Chapter two – Sleeping Potion

Ron's POV

What is the matter with her? I make one tiny mistake and she won't talk to me unless she's insulting me. No wonder Harry went to sit next to Ginny, he is probably sick of the two of us fighting all the time, I really should say sorry to him for that.

But I suppose it doesn't annoy him that much because otherwise he'd say something wouldn't he? Who knows! Hmm I wonder where Hermione's gone; well I did just leave her and hurry over to the Gryffindor table without asking if she wanted to come.

Who would have thought that one little thing could cause all these problems. Maybe it was my fault but she could have given me the benefit of the doubt. It reminds me of when we had that argument in our forth year over 'Vicky'. I really do hate that guy, even if I did get his autograph. I never knew why I disliked him so much, Hermione was acting as though I was jealous or something. But really, me jealous of him? Just because he's rich, famous and good with girls doesn't mean I envy him.

But still why Hermione? She was fourteen years old! He was eighteen, what a pervert! But as you can see, I'm completely over it. Anyway, I'd better go and see if Harry is done talking to Ginny, maybe we could have a game of chess.

When I walked over to them they looked very secretive. "Hi Harry, do you want to play some chess?" I asked. "Um, yeah sure. See you, Ginny" Harry replied. "Yeah bye, Ginny" I said. She smiled at me in a peculiar way before she said: "Bye!"

Before we'd made it out of the door, Hermione came up behind us. "Hi guys, where you going?" she asked cheerfully. "To play chess, want to come?" Harry asked. Hermione looked at me. "Um no that's ok. I have loads of homework to do. See you later" Hermione replied before rushing off.

Hermione's POV

I'm not sure why I rushed off like that; I guess it was because of Ron. Everything is different between us since 'the incident'. We are being a bit childish though I suppose him more than me. I haven't really got any homework to do; I only said that because I knew Ron wouldn't want me there.

So now I'm bored and have no where to go. Maybe I should go and visit Hagrid for a while then go back to the common room and do a bit of reading. Yes, that seems like a good idea. 

When I got to Hagrid's door, I knocked gently. The door opened and there was Hagrid. "Ello Hermione, what are yer doin' 'ere?" "Oh I just thought I'd come and visit" I replied, smiling. "Where are Harry an' Ron?" Hagrid asked. "Playing chess, I had to go and do some homework so I left them to it" I replied. "I 'eard that yer an' Ron were havin' a few problems" Hagrid began while he closed the hut door and I took a seat by the fireplace.

"Yeah, just a few. We keep arguing over nothing, I'm not sure why" I said. This reminded me of third year when I came to see Hagrid when Ron wasn't talking to me because of 'Scabbers' but this time I wasn't crying.  It seems so stupid now because that asshole Peter could have made me and Ron hate each other for ever. But maybe not because he forgave me after I hugged him; that was a quite a nice hug…

"So are yer gettin used ter bein' back at Hogwarts?" Hagrid asked. "Yeah, it's nice to be back" I replied. Me and Hagrid sat talking for a while till I decided it was time to go back. "Well thanks Hagrid, hope to see you soon" I said. "Same ter yer Hermione". We said our last goodbyes and I left walking in the dark with the stars and moon as my only light.

I climbed through the portrait and appeared in the common room only to see Ron sitting staring into the fireplace. Not wanting to cause another argument, I crept past him and began to walk up the stairs, but one of them creaked.

Ron stood up to face me. "Where have you been?" Ron asked angrily. "That's none of your business!" I replied. "There you go again being all defence! Why do you always do that?" Ron asked, his ears turning red. "Maybe if you stopped accusing me of things I wouldn't be so defensive!" I said.

Ron threw his arm's up into the air. "Fine!" He stormed upstairs and left me all alone in the common room. I sat down in a chair and silent tears flowed down my cheeks. 

Harry's POV

I was up nice and early this morning so I could meet Ginny in the common room at 7:45 to discuss our plan. I quickly and quietly got dressed and tip toed down the stairs and saw Ginny waiting for me. She looked quite nice with her red hair over her shoulders in elegant curls. "Hi" I said. "Hiya, ready to start plotting?" Ginny asked. "Yes" I replied, laughing slightly.

By the time we'd talked about everything, it was time for breakfast. We were going to meet in here at 12:45 to put our plan into action. I waited for Ron and Hermione to come downstairs and then the three of us went to breakfast.

They were both very quiet and I noticed that Hermione's eyes were slightly red, as though she had been crying recently. I was about to ask what was wrong until post arrived and she was too busy reading the Daily Prophet.

The morning went by slowly. Luckily we didn't have potions today and had Charms and Transfiguration which wasn't too bad. By 12:30 I was in the Great Hall rushing my dinner so I could meet Ginny in fifteen minutes. Once I had finished, I checked my watch and saw that it was 12:40 so I said goodbye to Ron and Hermione and hurried up to the Gryffindor common room.

When I got there, Ginny was no where to be seen but a few minutes later, she appeared. "Are you ready for this, Harry?" Ginny asked. "Yup, are you?" I asked. Ginny nodded and we both made our way to the Hospital Wing. I knocked on the door and a few seconds later, Madam Pomfrey appeared.

"Hello, Mr Potter you're not injured again are you?" she asked, raising her eyebrows. "Um no not this time. My friend Ginny here doesn't feel very well". Ginny clutched her stomach and said in a strained voice. "I think I had too many chocolate frogs. I already threw up in the toilet" Ginny said. "Oh dear, come with me and lay down. Potter I'm afraid you can't stay" Madam Pomfrey said. "Ok" I replied.

While she nursed Ginny by a bed, I went through into her office and looked around for a cabinet. I found an old, rusty one but it was locked so I said: "Alohomora" and the lock clicked open. I searched through the potions and saw 'Skele-Gro' and flinched slightly, remembering how awful it tasted. I eventually found about ten bottles of Sleeping Potion.

I opened my bag and pulled out an empty flask and filled it with a few drops from each bottle so Madam Pomfrey didn't become suspicious. When I knew I had enough I locked the cabinet and crept past Madam Pomfrey and Ginny. I gave Ginny the thumbs up on my way out. The first part of our plan was complete.

Ginny's POV

It took a while until Madam Pomfrey decided I was well enough to leave. I practically ran to my next lesson. When all my afternoon lessons were over, I went to find Harry in the Great Hall. All we had to do now was use the sleeping potion and now it was my turn.

I went back to the common room and filled two cups with sleeping potion and left them on a table. A few minutes later, Ron and Hermione entered bickering. I quickly picked up one of the cups and pretended to drink.

"Hi Ginny, why are you on your own?" Hermione asked. "I was here with Colin but he had to rush off before he finished his drink" I replied, placing the cup back on the table. Ron and Hermione sat down next to each other on the sofa. A few minutes later, Harry entered the room with a rather flustered expression.

"Ginny, I found some of your clothes thrown around outside of the Great Hall, I think you better come" Harry said. "Who could have done that?" Ron asked me with concern. "I'm not sure, I'd better go and see" I said. Before I left the room I quickly added: "Oh, you two can finish those drinks if you want".

No ones POV

Ron and Hermione sat in silence for a while sipping their drinks. "Wait, this doesn't taste like-" Hermione began. But she never got to finish her sentence because she suddenly fell asleep on Ron's shoulder who was also fast asleep.

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