Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the other characters
mentioned in this story, Except for Kailey and Alysha.
Author's Note: This is chapter is going to start with the dance scene, but this time, from Harry's point of view.
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Harry smiled as he stepped into the living room at The Burrow. He had been looking forward to coming here all summer, since the only other option was spending the rest of the holiday at the Dursley's. Harry shuddered. As much fun as teasing Dudley was, he would much rather spend his time with Ron and Hermione. This felt almost as much like home as Hogwarts did.
Hermione stepped in behind Harry just as Ron came over. "Hey Harry!" he said, and then he turned to Hermione. "Hello, Hermione," he said in a very stiff voice. Harry rolled his eyes. It seemed Ron was still peeved at Hermione for visiting with Krum during the summer.
"Hello, Ron," said Hermione, smiling, seemingly oblivious to the tone of Ron's voice.
Just then Molly came into the living room from the kitchen. "Oh! Hello, Harry! Hermione, dear!" she exclaimed, coming towards the three teens with a large smile on her face. She hugged both Harry and Hermione, and then turned to Ron.
"Ginny, Kailey, and Alysha are out back. Why don't you go introduce everyone?" she then turned and walked back into the kitchen.
"Kailey and Alysha?" Harry asked.
"My cousin and her best friend. They're from Canada. Mum invited Kailey to stay for the rest of the summer, and told her to bring a friend, so she wouldn't get too homesick. Dumbledore then suggested that she also come and spend a year at Hogwarts with us. Don't know why, but I don't mind. They're great fun to hang out with." Ron then lead the way through the house, out to the back yard.
As they neared the back, Harry heard a song coming from outside. He faintly recognized it. He'd maybe heard it playing on the radio once in Dudley's room; he was pretty sure it wasn't the type of music his aunt and uncle would listen to.
As he stepped through the back door, he finally saw what was going on outside. There were three girls dancing around, laughing, and singing along to the music. He recognized Ginny, with her flaming red hair. Then he noticed the other two. One had long red hair tied back in a knot, though not quite as bright as any of the Weasley's. The other had short, light brown hair, with golden highlights. He assumed the one with red hair must be Kailey, and the other Alysha. He watched and listened as they laughed. Alysha had a nice laugh, he thought.
Hermione called out to Ginny. This got all three girls attention. Ginny squealed "HERMIONE!" and ran forward and threw her arms around her friend. Just then Harry noticed Alysha was starting at him. He looked at her. She was wearing slightly flared jeans that hung low on her hips, and a green tee shirt with a green, furry looking monster on it sitting in a garbage can, that said Oscar the Grouch. The shirt ended just at her belly button, exposing a bit of midriff just above her pants. He looked up at her face. She had round, gray-blue eyes, and a cute smile. Harry smiled, blushing slightly. She was very pretty. He noticed her blush and look down. He heard Ginny say something to him. He snapped out of his reverie.
"Hey, Gin, same to you," he replied.
He watched as Ginny introduced Alysha and Kailey to Hermione, and then brought them to stand in front of him.
"Harry, This is Kailey, and this," Ginny said, looking from Kailey to the girl standing next to her, "is Alysha. Guys, meet Harry." Harry politely shook hands with Kailey, and said hello. He then looked at Alysha, and flushed a slightly brighter pink then he already had been when he noticed that her cheeks were still red. He held out his hand to her. "Hi, Alysha. Nice to meet you."
He heard her reply, "Likewise," in a soft voice, as she took hold of his hand. He felt something like a small shock of electricity go up his arm when their hands touched and she spoke, but it was gone as soon as it had come. He let go of her hand after a few seconds, although he very much didn't want to, and followed Ron back into the house.
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That evening, after supper, found Hermione, Alysha, Kailey, and Ginny all up in her room. They were helping Hermione unload her bags and getting together the pillows, the sheet, and the blanket to make her bed. Hermione stopped.
"Who does this belong to?" she asked, holding up a large book. It was Hogwarts: A History.
"Oh, mine," Alysha tossed over her shoulder as she continued to make the bed.
"Really?" Hermione asked, excited, "Isn't it just fascinating?"
"I know! Kailey thinks I'm insane. But all that went on at Hogwarts in the past one thousand years. I mean, wow." Alysha said smiling, sitting down on Hermione's made bed. Hermione smiled.
"So, Aly dearest. What do you think of Harry?" Kailey asked smiling slyly.
"Oh, god," Alysha flopped back to lie on the bed, blushing. She turned to face Ginny. "Why didn't you tell me he was so uber-hot?" she asked. Ginny laughed.
Kailey's smile widened. "Awww, wittle Aly has a cwush!"
Alysha threw a pillow at Kailey. "Bite me." She said.
Hermione looked at Alysha. "You like Harry?" she asked. "Well, I suppose he is kind of good looking. He definitely has a great personality."
"And," Ginny added, smiling, "did you see the way he was staring at you during dinner? He thought no one noticed. I did."
Kailey let out a squeal. "Ohmygod, Aly! You like Harry, and he likes you. This is perfect! Now all we have to do is set you to up!"
"You will NOT set us up." Alysha said, sitting up abruptly. "I would be forced to kill you." Alysha said the last bit with a bit of a grin.
Kailey rolled her eyes while Ginny and Hermione laughed. "Fine, whatever," she said.
Alysha stuck out her tongue. Then she got up and headed to the door. "I'll be right back. Gotta go brush my teeth."
Kailey jumped up. "Hey! Just a sec, I'm gonna come to."
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Harry stood at the door to Ron's room, slightly dazed. Had he just heard what he'd thought he'd heard?
He had been heading upstairs after playing a game of Wizard's Chess with Fred, when he'd passed Ginny's room, and heard his name mentioned. Curious, he'd stopped to listen.
"So, Aly dearest, what do you think of Harry?" he'd heard Kailey ask from inside the room.
Then he'd heard Alysha's voice. "Oh god," she'd said, "Why didn't you tell me he was so uber-hot?"
Woah. Hold up and rewind. Had she really just said that? Alysha thought he was hot? No, not hot - UBER-hot. whatever that meant (he hoped it was a good thing). He then heard Kailey's voice again.
"Aww, wittle Aly has a cwush!"
Alysha thought he was hot. She had a crush on him. And he liked her too. Wow. Talk about lucky. He walked into Ron's room and sat down on his bed. Ron looked up from his book about the Chudley Cannon's, his favourite Quidditch team.
"Harry? You alright? You look kind of. out of it."
"Huh?" Harry looked at Ron.
"Are you alright?" Ron repeated. "What's up?"
Harry told Ron about what he'd just heard. Ron didn't look surprised. "Didn't you notice the way she was staring at you when Ginny first introduced you? Or the way she kept looking at you, blushing, and looking down during dinner?"
Harry looked down. "Yeah, but. That doesn't always mean someone likes you."
Ron rolled his eyes, looking back at his book. "Whatever you say, mate."
"Yeah, like you know so much on the subject." Harry muttered quietly.
"Huh?" Ron looked up again.
"Nothing, nothing," Harry said, lying back on his bed, thinking about what he'd just heard.
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A few days had passed since Hermione and Harry had arrived, and the four girls, Harry, and Ron were outside, sitting on the grass and talking. Alysha and Kailey were sitting beside each other, Ginny was on the other side of Kailey, next to her was Hermione, then Ron, and finally, Harry, who, with a little strategic seating from Kailey, had ended up next to Alysha. Ron and Harry were busy talking about Quidditch when Ginny asked Hermione a question that caught Ron's attention.
"So, Hermione, how was your visit with Viktor?" she winked.
Ron scowled as Hermione blushed slightly. "It was. okay, I guess."
"Only okay?" Ginny asked, smirking.
Hermione glanced nervously at Ron, and his scowl deepened. "Yeah, only okay. I went home a few days early. We're friends, but he wanted to be more, and I didn't."
At this, Ron looked surprised. His surprise then faded into a smile, though he tried to stop it.
"Well, we've seen to Fleur a few times this summer," Hermione glowered at the mention of the French girl's name. "She's been spending quite a lot of time with Bill lately."
Alysha and Kailey looked at each other. They were thinking the exact same thing. So, Hermione and Ron were into each other, eh? Well, it seemed the two girls had some work to do. Alysha knew she was being hypocritical, since she was doing herself exactly what she had told Kailey not to do to her, but frankly, she could care less. Ron and Hermione would look adorable together, and that was that. She had made up her mind. No force in hell could stop her. She grinned coyly.
"Me and Kailey are going upstairs. We have some. Umm. Work to do."
"Yes. Uhh. Work," Kailey added as the two of them jumped up and ran inside.
"Oh, bloody hell," Ron stated simply. He knew his cousin and friend were up to something. He wasn't sure what it was, but he knew he should be worried. VERY worried.
"Ronald Weasley! Don't swear!" Hermione said indignantly.
"'Mione. Trust me. The way they're acting is reason enough. This isn't going to end well for someone."
Ginny giggled.
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Kailey and Alysha were sitting on Kailey's bed, laughing quietly, when the door opened.
"Okay, what are you two up to?" Ginny asked, smiling.
"SHH!" Kailey and Alysha jumped up and pulled Ginny into the room and shut the door behind her. "We can't have just anyone listening in on our conversations, now can we?" Kailey added.
Ginny rolled her eyes. "I know, I know. Now what's going on?"
Kailey and Alysha looked at each other and smirked. They both looked back at Ginny. Alysha spoke.
"Well, while we've been here we've noticed a certain - how should I put this - tension, if you will, between a certain two individuals."
"So, we decided we'd do something about it," Kailey continued.
"We're going to set up Ron and Hermione," Alysha finished.
"Besides, they would look WAY cute together," Kailey added.
Ginny stared. "WHAT?" she said just a little to loudly.
"SHH! Gin, geez, let the whole world know, why don't you."
"But Ron will strangle you! Both of you!" Ginny exclaimed worriedly.
Alysha smiled slyly. "Oh, he'll be MUCH to busy to worry about such petty things as murdering little old me and Kails."
Ginny rolled her eyes. These two girls she called friends were insane. No question about it. Then she smiled.
"How can I help?"
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Note: Hmm. Wonder what they've got planned. The set up may be in the next chapter, but I'm not quite sure yet. Hope you like it so far! Please read and review!
Author's Note: This is chapter is going to start with the dance scene, but this time, from Harry's point of view.
~*~*~
Harry smiled as he stepped into the living room at The Burrow. He had been looking forward to coming here all summer, since the only other option was spending the rest of the holiday at the Dursley's. Harry shuddered. As much fun as teasing Dudley was, he would much rather spend his time with Ron and Hermione. This felt almost as much like home as Hogwarts did.
Hermione stepped in behind Harry just as Ron came over. "Hey Harry!" he said, and then he turned to Hermione. "Hello, Hermione," he said in a very stiff voice. Harry rolled his eyes. It seemed Ron was still peeved at Hermione for visiting with Krum during the summer.
"Hello, Ron," said Hermione, smiling, seemingly oblivious to the tone of Ron's voice.
Just then Molly came into the living room from the kitchen. "Oh! Hello, Harry! Hermione, dear!" she exclaimed, coming towards the three teens with a large smile on her face. She hugged both Harry and Hermione, and then turned to Ron.
"Ginny, Kailey, and Alysha are out back. Why don't you go introduce everyone?" she then turned and walked back into the kitchen.
"Kailey and Alysha?" Harry asked.
"My cousin and her best friend. They're from Canada. Mum invited Kailey to stay for the rest of the summer, and told her to bring a friend, so she wouldn't get too homesick. Dumbledore then suggested that she also come and spend a year at Hogwarts with us. Don't know why, but I don't mind. They're great fun to hang out with." Ron then lead the way through the house, out to the back yard.
As they neared the back, Harry heard a song coming from outside. He faintly recognized it. He'd maybe heard it playing on the radio once in Dudley's room; he was pretty sure it wasn't the type of music his aunt and uncle would listen to.
As he stepped through the back door, he finally saw what was going on outside. There were three girls dancing around, laughing, and singing along to the music. He recognized Ginny, with her flaming red hair. Then he noticed the other two. One had long red hair tied back in a knot, though not quite as bright as any of the Weasley's. The other had short, light brown hair, with golden highlights. He assumed the one with red hair must be Kailey, and the other Alysha. He watched and listened as they laughed. Alysha had a nice laugh, he thought.
Hermione called out to Ginny. This got all three girls attention. Ginny squealed "HERMIONE!" and ran forward and threw her arms around her friend. Just then Harry noticed Alysha was starting at him. He looked at her. She was wearing slightly flared jeans that hung low on her hips, and a green tee shirt with a green, furry looking monster on it sitting in a garbage can, that said Oscar the Grouch. The shirt ended just at her belly button, exposing a bit of midriff just above her pants. He looked up at her face. She had round, gray-blue eyes, and a cute smile. Harry smiled, blushing slightly. She was very pretty. He noticed her blush and look down. He heard Ginny say something to him. He snapped out of his reverie.
"Hey, Gin, same to you," he replied.
He watched as Ginny introduced Alysha and Kailey to Hermione, and then brought them to stand in front of him.
"Harry, This is Kailey, and this," Ginny said, looking from Kailey to the girl standing next to her, "is Alysha. Guys, meet Harry." Harry politely shook hands with Kailey, and said hello. He then looked at Alysha, and flushed a slightly brighter pink then he already had been when he noticed that her cheeks were still red. He held out his hand to her. "Hi, Alysha. Nice to meet you."
He heard her reply, "Likewise," in a soft voice, as she took hold of his hand. He felt something like a small shock of electricity go up his arm when their hands touched and she spoke, but it was gone as soon as it had come. He let go of her hand after a few seconds, although he very much didn't want to, and followed Ron back into the house.
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That evening, after supper, found Hermione, Alysha, Kailey, and Ginny all up in her room. They were helping Hermione unload her bags and getting together the pillows, the sheet, and the blanket to make her bed. Hermione stopped.
"Who does this belong to?" she asked, holding up a large book. It was Hogwarts: A History.
"Oh, mine," Alysha tossed over her shoulder as she continued to make the bed.
"Really?" Hermione asked, excited, "Isn't it just fascinating?"
"I know! Kailey thinks I'm insane. But all that went on at Hogwarts in the past one thousand years. I mean, wow." Alysha said smiling, sitting down on Hermione's made bed. Hermione smiled.
"So, Aly dearest. What do you think of Harry?" Kailey asked smiling slyly.
"Oh, god," Alysha flopped back to lie on the bed, blushing. She turned to face Ginny. "Why didn't you tell me he was so uber-hot?" she asked. Ginny laughed.
Kailey's smile widened. "Awww, wittle Aly has a cwush!"
Alysha threw a pillow at Kailey. "Bite me." She said.
Hermione looked at Alysha. "You like Harry?" she asked. "Well, I suppose he is kind of good looking. He definitely has a great personality."
"And," Ginny added, smiling, "did you see the way he was staring at you during dinner? He thought no one noticed. I did."
Kailey let out a squeal. "Ohmygod, Aly! You like Harry, and he likes you. This is perfect! Now all we have to do is set you to up!"
"You will NOT set us up." Alysha said, sitting up abruptly. "I would be forced to kill you." Alysha said the last bit with a bit of a grin.
Kailey rolled her eyes while Ginny and Hermione laughed. "Fine, whatever," she said.
Alysha stuck out her tongue. Then she got up and headed to the door. "I'll be right back. Gotta go brush my teeth."
Kailey jumped up. "Hey! Just a sec, I'm gonna come to."
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Harry stood at the door to Ron's room, slightly dazed. Had he just heard what he'd thought he'd heard?
He had been heading upstairs after playing a game of Wizard's Chess with Fred, when he'd passed Ginny's room, and heard his name mentioned. Curious, he'd stopped to listen.
"So, Aly dearest, what do you think of Harry?" he'd heard Kailey ask from inside the room.
Then he'd heard Alysha's voice. "Oh god," she'd said, "Why didn't you tell me he was so uber-hot?"
Woah. Hold up and rewind. Had she really just said that? Alysha thought he was hot? No, not hot - UBER-hot. whatever that meant (he hoped it was a good thing). He then heard Kailey's voice again.
"Aww, wittle Aly has a cwush!"
Alysha thought he was hot. She had a crush on him. And he liked her too. Wow. Talk about lucky. He walked into Ron's room and sat down on his bed. Ron looked up from his book about the Chudley Cannon's, his favourite Quidditch team.
"Harry? You alright? You look kind of. out of it."
"Huh?" Harry looked at Ron.
"Are you alright?" Ron repeated. "What's up?"
Harry told Ron about what he'd just heard. Ron didn't look surprised. "Didn't you notice the way she was staring at you when Ginny first introduced you? Or the way she kept looking at you, blushing, and looking down during dinner?"
Harry looked down. "Yeah, but. That doesn't always mean someone likes you."
Ron rolled his eyes, looking back at his book. "Whatever you say, mate."
"Yeah, like you know so much on the subject." Harry muttered quietly.
"Huh?" Ron looked up again.
"Nothing, nothing," Harry said, lying back on his bed, thinking about what he'd just heard.
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A few days had passed since Hermione and Harry had arrived, and the four girls, Harry, and Ron were outside, sitting on the grass and talking. Alysha and Kailey were sitting beside each other, Ginny was on the other side of Kailey, next to her was Hermione, then Ron, and finally, Harry, who, with a little strategic seating from Kailey, had ended up next to Alysha. Ron and Harry were busy talking about Quidditch when Ginny asked Hermione a question that caught Ron's attention.
"So, Hermione, how was your visit with Viktor?" she winked.
Ron scowled as Hermione blushed slightly. "It was. okay, I guess."
"Only okay?" Ginny asked, smirking.
Hermione glanced nervously at Ron, and his scowl deepened. "Yeah, only okay. I went home a few days early. We're friends, but he wanted to be more, and I didn't."
At this, Ron looked surprised. His surprise then faded into a smile, though he tried to stop it.
"Well, we've seen to Fleur a few times this summer," Hermione glowered at the mention of the French girl's name. "She's been spending quite a lot of time with Bill lately."
Alysha and Kailey looked at each other. They were thinking the exact same thing. So, Hermione and Ron were into each other, eh? Well, it seemed the two girls had some work to do. Alysha knew she was being hypocritical, since she was doing herself exactly what she had told Kailey not to do to her, but frankly, she could care less. Ron and Hermione would look adorable together, and that was that. She had made up her mind. No force in hell could stop her. She grinned coyly.
"Me and Kailey are going upstairs. We have some. Umm. Work to do."
"Yes. Uhh. Work," Kailey added as the two of them jumped up and ran inside.
"Oh, bloody hell," Ron stated simply. He knew his cousin and friend were up to something. He wasn't sure what it was, but he knew he should be worried. VERY worried.
"Ronald Weasley! Don't swear!" Hermione said indignantly.
"'Mione. Trust me. The way they're acting is reason enough. This isn't going to end well for someone."
Ginny giggled.
~*~*~
Kailey and Alysha were sitting on Kailey's bed, laughing quietly, when the door opened.
"Okay, what are you two up to?" Ginny asked, smiling.
"SHH!" Kailey and Alysha jumped up and pulled Ginny into the room and shut the door behind her. "We can't have just anyone listening in on our conversations, now can we?" Kailey added.
Ginny rolled her eyes. "I know, I know. Now what's going on?"
Kailey and Alysha looked at each other and smirked. They both looked back at Ginny. Alysha spoke.
"Well, while we've been here we've noticed a certain - how should I put this - tension, if you will, between a certain two individuals."
"So, we decided we'd do something about it," Kailey continued.
"We're going to set up Ron and Hermione," Alysha finished.
"Besides, they would look WAY cute together," Kailey added.
Ginny stared. "WHAT?" she said just a little to loudly.
"SHH! Gin, geez, let the whole world know, why don't you."
"But Ron will strangle you! Both of you!" Ginny exclaimed worriedly.
Alysha smiled slyly. "Oh, he'll be MUCH to busy to worry about such petty things as murdering little old me and Kails."
Ginny rolled her eyes. These two girls she called friends were insane. No question about it. Then she smiled.
"How can I help?"
~*~*~
Note: Hmm. Wonder what they've got planned. The set up may be in the next chapter, but I'm not quite sure yet. Hope you like it so far! Please read and review!