Harry turned and left as soon as Tyler touched Stephanie. Hermione was the first person he saw after that. She was listening to Seamus. She was looking at him, but she didn't seem to be paying attention. Harry grinned and walked over to her. "Hey Seamus, I'm sorry, but I have to talk to Hermione" He said. Seamus frowned and said "Ok, I'll finish my story later Hermione! It's really funny!" "I'm sure it is Seamus! I can't wait!" Hermione said politely.

"Thanks!" She grinned as soon as Seamus was out of hearing distance. Harry and Hermione began to talk about the upcoming trip to Hogsmeade. Hermione was very excited about it. She loved how it felt, to suddenly remember things after feeling as though she lived in a fog. "So Hermione, you know how Dumbledor was talking about the Hallows eve ball?" Harry asked slowly. "I know last year Ron and I totally screwed up, but I was hoping this year, you'd like to go with me" He hurried on. "What happened last year?" Hermione asked innocently. "Uh-well. . ." "I'm joking Harry! I'd love to go with you!" She smiled. Harry smiled, but he wasn't really all that excited.

Ron and Parvati pretty much had the exact same conversation in the Common Room.

Later that night, Parvati was changing into her pajamas when a thought struck her. "Since when does Ron not disgust me?" she asked herself. "Everything is so different now!"

~*~

Football practice was starting the next morning. Their first game was a couple weeks away. Ron had to get up early, because the Professor Formsma had scheduled an early practice. Ron groaned and rolled over. He looked at his watch on the table next to his bed and rubbed his eyes. He slowly got up and sat on the edge of his bed for a couple seconds, then he changed and dragged himself downstairs. He heard someone run up the girl's staircase, but ignored it as he slumped over to the portrait hole. When he got outside he saw that he, Tyler, and Peter were the first ones there. Peter was sitting on bench wrapped up in a blanket drinkingf something steaming in his hands. Tyler was jogging in place and talking to himself. Ron stood there watching him until Tyler saw him. "Hey Weasley! Never knew you played football until the try-outs! Think we'll have a good team this year?" Ron didn't know what to say. He'd expected Tyler to be gruff, like the way he'd seen him in the common room the other morning. This morning he semed genuinely nice. "You okay Weasley?" Tyler asked. "Yeah" Ron said, "It's just so early, I'm not thinking yet" He laughed nervously. Tyler chuckled. "You'll get used to it! You wanna run some drills?" Ron didn't know why, he knew he should hate Tyler after what he'd seen, but he couldn't. He almost wondered if he misunderstood what had happened that day.