A/N: Okey Dokey. Like always, thanks for the reviews. I'm thinking that I'll just keep that chapter title as "Chapter the Ninth" because only like two of you guys suggested other names. I still like it so ya… And a big thanks goes out to Kagome19 for such a nice praiseful review! K, moving on…

Hogsmeade Part 1

Harry woke up the next morning with a smile on his face. His dream made him so happy. He felt like there was no wrong in the world. Harry went down to the Great Hall and sat next to Ron.

"Where's Hermione?" he asked.

"Oh, she finished her breakfast already. She went to the library to finish her Arithmancy homework."

"Hermione…Hermione didn't finish her homework?! Are you sure it was really her?! That's not the Hermione I know!" Harry laughed and Ron nearly spit out his milk.

"But more seriously Ron, what are you going to do about her?"

"What do you mean?" Ron looked up from his food.

"You know what I mean, what's going on with you two?"

Ron choked on his cottage cheese and bulged his eyes signaling Harry to stop. Harry looked behind him and saw Ginny walking up to where they were eating. Harry caught on that Ron didn't want to talk about Hermione in front of Ginny.

"Hey!" Ginny said happily and sat down to join them. "What are you talking about?"

Harry looked at Ron to see what he should say. Ron started coughing again. He got up and left the table muttering something about getting a glass of water. Ginny could tell something was going on and since she was a fifth year girl, she naturally wanted to know.

"Spill," she said simply.

"What?" Harry tried to pretend he didn't know what she was talking about, but he couldn't help smiling.

"I know you too well, Harry Potter…"

"Alright, I'll tell you. But you can't let Ron know you know." Harry said, lowering his voice.

"I would NEVER…" Ginny joked and leaned in so she could hear Harry's whispers.

"Alright, here's the thing," Harry started still very quiet. "Ron likes Hermione…you know, he LIKES her…"

"You say that like it's a secret or something…"

"YOU KNEW?!?!" Harry said louder than he should have because Ginny jumped back a little and several people looked up from their breakfast. "I mean, how did you find out?"

"When a girl kisses a guy, she tends to tell at least ONE person." Ginny said this like Harry should have known.

"Hermione TOLD you?!" Harry asked in disbelief.

"Wow, YOU'RE a quick one now aren't you?!" Ginny teased. Harry hit her playfully. The two laughed but when their eyes met, they became very quiet.

"Ahem, anyway," Harry began. "Ron really likes Hermione and wants to ask her to go with him to the Hogsmeade trip…alone. But he doesn't know how to go about doing that…"

"Oh." Ginny stated.

"That's where you come in, Ginny. You need to tell me what to tell Ron what to tell Hermione so he doesn't say something that he wouldn't normally say because he doesn't know what to say!!"

"Whoa, calm down! Enough TELLING and SAYING and more DOING and ACTING."

"What? I don't speak "girl," you've got to speak English so I can tell Ron what to tell Herm…"

"Alright! Whoa! Stop!" Ginny interrupted. Harry stopped. "Good boy." Ginny teased. Harry scoffed, but they both smiled. "Now, what we need to do is simply leave them alone." That sounded like such an easy solution. Why hadn't HE thought of that?

"Wait, who's WE?"

"You and me, Harry. I'll come to Hogsmeade with you three and we will just leave them alone." Ginny explained more calmly now that she noticed that Harry really didn't follow her.

"But how are we going to do that?"

"I don't know Harry, but I will when the time comes."

Later that day

Hermione met up with Ron and Harry after her Arithmancy class. She joined them under a tree by the lake. "Hey, Ginny wants to come with us to Hogsmeade. I told her that was okay. Is that alright?"

Ron just looked at Harry without emotion, but Harry knew that Ron couldn't believe more people would be hanging around him and Hermione. "Ya, that sounds like fun," Harry said, giving Ron the same emotionless face which told Ron everything was going to be fine.

At Hogsmeade

Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny had just ordered butter beers at the Three Broomsticks. They were all congratulating Ginny on getting a Chaser position on the Quiddich team.

Then, out of nowhere, Hermione grabbed Ron's hand and said, "Let's get out of here," and pulled Ron out of his chair. Ron's face was filled with confusion as he was dragged out of the building. Ginny and Harry were left with the same confused look. Ginny broke the silence.

"Well that takes care of THAT! Our job here is done!" Ginny laughed. All of a sudden, Harry felt that same feeling that he had felt in his dream. He felt extremely happy. He had never felt this kind of happiness before. Soon he realized that Ginny's voice had faded away. Her lips were still moving, but he couldn't hear her talking. He just noticed her beauty and sat there in the Three Broomsticks, admiring her.