Chapter One
Those Blissful Gryffindors
"That is so disgusting," Draco Malfoy heard Blaise Zambini say. He looked up to where the brunette was looking and saw Potter kissing the Weasley girl on the cheek. Sally-Anne Perks, who Blaise had been talking to made a gagging noise and the girls began to giggle.
"Sometimes I think they forget that they aren't the only house that has to eat," Pansy Parkinson said from the other side of Sally-Anne. "They've been worse since Christmas holidays, if that's possible."
"That's because they're in love," Sally-Anne said, rolling her eyes. "Well except for Granger, but all you'd have to do it look at her as to know why." Blaise and Pansy both nodded knowingly.
"They're also up in house points," Draco finally said, it startled the girls. They looked over at him. "They're up by 100 points, all thanks to our fellow fifth years. Potter is Quidditch wonder boy and Granger did something fantastic in Transfiguration. Even Neville has melted any cauldrons lastly to loose them points," Draco told them through bites of food. Crabbe and Goyle nodded stupidly, but Draco surmised that Crabbe and Goyle would agree with Draco even if he said they needed to run through the school naked.
"Ugh," Pansy said in disgust. "They can't win again. Slytherins never gone this long without winning the house cup." Blaise propped her head up with her arm and sighed loudly. Sally-Anne made a face.
"I wish there was something we could…" Blaise began. Then her eyes popped open widely. "What if we were to 'help' Gryffindor lose their lead?" Draco smiled; he knew exactly where Blaise was headed.
"Play havoc with their lives, you mean?" Draco asked. Blaise smiled. Sally-Anne got a wicked look on her face.
"I've got just the idea that is for Potter and the Weasley girl" Sally-Anne began. "And it might help with the others."
"The Slytherins keep staring at us," Fred Weasley told his twin brother George. George looked up at the table on the other side of the hall.
"Probably because Harry can't keep his hands off of Ginny," George replied, looking totally uninterested. "Don't worry about it."
"They look their planning something," Fred argued. George rolled his eyes.
"Quit being paranoid," George told him. Fred bit his lip. No matter how much his brother wanted to downplay the Slytherins, he knew that they were up to something, and knowing them it involved Harry. He looked at his brother and then turned his attention to the fifth years at the end of the table.
Hermione resisted the urge to vomit. Ron was being all goo goo over Lavender, so much in fact that he had actually missed his mouth and was wearing oatmeal in his lap. He still hadn't noticed. Harry and Ginny weren't much better in fact. Harry kept kissing Ginny's cheek and making it almost impossible for Ginny to eat her grapefruit. Seamus and Parvati were making eyes at each other, and then Dean was with his girlfriend Angelina Johnson. At least they were talking Quidditch, in fact that was all they talked about. Dean had replaced Oliver as Keeper on the Gryffindor team. She looked at Neville across form her and he made a face as well. He was too without a girlfriend, although Ron and Harry both insisted that Padma Patil was interested in him although Hermione seriously doubted that.
Hermione finished her toast and opted go ahead of them and head to Potions early. But before she could head down the dungeons she heard footsteps behind her. She turned around and saw Lavender, Ron, Ginny, and Harry following her. She immediately rolled her eyes.
"Where you headed 'Mione?" Harry asked her.
"Potions like we do every Tuesday morning," Hermione replied, irritated. Harry of course didn't bother to notice. She surmised that Harry and Ginny were seeing good-bye. She turned around to see them staring at each other. They were holding hands. Ron and Lavender were too wrapped up in each other to notice.
Hermione, wanting to keep her breakfast in her stomach headed off towards the dungeon, decided not to eat in the Great Hall for lunch.
Harry watched Hermione leave out of the corner of his eye. He turned to Ron who was currently snogging Lavender.
"Ron, do you think something is wrong with Hermione?" he asked. Ron pulled from Lavender.
"It's Hermione, she probably just wanted to get to class early to suck up to Snape," Ron suggested.
"Isn't it obvious?" Ginny asked. Lavender was looking at the two of them as if they were stupid. "She's lonely. She needs someone."
"Well, erm, she has us, we're her best friends," Harry said, not quite sure that he was getting what Ginny was hinting out.
"Not THAT type of someone," Lavender said. "She needs a boyfriend." Ron and Harry laughed. They idea of Hermione dating someone was laughable. The closest she'd ever gotten to a boyfriend was Viktor Krum and Hermione had ended things with him because he wasn't serious enough about his studies.
"It's Hermione, give her a book and she'll be happy, she's not lonely," Ron said. "Hermione doesn't date."
"Well, I think she should," Ginny said.
"So do I," Lavender agreed.
"And I'm going to find her someone," Ginny said.
"We can get Parvati to help," Lavender shrieked. "That is if we can drag her away from Seamus. The talk continued like this until Ginny had to go another way to Charms. Lavender, Ron, and Harry entered the dungeon for another exciting Potions class.
Next Time: A Course Of Action, the Slytherins play dirty
A/N: Thanks for everyone who reviewed my completed story Always. I hope that this story is up to par!
Those Blissful Gryffindors
"That is so disgusting," Draco Malfoy heard Blaise Zambini say. He looked up to where the brunette was looking and saw Potter kissing the Weasley girl on the cheek. Sally-Anne Perks, who Blaise had been talking to made a gagging noise and the girls began to giggle.
"Sometimes I think they forget that they aren't the only house that has to eat," Pansy Parkinson said from the other side of Sally-Anne. "They've been worse since Christmas holidays, if that's possible."
"That's because they're in love," Sally-Anne said, rolling her eyes. "Well except for Granger, but all you'd have to do it look at her as to know why." Blaise and Pansy both nodded knowingly.
"They're also up in house points," Draco finally said, it startled the girls. They looked over at him. "They're up by 100 points, all thanks to our fellow fifth years. Potter is Quidditch wonder boy and Granger did something fantastic in Transfiguration. Even Neville has melted any cauldrons lastly to loose them points," Draco told them through bites of food. Crabbe and Goyle nodded stupidly, but Draco surmised that Crabbe and Goyle would agree with Draco even if he said they needed to run through the school naked.
"Ugh," Pansy said in disgust. "They can't win again. Slytherins never gone this long without winning the house cup." Blaise propped her head up with her arm and sighed loudly. Sally-Anne made a face.
"I wish there was something we could…" Blaise began. Then her eyes popped open widely. "What if we were to 'help' Gryffindor lose their lead?" Draco smiled; he knew exactly where Blaise was headed.
"Play havoc with their lives, you mean?" Draco asked. Blaise smiled. Sally-Anne got a wicked look on her face.
"I've got just the idea that is for Potter and the Weasley girl" Sally-Anne began. "And it might help with the others."
"The Slytherins keep staring at us," Fred Weasley told his twin brother George. George looked up at the table on the other side of the hall.
"Probably because Harry can't keep his hands off of Ginny," George replied, looking totally uninterested. "Don't worry about it."
"They look their planning something," Fred argued. George rolled his eyes.
"Quit being paranoid," George told him. Fred bit his lip. No matter how much his brother wanted to downplay the Slytherins, he knew that they were up to something, and knowing them it involved Harry. He looked at his brother and then turned his attention to the fifth years at the end of the table.
Hermione resisted the urge to vomit. Ron was being all goo goo over Lavender, so much in fact that he had actually missed his mouth and was wearing oatmeal in his lap. He still hadn't noticed. Harry and Ginny weren't much better in fact. Harry kept kissing Ginny's cheek and making it almost impossible for Ginny to eat her grapefruit. Seamus and Parvati were making eyes at each other, and then Dean was with his girlfriend Angelina Johnson. At least they were talking Quidditch, in fact that was all they talked about. Dean had replaced Oliver as Keeper on the Gryffindor team. She looked at Neville across form her and he made a face as well. He was too without a girlfriend, although Ron and Harry both insisted that Padma Patil was interested in him although Hermione seriously doubted that.
Hermione finished her toast and opted go ahead of them and head to Potions early. But before she could head down the dungeons she heard footsteps behind her. She turned around and saw Lavender, Ron, Ginny, and Harry following her. She immediately rolled her eyes.
"Where you headed 'Mione?" Harry asked her.
"Potions like we do every Tuesday morning," Hermione replied, irritated. Harry of course didn't bother to notice. She surmised that Harry and Ginny were seeing good-bye. She turned around to see them staring at each other. They were holding hands. Ron and Lavender were too wrapped up in each other to notice.
Hermione, wanting to keep her breakfast in her stomach headed off towards the dungeon, decided not to eat in the Great Hall for lunch.
Harry watched Hermione leave out of the corner of his eye. He turned to Ron who was currently snogging Lavender.
"Ron, do you think something is wrong with Hermione?" he asked. Ron pulled from Lavender.
"It's Hermione, she probably just wanted to get to class early to suck up to Snape," Ron suggested.
"Isn't it obvious?" Ginny asked. Lavender was looking at the two of them as if they were stupid. "She's lonely. She needs someone."
"Well, erm, she has us, we're her best friends," Harry said, not quite sure that he was getting what Ginny was hinting out.
"Not THAT type of someone," Lavender said. "She needs a boyfriend." Ron and Harry laughed. They idea of Hermione dating someone was laughable. The closest she'd ever gotten to a boyfriend was Viktor Krum and Hermione had ended things with him because he wasn't serious enough about his studies.
"It's Hermione, give her a book and she'll be happy, she's not lonely," Ron said. "Hermione doesn't date."
"Well, I think she should," Ginny said.
"So do I," Lavender agreed.
"And I'm going to find her someone," Ginny said.
"We can get Parvati to help," Lavender shrieked. "That is if we can drag her away from Seamus. The talk continued like this until Ginny had to go another way to Charms. Lavender, Ron, and Harry entered the dungeon for another exciting Potions class.
Next Time: A Course Of Action, the Slytherins play dirty
A/N: Thanks for everyone who reviewed my completed story Always. I hope that this story is up to par!
