Thx for all the reviews!! I think I'm going to go with A but because matchmaking may seem a bit…I don't know…I can't think of a good word- I'm probably going to do matchmaking at the beginning but it turns out to be a failure so they both give up and then the two oblivious lovebirds get together. Hope that's all right…Oh yea- and this chapter actually has some L/J in it…you'll see. And it also contains some revenge…but never mind that. On with Chapter 5 and choice A!!
Lavender hated it when everything was so quiet. Sharing a dorm with Partiva had gotten her into the habit of always hearing someone blabber. But today at the Gryffindor table, the silence was killing her. Yes, there were the other Gryffindors talking, but she wanted it to be her friends.
"So…uh…what's after breakfast?" she began, hoping some conversation would follow.
"Lunch?" Ron questioned, as if it was a riddle.
She shook her head. "I meant class-wise…Hermione, do you know?"
She looked up, startled. "Oh, I believe it's Care of Magical Creatures with Hagrid."
"Remember last year when Hagrid wasn't there?" Lavender said.
"Oh yea! He had gone on the honeymoon or something with Madame Maxime…" Ron recollected. Harry still had yet to speak; it was getting on Lavender's nerves.
"Hey Harry, remember the substitute?" she asked, through a giggle.
He looked up, with a look of exaggerated fear on his face. "Don't even talk about her."
"You mean 'Professa Tessa'?" Ron teased.
"I swear she must have been obsessed with me or something…"
"All those autographs…" Lavender laughed.
"First it was books, then it was papers, then her arms, and her face…" He said shaking his head. "And then once when I went up to her desk to get a quill, she had her desk drawer opened and…and inside was all me. There was a clay figurine, a cardboard cut out, posters, photos- everything!"
"And she kept giving me these death glares. It was scary." Hermione said, speaking for the second time. "She looked…jealous or something…"
"She was worse than Ginny, Colin, Dennis, and Lockhart- combined!" Ron joked.
The food and plates suddenly disappeared, ending breakfast. It was time for the four of them to go to their first class, which they had together. They got up and left towards Hagrid's hut. (A/n: and Cutiecrookshanks knew her revenge was complete)
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Hagrid was leading everyone outside into the cold winter air as the four of the arrived. The class stopped at the edge of the Forbidden Forest.
"Alrigh'. Now terday we're gonna look at the Cagouse. (A/n: don't ask- It came off the top of my head) Now this here creature feeds on the roots of trees. Of course with all the snow on the ground, it'll be pretty hard fer this little feller to go digging. So, we're gonna help 'im out and get 'im some roots. Now here's how ya do it…"
As Hagrid was demonstrating, Ron leaned over to Lavender. "Hey…I think your right."
She stayed silent for a few seconds then said, "about what?"
"About how Harry and Hernione should be together…"
"Oh yea…" she remembered. "So- wanna help?"
"Help? What? What do you mean?"
"Matchmaking, silly!"
"Isn't that a bit…immature for our age?" Ron asked, for once sounding like a 17 year old.
"Ron, you know they're not gonna get together on their own. They're so stubborn, one would have to be on their deathbed for the other to admit it."
"That can be arranged…" Ron said grinning evilly. Ever since Voldemort's permanent death, most wizard families, including the Weasleys, felt more relaxed, and were able to make some light jokes.
"We're not going to kill them, Ron! " Lavender said, a bit too loud, causing some heads to turns. She smiled innocently, and the students put their attention back to Hagrid's lecture.
"But shouldn't we just let them get together on their own?" Ron sighed.
"But matchmaking will be so fun! Please?"
Ron thought for a second. "Well...you know how Christmas is in 2 weeks? Well, we'll give them 'til then to get their feelings out. And if they don't do it by then…then we can do matchmaking-ok?"
Lavender grinned, "Yea!" Ron sighed though, hoping that they would get together on their own.
By the time they had finished their conversation, Hagid was on the ending portion of his instructions. "Now only go about 10 meters in 'cause you don't wanna get lost o' hurt o' somethin'. Now break up into groups o' four and head on out!"
As usual, Lavender, Ron, Harry, and Hermione were grouped together. They headed out towards the forest and stopped at a tree about 7 meters in. The tree was tall and wide- just the right characteristics for the best roots. Harry grabbed a shovel and began to dig up the layers of snow. Hermione stood next to him, directing every action.
"Ok, a bit more to the left. No, no the other left. Yes, good."
Harry sighed and continued the dig. Ron and Lavender stood on the sidelines, waiting until Harry got tired to replace him. Lavender was growing more bored by the second. Her eyes drifted to the bark of the tree. It looked as if something had been carved there. She stepped closer and saw they were initials with little hearts around them.
"That's it!" she exclaimed.
"What?" Ron asked. The others hadn't heard with the shoveling of the snow.
"I got it!" she said again, her smile growing wider.
"Got what?" Ron said, impatiently.
"Ron, can you do one little thing for me?"
Ron rolled his eyes. "Not matchmaking already?"
She frowned. "But it will be so simple, and fast, and easy, and then this one will be the last one 'til Christmas and it would be so nice of you and please?" she asked incredibly fast.
He wrinkled his nose in disgust, causing her to frown again as well as a more exaggerated puppy dog look. "Ok…what is it?" he sighed. Lavender always had that type of effect on people. She smiled and whispered something into his ear, her eyes darting back and forth, making sure that the victims weren't watching. Ron nodded in agreement, although inside he was having second thoughts. He walked up to the tree and picked up a broken quill that had been discarded onto the ground. Using the sharper edge, he began to carve in some lettering.
"Ron!" Hermione shouted. He jumped and gave an innocent smile.
"What?"
"What are you doing to the tree?" she asked suspiciously. Harry had stopped shoveling, and now stood by Hermione, trying to get a closer look at the tree.
"Nothing…nothing at all…" Ron said all to quickly.
"Then what's with the quill? Are you carving something?" Harry asked, stepping closer. Ron shook his head violently and stepped in front of his unfinished work. "Let me see…" said Harry, pushing him to a side to get a glimpse. On the bark, sloppily carved was 'H+'.
"Ron who are you trying to set me up with??" Both Hermione and Harry yelled at the same time, forgetting they had the same first initial.
"I'm not setting you up with anyone! I'm just…just…" he tried to think of something clever to say. "Just writing a palindrome."
"What is a palindrome?" Harry asked, growing impatient.
Hermione smiled; glad that her intelligence could come in handy. "A palindrome is a word or phrase that is the same backwards and forwards, for example, racecar. So in this case, it would be H+…" she trailed off knowing she shouldn't have said that. Her eyes met with Lavender's, who was smiling evilly. Harry didn't notice though, since he was currently giving the same death glare to Ron. Before anyone of them could do anything, Hagrid walked by.
"Hey ya, 'Arry! We're gonna be headin' back to the hut soon to feed them little creatures so gather all yer roots and head on out, ok?"
Harry smiled politely and bent down to gather the few roots they had retrieved. His friends knelt down on the snow to help. Hagrid nodded kindly and went on his way to inform the other groups that it was time to leave. Before Harry or Hermione was able to voice their anger, they heard the shrill shriek of Lavender.
"Oh my gosh!!" she pointed to the tree trunk.
"What now?" Harry asked, rolling his eyes. He hoped it wasn't another matchmaking scheme.
"Look!" she shrieked again. The four of them leaned closer. On the tree was another set of initials: 'L+J'.
"Ron, when did you carve that? You know I don't like Justin…" Lavender asked.
"I didn't do it! It looks old…like 75's or something…"
"Could it possibly be…" Harry trailed off.
"Look, there's something written underneath." Hermione pointed out. She read it out loud.
"I should be saying this to your face,Instead of writing it here,
To Gryffindor I am a disgrace,
I can't even face my fear.
I try to tell you everyday,
But something holds me back,
Those three words I just can't say,
Courage is what I lack.
But what I carve upon this tree,
Will show you I am true,
I will prove that it is meant to be,
Lily Evans, I love you.
James
1977"
"It…it's my mum and dad…I can't believe it…" Harry said, awestruck.
Ron laughed. "Hey I guess that's where you got your talent from, Harry!"
"What? What talent? Poetry?" Hermione asked, looking back and forth from Harry and Ron.
Harry shook his head. "No. I have no clue what he is talking about." And with that he got up, grabbed the roots, and headed back towards Hagrid's hut. Ron sighed and got up too, realizing he had made Harry even angrier. Lavender shrugged with an apologetic look on her face and followed the two boys. Hermione was about to get up as well, when she noticed something else written on the tree. It looked older than the other carvings. She knelt down on the cold snow and looked at it with amazement…
I am so sorry I have to end it there, but I'm trying to do only one poem per chapter. It's kinda a cliffy, not a real exciting one, but still a cliffy. As you can see, that's probably going to be the end of the matchmaking scenes and back to Harry and Hermione figuring it out for themselves. I especially hope Tessa enjoyed this chapter, herself being such a memorable character. Oh, and sorry about the lateness, if you want to, feel free to blame my insane Spanish teacher. She's the short psycho one.
So…should I…
a- continue this fic so it will end with what any Mensa member would call the meaning of life "H/Hr"
b- or…make Tessa end up with Harry. I wonder what she would vote for…
Reviewer thx!!!
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First, I would especially like to thank my 100th reviewer…Milkyway!!!!! Congratulations- you get…the knowledge of knowing that you were my 100th reviewer.
Gracieingreek~ I'll try to make it as long as I can…and the ending will be fluffy- I promise!!
Morgan~ I hope this chapter was long enough. Its sometimes harder since I have to fit a poem in and at the same time make sense with the surrounding scenes so I can't add that much.
Fanofbooks.Harry Potter~ Yea I do speak Spanish, although not that much. All we have been doing this year is translating stuff- like green eggs and ham. Oh and how you edit the stuff is you save it under .html or .htm instead of doc. Glad you like the perfect couple-H/Hr!!
Hermione2003Potter~ As you can see, I'm no longer doing the matchmaking, so I hope that makes all the readers happy, and if it doesn't, at least you are!
Racer of Lightening~ Glad you liked the poem. Sadly, I think I'm still going to do R/L but it wont be anything major. Just maybe at the end she gives him a kiss or something…it won't be like a major event. At most only 5 sentences. Hope that's ok.
Mione Potter~ I agree with you, Cho is evil and both Britney Spears and Christina Agularia are sluts. Unfortunately, I live in the hobble city of sluts. Also, 50 cheerleaders are at my school.
Aquarian Angel~ school seems to be treating everyone rough this time of year…ironic with it be Christmas time and all.
Sirithlothien~ Didn't realize I had that much skill-thx!
SVZ~ Oh that's so nice! Thx!
Friendly-mione~ I'll try to add as much poetry as I can!!
Milkyway~ of course it will have tons of Harry/Hermione in it- Why not?
Draco's princess~ I love Hermione/Harry ergo I shall make this story long!
Fanficaholic1377~ See- it is officially no longer a matchmaking fic! Hope you like!
ANGEL_EYES~ Go ahead- show it to your friends!! Glad you liked it- hope they do too!
Smart1Hermione~ why didn't u review?? Well your in this chapter so you better review this time. I reviewed your story like 15 times- and its not even H/Hr…so review!!!