Disclaimer: I must give credit where credit is deserved. JKR deserves to
own Harry Potter, even though I wish I deserved to own him. *sobs* Don't
sue me! I have no money...really! If you're going to sue somebody, at least
sue somebody with money!
A/N: Well here is Chapter 5. It's short...I'm sorry! I haven't gotten any new chapters done all these days, because I've been terribly sick! I have bronchitis/laryngitis, and ALLERGIES! AHHH!!!! Springtime is not a good time for me. So because I'm under the weather, I'm not going to update again until I can actually get some writing done. I can't tell you when that will be because it doesn't look like I'll be getting better anytime soon. So I will try my best to get better soon and update for you guys!
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If anybody is interested in me emailing you every time I update with a link to the story, please review and leave your email in the review. My email is Mandee5240@aol.com, but don't try emailing me because you have to be on this stupid list of people who can email me. *glares at my mom who set up the stupid list* I just told you my email so that the next time I do update you don't think I'm some weird person sending junk mail. I will add your email address to the list of people who can email me in case you guys have any questions, or if you just feel like chatting!
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Chapter Five - The Bet
The next day was a Saturday, so everyone slept late...everyone but Hermione. Every day she'd get up at the crack of dawn and begin working even on weekends. She was now obsessed with her Head Girl duties and S.P.E.W. She had dark circles under her eyes, her hair was frizzier than usual, and she was under constant pressure to keep everything under control. She had already read all her school books and was working on studying them the second time through. So on this Saturday evening, when Hermione was stuck in her usual corner with her nose in a book, snapping occasionally when a first year would laugh too loud, Ron found the time to persuade her to take a break.
"Come on, 'Mione...at least come and eat dinner with us." He asked.
Her first response was "No, I'm busy," but the more she thought about it, the more she began to change her mind.
"Oh, alright..." She sighed and walked down to the great hall with Ron and the others.
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Hermione ate silently as Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Lavender were all talking together; across the hall, Malfoy and a few other Slytherins were singing something about the Gryffindor's in general. Dumbledore stood up from the table in front and cleared his throat loudly, forcing the Slytherins to be silent. And with a smirk, he began his speech.
"As Halloween is rapidly approaching, I, along with the rest of the teachers and staff here, are excited to announce that there will be a Halloween party complete with a dance. As the occasion suggests, it will be up to you if you should wear a costume. More details will be announced later on in the week." Dumbledore winked and sat back down.
Everyone in the Hall looked around at each other in excitement and started chatting amiably.
"A costume ball! This is going to be fun!" Lavender exclaimed.
"Oh I know! I cannot wait!" Ginny replied and began to converse with Lavender what their costumes should be.
"So Hermione, aren't you excited?" Ron elbowed Hermione in the side winking.
She lay her fork down with a clatter, "I am not thrilled about some silly costume party." She retorted with a scowl.
"Oh c'mon Hermione, it's Halloween! Don't tell me you're not the least bit looking forward to it?" Ron questioned.
"No I'm not, now if you excuse me, I have work to do." Hermione slung her bag over her shoulder and left the table without another word and made a dash for the door.
"What's with her lately?" Harry asked before taking a gulp of juice.
"No idea...bet it's that Head Girl stuff getting to her head." Ron said sarcastically.
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When Hermione got back to the Gryffindor common room she posted up signs on the bulletin board about the Hogsmeade visit for third years and up the following weekend. As she posted up the last sign, Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Lavender walked into the room and plopped down on their usual couches by the fire.
"Hey frizzy head, what are you posting up over there?" Lavender called menacingly as the others laughed, though not Ron.
Hermione glared. "Hogsmeade visit next weekend, cone head."
Lavender shot up off the couch and put her hands on her hips, "What did you call me?"
"Nothing your mother wouldn't have a cow over." Hermione mumbled a bit too loudly.
"My mother?" Lavender retorted.
"You heard me." Hermione started walking up the girl's dormitory stairs.
"Well at least MY mother ISN'T a cow!" Lavender yelled.
Hermione stopped in her tracks and turned around to face Lavender. Don't give into her, don't bring yourself down to her level... "Alright that's it! Ten points from Gryffindor!" Hermione yelled back her face turning red.
"For what?!" Lavender gaped.
"For being a stuck-up bitch!" Hermione stomped up the stairs leaving Lavender looking like a fish with her mouth wide open. It was very rare for Hermione to curse.
Ron laughed quietly as his girlfriend sat back down on the couch next to him.
"Can you believe her? She's such a--a--" Lavender noticed Ron laughing. "Are you laughing at me?"
Ron tried to stop but couldn't and burst out laughing. "You should've seen your face!"
Lavender fumed, "Sure, take her side why don't you?"
Ron stopped laughing and shook his head. "I've got homework to finish I'll see you guys later," He said and got off the couch to go work at one of the tables.
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The next weekend was the Hogsmeade weekend, and as Hermione was Head Girl, she and Ernie had to help Filch check the permission slips of all the new third years visiting the town for the first time. Once they were done Hermione made her way up to the Shrieking Shack where Ron and Harry promised to meet her. When she got up there Ron was standing alone against the fence looking up at the house. Hermione poked him from behind.
"Hey! Ouch, don't scare me like that!" Ron smiled holding his side where she had poked him.
"Where's Harry?" Hermione asked casually, but actually glad she had some alone time with Ron.
"Oh I dunno, probably off somewhere with Ginny."
"Figures." Hermione smiled. "Well, do you wanna go down to the Three Broomsticks and get some butterbeer?" She proposed.
"Yeah, I'd love to, but I'm waiting for Lavender..." Ron broke off seeing Malfoy and his cronies were making their way up the hill towards them.
"Oh right...Lavender..." Hermione grumbled and followed Ron's eyes to see Malfoy coming to them. "Hey well, I guess I'll see you later then, have fun with Lavender!" Hermione forced herself to say and walked off pass Malfoy without giving him a glance.
Ron leaned back onto the fence and determinedly stared at the Shrieking Shack as to not make eye contact with Malfoy.
"Well, well Weasley, I heard the good news about you." Malfoy sneered.
Ron turned around, "What good news?"
Malfoy just smiled to show every single one of his pearly whites. "Yeah, Snape made me Quidditch Captain too, so maybe I'll just have to whoop you even harder next time." At Malfoy's command, Crabbe and Goyle guffawed stupidly.
"How did you find out about that?" Ron asked defensively. "McGonagall said she wouldn't tell anyone, and I certainly haven't told anyone yet."
"Do you honestly think I'm stupid, Weasley?" Malfoy retorted, then smiled deviously. "Afraid of telling Potter, eh? Think he'd get mad because he was never made Captain after all these years of being on the team, and you've only been on it for three?"
"That's none of your business, Malfoy," Ron's ears were turning red. That was the exact reason he hadn't told anybody yet.
Malfoy sighed dramatically and changed the subject. "So...do you gamble?"
"What do you mean?"
"Oh I'm sorry. Let me put this into baby words so you will understand." Malfoy looked at Ron as if he were a little kid. "Do...you...make...bets...with...your...friends...?" He asked slowly.
"Why...does...it...matter...to...you...Ferret?" Ron said in the same falsely sweet voice that Malfoy had used.
"Shut up, Weasel King." Malfoy walked up closer to Ron and stood next to him. "Are you willing to make a bet?"
Ron snorted. "Malfoy...why do you want to bet when you know we will just beat you the next time we play you anyways?"
"I don't mean on Quidditch, oh smart one. I mean...on something else..." Malfoy's eyes traveled downhill to watch Hermione who was still walking slowly down the hill towards the Three Broomsticks.
"What do you want?" Ron was beginning to get annoyed.
"Your Mudblood friend has lost touch lately." Malfoy sneered.
"You shut up about her."
"Ooooh, sticking up for her are you? Well, then why don't we make a little bet about her?"
"What are you talking about?!" Ron queried.
"Why don't you try to do something to make Granger popular?" Malfoy smiled devilishly.
"Why should I?"
"Because I'll pay you well for it."
"And what If I can't?"
"Then you will purposely lose Quidditch Cup. That simple." Malfoy showed his pearly whites again.
Ron began to think Malfoy was crazy, "So what are the terms to this bet?"
"Well, you have to make Granger popular to where at the end of the year dance, every guy in seventh year will want her as their date. If you can do that, I'll pay you two hundred galleons. If you can't make her popular, then you purposely lose the Quidditch Cup."
Ron thought for a moment. Only seventh years were allowed to go to the end of the year dance, unless they invited one person from a lower year. It was like a party saying farewell to the students who will be graduating, so it was a big thing.
"Why do you care if Hermione is popular or not?" Ron asked skeptically.
"I don't care if she's popular or not, I just think you can't do it." Malfoy sighed casually.
"So what makes you think I want your money, anyways?" Ron questioned.
Malfoy snorted, "Weasley, look down at your robes." Ron didn't have to look down at his tattered robes to know that Malfoy was saying that Ron was poor.
"So how would I make Hermione popular?"
Malfoy rolled his eyes. "You're a pretty popular guy yourself I hear from all the girls in Slytherin."
"Really?!" Ron interrupted, feeling better about himself.
Malfoy glared at Ron, "Why don't you pretend to date Granger or something?"
"I can't do that to her!" Ron exclaimed.
"Then why don't you REALLY date her? It's not that hard of a concept." Malfoy rolled his eyes again.
"I can't do that to her." Ron had made up his mind.
"You're choice." Malfoy shrugged and gestured for Crabbe and Goyle to follow him as he walked away.
Ron watched Malfoy walk down the hill and a sudden thought came over him. He might as well agree to this bet. Ron knew he could make Hermione popular, there was no doubt in his mind that he couldn't.
Plus, if Ron could make Hermione popular, Malfoy would give him two hundred galleons, and that was a lot of money. Without another thought, on what would Hermione do if she had found out about this bet, Ron ran down the hill to catch up with Malfoy.
"Ok, fine, I agree to this bet." Ron gasped, trying to catch his breath.
Malfoy smiled again. "Ok, deal."
And with that, Ron shook hands with the devil.
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A/N: Well, sorry for the short chapter. I hope Chapter 6 will be a longer one. I'll try my best to update soon, but as I'm sick that might be hard to do. Please review! Ya never know, it might get me feelin better! : )
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legofiance - Thank you for loving it so much!
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HermionesTwin1 - Wow! You were the first review to mention her parents! Yeah, there is a bit of foreshadowing with the golf thing with her dad there, but I seriously doubt you would catch it. And I know everyone is being mean to Herm!!! Chapter 5 is up! I hope you liked it even if it was short.
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sg360girl - Hmm, good guess on what the letters stand for, but nope that's not right! lol, and I'm sorry but I can't answer your questions about Herm's dreams!!! And I know the characters are well...out of character. I didn't really try to make them that way, but it just happened as I wrote it. From my personal experiences, when my closest friends get boyfriends or girlfriends, they always drift away from me and are distant because they want to spend time with their bf or gf. So I tried to make that the case with Herm and her friends too. And the only reason they supposedly laughed with Malfoy was because he was doing the "Macarana" lol, I hoped you guys would catch that.
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SarahLou - Thank you so much, you actually called my chapter, "another awesome chapter" OMG, that means not only was that chapter awesome, but the ones before it too!!!! *squeal* You are TOO kind!!! And the drastic measures should come around about Chapter 7, so look forward to that! And yes, the necklace/dream/glass heart thing is MAJOR foreshadowing.
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SusanD - Thanks a bunches! I thought the Trelawney scene was neato. I loved writing it.
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a person - Aww, you went to tears? I'm glad it moved you and that you could relate! I'm trying to make this a story that people can relate to so they can understand it better. A lot of the stuff in this story is a lot of stuff that has gone on in *MY* life in the past couple of months or so. Please keep readin!
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tsk tsk - hehe, if I were Hermione, I would have thrown such a hissy fit by now, I would be screamin at my "friends" so much for treatin me like that. Thanks for sayin I'm "freakin good" That made me so giddy!!!!!! : )
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mickEmousina - I am so so so glad you're lovin this!!!! I never really liked Lavender much either now that I think about it. I just hate the idea of Ron/Lav so that's why I put them together. lol, Weird I know, but you'll understand if you keep reading!
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Raine an Frodo - wow! YOU ROCK! YES YOU GET COOKIES! And thanks for the 392 "YAY's" you had in your review. lol, yep I counted them! So I might be off by a few, but yeah! Yep, I will probably write a Harry/Herm fic one day. : ) I think they are so cute together. I already have an idea for that H/Hr story, but I'm going to finish this fic first. AND THANK YOU for reviewing every chapter! You were my first reviewer *ever* in my history of fanfiction so you will always have a place in my heart! (corny, yeah, but I luv ya too, mate!)
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Yamile - AHH! Don't kill Lavender! You'll go to jail!!!! Just push her off a cliff and make it look like an "accident" *evil grin.*
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daisymay04074 - I know that is SO much heartbreak for one girl to handle! It will get happier, I promise! And I always thought of Viktor as a git, he barely has any part to play in the rest of my story, he might have a little bit of something, but I'm not sure yet. Thanks for reviewing!!!!
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Ambrosia2 - Thanks! Well, this isn't EXCATLY my first story. I wrote one a long, long time ago that will probably never be posted online because it's from so long ago...my writing skills were horrible! But this is my first real story I suppose you could say. It will work out! I like stories with happy endings! Hermione is my favorite character too! I LOVE writing about her, even if it's not a romance story. I'm sorry this chapter wasn't really that positive! But it will start to get better pretty soon, so keep reading! Thank you for putting me on your favorites list! I'll be sure to read one of your stories!!! Thanks for reviewing!
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Well, I am still searching for a BETA!!!! SOMEBODY PLEASE!!!! ANYBODY!!! If you're interested, please review and leave your email address in the review. Whew! My fingers hurt from typing! Well, I'm off to go prance around and wait for some more reviews while I try to get better! *hint, hint, REVIEW* Adios!
A/N: Well here is Chapter 5. It's short...I'm sorry! I haven't gotten any new chapters done all these days, because I've been terribly sick! I have bronchitis/laryngitis, and ALLERGIES! AHHH!!!! Springtime is not a good time for me. So because I'm under the weather, I'm not going to update again until I can actually get some writing done. I can't tell you when that will be because it doesn't look like I'll be getting better anytime soon. So I will try my best to get better soon and update for you guys!
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If anybody is interested in me emailing you every time I update with a link to the story, please review and leave your email in the review. My email is Mandee5240@aol.com, but don't try emailing me because you have to be on this stupid list of people who can email me. *glares at my mom who set up the stupid list* I just told you my email so that the next time I do update you don't think I'm some weird person sending junk mail. I will add your email address to the list of people who can email me in case you guys have any questions, or if you just feel like chatting!
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Enjoy the chapter!
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Chapter Five - The Bet
The next day was a Saturday, so everyone slept late...everyone but Hermione. Every day she'd get up at the crack of dawn and begin working even on weekends. She was now obsessed with her Head Girl duties and S.P.E.W. She had dark circles under her eyes, her hair was frizzier than usual, and she was under constant pressure to keep everything under control. She had already read all her school books and was working on studying them the second time through. So on this Saturday evening, when Hermione was stuck in her usual corner with her nose in a book, snapping occasionally when a first year would laugh too loud, Ron found the time to persuade her to take a break.
"Come on, 'Mione...at least come and eat dinner with us." He asked.
Her first response was "No, I'm busy," but the more she thought about it, the more she began to change her mind.
"Oh, alright..." She sighed and walked down to the great hall with Ron and the others.
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Hermione ate silently as Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Lavender were all talking together; across the hall, Malfoy and a few other Slytherins were singing something about the Gryffindor's in general. Dumbledore stood up from the table in front and cleared his throat loudly, forcing the Slytherins to be silent. And with a smirk, he began his speech.
"As Halloween is rapidly approaching, I, along with the rest of the teachers and staff here, are excited to announce that there will be a Halloween party complete with a dance. As the occasion suggests, it will be up to you if you should wear a costume. More details will be announced later on in the week." Dumbledore winked and sat back down.
Everyone in the Hall looked around at each other in excitement and started chatting amiably.
"A costume ball! This is going to be fun!" Lavender exclaimed.
"Oh I know! I cannot wait!" Ginny replied and began to converse with Lavender what their costumes should be.
"So Hermione, aren't you excited?" Ron elbowed Hermione in the side winking.
She lay her fork down with a clatter, "I am not thrilled about some silly costume party." She retorted with a scowl.
"Oh c'mon Hermione, it's Halloween! Don't tell me you're not the least bit looking forward to it?" Ron questioned.
"No I'm not, now if you excuse me, I have work to do." Hermione slung her bag over her shoulder and left the table without another word and made a dash for the door.
"What's with her lately?" Harry asked before taking a gulp of juice.
"No idea...bet it's that Head Girl stuff getting to her head." Ron said sarcastically.
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When Hermione got back to the Gryffindor common room she posted up signs on the bulletin board about the Hogsmeade visit for third years and up the following weekend. As she posted up the last sign, Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Lavender walked into the room and plopped down on their usual couches by the fire.
"Hey frizzy head, what are you posting up over there?" Lavender called menacingly as the others laughed, though not Ron.
Hermione glared. "Hogsmeade visit next weekend, cone head."
Lavender shot up off the couch and put her hands on her hips, "What did you call me?"
"Nothing your mother wouldn't have a cow over." Hermione mumbled a bit too loudly.
"My mother?" Lavender retorted.
"You heard me." Hermione started walking up the girl's dormitory stairs.
"Well at least MY mother ISN'T a cow!" Lavender yelled.
Hermione stopped in her tracks and turned around to face Lavender. Don't give into her, don't bring yourself down to her level... "Alright that's it! Ten points from Gryffindor!" Hermione yelled back her face turning red.
"For what?!" Lavender gaped.
"For being a stuck-up bitch!" Hermione stomped up the stairs leaving Lavender looking like a fish with her mouth wide open. It was very rare for Hermione to curse.
Ron laughed quietly as his girlfriend sat back down on the couch next to him.
"Can you believe her? She's such a--a--" Lavender noticed Ron laughing. "Are you laughing at me?"
Ron tried to stop but couldn't and burst out laughing. "You should've seen your face!"
Lavender fumed, "Sure, take her side why don't you?"
Ron stopped laughing and shook his head. "I've got homework to finish I'll see you guys later," He said and got off the couch to go work at one of the tables.
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The next weekend was the Hogsmeade weekend, and as Hermione was Head Girl, she and Ernie had to help Filch check the permission slips of all the new third years visiting the town for the first time. Once they were done Hermione made her way up to the Shrieking Shack where Ron and Harry promised to meet her. When she got up there Ron was standing alone against the fence looking up at the house. Hermione poked him from behind.
"Hey! Ouch, don't scare me like that!" Ron smiled holding his side where she had poked him.
"Where's Harry?" Hermione asked casually, but actually glad she had some alone time with Ron.
"Oh I dunno, probably off somewhere with Ginny."
"Figures." Hermione smiled. "Well, do you wanna go down to the Three Broomsticks and get some butterbeer?" She proposed.
"Yeah, I'd love to, but I'm waiting for Lavender..." Ron broke off seeing Malfoy and his cronies were making their way up the hill towards them.
"Oh right...Lavender..." Hermione grumbled and followed Ron's eyes to see Malfoy coming to them. "Hey well, I guess I'll see you later then, have fun with Lavender!" Hermione forced herself to say and walked off pass Malfoy without giving him a glance.
Ron leaned back onto the fence and determinedly stared at the Shrieking Shack as to not make eye contact with Malfoy.
"Well, well Weasley, I heard the good news about you." Malfoy sneered.
Ron turned around, "What good news?"
Malfoy just smiled to show every single one of his pearly whites. "Yeah, Snape made me Quidditch Captain too, so maybe I'll just have to whoop you even harder next time." At Malfoy's command, Crabbe and Goyle guffawed stupidly.
"How did you find out about that?" Ron asked defensively. "McGonagall said she wouldn't tell anyone, and I certainly haven't told anyone yet."
"Do you honestly think I'm stupid, Weasley?" Malfoy retorted, then smiled deviously. "Afraid of telling Potter, eh? Think he'd get mad because he was never made Captain after all these years of being on the team, and you've only been on it for three?"
"That's none of your business, Malfoy," Ron's ears were turning red. That was the exact reason he hadn't told anybody yet.
Malfoy sighed dramatically and changed the subject. "So...do you gamble?"
"What do you mean?"
"Oh I'm sorry. Let me put this into baby words so you will understand." Malfoy looked at Ron as if he were a little kid. "Do...you...make...bets...with...your...friends...?" He asked slowly.
"Why...does...it...matter...to...you...Ferret?" Ron said in the same falsely sweet voice that Malfoy had used.
"Shut up, Weasel King." Malfoy walked up closer to Ron and stood next to him. "Are you willing to make a bet?"
Ron snorted. "Malfoy...why do you want to bet when you know we will just beat you the next time we play you anyways?"
"I don't mean on Quidditch, oh smart one. I mean...on something else..." Malfoy's eyes traveled downhill to watch Hermione who was still walking slowly down the hill towards the Three Broomsticks.
"What do you want?" Ron was beginning to get annoyed.
"Your Mudblood friend has lost touch lately." Malfoy sneered.
"You shut up about her."
"Ooooh, sticking up for her are you? Well, then why don't we make a little bet about her?"
"What are you talking about?!" Ron queried.
"Why don't you try to do something to make Granger popular?" Malfoy smiled devilishly.
"Why should I?"
"Because I'll pay you well for it."
"And what If I can't?"
"Then you will purposely lose Quidditch Cup. That simple." Malfoy showed his pearly whites again.
Ron began to think Malfoy was crazy, "So what are the terms to this bet?"
"Well, you have to make Granger popular to where at the end of the year dance, every guy in seventh year will want her as their date. If you can do that, I'll pay you two hundred galleons. If you can't make her popular, then you purposely lose the Quidditch Cup."
Ron thought for a moment. Only seventh years were allowed to go to the end of the year dance, unless they invited one person from a lower year. It was like a party saying farewell to the students who will be graduating, so it was a big thing.
"Why do you care if Hermione is popular or not?" Ron asked skeptically.
"I don't care if she's popular or not, I just think you can't do it." Malfoy sighed casually.
"So what makes you think I want your money, anyways?" Ron questioned.
Malfoy snorted, "Weasley, look down at your robes." Ron didn't have to look down at his tattered robes to know that Malfoy was saying that Ron was poor.
"So how would I make Hermione popular?"
Malfoy rolled his eyes. "You're a pretty popular guy yourself I hear from all the girls in Slytherin."
"Really?!" Ron interrupted, feeling better about himself.
Malfoy glared at Ron, "Why don't you pretend to date Granger or something?"
"I can't do that to her!" Ron exclaimed.
"Then why don't you REALLY date her? It's not that hard of a concept." Malfoy rolled his eyes again.
"I can't do that to her." Ron had made up his mind.
"You're choice." Malfoy shrugged and gestured for Crabbe and Goyle to follow him as he walked away.
Ron watched Malfoy walk down the hill and a sudden thought came over him. He might as well agree to this bet. Ron knew he could make Hermione popular, there was no doubt in his mind that he couldn't.
Plus, if Ron could make Hermione popular, Malfoy would give him two hundred galleons, and that was a lot of money. Without another thought, on what would Hermione do if she had found out about this bet, Ron ran down the hill to catch up with Malfoy.
"Ok, fine, I agree to this bet." Ron gasped, trying to catch his breath.
Malfoy smiled again. "Ok, deal."
And with that, Ron shook hands with the devil.
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A/N: Well, sorry for the short chapter. I hope Chapter 6 will be a longer one. I'll try my best to update soon, but as I'm sick that might be hard to do. Please review! Ya never know, it might get me feelin better! : )
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legofiance - Thank you for loving it so much!
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HermionesTwin1 - Wow! You were the first review to mention her parents! Yeah, there is a bit of foreshadowing with the golf thing with her dad there, but I seriously doubt you would catch it. And I know everyone is being mean to Herm!!! Chapter 5 is up! I hope you liked it even if it was short.
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sg360girl - Hmm, good guess on what the letters stand for, but nope that's not right! lol, and I'm sorry but I can't answer your questions about Herm's dreams!!! And I know the characters are well...out of character. I didn't really try to make them that way, but it just happened as I wrote it. From my personal experiences, when my closest friends get boyfriends or girlfriends, they always drift away from me and are distant because they want to spend time with their bf or gf. So I tried to make that the case with Herm and her friends too. And the only reason they supposedly laughed with Malfoy was because he was doing the "Macarana" lol, I hoped you guys would catch that.
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SarahLou - Thank you so much, you actually called my chapter, "another awesome chapter" OMG, that means not only was that chapter awesome, but the ones before it too!!!! *squeal* You are TOO kind!!! And the drastic measures should come around about Chapter 7, so look forward to that! And yes, the necklace/dream/glass heart thing is MAJOR foreshadowing.
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SusanD - Thanks a bunches! I thought the Trelawney scene was neato. I loved writing it.
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a person - Aww, you went to tears? I'm glad it moved you and that you could relate! I'm trying to make this a story that people can relate to so they can understand it better. A lot of the stuff in this story is a lot of stuff that has gone on in *MY* life in the past couple of months or so. Please keep readin!
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tsk tsk - hehe, if I were Hermione, I would have thrown such a hissy fit by now, I would be screamin at my "friends" so much for treatin me like that. Thanks for sayin I'm "freakin good" That made me so giddy!!!!!! : )
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mickEmousina - I am so so so glad you're lovin this!!!! I never really liked Lavender much either now that I think about it. I just hate the idea of Ron/Lav so that's why I put them together. lol, Weird I know, but you'll understand if you keep reading!
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Raine an Frodo - wow! YOU ROCK! YES YOU GET COOKIES! And thanks for the 392 "YAY's" you had in your review. lol, yep I counted them! So I might be off by a few, but yeah! Yep, I will probably write a Harry/Herm fic one day. : ) I think they are so cute together. I already have an idea for that H/Hr story, but I'm going to finish this fic first. AND THANK YOU for reviewing every chapter! You were my first reviewer *ever* in my history of fanfiction so you will always have a place in my heart! (corny, yeah, but I luv ya too, mate!)
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Yamile - AHH! Don't kill Lavender! You'll go to jail!!!! Just push her off a cliff and make it look like an "accident" *evil grin.*
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daisymay04074 - I know that is SO much heartbreak for one girl to handle! It will get happier, I promise! And I always thought of Viktor as a git, he barely has any part to play in the rest of my story, he might have a little bit of something, but I'm not sure yet. Thanks for reviewing!!!!
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Ambrosia2 - Thanks! Well, this isn't EXCATLY my first story. I wrote one a long, long time ago that will probably never be posted online because it's from so long ago...my writing skills were horrible! But this is my first real story I suppose you could say. It will work out! I like stories with happy endings! Hermione is my favorite character too! I LOVE writing about her, even if it's not a romance story. I'm sorry this chapter wasn't really that positive! But it will start to get better pretty soon, so keep reading! Thank you for putting me on your favorites list! I'll be sure to read one of your stories!!! Thanks for reviewing!
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Well, I am still searching for a BETA!!!! SOMEBODY PLEASE!!!! ANYBODY!!! If you're interested, please review and leave your email address in the review. Whew! My fingers hurt from typing! Well, I'm off to go prance around and wait for some more reviews while I try to get better! *hint, hint, REVIEW* Adios!
