Harry and Ron were at the library, talking. Ron was holding his quaffle with him.
"What spell has this elevated-IQ temptress girl cast that suddenly makes you wanna be in a musical?" Ron asked.
"Look, I just did it. Who cares?" Harry said.
"Who cares? How about your most loyal best friend? Ron said.
"Quiet in here, Mr. Weasley," Madam Pince warned him.
"It's him Madam Pince, not me," Ron said, feigning innocence.
Madam Pince moves on.
"Look, you're a goalpost expert, not a musical singer person," Ron said to Harry.
Ron hands the quaffle to Harry, then tosses it right back to Ron.
"Have you ever seen Michael Crawford on a cereal box?" Ron asked.
"Who's Michael Crawford?" Harry said.
"Exactly my point. He was the Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. Now my mom has seen that musical 27 times, and put Michael Crawford's picture in our refrigerator. Yeah, not on it, in it. So my point is, if you play Quidditch, you're gonna end up on a cereal box. If you sing in musicals, you'll end up in my mom's refrigerator," Ron said.
"Why would she put his picture in her refrigerator?" Harry said.
"One of her crazy diet ideas. Look, I, I don't attempt to understand the female mind, Harry," Ron said as Madam Pince appeared behind them.
"It's frightening territory. How can you expect the rest of us to be focused on a game if you're off somewhere in leotards singing the winter musicale?" Ron said.
"No one said anything about leotards," Harry said.
"Not yet, my friend, but just you wait. Look, we need you Harry. Big time," Ron said.
"Mr. Weasley," Madam Pince said.
"I tried to tell him, Madam Pince," Ron said, then turns to Harry. "Really tried."
Ron, Fred, and Neville march into the Charms classroom and walk up to Angelina, as Parvati and Draco observe.
"Something isn't right," Parvati said.
They move closer so as to get a better view, but they can't hear much.
"Hey, look. We need to talk," Ron said to Angelina.
"Go," Angelina said.
Parvati and Draco see Ron and Angelina talking.
"They must be trying to figure out a way to make sure Harry and Hermione actually beat us out. Now, the jocks rule most of the school, but if they get Harry into the musical, then they've conquered the entire student body," Draco said.
"And if those science girls get Hermione hooked up with Harry Potter, the scholastic club goes from drool to cool. Draco, we need to save our show from people who don't know the difference between a Tony Award and Tony Hawk," Parvati said.
Parvati and Draco both walk away.
"Do you really think that's gonna work?" Angelina said to Ron.
"It's the only way to save Harry and Hermione from themselves. So we on?" Ron said.
"Yeah," Angelina said.
"Good. So we start tomorrow then," Ron reminded.
"OK, the first thing, Angelina said.
"All right," Ron said, turns to Fred and Neville.
Ron was outside coming out from behind a statue as Angelina arrives to make her delivery: a laptop with a webcam.
"So, my watch is 7:45 Greenwich Mean time. We synched?" Ron said.
"Whatever," Angelina said.
"All right, then we're on a go mode for lunch period, exactly 12:05," Ron said.
"Yes, Ron, we're a go. But we're not Doctor Who, OK?" Angelina said.
Angelina hands Ron the equipment.
"I can dream, can't I?" Ron said.