A/n I think this story keeps getting stranger and stranger, and I don't really have a plot, but oh well!! Thanks for all the reviews thus far, some of you are beginning to catch on to what I'm doing. Anyway, here goes:
Mixed Emotions Part 4
'Okay, calm down,' I had to tell myself. I knew what Harry was going to say, but nonetheless, it still had that same fierce hard impact. I had to clench my fists, and slowly breathe out the anger. I didn't know what to say. I knew I had to say something though, because everyone was staring at me. I opened up my mouth, and said the first words that my brain could process.
"All right." That was it. That was all I could say. Harry and Ginny sat down across from us, looking relieved.
"You took this much better than I thought," Ginny said, as she sat down.
"Well, not much I can do about it, is there?" 'Yeah right, there is a lot I can do about it,' I thought.
"Glad you chose the mature approach." Once again, I had to stop myself from lashing out in anger. I couldn't believe my little sister was calling me immature.
"Well, what are we waiting for, let's get some butterbeers," I said in the calmest voice possible.
As I started up to get us some butterbeers, I noticed Harry and Ginny slide a little closer to each other. I wasn't going to walk away and leave them alone, because I knew Hermione wasn't going to do anything about it. I sat back down, and came up with an excuse.
"On second thought," I said. "Why don't we go for a walk to Honeydukes instead.
"Well, I was meaning to pick up some chocolate frogs," Harry admitted. "What do you say Ginny?"
"Sounds great to me Harry," she replied. For a moment they seemed oblivious to Hermione and I. I cleared my throat loudly, and they looked away from each other, turning red.
We got up, and started our way out of the Three Broomsticks silently. Harry and Ginny walked side-by-side much to my dismay. I tried to motion to Hermione to cut in between them, but she seemed to be lost in her own thoughts, so I did it myself.
"So Harry," I said as I cut in between them. "Are you ready for your first quidditch game next weekend?"
"Yeah, I think we are going to be really great this year."
"You're going against Ravenclaw. That's where that girl you had a crush on last year was from, correct," I said, cracking an evil smile.
"Cho? Yeah, she's their seeker," he said without even flinching. I was hoping for either a much stronger reaction from Harry. Or, if not that, I figured at least it would be a threat to Hermione to start helping. Instead, we just kept walking in silence, until we got to Honeydukes. Harry and Ginny walked on in, and Hermione began to follow them. I pulled her by the arm, and dragged her back outside.
"Guys, I have to talk to Hermione. We'll be right back," I called to Harry and Ginny. They gave us a suspicious look, but Harry waved me on out. I figured I could leave them alone in Honeydukes; Harry wasn't going to try anything on her there while all those people were around.
"Hermione," I said once I got her away from the crowds of students. "You're not keeping up to your part of the bargain. How many times do I have to tell you to go with your instinct?"
"I don't know what I'm suppose to do Ron," she snapped. "They walked in before we could make a plan, remember?"
"Flirt with him, bat your eyelashes, do something! It's not that hard Hermione."
"Since when do I flirt?"
"You don't, that's the problem."
"Oh come off it Ron. Do I seem like the type to flirt to you?"
"No, but you never know. Harry may go for it."
Hermione exaggeratedly twirled her hair around her fingers and said in a enthusiastic voice, "Oh, Harry. You are so smart, and sweet, and handsome, and brave, and…I could just go on and on. You are wonderful in every way." Then she finished off with a high-pitched giggle, "You are so funny Harry."
At first, I thought she was seriously trying to be flirty. That is, until she busted out laughing. I was getting slightly ticked off at this. I was trying to help her, and for maybe one time in her life, she couldn't be serious.
"Hermione, what is wrong with you?"
"Sorry Ron," she said through her giggles. "I just can't imagine myself being flirty."
I did see her point. I didn't know why I was being so persistent; Hermione wasn't really a flirty person. I lightened up a little, and started to see the humor in what she just said. Before I knew it, we were both engrossed in a huge laughing fest.
"Actually, now that I think about it, you should go into muggle acting Hermione. I can see it now…the famous Hermione Granger, known for her high quality flirting act."
"I never thought about show business, but now that you mentioned it, it might be my calling," Hermione giggled. "Come on Ron, Harry and Ginny are probably wondering what happened to us.
As I started walking, I didn't notice the twig out in front of me. My back foot caught on it, and that sent me flying. Before I was aware of what was happening, my face was plastered against the sidewalk. I stood up quickly, and using a store window as a mirror, checked for any damages.
"Are you all right," Hermione asked, her face turning serious again.
"Yes, just a few scratches."
Suddenly, out of nowhere we both started laughing. Slightly at first, but eventually we were in another all out bit of laughter. Hermione was laughing harder than I think I've ever seen her laugh before. So hard, in fact, that as she was trying to calm down, she accidentally snorted really loud. Of course, this only caused us to start laughing again. Pretty soon she was on the ground laughing.
Eventually we calmed down, and after the laughing stopped, neither one of us could think of what to say.
"I guess we needed that," she finally chirped in.
"Yeah, I guess things were getting sort of tense lately. We needed a good laugh."
"And you're just the person to give us that," she teased. "Thanks Ron, I can always count on you to make me laugh."
I never knew she thought of me like that. I knew I could be funny, but she always seemed annoyed by my sarcastic sense of humor. I never knew she looked up to me because of it though. At that moment, I realized maybe my humor could be a good thing, and lately, I'd kind of lost it…I was too busy worrying about Harry and Ginny. I decided I needed to get it back, starting right then and there. That could be the key in breaking those two up.
I gave Hermione a determined look, and I think she read my thoughts because she nodded her head in agreement. She reached out her hand, signaling for me to help her up. As I reached out to her, starting to pull her up, she had another laughing fit causing me to topple down practically on top of her.
Of course, this was the time Harry and Ginny decided to come out and find us.
"What is taking you two so long…Never mind, I don't think I want to know," Harry said, laughing at our predicament.
"Aw, isn't that cute," Ginny said, taking a hold of Harry's hand.
"Hermione just caused me to fall for the second time today, and you think it's cute," I asked.
"Sure, is that what really happened," Harry chided.
He had this strange smirk on his face as if he thought something was going on between us. I knew I was going to have to do a lot of explaining in order to get him to believe me.
A/n Okay, maybe it was a bit out of character, but I needed to put some humor into it. This actually sounds like me and my friends fooling around (I can get very giggly)!! (All right, that had absolutely nothing to do with the story).
It will probably be at least a week before I get anything else out because we only have two more weeks of school left, and that means finals (ahhhhh)!!
Disclaimer: I don't own them.