Title - How Many Couples Can We Get Together Today?

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Summary - First of all this is my first...err...second...whatever, whose counting! Harry Potter fic so...go easy on me, k? Well...basically I have 2 OC's and one [Lori] is trying to hook three couples: Ron/Hermione, Harry/Ginny, and Draco/Melanie [the other OC] Hope ya like! R & R!!....*puppy-dog pout* Please? *grin*

A/N - This is just so ya know a few things about my Original Characters:

Name - Lori Marie Weasely Age - 17 Year @ Hogwarts - [Its not ObViOuS?] 7th Hair - Weasely fire red Eyes - Ice blue Background Info - Not much to say really but oh well: Mischievous like the twins, a temper like Ron's, likes her whole family minus Percy cause she thinks he's stuck up.(Weasleys kids cousin)

Name - Melanie Lynn Zardou (pronoucned: Zardwa) Age - 17 Year @ Hogwarts - [Again, not ObViSuS?] 7th Hair - Blonde w/ red [think...umm..err....Weasley hair color] streaks Eyes - Hazel and depending on the clothes she's wearing they change [i.e. if she was wearing a silver top, her eyes would be silver ~ NO contacts] A lil background info - Melanie is Hermione's cousin and helps Lori with different pranks they like to pull together.

Ok, I know there wasn't too much info on Mel but....umm....well....there's not much to say, but her parents might make a few -err-cameo appearances, I guess you could say.

The beginning is the summer of the gang's 6th year. Then we go into the time at school [Fred & George are obviously out of school *cries but gets over it enough to write*]

ANYways, on w/ the story

Disclaimer: No matter how much I *wish* I owned Harry Potter, it is not true and never will come true. I am making nothing off of this which I am fine with since I'm typing what your reading on my newly bought laptop *grin*

Weellll....back to getting on with the story.... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Ch 1 - The Beginning

Our little story starts out at the Burrow in the summer before the 7th year. Everyone is here: Mr. & Mrs. Weasely, Bill, Charlie, Percy, the twins, Ron, Hermione, Harry, Ginny, Lori, The aforementioned Weasley's cousin, and Melanie, Hermione's cousin

Not everyone had actually gotten here until today but now Mrs. Weasley had to make some sleeping arrangements since there were now 13 people, including herself and her husband, in the house.

Everyone was in the living room waiting for her to give out the mismatched sleeping arrangements. "Ok, well, Bill, Charlie, Percy and the twins get their own rooms of course, that's four down, Arthur and I get, obviously, our room, now that's six, now...let's see, Melanie and Ginny can share Ginny's room, now that leaves 5 people....Well, Harry and Ron in Ron's room and...I guess that leaves Hermione and Lori down here on the pullout couch...Now, if only we knew how to use this thing..."

Hermione spoke up "I know how to use it Mrs. Weasley."

Molly smiled "Good, good. Now it is almost one o'clock everyone to bed." She ushered everyone to where they were to be.

Lori and Hermione pulled out the couch into its bed position and made it

~*~Flashback*~

Lori and Hermione were talking in Ginny's room.

"Sooo.....Hermione, anything interesting to talk about come to mind?"

"Well...no...not..not really."

"Not really. That means there's something."

Hermione smiled, and bowed her head so her hair would cover the oncoming blush. When she knew it was gone, she looked back up. "Well...there is....one thing I could think of." She felt herself start to blush again.

Lori grinned and sat at the foot of the bed, legs crossed Indian-style, facing Hermione who was sitting at te other end of the bed in the same way. "What is this one thing?" Lori asked, somewhat curious and the other part of her knowing what was coming.

"Well....you know...I like...well...you know who I like."

"Do I?"

Hermione knew she wasn't going to get away with anything so she just outright said it "Yes you do but I know you well to think your not going to make me say it. I like your cousin."

"Which one? I have 6."

"Ron."

Lori grinned "I know! And I like it that you like him cause its kinda funny to me."

Hermione scowled at her, "Hey!", she said, grabbing one of the pillows behind her and threw it at Lori. Lori laughed "What can I say? Its quite entertaining to watch you two argue."

Hermione sighed "I guess it would be...oh well."

After Lori got done talking with Hermione she went out into the hallway, only to be dragged off by her youngest cousin. "Aahh! Ron! What are you doing?"

"Shut up! I need to talk to you!"

Lori raised an eyebrow at her cousin. "Ok..." Once they got to his room he shut the door and locked it. "Tight security, eh? What's this all about?"

Ron sighed. "I think you already know."

"Why does everyone assume that I already know what they are talking about?" She sighed.

"Because you usually do."

"Well, I don't know what is this all about?"

Its about Hermione."

"Oh. Yeah, I know that."

Ron rolled his eyes "I need to know what to do."

"What are you talking about? All you need to do is ask her out! Simple as that. Can I leave now?" She asked, starting to get up.

Ron took her by the shoulders and pushed her back down "No."

Lori sighed putting her chin in her hand and her elbow on her knee all at once. "Fine, what do you want me to do about it? I'm not gonna ask her out for you."

Ron sighed "You know what? Forget it, you can leave."

Lori smiled and stood "Thank you." And with that, she left.

~*~End Flashback*~

Lori had decided to just crash on the floor with Mel in Ginny's room, instead of the couch bed. It wasn't very big so...it was just a bit uncomfortable with her and Hermione both on it.

Hermione had fallen asleep around 1:45am to find herself awake now, at 4:07am. She sighed and rolled over again, now facing the fire. That's when she heard it. A floorboard from the stairs creak. Who would be up this early? She thought but decided to just wait and see instead of sitting up to find out.

She didn't have to wait long, because the person had come and sat in the chair near the end of the couch-bed in front of the fire, currently talking to himself. Hermione instantly recognized the voice as Ron's. She would recognize his voice anywhere. She frowned. What would he be doing up this late...or early.....depending entirely on how you look at it. She decided to listen to his conversation to himself.

"I wonder if she likes me? No...probably not....But if she does...." He sighed. "Yeah right. She'd never like me....why would she say the stuff she does sometimes if she like me?....Of course...why do I say some of the stuff I do to her?... And why am I talking to myself?"

Hermione knew she must have missed something because she was confused as to who the 'she' Ron was talking about was. Darn. Oh well....Let's listen...this is kind of funny

"Oh for god's sake! I need to do like Lori said..Just ask her out...but I can't....I've tried..." he sighed again "Why does life have to be so weird and complicated?" he leaned back in the chair, eyes closed.

Hermione heard him getting up, probably going back to bed. She closed her eyes and acted like she was asleep. She waited to hear the footsteps fade away. She sighed "Thank goodness!....I wonder who the 'she' was?" She knew it couldn't be her but she wanted it to be. Did she ever want it to be her.