Author's Note: Hey ladies and germs, did you miss us? Sorry it took me so long, I was suffering from a writer's block and lack of interest. Fortunately, I came around. This chapter is really PG-13ish, so proceed with caution. For our guy readers (if there are any), this chapter starts to show its soap opera colors. You have been warned. As always, don't forget to review and tell us what you think about our quickly growing up baby! –K
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Hermione lay on her bed in the fifth year girls' dormitory, crying heavily. How could Ron just go and sleep with Lavender? She felt like a fool for actually thinking that she and Ron shared something special. She was just another prize to him, something that he could parade around in front of his friends. Just then she heard a tiny knock at the door.
"Go away, Ron. I don't want to see you right now."
She heard the door open and turned around quickly wiping her eyes. She refused to cry in front of that beast. When she turned around with a look of anger on her face, she saw a red-head, but it wasn't Ron. It was Ginny.
"Hermione?" she asked in a tiny voice "Are you O.K.? What's wrong?"
"Nothing, Ginny. Just please…leave me alone. Seeing you reminds me of him."
Ginny raised her eyebrows and sat on Hermione's bed.
"What? I remind you of someone?"
"Yeah, you remind me of Ron."
Ginny looked confused.
"And that's a bad thing because…?"
Hermione looked away, beginning to tear up again. She quickly grabbed a tissue, wiped her eyes and then blew her nose, trying to get herself under control.
"Well…I really don't know how to put this, but Ron…he slept with…he slept with Lavender."
Ginny gasped and put her hand over her mouth.
"Wait…that wasn't you?"
Hermione looked at her quizzically.
"What do you mean, 'that wasn't you'?"
"What I mean is sometime in June, Ron told Fred and George that he had 'gotten some' for the first time. They asked him who it was, but he wouldn't tell anyone."
"Then why did you guys believe him?"
"He showed Fred and George some pictures he had gotten of the girls body."
Hermione felt like throwing up.
"He actually took pictures of Lavender's naked body?"
"Oh yes. According to Ron, she was all for it. He even claimed that it had been her idea."
Hermione picked up a framed picture in which her and Ron had their arms around each other and were smiling and waving to the camera. She stared into Ron's eyes before throwing it across the room with an ear-splitting scream, the frame and glass flying everywhere. Ginny yelped, jumped a foot, and looked at Hermione.
"You ok?"
Hermione turned to look at Ginny, a strange gleam in her brown eyes.
"Oh, I will be. I can't speak for Ron though, because after I'm finished with him, he will be begging for his life…"
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Ron lay on the couch in the common room, trying not to cry. He wondered why he always screwed up the best things in his life as he took out the photographs of Lavender and looked at them. He was just about to rip them up but just then, he heard a door shut and he sat up straight trying to shove the photos in his pocket. When he looked up, he saw Lavender.
"Oh… 'Ello Lavender" he said, feeling apprehensive.
She batted her eyes and grinned seductively.
"Hello Ronny-boy."
Ron gulped and looked at her. She was wearing a rather revealing pajama set. It certainly didn't leave much to the imagination although Ron really didn't have to imagine what was underneath it anymore. He managed to lift his eyes up to her face where Lavender's gray eyes were open wide with innocence.
"Want to take some more of those photos?"
With that said Lavender carefully tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and began to undo the first button as Ron watched, mouth open.
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Author's Note: You liked that didn't you? J/K! Anyways, I gave you the goods, right, so how about you do me a favor and review? Thanks! -K
