Chapter Two:The Meeting


When Harry got down to the Great hall, he saw Ron talking to Seamus and Dean. He also noticed that Hermione was sitting with...Lavender, Parvati, and Ginny? Harry shook his head and walked over to Ron, Seamus, and Dean.

"Hey." He said as he sat down next to Ron. "What are you guys talking about?" He asked.

"Parvati, Lavender, and Hermione." Seamus answered as he glanced at the three girls.

"What do you mean?" Harry asked.

"We mean," Dean started. "That they have been acting weird." He said simply.

"How so?" Harry asked. Ron sighed.

"Well, you know that thing with Hermione this morning?" He asked. Harry nodded. "Yeah, well, when she walked into the Great Hall after me, she walked right by me. I thought she was mad at me. But when I looked at her, she started walking backwards, smiled and winked at me. Then she turned back around and walked off to sit with Parvati, Lavender, and Ginny." Ron finished.

"Yeah," Seamus continued. "And Lavender has been doing stuff like that to me, too." He said.

"Same here." Dean added with a slight blush. "The only thing we can figure is that they are seventeen and weird." He finished. Harry shook his head.

"Ginny's not seventeen." He said without thinking. Ron swiftly looked at Harry.

"What do you mean, 'Ginny's not seventeen'?" He asked sharply. Harry gulped.

"Um, she did the same thing to m-me." He said, afraid of what Ron was going to do. Ron gave him a deadly glare that almost screamed, 'Hurt her and DIE!' But Harry didn't really understand it.

"Well, that throws our theory out the window." Ron said to the three boys with a shrug. And Harry just dropped it.


"So...." Parvati asked Hermione as she sat down. Hermione lips spread into a smile.

"He was stuttering." She said. Lavender laughed.

"Yeah, well, when I ran my finger along Seamus jaw, a swear it looked like he was going to kiss me." She said happily. Parvati raised her eye-brows and nodded in approval.

"With Dean, when the common room was empty; a pretended to run toward the girls stairs, trip, and then I fell into him. The thing is; when we landed, I was straddling him." She said with a giggle. "Then I whispered 'Thanks for braking my fall' and ran up the stairs." She finished. Ginny rolled her eyes.

"I practically did the same thing as Hermione, except I kissed Harry on the cheek." She said as she started eating. Parvati held back a laugh.

"Harry'll fall for it, he probable thinks you look totally hot this year." She said, then she took a bite of her mashed potatoes. Hermione shook her head.

"Well, I have to go talk to Ron about an assignment." She said as she got up. Lavender rolled her eyes.

"Whatever you say, Hun." She said before Hermione got up.


Harry stared along the table at Ginny. She did look different this year. She had filled out nicely.

"Harry." Ron said, catching Harry's attention. Harry shock himself out of his thought.

"Yeah?" He asked.

"She's coming this way." Ron whispered, sounding frantic. Harry was about to asked who, when he saw Hermione heading toward them. Harry smiled.

"So..." He said. Ron's eyes widened.

"So, she's acting all strange." He said. Harry laughed.

"She's one of your best friends. Talk to her like you nomally...no, scratch that. Don't yell at her." He said, just as Hermione got to Ron. She came around to the other side of Ron, drawling her arm along his shoulder as she did so. Then she bent to his level, and put both her hands of either side of his shoulders.

"You needed to borrow my notes." She said, a smile playing on her lips. Ron took in a breath.

"Y-yeah." He said. Hermione smiled and nodded.

"They're in the common room." She said, pointing up in the vicinity of Gryffindor tower. Ron nodded.

"O-okay." He said. Hermione straitened up.

"Coming?" She asked in a would-be innocent voice. Ron gulped.

"Y-yeah." He said, then he slowly stood up. Harry had to try real hard to hold back a laugh as Hermione led Ron -by the hand- out of the Great Hall.

"Blokes gonna need oxygen when she's through with him." Seamus said with a snicker. Harry and Dean both broke into a fit of laughs and nodded their heads.


Ginny raised a knowing eye-brow as Hermione led Ron out of the Great Hall.

"She's going in for the kill already?" Lavender asked. Ginny shook her head.

"No," She said in amusement. "She's activating the hunt." She said. Parvati and Lavender both laughed at Ginny's choice of words.