Chapter Three
Confusion
Hermione's hopes for a nice quiet evening in the Common Room when what seemed like a very loud explosion went off in her left ear. She looked up and realized that it wasn't an explosion. It was Ginny Weasley. Harry had just entered the Common Room and he looked as mad as Ginny. What could possibly have happened between breakfast and now to break up the vomit-inducing couple?
Harry was now screaming something about Neville and Ginny the same time that Ginny was yelling about. She looked around the Common Room to see if anyone else had a clue as to what was going on, but the rest of them looked too stunned. Once the screaming had ended, Ginny ran up to her dormitory in tears and Harry went back out the portrait hole. Ron and Seamus followed him, Lavender and Parvati followed Ginny up the steps.
"What was that about?" Hermione asked.
"Harry got a note from Ginny today," Dean said. Before he could continue he was interrupted by a girl in Ginny's dorm whose name Hermione could never remember.
"Ginny got the note from Harry," she spat, sending Dean evil looks.
"Ya Harry was probably thanking Ginny for being a b-" Dean was interrupted by the portrait hole opening again, it was Neville. Dean gave him a look. "Run away Neville, run far far away."
"What's going on? I was in the library when Padma Patil told me that if I knew what was good for me, I'd go hide out in my dormitory, and now you are telling me to run," Neville said, looking very confused.
"Don't you know?" Dean asked, Neville shook his head. "You're the reason Ginny and Harry broke up."
"I'm the what?" Neville asked confused.
"I guess Ginny has a monstrous c-" Dean was interrupted by two things this time. The girl that had yelled at Dean before stomped up the steps, and the portrait hole was slammed opened by Ron, who by all accounts looked furious.
"Where is she?" he demanded.
"Where is who?" Hermione asked. By this point she was extremely confused. None of what anyone was saying made sense.
"Lavender," Ron said. Dean pointed up towards the girls' dormitory. Not wanting to stay for the second screaming match of the night, Hermione grabbed her books and headed for the library. She passed Harry and Seamus on her way there, they didn't notice her. She caught part of their conversation.
"-Lavender wanting an open relationship," Harry said.
"She was fine earlier," Seamus said. Hermione bit her lip and found a chair in the library. Her thoughts were racing.
"I would hate to be a Gryffindor tonight," someone said, jarring her out of her thoughts. Padma Patil was standing over her. "First Harry and Ginny, now Ron and Lavender."
"Its kind of suspicious, don't you think?" Hermione asked, getting to what she thought Padma was hinting towards.
"Especially since the Slytherins could not take their eyes off of our table this morning at breakfast." Both girls jumped when they heard the male voice interrupt. They looked up to see Fred Weasley. "I told George that I thought they were up to something, but he didn't believe me."
"What are you doing here?" Hermione asked, this night was getting weirder and weirder. Hermione could have sworn that neither of the Weasley twins knew where the library was.
"Well once I saw round one, I took off," Fred said.
"You're lucky, I witnessed the whole thing. Apparently the rumor is, according to Dean, Neville was the reason Harry and Ginny broke up, but before he could explain, Ron came in screaming about Lavender, I didn't stay around for that," Hermione said.
"Okay, I know about the Lavender thing," Padma said. "Ron had his bag with him and pulled out a spare piece of parchment for Harry to write something on, well, it was a note from Lavender saying that she wanted an open relationship."
"That is so odd," Fred said.
"Especially since less than 18 hours ago, Ron and Lavender couldn't get enough of each other," Hermione said. "We lost points in Potions again, because of them."
"What could make four people change so much in less than a day?" Fred asked.
"The Slytherins," the three of them said at the same time.
"Where have you been?" Lee Jordan asked Fred when he returned to the dormitory.
"Library," Fred replied. He, Hermione, and Padma had spent two hours in there just talking, well mostly about the Slytherins, but still, they, the two smartest fifth year girls had spent time talking to him. Most people just assumed that he was an idiot and didn't bother conversing with him, but the two of them had. They even laughed when he joked. It was nice, different.
"Why were you in the library?" George asked, who had the expression on his face that Fred was sure that he might have accidentally said that he made out with Malfoy rather than him saying the world library.
"Talking to Padma and Hermione," Fred replied, slipping his pajamas over his head. "They actually believe me when I say that I think the Slytherins are up to something," he thought.
"Going for the smart girls, eh?" Lee asked, raising his eyebrows.
"Something like that," Fred replied, rolling his eyes. "You know since they've both made it so obvious that they are just dying to shag me senseless."
"I bet Hermione would be a good lay," George said looking up at the ceiling.
"That's gross," Fred said throwing his shirt at his twin. "Hermione is like our little sister."
Seamus reached into his bag, and found a note from Parvati the next morning. He groaned, half expecting it to be a note similar to the ones Ron and Harry had received, but it wasn't.
Seamus-
Meet me in the trophy room tonight. Can't wait.
All My Love,
Parvati
Next Time: Padma overhears something in Herbology
A/N: What do you guys think, eh? I like it. I know the breakups are a bit one right after the other, but hey, its fun.
KUDOS: Lux80, mystical, I think that you are my most loyal reader, lol, thanks, karigan, Hermione won't get set up while everyones too miserable, figured out what the Slytherins are doing yet?, nikki, thanks!, k&mousetakingovertheworld, nice name btw!
Confusion
Hermione's hopes for a nice quiet evening in the Common Room when what seemed like a very loud explosion went off in her left ear. She looked up and realized that it wasn't an explosion. It was Ginny Weasley. Harry had just entered the Common Room and he looked as mad as Ginny. What could possibly have happened between breakfast and now to break up the vomit-inducing couple?
Harry was now screaming something about Neville and Ginny the same time that Ginny was yelling about. She looked around the Common Room to see if anyone else had a clue as to what was going on, but the rest of them looked too stunned. Once the screaming had ended, Ginny ran up to her dormitory in tears and Harry went back out the portrait hole. Ron and Seamus followed him, Lavender and Parvati followed Ginny up the steps.
"What was that about?" Hermione asked.
"Harry got a note from Ginny today," Dean said. Before he could continue he was interrupted by a girl in Ginny's dorm whose name Hermione could never remember.
"Ginny got the note from Harry," she spat, sending Dean evil looks.
"Ya Harry was probably thanking Ginny for being a b-" Dean was interrupted by the portrait hole opening again, it was Neville. Dean gave him a look. "Run away Neville, run far far away."
"What's going on? I was in the library when Padma Patil told me that if I knew what was good for me, I'd go hide out in my dormitory, and now you are telling me to run," Neville said, looking very confused.
"Don't you know?" Dean asked, Neville shook his head. "You're the reason Ginny and Harry broke up."
"I'm the what?" Neville asked confused.
"I guess Ginny has a monstrous c-" Dean was interrupted by two things this time. The girl that had yelled at Dean before stomped up the steps, and the portrait hole was slammed opened by Ron, who by all accounts looked furious.
"Where is she?" he demanded.
"Where is who?" Hermione asked. By this point she was extremely confused. None of what anyone was saying made sense.
"Lavender," Ron said. Dean pointed up towards the girls' dormitory. Not wanting to stay for the second screaming match of the night, Hermione grabbed her books and headed for the library. She passed Harry and Seamus on her way there, they didn't notice her. She caught part of their conversation.
"-Lavender wanting an open relationship," Harry said.
"She was fine earlier," Seamus said. Hermione bit her lip and found a chair in the library. Her thoughts were racing.
"I would hate to be a Gryffindor tonight," someone said, jarring her out of her thoughts. Padma Patil was standing over her. "First Harry and Ginny, now Ron and Lavender."
"Its kind of suspicious, don't you think?" Hermione asked, getting to what she thought Padma was hinting towards.
"Especially since the Slytherins could not take their eyes off of our table this morning at breakfast." Both girls jumped when they heard the male voice interrupt. They looked up to see Fred Weasley. "I told George that I thought they were up to something, but he didn't believe me."
"What are you doing here?" Hermione asked, this night was getting weirder and weirder. Hermione could have sworn that neither of the Weasley twins knew where the library was.
"Well once I saw round one, I took off," Fred said.
"You're lucky, I witnessed the whole thing. Apparently the rumor is, according to Dean, Neville was the reason Harry and Ginny broke up, but before he could explain, Ron came in screaming about Lavender, I didn't stay around for that," Hermione said.
"Okay, I know about the Lavender thing," Padma said. "Ron had his bag with him and pulled out a spare piece of parchment for Harry to write something on, well, it was a note from Lavender saying that she wanted an open relationship."
"That is so odd," Fred said.
"Especially since less than 18 hours ago, Ron and Lavender couldn't get enough of each other," Hermione said. "We lost points in Potions again, because of them."
"What could make four people change so much in less than a day?" Fred asked.
"The Slytherins," the three of them said at the same time.
"Where have you been?" Lee Jordan asked Fred when he returned to the dormitory.
"Library," Fred replied. He, Hermione, and Padma had spent two hours in there just talking, well mostly about the Slytherins, but still, they, the two smartest fifth year girls had spent time talking to him. Most people just assumed that he was an idiot and didn't bother conversing with him, but the two of them had. They even laughed when he joked. It was nice, different.
"Why were you in the library?" George asked, who had the expression on his face that Fred was sure that he might have accidentally said that he made out with Malfoy rather than him saying the world library.
"Talking to Padma and Hermione," Fred replied, slipping his pajamas over his head. "They actually believe me when I say that I think the Slytherins are up to something," he thought.
"Going for the smart girls, eh?" Lee asked, raising his eyebrows.
"Something like that," Fred replied, rolling his eyes. "You know since they've both made it so obvious that they are just dying to shag me senseless."
"I bet Hermione would be a good lay," George said looking up at the ceiling.
"That's gross," Fred said throwing his shirt at his twin. "Hermione is like our little sister."
Seamus reached into his bag, and found a note from Parvati the next morning. He groaned, half expecting it to be a note similar to the ones Ron and Harry had received, but it wasn't.
Seamus-
Meet me in the trophy room tonight. Can't wait.
All My Love,
Parvati
Next Time: Padma overhears something in Herbology
A/N: What do you guys think, eh? I like it. I know the breakups are a bit one right after the other, but hey, its fun.
KUDOS: Lux80, mystical, I think that you are my most loyal reader, lol, thanks, karigan, Hermione won't get set up while everyones too miserable, figured out what the Slytherins are doing yet?, nikki, thanks!, k&mousetakingovertheworld, nice name btw!