Disclaimer: I don't own anything in this story except the plot. But I would be willing to trade that for any of the MALE characters in Harry Potter. Just something to think about, Mrs. Rowling. Plus, Stacy (mysterywriter) helped me with this whole story (plus many others) when I got writers block (which ALWAYS happens).

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Chapter 9: Getting What You Want

Dinner was.... disturbing. It was as if Brigit had a split personality. She was a complete wench to Hermione, but a perfect angel around Mrs. Weasley. But, thank the gods, Mrs. Weasley was no chump. She could smell a fake twenty miles away. And Brigit had A LOT of fake on her.

After dinner, Brigit helped Mrs. Weasley clear the table. Which, basically, meant that she would spill things all over the tablecloth. "Mrs. Weasley, the dinner was absolutely scrumptious." Wow. Scrumptious. Nice vocabulary. But, at least she didn't call Mrs. Weasley 'Ron's mommy', like she had all throughout dinner.

Mrs. Weasley didn't even acknowledge Brigit's presence. Oh! Denied!

About a minute later, Brigit tried again.

"I can tell were Ron got his good looks." Brigit said sweetly.

Mrs. Weasley sighed loudly and looked Brigit square in the eye.

"Brigit, will you please climb out of my butt." Mrs. Weasley said, completely seriously. Brigit seemed at a lose for words. Though, I'm sure a few four lettered words were running though her head.

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Meanwhile, Hermione finally got her chance.

She had just been in Ginny's room, laughing about Brigit (it's always better to make fun of someone with another person). Hermione was walking down the stairs, with tears still in her eyes from laughing so hard.

"Hermione, can I talk to you?" Ron asked, grabbing her arm a little harder then necessary.

"Sure." Hermione said, a little confused as to why Ron felt that he needed to cut off all of the circulation in her arm. He pulled her down onto a couch in the living room, and sat down next her. He had an almost painfully serious face on.

"It's about Brigit." Ron said, trying not to glare at Hermione, and finally letting go of her arm. "I really don't understand why you had to say all of those horrible things to her."

Hermione tried with all of her power to suppress the giggles that were threatening to come out of her mouth. She forced the corners of her mouth to stay down. The mention of Brigit's name triggered a switch that unleashed all of the conversations she had had with Ginny, Harry, or even herself about Barbie. Just a few minutes ago, Ginny had mentioned that the air in Brigit's head, not to mention the silicon in her boobs, could have aided so many drowning people. She should have been around during the time of the Titanic.

Trying to hold back the laugh that was forming in Hermione's throat was no easy task. She to bite her lip and keep a straight face. Tears were welling up in her eyes because of the laughter she was trying to hold back. Ron noticed, but took it the wrong way.

"Hermione, what's wrong?" He asked, thinking that she was crying. Hermione just shook her head, fearing that if she opened her mouth, laughter would come out.

"Come on Mione, you can tell me." Ron said, looked really concerned. Hermione still didn't answer.

She suddenly got an idea. "It's.... about Krum." Hermione said, making her laughter sound like sobs. Ron seemed to buy it. "He... broke up with me." Now, this wasn't a complete lie. Hermione was the one to break up with Krum, but, five minutes later, Krum announced to Hermione that he was breaking up with her. This was to retain his dignity. The dignity that Hermione stripped from him seconds later when she laughed in his face.

But, onto the feeling-sorry-for-herself plan. Hermione figured that if Ron thought that Krum had crushed her heart, then he would be sympathetic. And, don't you know, sympathy is very intimate. You're close and you're crying and pouring your heart out and he comforts you and it's intimate. Plus, Ron will know that Hermione is available, and, since he will be comforting her, he won't have time for Brigit.

"Krum broke up with you?" Ron asked, his brow furrowed in concern. Hermione nodded and sniffed back some fake tears. Ron put his arm around her shoulder and made soothing noises as if she were a baby.

"I'm so sorry Hermione." He said. Hermione tried with all of her energy not to get all hot and bothered when Ron placed his hand on her thigh. God he was adorable when he was concerned. His sapphire eyes were big with pity, and he had that I'm-listening-to-you-so-go-ahead-and-pour- your-heart-out face on. "When did it happen?" Ron asked, snapping Hermione back to reality. She caught herself before she accidentally said, "What happened?" and took a second to remember what they were talking about. Hermione forced herself to stop staring at Ron's gorgeous face, and focus on the floor.

"After you left." Hermione said a little too dryly. She hastily followed it up with a few sniffs. Finding that she was all out of tears, Hermione quickly started thinking of some of the other things Ginny had said about Brigit just a few minutes ago.

Fear and panic taking over, Hermione completely forgot every word and witty comment she and Ginny had traded up in her room. So she thought of another plan. How would she feel if Ron and Brigit got married? And didn't invite her to the wedding? No, scratch that. They invited her to the wedding, and told her to bring a guest. But Hermione didn't have anyone to bring. Because she was all alone and no one loved her.

Hermione suddenly burst into tears. Real tears. They were full of hate and self loathing. Hermione had somehow convinced herself that Ron and Brigit were getting married, and no one loved her. Damn she was good.

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"... and then he told me that he was leaving me for someone else." Hermione bawled. For nearly an hour, she had been making up sob stories about the break up. And, if I do say so myself, she was rather inventive. At one point, Krum had slapped her after she burnt the dinner, and ran off with her money. Ron was nearly shaking with rage, but tried his best to not call Krum all of the horrible four letter names that were running though his head. He just sat there and tried his best to comfort Hermione as she cried her eyes out.

Just as Ron had wiped another one of Hermione's tears away with his thumb (god, she loved when he did that), Brigit came prancing into the room.

"Ronniekins, where are you?" Brigit called in a sing songy voice. She stopped abruptly when she saw Ron and Hermione sitting together on the couch, their knees touching. She quickly shook the horrible my-boyfriend-is- cheating-on-me thoughts out of her extremely empty head. "Come on, I thought we were going to watch a movie." She said, putting on her best puppy dog face.

"I'm busy right now Brigit." Ron said, sounding a little annoyed at his girlfriend. He quickly went back to comforting Hermione.

"But-" Brigit began.

"I'm. Busy." Ron said, glaring at Brigit for being so inconsiderate. Hermione then took that moment, as Ron was looking at Brigit with a kind of disgust, to catch Brigit's eye, and smile as she stuck her tongue out at her.

Brigit's mouth dropped and she glared at Hermione with the utmost hatred.

"She's faking!" Brigit yelled like a four year old, pointing at Hermione. Hermione continued with her crying, and Ron looked from Brigit to Hermione, and back again.

"Brigit, I can't believe that you would say something like that." Ron said, looking thoroughly disappointed. "Hermione is upset, and she doesn't need you acting like a child." Brigit pouted at this remark, and crossed her arms over her extremely large chest. "Why don't you leave and come back when you are going to act like an adult."

"But Ronnie-"

"Leave." Ron said strictly. Brigit opened her mouth to say something, but thought better of it as Ron increased his glare. So she simply made a 'humph' noise, and stomped away like an angry hippo. Hermione was having so much fun watching Ron tell his girlfriend off, that she had totally forgotten about crying. She decided that now was a good time to stop the water works, however, because Ron was probably getting sick of it.

"I'm so sorry about her." Ron apologized, placing his hand on Hermione's thigh nonchalantly. "She can be so immature sometimes."

Well, what do you expect when she had the brain capacity of a five year old. "It's fine." Hermione said, holding back her real thoughts and giving a halfhearted smile.

"So, how are you?" Ron asked. Hermione decided it was best not to answer, leave something to the imagination. Plus, she wanted to chisel the look on Brigit's face into her brain.

"Mione, don't worry about Krum." Ron said, gazing into her eyes. Hermione felt her whole body go weak. "He's an idiot for not loving you."

"So are you." Hermione muttered. She couldn't help herself, but suddenly regretted it.

"What?" Ron asked, looking confused.

"I said.... thank you." Hermione said, smiling like that is what she had said all along. Ron obviously bought it, because he smiled too.

"I meant every word." Ron said, holding Hermione's chin, their faces inches from each other. "Any guy would be crazy not to love you." Hermione couldn't hold back anymore. The feeling was filling her body and making her head dizzy. She couldn't think straight, and did the only thing she knew she wanted to do. She leaned in.

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okay, here are the thank yous and responses.

Private I- THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT! I DON'T BELIEVE THE BLONDE STEREOTYPE! I use to be blonde, and I have tons of blonde friends, so, believe me, I have nothing against them. Please don't be mad about what I said! I didn't mean it! It was just a way for the Hermione character to let out her anger. To tell you the truth; tons of girls wanna be blonde. That's why so many ppl bleach their hair and stuff. I'm really sorry if it offended you! And yes, I have seen Legally Blonde multiple times. I actually love it, and know most of the lines (which is typical for me). Haven't you heard that blondes have more fun? I think the blonde stereotype came with Barbie. She was normally blonde, and people just wanted to find something wrong with her; since she had a perfect body and everything. PLEASE DON'T HATE ME!!!!! I'm so sorry!

~Arctic Squirrel- Sorry chapter 8 was so short! This one might have been longer, I donno. I hope it was! This was going to be the last chapter, it was 11 pages, but then I made it into two chapters. So only one chapter left before it's over!

~eedoe- Okay, here's your reminder; never piss off your rabbit ever again. Now, onto the interrogation. What did you do to it? did it bite off one of your limbs cause, even though that would be painful, it'd still be funny....sorry, anyways, Draco running off with Brigit? That'd be good for Hermione, it'd be heaven for her actually. But why put poor, adorably sexy Draco through that kind of torture?.... haha, bulimic barbie! Just put food in her mouth and, magically, it come back out again!!!

~Silver Dragon Princess- I would be ecstatic if you went and bitch slapped Brigit! In fact, I might just join you....don't worry, there's no way I'm ending this story without Hermione and Ron getting together. If I have to lock them in a closet to do so, then I will!... actually, that's not such a bad idea....

~Herbie- Awww, don't be sad! I really doubt that there's a girl out there that's like Brigit. I mean, wouldn't someone have killed her by now?... I agree with you on the thing where when some ppl have a good life, yours sucks compared to there's. Maybe, just to make Hermione feel better, I can make Draco gay or something. That'd be pretty devistaing, don't you think? Course, I'd probably spin into deep depression because that would completely take Draco off the market, and I don't think I could handle that. *sigh* all well, there's always Ron *wags eyebrows in a suggestive manner*

~Foags- 'huh-huh' in the Burrow? I'll try to arrange that... they are each others lobsters!!! *does the lobster claw very enthusiastically* It's like destiny, right? The only thing that could mess this up would be if Ron does the unthinkable. If Hermione asks if she looks fat, and Ron actually looks, then we have a problem... Chandler: Okay, well. Janice said 'do I look fat today?' And I looked at her... Ross: Whoa whoa whoa. You looked? You never look. You just answer. It's like a reflex. Do I look fat? Nooo! Is she prettier then I am? Nooo! Does size matter? Rachel: Nooo! Ross: And it works both ways.... But I don't see that happening. Ron's too smart to do that... I think.

~Athene- I think you've just found that solution to our bulimic "friend"'s problems. The twins fudge! If her mouth is forced shut, then she wont be able to stick her finger down her throat again! Plus, I'm sure everyone around her will be in a much better mood once she cant talk any longer. Thus, making the world a better place. *sigh* nice work!

~f0xygrandma15- Heehee, this story just wouldn't be any fun without the evil people, which, I assume, is everyone. Brigit isn't so much evil as she is stupid and annoying. But, with the right amount of annoyingness, it could be considered evil to some people. Some people being me, who is planning the death of our dear Brigit at this very moment. Heeheehee... it feels so good to be evil. I think I'll do it more often. Now... lets see... shall I have her fall down an elevator shaft, or just walk into a wall and die (as we all know, she's not the brightest lightbulb in the ceiling.)

~E.stell- I'm glad it's still exiting! Hermione with the finger thing? Haha, yea, you'll find that she can be quite feisty when it comes to boys that she wants. Or, basically, anything she wants and another girl has. But we all have to mark our teretory, right? I mean, at least she didn't pee on Ron or something. Cause that might cause some controversy.... not a bad idea though....

~Pixi Punkrocker- sorry it was so short! I think this one was just as short, but all well. Meaningful? Really? Cool!!! I've never been meaningful before. I suppose it did shine the light on Brigit's true form. Bitch form. Worse then Harry? Harry's goooooooood in this story! Notice I said THIS story. I hate him in the books. He's such a whiner. You're parents died, get over it! Boo woo, I live with a fat cousin and there isn't enough room for me in the house! *sob* please love me, I'm a pathetic orphan who takes all of the credit whenever something good happens..... sorry, just letting out a bit of anger there.... A.B.O.O.B, hahaha! That's sooooo funny! I love it!... your friend mistakened a cow for a sheep? Hm. Could have happened to anyone I suppose. They seem pretty similar. Both have hair... kinda. And they both make weird noises when participating in sexual intercourse....wow, I bet you didn't wanna hear that. all well, prepare for the worst when talking to me.

~Ron Weasley- Or COURSE Ron and Hermione get together! why the hell not! I'd die before I didn't have a happy ending! So stop worrying... seriously, stop. You're freaking me out. I can see you through my computer screen cause I'm really a witch and have put a spell on it so I can see people through it. So, stop worrying. If you're going to worry, worry about dieing before Saturday. No, I'm not threatening you, silly. I'm just saying that if you die before OOTP comes out, that would be very sad. But, not to worry, me being a witch and all, I will bring you back to life! *evil cackle*

~OtterMoon- yea! Happy dances! Those are always pleasant. Mine involves spinning around till my vision has been affected, and then bumping into random walls... but everyone's is different... tell me your ideas of what to do with Brigit! I was considering something to do with cement shoes, a Britney Spears CD, and VERY loud speakers. Not to mention lots of maple syrup and insane monkeys with rabies. Any thoughts?

~Sally- Drooling over Ron? Aren't we all? Adorable bastard doesn't know a thing about girls, but you've gotta love'em!.... Thank you for the compliment! It made me blush :) Now I wanna give you a hug! Here, we'll hug out computers at the same time, and it will be kinda like a hug. Ready? 1..2..3! *hugs monitor* .....*sigh* the power of love.

~princessflowerchild- I read your fic Poppy Flowers and could not stop laughing!!!! I love it! Hermione going mad is the best thing ever! I love the things she writes down and, now that I think about it, Snape IS like Elvis! You're a genius, I love your stories. Anyways, thank you so much for the review, have fun camping and going to the shore and reading HARRY POTTER! Bwhahahaha! I'm going to lock myself in my room until I finish OOTP. It'll give my family a nice vacation.

~Straycat- haha! I love the Friends quote. It reminded me of another one of the episodes.... Rachel is drunk and leaves Ross a message that she's over him (when he's going out with Julie) even though they've never gone out. Ross checks his messages at Rachels, and she tackles him when he's listening to it, but he still hears. Ross: you're over me?.... but when were you... under me?..... lol, they must recycle their jokes. All well, they're still funny all the same.... you'd have my back if I bitch slapped Brigit? Cool! I could use a pair of sharp nails. It would get the popping over faster. Not that we want it to go quickly... the bitch needs to suffer *evil grin*

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO REVIEWED!!!!! I'M SO HAPPY THAT I HAVE 100+ REVIEWS, I DON'T THINK I'VE SMILED SO MUCH IN MY LIFE!!!!!

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yes, I quoted Friends yet again. It's disturbing, I know. It was the 'please climb out of my butt' thing. I just needed something for Mrs. Weasley to say that would make her tell Brigit to stop sucking up.

BTW: If you want me to e-mail you when I update, just tell me your e-mail address in the review. I'd be happy to.