Chapter Ten – Oh Merlin, What A Plan.
The next few weeks were relatively boring.
Hermione and Draco had told Harry and Ginny the real reason for leaving Hogwarts, but told Ron the Headmistress's reason.
Harry and Ginny visited the Heads quarters occasionally, but Ron had not talked to Hermione since she told him about Draco and the baby.
"Ron is a right total ass." Ginny said one time, when he, Harry, Draco and Hermione were enjoying hot chocolate by the fire in the Heads Common Room, on a coolish Sunday morning.
"I've been saying that for years." Draco laughed.
Harry and Ginny finally asked each other out, and they were sitting next to each other, holding hands.
"I reckon he's jealous." Harry said seriously, "I mean, his best mate is going out with his sister, and his other best friend is going out with his mortal enemy. Also, he kinda has... Well, no-one." Harry admitted grudgingly.
"I suppose you're right..." Hermione said, and then she burst out laughing, tears of mirth in her eyes.
"What's so funny, 'Mione?" Draco asked her suspiciously.
It took Hermione a few seconds to calm down.
"Well, it's just that, you're completely right! He's alone!" Hermione burst out, and then in a more serious tone, she said "We need to hook him up with someone. But not like, a one night thingo. He needs a proper girlfriend."
Everyone laughed at the formality of her voice, and then Ginny piped in, "You know, as good as that sounds, but who would want to go out with him? We can rule out Lavender, cause they've been and gone. We can rule out Padma Patil because of the Yule Ball, we can rule out Parvati Patil because, well, she has a crush on someone else. Besides them, we'd have to go out of Gryffindor..."
"I have the perfect idea." Hermione said, eye's wide.
"Well, spill..." Harry rolled his eyes.
"Hannah Abbott." Hermione said.
Draco gaped at her, "That Hufflepuff nimwit?"
"Don't call her a nimwit, she's really nice, and she's actually smart, for a Hufflepuff." Ginny said, "Hermione, I totally agree with you."
"Thanks Gin!" Hermione squeaked.
"Well I guess we could try." Harry grinned.
"Yeah this will actually be pretty funny." Draco admitted.
"Okay, phase one of the plan; getting them to talk to one another." Hermione said, fire in her eyes.
"I have the perfect plan!" Draco yelped.
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Two days later, Harry and Draco were waiting behind a tapestry, which was next to a door, pretending to be a wall.
Hermione was talking to Hannah Abbott in the Great Hall, trying to convince her to come to the library with her for a second to check something.
Ginny was in the Gryffindor Common Room, trying to convince Ron to go for a walk with his little sister.
Of course, both Ginny and Hermione succeeded, and before long, Hermione was walking down the corridor, which hid Draco and Harry, with Hannah at her side.
Abruptly, Hermione stopped Hannah and motioned towards the door pretending to be a wall.
"Come on, it's a shortcut." Hermione said shortly, before opening the door, and throwing Hannah into it.
Hermione quickly shut the door; it was locked from the inside.
Hermione hi-5ed Draco and Harry, and hid behind the tapestry with him.
Soon, the three heard the heavy footsteps of Ron and the taps of Ginny's shoes coming.
"Come on Ron, I wanna show you this shortcut; it's so cool!" Ginny said, and she opened the door-wall, and only just succeeded in throwing Ron inside, before Harry and Draco shut the door for her.
"Phase one – completed!" Draco grinned.
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*In the hidden room, where Hannah and Ron are stuck together*
"Ron!" Hannah was surprised when he came crashing into the room, "How did you get in here?"
"I was walking with Ginny, and she told me this was a shortcut and then threw me in here, closing the door behind me!" Ron said angrily, and then muttered "Stupid Ginny."
"Oh my god that's like what happened to me! I was walking with Hermione to the library, and she said this was a shortcut, and then she threw me in here and locked the door!" Hannah said.
"Really?" Ron said, "Wow. Those two are up to something then."
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Two hours later, Draco walked back up to the secret room and unlocked the door, but without alerting it to Ron's and Hannah's presence.
The two were not seen at dinner.
Harry, Hermione, Ginny and Draco decided to take a stroll up to where Hannah and Ron were 'trapped'.
The door was still unlocked, and closed.
Deciding they had been in there long enough, Draco opened the door, and let Harry, Ginny and Hermione in, before he crept in after them.
Hermione gasped. Ginny giggled. Harry raised his eyebrows. Draco sniggered.
Hannah Abbott was pushed up against a wall, Ron holding her there. They were glued together at the lips, at least, so it seemed.
Ginny cleared her through ("Ahem.") and Hannah opened her eyes. So did Ron.
The two quickly pulled apart, and straightened their clothes and hair.
Hermione let out a raucous giggle, and Ginny joined in. Soon, Harry, Draco, Hermione and Ginny were on the floor, cackling their heads off, tears of laughter forming in there eyes.
Ron shifted from foot to foot uncomfortably, and Hannah was staring at the floor with a concentrated look on her face.
After a few minutes, Harry, Ginny, Draco and Hermione got up, and wiped the tears from their eyes, before calming down and becoming serious.
"I knew this would work." Draco laughed.
"You planned this?!" Ron and Hannah burst out.
"Of course we did." Ginny said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Ah well, I can't say I wish you didn't." Hannah laughed, and Ron joined it, and then took her hand.
"So I take it you're a couple now?" Harry said, grinning.
"Sure am." Ron said, smiling, "We talked for a bit, and then we discovered we liked each other and had a lot in common, and then, well, you saw."
"You guys didn't realise, but almost the whole time the door was unlocked, you just needed to check." Hermione chuckled.
"Oh." Hannah smiled nervously.
"Phase one; mission successful." Harry laughed.
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