"Tranice?" Ron asked again. He was confused as to why it didnt even look like she was hearing him. Then he noticed the wire to her ipod and took it out her ears. "Tranice?"

Tranice stuffed her face in her pillow. "Go away." she mumbled.

"Aww come on. We all know that stuff Hermione said wasn't true."

She looked up at him with her red, puffy eyes. "Yes it was." She said in a voice just above a whisper. "I do come from a poor, broken American family, and my parents don't want me." Tears were running down her face again.

"What would make you say something like that? Lots of families have divorced parents. You're not poor. And your parents love you alot."

"Ron, you don't know the half of it." Tranice said shaking her head. "Just promise me one thing." She said looking straight up into his eyes.

"Anything." he said.

"If you are using me, you'll tell me right now, no matter how much you think it's gonna hurt me."

"I'm not. I promise I will never do anything to hurt. I love you." he said, leaning in to give her a hug.

"I love you, too." said Tranice, as Ron wiped away the last tear with his thumb.

Tranice laid her head back down on the pillow. Ron started rubbing her back again.

"So, are you going to tell me this whole thing about your family?" asked Ron.

"No."

"Why not?"

" 'Cause I don't want to." Tranice said in a harsh voice.

"Okay. But when you want to talk you know I'm always here for you."

"And so are we." said a voice from the doorway. Tranice and Ron turned around to see Josie and Harry with big cheesy grins on their faces, and Josie with her hand over Harry's mouth.

"Uhh...We were just leaving." said Josie as they closed the door and backed away.

"So, are you ready to go back down stairs and see what the others are doing?"

Tranice sat up. "Ron, I can't face all them. They all think I'm this poor little bitchy girl."

"No one thinks that. Hermione deserved what she got. But you still need to apologize to her."

"I'm really not good with apologies. I usually just avoid the person until we both get over it and start talking again."

"Don't worry. I'll help you. You just go downstairs and go 'Hermione, I'm sorry I put your face in food and that I called you a cow."

"Ron, I can't lie in an apology." Tranice said giggling.

Ron looked confused. "Well how would you be lying?"

"The whole apology would be a lie. I'm not sorry for anything."

"Tranice, you are the most stubborn person I know." Ron said laughing.

"Well maybe if I thought she would accept the apology I would give it a try."

"She will accept it."

"Haha. You make me laugh. Wanna bet?"

"Yea. If she talks to you, I get you all to myself for the rest of the night. And if she ignores you, I'll let you redo my whole wardrobe."

"Okay. Then you can wear that cute little shirt with the bobblehead on it." Tranice said.

"Now, come on. You're wasting the night away." Ron said dragging her off the bed. "Now, I'll wait in the doorway right here."

Tranice skipped down the hallway and knocked on the door to Hermione and Ginny's room.

"What do you want?"

"Hermione, I just wanted to say I'm sorry f--"

"Shut up and go away!"

Tranice walked back to where Ron was standing in the doorway with a big smile on her face. "Hah. Told ya so. Now you get to come with me shopping tomorrow."

"I don't think so. The deal was that if she talks to you I win. She told you to go away. So I get you all to myself." Ron had a devious look on his face.

Tranice had a look of a horror, as she quickly turned and dashed toward a room with Ron walking calmly behind her.

"You can run, but you can't hide." he said

Tranice ran into the nearest room which happened to be the one Harry and Ron shared. She burst open the door and almost knocked over Josie who happened to have her hand on the doorknob already.

"Close the door!" Tranice shouted in a whisper as she ducked under the covers on the bed.

"Uh.." Josie closed the door. "Why?"

"I'm hiding." Tranice said.

"From?" Josie said at the same time as Harry's, "Ever knock?"

Josie laughed and waved her hand at him in dismissal.

"Who you hiding from chick?"

"Me." Ron said from the other side of the door.

"Oooh." Jose said. "And why would this be?"

"Because she lost a bet and is mine for the night." Ron said, you could hear the smirk in his voice.

Josie opened the door and made to look like she was going to let him in, then stepped in front of him. "So does this mean I'll be sleeping alone tonight?"

Ron looked over her shoulder for a second and then smiled evilly down at her. She was about to ask what was up when she felt arms wrap around her waist. She blushed brightly as Harry said, "Of course not..."

Tranice let out a short whistle and Josie shot her her most evil glare.

"Come on." Harry said pushing her forward slightly.

"Oh-okay." she said, walking back to her room, Harry's arms still around her waist.

"You blush way to easily." he said, laughing slightly, as he sat on Tranice's bed.

"You are so not cute." Josie said, her tone slightly harsh. She glared at him and he winced a bit.

"I didn't mean it."

"Whatever." Josie sat down on her bed and pulled out her book. She finally thought he wasn't gonna say anything when she felt her bed tilt slightly under new weight. She looked up to see Harry's face just centimeters from hers. She could feel his breath on her face and began to blush again.

"You know I like you...don't you?" he asked, glancing down and then back to her eyes.

What the hell is he looking at?

She shook her head slowly. He glanced down again, seeming to get closer.

"Well I do..."

The next thing she knew he was kissing her and all she could do was sit there with her eyes wide, full of shock, as her book fell to the floor.