" Drive Me Crazy "
Character Pairing : Ron/Hermoine ( with shades of Harry/Ginny )
Rating : PG
Category : Songfic/Romance/Humor/Angst
Summary : Hermoine gets the letter she's not supposed to see and it's up to the gang to get it back. Harry & Ginny plot to get Ron/Hermoine together. part 3 to " Angel Eyes, " and " Hello-Goodbye "
Disclaimer : I own nothing in the Harry Potter universe. It's all J.K. Rowling's. I'm just borrowing some of her stuff.
Disclaimer : I did not write, nor do I own the song " Drive Me Crazy " by The Thompson Brothers Band. I'm just using it for the story.
" Drive Me Crazy "
' This love is so relentless
You fool with all my senses
My heart is so uncertain
I'm happy, then I'm hurtin'
I have to tell you, baby
You're bound to drive me crazy
And I live for this insanity '
DECEMBER 30TH :
" What do you mean you gave her that letter, " Ron asked through clenched teeth, holding Colin Creevy by the robes and shirtfront, pinning him to the Gryffindor common room wall.
" Um, " Colin answered nervously, licking his lips, " I found it on the floor and saw Hermoine's name on it. I thought she might have dropped it, So I gave it back to her. "
" Why would you do something like that ? "
Colin's feet were nearly off the floor, " Er, because her name was on it ? I swear, I never saw what was in it ! It was in the envelope with her name on it ! "
" Ronald Weasley, " Ginny Weasley yelled, coming into the common room, " you drop Colin this instant ! "
Ron looked at his sister, but still held Colin against the wall. Though she was the baby of the family, she could be quite intimidating when she wanted to be. And at that moment, she looked so much like their mother that it was downright unsettling. He let go of Colin, but his eyes never left Ginny's. Colin slid to the ground with a soft thud. Harry stood off to the side, too dumbfounded to speak. Instead, he watched the whole scene play out before him, as he had when Ron first blew into the common room and headed straight for poor Colin.
" My life, as I know it, is now over, " Ron moaned, covering his face with his hands.
Harry had only seen him like that once. It had been when he'd been enchanted accidentally by Fluer Delacour during fourth year, and had asked her to the Yule Ball. When she and everyone in the area stared at him as if he had six heads, he'd bolted. Harry had walked in on Ginny comforting him. The look on Ron's face now was nearly identical. " Why would you think that, mate ? And what is all this about a letter ? "
" He wrote Hermoine a letter, " Ginny answered, as Colin slid away from them, back still against the wall, until he reached the port hole and climbed out, " apparently he misplaced it and Colin found it. And well, I guess you know the rest. "
" So you wrote her a letter ; so what ? Wait a minute, " Harry figured, " it wasn't a bad letter was it ? "
Ron chuckled ruefully, " No. Worse. "
" What could be worse than a poison pen letter ? Well, aside from a howler. "
Ginny looked at Ron sympathetically, then returned her gaze to Harry, " Think about it. "
Harry did. What could possibly have Ron upset if not from an altercation with Hermoine ? Ron was too straightforward to write an angry letter to her. He would merely shout it at her. Harry knew, he'd seen it, and vice versa. Their track record alone for arguments proved that. Unless it wasn't a letter written in anger . Unless...........Harry's eyes snapped up to Ron's.
" You told her ? "
" She was never supposed to see that letter. I just wrote it to clear my head and I must have dropped it. And well, you know the rest. "
" This isn't neccessarily a bad thing. "
Ron looked at Harry incredulously, " How do you figure that ? Trust me, this is bad. "
Ginny's eyes widened at her brother's dismay, " Why ? "
Ron turned to Ginny, " Were you not here Christmas night after the Yule Ball ? "
" Don't be snippy. Of course I was here. I saw what happened. "
" Well , you two didn't see what happened after I got into the bathroom. "
Harry's eyebrows shot up to his hairline. He was impressed, " You got into the bathroom ? How'd you manage that ? "
" Long story, mate. "
" Well, " Ginny prodded him on, " what happened ? "
" That's an even longer story. Needless to say, I left Hermoine that night feeling unfulfilled. "
" How do you know she felt that way ? "
" To tell you the truth , Ginny, I don't know how she felt. I just know I felt that way. No, " he paused, raking his hand through his hair creating angry spikes, " she was real quick to drop the whole matter. So yes, to answer a previous question : It's bad that she has that letter. "
Harry was still curious as to what really happened in the girl's bathroom, but didn't push it. He knew Ron wasn't going to elaborate any more than he had. Although, he had his own ideas. His eyes met with Ginny's momentarily, and he could see that she was thinking along the same lines.
Harry had another thought, " You know, Ron, it is possible that Hermoine hasn't read your letter yet. "
Ron's eyes lit up, " That's true. Maybe I could steal it back from her. "
" Harry, " Ginny scolded.
He held his hand up to hold back her protests, " Ginny, whatever is in that letter, Ron doesn't want her to see it. I'd rather help him than see another row like they had on Christmas. "
Ginny sighed in exasperation, then nodded in agreement, " I'm listening. "
" Me too, " Ron added, " What do you have in mind ? "
" Ginny, it would be best if you stuck with Hermoine. Don't let out of your sight, and don't let her read that letter. Stall her if you have to. "
" That's it ? That's your plan, " asked Ginny, holding back a barage of giggles.
" Why ? "
" A plan has parts, Harry. ' First you do this....then you do that. ' "
Harry indulged her, " Alright, how about this ? First you keep Hermoine from reading that letter, then Ron is clear to steal it back. "
" You're improving. "
Harry smiled.
" Wait a moment, " Ron interrupted, " How am I going to steal it back ? She's bound to notice a rather tall chap with flaming red hair going for her letter. Actually, " he stopped and thought, " Maybe I could borrow your invisibility cloak. "
" Not a problem. "
" There is one problem. "
They both turned to Ginny, " What, " asked Ron.
" Colin Creevy. He knows about the letter. He doesn't know what's in it, but he obviously knows it's something that had you upset enough to dismember him over. "
Ron mulled it over, " I suppose killing him is out of the question. "
" Leave Colin to me, " Harry said quickly, " I'll talk to him and ask him to keep quiet about the letter. "
" Harry, Colin is a sweet guy, but he's not the most reliable about keeping things quiet. How do you suppose he'll keep Ron's letter a secret ? "
Ron caught on, " Because he owes Harry one. "
" He owes Harry ? "
" He owes me for lunch on Halloween when Errol crash landed into my food and knocked me over. Colin snapped several pictures of that. Not my most shining moment. I was covered in food. "
After several failed attempts to hold it in, Ginny burst out laughing, " I remember that ! " She stopped laughing after she noticed both of them were staring at her, waiting for her to calm herself. The tips of her ears turned pink in trademark Weasley fashion, " Right then. Perhaps we should get going. "
Harry and Ginny left the common room together. She was on her way to find Hermoine, and he was after Colin. Ron had scrambled up the stairs to the boy's dormitory to retrieve Harry's invisibility cloak.
" Tell me again how this is going to help Ron. "
" How do you mean ? "
" I don't know, I just think he should tell her how he feels. "
" That's not our place to decide. "
" I know that. I know she feels the same for him. I just know it. "
" Has she told you that ? "
" No, but everyone knows it ! Everyone but them. Tell me you didn't, " she asked him quizzically.
" Of couse I know it. But it's still not our place to interfere. "
" We're interfering now ! "
" That's true. Although, it's in a roundabout way. "
" At this rate, they'll be old as dirt before they admit their feelings for one another. "
" Well, we can help them along with that. "
She raised her eyebrow in mock fashion, a smile tugging at her lips, " Wouldn't that constitute as interfering ? "
" Not if we do it in a roundabout way, " he smiled back at her.
" I like the way your mind works. "
( Stay tuned for chapter 2 )
Character Pairing : Ron/Hermoine ( with shades of Harry/Ginny )
Rating : PG
Category : Songfic/Romance/Humor/Angst
Summary : Hermoine gets the letter she's not supposed to see and it's up to the gang to get it back. Harry & Ginny plot to get Ron/Hermoine together. part 3 to " Angel Eyes, " and " Hello-Goodbye "
Disclaimer : I own nothing in the Harry Potter universe. It's all J.K. Rowling's. I'm just borrowing some of her stuff.
Disclaimer : I did not write, nor do I own the song " Drive Me Crazy " by The Thompson Brothers Band. I'm just using it for the story.
" Drive Me Crazy "
' This love is so relentless
You fool with all my senses
My heart is so uncertain
I'm happy, then I'm hurtin'
I have to tell you, baby
You're bound to drive me crazy
And I live for this insanity '
DECEMBER 30TH :
" What do you mean you gave her that letter, " Ron asked through clenched teeth, holding Colin Creevy by the robes and shirtfront, pinning him to the Gryffindor common room wall.
" Um, " Colin answered nervously, licking his lips, " I found it on the floor and saw Hermoine's name on it. I thought she might have dropped it, So I gave it back to her. "
" Why would you do something like that ? "
Colin's feet were nearly off the floor, " Er, because her name was on it ? I swear, I never saw what was in it ! It was in the envelope with her name on it ! "
" Ronald Weasley, " Ginny Weasley yelled, coming into the common room, " you drop Colin this instant ! "
Ron looked at his sister, but still held Colin against the wall. Though she was the baby of the family, she could be quite intimidating when she wanted to be. And at that moment, she looked so much like their mother that it was downright unsettling. He let go of Colin, but his eyes never left Ginny's. Colin slid to the ground with a soft thud. Harry stood off to the side, too dumbfounded to speak. Instead, he watched the whole scene play out before him, as he had when Ron first blew into the common room and headed straight for poor Colin.
" My life, as I know it, is now over, " Ron moaned, covering his face with his hands.
Harry had only seen him like that once. It had been when he'd been enchanted accidentally by Fluer Delacour during fourth year, and had asked her to the Yule Ball. When she and everyone in the area stared at him as if he had six heads, he'd bolted. Harry had walked in on Ginny comforting him. The look on Ron's face now was nearly identical. " Why would you think that, mate ? And what is all this about a letter ? "
" He wrote Hermoine a letter, " Ginny answered, as Colin slid away from them, back still against the wall, until he reached the port hole and climbed out, " apparently he misplaced it and Colin found it. And well, I guess you know the rest. "
" So you wrote her a letter ; so what ? Wait a minute, " Harry figured, " it wasn't a bad letter was it ? "
Ron chuckled ruefully, " No. Worse. "
" What could be worse than a poison pen letter ? Well, aside from a howler. "
Ginny looked at Ron sympathetically, then returned her gaze to Harry, " Think about it. "
Harry did. What could possibly have Ron upset if not from an altercation with Hermoine ? Ron was too straightforward to write an angry letter to her. He would merely shout it at her. Harry knew, he'd seen it, and vice versa. Their track record alone for arguments proved that. Unless it wasn't a letter written in anger . Unless...........Harry's eyes snapped up to Ron's.
" You told her ? "
" She was never supposed to see that letter. I just wrote it to clear my head and I must have dropped it. And well, you know the rest. "
" This isn't neccessarily a bad thing. "
Ron looked at Harry incredulously, " How do you figure that ? Trust me, this is bad. "
Ginny's eyes widened at her brother's dismay, " Why ? "
Ron turned to Ginny, " Were you not here Christmas night after the Yule Ball ? "
" Don't be snippy. Of course I was here. I saw what happened. "
" Well , you two didn't see what happened after I got into the bathroom. "
Harry's eyebrows shot up to his hairline. He was impressed, " You got into the bathroom ? How'd you manage that ? "
" Long story, mate. "
" Well, " Ginny prodded him on, " what happened ? "
" That's an even longer story. Needless to say, I left Hermoine that night feeling unfulfilled. "
" How do you know she felt that way ? "
" To tell you the truth , Ginny, I don't know how she felt. I just know I felt that way. No, " he paused, raking his hand through his hair creating angry spikes, " she was real quick to drop the whole matter. So yes, to answer a previous question : It's bad that she has that letter. "
Harry was still curious as to what really happened in the girl's bathroom, but didn't push it. He knew Ron wasn't going to elaborate any more than he had. Although, he had his own ideas. His eyes met with Ginny's momentarily, and he could see that she was thinking along the same lines.
Harry had another thought, " You know, Ron, it is possible that Hermoine hasn't read your letter yet. "
Ron's eyes lit up, " That's true. Maybe I could steal it back from her. "
" Harry, " Ginny scolded.
He held his hand up to hold back her protests, " Ginny, whatever is in that letter, Ron doesn't want her to see it. I'd rather help him than see another row like they had on Christmas. "
Ginny sighed in exasperation, then nodded in agreement, " I'm listening. "
" Me too, " Ron added, " What do you have in mind ? "
" Ginny, it would be best if you stuck with Hermoine. Don't let out of your sight, and don't let her read that letter. Stall her if you have to. "
" That's it ? That's your plan, " asked Ginny, holding back a barage of giggles.
" Why ? "
" A plan has parts, Harry. ' First you do this....then you do that. ' "
Harry indulged her, " Alright, how about this ? First you keep Hermoine from reading that letter, then Ron is clear to steal it back. "
" You're improving. "
Harry smiled.
" Wait a moment, " Ron interrupted, " How am I going to steal it back ? She's bound to notice a rather tall chap with flaming red hair going for her letter. Actually, " he stopped and thought, " Maybe I could borrow your invisibility cloak. "
" Not a problem. "
" There is one problem. "
They both turned to Ginny, " What, " asked Ron.
" Colin Creevy. He knows about the letter. He doesn't know what's in it, but he obviously knows it's something that had you upset enough to dismember him over. "
Ron mulled it over, " I suppose killing him is out of the question. "
" Leave Colin to me, " Harry said quickly, " I'll talk to him and ask him to keep quiet about the letter. "
" Harry, Colin is a sweet guy, but he's not the most reliable about keeping things quiet. How do you suppose he'll keep Ron's letter a secret ? "
Ron caught on, " Because he owes Harry one. "
" He owes Harry ? "
" He owes me for lunch on Halloween when Errol crash landed into my food and knocked me over. Colin snapped several pictures of that. Not my most shining moment. I was covered in food. "
After several failed attempts to hold it in, Ginny burst out laughing, " I remember that ! " She stopped laughing after she noticed both of them were staring at her, waiting for her to calm herself. The tips of her ears turned pink in trademark Weasley fashion, " Right then. Perhaps we should get going. "
Harry and Ginny left the common room together. She was on her way to find Hermoine, and he was after Colin. Ron had scrambled up the stairs to the boy's dormitory to retrieve Harry's invisibility cloak.
" Tell me again how this is going to help Ron. "
" How do you mean ? "
" I don't know, I just think he should tell her how he feels. "
" That's not our place to decide. "
" I know that. I know she feels the same for him. I just know it. "
" Has she told you that ? "
" No, but everyone knows it ! Everyone but them. Tell me you didn't, " she asked him quizzically.
" Of couse I know it. But it's still not our place to interfere. "
" We're interfering now ! "
" That's true. Although, it's in a roundabout way. "
" At this rate, they'll be old as dirt before they admit their feelings for one another. "
" Well, we can help them along with that. "
She raised her eyebrow in mock fashion, a smile tugging at her lips, " Wouldn't that constitute as interfering ? "
" Not if we do it in a roundabout way, " he smiled back at her.
" I like the way your mind works. "
( Stay tuned for chapter 2 )