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Chapter 2: The Revelation

Just as Ginny and I predicted, within the span of the next three days, the boys had asked me a total of seven times if I was engaged. I finally had enough of it, so I decided it was time to put the plan in action.

The big "revelation" took place at dinner in the Great Hall on the third day after the plan Ginny and I had concocted.

"Wow Hermione, nice ring you got there?" Harry says to me as he takes a seat to my right.

"Yeah Hermione, why didn't you tell us you were engaged?" Ron asks, sitting across from me.

I look to my left where Ginny is seated next to me and see if I should go along with our plan now. She gives me the slightest of nods, encouraging me to go on.

"Well," I begin. "I was going to tell you guys, but I didn't know how" I said faking innocence.

The look on Harry and Ron's faces is hilarious. I control my urge to break out in a fit of laughter at their gullibleness, and the mirrored of each other on their faces. Eyes bulging, jaws dropped to the floor, and a look of shock mixed with confusion.

"B- bu- but you're too young Hermione!" exclaims Harry who was the first to recover. Ron appears to be frozen with the same look as before plastered to his face.

"She's old enough to make her own decisions Harry." Ginny says sticking up for me. "Besides she turns of age in two weeks. She can do whatever she wants. It's her life and if you were her friends you would support her decision and be happy for her too!"

If I didn't know this whole thing were an act, I would totally have believed everything that Ginny has said, and would feel bad for not doing just what she said.

"YOU'RE WHAT?" was Ron's outburst once he finally came to.

"Ron! Shh! You're attracting unwanted attention. I don't want everyone to know about this just yet. I'm not ready for the whole school to know of my decision of wanting to marry young. They might think I got knocked up or something." I scolded Ron.

"Wait, you're not are you?" both Harry and Ron interjected.

"What? NO guys! I'm not dumb! You guys know I would never go sleeping around. I have my morals. I am marrying out of love!" I explained to my two best friends the reason for my fake engagement. "And besides, I've known this guy for years now; he's a family friend of mine. When I saw him over the summer holidays things just clicked between us and we knew we were soul mates." Again, I was beginning to get lost in my lie and even I believed myself.

"Aww that's so romantic Hermione" Ginny said. I looked over to see her wiping tears out of her eyes. I guess my story was believable to her as well.

"Well I guess Ginny's right, congratulations Hermione! I really am happy for you." Harry said giving me a hug.

Three pairs of eyes were then on Ron waiting for his answer. The oblivious idiot didn't notice his friends' eyes on him, until Harry cleared his throat to get Ron's attention. That didn't work, so Harry had to kick Ron's leg underneath the table.

"OWW! BLOODY HELL HARRY! That hurt, what was that for?" exclaimed Ron finally giving his attention to his friends.

"Aren't you happy for Hermione and her decision?" Harry hinted.

"Oh right! Yeah, uhhh, I am proud of you Hermione, I really am." Ron began, "but I must tell you, I don't fully agree with your decision. You are too young to end your life like this."

"Ron, calm down. I won't be getting married right away. My fiancé and I have agreed to have a long engagement. It's still the start of the year and I won't be getting married until the end of the summer, or possible sometime in the year after that. We both know we are too young to get married right away."

"So why the early engagement then?" Harry and Ron both ask simultaneously.

"It's like having each other on hold, just so no one else can take the other because we are both taken" I said with a sigh, acting love struck.

With that I left Harry and Ron to ponder over what I just told them and went on my way to Potions.