Chapter 1-Stupid Boys

Harry and Ron were sitting in the Gryffindor common room in their usual armchairs by the fire. Hermione had been reading her Ancient Runes book when she came across something she didn't understand and ran off to the library, like Hermiones usually do. Unlike other people who, even if they were reading their schoolbooks for fun would've just shrugged and kept going. So the two friends were free to eat Bernie Bott's Every Flavor Beans and talk of things that would otherwise earn scowls and criticizing comments from their brainy friend.

"Have you noticed how odd she's been acting?" asked Ron while chewing on bright orange carrot flavored bean. "Who, Hermione? She's always running off to the library, I would've thought it odd if she didn't." Harry answered simply.

"Well, yeah me too. That wasn't what I was talking about though. She's always staring out windows sighing, and didn't you notice her humming today during Herbology? Plus she was nearly skipping to Potions yesterday." Ron pointed out while sniffing a brown bean and putting it back.

"Now that you mention it, she does seem a little distracted. She's hardly answered any questions all week, and I did think it was odd when I saw her doodling instead of taking notes in History of Magic." Harry said slowly picking up a dark green one. "Gross spinach," he said grimacing.

"Exactly," Ron said excitedly, "I'm telling you Harry, there's something wrong with her." He paused, "Maybe we should send her to the hospital wing." "It's probably just some weird girl thing. Why don't you just ask her if you're that worried?" Ron simply stared at Harry. "What?"

"Bloody hell, Harry, you can't just ask a girl what's wrong with her!" he banged his fist on the table spilling the candy, "Either she'll get upset with you or you'll get some bloody stupid story on how she broke a nail! No, what we need to do is find out for ourselves."

"You don't mean follow her, do you?" Harry asked shocked, as he bent to pick up the flavored beans.

"It's the only way, Harry. Do you really think she's going to tell us?" Ron questioned, as he ate a white one right off the ground.

" Or," said a voice above them, "you could ask someone who knows exactly what's wrong."

"What are you talking about Ginny?" Ron asked annoyed. "Do you know why she's acting so weird?" Harry asked, getting up from the floor. "Of course she doesn't, Harry, she's just butting in." Ron said as he popped a red bean into his mouth. "Ketchup. Hmm, not bad."

"Well, I don't know exactly why," Ginny, said with her hand on her hip as she took a purple colored bean from Ron's hand, "but I have a pretty good guess. After all I have an advantage you two don't."

They both looked at her with blank faces. Sighing Ginny pointed out, "I'm a girl." "So," Ron snorted, "what does that have to do with anything?"

Before Ginny could even raise her hand to give Ron a good smack on the forehead, for being the exact opposite of brilliant, Hermione climbed through the portrait hole looking rather pleased and smiling. She walked over to them, picked up a yellow bean and sat in an armchair, sighing distractedly.

"I'm guessing you found what you were looking for at the library." Harry said trying to be casual. "Hmm," she asked surprised looking up, "oh yes, I found it."

It was quiet for a minute as Ron looked at Harry and Harry looked at Ginny, who was trying to tell him something by mouthing the words, and pointing at Hermione, but Harry had never really been good at reading lips.

Hermione yawned widely and stretched, "I think I'm going to go to bed. See you in the morning." She got up, picked up her bag and turned to walk up the stairs that went to the girl's dormitories, smiling the whole time.

Ginny started giggling, and hid her mouth behind her hand. Ron looked at her, "What's so funny?" She turned toward him, "You really don't see it?" He and Harry shook their heads. "Are all boys this stupid?" she asked herself. Before either one could do more than breathe in to say something back, she said something that made their mouths drop open in disbelief instead. Ginny leaned in closer, "She's in love," she whispered to them.

Ron fell face first off his chair onto the floor. The loud thump he made stirred up a few giggles from the around the common room. Harry choked on a blue bean he had been chewing until Ginny hit him on the back.

"Thanks," he said hoarsely. Ron sat up from the floor, and managed to sputter "In love? How can she be in love?"

"Look at the facts," Ginny started, "she barely pays any attention in class, plus she's always humming, and smiling." Harry nodded it made sense, but now there was a bigger question to answer. Ron beat him to it, "So...who is she in love with?" Ginny shrugged, "How am I supposed to know? Although, whoever he is, he isn't in this room."

"Why do you say that?", both boys asked.

OHMYGOSH! WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?

WHO IS HERMIONE IN LOVE WITH?

WHY IS HARRY SO BAD AT READING LIPS?

DID HERMIONE REALLY GO TO THE LIBRARY?

HOW DOES GINNY KNOW THAT THE MAN HERMIONE LOVES ISN'T IN THE COMMON ROOM?

SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED BUT THE REST YOU ARE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT YOURSELVES! :)

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