A/N: May I present my new piece of work. I promise no sequels for this one. I hope you like it and get a few laughs for it here and there.

"Come on Ron. If you don't do your homework you won't get lunch period," Hermione told Ron sternly.

"Hermione," Ron groaned as he sat on the couch looking up at Hermione. "Come on its Christmas time. We have no homework until after the holidays. I have time to do it later," he told her then feeling his stomach grumble. "Plus, I'm starving and need lunch."

"Knowing you you'll put it off to the last minutes so I'll make you do it now. The fast you do it the faster you can get lunch," Hermione told him. She had found that the key to make him work was taking away something he had to have which she knew was food for now.

"But Hermione-"

"No buts Ron. Now work."

"Guys! I have really good news!" Ginny squealed as she ran into the common room. "McGonagall made an announcement at lunch, which is over by the way Ron," she told her brother cheerfully.

"What!" Ron shouted as he stood up in a huff. "Hermione, you make me miss my lunch. Now I'm gonna starve until dinner time!"

"I didn't do anything. If you worked on your homework instead of mopping about it you could have had your lunch," Hermione snapped back at Ron. "It's not my fault you choose to not do it when I first made you. You would have been done by lunch time and wouldn't have missed it. So it's really your fault."

"Guys, stop fighting!" Ginny shouted as she stepped in between Hermione and Ron. "Look, McGonagall is throwing a Christmas Ball this year. It's only a few days from now and it's going to be amazing. She said everyone who wants to go has to have a date no ifs, ands, or buts."

Ron sighed as he fell back onto the couch with a small thud. "Great, it's our fourth year all over. All we're missing is Hermione's precious Vicky," he snorted as he crossed his arms over his chest.

Hermione's face filled with anger and her fists clenched, ready to punch the crap out of Ron at any moment though she knew she wouldn't stand a chance to begin with. "Shut up Ronald!" she scowled as she pushed Ginny out of the way and stomped her way in front of Ron. "For your information Viktor has a girlfriend and it isn't my. I don't care though because we are only friends and nothing more."

"Oh whatever Hermione."

"Ron, you're impossible," Hermione cried and then running up to the girls down in tears. To her the only thing that seemed to be getting in the way of getting with Ron was the fact Ron was jealous of someone she was only friends with.

"Ronald Weasley!" Ginny snapped at her brother with a growl. It shocked her how much of a git her brother could really be at times. "Hermione has her eyes on a different bloke if you haven't noticed. I would tell you but then I'd be breaking my promise of keeping it a secret."

Ron thought for a moment, searching through the list of boys that he though Hermione might like so she'd been around a lot lately. His name was in that list but he doubted it was him. "Harry?"

"NO!!" Ginny cried, surprised by the fact her brother could think such a thing when she was the one going out with Harry. "Harry is my boyfriend. Me and Hermione would have some problems if she liked Harry."

"Oh yeah. Then who could it possibly be?"

"Wow Ron, you really are thick headed," Ginny commented as she headed towards the steps to the girls dorm but didn't go up. "Advice, ask Hermione before someone else gets the chance. I don't think you want to go through the Yule Ball again.

Ron jumped off the couch and looked at his sister sternly. "What makes you say that? What if I don't want to go with Hermione?"

"Yeah right, you love her."

"You don't have any proof of that."

"Oh really," Ginny said as she reached into her pocket and pulled out a piece of parchment. She unfolded it and showed the clearly written words 'I love Hermione Granger' all over it in Ron's hand writing. "It's clearly written here all over what you should have been taking notes on. Plus the fact it is so obvious you like her. Your jealous of any boy that comes within a foot of her body pretty much."

Ron gasped as he saw the parchment and then looking at his sister. "That's not true, I'm not jealous of all the boys that come within a foot of her, only the ones that date her," he growled and then reaching out to grab the parchment but Ginny pulled it away in time. "Ginny, you show that to Hermione I'll make you wish you where never born."

"Man Ron, threatening your sister over a bit of parchment."

"Harry!" Ginny cried as she shoved the parchment at Ron and ran to Harry and hugging him tight.

"It's not just any parchment Harry. I can't let Hermione see it or she'll find out I love her," Ron said as she crumpled the parchment up and threw it into the burning fire. "She'd never like a bloke like me. She likes the good Quidditch players, that's all she's ever dated."

"You don't know that for sure."

"Just ask her to the Christmas Ball and let things unfold."

"Easy for you two to say," Ron groaned and then walking up to the boys dorm.

"I think we seriously need to help them Harry."

"Nah, they just need a push in the right direction."