"Ron! Just because you expect me to torment Malfoy, doesn't mean that I'm going to!" Hermione's Head Girl badge caught the light as she turned and left the common room. Ron and Harry swore.

"Now you've done it."

"I haven't done anything. She's gone mad, completely bonkers. Stark raving lunatic, in fact. I can't believe it, why would she-? This is so unlike her." Ron's look of disbelief melted to thought.

"What is?" Harry was certain that he didn't need to be told, but asked anyway.

"That's it. That has to be it." Ron shuddered. "He's not even good looking, anyway."

"Who?" Harry was sure he knew the answer but asked anyway.

"She's fallen for Malfoy." Ron spat the name out. "Just you wait 'til my mother hears about this." He grinned.

"What's your mum got to do with anything?"

"Ginny'll tell her, 'Mione will tell Ginny. I knew it. There's no other explanation for it. That git doesn't deserve her. What a prat, stealing her from me." He was only fooling himself.

"Ron, Hermione has not fallen for Malfoy. Besides, she's not yours. Remember when you asked her out last year? She said no."

"Yes, but she'll come to her senses soon enough. It all makes perfect sense. She'd torment him otherwise." Harry sighed, it'd be a good few minutes before Ron calmed down about this.

"She wouldn't. We both know it. She might've a year ago, but not now."

"Of course she would. You would, wouldn't you?"

"Well, yes but-"

"Exactly. What else could it be?"

"Ron, there could be any number of reasons why she won't torment Malfoy."

"Yeah, like what?"

"She actually has morals? I mean, that's one of the reasons why Dumbledore chose her for head girl in the first place." Ron shrugged this off. Harry genuinely doubted that Ron had heard anything he'd said.

"Exactly. And that's why she hasn't been herself lately."

"Herself lately? She's been in France!"

"Too busy making googly eyes at Malfoy, well I'll show them." Harry took a deep breath and counted to ten. Ron seemed to have almost calmed down. It would be ten minutes until he would be ready to have it explained to him, the most imperative thing now was to stop him from doing anything stupid.

"You will? Great."

"Of course that's it, I've seen the glances they've been exchanging when she thinks I'm not looking."

"Ron, it's only the first day back!"

"And just think, this could be an even better way to get back at Malfoy. Taking away house points for no reason would've been fun, but this, this'll be tops."

"Ron. You don't even make sense. You remember that they hate each other, right?"

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That's it for now. Get some dialogue in ya.

If I do continue this, Ron will confront Hermione about it. Either that or he'll do some plotting. Probably the first option.

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