Total Eclipse Of The Heart



A/N: Um...Have a nice day? Oh, and keep in mind, getting Ron to admit he was wrong about anything is like pulling arms and twisting teeth :)

Poetic License Alert: To keep the happy feelings alive, Cedric was only knocked out by Voldie, and Harry and him both escaped alive. For some unknown reason, nobody talks about it very much. Harry and Ron come crawling back to Hermione and eat their crow fairly well. But then again, wouldn't you?

Detention. Three weeks of scrubbing chamber pots. Fun.

"Hermione!"

I turned around. Hadn't heard that for a while. "Ron?"

He sprinted down the corridor towards me, then bent and rested his hands on his knees, panting. He held up one finger. "Just a minute."

Harry had also come up behind him, and he was looking rather sheepish.

"Well, we thought about this long and hard," Ron started.

"We even discussed it." Harry added.

"Anyway, we realized how precious time is after Harry's brush with-"

"Would you get to the point before you make us all late?" Harry shoved Ron, a note of discomfort in his voice. "We still need to get to Divination."

"Yeah, okay, we're sorry for acting like ass holes these past few weeks, and I'm having a party this summer, to celebrate, er, Harry being alive, and stuff..." Ron groaned, like the words were causing him physical pain. "And you can come. And you can bring Draco if you really, really want to."

I stood there stunned. "Oh my God, aliens have captured my friends and replaced them with life-like drones."

"Friends again?" Harry grinned hopefully. In response I threw my arms around him, squeezing him until he turned blue.

"Aw, come on." Ron groaned. He grabbed my hand and yanked me towards my Arithmacy classroom. "You'll be late-"

"Ron, you are the best friend a girl could ever have!" I screamed, grabbing him around the neck.

"Yeah, yeah, stop slobbering on me or I'll have to start calling you Fang." He sighed. "Now I get the pleasant task of explaining to my family why the son of their most hated enemy will be joining us for tea and crumpets...I'd like to reiterate the fact that we're only doing this so you'll be happy."

"You owe us big! Just make sure he's with you, or he might end up getting jumped." Harry warned as they headed off for Divination.

I turned around, feeling like skipping to Arithmacy. Instead I skipped right into Parvati and Lavander.

"Hermione Granger." Lavander shook her head. "You are a disgrace to all woman-kind."

"After all they put you through, you're forgiving them-just like that!" Parvati snapped her fingers. "What's up, girl? You're supposed to be stronger than that! You're supposed to be the fighter!"

"Well..." I thought about it for a second. "I've known Ron a long time. A really long time. He doesn't like admitting he's wrong or apologizing...basic guy stuff. So for him to actually apologize, then quasi-accept Draco, well, that's a really bid move for him."

They stared back at me, unconvinced.

"Okay, think about it this way-his family's going to beat him into a bloody pulp when he tries to explain why Draco's coming over. An angry Mrs. Weasley is enough punishment for anything."

That satisfied them, I guess, and as they walked off, I heard Parvati whisper to Lavender, "See? I told you she'd have a back-up plan!"

"Well, ex-cuse me for wanting to be sure!"

A/N: Not nearly good enough in comparison of how long I took to write it, I know. I've just been caught up in all the end of year stuff. Like sleeping.