What J.K Rowling Forgot to mention

Chapter 1

Harry sat with Ron in the Gryffindor common room on a wet day. "So, the ball is going to be happening! I'm excited, I mean, it's an excuse to ask out a girl and not look like a moron!" Ron laughed.

"Great for you, but I don't think I can do it, I'm too scared." Harry said looking across the room at a group of girls in the corner. "Hi!" said Hermione sitting down next to them.

"Oh, hello. What's that?" asked Ron noticing the object under Hermione's arm.

"It's a laptop." Hermione said. "Of course Harry will know all about them. My parents gave it to me to do my homework, it'll be much easier this way, although I don't need it. You two however, will have good use for it, my word processor has a spell check."

"I thought it was a muggle thing!" Ron argued.

"Not spells Ronald, it checks your spelling." Hermione said as Harry laughed at the confused face Ron was pulling. "Wow! Dudley has about three of them! Hey, do you have MSN?" asked Harry.

"Oh no! A muggle thing. Now you two are going to be conspiring against me with your laptoy things!" Ron moaned.

"Calm down Ron, anyway, yes I do have MSN." Hermione said proudly. "It took me a while though, I think it has a virus, I'll have to check."

"They get sick!" Ron said dropping his pumpkin pasty.

"No, a virus is like an illness, except you don't take the laptop to the doctor." Harry said. "I'm kind of glad you know nothing, Ron, it makes a change from me asking you everything."

"Hey, I joined a new group on facebook. It's called the book lovers group. Not a very imaginative name, but I've met some fabulous people online." Hermione said.

"I'm not on facebook, but I want to be, the Internet's great." Harry said.

"WHAT'S THE INTERNET?" Ron asked angrily.

"Do we have to explain, Ron?" Hermione asked.

"If you want to be my friend then yes!" Ron said.

"Don't be ridiculous! It's a big thing that links all computers together-"

"WHAT THE HELL IS A COMPUTER?" Ron screamed.

"It's like a laptop except a laptop is portable and in one piece whereas a computer had two parts, computer and monitor." Harry answered.

"So, the internet links all computers and laptops together and there are different games, shops, blogs and all sorts to do." Hermione continued.

The next day

They both still needed dates for the ball, but Ron was awful with girls. He was nowhere near a ladies-man. Harry however, just couldn't choose who to go with. "OK, just pretend I'm the hottest girl you ever saw." Harry said as he tried to teach Ron how to talk to girls.

"But you have underarm hair!" Ron squealed.

"PRETEND! Anyway, ask me to the ball." Harry said.

"Want to go to the ball?" Ron said normally.

"That's good! Now ask someone!" Harry said encouragingly.

Ron walked over to Lavender Brown. "Ron's just learning how to ask girls out, he's just practising, so please be nice!" Harry whispered to Lavender. She looked uneasy, but agreed anyway. Ron was speechless. Harry stood behind Lavender and slapped his forehead. "Her weight!" Harry mouthed. Ron nodded.

"Have you gained weight?" asked Ron nervously. Lavender screwed up her face and slapped Ron round the face. "Short but swift." said Harry laughing. Ron looked horror-struck.

Harry, Ron and Hermione left charms later on and they had a lot of homework to do. "Why don't you use my laptop for it!" Hermione said.

"Well, I will. Ron 'll probably break it." Harry said putting it on his lap and turning it on.

"What are you doing?" Ron asked as he sat down next to Harry.

"Homework." Harry replied.

"How? You're just pressing buttons!" Ron said.

"Just get on with your own thing, OK!" Harry said as he continued to type.

"Welcome to charms, fourth years! Please sit down and get out your wands!" Proffesor Flitwick said as he sat on his pile of books. "Ah, but before we start today's lesson, please hand in your homework, and use the hovering charm I taught you in your first year please!"

Harry looked at his piece if paper with it's typed up words and bit his lip. He made it float over to Flitwick. "Harry, Harry Potter. What is this?" said Flitwick holding up Harry's work. "It's my homework, Professor." Harry said.

"This doesn't look hand-written at all." said Flitwick looking at the perfect print.

"Well, I did it on a laptop, sir." Harry said.

"A laptop?"

"It's a muggle device and it has a spell check." said Harry

"This is unacceptable Potter. Ten points from Gryffindor and detention with me on Saturday at noon. Bring your quill, your parchment and nothing else!" said Flitwick.

Harry ignored Hermione for the rest of the day and took no notice at all when she said "It was just an idea, I'm sorry.". In fact, Harry was in such a bad mood already and it was worsened when Cedric told him about the egg and he had to breathe underwater for an hour.

A few days later

Hermione sat with her laptop on her lap and her eyes glued to the screen on the Saturday of Harry's detention with Flitwick. She was currently on facebook searching someone who was probably a neighbour of hers. "I've got to go." said Harry dashing off to Flitwick's room. Harry had to do all of his homework again and was not pleased, but it was over in no time and Harry headed back to the common room with dread in the pit of his stomach. Instead of going back to the common room, Harry went up to the owlery to send a letter to Sirius. Cho was there, she was being attacked by a rather vicious barn owl. Harry shooed the owl away and helped Cho to her feet. Harry plucked up all the courage he could find and said "Cho, do you want to go to the ball with me?"

Cho looked as if she would burst out laughing. "No, I'm going with Cedric, plus, who wants to go with Gooseboy?" Cho giggled.

As she walked away, Harry whispered to himself "How do they know I'm flat-footed?"

As Harry went back up to the common room in the same rotten mood as a few days previously, he heard a noise. He rushed to find the source of the noise and it was Neville Longbottom stuck in that trick stair. Harry helped him out. "I think I've broken my ankle again." Neville said as Harry dragged him to the hospital wing.

"What are you doing?" Harry asked Hermione who was typing like mad.

"This boy on 'facebook' actually likes her. They're chatting." Ron answered as Hermione seemed to be too busy typing away. "Want a game of wizard chess?" asked Harry.

"No. I want a laptop." Ron said.

"Why?" asked Harry.

"There are some cool 'websites' you can go on. There's on called 'youtube' and you can watch loads of cool videos and on 'youtube' there are 'links' that take you to these 'websites' that find you a girlfriend." Ron said.

"Oh those sites are crap. The only people on them are fat, ugly and geeky." said Harry.

"OH MY GOD! HE ASKED ME TO THE BALL!" Hermione screamed.

"How do they know about the ball?" asked Harry leaning over Ron to look at Hermione's screen. "Well, Viktor Krum has a facebook account on his laptop-"

"VIKTOR KRUM! VIKTOR BLOODY KRUM!" Ron cried. "I've got to get me one of these, maybe the Delacour girl will want to go with me!"

"Ron, no!" Harry said, but it was too late, Ron had run off into the distance to find his 'true love' and ask her to the ball.

At the ball

Harry and Ron sat at a table during the ball. Their dates were bored. Harry hated watching Cho dance with that pretty-boy Cedric while he was stuck with Parvarti Patil. "Want to dance?" she asked. Harry shook his head. Hermione came rushing over giggling with Ginny. "What's wrong with you two?" asked Ron grumpily.

"Viktor squeezed my butt!" Hermione said giggling. Ginny laughed out loud when Hermione said it. "What's up with you?" Ginny asked as Hermione walked off giggling.

"Nothing, we're having a great time with the ugly sisters here!" Ron said.

Padma and Parvarti slapped Ron hard round the face and walked off together. "They'll be better off." said Ginny as she walked off again.

"Thanks a lot, Ron, now we look like the biggest losers at the ball!" Harry said.

"No, Harry, we are the biggest losers at the ball!" Ron said.

Hermione rushed up again, this time she wasn't giggling, but grinning broadly. "Viktor and I are going to get some drinks, care to join us?" Hermione asked hopefully.

"Yeah that would be great-" Harry began.

"No, we wouldn't like to join you and Viktor for a drink. I'd probably be bored to death as you discuss what you'd like to call your children." Ron mumbled.

Hermione grabbed Harry's orange juice and threw it over Ron. She then slapped him round the face.

"Slapped three times in one night and four times in the entire term! What else could go wrong?" Ron complained as he and Harry walked back up to the common room.

"Don't complain to me, Ron. I quite fancied a drink with them, but you just had to put Hermione in a bad mood and you just had to drag me away!" Harry said frowning at Ron.

"I'm your friend, you're supposed to take my side!" Ron argued.

"I don't know if you noticed Ron, but Hermione's my friend too!" Harry said. He freed his arm from Ron's grip and hurried back down to a table where Hermione and Viktor were sitting.

"Harry!" Hermione said happily.

"Sorry about Ron, that's four times he's been slapped this term." Harry explained.

"No big deal. Anyway, Viktor was just talking about the wonky faint." said Hermione admiringly.

"Isn't it the wronski feint?" asked Harry.

"Whatever." said Hermione turning her head to Viktor who passed Hermione a rose from someone sitting behind him. Hermione blushed as she accepted it.