A/N Well, here's chapter three at last. I hope you like it, and thanks to all who reviewed.
Disclaimer:I own nothing in this except
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Chapter 3-The
After her evesdropping session, Hermione raced back to the castle before Ginny could find her missing and alert the entire castleful of people. She flew as fast as she could towards the teacher common room, through the window she had purposely left open, and divebombed the vacant couch, transforming into herself as she did so. The effect was that she seemed to be in mid-air and suddenly land with a soft *thump* on the couch.
"Nice moves Herm," said a voice.
Hermione's heart sank. She would know that voice anywhere. She had heard it in the night enough times. "Hello Ron," she replied cooly. "How are you?"
"Well that's a bit formal, don't you think?" he asked.
"No I don't," snapped Hermione. "I think it's just perfect to use in our relationship."
"Why is cruel and cold perfect for our relationship?" asked Ron bemusedly.
"Because," started Hermione harshly. "it was *cruel* of you to think that I would ever cheat on you. It was *cruel* to not bather listening to my side. It was *cruel* to assume that even if I would cheat on you, that I would do it with Malfoy, and it was *cruel* to leave me in the *cold* rain in the middle of a Muggle park, so that I had to *walk* to Kings' Cross to get back here. Not exactly what I'd call the perfect day. I loved you, and I thought you loved me, but obviously I was wrong."
"Oh, Herm," said Ron softly. "I do love you. I always have."
"Really?" asked Hermione. She leaned in for a kiss, but Ron pulled away. "What?"
"Well, the thing is, I'm seeing someone else," Ron confessed.
"What? How can you have found someone so fast?!" shrieked Hermione.
As if cued by Hermione's words, Lavender Brown came bounding through the door and sat down next to Ron, snuggling into his chest.
"Ugh," said Hermione, looking disgusted. "I need to get out of here."
Just then ,Ginny came through the door and walked to the couch. Just before her back end landed, Hermione grabbed her arm and pulled her up. "Come on," she muttered darkly, staring at Ron.
"What?" she said.
"We need to talk," said Hermione tersely. "There's someone-uh something you forgot to mention to me."
"OoooooKkkeeee," said Ginny slowly as Hermione draggd her up the stairs.
Hermione pushed open the door to their suite and entered the lounge. They shared a suite, with Hermione's quarters on the right and Ginny's on the left. In the middle was a lounge that they shared.
"Why didn't you tell me that you had *Percy* in mind?" Hermione demanded without preamble.
"You sorry little evesdropper!" Ginny cried indignantly.
"Yes I am," admitted Hermione. "And I'm proud of it! Why didn't you tell me?"
"Why does it matter?" asked Ginny. "He owed me a favour-you probably heard that too, right?"
"Yeah," said Hermione, and began to giggle. "And I saw the pictures too."
Ginny laughed too. "They were taken at Bill's wedding. He got *really* drunk, and I sort of *cajoled* him into putting it on. I think Fred and George slipped him some Putty Liquers."
"What?"
"Putty Liquers. They're these thing that you give to someone and, oh what's the slogan? Oh yeah! Give it to someone, and they'll be 'putty in your hands, and anywhere else you want them!'"
"Seriously?"
"Yeah! But they only lasted a week. The ministry said that it was too close to an Imperious Curse Candy."
"Oh," said Hermione. "Well, at least you got these pictures!"
"So, why are you so mad about Percy being your fill-in?" called Ginny from the hall, where she was in the bathroom washing her face.
"I'm not," said Hermione, as she walked to her room to change for bed. "but, well, ya see, I had this-this-"
"Crush?" supplied Ginny, as she went to her own room to change as well.
"Yeah," said Hermione, while walking towards the bathroom to remove her makeup. "I had this crush on him, and now I have to pretend to go out with him. The thing is, I heard you tell him how to kiss me, and, well...."
"You're not sure you want it anymore?" offered Ginny, as she and Hermione both entered the lounge at the same time and sat down on the couch.
"No, I still want it," said Hermione urgently. "It's just that, I-I'm not sure I'll be able to control myself around him. Ya know? Kinda like your problem with Harry?" she added, grinning.
"Ha ha ha," said Ginny, her voice positively oozing with sarcasm. "I get it! No need to poke fun!!"
"Please!" whined Hermione, before putting on a devious face. "It's soooo much fun."
"Well, don't worry," assured Ginny. "It's all fake. Knowing him, he'll probably apoligize for mauling you or something."
Hermione giggle. "Mauling me?" she asked incredulously.
"Well, remember in my first year, when I saw him kissing Penny?"
"Yeeeaaaahhh," said Hermione slowly.
"Well, when I left the room, I could've sworn I heard him apoligize for holding her so close, and that he hoped it wouldn't hurt their relationship," explained Ginny.
Hermione snorted. "He'll probably beg me not to turn him in for sexual harassment!"
"But you wouldn't dream of it, would you?" asked Ginny teasingly.
"Of course not!" said Hermione indignantly. Then she caught on. "Hey!" she exclaimed, and threw a pillow at Ginny. It hit her square in the face.
"Ah!" she screamed in mock outrage. "How dare you?!"
"What?" asked Hermione innocently.
"You threw this pillow at me!" shrieked Ginny, brandashing the offending cushin at Hermione.
"I did not!" said Hermione huffily. "Why would I do that?"
"Because I was teasing you about Percy!" said Ginny loudly, and clapped a hand over her mouth, looking over Hermione's shoulder.
Hermione spun around and saw what Ginny was staring at with such horror. Ron was standing in the doorway, clad only in his boxer shorts. Hermione blushed and quickly averted her eyes from his naked chest.
"It's not like it's something you haven't seen before," he kindly reminded her.
"So?" demanded Hermione. "I still shouldn't be looking at you."
"Why?"
"Because you might enchant me again with you bulging biceps and washboard abs," she replied icily.
"Why are you in here, Ron?" asked Ginny suspiciously.
"I wanted to talk to Hermione," he said, still looking at Hermione.
"What if she doesn't want to talk to you?" asked Ginny. "What if she'd rather talk to her *new* boyfr-"
Hermione firmly clapped a hand over Ginny's mouth to stop her talking. "Shut up." she growled through her teeth.
"You mean Percy?" asked Ron, one eyebrow raised.
Hermione turned around and mouthed to Ginny, 'I'm going to hurt you.'
"No, not Percy," Hermione said. "I used to have a crush on him, and Ginny was teasing me about it. I haven't seen him in years, why would he be my bofriend?"
"Oh," said Ron. Did he actually sound relieved? It didn't matter. "Well, I just came to tell you Hermione, that I'm sorry about Lavender."
"Oh, don't worry," she said lightly, before turning her face very cold. "I'm sure she'll snap out of it eventually."
"Good night, Ginny," he said, "Night Herm."
"Good night, Ron."
"'Night Ron!"
Ron walked out and closed the door softly behind him. Ginny left out a long, low whistle. "That was close."
"Very," agreed Hermione. "I wonder why he's sorry?"
"He still wants you," said Ginny sagely. "He's feeling guilty for leaving you."
"I somehow doubt that," said Hermione. "I told him it would never work!" she burst out suddenly. "I just wanted to be friends so we wouldn't break up and then hate each other forever."
"It's OK," said Ginny. "With any luck, he'll be so jelous of Percy that he'll come crawling back on his knees!"
"Yeah right," said Hermione dully. "He wouldn't do that. He's got too much pride."
"Yeah, you're probably right," agreed Ginny.
"Oh, that's *real* helpful," said Hermione sarcastically. "Unbelievably, amazingly helpful."
"Well, I try," replied Ginny grinning. "Come on, it's late. We need to rest. I've still got to write the exam questions from chapters 5-8 and chapters 12, 14, 17, and 29. I should've been working on that today. But, things happened."
"Night Gin," called Hermione from her bedroom. She turned out the light and was asleep before Ginny could say, "Good night, Herm."
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A/N Short and pathetic, I know, but it was all i could think of. I'm sorry, but if people would review!!!!!!
Thanks to:
weetziefairie-Thanks!
Teigra-I loooove your name! I know, he's gonna grow up a lot more in this story!!!
canihavea-soda-I have more dark then light, but I can relate to that!! This is the first Perce-fic I've written, so I hope you like it!
Weasley-Gurl-Thanks!
PiPPen's Gurl-Part of the reason I wanted to finish this chap, was to thank your review. Here goes!!!
Are you crazy?!?!?! Percy was *YOUR IDEA!!!!* YOU NITWIT!!! How can you forget things so quickly!?!?!?! I'll let you claim weekend, how 'bout that?
Disclaimer:I own nothing in this except
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Chapter 3-The
After her evesdropping session, Hermione raced back to the castle before Ginny could find her missing and alert the entire castleful of people. She flew as fast as she could towards the teacher common room, through the window she had purposely left open, and divebombed the vacant couch, transforming into herself as she did so. The effect was that she seemed to be in mid-air and suddenly land with a soft *thump* on the couch.
"Nice moves Herm," said a voice.
Hermione's heart sank. She would know that voice anywhere. She had heard it in the night enough times. "Hello Ron," she replied cooly. "How are you?"
"Well that's a bit formal, don't you think?" he asked.
"No I don't," snapped Hermione. "I think it's just perfect to use in our relationship."
"Why is cruel and cold perfect for our relationship?" asked Ron bemusedly.
"Because," started Hermione harshly. "it was *cruel* of you to think that I would ever cheat on you. It was *cruel* to not bather listening to my side. It was *cruel* to assume that even if I would cheat on you, that I would do it with Malfoy, and it was *cruel* to leave me in the *cold* rain in the middle of a Muggle park, so that I had to *walk* to Kings' Cross to get back here. Not exactly what I'd call the perfect day. I loved you, and I thought you loved me, but obviously I was wrong."
"Oh, Herm," said Ron softly. "I do love you. I always have."
"Really?" asked Hermione. She leaned in for a kiss, but Ron pulled away. "What?"
"Well, the thing is, I'm seeing someone else," Ron confessed.
"What? How can you have found someone so fast?!" shrieked Hermione.
As if cued by Hermione's words, Lavender Brown came bounding through the door and sat down next to Ron, snuggling into his chest.
"Ugh," said Hermione, looking disgusted. "I need to get out of here."
Just then ,Ginny came through the door and walked to the couch. Just before her back end landed, Hermione grabbed her arm and pulled her up. "Come on," she muttered darkly, staring at Ron.
"What?" she said.
"We need to talk," said Hermione tersely. "There's someone-uh something you forgot to mention to me."
"OoooooKkkeeee," said Ginny slowly as Hermione draggd her up the stairs.
Hermione pushed open the door to their suite and entered the lounge. They shared a suite, with Hermione's quarters on the right and Ginny's on the left. In the middle was a lounge that they shared.
"Why didn't you tell me that you had *Percy* in mind?" Hermione demanded without preamble.
"You sorry little evesdropper!" Ginny cried indignantly.
"Yes I am," admitted Hermione. "And I'm proud of it! Why didn't you tell me?"
"Why does it matter?" asked Ginny. "He owed me a favour-you probably heard that too, right?"
"Yeah," said Hermione, and began to giggle. "And I saw the pictures too."
Ginny laughed too. "They were taken at Bill's wedding. He got *really* drunk, and I sort of *cajoled* him into putting it on. I think Fred and George slipped him some Putty Liquers."
"What?"
"Putty Liquers. They're these thing that you give to someone and, oh what's the slogan? Oh yeah! Give it to someone, and they'll be 'putty in your hands, and anywhere else you want them!'"
"Seriously?"
"Yeah! But they only lasted a week. The ministry said that it was too close to an Imperious Curse Candy."
"Oh," said Hermione. "Well, at least you got these pictures!"
"So, why are you so mad about Percy being your fill-in?" called Ginny from the hall, where she was in the bathroom washing her face.
"I'm not," said Hermione, as she walked to her room to change for bed. "but, well, ya see, I had this-this-"
"Crush?" supplied Ginny, as she went to her own room to change as well.
"Yeah," said Hermione, while walking towards the bathroom to remove her makeup. "I had this crush on him, and now I have to pretend to go out with him. The thing is, I heard you tell him how to kiss me, and, well...."
"You're not sure you want it anymore?" offered Ginny, as she and Hermione both entered the lounge at the same time and sat down on the couch.
"No, I still want it," said Hermione urgently. "It's just that, I-I'm not sure I'll be able to control myself around him. Ya know? Kinda like your problem with Harry?" she added, grinning.
"Ha ha ha," said Ginny, her voice positively oozing with sarcasm. "I get it! No need to poke fun!!"
"Please!" whined Hermione, before putting on a devious face. "It's soooo much fun."
"Well, don't worry," assured Ginny. "It's all fake. Knowing him, he'll probably apoligize for mauling you or something."
Hermione giggle. "Mauling me?" she asked incredulously.
"Well, remember in my first year, when I saw him kissing Penny?"
"Yeeeaaaahhh," said Hermione slowly.
"Well, when I left the room, I could've sworn I heard him apoligize for holding her so close, and that he hoped it wouldn't hurt their relationship," explained Ginny.
Hermione snorted. "He'll probably beg me not to turn him in for sexual harassment!"
"But you wouldn't dream of it, would you?" asked Ginny teasingly.
"Of course not!" said Hermione indignantly. Then she caught on. "Hey!" she exclaimed, and threw a pillow at Ginny. It hit her square in the face.
"Ah!" she screamed in mock outrage. "How dare you?!"
"What?" asked Hermione innocently.
"You threw this pillow at me!" shrieked Ginny, brandashing the offending cushin at Hermione.
"I did not!" said Hermione huffily. "Why would I do that?"
"Because I was teasing you about Percy!" said Ginny loudly, and clapped a hand over her mouth, looking over Hermione's shoulder.
Hermione spun around and saw what Ginny was staring at with such horror. Ron was standing in the doorway, clad only in his boxer shorts. Hermione blushed and quickly averted her eyes from his naked chest.
"It's not like it's something you haven't seen before," he kindly reminded her.
"So?" demanded Hermione. "I still shouldn't be looking at you."
"Why?"
"Because you might enchant me again with you bulging biceps and washboard abs," she replied icily.
"Why are you in here, Ron?" asked Ginny suspiciously.
"I wanted to talk to Hermione," he said, still looking at Hermione.
"What if she doesn't want to talk to you?" asked Ginny. "What if she'd rather talk to her *new* boyfr-"
Hermione firmly clapped a hand over Ginny's mouth to stop her talking. "Shut up." she growled through her teeth.
"You mean Percy?" asked Ron, one eyebrow raised.
Hermione turned around and mouthed to Ginny, 'I'm going to hurt you.'
"No, not Percy," Hermione said. "I used to have a crush on him, and Ginny was teasing me about it. I haven't seen him in years, why would he be my bofriend?"
"Oh," said Ron. Did he actually sound relieved? It didn't matter. "Well, I just came to tell you Hermione, that I'm sorry about Lavender."
"Oh, don't worry," she said lightly, before turning her face very cold. "I'm sure she'll snap out of it eventually."
"Good night, Ginny," he said, "Night Herm."
"Good night, Ron."
"'Night Ron!"
Ron walked out and closed the door softly behind him. Ginny left out a long, low whistle. "That was close."
"Very," agreed Hermione. "I wonder why he's sorry?"
"He still wants you," said Ginny sagely. "He's feeling guilty for leaving you."
"I somehow doubt that," said Hermione. "I told him it would never work!" she burst out suddenly. "I just wanted to be friends so we wouldn't break up and then hate each other forever."
"It's OK," said Ginny. "With any luck, he'll be so jelous of Percy that he'll come crawling back on his knees!"
"Yeah right," said Hermione dully. "He wouldn't do that. He's got too much pride."
"Yeah, you're probably right," agreed Ginny.
"Oh, that's *real* helpful," said Hermione sarcastically. "Unbelievably, amazingly helpful."
"Well, I try," replied Ginny grinning. "Come on, it's late. We need to rest. I've still got to write the exam questions from chapters 5-8 and chapters 12, 14, 17, and 29. I should've been working on that today. But, things happened."
"Night Gin," called Hermione from her bedroom. She turned out the light and was asleep before Ginny could say, "Good night, Herm."
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A/N Short and pathetic, I know, but it was all i could think of. I'm sorry, but if people would review!!!!!!
Thanks to:
weetziefairie-Thanks!
Teigra-I loooove your name! I know, he's gonna grow up a lot more in this story!!!
canihavea-soda-I have more dark then light, but I can relate to that!! This is the first Perce-fic I've written, so I hope you like it!
Weasley-Gurl-Thanks!
PiPPen's Gurl-Part of the reason I wanted to finish this chap, was to thank your review. Here goes!!!
Are you crazy?!?!?! Percy was *YOUR IDEA!!!!* YOU NITWIT!!! How can you forget things so quickly!?!?!?! I'll let you claim weekend, how 'bout that?