T.J.: Thank Merlin for my laptop. I'm currently sitting outside Jae's room,
doing HER fic for her because she's too busy throwing a tantrum inside her
room.
* A crashing noise came from Jae's room, and Crookshank's screech was heard *
T.J.: The effects of a bad review. Good thing mum and dad aren't here to hear her breaking things because she'd be in major trouble.
* A thud came from Jae's room, causing Sirius to come and sit beside T.J. *
Sirius: Did she just punch the wall?
* Another thud came and Jae's scream was heard ("DON'T REVIEW IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY FIC!") *
T.J.: Most likely
Sirius: * Leans on the wall * she'll tire herself out
T.J.: What are we going to do about the mess that she made in her room?
Sirius: * Messes up T.J.'s hair * You're forgetting that you're a wizard, my boy
T.J.: But-
Sirius: * Smacks forehead * oh, right, that underage policy. Well, I'm not underage anymore, so don't worry too much.
* Jae's door opens, revealing a room that looks like Crookshanks had a nightmare and Jae comes out, red in the face and her hand swelling *
Sirius: Blimey Jessica! I didn't know you were capable of doing something like this!
T.J.: Look at your hand! Honestly sis, I didn't know you take reviews this seriously.
Jae: * smirks * I guess I earned this trait from mum
Sirius: * snorts * That's an understatement * Ignores Jae's glare and grabbed her arm * Come on darling, let's go fix your swelling hand and you're not stepping into your room until you parents come home! * Goes away with Jae *
T.J.: As much as I love my sister, she can be VERY dangerous. Please everyone, take my advice: If you don't have anything nice to say to my sister about her fic, just DON'T bother reviewing! How hard is that to do? Well, as for all the people who are interested in this story, on with it!
Chapter 6: To Love or To Hate
"Hermione dearest, will you quit being stubborn and just forgive Harry?" Lavender said one night in the girls' dormitories, who was painting her nails. Hermione stopped brushing her hair momentarily to raise an eyebrow at Lavender.
"I agree with Lav," Ginny replied, who was flipping through a magazine. Hermione frowned.
"What makes you say that?" she asked. Ginny put threw the magazine under her bed and went over to Hermione, taking her brush and brushing Hermione's hair with it.
"Have you paid any attention to Harry lately?" she asked. Hermione shook her head.
"Harry looks like a lost puppy whenever you talk to everyone else but him," Lavender said. Hermione looked bemused.
"But I do talk to him," she replied. Lavender snorted.
"I don't recall 'Can you pass the quill please?' or 'yes' and 'no' a sign of talking to a person," Lavender said. Hermione opened her mouth to argue, but ended up sighing.
"I can't help it," she finally admitted. Ginny and Lavender looked at each other.
"It's overwhelming how one minute, you're forced to hate someone you love and the next minute you're forced again to love the one that you were forced to hate in the beginning," she explained. Ginny looked at Lavender again.
"She does have a point," she said. Lavender nodded.
"But can't you see that Harry's doing everything he can to get you back?" Lavender argued. Hermione rolled her eyes.
"I don't see how staring at me until I finally look then looking away when I do a way to get me back," she said. Lavender sighed.
"Stop being reasonable and just forgive the guy!" she exclaimed, clearly frustrated. Ginny giggled.
"Relax Lav, you're getting all worked up for nothing! No wonder you and my brother are a matched made in heaven," she said. Lavender blushed, and then looked at Hermione, who was staring at her with an amused look.
"He loves you, you know," she said in a quiet voice. She knew Hermione heard her by the way her eyes widened.
"What makes you say that?" Hermione squeaked out. Of all the reasons that Lavender was telling her, she wasn't expecting THAT one. Lavender gave her a soft smile.
"I could see it in his eyes," she replied. Hermione looked at Ginny for support, but she knew that Ginny agreed with Lavender again. Hermione shook her head.
"You have no proof of that," she argued. Ginny gave an exasperated sigh.
"Open your eyes Herm! He practically kisses the path you walk on! His eyes would light up when you come into the room, and he looks so crushed when you go to who-knows-where with Dean, all excited when you barely glance at him!" she exclaimed. Hermione gulped. Is it possible that Harry might love her? Hermione blinked rapidly and took her brush from Ginny's before going over to her bed.
"I'll try to be more civil with him, okay?" she said before closing the curtains around her bed. Ginny crossed her arms.
"What are we going to do about this Lav? It's clear that she won't believe a thing we say," she said. Lavender bit her lip.
"I guess the only way she would forgive Harry is by hearing everything we just said from Harry himself," she said, staring at the closed curtain around Hermione's bed.
~*~
The next night, Dean, Harry, Ron, Lavender and Ginny were all in the Common Room. Ron and Harry were playing Exploding Snap, Dean was watching them and Lavender and Ginny were doing their Astronomy homework. Hermione came down the girls' dormitories, and to everyone's surprise, she wasn't carrying a bag full of books. Hermione scanned the room and caught sight of Dean. She walked over to where he was.
"I'm ready Dean," she said, glancing at Harry before looking at Dean. Harry lost all his concentration with the game since Hermione was there, and he was careful not to look at her to avoid getting embarrassed. Ron, on the other hand, was another story. He stood up, casting a suspicious look at Dean.
"Where are you going?" he asked. Hermione rolled her eyes and grabbed Dean.
"It's none of your business Ron," she replied. Ron narrowed his eyes at her.
"Why are you two always disappearing? Why don't you ever tell me where you're going? Is it because you don't trust me enough?" Ron asked, firing questions right and left. Hermione groaned quietly, and Dean, who heard her, snickered.
"Why do you ask so much questions?" she asked, turning the tables on him. Before Ron could open his mouth, Hermione practically ran out of the portrait hole, dragging Dean with her. As soon as they left, Ron sat down, defeated.
"They always do that," he mumbled to Harry. Harry knew where they were going, but if Hermione and Dean didn't tell Ron or anyone, then he would respect their privacy. His thoughts were broken when Lavender and Ginny abandoned their homework and was now sitting where Dean was sitting before he left. Ron raised an eyebrow at them.
"You need something, ladies?" he asked. Lavender smiled prettily at him.
"Actually, we need to borrow Harry here for just a moment," she said, eyeing Harry, who instantly looked nervous.
"W-what are y-you going to do t-to me?" he stammered. Ginny giggled.
"Don't be a dolt, Harry. We're not going to hurt you or anything," she said. Ron looked at Lavender, who was still smiling sweetly at him.
"What do you want from Harry anyway?" he asked. Lavender shrugged nonchalantly.
"Ginny and I were just going to ask him something," she said. Ron was about to open his mouth when Lavender added, "Not that it's any of your concern." Lavender and Ginny stood up, taking Harry with them.
"You'll have Harry back in one piece darling, don't you worry," Lavender winked at Ron before dragging Harry back to where they were before. Once they were sitting, Harry looked at both girls expectedly.
"You must be wondering why we pulled you away from Ron," Ginny said, smiling sweetly at Harry, which was quite similar to the one that Lavender was giving him. Harry fought hard not to roll his eyes.
"Obviously," he muttered. Fortunately, Lavender and Ginny didn't hear him.
"We wanted to ask you something," Lavender said.
"From the observations that we've been doing, we think that you are in love with our brown-haired prefect," Ginny stated. Ginny and Lavender grinned at Harry, who gulped nervously because of what Ginny said.
"And trusting from our observation right now, I'd say we were right Gin," Lavender replied. Then she turned to Harry.
"What are you going to do about it?" she asked. Harry averted his gaze away from Lavender.
"Why bother doing something about it when I know Hermione won't feel the same way, not to mention the fact that she hasn't uttered more than a phrase to me," he replied. Lavender and Ginny exchanged looks.
"Did you ever try and talk to her?" Ginny asked. Harry raised an eyebrow.
"I told you, she won't-" he was cut off by Lavender.
"No, Ginny meant did YOU ever try and talk to HER, instead of HER trying to talk to YOU," Lavender explained. Harry opened his mouth, then closed it. Come to think of it, he never DID try and talk to Hermione. Harry shook his head. Ginny rolled her eyes.
"So how do you expect Hermione to forgive you if you don't at least try and do your part in the civilized conversation?" she asked. Harry shrugged weakly. Lavender groaned.
"I'm starting to see Hermione's point," Lavender muttered to Ginny, who smirked. Ginny turned to Harry.
"What are you doing Harry? You claim to love someone, but you don't even TRY and patch things up with her!" she exclaimed.
"But I don't even think she's going to forgive me," Harry argued. Lavender looked like she was ready to kill.
"Of course she's not going to forgive you if you don't even try and talk to her!" Lavender exclaimed. Harry's eyes looked distant for a moment.
"You're right," he sighed. Lavender and Ginny both let out a breath.
"Finally," they both muttered. The three was silent for awhile, until Ginny decided to break it.
"So are you going to at least TRY and get her to forgive you?" she asked. Harry looked thoughtful, then nodded. Lavender smiled genuinely.
"Now THAT'S the Harry we all know and love," she said, giving Harry a hug. Harry pulled away, bemused.
"What's that supposed to mean?" he asked. Ginny giggled.
"The Harry we all know and love does not give up on something that he knows is right," Ginny explained. Harry gave Lavender and Ginny a grin.
"Thanks for getting my head back into place," he said. Lavender opened a Sugar Quill and popped it in her mouth.
"Yeah, well, everyone's sick and tired of you two avoiding one another. Someone had to tell you two that both of you are being stubborn," Lavender said. Ginny laughed. Harry nodded slowly.
"Well, I'm going to go over to Ron now," he said, standing up and quickly moving to Ron, who was staring at them the whole time, giving them a "I'll- know-what-you-talked-about-from-Harry" look. Lavender and Ginny gave each other a high-five.
"Good work Gin," Lavender said. Ginny grinned.
"Good work, Lav," she replied.
T.J.: Wow, this chapter was long. Hope you enjoyed it!
* Sirius came out of Jae's room, dropping Crookshanks on T.J.'s lap *
Sirius: Take him. While I try and fix Jae's room, he goes and scratches her pillows and walls
T.J.: * Takes Crookshanks and pushed him * Go to Jae! Now!
* Crookshanks gave a hiss at T.J. before leaving *
T.J.: I don't know what mum and Jae sees in that cat.
* Jae comes from the bathroom, holding her hand *
T.J.: Learned a lesson sis?
Jae: Yeah. Mess T.J.'s room next time I get a bad review
T.J.: Don't you DARE go near my room!
Jae: * Looks dully at T.J. * Yeah. Whatever. * Goes to T.J.'s room and locks it *
T.J.: Thank Merlin I made Sirius cast a charm in my room that if Jae tried to touch anything, she'll slap herself. Okay guys! Please review! And please give Jae a break from the bad reviews! I'm worried she might become homicidal! Bye for now!
* A crashing noise came from Jae's room, and Crookshank's screech was heard *
T.J.: The effects of a bad review. Good thing mum and dad aren't here to hear her breaking things because she'd be in major trouble.
* A thud came from Jae's room, causing Sirius to come and sit beside T.J. *
Sirius: Did she just punch the wall?
* Another thud came and Jae's scream was heard ("DON'T REVIEW IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY FIC!") *
T.J.: Most likely
Sirius: * Leans on the wall * she'll tire herself out
T.J.: What are we going to do about the mess that she made in her room?
Sirius: * Messes up T.J.'s hair * You're forgetting that you're a wizard, my boy
T.J.: But-
Sirius: * Smacks forehead * oh, right, that underage policy. Well, I'm not underage anymore, so don't worry too much.
* Jae's door opens, revealing a room that looks like Crookshanks had a nightmare and Jae comes out, red in the face and her hand swelling *
Sirius: Blimey Jessica! I didn't know you were capable of doing something like this!
T.J.: Look at your hand! Honestly sis, I didn't know you take reviews this seriously.
Jae: * smirks * I guess I earned this trait from mum
Sirius: * snorts * That's an understatement * Ignores Jae's glare and grabbed her arm * Come on darling, let's go fix your swelling hand and you're not stepping into your room until you parents come home! * Goes away with Jae *
T.J.: As much as I love my sister, she can be VERY dangerous. Please everyone, take my advice: If you don't have anything nice to say to my sister about her fic, just DON'T bother reviewing! How hard is that to do? Well, as for all the people who are interested in this story, on with it!
Chapter 6: To Love or To Hate
"Hermione dearest, will you quit being stubborn and just forgive Harry?" Lavender said one night in the girls' dormitories, who was painting her nails. Hermione stopped brushing her hair momentarily to raise an eyebrow at Lavender.
"I agree with Lav," Ginny replied, who was flipping through a magazine. Hermione frowned.
"What makes you say that?" she asked. Ginny put threw the magazine under her bed and went over to Hermione, taking her brush and brushing Hermione's hair with it.
"Have you paid any attention to Harry lately?" she asked. Hermione shook her head.
"Harry looks like a lost puppy whenever you talk to everyone else but him," Lavender said. Hermione looked bemused.
"But I do talk to him," she replied. Lavender snorted.
"I don't recall 'Can you pass the quill please?' or 'yes' and 'no' a sign of talking to a person," Lavender said. Hermione opened her mouth to argue, but ended up sighing.
"I can't help it," she finally admitted. Ginny and Lavender looked at each other.
"It's overwhelming how one minute, you're forced to hate someone you love and the next minute you're forced again to love the one that you were forced to hate in the beginning," she explained. Ginny looked at Lavender again.
"She does have a point," she said. Lavender nodded.
"But can't you see that Harry's doing everything he can to get you back?" Lavender argued. Hermione rolled her eyes.
"I don't see how staring at me until I finally look then looking away when I do a way to get me back," she said. Lavender sighed.
"Stop being reasonable and just forgive the guy!" she exclaimed, clearly frustrated. Ginny giggled.
"Relax Lav, you're getting all worked up for nothing! No wonder you and my brother are a matched made in heaven," she said. Lavender blushed, and then looked at Hermione, who was staring at her with an amused look.
"He loves you, you know," she said in a quiet voice. She knew Hermione heard her by the way her eyes widened.
"What makes you say that?" Hermione squeaked out. Of all the reasons that Lavender was telling her, she wasn't expecting THAT one. Lavender gave her a soft smile.
"I could see it in his eyes," she replied. Hermione looked at Ginny for support, but she knew that Ginny agreed with Lavender again. Hermione shook her head.
"You have no proof of that," she argued. Ginny gave an exasperated sigh.
"Open your eyes Herm! He practically kisses the path you walk on! His eyes would light up when you come into the room, and he looks so crushed when you go to who-knows-where with Dean, all excited when you barely glance at him!" she exclaimed. Hermione gulped. Is it possible that Harry might love her? Hermione blinked rapidly and took her brush from Ginny's before going over to her bed.
"I'll try to be more civil with him, okay?" she said before closing the curtains around her bed. Ginny crossed her arms.
"What are we going to do about this Lav? It's clear that she won't believe a thing we say," she said. Lavender bit her lip.
"I guess the only way she would forgive Harry is by hearing everything we just said from Harry himself," she said, staring at the closed curtain around Hermione's bed.
~*~
The next night, Dean, Harry, Ron, Lavender and Ginny were all in the Common Room. Ron and Harry were playing Exploding Snap, Dean was watching them and Lavender and Ginny were doing their Astronomy homework. Hermione came down the girls' dormitories, and to everyone's surprise, she wasn't carrying a bag full of books. Hermione scanned the room and caught sight of Dean. She walked over to where he was.
"I'm ready Dean," she said, glancing at Harry before looking at Dean. Harry lost all his concentration with the game since Hermione was there, and he was careful not to look at her to avoid getting embarrassed. Ron, on the other hand, was another story. He stood up, casting a suspicious look at Dean.
"Where are you going?" he asked. Hermione rolled her eyes and grabbed Dean.
"It's none of your business Ron," she replied. Ron narrowed his eyes at her.
"Why are you two always disappearing? Why don't you ever tell me where you're going? Is it because you don't trust me enough?" Ron asked, firing questions right and left. Hermione groaned quietly, and Dean, who heard her, snickered.
"Why do you ask so much questions?" she asked, turning the tables on him. Before Ron could open his mouth, Hermione practically ran out of the portrait hole, dragging Dean with her. As soon as they left, Ron sat down, defeated.
"They always do that," he mumbled to Harry. Harry knew where they were going, but if Hermione and Dean didn't tell Ron or anyone, then he would respect their privacy. His thoughts were broken when Lavender and Ginny abandoned their homework and was now sitting where Dean was sitting before he left. Ron raised an eyebrow at them.
"You need something, ladies?" he asked. Lavender smiled prettily at him.
"Actually, we need to borrow Harry here for just a moment," she said, eyeing Harry, who instantly looked nervous.
"W-what are y-you going to do t-to me?" he stammered. Ginny giggled.
"Don't be a dolt, Harry. We're not going to hurt you or anything," she said. Ron looked at Lavender, who was still smiling sweetly at him.
"What do you want from Harry anyway?" he asked. Lavender shrugged nonchalantly.
"Ginny and I were just going to ask him something," she said. Ron was about to open his mouth when Lavender added, "Not that it's any of your concern." Lavender and Ginny stood up, taking Harry with them.
"You'll have Harry back in one piece darling, don't you worry," Lavender winked at Ron before dragging Harry back to where they were before. Once they were sitting, Harry looked at both girls expectedly.
"You must be wondering why we pulled you away from Ron," Ginny said, smiling sweetly at Harry, which was quite similar to the one that Lavender was giving him. Harry fought hard not to roll his eyes.
"Obviously," he muttered. Fortunately, Lavender and Ginny didn't hear him.
"We wanted to ask you something," Lavender said.
"From the observations that we've been doing, we think that you are in love with our brown-haired prefect," Ginny stated. Ginny and Lavender grinned at Harry, who gulped nervously because of what Ginny said.
"And trusting from our observation right now, I'd say we were right Gin," Lavender replied. Then she turned to Harry.
"What are you going to do about it?" she asked. Harry averted his gaze away from Lavender.
"Why bother doing something about it when I know Hermione won't feel the same way, not to mention the fact that she hasn't uttered more than a phrase to me," he replied. Lavender and Ginny exchanged looks.
"Did you ever try and talk to her?" Ginny asked. Harry raised an eyebrow.
"I told you, she won't-" he was cut off by Lavender.
"No, Ginny meant did YOU ever try and talk to HER, instead of HER trying to talk to YOU," Lavender explained. Harry opened his mouth, then closed it. Come to think of it, he never DID try and talk to Hermione. Harry shook his head. Ginny rolled her eyes.
"So how do you expect Hermione to forgive you if you don't at least try and do your part in the civilized conversation?" she asked. Harry shrugged weakly. Lavender groaned.
"I'm starting to see Hermione's point," Lavender muttered to Ginny, who smirked. Ginny turned to Harry.
"What are you doing Harry? You claim to love someone, but you don't even TRY and patch things up with her!" she exclaimed.
"But I don't even think she's going to forgive me," Harry argued. Lavender looked like she was ready to kill.
"Of course she's not going to forgive you if you don't even try and talk to her!" Lavender exclaimed. Harry's eyes looked distant for a moment.
"You're right," he sighed. Lavender and Ginny both let out a breath.
"Finally," they both muttered. The three was silent for awhile, until Ginny decided to break it.
"So are you going to at least TRY and get her to forgive you?" she asked. Harry looked thoughtful, then nodded. Lavender smiled genuinely.
"Now THAT'S the Harry we all know and love," she said, giving Harry a hug. Harry pulled away, bemused.
"What's that supposed to mean?" he asked. Ginny giggled.
"The Harry we all know and love does not give up on something that he knows is right," Ginny explained. Harry gave Lavender and Ginny a grin.
"Thanks for getting my head back into place," he said. Lavender opened a Sugar Quill and popped it in her mouth.
"Yeah, well, everyone's sick and tired of you two avoiding one another. Someone had to tell you two that both of you are being stubborn," Lavender said. Ginny laughed. Harry nodded slowly.
"Well, I'm going to go over to Ron now," he said, standing up and quickly moving to Ron, who was staring at them the whole time, giving them a "I'll- know-what-you-talked-about-from-Harry" look. Lavender and Ginny gave each other a high-five.
"Good work Gin," Lavender said. Ginny grinned.
"Good work, Lav," she replied.
T.J.: Wow, this chapter was long. Hope you enjoyed it!
* Sirius came out of Jae's room, dropping Crookshanks on T.J.'s lap *
Sirius: Take him. While I try and fix Jae's room, he goes and scratches her pillows and walls
T.J.: * Takes Crookshanks and pushed him * Go to Jae! Now!
* Crookshanks gave a hiss at T.J. before leaving *
T.J.: I don't know what mum and Jae sees in that cat.
* Jae comes from the bathroom, holding her hand *
T.J.: Learned a lesson sis?
Jae: Yeah. Mess T.J.'s room next time I get a bad review
T.J.: Don't you DARE go near my room!
Jae: * Looks dully at T.J. * Yeah. Whatever. * Goes to T.J.'s room and locks it *
T.J.: Thank Merlin I made Sirius cast a charm in my room that if Jae tried to touch anything, she'll slap herself. Okay guys! Please review! And please give Jae a break from the bad reviews! I'm worried she might become homicidal! Bye for now!