Title: Attached

Author: Tracy_Lou

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any other character.

A/N: This story is about Harry and Ginny being fed up of Ron and Hermione's fighting so they decide to use invisible handcuffs to make them get along.

Chapter one – Arguments and Pondering

Harry's POV

"Well if you don't like it you know where you can stick it!" Hermione yelled. "Why don't you ever listen!? If you would just let me explain" Ron said. Hermione ignored him. "Fine!" Ron snapped. "Fine" Hermione retorted and they both ran up the staircases and slammed their doors.

Yet again Hermione and Ron had had another argument and as usual, I would be the one to pick up the pieces. I'm in my sixth year at Hogwarts and those two are still acting like they're 11. After everything we've been through together, defeating Voldemort, meeting Sirius, getting used to Voldemort's return and saving Sirius from being killed by Bellatrix. After all of that, you'd think they'd get along, but no.

I don't think I'm the only one who feels this way. The amount of times people have left the room because of them. None of it makes sense; they were fine with each other with only the occasional argument now and then but look at them now! Ah, I wish there was something I could do about it.

At that moment, I heard someone walking down the stairs. I hope it's not Ron coming to complain about Hermione, but luckily it wasn't. It was Ginny.

I've never been happier to see her. "Hi, Harry" she said in an annoyed voice. She wasn't annoyed with me was she? What did I do? "Hi Gin, are you ok?" I asked, hoping she'd say: 'yes Harry I'm fine and so are you'. Wait where did that come from?

"I'm ok, I guess. I've just had Hermione complaining about Ron to me, she really can go on" Ginny replied. "Ron's the same really. But I wouldn't worry about it, they will probably make up in the morning, they always do".

"Yeah, I hope so" Ginny said as she sat down next to me. I looked at her and realised how much she'd changed. She wasn't all shy and weird around me anymore, which was a plus and she was now 15 and looked more grown up to say the least.

"I'm kind of tired, I think I'll go to bed" I said, stifling a yawn. "Ok, see you in the morning" Ginny replied.

I walked up the staircase and quietly opened the door to our dorm, hoping Ron was fast asleep but he wasn't. "Can you believe her, Harry? I was just trying to talk to her rationally and she goes off on one! Why is she always doing that? It is so annoying! And another thing-" Ron began. This went on for quite a while and by the time he looked like he was done, I was already washed, dressed and in bed.

"Also, she's always going on and on about stuff I don't even care about or I'm too tired to hear! Don't you just hate it when people do that?" Ron asked. "Yeah, it's very annoying" I said with a hint of sarcasm in my voice, which Ron didn't seem to notice.

"Look Ron, I'm going to go to sleep now and I think you should too, we have class in the morning" I said. "Yeah, you're right. Thanks for listening mate. Goodnight" Ron replied. "Night" I said while I pulled the curtains around my four poster.

I laid there in the dark feeling very tired and quite irritable. But I had learnt to control my rage after what happened last year and I have turned into quite a calm person. But I won't stay calm for long if Ron and Hermione have another argument, which they will. Maybe there's something I could do about it. But I dunno, at the moment, I don't really want to think. I'm going to sleep.

Ginny's POV

I watched Harry's retreating back as he walked up the stairs. About two years ago I would have been very happy that I could just sit and talk to him. But that time has passed, I am over him and now we're just friends.

I quite like being a fifth year; people treat you with more respect and don't treat you like a little kid. Well, not everyone treats you like that but most do. How many times have I said treat? I think I'm strange sometimes with the unimportant things I think about. Never mind, I guess that's just my nature.

I do wish there was something I could do about Ron and Hermione though. Ron's my brother and Hermione's a good friend and I hate seeing them arguing. It must be worse for Harry though, he has to put up with them all the time, it must be difficult.

Maybe there's a way to force them to get along. At the moment, they can completely ignore each other and walk off if they want to. I ponder, I mean I wonder whether there's something me and Harry can do about it. I can't be bothered to think about that now though, I'm too tired. I'm going to bed.

Harry's POV

It's morning again. Another full day of lessons, I hope I have my first defence against the dark arts lesson with a new teacher today. I've already seen her and she seems ok, hopefully. It's only 7:30 so I have enough time for a shower before breakfast.

Ah, that's better. Now I'm clean and refreshed something Snape has never experienced. I wonder if Ron is up. Nope, still sleeping soundly. I'd better wake him up though even if it means another ramble about Hermione from him.

"Ron, wake up!" I said while I hit him gently on the arm. "Wha? Who there?" Ron asked sleepily. "It's Harry; breakfast is soon, you better get up" I replied. Ron sat up slowly and stretched. "Ok Harry, I'll meet you in the common room in about ten minutes" Ron said.

I walked down the stairs and saw Hermione sitting there. Uh oh, she's not going to ramble on as well is she? "Hiya, Harry" she said cheerfully. "Hi" I replied. I sat down next to her and there was silence for a while. "So… are we waiting for Ron?" Hermione asked, emphasising on 'Ron'.

"Er yeah, he said he'd be down in about 10 minutes" I replied. "Ok, good" she said tonelessly. Ron appeared at the staircase about 5 minutes later. Me and Hermione stood up to greet him, well I did. "Hi Ron, ready for breakfast?"  I asked. "Yeah" Ron replied absent mindly.

"Ron" Hermione said with no emotion. "Hermione" he replied. I looked at them both with me standing in the middle, wondering what I should say. "Come on, let's go".

We walked down to breakfast with only me making conversation. When we arrived in the Great Hall, I sat down next to Neville with Ron on my other side. Hermione chose to sit next to Neville instead of Ron. Ginny entered the Great Hall a few minutes later. I smiled at her and she smiled back and took a seat next to Hermione.

The timetables were handed out and I had a look at my lessons. "Oooh we have Defence against the Dark Arts first" Hermione said. "Wow how exciting" Ron said sarcastically. Hermione ignored him but looked a little annoyed. People nearby seemed a little confused but Harry changed the subject.

"We have Potions this afternoon" I said irritably. I heard Neville give a soft groan. "Don't worry, Neville, if Snape says anything, just ignore him" Hermione said reassuringly. "I'll try" Neville choked.

Once we had finished our breakfast, we made our way to Defence against the Dark Arts. Our new teacher wasn't there yet. The three of us sat in the middle row, just in case she was as bad as Umbridge was.

When the whole class had settled, everyone waited patiently. A few minutes later, a woman entered the room. She looked like she was in her early 30's and had shoulder length dark brown hair and green eyes. She was quite pretty but I'm not really into older women. She smiled at us when she saw us.

"Hello everyone, my name is Professor Sapphira and I am your new Defence against the Dark Arts teacher". She started to explain what kind of work we'd be doing this year and asked questions about what we had already done. "Boggarts? Really? How fascinating! Who was your teacher?" she asked.

"Professor Lupin" Parvati answered. "Really? I know him quite well, he's a good friend of my sister" she replied. The rest of the lesson wasn't too bad and Harry thought Professor Sapphira was a good teacher.

Potions were bad as usual. Today we learnt about sleeping potions, I've had a few of them in the six years I've been here. After the lesson, Ron and Hermione had another argument. It was very annoying. We all went down to dinner once all our lessons were over and I decided to sit next to Ginny.

"They had another argument" I told her. "Oh no, that can't be good. Look Harry, I've been thinking and I have an idea how we can stop all the arguments" Ginny said. "How?" I asked, interested. "Well, let's just say, them two will be very 'attached' to each other" Ginny replied.

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