Everything is J.K Rowling's. I am just borrowing her characters for a brief moment.

Harry and Ron were just coming down the stairs to the common room as Hermione was racing out of the portrait hole. They just caught a glimpse of her brown hair flying out into the corridor before the opening closed behind her. "Where's she off to so fast?" asked Harry. "Little early for homework isn't it?"

"We are talking about Hermione right?" Ron asked incredulously. "She's probably tearing off to the library, important book to look at ya know," Ron rolled his eyes, and picked up an empty butterbeer bottle. "Some party, huh? Looks like we outdid the house elves late night cleaning—maybe that's where Hermione went, down to the kitchens to make sure they're all ok."

Harry laughed, "Maybe. Are you ready for breakfast? I'm starving."

"Me too!" Harry and Ron turned to see Ginny coming down the stairs from the girls' dormitories. She walked up and gave Harry a kiss, and said, "Let's go. Hey where's Hermione?"

Ron, finally looking at them—he had turned away to avoid watching his little sister kissing his best friend—said, "She just bolted out of here as we were coming down. No idea where she was going. So breakfast?"

"Yeah, let's go," Harry headed towards the portrait hole with Ron, but Ginny suddenly looked uneasy. She knew Hermione liked doing homework, but this early on a Sunday? Plus, why wouldn't she at least let her know where she was going since they all always ate together?

"Ginny—are you coming?" Ron was obviously getting impatient."

"Umm…I'm actually going to try and find Hermione. I had told her yesterday that we'd have breakfast together. I don't want her to think I forgot. I…I should go find her." She felt bad, Harry looked disappointed, but after their conversation last night she needed to find Hermione—something had to have happened. And then in a flash of squealing and laughter Ginny found out what had happened.

Lavender had run down the stairs and practically knocked Ron down in a flurry of kissing and arms flailing, "Ronnie, you'll never guess what happened?!"

Ginny rolled her eyes expecting something utterly ridiculous, but what she heard next made her want to run out of the room.

"What happen—"

Lavender cut Ron off, she was too excited to let him speak, "Hermione Granger said your name in her sleep this morning! Isn't that hysterical and completely ridiculous?"

"She did wh—"

"I mean seriously how embarrassing! And to say it in front of me of all people? She ran out of our dorm faster than you can say 'Weasley is our king!"

Lavender again threw her arms around Ron, giggling and kissing him, completely missing the look on Ron's face. She was too busy mocking Hermione to notice the change that had come over Ron the second she told him what happened. Ginny's reaction however didn't go quite so unnoticed. She stormed out of the common room, making sure to not so accidentally band her shoulder into Lavender knocking her off balance and thus off of Ron's lips.

"Geez Ron, your sister's as bas as Hermione!" But Ron wasn't paying attention. He still looked dazed and unfocused. "Ron! Aren't you paying attention to me??"

"What? Oh right, sorry. Where'd Harry go?"

"Oh he ran off after your sister. Can we go to breakfast now?"

"Yeah…uh…sure…Harry can meet us downstairs I guess."