This Wasn't Part Of The Plan

By SurferChick

Author's Note: Hi to everyone who's reading this! Probably not that many people. Oh well. Anyway, this is my first chapter fanfiction. Ron comes up with a plan to break up Ginny and Harry, but his plan takes an unexpected turn. OK, read!!! And if you want, review!

Disclaimer: I own nothing! This all belongs to J.K. Rowling and Scholastic and everybody.

On with the story!

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Chapter One

It All Begins Somewhere

"Hey, look," said Ron, pointing up at a notice in the Gryffindor common room. "First Hogsmeade trip of the year is tomorrow!"

"It's a good thing Snuffles sent me the permission slip on time," said Harry.

"Ooh, I can't wait," said Hermione. "My parents found all my Hogsmeade candy I took home over the summer and confiscated it. It really stinks having parents who are dentists, they think that sugar is a really bad thing. So I haven't had any candy since school was let out."

Ron was facing her with his jaw dropped open. "You went an entire summer without candy?" Hermione nodded. He shook his head. "I don't know how you do it, Hermione." They laughed.

"Well, I have to go get some studying done," said Hermione, walking up the stairs to her room. Harry rolled his eyes.

"Hermione," he said, "what could you possibly be studying for? We haven't got any homework for the weekend!"

"Harry," said Hermione in her studying-is-good-for-you kind of fashion, "We're in our fifth year. That means that we take our O.W.L.s this year. I have to get a good grade, this is very important! You two should be studying too, you know. They aren't as far off as you might think."

Ron rolled his eyes too. "We'll keep that in mind. See you in the morning." Hermione went upstairs, muttering something under her breath. "All right, Harry, you heard the woman. Let's study!"

"Study what?" asked Harry.

"The fine art of chess, of course!" said Ron, pulling out his chess board. "There's bound to be at least one question on the tests about how many spaces a king can move in one turn."

"Right," said Harry. "And we really should study that, because I keep on forgetting, is it one or two?"

"Prepare to be beaten, Potter," said Ron. Harry sighed. He was in for a long defeat.

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The trio were walking down Hogsmeade the next day. The air was cool and brisk, but not freezing. They decided to go to The Three Broomsticks first to get some butterbeer. They got their drinks and sat down.

"I can't believe that Snape got the Defense Against the Dark Arts job this year!" Ron said for the one hundredth time already that year.

"I know!" said Harry. "I don't know why he's still doing Potions, too. I thought just having him for that was bad. Now we've got him twice as much!"

"He wasn't that bad of a choice for a teacher though," said Hermione. "You know, with his background and stuff. He does know a lot about the Dark Arts, whether you two like it or not."

"As right as you may be, I still don't want him to teach," said Ron. "Remember when he filled in for Lupin that one time in our third year? Remember what he said to you, Hermione? After he said that to you, you still think he's a good teacher?"

"I never said he was a good teacher," said Hermione, bristling. "I just said that he was a very experienced teacher. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go get some candy." She left, obviously a bit mad at Ron.

Ron sighed. "Think I should go after her?" he said.

"I would if I were you," said Harry. "I'll stay here and watch the show." Ron left and started heading towards Honeyduke's. He quickly found her.

"Hermione, I didn't mean it like that," he said. "I didn't want to remind you of that, I'm sorry."

"Well, that's very big of you," she said testily, walking in the opposite direction.

"Come on, Mione," he said, using his nickname for her. "Forgive me? I was just trying to make a point about what a screwed-up teacher Snape was, I didn't mean it in a bad way."

"Fine, whatever," said Hermione, still avoiding him.

Ron rolled his eyes. "Fine, you don't want to listen to me, that's just fine. I'll leave. Just make sure not to get the acid pops." He left Honeyduke's and headed back to The Three Broomsticks. Inside, he saw Ginny and Harry sitting together and talking.

'Ginny and Harry?' thought Ron. 'Since when do they ever get together and talk?' He didn't think much of it, and walked in and joined them.

"Hey," he said, sitting down. They both looked up at him, startled.

"Where's Hermione?" asked Harry. When Ron didn't say anything, Harry sighed. "You two aren't fighting again, are you? You fight over the stupidest things, I swear."

"And you fight so often, too," said Ginny.

"Who asked you two, anyway?" said Ron, upset about their fight. "It's not really any of your business."

"We're just asking, Ron," said Harry. "Don't blow up at us."

"I'm not blowing up at you!" said Ron. With that, he walked out the door and made his way back to the carriages. He waited there until it was time to leave.

"Bloody idiots," he muttered when he saw Ginny and Harry, deep in conversation. Then he saw Hermione walking down with Lavender and Parvati, which Ron was very surprised to see. "Since when does she hang out with them?" he wondered aloud. He kept on wondering about this all the way back.

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Author's Note: OK, so that was a pretty pointless chapter. Please don't get turned off by it, though. Keep on reading the chapters as I upload them! Thanks!