Chapter Seven – The Illogical Mind
Hermione was sat in the common room relaxing after what had been a very enjoyable birthday, she was currently reading a book she had picked up from one of the many bookcases that the room processed. She was sat by herself and waiting for Lisa to return to the common room, despite the fact it was out of hours and out of bounds Lisa had still refuses to obey the rules and left to meet up with Ronald Weasley. Hermione however found this to be unacceptable behaviour, didn't she realise if they were caught Lisa would seriously damage Ravenclaw's chance of winning the house cup, and as for Ronald, he was actually a prefect and still he refused to listen to the rules, he hardly gave the best example to the first years. Hermione couldn't help but wonder how Ronald Weasley ever became a prefect with his well known past of rule breaking. As this thought passed through her mid however she heard the door open and in came Lisa, and Hermione glanced once at her and suddenly became worried – Lisa was crying and appeared to be very upset.
"Lisa!" Hermione exclaimed as she jumped up, making sure the book didn't get damaged in it's fall, Lisa threw herself down on a seat in the corner and Hermione sat across from her, Lisa took one look at her then exploded into speech "I don't know what happened!" she said "everything was going fine, and then all of sudden he starts being really mean to me, saying awful things which he knew would hurt me, yet he said them anyway!" she said, and Hermione put her logical mind into work, she remembered her previous two encounters with Ron, how his attitude would change in a instant "he knew what he was doing though, I could tell that he was trying to hurt me and I can't understand why he would do that, I thought he liked me" she finshed before throwing herself backwards into the awaiting backrest, her eyes were now red and puffy.
Hermione's brain was in overdrive trying to find a logical explanation for Ronald's actions, hopefully one which could soothe her friend however no matter how hard she tried she couldn't find anything, and this annoyed her more than anything, how can it not have a logical explanation?. The more she thought about it the more the mindset of Ronald Weasley began to interest her however the little voice in her head was telling her to leave it alone and that some things she was not meant to understand, however the one thing many people didn't realise about Hermione Granger was that no matter how smart she was, she would never listen to the voice of reason when it didn't agree with her.
The next morning came and with it came a new learning week, Hermione was up early smartly dressed (apart from her out of control bushy hair), her stationary equipment was all organised and placed neatly in her back with her books, and with over a hour to spare till class started she headed down to the great hall alone. The great hall was surprisingly full to the extent that for the first time she could remember she was one of the last people to sit at their respective table. Her eyes quickly glanced over to the Gryffindor table where it appeared Ronald Weasley and Harry Potter were having a argument with Slythrin Draco Malfoy, she couldn't help but feel annoyed, two prefects arguing in front of everyone – what kind of example were they setting!.
"Hermione!" she heard Padma shout and she quickly went and sat next to her and Terry.
"Hey Hermy" Terry smiled, once again refusing to give up that abysmal nickname he had chosen for her, Hermione just smiled at him, feeling slightly disappointed that she was sat with her back to the Gryffindor table. "So Umbridge again today" Terry groaned and Hermione felt his sprits flicker, but then reminded herself that Professor Umbridge was a Hogwarts teacher and therefore be respected like one "and Snape!" Padma exclaimed and Hermione didn't mind having Snape, he never really bothered her in class, though he could be a bit too harsh. As the two talked, Hermione quickly turned around to catch Ronald walking from the room and disappearing into the corridors, she looked over to his table to see Harry collecting his things.
"I'll see you in class" she smiled as she got to her feet and keeping her eye on Harry the two students walked at the same pace towards the entrance hall.
"Excuse me" Hermione smiled once they were alone in the entrance hall, Harry stopped and turned to her, smiling politely and suddenly Hermione remembered she had no idea how to phrase her question "I just wanted to ask, if you knew why Ron is treating Lisa so bad?" she asked and Harry seemed confused by the question so Hermione processed to tell him what had happened the previous night and a look of understanding appeared on Harry's face – it was clear he understood completely his friend's actions. "Look I'm sorry about your friend, but i can't really say anything about it" he smiled, but he obviously didn't know how persistent Hermione could be. "but she's really upset, and she thinks it's her fault and that's just not fair when its obviously you're friends fault" she spoke and Harry suddenly began to look defensive "Ron just has his demons, you can hardly hold that against him can you" he spoke and Hermione felt a surge of guilt for how she had spoken "Ron just won't let himself be happy after what happened with.." he stopped suddenly but Hermione knew exactly what the next word was going to be "with Ginny" she spoke finishing the sentence. Harry looked at her for a second, before checking they were alone, he took on step forward and spoke "How much do you know about what happened with Ginny" he asked
"Just what I've heard or read in books, why?" she responded and Harry seemed to take a debate to himself for a moment before speaking "when me and Ron were in second year........"
A/N: I know nothing much happens in this chapter, but its mainly a set-up for the next chapter which will hold many answers on what happened w ith Ginny. Hope you all had a good Christmas and hope you all have a Happy New Year, and I'll see you all in 2010.
