As March approached, the climate grew steadily warmer. It was still cold - it just didn't have the bite it had had in the winter. The snow had melted by now, and was replaced by rain - ever constant rain.

Jamie was on her way to the library - it wasn't like there was anywhere else to go. She would have gone outside - had it not been raining like mad.

She ascended from under the castle and started across the entrance hall, when she saw Lisa - drenched and thoroughly wet.

"Hi Jamie!" she said with a huge grin on her face. She was dripping everywhere - it was as if a puddle was following her around like a lost puppy.

"Lisa, I don't know if you've noticed, but you're dripping wet."

Lisa looked down at her heavily hanging soaked robes. "Oh yeah, that."

She looked up at Jamie and smiled, "Tom took me for a walk."

"Okay. So."

"He asked me out!" she exclaimed, shaking her hair everywhere as she jumped up and down. Jamie backed away to avoid getting wet, herself.

"What does Ron think about this?" Jamie pointed out.

Lisa's face fell, "Oh, you take the fun out of everything." she moped.

"Well, to be quite honest, I think you should tell your boyfriend before you go out with someone else." Jamie said sagely.

Lisa stomped her foot. "Oh, but that's just the thing! I told Tom yes, and so therefore, Ron HAS to be okay with it."

Jamie eyed Lisa critically.

"He has to!" she whined.

Jamie put her head in her hands. "Are you going to tell him, or not?"

"Yes, I'll tell him." Lisa defended. "But."

"But?"

"But."

"."

"But. But!"

Jamie laughed. *Is this girl really a Ravenclaw?*

"But what?"

Lisa sighed in frustration.

"Do you want me to talk to him?" Jamie asked, slightly exhausted with the conversation.

"No. I'll do that.but."

Jamie was getting tired of Lisa's constant stubborn rebuttals.

"Look, It would be better if he heard it from you, rather than from Parvati Patil, or someone like that."

Lisa smiled. "You're right."

"I always am." Jamie replied, grinning.

Lisa shook her head, and then stood up as tall as she could, and let out a deep exhale. "Okay. I'll tell him." Her eyes darted away towards the ground quickly, "tomorrow." She added hastily.

"Today." Jamie corrected.

"Today. Yes, today."

Lisa walked off, repeating the word - over and over and over.

~~~~~~~~~~

The next morning was normal as any other day. Except, of course, for the fact that Ron would mutter curses under his breath every two or three sentences. Hermione was, also, randomly bright and chipper.

Harry was going on and on about how awful his last detention was. "Not only was I supposed to be organizing the Potions classroom, I had to be under the supervision of Snape." Harry gave an involuntary shudder, and scowled at his breakfast.

Meanwhile Ron was glaring murderously at somebody at the Ravenclaw table. "Look at him. Trying to impress *everybody* around. I bet half of what he's telling them isn't even true!"

"Then, after that, he made me *clean.* Do you know how grimy that place is? It's a dungeon, for crying out loud!"

"Oh, and look at that. Lisa's drinking in every word of it. Maybe he's got a spell on everyone - he can't possibly be *that* interesting to listen to - or to look at for that matter."

Hermione and Jamie just ate silently - nodding from time to time.

"Oh, but that's not all. I had to be there all night, or else my punishment wouldn't be sufficient, he told me. The ugly git."

"He could have at least *told* me he was planning on stealing her. That way, I could dump her first - and save some of my dignity!"

"Cobwebs! Imagine, the cobwebs of the potions classroom. There's no telling what Snape might have done experimentally to those spiders. And I had to clean it up!"

"Are you even listening to what I'm saying?"

Hermione and Jamie nodded once again.

And the madness continued.

"Potter do this, Potter do that."

"Tom said this, Tom really likes that."

Hermione and Jamie looked at each other, and nodded in silent agreement.

"Ron!" Hermione finally exclaimed. "We're all aware of your terrible loss, but we'd rather not have you list everything that's wrong with Tom! I don't care!"

Harry, however, ignored Hermione's shouts at Ron, and kept on going. "Not good enough, Potter. Missed a spot, Pot-" Jamie silenced Harry with a kiss. He stopped talking, much to Jamie's relief.

Ron rounded on Hermione, "So, you're on his side now, are you?"

Hermione rolled her eyes, and turned back to her food.

"I wouldn't be surprised if you just went and followed Lisa over there."

"Eat your food, Ron."

"Why should I?"

"Because you dished a whole plateful!"

"So, suddenly I'm stuck to an obligation to eat every bit of it?"

"You could at least make an attempt!"

"I have made an attempt, and it seems it just kept backfiring on me every time!"

Before they realized it, they had stopped talking about Ron's food.

"Maybe it wasn't a good enough attempt!"

"Maybe you were too busy with people like Krum!"

"Maybe you were too busy with people like Lisa!"

"Maybe I've tried to be a friend, but even that wouldn't work out!"

"Maybe you just weren't a good enough friend!"

"Maybe I wan-" Ron was about to say something, but decided actions speaking louder than words. He kissed her firmly, and then said, "Is that good enough for you?"

He got up and left the Great Hall, with Hermione still sitting - dazed. Harry closed his mouth when he noticed it had been open for quite a time.

"And I thought detention was bad."