I need about certain topics.
Class has started and the professor is going on about what the assignment for the week is. I've already started and am almost finished with it, so I begin to think about Harry and Ron's annoying questions about my ring recently. Ginny notices me lost in though and gets my attention.
"Are you okay Hermione?" She asks me. "You look irritated about something. Is anything bothering you?"
"Oh it's nothing Gin," I reply. "It's just that your idiot brother, and Harry keep asking me the same questions every time they see me, and it's kind of annoying. You know how I hate repeating myself to repeated questions that come out of those boys' mouths."
"What is it this time? Sometimes I worry about those two, it's ridiculous how they forget things so quickly. They're almost as daft as Crabbe and Goyle!" Ginny says which leaves us giggling about the idiocy of our friends.
"Oh Ginny, you always know how to make me laugh!" I say once the professor scolds us for giggling in the middle of the lesson. "That's a little exaggerated though, they may be daft, but it's a bit much saying they are almost as dippy as the Slytherin buffoons."
"Well, anyway what did they do?" Ginny says to get us back on topic.
I look down at my ring then turn to Ginny and reply, "Gin, You've noticed me wearing this ring for the past two years. Harry and Ron have been my friends longer than I've been friends with you, and they have just noticed. But what really annoys me is that they keep asking me if I'm engaged. It's just ridiculous that they think I'd do something so ridiculous when I'm this young!" I say exasperated.
"Hmm" I can tell Ginny is in deep thought thinking of a plan to use this as some sort of advantage. When she finally voices out her plan, I cannot fathom how brilliant of an idea it is. "Here's an idea, let us see how gullible my thick headed brother and his best mate can be. If they ask a couple more times, which we are both sure they will, after the next let's say three times they ask, you answer for the third or so time will be to go along with it. Say you are engaged, and together we can make up some guy who would be so amazing that you could wait any longer so you agreed to marry him!"
Oh this will be fun.
Well that's Chapter one! If anyone has read it, I hope you liked it. Let me know.
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