"Harry, how can you be so cavalier about the whole situation?"
"Hermione, I told you already, I am sick of how he acts. I don't care if he wants to be friends anymore. All he ever does is complain about how I have everything and that he has nothing. He should know by now that I would gladly trade situations with him."
"I know what you said. It's just that you know how Ron can act sometimes. I don't want to have to choose between the two of you. Would you really put me in that situation?"
"I'm not trying to put you in any situation, Hermione. If your best friend treated you like garbage all the time, would you put up with it? I know the answer already. You would tell them to go jump in the lake. I am the same way. If he can't accept me for who I am, then I don't want to be friends anymore."
"But Harry…"
"No Hermione. You are my best friend. You are the one who doesn't abandon me when things go to hell."
"You know that Ron and I have been trying to go out for a while."
"Hermione" said Ginny, walking up to them both, "We all know that you and Ron have been trying to go out for a while. How could we not? We hear the arguments in the Common Room every night. I don't see why you two even try. It is quite obvious that you two are not right for each other."
"And just what makes you an expert?"
"You know me and Neville have been going out for a while. Have we been fighting at all? No. We get along perfectly. That is what love is all about. Being able to compromise with the person that you love."
"And I suppose that you and Neville agree on everything that happens?"
"Of course not, but we do know how to compromise. That is the key to everything. If you can't compromise, then you can't have a viable relationship."
"See Hermione? I have been telling you all along that the two of you are better as friends than in a relationship."
"Okay, but what should I do? I don't want to break Ron's heart."
"He didn't break your heart when he called you a mudblood? You have to start thinking about yourself first, and other people later. What is it that you want?"
"I want to be in a relationship where I am accepted for who I am. I don't want to be with someone who wants to change who I am. I am really tired of arguing. I just don't know how to go about this without causing so much drama."
"Hermione", Ginny said, "You can't worry about that. You have to do what is right for you. People can't make the decision for you. You have to make the decision and then stick to it."
"You know, you're right Ginny. I love that about you guys. You guys keep me so grounded when I start to float off."
"Yeah we know, now get on with it. What are you going to do?"
"I am just going to have to tell Ron like it is and hope he doesn't start a whole bunch of drama in the Common Room."
"Well, I want you to do this, but you should know by now that you are not going to get away without the drama."
"I know" Hermione said, sighing dramatically.