~Chapter 7- A LITTLE CHAT~



Transfiguration class ended, much to Maddie's dislike. She still hadn't decided what she was going to say to her friends so they wouldn't ask questions about her not eating lunch with them. She didn't know what she was going to say to Ron, either. She really didn't want to have the talk with Ron. She was dreading it more than anything.

"I can't wait until Defense Against the Dark Arts! It sounds so fun! We have to wait for a while, though, because they haven't found a new teacher y-" Chrissy was cut off.

"I'm not going to be able to eat lunch with you three today", Maddie blurted out, "because I promised Ron that I would talk to him", she finished quickly walking off before they could respond.

"That was totally random", stated Becca with a confused look on her face.

"It sure was," agreed Abbie.

Chrissy just stood there puzzle.

When Maddie reached the entrance hall she saw Ron at the other side of the room. She forced herself to smile as she walked over to him.

"Hi," said Ron, "I'm glad you actually came."

"I told you I would," said Maddie, looking at her feet.

"Let's find somewhere to talk," said Ron.

The two walked around the school until they found an empty classroom where nobody would interrupt them. They sat down.

"Uh-I guess we should just get to the point," started Ron, "Why have you been avoiding me?"

"I just-", Maddie paused, "I just don't want to cause anymore problems".

"But you won't cause problems," stated Ron.

"What about Hermione?" asked Maddie.

"I don't know what her problem was, But Harry talked to her and everything is fine," Ron replied.

"Why doesn't she like me?" Maddie asked curiously.

"She's just not used to any of her friends having other friends," said Ron, "and we're really close, so I guess it was a shock that we'd ever have different friends."

"But won't that cause problems?" asked Maddie.

"No, I think that she can deal with it", Ron replied, but not sounding too sure of himself.

"How about this,"started Maddie, "I won't avoid you anymore, but I'm not promising anything. I don't want to interfere and if I cause problems then I don't know if I could handle it and-"

"Okay, okay, I get it," Ron laughed, "let's just see how it goes."

"Okay." smiled Maddie, "want to go to lunch now?"

Maddie and Ron walked into the dining hall together. When they reached the Gryffindor table, they sat down across from Harry and Hermione.

"Hi Maddie." said Harry.

"Hey Harry," Maddie replied, "Hi Hermione."

"Hello." said Hermione, still giving Maddie the cold shoulder.

Maddie grabbed a bagel and spread cream cheese on it. She had a bagel for breakfast too, but she didn't care because she LOVED bagels.

"Do you want to play chess?" Ron asked Maddie when they had all finished eating.

"Sure," replied Maddie, "but I'm not very good."

"I'll be easy on you, don't worry,"he said as they walked up to the common room.

The two played chess for about an hour and a half. Ron won, of course.

"Do you want to play again? asked Ron.

"No, I should probably do my homework," replied Maddie.

"Yeah, I should do my homework too," stated Ron.

"Oh, so you'll do homework when SHE tells you to, but you won't when I do?" Hermione asked Rudely, coming up from behind them.

"SHE has a name, and anyways, Maddie didn't tell me to do my homework like you ALWAYS do," Ron replied, a little angry.

"Hmpf," said Hermione, throwing her backpack over her shoulder and left by going out the portrait of the fat lady.

"I don't know what has gotten into her," said Ron.

"I told you," said Maddie, "she just doesn't like me!"

"But she has no reason to not like you," said Ron confused, "unless there's something that I don't know and you're not telling m-"

"No!" interrupted Maddie, "at least nothing that I can think of. I'm going up to my room to study," she finished, picking up her books.

"Okay, bye," Ron said cautiously, worried that she would start avoiding him again.



~~~~~~~*******In the Maddie, Abbie, Chrissy, and Becca's Room******~~~~~~~



"Hi Chrissy! Hi Becca! Hi Abbie!" said Maddie as she walked into the room.

"How was your chat with Ron?" asked Becca.

"The chat was fine", replied Maddie, "I have to do my homework now," she said, trying to avoid the topic.

Abbie, Chrissy and Becca could tell that something was still bothering her. They just didn't know what it was. Since Maddie was doing her homework, they decided that it would be a perfect time to have their own little chat with Ron.