"Hey Harry," Ron said tucking into dinner. "Hi everyone," Ginny greeted, sitting down at the table. Harry just nodded.

Everyone talked about their day as they ate. Eventually the dreaded question came.

"How was detention Harry?" Hermione asked innocently.

He gave Ginny a quick 'Not here not now' look. "Fine, she's a crazy old bat, not that we didn't know that already."

"Total psycho," Ron agreed. That's what everyone thought but most were too afraid to say it. Harry looked desperately across at Ginny, trying to let her know that they needed to change the sunject. Luckily for him, she picked up on this straight away. She couldn't think of anything to switch the conversation to.

"So hows the studying for the Owls going?" That was the best she could come up with. Times like this she could only think of one thing…. Harry.

That wasn't going to help things, even if saying "I love Harry Potter" would certainly move the group away from the Umbridge conversation.

"Great" Ron said unconvincingly, receiving a disapproving look from Hermione.

"Well of course you've been studying Hermione." He shot back at her.

"Theres nothing wrong with being prepared Ronald, now if you'll excuse me , Im going to the common room to study some transfiguration while its quite," she said slightly hurt, while getting up from her seat beside Ginny and Neville.

"Well done Ron, you've upset her now!" Ginny barked at her brother. The stress of what Harry just told her was a little too much.

"She'll be ok," Neville said. "Give her some time to calm down.

Harry like most people, didn't like to see his friends fighting, but was glad to the topic of conversation had changed. He didn't feel much like telling anyone, not yet anyway.

"Im not that hungry, think I'll skip desert and go back to the common room, anyone want to join me?" Ginny asked, this time with a much milder tone.

"Me either, I'll go with you," Harry replied, happy with the chance to leave. With that they said their good byes and left.

"What is it with everyone today? So touchy." Ron said to the three remaining Gryffindor friends.

"I don't know but something's definitely up." Seamus said joining in the conversation.

"Maybe Harry and Ginny are together in secret, trying to keep it from all of us?" Dean suggested.

"Ugh Dean she's my sister." Ron didn't like that idea.

"He could be right you know, Ron." Neville broke the silence that had formed after Ron's outburst.

"They have been spending an awful lot of time together."

"Seamus shut up!"

"Just something that popped into my head."

"Yeah keep it there."

"Heard our little brother got keeper."

"Well done Ron."

The twins arrived to congratulate their brother. It wasn't long before they noticed the mood at the end of the table the three boys were sitting at.

"Who died?" George asked as Nearly-Headless Nick floated past.

"How inconsiderate," he said and kept going.

"Well done. I always knew I got the brains," Fred teased him.

"Ron's just in a bad mood because we think that Harry and Ginny are together, but he doesn't seem to realise his little sister is in fourth year." Neville explained.

"Ooooh," the twins chorused. "Time to test out those extendable ears." "Lets go"

"Then why would Hermione be upset? How does that fit into your little theory?"

"Well maybe she found out and they told her to keep it a secret for everyone?" Dean suggested.

"Or maybe she knows, but fancies Harry too?"

"I agree with Dean and Neville, it could be either of those Ron." Seamus agreed.

"Bloody hell you lot really do have an answer for everything don't you?" was Ron's only comeback.

"Right I'm going to the common room see you up there."

|Ron didn't like Nevilles theory at all. He had been trying to build up the courage to ask Hermione out for the last three years, but if she like Harry there was no point. Then he snapped out of it. They were just theories, the lads were messing. Her bad mood could have been caused by anything.

With that thought he reached the top of the stairs to the common room. As he got into the common room he saw Ginny and Harry sitting together by the fire and Hermione curled up on her own with a book. This wasn't helping with the boys theory. Not for Ron even.