Summary: Hermione, Ginny, Parvati, and Lavender set a bet to see if; Ron, Harry, Dean, and Seamus (Their crushes) will date them. When the four boys find out the reason behind the girls....strange behavior, will there be more hurt then the girls bargained for?


Chapter One:The Plan


"Hey." Hermione said as she met up with Ginny, Parvati, and Lavender; in the common room at Midnight. Ginny raised an eyebrow.

"I didn't think you'd show." She said with a slight smirk. Hermione rolled her eyes.

"If course I showed. I want to know what you're planning." She said simply as she sat down in a chair by the fire.

"So do we." Lavender added, pointing to herself and Parvati. Ginny smiled.

"You've had I thing for Seamus for awhile now." She said, as a statement, to Lavender. Lavender blushed slightly and nodded. "And you've had a crush on Dean since second year." She said to Parvati, who also nodded, but didn't really blush. Then she turned to Hermione. "And you," She said accusingly. "You, have liked Ron since the end of first year and you know it!" She said, trying to keep the laughter out of her voice. Hermione blushed and looked down at her lap. "And I," Ginny said, pointing to herself with both hand. "Have liked Harry since I met him." She said without faltering. Hermione's head shot up.

"I thought you were over him?!" She practically shouted. Ginny rolled her eyes.

"Just because I dated other people," She said then she looked at Parvati. "Sorry." She said, pointing out the fact that she had dated Dean a bit in her fourth year. Parvati just shrugged and shook her head, indicating for Ginny to go on. "Doesn't mean I'm over him." She continued. "But, what if a proposed an idea to...she'll we say....lure them? But as a kind of bet, so nobody really chickens out?" Wicked smiles spread over Lavender and Parvati's faces.

"We'd say, 'talk'!" They commanded.

"Well," Ginny began. "It's a bet to see if they'll date us, and they are our prizes." She said with a slight giggle. Hermione bit her lip.

"I don't know...I mean, what if it doesn't work?" She asked. Ginny rolled her eyes again.

"Well, it's a bet, so if you really want to, you can back out." She said to the three girls. Hermione nodded, and thought for a second.

"Well..." She finally said. Then she smiled, "Let's do it!" She finished. The other three girls smiled, and all four crowded together.


Harry and Ron made their way down to the common room the next morning. As they entered the common room, they saw Hermione heading toward the portrait hole. Ron ran after her.

"Hermione!" He called. She stopped and slowly turned around. "Hermione, I need to borrow your notes for Binns's class, for tomorrow." He said as he stopped in front of Hermione. Hermione smiled, looked down at the floor and took a step closer to Ron. It took one second for Ron to realize how close Hermione was standing to him. He took in a sharp breath, and Hermione tilted her head to the side and looked at him from under her eyelashes.

"How about we talk after lunch?" She said seductively. Ron gulped.

"O-okay." He said finally. Hermione nodded her head, then she turned around and headed out of the portrait. Harry, who had walked up next to Ron a second later, had to fight really hard to keep from laughing at the look on Ron's face. "What the hell was that?" Ron muttered hoarsely. Harry shrugged.

"Don't know." He said before he and Ron also walked out of the portrait, only to bump into Ginny.

"Hey Harry." She said with a confident air.

"Hey, Gin." Harry said back. Ron didn't seem to notice the way Ginny was looking at Harry.

"Listen guys," Ron said. "I gotta go get some food." He said, and then he headed down the stairs to the Great Hall.

"Have you seen Hermione?" Ginny asked. Harry nodded.

"Yeah, she just went down to the Great Hall." He said, now noticing how close Ginny had gotten to him. Then, she stood on her toes and kissed Harry on the cheek.

"Thanks." She whispered in his ear, before turning around and walking slowly, and purposefully, down the stairs.