Hey everybody!! Chapter 9's ready! First of all THANK YOU FOR REVIEWING!! You rock!! You don't know how happy it makes me to see your reviews. For those who would want the guys to get a little drunk, well, I can't promise anything yet, but it is very probable that something of that sort will happen. This chapter is not fluffy, but lovey dovey things are being cooked right now. And I've noticed this story is turning to be longer than I expected, maybe things will delay a little, but I can't just jump to the part Ron and Hermione… gosh! I was about to say the ending! What I mean is things are taking its shape right now, but don't worry, Ron and Hermione will be together sooner than you think.
Enough of this note, on with the 9th chapter. Please keep reviewing!!
Happy new year for the best readers in the world (you)!
(With the HP second movie and the 5th book, I'm sure it'll be!)
Love
Hermione Weasley
TRIP TO PARADISE
Chapter 9: What friends are for
"Wait-a-second!" - Ginny said, a surprised look in her face. She was in a little terrace at the end of the boys' room, where you had a great sight of the beach.
Harry, who was kind of busy staring at her, how the sun made her face shine, how her long hair laid freely in her back, how the sweet breeze tossed it softly; took some seconds to answer.
"What are you looking at?"- Harry asked her, standing up from the bed a heading towards the terrace. - "No way! Are those two Ron and Hermione?"- He said just as surprised as Ginny, both of them grinning.
"And they call it puppy love…"- Harry started singing.
"What's that"- Ginny said laughing.
"It's a muggle song aunt Petunia sings every time Dudley's girlfriend comes around. I hate when she sings it, really."
"Dudley has a girlfriend? That greasy ball?"- Ginny said amused.
"Oh yeah. And you may think she Dudley's girlfriend would be as ugly and mean as he is, but actually, she's quite nice and- no way! Are they kissing?"- Harry said.
Both were looking intently at them and remained silent for some seconds.
"No. They didn't. But they were close this time."-Ginny said, a little disappointed- "Harry, do you think I should tell them I wasn't sick at all?"
"I don't know. Actually, I think it would be better if we keep it that way, at least for Hermione, but for Ron, he should know what Josh is planning. Otherwise,"
"Otherwise, it will happen again, and this time there'll be nothing we can do."- Ginny said finishing Harry's sentence.
"Better get your show together Gin, they're coming."- Harry said, watching the guys walking towards the hotel.
"I have an idea. While I cope with the girls' babbling, could you talk to Ron?, you don't have to get him alone, I don't mind if the guys know what really happened, as long as Hermione doesn't know about it. I don't want her to know I'm the reason she missed her date. If at least I was sure Ron would go with her… but with my dear brother you just never know…"
"Let's get this straight first: Ron likes Hermione and Hermione likes Ron, say, more than they like any other friend, right?"- Lavender asked Dean and Neville. The three of them were walking alone because Ron and Hermione were walking together and Seamus and Parvati were busy, too.
"Right"- the boys said together.
"That means they're meant to be together, right?"- Lavender asked them again.
"Right"- they said.
"But as they're both too shy and coward to realize it themselves, we're gonna help them a little, right?"- Lavender asked yet again.
"Right but, how are we supposed to do that? We can't just tell Josh she doesn't want to go with him, and make her miss her date for a guy who doesn't seem to pluck up the courage to invite her to a measly night in a club!"- Neville said.
"I think I've got an idea…"- Dean said with a mischievous sparkle in his eyes – "and you Neville, are the perfect person to help me with my plan. Of course we'll help you, but you'll be the star of it."
"What's it about, Dean? Tell us before we reach the hotel! "- Lavender said thrilled.
"In fact, it's too simple, Miss Brown."- Dean said placing his arm over her shoulders, enjoying her attention- "All we have to do is…"
"Ginny! You alright?"- Hermione said, running towards the bed after Ron opened the door.
"I'm feeling much better now! It must have been the weather, it's boiling out there!"- She said, acting as good as she did in the beach.
"You don't have to say it, you look better. Did Potter treat you right?"- Lavender asked, winking one eye at Harry without anyone noticing but him.
"Well, bringing her up here in arms must have counted for something, right?"- a voice he recognized as her brother's said, though she couldn't see him, with everyone around her; now he seemed to be making his way towards the bed.
"Ron! Your lip! What happened?"- Ginny said worried.
"Just another normal encounter with Malfoy, nothing special."- Seamus said, making Ron snicker.
"I'll kill that prat! I hate him so much! What did he do this time, huh?"- Ginny asked, now she looked completely recovered from the incident in the beach.
"Hey Ginny, unless I'm very much mistaken, I'm the big brother here! Don't worry, it was just cut."- Ron said.
"But what happened"- Ginny insisted.
"You've heard Seamus, nothing special."- Hermione said with a unusual tone, blushing a little.
"You have to see the broomsticks those guys have here!"- Harry said, walking out of the room.
Harry's sentence worked as a magnet for the boys, so they left Parvati, Lavender, Ginny and Hermione in the room.
"What's wrong ´Mione? Why did you blush when I asked what happened with Malfoy"- Ginny asked curiously.
"Well, I'm not gonna keep it from you, am I? It's just that, oh, I hate him! he's so…"- Hermione didn't finish.
"Oh, I'll tell her; you have no sense of gossiping whatsoever, Mione."- Parvati said. – "It happened like this. We had just said goodbye to that stud, Josh, when Malfoy approached. Seamus was right, he said the usual stuff: weasel, mudblood, Mr. Celebrity, but this time, he said something he had never said before, and which, in my personal opinion, he really meant."
"In mine, too"- Lavender said nodding.
"Are you ever gonna tell me what he said?"- Ginny said desperate.
"He said Hermione looked totally delicious."- Parvati said giggling.
"He did?"- Ginny burst out laughing.
"You can't believe he meant it Parvati, for crying out loud, he only said it to make Ron angry!"- Hermione said uneasily, Ginny's laughing wasn't helping much.
"And the little perverted git couldn't have come in a worse time! When he came, Ron was still pissed about Josh's scoring. Let's face it Mione, you were Josh's eye candy the whole match, you proved to be a powerful member of the Gryffindor team, helping them distract their best chaser."- Parvati said, making Ginny and Lavender laugh again.
"Yeah, thanks Mione"- Ginny said, still laughing.
"I don't see any broomsticks here, Harry"- Ron said confused.
"That's because there are no broomsticks. I just wanted to talk to you, Ron, about Hermione."- Harry said, and was immediately followed by Dean.
"I want to talk to you too, Ron, about the chaser, Josh; you know he likes her don't you?"- Dean said; now everyone was listening to their conversation.
"Well, yeah"- Ron said insecure.
"Well, yeah? That's not the way someone talks about the guy who wants to get your girl!"- Seamus said.
"My girl? Who told you tha-"- Ron said unconfident, feeling the pressure of the 3 boys around him.
"No more pretending here, Ron. We all know you like Hermione; well, "like" is not the right word, you love her, you want her, you-"- Dean didn't finish.
"That's ok Dean, we've gotten the point"- Harry said, snickering. "You know Hermione is a pretty girl, but you can't expect to be the only one who notices it! Specially if a movie star look-alike seems to like her too! And you know Josh isn't what you'd call ugly… Would you want Hermione to go to the club with him? Or worse, would you want her to return to Hogwarts with a Riverside boyfriend?"
"Well, no"- Ron said.
"He was about to invite her to the Blue Bay when you were in the beach. Ginny heard him tell his friend, and when he was about to ask her, your sister fainted; or at least she pretended to do so."- Harry told them as if that wasn't new to them.
"She was pretending? The whole time? She can't do that to me, wait a second-"
"Oh, shut up Weasley, she saved you neck!"- Seamus said, grabbing him by the shirt and stopping him from getting in the room.
"And he's coming here at 8; I don't think he misses this time."- Neville said.
Before Ron could say anything, Dean spoke. –"But don't worry my good friend, Mr. Longbottom, Miss Brown and I have worked out the perfect plan."- He said in a funny voice, making them laugh.
"Oh yeah, and what is it? I can't take any risks now, can I?"- Ron said.
"You'll see, you'll see. The only thing I can tell you is that Longbottom here, will be our special performer. Just wait here and we'll do the entire job. What are Ron's friends for if they can't let down Hermione's potential boyfriends?"- Dean said, while Neville nodded proudly.
"Basically Ron, what Dean is saying is that your love life is in Neville's hands."- Seamus said grinning.
"What time is it?"- Hermione asked
"7:35, why?"- Ginny asked curious.
"Josh is picking me up at 8. I'm going to our room to take a bath, anyone coming?"- Hermione asked them.
"What? Josh?"- Ginny said, thinking all her efforts were running down the drain.
"Yeees. Is anything wrong Ginny?"- Hermione asked
"No, of course not"- Lavender said quickly –"It's just that Ginny, like all of us, thought we were having dinner together, in a nice place, that's all, isn't it Ginny?"- She finished winking an eye at Ginny without Hermione noticing.
"Oh, don't worry; I don't think we'll take more then 1 hour. Will you wait for me? Please? - Hermione said and Ginny nodded- "Thanks girls so, anyone coming?
"I'll stay here some minutes more, but I'll catch you up before you leave, ok?"- Ginny said.
"Me too, Mione"- Parvati said after seeing Ginny and Lavender were up to something.
"Ok, see you in the room at 8, before I leave, ok?" –Hermione said, and with that, she closed the door and left.
"Are you finally going to tell me what you're up to? – Parvati said with a hand in her waist.
"I pretended to faint so Josh couldn't ask Hermione to the Blue Bay"
"Josh was coming at 8 so Neville, Dean and I planned something so they wouldn't be together and Ron could have a chance to invite her instead."
Ginny and Lavender said that at the very same time, and left Parvati with a very confused look on her face, so they explained again, one at a time what had happened.
"So you didn't really faint, you naughty girl?"- Parvati said grinning - "Good one!"
"Wow Ginny, you surprise me, really; great plan! It was a close shave for our fellow Weasley!"
"So, what were you saying, Lav?"- Parvati asked.
And so Lavender told them their plan to avoid Josh seeing Hermione.
"Why wasn't I there? Did you plan all this in secret, Agent Brown?"- Parvati asked curious.
"You weren't there because you were very busy, and you know what I mean"- Lavender said grinning.
"Oh"- Parvati said blushing a little – "And if we're lucky, we'll return home with one new mushy couple, oh wait! I must have said 2 mushy couples, right Ginny?"
"You're crazy, Parvati"- said Ginny grinning, throwing her a pillow.
-----------Did you like it? Hope you did. Please review or I'll make Josh marry Hermione and Ginny marry Neville. Just kidding! Well, chapter 10 will hopefully be up before January 7th, depending on the amount of school work I have to do, so please don't flame me if it's not up by then. I can promise though it will be up by the 15th, k?
Please review!
Enough of this note, on with the 9th chapter. Please keep reviewing!!
Happy new year for the best readers in the world (you)!
(With the HP second movie and the 5th book, I'm sure it'll be!)
Love
Hermione Weasley
TRIP TO PARADISE
Chapter 9: What friends are for
"Wait-a-second!" - Ginny said, a surprised look in her face. She was in a little terrace at the end of the boys' room, where you had a great sight of the beach.
Harry, who was kind of busy staring at her, how the sun made her face shine, how her long hair laid freely in her back, how the sweet breeze tossed it softly; took some seconds to answer.
"What are you looking at?"- Harry asked her, standing up from the bed a heading towards the terrace. - "No way! Are those two Ron and Hermione?"- He said just as surprised as Ginny, both of them grinning.
"And they call it puppy love…"- Harry started singing.
"What's that"- Ginny said laughing.
"It's a muggle song aunt Petunia sings every time Dudley's girlfriend comes around. I hate when she sings it, really."
"Dudley has a girlfriend? That greasy ball?"- Ginny said amused.
"Oh yeah. And you may think she Dudley's girlfriend would be as ugly and mean as he is, but actually, she's quite nice and- no way! Are they kissing?"- Harry said.
Both were looking intently at them and remained silent for some seconds.
"No. They didn't. But they were close this time."-Ginny said, a little disappointed- "Harry, do you think I should tell them I wasn't sick at all?"
"I don't know. Actually, I think it would be better if we keep it that way, at least for Hermione, but for Ron, he should know what Josh is planning. Otherwise,"
"Otherwise, it will happen again, and this time there'll be nothing we can do."- Ginny said finishing Harry's sentence.
"Better get your show together Gin, they're coming."- Harry said, watching the guys walking towards the hotel.
"I have an idea. While I cope with the girls' babbling, could you talk to Ron?, you don't have to get him alone, I don't mind if the guys know what really happened, as long as Hermione doesn't know about it. I don't want her to know I'm the reason she missed her date. If at least I was sure Ron would go with her… but with my dear brother you just never know…"
"Let's get this straight first: Ron likes Hermione and Hermione likes Ron, say, more than they like any other friend, right?"- Lavender asked Dean and Neville. The three of them were walking alone because Ron and Hermione were walking together and Seamus and Parvati were busy, too.
"Right"- the boys said together.
"That means they're meant to be together, right?"- Lavender asked them again.
"Right"- they said.
"But as they're both too shy and coward to realize it themselves, we're gonna help them a little, right?"- Lavender asked yet again.
"Right but, how are we supposed to do that? We can't just tell Josh she doesn't want to go with him, and make her miss her date for a guy who doesn't seem to pluck up the courage to invite her to a measly night in a club!"- Neville said.
"I think I've got an idea…"- Dean said with a mischievous sparkle in his eyes – "and you Neville, are the perfect person to help me with my plan. Of course we'll help you, but you'll be the star of it."
"What's it about, Dean? Tell us before we reach the hotel! "- Lavender said thrilled.
"In fact, it's too simple, Miss Brown."- Dean said placing his arm over her shoulders, enjoying her attention- "All we have to do is…"
"Ginny! You alright?"- Hermione said, running towards the bed after Ron opened the door.
"I'm feeling much better now! It must have been the weather, it's boiling out there!"- She said, acting as good as she did in the beach.
"You don't have to say it, you look better. Did Potter treat you right?"- Lavender asked, winking one eye at Harry without anyone noticing but him.
"Well, bringing her up here in arms must have counted for something, right?"- a voice he recognized as her brother's said, though she couldn't see him, with everyone around her; now he seemed to be making his way towards the bed.
"Ron! Your lip! What happened?"- Ginny said worried.
"Just another normal encounter with Malfoy, nothing special."- Seamus said, making Ron snicker.
"I'll kill that prat! I hate him so much! What did he do this time, huh?"- Ginny asked, now she looked completely recovered from the incident in the beach.
"Hey Ginny, unless I'm very much mistaken, I'm the big brother here! Don't worry, it was just cut."- Ron said.
"But what happened"- Ginny insisted.
"You've heard Seamus, nothing special."- Hermione said with a unusual tone, blushing a little.
"You have to see the broomsticks those guys have here!"- Harry said, walking out of the room.
Harry's sentence worked as a magnet for the boys, so they left Parvati, Lavender, Ginny and Hermione in the room.
"What's wrong ´Mione? Why did you blush when I asked what happened with Malfoy"- Ginny asked curiously.
"Well, I'm not gonna keep it from you, am I? It's just that, oh, I hate him! he's so…"- Hermione didn't finish.
"Oh, I'll tell her; you have no sense of gossiping whatsoever, Mione."- Parvati said. – "It happened like this. We had just said goodbye to that stud, Josh, when Malfoy approached. Seamus was right, he said the usual stuff: weasel, mudblood, Mr. Celebrity, but this time, he said something he had never said before, and which, in my personal opinion, he really meant."
"In mine, too"- Lavender said nodding.
"Are you ever gonna tell me what he said?"- Ginny said desperate.
"He said Hermione looked totally delicious."- Parvati said giggling.
"He did?"- Ginny burst out laughing.
"You can't believe he meant it Parvati, for crying out loud, he only said it to make Ron angry!"- Hermione said uneasily, Ginny's laughing wasn't helping much.
"And the little perverted git couldn't have come in a worse time! When he came, Ron was still pissed about Josh's scoring. Let's face it Mione, you were Josh's eye candy the whole match, you proved to be a powerful member of the Gryffindor team, helping them distract their best chaser."- Parvati said, making Ginny and Lavender laugh again.
"Yeah, thanks Mione"- Ginny said, still laughing.
"I don't see any broomsticks here, Harry"- Ron said confused.
"That's because there are no broomsticks. I just wanted to talk to you, Ron, about Hermione."- Harry said, and was immediately followed by Dean.
"I want to talk to you too, Ron, about the chaser, Josh; you know he likes her don't you?"- Dean said; now everyone was listening to their conversation.
"Well, yeah"- Ron said insecure.
"Well, yeah? That's not the way someone talks about the guy who wants to get your girl!"- Seamus said.
"My girl? Who told you tha-"- Ron said unconfident, feeling the pressure of the 3 boys around him.
"No more pretending here, Ron. We all know you like Hermione; well, "like" is not the right word, you love her, you want her, you-"- Dean didn't finish.
"That's ok Dean, we've gotten the point"- Harry said, snickering. "You know Hermione is a pretty girl, but you can't expect to be the only one who notices it! Specially if a movie star look-alike seems to like her too! And you know Josh isn't what you'd call ugly… Would you want Hermione to go to the club with him? Or worse, would you want her to return to Hogwarts with a Riverside boyfriend?"
"Well, no"- Ron said.
"He was about to invite her to the Blue Bay when you were in the beach. Ginny heard him tell his friend, and when he was about to ask her, your sister fainted; or at least she pretended to do so."- Harry told them as if that wasn't new to them.
"She was pretending? The whole time? She can't do that to me, wait a second-"
"Oh, shut up Weasley, she saved you neck!"- Seamus said, grabbing him by the shirt and stopping him from getting in the room.
"And he's coming here at 8; I don't think he misses this time."- Neville said.
Before Ron could say anything, Dean spoke. –"But don't worry my good friend, Mr. Longbottom, Miss Brown and I have worked out the perfect plan."- He said in a funny voice, making them laugh.
"Oh yeah, and what is it? I can't take any risks now, can I?"- Ron said.
"You'll see, you'll see. The only thing I can tell you is that Longbottom here, will be our special performer. Just wait here and we'll do the entire job. What are Ron's friends for if they can't let down Hermione's potential boyfriends?"- Dean said, while Neville nodded proudly.
"Basically Ron, what Dean is saying is that your love life is in Neville's hands."- Seamus said grinning.
"What time is it?"- Hermione asked
"7:35, why?"- Ginny asked curious.
"Josh is picking me up at 8. I'm going to our room to take a bath, anyone coming?"- Hermione asked them.
"What? Josh?"- Ginny said, thinking all her efforts were running down the drain.
"Yeees. Is anything wrong Ginny?"- Hermione asked
"No, of course not"- Lavender said quickly –"It's just that Ginny, like all of us, thought we were having dinner together, in a nice place, that's all, isn't it Ginny?"- She finished winking an eye at Ginny without Hermione noticing.
"Oh, don't worry; I don't think we'll take more then 1 hour. Will you wait for me? Please? - Hermione said and Ginny nodded- "Thanks girls so, anyone coming?
"I'll stay here some minutes more, but I'll catch you up before you leave, ok?"- Ginny said.
"Me too, Mione"- Parvati said after seeing Ginny and Lavender were up to something.
"Ok, see you in the room at 8, before I leave, ok?" –Hermione said, and with that, she closed the door and left.
"Are you finally going to tell me what you're up to? – Parvati said with a hand in her waist.
"I pretended to faint so Josh couldn't ask Hermione to the Blue Bay"
"Josh was coming at 8 so Neville, Dean and I planned something so they wouldn't be together and Ron could have a chance to invite her instead."
Ginny and Lavender said that at the very same time, and left Parvati with a very confused look on her face, so they explained again, one at a time what had happened.
"So you didn't really faint, you naughty girl?"- Parvati said grinning - "Good one!"
"Wow Ginny, you surprise me, really; great plan! It was a close shave for our fellow Weasley!"
"So, what were you saying, Lav?"- Parvati asked.
And so Lavender told them their plan to avoid Josh seeing Hermione.
"Why wasn't I there? Did you plan all this in secret, Agent Brown?"- Parvati asked curious.
"You weren't there because you were very busy, and you know what I mean"- Lavender said grinning.
"Oh"- Parvati said blushing a little – "And if we're lucky, we'll return home with one new mushy couple, oh wait! I must have said 2 mushy couples, right Ginny?"
"You're crazy, Parvati"- said Ginny grinning, throwing her a pillow.
-----------Did you like it? Hope you did. Please review or I'll make Josh marry Hermione and Ginny marry Neville. Just kidding! Well, chapter 10 will hopefully be up before January 7th, depending on the amount of school work I have to do, so please don't flame me if it's not up by then. I can promise though it will be up by the 15th, k?
Please review!
