A/N: Thank you to everyone that reviewed! Now you guys get an extra long chapter:) Happy reading:)

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Hermione looked over herself in her full-length mirror, nervously. The shortness of her dress made her look taller, something she had always wanted. Even though Hermione had made a vow to do whatever it took to get back at Ron, the dress made her nervous. It was too short. It only reached mid-thigh. Hermione found herself pulling it down constantly, afraid it might show something she didn't want people to see. The color looked nice on her though, the darkness of the navy blue really showed off her newly earned tan received from her past vacation with her parents to Mexico.

Hermione groaned as she pulled the dress down further. She had pulled it down so far that the top of her dress slipped down to show her strapless bra. Hermione grabbed the top corners of her dress and pulled it up slightly. The dress was sleeveless, which left a lot of room to breath.

Hermione finally gave up on her outfit and shifted her eyes to look at her hair. She had put a navy blue hairclip, to match her dress, on one side of her hair to pull of that hair back. Her part came forward easily and it made her hair look fabulous. Hermione ruffled her hair once more and moved to her dresser to grab her necklace she intended to wear. She sat down on her dresser chair and smiled at the necklace for a moment. Harry and Ron had given it to her for her past birthday. It was a tiny silver necklace that held a small heart at the end. Hermione had assumed that Harry had picked it out, but he claimed Ron had done most of the looking.

Hermione put it on slowly, admiring the way it looked on her skin and how it matched perfectly with her dress. Hermione sighed and sat up from her sitting position. Someone came through the door at that moment and gasped when they saw Hermione. Hermione blushed scarlet and moved to sit on her bed. It was Lavender who walked it.

Lavender seemed to come out of her senses and walked over to her own bed, shoving something under her bed, it looked like a magazine. "You look really great," Lavender muttered, still looking down at her bed.

Hermione smiled politely, "Thanks"

Hermione wasn't certain, but she had a feeling that Lavender was really self-conscious. Hermione didn't know why she should be, she was very pretty. Hermione had always envied her. Hermione turned back to Lavender, "So, are you doing anything tonight?"

Lavender sighed and flopped down onto her bed. "Yeah, I guess. I mentioned something to Ron, but he didn't seem too excited about it. I think he was more concerned about your date with Seamus tonight"

Hermione had to hide her smile at her words, it made her slightly happy that Ron wasn't happy about doing something with Lavender, but cared about Hermione. But Hermione also felt sorry, she didn't want Ron to feel that way. She didn't want to see him in pain. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you about my date with Seamus tonight. I guess I should have told you. I think it's because I'm not used to talking to you," Hermione laughed.

Lavender didn't smile. "Okay"

Hermione wasn't surprised at Lavender's bitterness. She would be pretty angry with herself too. Hermione tried to smile at Lavender, "So, what happened when you went to see Ron and Seamus in the infirmary? Did Seamus get jealous?"

Lavender looked away. "I didn't even try. Seamus was sleeping"

"Oh." Hermione looked down at her feet, which would also explain the harness. Enough it pained Hermione to even think of it, she wanted to help Lavender feel better about herself. Even if that involved Ron.

Hermione got up from her bedside and moved to face Lavender. She smiled politely down at her. "I don't have to meet Seamus for a little while, how about I help you get ready for your and Ron's date tonight?"

Lavender leaned forward on her elbows, suddenly curious. "Why are you being so nice to me? Is this 'keep your friends close, and enemies closer' thing?"

Hermione laughed and shook her head, curls twisting around her beautiful face. "Not even close. I just want to help you is all"

Lavender sighed. She knew this was hard for Hermione. "Okay," she agreed.

Hermione smiled and walked around the bed to Lavender's suitcase. "What do you want to wear?"

Lavender smiled and jumped off the bed after Hermione, eager to talk clothes and make-up, even if it was to Hermione Granger.

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Seamus smiled nervously into his own dresser mirror. This big date with Hermione had him nervous. He liked her, a lot, but he's always loved Lavender. It hurt him even more to think that Lavender was with Weasley, and that Hermione had feelings for him too. If he didn't like the twins or that his best mate was dating Ginny, he would hate the Weasley's as much as Malfoy. Okay, maybe not all the Weasley's, just Ron.

Seamus sighed and went to brush his wild hair, hoping it would stay down. When he finished her sat down of his bed, patting his faded jeans with his left hand and inspecting his nice, light blue shirt with his right hand. He had plenty of time before he had to meet Hermione in the common room, almost forty-five minutes. Seamus hummed softly to himself as he let his thoughts wander to tonight's expected journey.

The door banged over behind him and he almost fell of the bed at the sudden movement. He got a quick glace of red hair and knew immediately who had opened the door in such a furious manner. Ron looked over at Seamus and groaned loudly, heading for the bathroom and slamming the door when he got inside. Seamus thought about leaving, but mentally decided this is as much as his room as it was Ron's.

Plus, they needed to talk. They couldn't go on like this, it was putting them in a lot of stress, and the other doormates. They needed to let it out, but hopefully not in punches. "Ron?" Seamus called in a squeaky voice, clearly remembering what had happened last time they threw punches at each other.

"What?" Ron asked sharply, still not coming out of the bathroom.

"I think we need to talk, you know about Hermione…and Lavender," Seamus said, praying silently that Ron's temper didn't flare out tonight.

Ron pulled the door open sharply, Seamus could hear a loud complaint from the door. He had broken of the sides, it hung desperately to the ground. "We have nothing to talk about! Not Hermione! Not Lavender!"

Seamus thanked the lord her had the Gryffindor courage. "Ron, we do. I don't want to be angry with you, I want to be friends with you again, like old times"

Ron growled and took a step forward, "Then break up with Hermione and leave her the hell alone"

Seamus gulped, "That seems hardly fair. After all, Hermione does like me"

Ron sat down on his bed roughly and something came flying out from underneath his mattress. It looked like an old Viktor Krum figurine. There was hardly anything left of it, just his head and body. Seamus didn't have a figurine of himself for Ron to take the anger out on, he slowly turned back to Ron, who hadn't noticed anything had fallen.

"Seamus, this is all my fault. If I hadn't acted like a stupid idiot, Hermione and I could be together right now, and who knows? Maybe you and Lavender could be together too. And we would be friends, Seamus, friends"

Seamus was surprised by Ron's gentle tone. "What are you talking about?"

"When I found out Hermione kissed Krum, I just got so mad," Ron answered, his hands balling up into fists at the mention of Krum's name. "I told myself that she didn't have feelings for me, enough though I knew it was true. I told myself I needed to move on and be with someone else, but the moment I saw Hermione's eyes after she saw me and Lavender kissing I knew, I knew she felt something for me. But I didn't stop, I liked to see her in pain. I wanted to show her how much it had hurt me seeing her with Krum. I went to crazy with it though. It hurt after a while though, seeing her in pain. But I think it was too late, Seamus, I think I've l-lost her" Ron cracked on the last word, tears falling from his blue eyes.

Seamus sat stunned, not sure what to say. One side of him screamed at him to tell him the truth and tell him that Hermione did have feelings for him and that he hadn't lost her, but the other side of him told him to lie to Ron with all his might, he knew if he told Ron the truth then he would go after Hermione and frankly, he didn't want to share her.

Seamus looked down glumly, "I don't know what to say Ron, I haven't really talked to Hermione much about you"

Seamus knew it was wrong, but he couldn't help it. His devil side had won, he had lied to one of his oldest friends.

"Oh" Ron said, wiping his tears away, "Well, I'll see you later then. I have to get ready for my date with Lavender"

Seamus nodded and stalked out of the room. It hurt him to know that Lavender and Ron were going on a date tonight, but there was nothing he could do about it. He just promised himself to have a good time with Hermione and not think about his lie to Ron.

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Hermione smiled over at Lavender as she stood in the full-length mirror, admiring the way Lavender looked. "You look beautiful Lavender, R-Ron's lucky to have you" Hermione's voice dropped on the last sentence, but Lavender didn't seem to notice. Lavender did look beautiful. The light purple dress she had decided to wear looked radiant on her. It was short, like Hermione's, but Lavender didn't seem to care as much. It wasn't sleeveless though, but it did have very short sleeves, more like think straps.

"Thanks!" She smiled. Hermione rolled her eyes, this was so like Lavender to get wrapped up in her own looks. Hermione took a quick glance at her bedside digital clock, it was time to meet Seamus downstairs. Hermione walked over to her dresser and quickly put on her stiletto navy blue high heels.

Lavender turned to Hermione just before she walked out of the door. She was a smile on her face, one Hermione had never seen before. Hermione had to admit, it was a pretty smile. "Have fun." By the Lavender had said those two words, Hermione knew that she had sincerely meant them.

"Thanks," Hermione replied, showing her own smile that was just as radiant. Hermione turned away from Lavender and walked down the stairs slowly, so she wouldn't fall down them. But always because she was suddenly nervous, not just about her dress, though that was a big part of it. She was also nervous because Seamus clearly stated that he wanted to go further in their relationship. Hermione had never had sex yet, and she didn't want her first time to be with him. She wanted it to be with Ron.

When she got to the bottom of the stairs, Seamus was already waiting for her. He smiled bright when he saw her and hugged her tightly to his chest. "You look beautiful"

"Thanks" Hermione whispered back.

"It's unfair, the way you dress. Your taunting me, you know I can't have you right here and now. It might scar little Barney"

Hermione laughed and glanced over at wide-eyed Barney who sat in the corner of the room doing homework. Hermione giggled and turned to face Seamus again. Seamus let her go and gave her his arm, "Shall we, sexy girl?"

Hermione laughed out loud, "Not that again!"

Seamus looked offended, "Don't hide it Hermione, you know it turns you on"

Hermione decided to play along, "Oh yes, of course Mr. Finnigan," Hermione whispered as she pushed him towards the wall, cornering him there. Hermione moved her lips across his face and then stopped at his ear, "Please take me right here"

All of the sudden Seamus's lips were on hers, his hands on her hips as he kissed her forcefully. Hermione gasped and broke the kiss, "What the hell do you think you're doing?"

Seamus pouted, "You said please"

Hermione laughed and smacked him playfully of the arm. "Save it for later"

Seamus was about to rely to Hermione, when someone noisily came down the stairs. Hermione started in shock, it was Ron. He looked so handsome in his faded, worn jeans and his orange Cudley Cannons t-shirt. When Hermione realized her mouth was open she closed it abruptly, trying not to offend Seamus.

Ron started at Hermione with the same amount of interest, not caring that Seamus was standing a centimeter next to her. Hermione was uncomfortable having Ron look at her like that, even though she liked it, with her boyfriends standing right next to her. "Lavender will be down in a minute," Hermione managed to choke out as Seamus put a arm securely around her.

Ron seemed to snap out of his daze, but still kept his eyes firmly placed on Hermione's beautiful form. "Okay, thanks," Ron said, "And by the same you look really beautiful"

Hermione smiled brightly, despite the fact that her boyfriend was standing right next to her. Hermione blushed when she realized this, "Thanks."

Ron nodded, smiling as he did so. He knew the impact he had on her. Seamus suddenly pulled Hermione towards the door. "Come on Hermione, let's go eat"

Hermione shot one more glace at Ron before she left with Seamus, he seemed sad, almost hurt. Hermione sighed, this wasn't getting any easier.

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Lavender sat, watching as Ron glanced longingly after Hermione. Lavender sighed and continued to walk down the steps, hoping Ron would at least compliment her tonight. Ron smiled at her when she reached the bottom the stairs, but didn't say anything. She saw a few boys in the common room stare at her with their mouths open. Lavender tried to smiled back at Ron, but it didn't come out as big as she wanted in to. Lavender walked to Ron's side, "So where are we going?"

He shrugged, "I don't know. I though you could pick"

Lavender sighed loudly, but Ron didn't seem to hear her. It always ended up like this where she one the one to pick the plans. She didn't even know why she wanted to go out with him in the first place. Because he's unbelievingly cute her mind told her. But his personality wasn't much fun, but he was a good kisser. As far as Lavender was concerned, Hermione could have Ron if she wanted to.

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Hermione laughed as Seamus pulled her forward, into a meadow by the Black Lake. "Where are we going?" she asked as he continued to pull her forward.

"We're going to eat dinner" he answered.

"Outside?"

Seamus nodded, a smile on his face. When Hermione turned away from Seamus she noticed they had stopped. Behind Seamus was a picnic table, piles of delicious looking food on top of it. Hermione put her hands over her mouth and stared at the table in surprise. Hermione dropped her hands and grabbed Seamus's hand, "It's beautiful Seamus! Thank you!"

Seamus laughed and pulled Hermione towards the table. Hermione still had her mouth open as she took a seat next to Seamus. Seamus raised an eyebrow, "What? Hasn't a guy ever done this for you before?"

Hermione blushed while shaking her head. "No, I've never really had a boyfriend. Well, there was Viktor, but I guess he hardly counts"

Seamus looked puzzled, "Why doesn't Krum count? You guess kissed didn't you?"

Hermione was surprised that he used the word Krum, she had gotten so used to Vicky. Then her shocked focused on his last sentence, "How did you know that he kissed me?"

Seamus shrugged, surprised Hermione didn't know already. "Well, that's why Ron went out with Lavender, I guess. He wouldn't shut up about it all night, and then the next day he was with Lavender. That's the only reason I could think of, why else would he be dating Lavender?"

Hermione was furious, no outraged. "What! He's dating Lavender because he found out that Viktor fucking attacked me!"

Seamus backed down on Hermione's harsh words; he probably shouldn't have said anything, now the date would be ruined. Hermione got up quickly from her chair, almost falling over in the process. "I'm sorry Seamus, I know this isn't your fault, but I need to have a word with Ron. I'll see you later" Hermione kissed Seamus quickly on his mouth and was gone.

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Ron sighed; so far this date with Lavender was boring. He never really was attracted to Lavender, but at least she would be happy on their dates. She hadn't even said a word so far. Their relationship was falling apart, that much Ron knew. He didn't have feelings for her and he had a gut feeling she felt the same way. Hermione was happy with Seamus, and he was about to be single again. This was going to be a great year, watching Hermione have eyes for someone other than him.

Ron turned to Lavender then, but she seemed to be deep in thought. He thought about saying something too her, to break the silence, but thought against it at the last moment.

After a few more moments of silence, Lavender seemed to clear her throat. We stopped at the same time and turned to look at each other. Lavender opened her mouth several times before her voice finally came out. "Ron…there's something I need to tell you--"

"Ronald Weasley!" a voice screamed from behind them, interrupting what Lavender was just about to say. Ron whipped around to see Hermione, sped walking towards the couple. Ron could hardly keep his eyes away from her, even though he knew she was furious about something. He almost trembled in fear at the look on her face, as she got closer to them. Hermione turned to look at Lavender for a moment, "Lavender, why don't you go meet Seamus down in that meadow by the Black Lake, I need to talk to Ronald alone"

Lavender nodded, not even looking in Ron's direction. Ron wanted to scream out to Lavender to make her stay, he needed a witness if Hermione was going to murder him. Hermione turned back to Ron as soon as Lavender was out of sight, Ron gulped. Hermione took a step closer to him, shoving him hard in his stone chest. Ron flinched, Hermione was strong. "All of this was about Viktor!"

Ron was puzzled. "What are you talking about?" Ron managed to squeak out.

"You know what the bloody hell I'm talking about! You only went out with Lavender because you found out that Viktor kissed me!"

Ron's white went white, she had found out. "Oh."

Hermione took another step closer, slamming her finger into his chest. Ron backed up a few steps. "Do you know that I cried for days after I found out that you and Lavender were going out? Viktor meant nothing to me! He's just a friend--"

Ron took his chance in stepping forward to defend himself. "Just a friend? Are you kidding me Hermione? You and the bloody bloke snogged for Merlin's sake! That time I checked, friends don't do that!"

Hermione rolled her eyes, "Viktor kissed me! I didn't think of him like that! But I guess he thought of me like that! After he kissed me, I explained to him that I didn't like him that way, and he said it was okay. Now we're just friends, nothing more!"

It was Ron's turn to roll his eyes. "I don't believe you Hermione. If you didn't like the bloke, why did you go to the ball with him?"

Hermione stepped down, "Because the guy I liked didn't see me that way. He didn't even know I was a girl"

"What stupid idiot wouldn't know you're a girl?" Ron asked, furious, "wait, what guy did you like? Harry?"

Hermione almost laughed, "No, not Harry. But Harry knows him"

Ron was definitely confused now. "Who?"

"You, you bloody idiot!" Hermione yelled, trying to make her point.

"Don't call me a bloody idiot!" Then it seemed to finally dawn on Ron. "You liked me?"

Hermione nodded, her face down hiding her blush. Ron looked down at the girl he loved, she had feelings for him too. Well, she at least did at some point. Ron took a quick step forward and gathered Hermione in his arms and pressed his lips forcefully to her own. Hermione squealed in surprise, but didn't break the kiss. Ron lifted Hermione off the ground and pulled her as close to him as he could manage. Ron's hands fitted around Hermione's small waist and kissed her harder. Hermione wrapped her legs around his waist and replied with as more enthusiasm as he did. They were kissing each other so forcefully that they both toppled over, Ron's back hitting the grass. They broke apart as quickly as it had started. Hermione gasped and pulled away from him, lifting her of the ground, Ron was smiling brightly.

Hermione walked away slowly, knowing she didn't want to leave, but to kiss Ron again. Ron got up from the ground, "Pretty powerful first kiss, huh?"

Hermione shook her head, tears threatening to fall from her eyes. "Ron, we both have someone else, this isn't right!"

Ron chuckled and moved closer to put his arm around Hermione, "Hermione, it's okay. Lavender and I are about to break up, things aren't going so well for us"

Hermione pulled away from Ron, "Yeah, but what about Seamus?"

Ron looked hurt, "What about him? Everyone knows we belong to together, it's his own fault for getting involved"

Hermione shook her head again, "I like him Ron! I like him a lot! I can't do that to him!"

Ron backed away from Hermione, hurt showing everywhere on his face. "I though you liked me?"

Hermione walked forward to hug Ron, the tears now falling. "I do, Ron I truly do, but I couldn't do that to Seamus, not now"

Ron pulled away from Hermione's hug. "Then where does that leave us?"

"I don't know. Ron, please don't be mad. Please understand" Hermione begged, her tears falling faster and faster.

Ron walked backwards, away from Hermione is disgust. "Oh, I understand Hermione. I understand that you love that bastard! No, Hermione it's okay, you be with him. But just remember, I'm not going to be here for you when he dumps your ass for Lavender after we brake up"

With that Ron was gone, leaving Hermione crying on the ground.

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A/N: Well, that was a depressing ending:( But don't worry, more happy stuff is coming soon! I don't know when I'll post a new chapter, since I'd posted this one put pretty quickly. I want to post new chapters for my other stories, but you never know, there may be another chapter by this weekend:)

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