And
You Thought It Was Fame
By
Shankz
Chapter
3
A/N- I recommend Rainforest 3223's "Inside
The Snow Drift" which should be done, not if today or tomorrow or
something. It's in my favourites if
that helps.
"Who
the heck is Joplin?" Ron asked looking
at Hermione's piano in the living room, the next afternoon.
"A
Muggle Composer." Ginny answered. "Remember?
Dad keeps telling us. Y'know: 'dun dun dun dun dun, dun dun dun dun
dun….' That piano stuff."
"It's
called "The Entertainer" Hermione
corrected her. And began to play it on
the piano.
"Yeah, well, I can tell you everything about that Bet-Haven guy. Dad's obsessed with the thing about the Elise lady." Hermione
switched Sheet Music and played, "Fur
Elise".
"And
he enchanted a Muggle radio. Then he
had to go through the 'Elvis Phase'. Then he heard a guy who couldn't sing, but
had good words to songs… What's his name again, Ron?" Hermione quickly tried to switch tempos and play 'Hound Dog', and
stopped.
"Bob
Dylan." Hermione and Harry quickly shuffled through the piles of sheet music
for a Dylan song, and gave up. "Oh,
here," Ron picked up Mr. Granger's guitar and began to play the first three
chords in the song. "Happy, Liberacci?"
"Elated."
Hermione smirked. "Let's go." She said
looking at her watch.
"Where
are we going, anyway, Hermione?" Ginny asked, walking down the street Hermione
had led them to.
"A
book store?" Ron asked, trying to look innocent.
"No.
A theatre. We're going to see a movie."
"What
are we going to see?" Harry asked.
"Because on Dudley's television, there's a commercial for some
movie. And the Muggles are supposed to
be Wizards, at some school. It's
crazy. Nothing like Hogwarts."
"Well,
not that. I don't think it has it
here." Hermione stopped in front of a
large movie theatre and read out loud the movies playing. "'Boom Trader' 'Zoulin Trouge' Er…" she
continued to read until they finally decided.
"What's
Disney?" Ron asked, sitting down and spilling popcorn on Hermione. "Sorry."
"A
company that makes a lot of cartoons." Hermione said, trying to soak up the
butter with the napkin Ginny had given her.
"Oh. Then what's 'Pocahontas'?" Ron whispered,
watching a trailer for an upcoming and apparently, Disney, movie.
"A
completely inaccurate cartoon."
"Oh."
When
the movie was over, Ron and Ginny talked Hermione and Harry's ears off on how
confusing the movie was.
"Why
did they have so many dogs anyway? I
mean, are there even '101 Dalmatians' in Britain? Maybe so…" Ron asked them as the walked down the street.
"I
don't think that's right. I mean, the
two people, they just meet each other because they've got crazy dogs.And then
they're married, and pregnant. S'not
right." Ginny said, drinking some Pepsi she'd bought in the theatre.
"It's
just a movie. Personally, I don't
believe in love at first site. Bunch of
sappy junk, if you ask me." Her brother answered, in a toneless manner.
"Oh,
yes, that's right. You fall in love with your best friend. And make out with
them in a mud pit." Harry smirked at Ron.
"In
a lake!
And I don't love Mione!" Ron shouted at Harry.
"Ron,"
Ginny started. "We saw you two. We watched the whole mud thing."
"Oh."
Ron grumbled. "We weren't 'making out' . It was one kiss."
"Yeah,
yeah, well if it make you feel any better.
I'll snog Ginny."
"What?"
Hermione and Ron asked in unison with Ginny, whom was blushing a crimson red.
"Joke,
joke."
"You'd
better be, Potter." Ron nudged him, jokingly. "No one kisses my sister."
"Potter,
Potter, Potter," Harry turned around, it was Malfoy. "You've even stooped to
the Weasley girl. Can't quite blame
you. Weasley, I don't know what
happened to the genes in your family.
Because you're so ugly; and she's not half bad."
"Do
you want to insult my family one more time? Because I'll-"
"Ron,
calm down. Malfoy's too stupid, so
ignore him." Hermione said, calmly, pulling Ron away.
"Oh."
Malfoy smirked, and left.
"What
was that for?" Ron asked.
"What?"
"The
'Oh' thing."
"Who
knows?"
Hermione
had insisted on brining Ginny, Ron, and Harry to some Muggle bookstore. Ginny tore away from the group as she found
some Muggle magazines, Hermione had found her way to some Fantasy books. So, Harry and Ron patiently, or rather,
tried to be patient, sat at a table and waited.
"Harry,
do me a favour." Ron whispered across the table, rather quickly.
"What?"
Ron
had explained some sort of plans he had for this evening.
"And
that's it. Please, just please. Take
Ginny out. You can just…go back to
Hermione's house. Wait, no you can't.
Just let her hang out at the mall or something. Please!"
Harry
crossed his arms and looked at Ron. "I
thought you told me to stay away from Ginny."
"I
did. I don't want you to go out with
her or anything. Just let her do
whatever she wants to and we meet at this book store at nine."
Harry
thought about it. "Alright." He said,
rather reluctantly.
"Thank
you, Harry." Ron said getting up. "I'm going to find Hermione. Go get Ginny. You'll be spending the next two hours with her."
Ron
went around the bookshelves until he finally found Hermione. He tapped on her shoulders, Hermione jumped
in surprise, and turned around to see it was Ron.
"Don't
do that again!" she breathed.
"Yes. Good to see you, too. Do you and Ginny want to go for dinner?"
"Alright. I am sort of hungry."
Hermione,
Ron, Ginny, and Harry all left the bookstore with bags in two of their hands
(poor Ron and Harry were forced to carry Ginny's magazines and Hermione's
books.). And headed down to a small
Hamburger Place. (I don't reckon Mad
Cow Disease was a problem in 1996, was it? I know it was the 80s and now.)
"I
think I'm just getting a salad." Hermione said, looking at the menu.
"Oh,
you're not eating here." Ron answered.
"Then
doesn't that defeat the purpose of bringing us here?"
"No. It defeats the purpose of bringing you and
me here. Harry and Ginny are eating
here. Come on, Hermione." He grabbed her hand and led her out the door.
"So,"
Harry started, awkwardly. "Just you and
me."
Ginny
faked a smile. In truth, she was
nervous as Heck. Trying to fight
redness emerging from her ears. "Yeah."
"Listen,
Ron made me stay here with you. No
offence. I guess I don't really know
you more than Ron's sister. So," Harry
put in a fake high-pitched voice. "I'm just one of the girls, now! Want to go to the mall?" And he giggled,
trying to imitate Lavender and Parvati.
Ginny
began to laugh in relieve. "Yeah, come
on, Harriet."
"Ron,"
Hermione asked, as Ron pulled her down the street. "Where are we going?"
"To
the movies. I want to try that
again. I think I messed up." He
answered. "Twice, a movie about Dalmatians and spilling popcorn on you."
Hermione
laughed. And Ron stopped at the movie
theatre, and bought her a ticket. "What are we going to go see?" Hermione
asked, sitting down.
"I
don't have the foggiest."
"So,
you just picked a poster outside the theatre."
"No,
I picked the best picture."
"I'm
scared."
"Hermione,
remember at the Third Task and last nigh-"
"Sh…the
movie's is starting."
"Oh. Right."
Ron
was struggling to stay awake during the movie.
Harry was going to kill him. He
said he'd only be gone for an hour and a half; like the other movie they saw. But the way this movie was dragging on; it'd
be a lot more than that. Ron didn't
seem to be exactly…enjoying it, but Hermione did, so he was forced to shut up.
I should've known. Ron thought. When
there were two people kissing on a sinking ship, it would've been mushy. Why couldn't I have just seen Jurassic
Park? Those were dinosaurs. Or
whatever they were called.
Yawning,
Ron stretched his arm, and but it behind Hermione's shoulders. She didn't seem to mind- or notice. Then a horrible thought crossed his mind Maybe she doesn't like me in that way…. No. Ron
reassured himself. She kissed me back; didn't she? Oh shit, I'm in trouble. Is that why
she keeps cutting me off…?
When the movie was, finally, over, Ron rushed up out of his seat,
almost forgetting Hermione. Then he ran
back and waited for Hermione.
"That…was…so…sad!"
Hermione said walking down the street to the bookstore.
"Yeah,
heartbreaking. I almost forgot what
happened."
"Well,"
"No! You don't have to tell me, that's alright."
He said, opening the door for Hermione into the bookstore. "Tell me if you see
Harry and Gin-" Ron stopped in mid-sentence.
Apparently he found them, kissing
A/N- that was long! For me anyway.took me
like three days…. enjoy! I am very
pleased for how many readers I've gotten.
It's a record for me!
