Harry Potter and the Overly Obsessive R/H Fans

Chapter 5: Surprises and Suspicions

By Gillian

After an extensive tour of the Hogwarts school grounds, the muggle students made their way to the Great Hall for lunch. When they arrived, Amanda and Gillian ran to find Ginny. She wasn't there yet because her class wasn't over, so they took seats and waited for her. After 10 minutes, Ginny came in, scanning the Hall for them. When she found them, she came over and took a seat next to Amanda.

"So?" she asked, "Did you find anything?"

"Nope," said Gillian, "And I really don't know how we're going to. I mean, who says they did anything about it so fast? And if they did, who says they're going to come right out and say it."

"Yeah, they'll be able to keep it to themselves for a while, especially since Harry isn't around. I wonder what's wrong with him anyway? It was kind of disappointing not seeing him."

"He's got Sibliconious," said Ginny, "It's a really rare sickness. A bit like the flu, except it's a lot worse. It's highly contagious and he has to stay in the Hospital wing for 3 weeks."

"Wow, I hope I don't catch that!" said Gillian.

"Oh you won't," said Ginny, "People with the sickness are kept in complete isolation until it's gone. You can only get it if it's in your genes. Harry's father had it."

"Oh...I see," said Gillian.

"Well, anyway, I think we should give this thing with my brother and Hermione a couple of days, maybe four, just to make sure."

"But we're leaving in two days!" said Amanda, "On Monday!"

"Oh..." said Ginny.

Just then, the muggle teacher stood up and tapped her glass, to get their attention.

"If I could just have the attention of the muggle students for a moment please...thank you," she said, "I would just like to inform you that we will be staying until next Saturday so that you will be able to watch the quidditch match between Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff which will be taking place next Friday."

There were many cheers for this. They were going to be able to see quidditch! And, even better, Gillian and Amanda would be able to see if Operation Ron and Hermione had actually worked! They were so happy!

"This is great!" said Gillian happily.

Near the end of lunch, the students, muggle and magical, were informed that they had the rest of the afternoon off. The Hogwarts students had no classes and the muggles were free for the rest of the weekend. They were also told that they were able to visit the village of Hogsmeade over the whole weekend. Many of the muggle students were anxiously waiting to go because they wanted to taste the butterbeer.

"The three of us should go to Hogsmeade this afternoon," said Ginny, "I'll show you around. Besides, it'll be nice to take a break from our plan, just let it go for a few days."

"Yeah sure!" said Amanda.

"Let's leave as soon as possible!" said Gillian.

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Hermione was in the common room studying during lunch when the news of the free afternoon was announced. Ron was supposed to meet her at the common room to go to class, and he did, five minutes before lunch ended.

"We'd better get to class," said Hermione when she saw Ron enter the room.

"Class?" questioned Ron, "We don't have any class! Didn't you hear? and We're allowed to go to Hogsmeade! Do you want to go?"

"What? No classes? How come?" asked Hermione.

"I don't know, that's just what Professor Dumbledore said at lunch," replied Ron, "Now, do you want to go, or not?"

Hermione sighed in defeat, but smiled. "Yes."

A half an hour later, they arrived in the Three Broomsticks. They took seats in one of the far corners or the room.

"Butterbeer?" asked Ron.

"Sure," said Hermione. Ron left to go get them both butterbeers. While she was sitting there, she spotted Ginny with the two muggle girls, Amanda and Gillian. Ginny saw her and made her way over and sat down.

"Are you here with Ron?" she asked. Hermione nodded. "Hermione, I was just wondering, about you and my b-"

"Hello Ginny," said Ron.

"Oh, hi Ron," said Ginny, startled, "Well, I'll just we going now. See you back at school!" She hurried away.

"What's with her?" inquired Ron.

"No idea," said Hermione, "She was about to ask me something but stopped when you came over."

"You know, I was thinking..." began Ron.

"What?" asked Hermione.

"I think we should write Harry a letter to tell him about, you know, us," said Ron, "I don't want him to think we starting to hide things from him, even though it happened after he got sick."

"Yes, that's true. Good idea Ron," agreed Hermione, "And besides, he can have time to let the idea of it grow on him."

"Yeah, do you have any parchment there? We can write it right now," asked Ron.

"Yes, I've got some," said Hermione, rummaging through her bag.

Dear Harry,

How are you doing? We hope you're not feeling too sick...

"There, that looks good," said Hermione when they'd finished writing the letter, "We'll send it as soon as we go back up to the school."

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Harry was half asleep when he heard the sound of the mail slot in his door open and shut and the sound of parchment and another loud thud hitting the floor. Not even owls were allowed in his room when he was sick, it was so contagious. He got up and walked to the door and saw that there was a package and a letter from Ron and Hermione. He brought them back to his bed and sat down. First he opened the letter:

Dear Harry,

How are you doing? We hope you're not feeling too sick. Not much has been going on around here really, we got Friday afternoon off so we decided to go to Hogsmeade, and don't worry, we bought you something!

The muggles are staying until next Saturday now so that they will be able to watch the quidditch match between Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff. They seem to be loving it here. Well, I suppose they would, Harry Potter is a huge thing in the muggle world. First book, then movies, all kinds of Harry Potter-related things to buy. It feels really weird, knowing that people are reading about our lives. Ginny seems to be getting along really well with the muggles, well, at least two of them. Gillian and Amanda are their names. They spend a lot of time with Ginny.

There's something very important we have to tell you. We're not sure what you'll think of it but, well, we, Ron and I, are together now. Since the day after you got sick. Don't laugh! We can see you laughing now! You're the only person we've told, we don't want you to think we're going to start hiding anything from you. We don't want it to be like that.

Please right us back as soon as possible! Get well soon!

Love,

Hermione and Ron

Harry was shocked, he couldn't believe it! "Finally!" he said. He was grinning madly. He wasn't upset at all about the fact that his two best friends were together. As a matter of fact, the first thing that came to mind was "It's about time!" And they were right, he was laughing! He continued to laugh to himself as he opened the package. It contained many different types of sweets, including chocolate frogs and Bertie Botts Every Flavoured Beans. There was also five bottles of butterbeer in it. He was very happy that Ron and Hermione had decided to tell him and that they had no intentions of keeping anything from him. He laughed again at the thought of Fred and George when they found out. Ron will be getting a lot of teasing from them! And then there was Malfoy. He'd finally have some new insults. But Ron and Hermione would get through it until the novelty of it wore off for Malfoy. Harry would make sure of it.