Chapter 5

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or his friends; I just like to play with their minds though fanfics. Please review, flame if you dare I still need to get out of the mental hospital!

A.N. You can still qualify for the contest in any chapter until I write that you can't. I have all the players in place; all the foundation has been laid so now the fun can really began. I'm going to concentrate on some other characters now, Mag-pie your gonna love this chapter! Read on if you dare and I hope that you enjoy.

"Ron, just get over it and tell her how you feel." Harry said exasperatedly to his friend.

"What are you talking about Harry?" Ron asked.

"You and Herm, stupid." Harry threw a book at Ron who was laying on the floor in the common room and brooding because of a bad fight that he and Herm had only a little while before. "You booth like each other so why don't you just go to the library and tell her how you feel?"

"Because it could mess everything up. Yes I like her a lot, I've admitted it. That's more than I can say for you." Ron shot back.

"What do you mean by that?" Harry asked, already knowing the answer.

Ron sighed and threw the book back at Harry. "I mean Clarice. You like her; everyone knows it but you and her. Mostly everyone in Gryffindore's ok with it because she doesn't act like a Slytherine. Yah some of the girls don't like it but that's just because they wish it was them. Face it Harry, we're booth pathetic." Harry looked at the ground. It was true; he really liked Clarice. She helped Neville out in potions when she could get away with it, and made the class almost bearable. He would tell her how he felt, but only after Ron and Herm got together.

"I'll tell Clarice when you tell Herm, you two have liked each other longer so it's only fair that I let you go first." He said with a smile.

Ron frowned at Harry "Oh thanks. Put all the pressure on me, you're a pal. Well the sooner I go the sooner you do." Ron got up and walked out of the room. Harry smiled than realized that Ron was right and that he would have him on his back till he told Clarice now.

"Why me?" he asked himself as he looked at his Transfiguration homework.



"I can't believe him!" Herm had been ranting about how stupid Ron was to Clarice for the past hour.

~ Harry was right, their made for each other. ~ Clarice thought trying not, to smile.
"Don'na baka na koto." She said instead.

"What?" Herm asked as she stopped pacing to look at Clarice.

"Huh, oh sorry. Japanese. I said 'what stupidity'." Clarice looked apologetically at Herm.

Herm looked amazed. "You know Japanese? Can you teach me?"

Clarice smiled "Hai, yes."

"Hai." Herm repeated. "And what did you say before?"

"Don'na baka na koto- what stupidity. Baka itself means stupid."

Herm giggled. "Um Herm, can I talk to you?" She frowned at Ron.

"Clarice, how do you say no in Japanese?"

"Iie, but what you want to say is yes so Ron she says hai. Konban wa or good evening." She said as she got her books. She bowed to them booth and left.

"What do you want, Ron?" she said without looking at him.

Ron took a breath. He looked nervous. ~What's the matter with him? It's not like he feels the same way that I do. There's no way. ~ She thought.

Don't keep me hangin' on a string
Tell me what I feel is no big thing
Don't turn away I'm listening
Over and over again

"What is it Ron?" her voice was softer; it sent chills up his spine. He knew how he felt, he didn't know for how long he'd felt that way but he knew what he felt. He was going to have to tell her. Ron sat down.

"Herm."

Don't give me visions to explain
There are no doubts I feel the strain
Of all my senses veering
Over and aver again

She nodded at him and held her breath. ~Please let this be about what I think it's about. ~ Ron looked at her. He'd seen her everyday for so many years. It had taken him to long to find out how he felt about her.

~I guess I grew accustomed to her. To bad I weighted so long, well no more weighting. ~ Ron thought.

Everyday I see you
Everyday I need you
Every way I breathe you
On and on and on and on again

"Herm, I have something really important to tell you so just let me get it out ok?" She nodded. Ron took a breath. "I like you a lot, Herm. I have for a while now. I know that I haven't shown it, I don't know why but I didn't. I'm sorry for all the rotten things that I've said to you, just please believe me when I say that I really care about you."

It's not important to wonder why
What is just is no more to imply
This simple thought repeating
Over and over again

Herm knew it was coming, but she was still caught off guard. Her mind swam. ~He really does care for me. He does, he does! ~ She sat speechless though. Ron sighed and got up.

~ Well she doesn't like me. I knew it; boy is Harry going to get it when I get back. Now it will be uncomfortable, I can't believe that I was so stupid. ~ Suddenly he felt a hand on his arm. He turned around and Herm kissed him.

Imagine all the ways to cope
I close my eye, that gives me hope
It cures the silence

Ron shut his eyes and kissed her back slowly. They parted for breath and he held her close. "Herm,"

"Shut up, Ron. For once in your life shut up for awhile." Clarice watched from the door with a large smile.

"Did he do it?" Clarice jumped at the sound of Harry's voice.

"Yep! You were right about those two, they ARE perfect for each other." She said as she clapped her hands. "What time is it?" He checked his watch

"It's midnight."

"Thanks, I better get going. See ya." She begin to run down the hall. Harry smiled at her back than started back to the Gryffindore tower.



He, I had fun with that. Sorry to all non-Ron/Herm fans, but those to are sooooo cute. The song was "Every Day" by Stevie Nicks. (She rocks!) I don't own her or her song ether. The contest from the other chapter is still going. The next few chapters will be more about other characters, because I know that ppl want to know what all of them are thinking. Well, please review and be on the lookout for the rest. Thanks. Rosaline.