Harry opened his eyes early. There were no sounds at all, telling him Ron
was up already. Then he heard soft murmurs in the common room. Someone was
awake. Down in the common room, little did Harry know, Ron and Hermione
were planning the schedule to make sure Harry didn't see Ron and Cho.
Hermione was whispering softly ".and then on the train, I'll take Neville,
Harry, and Lavender into one compartment, you take Cho into another. If you
get back before we do, which might be a while, I'll slow us down, you sit
down a pretend to have been working on that essay. I've made all the
corrections except a few last night, so just get working on--" They heard
Harry stumbling down the stairs. Accio Potions Essay Hermione said and
Harry walked into the room.
"Mornin'" Harry said stretching, "Wait, what the blimey are you two doing down here so early?"
"I'm showing him how to make this essay his own." Hermione said matter-of- factly. Ron looked amazed.
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Ron stood in the common room door. "Good luck, Hermi, don't give Neville too much love." Hermione scowled at him.
"It's because of you that I'm going with Neville," Hermione snapped
"What about me?" Neville asked as he came through the common room door, "Besides that, let's go sweetie, we're going to miss the train." He grabbed Hermione's arm and dragged her out of the common room, rolling her eyes. Harry looked at Ron.
"You know, you're looking peaky, mate." Harry said, "C'mon with us. It'll be fine. I haven't even started my essay." Ron just brushed the air, so Harry left, Lavender behind him. She smiled at Ron before they left.
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On the line to get on the train, Hermione looked like she was looking for someone. " What are you looking for? You've got you're boyfriend right there!" Harry said jokingly.
"Oh, Shut up." Hermione said as she boarded the train. They took a compartment in the middle of the train. Harry started a conversation with Lavender and Neville about the ministry and how Fudge was resigning. Hermione declared she was going to see if Ginny wanted to come into their compartment, so she got up and left.
As soon as she left Harry and Lavender alone, Hermione walked down the aisle to Ron's compartment. There she found Cho and Ron, eating some chocolate frogs Ron stole from Harry. Hermione sighed 'If only Harry knew where those frogs were going.' she thought guiltily. Ginny was also in there. Ron looked up at Hermione.
"I owe you one." He said smiling. Cho looked up at Hermione and smiled as Ron threw a chocolate frog up at her. She sat down next to an excited Ginny. This was her first time in Hogsmeade.
"Jr. Prongs doesn't seem that upset." Hermione told Ron, knowing they had a code Cho couldn't brake. "Does his dreamgirl?" She added.
"Nope," Ron said, looking at Ginny, who seemed to be blushing with all the talk of Harry's love life. This being said, Cho thought they were talking about Ginny. "He's not ranting anymore, is he?"
"Once or twice he told me how dead you were going to be when he found out. Once yesterday in excruciating details. Told me he might have to use an unforgivable curse, but I talked him out of that." Hermione explained, "Well, I think I have to get back. I said I was looking for Ginny."
"Yeah, NEVILLE might come looking!" Ron said cracking up. Hermione just rolled her eyes as Ron continued laughing and shut the door.
*****
As they got off the train in Hogsmeade, Harry's mind had drifted off the ministry's conspiracy and back on to Cho and her new boyfriend. He couldn't understand it, last year they went together and granted they had a fight, but over the summer she did send him an owl saying how sorry she was. They started writing each other love letters! He just didn't understand it. Hermione dragged him off to the 3 broomsticks, where they sat with Dean, Partavi, Padma, Seamus, Ginny, and Collin Creevy drinking butterbeer. Hermione suddenly remember she was supposed to check on Ron and Cho.
"I've got to go buy some cat food. I've been feeding Crookshanks people food. He doesn't like it too much." Hermione said quickly, putting money for the butterbeers she'd drunk on the table. Neville was helping Dean decide what broomstick to buy with Seamus and Harry. Ginny, Partavi, Padma and Lavender were talking about who would be the next DAtDA teacher. Collin was the only one that noticed she was leaving.
"You can get cat food later!" He said, "Come on, have a few more butterbeers!"
"No! I have to do this now!" She said.
"Fine I'm coming with you."
"No Collin don't. You stay here with Ginny."
"Nope. I'm coming." Collin declared and Hermione felt she couldn't budge him from that. She rolled her eyes and opened the door
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She was to meet Ron and Cho at the post office. She stopped by a pet store and bought cat food on the way. Ron was there with Cho, so obviously about to snog her Hermione couldn't take it. She walked up to them, not caring if she ruined any 'special moment' or anything.
"Ron can I talk to you for a minute?" Hermione said. Cho looked taken aback. Hermione rolled her eyes dragging him to the side. Whispering so Cho wouldn't hear she said, "Ok, He's going to be here in an hour. That leaves you a half an hour to get down to the Diagon Alley side of Hogsmeade. Ok? Oh and Ron, remember that this is Harry's girl. Don't completely ruin his chances with her."
"No! I beat him to it, there's no reason why I shouldn't do whatever I'd like with her!" Ron whispered. Hermione rolled her eyes for the billionth time that day and stormed out of the store.
"You're hiding Ron from Harry aren't you?" Collin said stopping in the middle of the sidewalk.
"No we're--" Stopping, she knew couldn't bring herself to lie to a peer. Instead, she started talking to herself, "I dun know how I got myself into this. I should have just stayed out of it. None of my business, really. Huh. Never thought of that." Collin rolled his eyes and walked to the 3 broomsticks. "NO!" Hermione shouted. "No, Collin, You can NOT tell what you just saw to a single person in the world. Do you understand that?" Collin nodded.
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"Mornin'" Harry said stretching, "Wait, what the blimey are you two doing down here so early?"
"I'm showing him how to make this essay his own." Hermione said matter-of- factly. Ron looked amazed.
*****
Ron stood in the common room door. "Good luck, Hermi, don't give Neville too much love." Hermione scowled at him.
"It's because of you that I'm going with Neville," Hermione snapped
"What about me?" Neville asked as he came through the common room door, "Besides that, let's go sweetie, we're going to miss the train." He grabbed Hermione's arm and dragged her out of the common room, rolling her eyes. Harry looked at Ron.
"You know, you're looking peaky, mate." Harry said, "C'mon with us. It'll be fine. I haven't even started my essay." Ron just brushed the air, so Harry left, Lavender behind him. She smiled at Ron before they left.
*****
On the line to get on the train, Hermione looked like she was looking for someone. " What are you looking for? You've got you're boyfriend right there!" Harry said jokingly.
"Oh, Shut up." Hermione said as she boarded the train. They took a compartment in the middle of the train. Harry started a conversation with Lavender and Neville about the ministry and how Fudge was resigning. Hermione declared she was going to see if Ginny wanted to come into their compartment, so she got up and left.
As soon as she left Harry and Lavender alone, Hermione walked down the aisle to Ron's compartment. There she found Cho and Ron, eating some chocolate frogs Ron stole from Harry. Hermione sighed 'If only Harry knew where those frogs were going.' she thought guiltily. Ginny was also in there. Ron looked up at Hermione.
"I owe you one." He said smiling. Cho looked up at Hermione and smiled as Ron threw a chocolate frog up at her. She sat down next to an excited Ginny. This was her first time in Hogsmeade.
"Jr. Prongs doesn't seem that upset." Hermione told Ron, knowing they had a code Cho couldn't brake. "Does his dreamgirl?" She added.
"Nope," Ron said, looking at Ginny, who seemed to be blushing with all the talk of Harry's love life. This being said, Cho thought they were talking about Ginny. "He's not ranting anymore, is he?"
"Once or twice he told me how dead you were going to be when he found out. Once yesterday in excruciating details. Told me he might have to use an unforgivable curse, but I talked him out of that." Hermione explained, "Well, I think I have to get back. I said I was looking for Ginny."
"Yeah, NEVILLE might come looking!" Ron said cracking up. Hermione just rolled her eyes as Ron continued laughing and shut the door.
*****
As they got off the train in Hogsmeade, Harry's mind had drifted off the ministry's conspiracy and back on to Cho and her new boyfriend. He couldn't understand it, last year they went together and granted they had a fight, but over the summer she did send him an owl saying how sorry she was. They started writing each other love letters! He just didn't understand it. Hermione dragged him off to the 3 broomsticks, where they sat with Dean, Partavi, Padma, Seamus, Ginny, and Collin Creevy drinking butterbeer. Hermione suddenly remember she was supposed to check on Ron and Cho.
"I've got to go buy some cat food. I've been feeding Crookshanks people food. He doesn't like it too much." Hermione said quickly, putting money for the butterbeers she'd drunk on the table. Neville was helping Dean decide what broomstick to buy with Seamus and Harry. Ginny, Partavi, Padma and Lavender were talking about who would be the next DAtDA teacher. Collin was the only one that noticed she was leaving.
"You can get cat food later!" He said, "Come on, have a few more butterbeers!"
"No! I have to do this now!" She said.
"Fine I'm coming with you."
"No Collin don't. You stay here with Ginny."
"Nope. I'm coming." Collin declared and Hermione felt she couldn't budge him from that. She rolled her eyes and opened the door
*****
She was to meet Ron and Cho at the post office. She stopped by a pet store and bought cat food on the way. Ron was there with Cho, so obviously about to snog her Hermione couldn't take it. She walked up to them, not caring if she ruined any 'special moment' or anything.
"Ron can I talk to you for a minute?" Hermione said. Cho looked taken aback. Hermione rolled her eyes dragging him to the side. Whispering so Cho wouldn't hear she said, "Ok, He's going to be here in an hour. That leaves you a half an hour to get down to the Diagon Alley side of Hogsmeade. Ok? Oh and Ron, remember that this is Harry's girl. Don't completely ruin his chances with her."
"No! I beat him to it, there's no reason why I shouldn't do whatever I'd like with her!" Ron whispered. Hermione rolled her eyes for the billionth time that day and stormed out of the store.
"You're hiding Ron from Harry aren't you?" Collin said stopping in the middle of the sidewalk.
"No we're--" Stopping, she knew couldn't bring herself to lie to a peer. Instead, she started talking to herself, "I dun know how I got myself into this. I should have just stayed out of it. None of my business, really. Huh. Never thought of that." Collin rolled his eyes and walked to the 3 broomsticks. "NO!" Hermione shouted. "No, Collin, You can NOT tell what you just saw to a single person in the world. Do you understand that?" Collin nodded.
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