Disclaimer:  I do not own Harry Potter.

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Okay, I think I need to explain some things to you guys about the last chapter.  It seemed to upset some people.

Okay, some people might think it to be unbelievable that every single couple broke up.  Okay, it would be kind of extreme-but it could happen.  Think about it.  Ron and Hermione broke up because Hermione thought Ron didn't trust her.  Ron was just being protective because her ex-boyfriend was there.  It's natural-right?  The couples in the school aren't just breaking up because of that little trust-thing, even though it might seem that at first sight.  They're breaking up because they suddenly realize how different they are…

It's kind of a symbolic thingy-if you don't get it-you don't get it!  My parents are both in the psychological department-my dad's a child psychiatrist specialized in suicides and my mom is a therapist…

I just put that almost every couple is breaking up—it's sort of like a riot going on.  Imagine—two of your best friends broke up with their boyfriends because they were not trusting them.  You ask your boyfriend, who was best friends with your friends'ex-boyfriends, what he thinks.  What do you think he's going to answer? 

And guys- if your best friends' girlfriends broke up with them because they were mad at them for not trusting them around their ex's – and suddenly your girlfriend asks if you would not trust her around her ex boyfriend, chances are, you're going to agree with your best friends…

Not all people are like this though, but this is a fiction story, and I made almost all the people like this.  Hehe…I'm the author…I'm the boss!

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When Melanie and Ginny had finally made it through the crowd of girls to Hermione, they explained everything that had happened.

"So all the girls are mad at the boys because they agree with Ron?" asked Hermione, her eyebrows raised.

"Yep, that means that the guys think that you can have a relationship without trust." Said Melanie.

The girls around them nodded angrily.

"So what are we going to do?" asked Hermione. 

"We'll ignore them, and then they'll realize they were wrong, and how much they miss us, and then they'll apologize." Said Ginny, beaming.

"Yeah, but we'll be suffering too." said Hermione, sighing.

"How come?" asked Lavender, who was standing nearby.

"Well, we'll be missing them, too."

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"God, I miss Ginny already!" groaned Harry.

"Yeah alright already, let's go to the common room." Said Alex gloomily.

"Well…er…I'm going to the library.." said Neville, looking kind of nervous.

"Okay." Said Harry and Alex, not noticing Neville's nervousness because they were thinking about their girlfriends and what had happened.

Neville hurried to the library, but Luna wasn't there.  He quickly made his way to the Room of Requirement where he immediately saw Luna sitting on a chair, looking in a magazine (the Quibbler, latest edition- How to find a Yeppi-Yay).  She looked up when he came in.

"Hey."

"Hello."

There was a silence.

"Do you want to tell me something, Neville?" asked Luna.

Neville sighed.

"Yes, well, the boys and girls are having a fight, and well all the boys think Ron is right, but I sort of think Hermione is right too.  I mean, you can't have a relationship if you half-expect your partner to run off with someone else any minute." Said Neville.

Luna smiled at him, stood up and walked up to him and gave him a hug.

"I'm glad you think that.  I think most of the boys are thinking the same as you.  You know, this fight between the genders is not all about the Ron-Hermione incident." She said. 

Neville raised his eyebrows.

"It's not?"

"No, it's about the differenced between boys and girls.  You see, Ron did what any guy would have found natural, he was protective of what was his.  Hermione saw it as some sort of insult that he didn't trust her.  I'm sure she wouldn't like it if Fleur Delacour suddenly showed up here and came to teach." She said, her eyes twinkling.  "But now the couples in the school have all realized their differences, and they're letting it get in the way of their relationship.  This is something really impulsive, just because everybody else was doing it too.  I'm sure that Hermione hadn't made such a speech in the Great Hall during breakfast, and walked out, and then that Ginny and Melanie asked Harry and Alex what they thought, and that if only Hermione and Ron had a fight, then nobody would even think twice about breaking up with their boy or girlfriend.  It all started because of Alex and Harry, they're Ron's best friends, and Melanie and Ginny are Hermione's best friends, and so they both agreed with whoever was their best friend.  And then it went on and on until everybody suddenly decided to break up with their boy or girlfriend."

"Do you think it'll be over soon?" asked Neville.  Luna looked up, thinking.

"You know, I think it might be a while before both sides give in.  I think if Ron and Hermione, Harry and Ginny, Melanie and Alex get back together, the rest will follow their lead.  They're what started this.  Now you can see that the whole school is somehow connected." Said Luna.

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"Arghhh…This sucks!  I know that it was so stupid now.  Of course you can't have a relationship without trust!  But that isn't what Ron really said…he was just being protective…everybody would be that!" grumbled Harry.  Alex nodded.

"Yeah, but if we admit it to the girls…the guys will all think we're weak or something." He said.

"Piep-squeak." Said Harry, and the portrait swung forward to admit them into the Gryffindor common room.

They walked up to the boys' dormitories and found Ron reading Flying with the Chudley Cannons.

Why are you two so sad?  You've got no reason…like me!" he said heavily as they came in.

"Wrong.  We broke up with our girlfriends, too.  Actually, the whole school did." Said Harry, sighing and sitting on his bed.

"What?!" exclaimed Ron.  "Why?"

They explained the whole situation from their point of view.

"What?!" exclaimed Ron again.

"Yup." Confirmed Alex.

"The Slytherins too?" asked Ron disbelievingly.

"Nah, only the ones that had relationships with people from other Houses."

"So let me get this straight:  the whole school is divided into 3 groups: the girls, the boys and the Slytherins?  And all because me and Hermione broke up?"

"Yep."

"Oh.  Okay."

(From Ocean's Eleven, a wonderful movie! Brad Pitt says the yep part)

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The next couple of days went amazingly slow.  Classes went really bad because the girls sat on one side of the room and the boys on another.  They ignored each other. 

After what seemed like ages, the first two weeks of school had gone by.

"I can't take this anymore." Harry burst out one day in the library.

"Me neither." Said Alex, throwing down is quill.

"I miss Hermione so much." Said Ron gloomily, putting down his quill.

"This is just so stupid." Said Harry, looking around.

He was right.  The boys and girls wouldn't look at each other, but sometimes they would glance at the other with a sad expression.  Then their friend would say something and they would get back to saying how annoying and stupid the other was.

"Hey!  I might have an idea!" exclaimed Alex.  (yep, he always has the brilliant ideas)

"What?" chorused Harry and Ron.

"Yep." Said Alex, looking very proud of himself.

"Well, what is it?" asked Harry, glancing at Ginny who was sitting at a table with Hermione and Melanie, studying.  Luna was probably off somewhere with Neville; everybody saw them as some sort of traitors now.

"Well, I figured that if Ron apologizes to Hermione.."

"Why me?" interjected Ron.  Alex ignored him.

"..Then everybody will take their lead and get back together or if they weren't together with anyone, they'll stop being mad at the other gender." Said Alex, looking at Melanie.

Hermione saw him looking and bent over to whisper in Melanie's ear.  Melanie's eyes widened and she quickly looked up; when she saw Alex looking at her, she blushed and quickly looked back down.

Ginny glanced at Harry who glanced at her at the same time.  Their eyes met and they both blushed, looking away.

Hermione glared at Melanie and Ginny while Ron glared at Harry and Alex.

"I reckon it would work." Said Harry after an uncomfortable silence.

"Why do I have to be the one to apologize?" complained Ron.

Alex and Harry glared at him.

"Because we know Hermione will never apologize." Said Harry, stating it as though it was obvious, which it was.

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"Okay, so I'm going to send this letter," Ron waved a letter in the air, "with Pig," he waved his other hand, which contained a hooting Pig, "and then I'll meet her in the Room of Requirement at 6."

Alex and Harry rolled their eyes and nodded.

They had been over this for a million times already.

Ron collapsed on the bed.

"I can't do this." He groaned.

Harry sighed.  Then he got an idea.

"Ron, mate, what if were there with you?" he asked.

Ron and Alex's heads shot up.

"What?!" they exclaimed simultaneously.

"Yeah, I mean, we can have three tables in the Room of Requirement, then you will apologize to Hermione while I apologize to Ginny and Alex will apologize to Melanie." He said.

"I will?" asked Alex, raising his eyebrows.

"Yep.  Isn't it brilliant?" beamed Harry.

The two other boys were still staring at him like he was mad.

"Oh come on.  You two know it would work better."

The two other boys finally gave in and nodded and mumbled "yeah" under their breath.

"Okay, we'll have to write two more letters." Said Harry brightly, taking out more parchment.

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Hope you liked this chapter—hope you understand now!!!!

Responses:

Ami-Gryffindor89:  Hehe…well, you have to see it from Ron's side, I mean, girls would do the same, well, most girls anyway…Hehe…McGonagal and Dumbledore fight?  I don't know…that would be really unbelievable…they're teachers!  Maybe I'll make Trelawney say she's always know this would happen or something.. Glad you liked it!!!

Happy Lil' Reviewer/ sophian:  Hey!  It's nice to know you're reading my story!!!  Thanks for the advice, I'm glad you like my story…No!!!  No tomatoes!  Not on sandwiches, not on salads not on anything!  Yuck!  Iew!  Well, now you don't have to throw any at me, I answered you! I answer everybody who reviews, anyway!  Thanks again!  And I hope you review more!!!

Aragorn Elessar:  Yes, you can't have a relationship like that!  It's really annoying!  Hehe…Yep, everybody's breaking up with everybody…some kind of new thing…*laughs evilly*  Thanks for reviewing!!!

Garlock:  Hmm…I don't really know how to answer that…Thanks for telling me, anyway, but it's too late now, I already posted it!  Hahahahaha!  I hope you like this chapter better, then!

Don't worry, I'm always happy, even if I get flames…I don't care..hhahahahaha!  I'll use them to burn down my school…muhahahaha

Miss Prongs: fun to read, yes, fun for the characters-no!  *evil author*  hahaha!

ZagZig722:  *gasp*  you would throw garbage at me?  But there might be rotten tomatoes in the garbage….hehe…yep, it's original..I don't know how I got the idea, it just came to me, like a bus on the road. (America's Sweethearts, that Hal Whiteman-hilarious hahahha)  Anyways, glad you liked it!  Hope you liked this chapter!!!

David:  Yep, it is slightly unbelievable-I know that!  But I put an explanation in the beginning of this chapter, it's kind of symbolic…Yep, everythings going to be allright, don't worry!!!

Raisinnutbread:  Yeah, I'm sure there are a lot of people who can relate to the Ron-Hermione fight.  Yep, I've already written the next chapter-but that's for tomorrow! 

X3kharin:  Ah..same here.  I live here in Mississippi-the most boring place in the world- because of my dad's work.  Ugh.  I used to live in the Flanders-Limburg- near Hasselt.  Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!!!

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