Disclaimer: I did not invent the characters. J.K Rowling did.
A/N: This is my first fanfiction ever...it is actually developed from a piece of unfinished work my friend Anne and I wrote years ago during an english lesson. I can't recall what the teacher's instruction was but I'm sure it had nothing to do with fan fictions -we didn't even know what was fanfic at that time, haha! We just happened to come up with a paragraph of fan-fiction-like materials. We knew it was too far from what the teacher expected, so we just kept it and wrote something else to hand in...
That paragraph will appear in the next chapter(The whole thing will end within 5 chapters) and see if you can spot any style difference, since that part was written years ago, haha
But never mind the history behind the story...I just hope you will enjoy it :)
'Just go ask her out.'
No matter how many times Ron whined about the fact that Hermione just see him as a friend, and how there was no chance of her having the same feeling for him he had for her, Harry's answer would still be the same.
'Go. Ask. Her. Out. Just do it, Ron!'
'I can't! I…I mean of course I have the guts to, but…but she just sees me as someone who cares only about boy stuff, not girls and there's no way she's going to see that I like her more than as a friend!'
'Like I've said, ask her out and she'd see.'
Ron signed. He had been talking about her a lot with Harry lately. Of course he didn't speak of the truth at first. He just randomly complained how bossy Hermione could be, correcting his mistakes all the time. Harry, not knowing what Ron was really up to, tried to be objective and even suggested that maybe she was just being helpful.
But then, Ron's theory started to alter, hinting how Hermione could actually manage to look both bossy and adorable at the same time. Harry didn't usually take these things to his heart, but when Ron mentioned that for the fifth time, Harry couldn't help being a little bit suspicious.
It didn't take long for Ron to admit his true feeling though. After being criticized by Hermione one day about his habit of speaking with his mouth full of food (I'm glad you don't have a girl friend, Ron. No girl can accept her boyfriend to have such table manner.), Ron finally confided in Harry. Their topic of discussion remained unchanged for weeks after that, not that Harry didn't try to change it.
So in one-week time, the Hermione in Ron's description changed from bossy to bossy-and-adorable, and finally simply adorable.
Yeah right ask her out…Harry has no idea. That would be Mission Impossible .
Even when Ron was not talking about her, he was thinking about her and the possibility of asking her out, which he concluded to be zero.
Ron was about to dismiss Harry's constant piece of advice when Harry brought it up.
'Here comes your chance, Ron!
Ron looked up and saw two girls standing in the doorway of the common room, about to come in. One has red hair, unmistakably Ginny. And the other, the one with bushy brown hair, Ron's heart missed a beat- Hermione.
'I can't! At least not now! Ginny's with her! How can I ask her out in front of her?' Ron tried to keep his voice down though the girls were out of earshot.
'Watch me!' Harry grinned and at the same time, Ginny and Hermione walked towards them.
'No, Harry, don't do it! You can't help me ask her out in front of me and Ginny. You just can't! Look, I promise I'll stop bothering you with my love life, or the lack of one. Whatever. Harry, just listen to me!' As the girls were nearer and nearer, Ron got more and more panic. He spoke as fast as he could to stop Harry from embarrassing him in front of Ginny, or worse, her. 'I thought we're friends! Friends just don't do this to each other. They don't humiliate each other in front of –'
'Oh, hi, Hermione! And Ginny! Er… didn't see you two coming.' Ron greeted them breathlessly and hoped that they didn't hear what he was trying to convince Harry.
Ginny beamed at Harry and Hermione just nodded at them. The four of them fell into an awkward silence.
Harry was the one to break it, 'Um, look, Ron and I were planning about our weekend and he –ouch!'
Ron elbowed Harry in his chest, a little bit too hard.
Harry tried to ignore the fact that two of his ribs might have been broken by his troubled friend –the last thing he wanted was for Ginny to think that he couldn't bear a little bit of pain –and continued, 'okay, and we thought, why don't the four of us go for a movie?'
'Go for a what?' Hermione didn't even try to hide the surprise in her voice.
'A movie! Well, I'm going! Hermione, you should come with us too, that'll be fun!' Ginny answered. For the first time in his life, Ron was glad that he had a sister.
'Yes, do come, Hermione! Ron –' Harry paused for a better effect, 'and I really would like you to come with us.'
'Okay then, if that's what you want.' Hermione said, appearing to be pretty nonchalant, as if she was just offered a peppermint instead of being asked to go for a movie.
'Good! That's what Ron wants too, right?' Harry emphasized and looked at his friend.
Ron tried not to take notice of Ginny's rising eyebrow, 'Um…yeah we both want you…and Ginny too, of course, to come.'
And that was how they ended with their first double date. Well, strictly speaking, maybe you couldn't call that a double date, but hey a movie would always be better than nothing.
A/N: Any criticisms on style/plot/length/language/etc, suggestions or support(anyone? :p) will be more than welcome :)
and yes, the next chapter will be about the date itself
I'm working on it already and it can be out before Sunday, hopefully :P
