I'm sitting in my dorm at present staring at the canopy of my bed trying to
stop my brain from going overtime. It's not working. I feel like my life is
spiralling out of control. A bit dramatic you say? Well you try having a
Potion essay due in two days time when you haven't even looked at it,
Lavender and Parvati squealing like idiots two beds away, a psychotic cat
chasing it's tail around on your bed and scratching you in the process and
a pretend boyfriend who really is your best friend that you see as nothing
more than your brother, and being in love with your other best friend and
he has no idea. That is my life spiralling out of control.
You see, I never and I mean never leave my homework until the last minute, which is what I have done. That's my top priority above everything else. It's all because of Ron that I haven't done any of it and he hasn't got a clue! Right now he probably thinks I'm off snogging Harry somewhere which I might add, is totally disturbing, to me anyway. I'm sure half of the Hogwarts population would love to be doing that but not me. Harry, Hermione and snogging do NOT go in the same sentence well at all. However if you were to replace the name Harry with Ron.I wouldn't be complaining.
Sometimes I just want to go up to Ron and shout in his face "Are you really that thick?" But he's my best friend. I can't do that. I just don't know what to do anymore! It's so confusing. I have to stop thinking. Not that it's really an easy feat when Lavender and Parvati are giggling about who they're going to rope in going to Hogsmeade with them tomorrow. Wait? Hogsmeade? Tomorrow? Perfect! I was wondering when one of these would come up. It was the perfect excuse to go on a "date" with Harry and drag Ron along. I yanked the curtains around my four-poster open and rushed out the dormitory and almost flew downstairs to the common room in search of Harry. I found him. Playing chess with Ron. I headed down the stairs towards them and sat next to Harry who greeted me with a kiss on the cheek and a hug and I saw Ron grimace. Apparently he wasn't fine with us dating. I smiled, thinking things were looking up for the two of us. I watched them finish their game of chess then voiced what was on my mind.
"Hey guys, there's Hogsmeade trip tomorrow and since it's such nice weather we could go along and maybe have lunch at The Three Broomsticks? What do you think?"
I asked holding my breath and praying at the same time that they'd both say yes.
"Sure, sounds great." Harry said nodding and trying to concentrate on his first move in their next game. I smiled and looked at Ron for his answer.
"I wouldn't want to get in the way." He said quietly concentrating on the game also.
"What? You wouldn't Ron. You're still our friend, we want you there, and it's not fun otherwise. But if you really don't want to go, by all means stay here but beware. Lavender and Parvati are on the lookout for dates for tomorrow and I know how good you are at saying no."
I said smirking at him. The look on his face was priceless. He cleared his throat and looked at me properly.
"Uhm. On second thoughts, I think I will join you guys tomorrow. On one condition: You make sure that Lavender AND Parvati know I have prior arrangements with you guys and I am not going to date them."
He said looking harshly at me. I held my hands up in front of my face.
"You have my word." I smiled knowing that part one of my mini plan was underway.
***
I looked at myself in the mirror hanging on the back or our dormitory door criticising my outfit. I had on one of the jumpers Mrs. Weasley had knitted me since it was so warm and a black woollen skirt. I cursed my wardrobe. It was so unfair that us girls have to wear skirts all the time and freeze our legs off when the boys had nice warm pants on. I sighed deciding there was nothing I could do about my appearance. I grabbed my cloak off the end of my bed, put it on and headed downstairs, preparing to wait for Harry and Ron. I arrived to find them already down there, continuing their chess game from the night before.
"Hey," I said hugging Harry around the waist and surprising him slightly because he had his back to me. He twisted around and kissed me on the forehead. I raised an eyebrow at him then leant my forehead against his and smiled seductively at him for Ron's benefit and whispered,
"Your enjoying this aren't you?" I said smirking at him.
"You bet I am. This is the most fun I've had in ages." He said returning my smirk.
"Don't you feel a little guilty about toying with Ron like this?"
"Oh yeah sure I do, but it's still fun," He said winking at me and raising his voice so Ron could hear him "Shall we get a move on? The carriages will leave without us if we don't."
"Yeah. We better." He forced a smile at me and stood up and headed toward the portrait hole.
We walked towards the Great Hall and lined up near Filch, waiting for him to mark our names off on his list. He did without so much as a glance at us. Weird. Still, we weren't complaining. He's weird at the best of times. We got into the carriages and were joined by Ginny and Luna Lovegood. That girl is so strange. She refuses to believe in anything that is real. I just don't understand that.
We arrived in Hogsmeade and decided to look in the shop windows and just wander around and take everything as it came. Ginny decided to come along with us. Luna said she was going to visit her father at his office and I can tell you now that none of us were that sad to see her go. After looking around the small village for an hour or so we headed towards The Three Broomsticks for a bottle of butterbeer each and once we were settled Harry and Ron got started on a conversation about the upcoming Quidditch game they were playing in. Ginny and I exchanged a bored look and started talking about the Weird Sisters, the music group that had played at the Yule Ball in our fourth year.
"Have you heard their new song "Skeletons in the closet"? It's so cool." Ginny gushed.
"Yeah I have but personally I like their song "What do you think your doing"? They really aren't the kind of group I'd normally listen too but they are alright."
Truthfully I didn't like the Weird Sisters that much at all, but I had to look interested. I was actually paying more attention to Harry and Ron than I was to Ginny. Lately all I can think about is Ron. It's kind of driving me insane not to be able to tell anyone about what's really going on. I wish I could tell Ginny but she's Ron's sister so she's bound to tell him. I sighed audibly and Ginny looked at me with concern.
"Are you okay Hermione? You look troubled." She asked kindly.
"Hmm?" I said dragging my eyes away from Harry and Ron once again. "Oh yes, I'm fine Ginny, just thinking about things, that's all."
"Ok, but if you ever need to talk I'm here." She said a sincere smile on her face. I couldn't help it, I smiled back.
"You know Ginny, I may very well take you up on that offer very soon." I said resting my chin on my hand.
We sat in silence after that until Harry and Ron decided they'd had enough of talking and thought we should head back to the castle because it was getting late. We agreed, and payed for our butterbeers and left out into the cold winter wind. I pulled my cloak tighter around me and felt my teeth begin to chatter and felt an arm encircle my waist and a hand rub up and down my arms warming me up instantly.
"Mmm thanks." I said leaning against the warm body of whom I thought was Harry but actually turned out to be.
"Ron?! What are you doing?" Oh shut up Hermione this is what you want! A little voice whispered in my ear.
"Just.uh warming you up. Can't I do that?" he asked. He didn't even sound nervous. He should have been! He was just standing there flirting with his best friends "girlfriend". Sheesh.
"Where's Harry got too, he shouldn't expect you to do his job." I said smiling up at Ron.
He frowned before answering me.
"He went to Quality Quidditch Supplies to get some new gloves. Ginny went with him because she had to go next door into the Magical Menagerie to get some pellets for Pig. I told her he didn't need any but she insisted. Besides I think she wanted to talk to Harry about something."
"Oh ok. So are we heading back to Hogwarts on our own?" I asked hoping against hope that he would say yes.
"Yep. We sure are. Unless.you want to wait for them?" he asked with a hint of disappointment in his voice.
"No no. Let's go. That way we can get back earlier and make a start on that Potions essay due tomorrow."
"Ok. Hang on a minute. You said "we" you haven't started your essay?!" he asked in disbelief.
I blushed with embarrassment. Then answered him so quietly that I hoped he wouldn't hear me. Evidently he did.
"Wow, quick, somebody owl the Daily Prophet, Hermione Granger hasn't started her homework! This should make the front page. I can't believe it." He said shaking his head.
"Alright. You don't have to rub it in you know. Besides, I'm sure you haven't started yet either."
I said smirking at him. My smirk became wider as his the tips of his ears began to turn red. I laughed at him and pushed him away and ran towards the entrance to Hogwarts, I looked over my shoulder to see him standing there stunned for a minute before chasing after me. I knew why he was shocked. It was because we usually end up in a fight over undone homework. I just wasn't in the mood to fight with him at the moment. I mean, I never am in the mood to fight but sometimes it's inevitable.
*** "Hermione?"
I heard a voice call through the dormitory door a few hours later. We had just finished our essays a half an hour before and I was exhausted so I had decided to have an early night and had retreated to my dorm not long after.
I opened my eyes and looked at the door. I really didn't feel like talking to anyone right now but I'm not the type to turn someone away.
"Come in." I called out to the voice that I had no idea to whom it belonged.
The door creaked open and Ginny stuck her head around the door and smiled at me and came over. I sat up on my bed indian style and Ginny followed suit, giving me a penetrating stare. I couldn't take it any longer as she continued to stare at me.
"What is it Ginny?" I asked politely.
"You don't like Harry do you?" she asked accusingly, crossing her arms across her chest threatingly.
"What? Of course I like Harry! He's my best friend!" I couldn't believe she was asking me this.
"Ha!" she exclaimed loudly, startling me so much that I nearly fell off of my bed.
"Best friend! You said he was your best friend! NOT your boyfriend!"
"I.I .meant boyfriend." I had to exercise great care not to cringe at calling Harry my boyfriend.
"No you didn't. I know you don't really care about him Hermione, and I'm going to tell him. He deserves to know. You can't just play with people like that."
I stared at her with my mouth hanging open. What? She had misinterpreted everything. I had to do something! I couldn't let her ruin everything. But did I really want to tell her what we were doing?
***
Ah sweet little cliffhanger. Had to put that in. Thought I did rather well lol. Well you know what to do. Review. I think I've worked out what I'm doing. It went through a bit of a rut there for a while didn't it? Cursed chapter 3. Anyway hope you are enjoying my story so far.
~ Nesserz.
You see, I never and I mean never leave my homework until the last minute, which is what I have done. That's my top priority above everything else. It's all because of Ron that I haven't done any of it and he hasn't got a clue! Right now he probably thinks I'm off snogging Harry somewhere which I might add, is totally disturbing, to me anyway. I'm sure half of the Hogwarts population would love to be doing that but not me. Harry, Hermione and snogging do NOT go in the same sentence well at all. However if you were to replace the name Harry with Ron.I wouldn't be complaining.
Sometimes I just want to go up to Ron and shout in his face "Are you really that thick?" But he's my best friend. I can't do that. I just don't know what to do anymore! It's so confusing. I have to stop thinking. Not that it's really an easy feat when Lavender and Parvati are giggling about who they're going to rope in going to Hogsmeade with them tomorrow. Wait? Hogsmeade? Tomorrow? Perfect! I was wondering when one of these would come up. It was the perfect excuse to go on a "date" with Harry and drag Ron along. I yanked the curtains around my four-poster open and rushed out the dormitory and almost flew downstairs to the common room in search of Harry. I found him. Playing chess with Ron. I headed down the stairs towards them and sat next to Harry who greeted me with a kiss on the cheek and a hug and I saw Ron grimace. Apparently he wasn't fine with us dating. I smiled, thinking things were looking up for the two of us. I watched them finish their game of chess then voiced what was on my mind.
"Hey guys, there's Hogsmeade trip tomorrow and since it's such nice weather we could go along and maybe have lunch at The Three Broomsticks? What do you think?"
I asked holding my breath and praying at the same time that they'd both say yes.
"Sure, sounds great." Harry said nodding and trying to concentrate on his first move in their next game. I smiled and looked at Ron for his answer.
"I wouldn't want to get in the way." He said quietly concentrating on the game also.
"What? You wouldn't Ron. You're still our friend, we want you there, and it's not fun otherwise. But if you really don't want to go, by all means stay here but beware. Lavender and Parvati are on the lookout for dates for tomorrow and I know how good you are at saying no."
I said smirking at him. The look on his face was priceless. He cleared his throat and looked at me properly.
"Uhm. On second thoughts, I think I will join you guys tomorrow. On one condition: You make sure that Lavender AND Parvati know I have prior arrangements with you guys and I am not going to date them."
He said looking harshly at me. I held my hands up in front of my face.
"You have my word." I smiled knowing that part one of my mini plan was underway.
***
I looked at myself in the mirror hanging on the back or our dormitory door criticising my outfit. I had on one of the jumpers Mrs. Weasley had knitted me since it was so warm and a black woollen skirt. I cursed my wardrobe. It was so unfair that us girls have to wear skirts all the time and freeze our legs off when the boys had nice warm pants on. I sighed deciding there was nothing I could do about my appearance. I grabbed my cloak off the end of my bed, put it on and headed downstairs, preparing to wait for Harry and Ron. I arrived to find them already down there, continuing their chess game from the night before.
"Hey," I said hugging Harry around the waist and surprising him slightly because he had his back to me. He twisted around and kissed me on the forehead. I raised an eyebrow at him then leant my forehead against his and smiled seductively at him for Ron's benefit and whispered,
"Your enjoying this aren't you?" I said smirking at him.
"You bet I am. This is the most fun I've had in ages." He said returning my smirk.
"Don't you feel a little guilty about toying with Ron like this?"
"Oh yeah sure I do, but it's still fun," He said winking at me and raising his voice so Ron could hear him "Shall we get a move on? The carriages will leave without us if we don't."
"Yeah. We better." He forced a smile at me and stood up and headed toward the portrait hole.
We walked towards the Great Hall and lined up near Filch, waiting for him to mark our names off on his list. He did without so much as a glance at us. Weird. Still, we weren't complaining. He's weird at the best of times. We got into the carriages and were joined by Ginny and Luna Lovegood. That girl is so strange. She refuses to believe in anything that is real. I just don't understand that.
We arrived in Hogsmeade and decided to look in the shop windows and just wander around and take everything as it came. Ginny decided to come along with us. Luna said she was going to visit her father at his office and I can tell you now that none of us were that sad to see her go. After looking around the small village for an hour or so we headed towards The Three Broomsticks for a bottle of butterbeer each and once we were settled Harry and Ron got started on a conversation about the upcoming Quidditch game they were playing in. Ginny and I exchanged a bored look and started talking about the Weird Sisters, the music group that had played at the Yule Ball in our fourth year.
"Have you heard their new song "Skeletons in the closet"? It's so cool." Ginny gushed.
"Yeah I have but personally I like their song "What do you think your doing"? They really aren't the kind of group I'd normally listen too but they are alright."
Truthfully I didn't like the Weird Sisters that much at all, but I had to look interested. I was actually paying more attention to Harry and Ron than I was to Ginny. Lately all I can think about is Ron. It's kind of driving me insane not to be able to tell anyone about what's really going on. I wish I could tell Ginny but she's Ron's sister so she's bound to tell him. I sighed audibly and Ginny looked at me with concern.
"Are you okay Hermione? You look troubled." She asked kindly.
"Hmm?" I said dragging my eyes away from Harry and Ron once again. "Oh yes, I'm fine Ginny, just thinking about things, that's all."
"Ok, but if you ever need to talk I'm here." She said a sincere smile on her face. I couldn't help it, I smiled back.
"You know Ginny, I may very well take you up on that offer very soon." I said resting my chin on my hand.
We sat in silence after that until Harry and Ron decided they'd had enough of talking and thought we should head back to the castle because it was getting late. We agreed, and payed for our butterbeers and left out into the cold winter wind. I pulled my cloak tighter around me and felt my teeth begin to chatter and felt an arm encircle my waist and a hand rub up and down my arms warming me up instantly.
"Mmm thanks." I said leaning against the warm body of whom I thought was Harry but actually turned out to be.
"Ron?! What are you doing?" Oh shut up Hermione this is what you want! A little voice whispered in my ear.
"Just.uh warming you up. Can't I do that?" he asked. He didn't even sound nervous. He should have been! He was just standing there flirting with his best friends "girlfriend". Sheesh.
"Where's Harry got too, he shouldn't expect you to do his job." I said smiling up at Ron.
He frowned before answering me.
"He went to Quality Quidditch Supplies to get some new gloves. Ginny went with him because she had to go next door into the Magical Menagerie to get some pellets for Pig. I told her he didn't need any but she insisted. Besides I think she wanted to talk to Harry about something."
"Oh ok. So are we heading back to Hogwarts on our own?" I asked hoping against hope that he would say yes.
"Yep. We sure are. Unless.you want to wait for them?" he asked with a hint of disappointment in his voice.
"No no. Let's go. That way we can get back earlier and make a start on that Potions essay due tomorrow."
"Ok. Hang on a minute. You said "we" you haven't started your essay?!" he asked in disbelief.
I blushed with embarrassment. Then answered him so quietly that I hoped he wouldn't hear me. Evidently he did.
"Wow, quick, somebody owl the Daily Prophet, Hermione Granger hasn't started her homework! This should make the front page. I can't believe it." He said shaking his head.
"Alright. You don't have to rub it in you know. Besides, I'm sure you haven't started yet either."
I said smirking at him. My smirk became wider as his the tips of his ears began to turn red. I laughed at him and pushed him away and ran towards the entrance to Hogwarts, I looked over my shoulder to see him standing there stunned for a minute before chasing after me. I knew why he was shocked. It was because we usually end up in a fight over undone homework. I just wasn't in the mood to fight with him at the moment. I mean, I never am in the mood to fight but sometimes it's inevitable.
*** "Hermione?"
I heard a voice call through the dormitory door a few hours later. We had just finished our essays a half an hour before and I was exhausted so I had decided to have an early night and had retreated to my dorm not long after.
I opened my eyes and looked at the door. I really didn't feel like talking to anyone right now but I'm not the type to turn someone away.
"Come in." I called out to the voice that I had no idea to whom it belonged.
The door creaked open and Ginny stuck her head around the door and smiled at me and came over. I sat up on my bed indian style and Ginny followed suit, giving me a penetrating stare. I couldn't take it any longer as she continued to stare at me.
"What is it Ginny?" I asked politely.
"You don't like Harry do you?" she asked accusingly, crossing her arms across her chest threatingly.
"What? Of course I like Harry! He's my best friend!" I couldn't believe she was asking me this.
"Ha!" she exclaimed loudly, startling me so much that I nearly fell off of my bed.
"Best friend! You said he was your best friend! NOT your boyfriend!"
"I.I .meant boyfriend." I had to exercise great care not to cringe at calling Harry my boyfriend.
"No you didn't. I know you don't really care about him Hermione, and I'm going to tell him. He deserves to know. You can't just play with people like that."
I stared at her with my mouth hanging open. What? She had misinterpreted everything. I had to do something! I couldn't let her ruin everything. But did I really want to tell her what we were doing?
***
Ah sweet little cliffhanger. Had to put that in. Thought I did rather well lol. Well you know what to do. Review. I think I've worked out what I'm doing. It went through a bit of a rut there for a while didn't it? Cursed chapter 3. Anyway hope you are enjoying my story so far.
~ Nesserz.