A/N- Hey everyone. This will probably be my last chapter that I'm going to post because I'm spending so much time and working really hard on my story and I'm not getting any feedback. I guess my story isn't any good. But if you review then I will post more. So if you want to hear more (and I have big plans) then please review, and if not, then I guess you won't know what happens.

~*~Mandi~*~



Chapter 8- GOING TO THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM

"How long are you going to be studying for?" Becca asked Maddie.

"For a couple hours", said Maddie,"and then I'm going to bed"

"Okay," said Abbie. That's exactly what she wanted to hear. Maddie had been acting strangely, ever since the night she met Ron, and Abbie, Becca, and Chrissy wanted to find out why.

They walked into the common room, looking for the red-haired boy.

"The target has been spotted," said Abbie mischievously, as the girls walked over to him. He was sitting by himself on a couch doing his homework (*gasp*, Ron actually doing his homework?!?!?!).

"HI!!!!!" said Chrissy loudly, making Ron jump off the couch in surprise.

"Uh-hi," Ron said back to Chrissy.

"We need to have a little talk with you," said Abbie ferociously also making him jump since he hadn't seen her yet.

"And we need to talk NOW," Becca stated, which didn't make him jump, but it did make him spin around in a circle, because three girls were surrounding him.

"What exactly do we need to talk about?" asked Ron, "and who are you?"

"I'm Abbie, this is Becca, and that's Chrissy", she said, pointing out who was who, "Now to the point. You know our friend Maddie, well, she's been acting different lately, and do you want to know why? It's because of you!", Abbie said viciously.

"And she doesn't mean that Maddie's changed in a good way", stated Chrissy.

"How has Maddie been acting differently?"asked Ron curiously.

"Well, ever since that night that you two met, she's been keeping things from us, and we're her best friends. She usually tells us everything", said Abbie.

"EVERYTHING", stated Chrissy.

"Also, she hasn't been acting like her normal optimistic, happy self." Abbie continued, "She's been acting sad and depressed."

"Will you cooperate and tell us why Maddie's been acting strangely, or do we have to force the information out of you?" asked Becca, "because we KNOW that it has something to do with YOU!"

"Well, I guess I really have no choice", said Ron a little scared, "Everything was fine that night...My friend, Hermione had this outburst...Maddie started avoiding me...had a chat with Maddie...played chess...homework...Hermione said...I'm not sure if she's going to start avoiding me again." Ron finished, catching them up on everything that had happened since that night when he met Maddie. They were surprised that Maddie kept all of that from them.

"Wow," said Abbie, "this is more complicated than I thought."

"Yeah", said Ron, wondering if he should have told them what had happened. If Maddie didn't tell them, then maybe she didn't want them to know,Ron thought to himself.

"Now, who did you say that your friends are?" asked Abbie, trying to get the bottom of the situation.

"Harry Potter and-" answered Ron.

"HARRY POTTER?!?!?!?!?!?" exclaimed Becca.

"No Becca, it's not Harry Potter, Ron just said his name for no reason",Abbie said sarcastically rolling her eyes.

"Don't mind her, she's just a LITTLE obsessed with Harry Pott-"

"Will you take me to meet him sometime?" asked Chrissy, "please please please?????"

"Uh-sure," said Ron.

"When will you-"

"Becca!!!!" yelled Abbie, " will you PLEASE calm down. We are trying to help Maddie right now".

"Yeah," said Chrissy, "we can work on YOU'RE love life later!"

"Fine", said Becca, blushing.

"Now who was your other friend?" Abbie asked Ron.

"Hermione Granger," relied Ron.

"Do you have any idea why Hermione doesn't seem to like Maddie?" questioned Becca.

"No, they didn't say two words to each other and they acted like they were enemies for years," answered Ron.

"Maybe she's jealous?" wondered Chrissy.

"Why would she be jealous?", asked Ron.

"Well, maybe she has a crush on you!" Chrissy blurted out.

"We're JUST friends," stated Ron.

"Then WHY does she have such a problem with Maddie?" questioned Becca.

"I- I don't know," said Ron, "Maybe it's because me and Harry are really her only friends, and she's not used to other people?"

"It could be that," said Abbie, "but maybe we should talk to this girl before we jump to conclusions."

"Where is this Hermione anyway?" asked Becca.

"I think she went to the library," said Ron.

"Field trip," Chrissy exclaimed, knowing that the new plan was to go and find Hermione in the library.

The three hurried out of the portrait hole, continuing their mission to find out what was bothering Maddie, leaving Ron standing there with a confused look on his face.



A/N- Is this goodbye to all of you? Well if you review then it's not, but if you don't...adios.

~*~Mandi~*~