A/N: Thanks for reviewing, I'll try to make my parts longer because I have so much planned and so far my parts are very short. Okay, LunaLuv I read your review so tell everyone to read my story please! Oh, and hurry with the next chapter to your story. I hope you like this part.
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On Wednesday, Hermione and Elana were watching another quidditch game. This time it was between the Ravenclaws and the Gryffindors. The Gryffindors were leading 100-50. The game was very quick because Harry caught the snitch so the Gryffindors won 250-50. They didn't have a very good record now that Fred and George weren't the beaters. The new beaters were Dean Thomas and a 3rd year boy. They weren't nearly as good as Fred and George were, but they were pretty good. After everyone was back in their houses, Hermione, Ron, and Elana were congratulating Harry. Afterwards Elana and Hermione were in their dormitory and an owl from Joe came. It read:
Dear Elana,
I miss you a lot and I would like to see you, but that is not going to happen anytime soon, so I think we should break up in the meantime. I don't have much free time anymore so it is hard for me to write to you. I'm very sorry, but I'm afraid it has to be this way. I would appreciate it if you wouldn't write back.
Joe
Hermione looked at Elana and she looked very sad. Hermione said, "why did he do that?"
"I don't know, he said they didn't have any free time, but that's not true, they have the weekends. Oh, maybe he doesn't like me anymore," Elana sobbed.
"He does like you, maybe he is really busy," Hermione said trying to cheer her up, "in the meantime why don't you ask Ron to the dance?"
"Oh, maybe I will, I don't have anyone else to go with and I know Harry wants to go with you."
"Oh, that's right, I still haven't told him if I'll go to the dance with him or not, it's in two days."
"Oh, are you gonna go with him?" Elana asked.
"That's the thing, I really don't know if I want to or not," Hermione said, "I could either go with him or Ron, I like them both and either way the other one will be left out. I guess I'll probably go with Harry because I'm already going out with him so it would be weird if I went with Ron."
"Oh, maybe I'll go with Ron, I'm starting to like him a little."
"Good, do you want to go tell them now?"
"Sure." Elana and Hermione walked down to the common room and found Harry, Ron, and Ginny doing their homework. Hermione walked over to Harry and said, "I have decided I will go to the dance with you."
"Really? That's great. I was wondering when you were gonna tell me," Harry said.
"Well now you know," Hermione said, "oh, I think Elana has something to say."
"I do? Oh yeah, um Ron will you go to the dance with me?" she asked.
"Um, sure, I was wondering who I was gonna go with," Ron said.
"Oh, you guys are lucky, I wish I could go to the dance, but it's only for 7th years," Ginny said.
"Sorry sis, maybe next year," Ron said.
"Yeah, maybe. What am I suppose to do when you guys are at the dance?"
"I dunno, find something," Ron said.
Soon it was Friday, the day of the dance. Elana and Hermione each wore pretty green dress robes. They spent two hours fixing each others hair and putting on make-up. When the got to the great hall they saw many 7th years and then they spotted Harry and Ron. They danced with them for an hour and then they had snacks. The dance went on for five hours and Hermione and Elana had a great time.
It was now December 23, and most of the witches and wizard were home. Elana had gone to her house and Harry had gone to visit Sirius. Hermione and Ron were the only 7th year Gryffindors now in Hogwarts. The only other 7th year students in Hogwarts were Draco Malfoy, Goyle, Crabbe, Susan Bones from Hufflepuff, and Lisa Turpin from Ravenclaw. Lisa Turpin was very pretty and Hermione noticed Ron had had his eyes on her lately. When they had breakfast he found a seat next to her and he seemed to like her. Hermione grew slightly jealous of Lisa, because Hermione thought Ron liked her a lot and now he seemed to like Lisa. He sat next to Lisa at every meal and on dinner of Christmas eve, he asked her out. She said yes and Hermione grew very angry with Ron. She wanted him to like her and now he liked Lisa. Ron spent the rest of the day with Lisa. He even let her come into the Gryffindor common room and Lisa showed him the Ravenclaw common room. Hermione realized that Elana would be very mad at Ron when she came back because she thought Ron liked her because he went to the dance with her. Later that day Hermione went to talk to Ron.
"Ron, how could you do this to Elana?"
"Do what?" he asked.
"Go out with Lisa?"
"What am I doing to Elana by going out with Lisa? She has a boyfriend so why can't I have a girl friend?"
"For your information, she isn't going out with Joe, and she likes you and now she's going to be very hurt to know you went out with Lisa."
"Oh, I didn't know Elana and Joe broke up. But still, I like Lisa and I don't like Elana. I'm sorry, but I don't like Elana," he said.
"You don't like Elana? I thought you did? Oh, poor Elana, she's gonna be heartbroken. But how can you like that ugly git and not like Elana, she's so nice and she's much prettier then Lisa! Please Ron, you have to like Elana," Hermione screamed.
"I'm sorry I don't like Elana, maybe I'll like her later, but now I like Lisa, and don't call her an ugly git. Why do you have a problem with me going out with Lisa? I never got in the way of you and Harry!"
"I'm sorry I'm getting in the way of your 'relation' with Lisa, but GO OUT WITH ELANA!!!!!!" Hermione screamed.
"You can't tell me who to go out with okay Hermione! I'm going to see Lisa now. I told her I'd meet her outside of her common room. She's the only Ravenclaw here now so we have the whole common room to ourselves," Ron said and he walked out of the portrait hole. Hermione, very angry walked up to her dormitory. Ginny was there reading a book. Hermione decided she should write a letter to Elana telling her what happened with Ron. She wrote:
Dear Elana,
You may not like what this says, but I decided to tell you. Ron is going out with Lisa Turpin. I know you like Ron, so I told him how angry I was with him and how sad you would be. Well have a very merry Christmas and I'll see you soon.
Hermione
She tied the letter onto Hedwigs leg and sent it to Elana. She was very grateful that Harry had left Hedwig with her.
The next morning Hermione woke up early and opened her presents. She got a Weasley sweater from the Weasleys, The New & Improved Hogwarts, A History from Harry, and a Goldenflame from Elana. The Goldenflame was the newest broom. Elana's mom had bought one for Hermione, Harry, Ron, Ginny, and Elana. Elana's family was very rich, so they could easily afford the Goldenflames for everyone. Elana also included a note with her gift, it read:
Dear Hermione,
I got your letter right as I was sending your present. Thanks for telling me about Ron and all that was happening. I'm mad at Ron, but if he wants to go out with Lisa, there's nothing we can do about it. Have a great Christmas, I'll be back soon.
Elana
Hermione was happy to hear from Elana and glad she wasn't to upset about Ron. The rest of Christmas break went by quickly and soon Harry and Elana, along with everyone else was back. Harry was very mad at Ron for going out with Lisa. Hermione didn't quite understand why so she asked him.
"Harry, why to mind so much that Ron is with Lisa?" she asked.
"He probably doesn't even like her," Harry said.
"Then why would he ask her out?" Hermione asked.
"Probably to make you jealous and feel left out while everyone was gone."
"Why would he do that?"
"Cause he wants you to go out with him, he wants to steel you from me," Harry explained.
"How do you know all this?" Hermione asked curiously.
"I've known him long enough, he usually insults the Ravenclaws saying they're know-it-alls, and now he's all of a sudden going out with Lisa."
"Maybe you're right, maybe he's trying to make me angry and ask him to dump Lisa for me," Hermione thought, "why that is so mean of him to do to me and Lisa."
"I know it is, and that's just the thing he would do," Harry said. Just then Ron walked in.
"Who would do what?" he asked.
"Nothing," Harry said walking away.
"What were you talking about?" Ron asked.
"Just how you really don't like Lisa, and how you want to make me jealous so I'll ask you out," Hermione said.
"What?" Ron asked very confused.
"You know, Harry told me how you always insult Ravenclaws," Hermione said.
"Well Harry's a lier, don't listen to what he says," Ron said.
"Oh, well Harry seems to think you're a lier and you think Harry's a lier, who am I supposed to believe?" Hermione asked.
"Me," Ron said," Harry's just trying to make me seem bad so he looks good, he wants to be more perfect and get all the attention like he always does. He wants to start rumors about how I don't like Lisa so then Lisa will dump me and no one will like me. Then he get more attention. Uh, I'm so annoyed at him, he gets all the attention. No one ever notices me or thinks I'm special," Ron said sadly.
"I think you're special Ron," Hermione said, "I know how you feel, you feel left out because Harry's so well known and you're not."
"Yeah, I guess so," Ron said.
"Well, I think you should make up with Harry," Hermione said.
"No! He should apologize to me, I didn't do anything," Ron said.
"Oh, please just make up with him! I can't stand it when you two are in a fight," Hermione said.
"If you dump him I'll make up with him," Ron said.
"Why should I dump him?" Hermione asked.
"So Harry loses some of his self confidence," Ron said.
"Oh, so now you guys are fighting because of me," Hermione said.
"Well, please break up with him," Ron begged.
"Maybe I will if you break up with Lisa," Hermione said.
"Fine, I'll break up with Lisa, but what am I supposed to say to her?"
"I dunno, think of something, I don't know what to say to Harry," Hermione said.
"So it's a deal? I break up with Lisa and you break up with Harry?" Ron asked.
"Oh, fine, but I'm only doing this so you and Harry will become friends again, so you better," Hermione said.
"Don't worry, we will," Ron said unconvincingly. He walked out of the portrait heading for the Ravenclaw common room. Oh what have I got myself into? Hermione thought to herself, she then went to look for Harry. She found him soon and then she said, "Um, Harry, I have to break up with you."
"What?" Harry asked, "why?"
"Um, I just do okay? Maybe we can go out later."
"Ron did something to convince you to break up with me, that son of a..."
"No Harry, it wasn't Ron, why do you blame him for everything?"
"I don't know, he's blamable, it wasn't him, really?"
"Um, no he didn't tell me anything about you," Hermione lied. She then ran up to her dorm and lay on her bed reading her new version of Hogwarts, a History. Later that day her and Elana talked and Elana said she really wanted to ask Ron out now that he wasn't going out with anyone. Hermione said she should ask him in the morning, but she wasn't sure Ron would say yes. Hermione kind of wanted to ask Ron out, but then Harry would feel bad. She was so confused and she didn't know who she wanted to go out with. She decided she would wait till the morning to see if Ron would say yes to Elana or not. If he said yes, then she would let Elana have him and if he said no, Hermione had a feeling Ron would ask her out and she wouldn't know what to say. She would want to go out with him, but then Elana would feel really bad. She was so confused and didn't know what would happen in the morning.
Finally morning came. Elana got up quick and she dragged Hermione downstairs. Ron and Harry were arguing about something so Hermione guessed Ron hadn't done to great of a job making up with Harry.
"Stop fighting!" Hermione yelled. Ron and Harry stopped arguing and looked at the girls. Elana then said, "Ron, will you go out with me?" Ron looked at her and Hermione had a feeling he would say no and she prayed he would say yes, and he did. Elana was so happy, and Hermione was happy for her. Hermione then asked Harry out again and he was delighted, she figured if he didn't keep his part of the deal why should she? She was thrilled it turned out this way because Elana was finally happy and so was Harry. She was also pretty happy, but she wasn't sure Ron was.
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That's all I have time to write now. Please review, I tried to make it longer, but it isn't much longer then my other parts. Oh well, a lot of stuff happened in this part. I hope you liked it!
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On Wednesday, Hermione and Elana were watching another quidditch game. This time it was between the Ravenclaws and the Gryffindors. The Gryffindors were leading 100-50. The game was very quick because Harry caught the snitch so the Gryffindors won 250-50. They didn't have a very good record now that Fred and George weren't the beaters. The new beaters were Dean Thomas and a 3rd year boy. They weren't nearly as good as Fred and George were, but they were pretty good. After everyone was back in their houses, Hermione, Ron, and Elana were congratulating Harry. Afterwards Elana and Hermione were in their dormitory and an owl from Joe came. It read:
Dear Elana,
I miss you a lot and I would like to see you, but that is not going to happen anytime soon, so I think we should break up in the meantime. I don't have much free time anymore so it is hard for me to write to you. I'm very sorry, but I'm afraid it has to be this way. I would appreciate it if you wouldn't write back.
Joe
Hermione looked at Elana and she looked very sad. Hermione said, "why did he do that?"
"I don't know, he said they didn't have any free time, but that's not true, they have the weekends. Oh, maybe he doesn't like me anymore," Elana sobbed.
"He does like you, maybe he is really busy," Hermione said trying to cheer her up, "in the meantime why don't you ask Ron to the dance?"
"Oh, maybe I will, I don't have anyone else to go with and I know Harry wants to go with you."
"Oh, that's right, I still haven't told him if I'll go to the dance with him or not, it's in two days."
"Oh, are you gonna go with him?" Elana asked.
"That's the thing, I really don't know if I want to or not," Hermione said, "I could either go with him or Ron, I like them both and either way the other one will be left out. I guess I'll probably go with Harry because I'm already going out with him so it would be weird if I went with Ron."
"Oh, maybe I'll go with Ron, I'm starting to like him a little."
"Good, do you want to go tell them now?"
"Sure." Elana and Hermione walked down to the common room and found Harry, Ron, and Ginny doing their homework. Hermione walked over to Harry and said, "I have decided I will go to the dance with you."
"Really? That's great. I was wondering when you were gonna tell me," Harry said.
"Well now you know," Hermione said, "oh, I think Elana has something to say."
"I do? Oh yeah, um Ron will you go to the dance with me?" she asked.
"Um, sure, I was wondering who I was gonna go with," Ron said.
"Oh, you guys are lucky, I wish I could go to the dance, but it's only for 7th years," Ginny said.
"Sorry sis, maybe next year," Ron said.
"Yeah, maybe. What am I suppose to do when you guys are at the dance?"
"I dunno, find something," Ron said.
Soon it was Friday, the day of the dance. Elana and Hermione each wore pretty green dress robes. They spent two hours fixing each others hair and putting on make-up. When the got to the great hall they saw many 7th years and then they spotted Harry and Ron. They danced with them for an hour and then they had snacks. The dance went on for five hours and Hermione and Elana had a great time.
It was now December 23, and most of the witches and wizard were home. Elana had gone to her house and Harry had gone to visit Sirius. Hermione and Ron were the only 7th year Gryffindors now in Hogwarts. The only other 7th year students in Hogwarts were Draco Malfoy, Goyle, Crabbe, Susan Bones from Hufflepuff, and Lisa Turpin from Ravenclaw. Lisa Turpin was very pretty and Hermione noticed Ron had had his eyes on her lately. When they had breakfast he found a seat next to her and he seemed to like her. Hermione grew slightly jealous of Lisa, because Hermione thought Ron liked her a lot and now he seemed to like Lisa. He sat next to Lisa at every meal and on dinner of Christmas eve, he asked her out. She said yes and Hermione grew very angry with Ron. She wanted him to like her and now he liked Lisa. Ron spent the rest of the day with Lisa. He even let her come into the Gryffindor common room and Lisa showed him the Ravenclaw common room. Hermione realized that Elana would be very mad at Ron when she came back because she thought Ron liked her because he went to the dance with her. Later that day Hermione went to talk to Ron.
"Ron, how could you do this to Elana?"
"Do what?" he asked.
"Go out with Lisa?"
"What am I doing to Elana by going out with Lisa? She has a boyfriend so why can't I have a girl friend?"
"For your information, she isn't going out with Joe, and she likes you and now she's going to be very hurt to know you went out with Lisa."
"Oh, I didn't know Elana and Joe broke up. But still, I like Lisa and I don't like Elana. I'm sorry, but I don't like Elana," he said.
"You don't like Elana? I thought you did? Oh, poor Elana, she's gonna be heartbroken. But how can you like that ugly git and not like Elana, she's so nice and she's much prettier then Lisa! Please Ron, you have to like Elana," Hermione screamed.
"I'm sorry I don't like Elana, maybe I'll like her later, but now I like Lisa, and don't call her an ugly git. Why do you have a problem with me going out with Lisa? I never got in the way of you and Harry!"
"I'm sorry I'm getting in the way of your 'relation' with Lisa, but GO OUT WITH ELANA!!!!!!" Hermione screamed.
"You can't tell me who to go out with okay Hermione! I'm going to see Lisa now. I told her I'd meet her outside of her common room. She's the only Ravenclaw here now so we have the whole common room to ourselves," Ron said and he walked out of the portrait hole. Hermione, very angry walked up to her dormitory. Ginny was there reading a book. Hermione decided she should write a letter to Elana telling her what happened with Ron. She wrote:
Dear Elana,
You may not like what this says, but I decided to tell you. Ron is going out with Lisa Turpin. I know you like Ron, so I told him how angry I was with him and how sad you would be. Well have a very merry Christmas and I'll see you soon.
Hermione
She tied the letter onto Hedwigs leg and sent it to Elana. She was very grateful that Harry had left Hedwig with her.
The next morning Hermione woke up early and opened her presents. She got a Weasley sweater from the Weasleys, The New & Improved Hogwarts, A History from Harry, and a Goldenflame from Elana. The Goldenflame was the newest broom. Elana's mom had bought one for Hermione, Harry, Ron, Ginny, and Elana. Elana's family was very rich, so they could easily afford the Goldenflames for everyone. Elana also included a note with her gift, it read:
Dear Hermione,
I got your letter right as I was sending your present. Thanks for telling me about Ron and all that was happening. I'm mad at Ron, but if he wants to go out with Lisa, there's nothing we can do about it. Have a great Christmas, I'll be back soon.
Elana
Hermione was happy to hear from Elana and glad she wasn't to upset about Ron. The rest of Christmas break went by quickly and soon Harry and Elana, along with everyone else was back. Harry was very mad at Ron for going out with Lisa. Hermione didn't quite understand why so she asked him.
"Harry, why to mind so much that Ron is with Lisa?" she asked.
"He probably doesn't even like her," Harry said.
"Then why would he ask her out?" Hermione asked.
"Probably to make you jealous and feel left out while everyone was gone."
"Why would he do that?"
"Cause he wants you to go out with him, he wants to steel you from me," Harry explained.
"How do you know all this?" Hermione asked curiously.
"I've known him long enough, he usually insults the Ravenclaws saying they're know-it-alls, and now he's all of a sudden going out with Lisa."
"Maybe you're right, maybe he's trying to make me angry and ask him to dump Lisa for me," Hermione thought, "why that is so mean of him to do to me and Lisa."
"I know it is, and that's just the thing he would do," Harry said. Just then Ron walked in.
"Who would do what?" he asked.
"Nothing," Harry said walking away.
"What were you talking about?" Ron asked.
"Just how you really don't like Lisa, and how you want to make me jealous so I'll ask you out," Hermione said.
"What?" Ron asked very confused.
"You know, Harry told me how you always insult Ravenclaws," Hermione said.
"Well Harry's a lier, don't listen to what he says," Ron said.
"Oh, well Harry seems to think you're a lier and you think Harry's a lier, who am I supposed to believe?" Hermione asked.
"Me," Ron said," Harry's just trying to make me seem bad so he looks good, he wants to be more perfect and get all the attention like he always does. He wants to start rumors about how I don't like Lisa so then Lisa will dump me and no one will like me. Then he get more attention. Uh, I'm so annoyed at him, he gets all the attention. No one ever notices me or thinks I'm special," Ron said sadly.
"I think you're special Ron," Hermione said, "I know how you feel, you feel left out because Harry's so well known and you're not."
"Yeah, I guess so," Ron said.
"Well, I think you should make up with Harry," Hermione said.
"No! He should apologize to me, I didn't do anything," Ron said.
"Oh, please just make up with him! I can't stand it when you two are in a fight," Hermione said.
"If you dump him I'll make up with him," Ron said.
"Why should I dump him?" Hermione asked.
"So Harry loses some of his self confidence," Ron said.
"Oh, so now you guys are fighting because of me," Hermione said.
"Well, please break up with him," Ron begged.
"Maybe I will if you break up with Lisa," Hermione said.
"Fine, I'll break up with Lisa, but what am I supposed to say to her?"
"I dunno, think of something, I don't know what to say to Harry," Hermione said.
"So it's a deal? I break up with Lisa and you break up with Harry?" Ron asked.
"Oh, fine, but I'm only doing this so you and Harry will become friends again, so you better," Hermione said.
"Don't worry, we will," Ron said unconvincingly. He walked out of the portrait heading for the Ravenclaw common room. Oh what have I got myself into? Hermione thought to herself, she then went to look for Harry. She found him soon and then she said, "Um, Harry, I have to break up with you."
"What?" Harry asked, "why?"
"Um, I just do okay? Maybe we can go out later."
"Ron did something to convince you to break up with me, that son of a..."
"No Harry, it wasn't Ron, why do you blame him for everything?"
"I don't know, he's blamable, it wasn't him, really?"
"Um, no he didn't tell me anything about you," Hermione lied. She then ran up to her dorm and lay on her bed reading her new version of Hogwarts, a History. Later that day her and Elana talked and Elana said she really wanted to ask Ron out now that he wasn't going out with anyone. Hermione said she should ask him in the morning, but she wasn't sure Ron would say yes. Hermione kind of wanted to ask Ron out, but then Harry would feel bad. She was so confused and she didn't know who she wanted to go out with. She decided she would wait till the morning to see if Ron would say yes to Elana or not. If he said yes, then she would let Elana have him and if he said no, Hermione had a feeling Ron would ask her out and she wouldn't know what to say. She would want to go out with him, but then Elana would feel really bad. She was so confused and didn't know what would happen in the morning.
Finally morning came. Elana got up quick and she dragged Hermione downstairs. Ron and Harry were arguing about something so Hermione guessed Ron hadn't done to great of a job making up with Harry.
"Stop fighting!" Hermione yelled. Ron and Harry stopped arguing and looked at the girls. Elana then said, "Ron, will you go out with me?" Ron looked at her and Hermione had a feeling he would say no and she prayed he would say yes, and he did. Elana was so happy, and Hermione was happy for her. Hermione then asked Harry out again and he was delighted, she figured if he didn't keep his part of the deal why should she? She was thrilled it turned out this way because Elana was finally happy and so was Harry. She was also pretty happy, but she wasn't sure Ron was.
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That's all I have time to write now. Please review, I tried to make it longer, but it isn't much longer then my other parts. Oh well, a lot of stuff happened in this part. I hope you liked it!