A/N: For the last time I do not own Harry Potter, despite all those rumours
you keep hearing.
Chapter 4: Day 4, February 2
***February 2***
"Ron wake up, we're gonna be late for breakfast, it's 8:30" said Harry.
Ron opened his eyes and frowned "Errrrrrr, NO" he said quietly.
Moments later Harry was grabbing all of Ron's Blankets and throwing them onto his own bed.
"Get up you stupid prat, we're going to be late."
Ron sat up quickly and asked "Harry, what day is today?"
Harry looked at him with a puzzled look on his face and replied "its February 3rd Ron, why?"
"OH THANK MERLIN!" said Ron who sounded very relieved to hear Harry say that it had been the next day.
"Oops, sorry mate, its actually the 2nd, my fault" said Harry looking at his watch.
Ron's face fell.
"Shut up Harry, that's not funny" said Ron looking at Harry with anger.
"I'm not joking Ron it's the 2nd why? What's so important about the date?" said Harry
Ron did not reply, he rushed out of his bed and turned quickly to look out the window.
From what he saw from the window Ron knew that Harry was not joking and indeed it was February 2nd all over again.
The sky, the mountains, the three birds, Hagrid, the boxes, everything. Ron had remembered everything from the previous three days.
"Bloody hell, not this all over again" moaned Ron
"I'm going to go down stairs and wait for you because I can see that you are not a morning person today" said Harry looking strangely at Ron
Ron ignored Harry and let him go. He sat on his bed with his hands on his head thinking that he must have died and gone to hell because reliving this exact February 2nd over and over again was what he expected hell to be. Ron felt extremely depressed now. It looked as though there was nothing he could.
Ron looked at his watch and he saw that he had 10 minutes left before class started.
"Arghhhhhh" growled Ron "Why does this have to happen to me? I don't deserve this torture"
Ron grabbed all his things and left for the common room. When he got down to the common room, he saw his two best friends standing exactly where they should be and Hermione had that same exact look of anger on her face. "Hermione would not be in a good mood now" Ron thought.
"Here it comes" Ron said to himself
"Where have you been Ron, its ten minutes to nine we're not going to have time for breakfast, come on were due in Potions" said Hermione irritably.
"Hermione I need you to give me a nice hard slap in the face" said Ron
Without hesitation, SLAP!
"That's much better, thanks" moaned Ron "needed to be sure I wasn't dreaming"
"What on earth are you talking about Ron?" scowled Hermione
"Nothing Herm, I'm just hurting because I'm starving" said Ron gloomily
Ron knew now that it was Harry's cue to say . . .
"Yea, me too" replied Harry right on time
"I told you Ron that you can't skip breakfast, it's the most important meal of the day so don't complain. In fact I should be the one to complain since I was kind enough to wait for you and ended up missing breakfast myself."
Ron shook his head agreeing as he knew it was no point of arguing with Hermione. Ron was so depressed he didn't even notice that he was supposed to stick out his tongue now and make Hermione run away in disgust. He just continued walking with Harry and Hermione deep in thought about what to do with his situation.
"Why so quiet Ron" said Harry as he and Hermione stopped
"Huh?" replied Ron, he stopped to "I said why so quiet" Harry said again
"Oh no reason Harry, just thinking that's all. Come on we're going to be late" and they started walking again.
Then.........'CRASH'
"Could you be any more clumsy Weasel?" said Malfoy as he got back up.
"Damn it, I forgot" said Ron as he too got up and trying to wipe the hot coffee off himself.
"Forgot what weasel? Forgot that you are a fool."
"Shut it Malfoy, its your fault anyway" snapped Harry
"What's going on here" it was Professor Snape.
"Weasley crashed into me sir, it's his fault" said Malfoy
"That's not true professor" replied Hermione giving Malfoy a death glare
"That's right" said Ron
"That is enough Weasley 10 points from Gryffindor, now get to class before I take more" hissed Snape.
"HA, I thought so" Ron said to himself
Than Ron felt like he had to try something, a little experiment and said "NO, I will not go to class professor. I think I will go to the infirmary and get treated for my burns" said Ron sounding very defiant.
Harry and Hermione stood there looking at Ron in shock. Even Malfoy looked speechless.
Ron did not have any serious burns at all, he just wanted to get the chance to skive off potions.
Snape looked like he was going to explode at Ron for talking back at him and was about to reply but Ron cut in first.
"After all professor, you wouldn't want the faculty and the students to think that you didn't let a student who was badly burned get treated would you?" said Ron now feeling extremely proud of himself.
It took a moment for Snape to reply "Very well Weasley, go to Madam Promfrey and get yourself treated" said Snape calmly but looked murderous. Snape than turned to Harry and Hermione "Get to class now" snarled Snape, completely ignoring the fact that Malfoy should be in Potions class too.
Before Harry went to class he gave Ron a big smile and mouthed 'way to go' while Hermione's jaw was still left hanging as if she was trying to say 'where did that come from.' Ron was smiling to himself while walking to the infirmary, but his smile quickly faded as he regressed back into his depression.
"What's the point trying to be happy anyway? I'm cursed with this time lapse and I don't even know how or why this is happening" said Ron talking to himself.
"I remember the Quidditch World Cup, I remember all the fun we had at the Burrow during that summer. Why couldn't I have those days over and over? Why this day?"
"I remember that Hogsmeade trip I spent alone with Hermione back in third year. That was a 'pretty' good day. Why couldn't I get that day over and over and over . . . WAIT?! What am I thinking? Never mind Ron get that out of your head, she just a friend, just a friend. There's no point anyway she'll never know OR remember, there's never gonna be a tomorrow."
"What would you do if you were stuck in one place and every day was exactly the same, and nothing that you did mattered?" Ron asked himself gloomily.
It was then and there that Ron had a Revelation and he decided to try another experiment on a bigger scale. If there was no tomorrow, than there would be no consequences to face afterwards.
A plan was now in formation. Ron wanted to see if his theory would hold true. If whatever he had planed for the day was going to work, than he would either get off scot free or get into serious trouble the next day. Either way Ron didn't care because in one hand he could have a laugh and continue with the time lapse or in the other hand get into serious trouble but return back to normal time. He had to try it.
Ron turned around and left the infirmary as quick as he could and decided to head back into the potion's classroom with a new lease on life.
Moments later Ron had arrived at the potion's classroom and was extremely out of breath
He opened the door to the classroom and slammed it shut as hard as he could.
The whole class turned around to see what Ron was playing at.
"Sor-ree pro-fess-or, I-came-as soon-as-I-could" said Ron who was now gathering his breath.
"Wouldn't miss this class for all the chocolate frogs in Great Britain sir" said Ron with a grin on his face.
Harry and Hermione looked flabbergasted at Ron's new attitude since he looked so sad this morning.
"Very well Weasley, its about time you got back" said Snape in a deadly calm voice
Ron just stood there and smiled.
Snape looked very taken aback. And than as soon as Ron had taken his seat next to Harry and Hermione he continued with his lesson.
"As I was saying before Mr. Weasley interrupted my lesson. Today you will be brewing the Cruxtitions potion. If you read your chapter last night as you were told to than you should know what ingredients are needed to make this complicated potion. I trust that you already know that I will be selecting potions at random and testing them on students, so get into pairs because you have to test your partner's potion. You have half of this class to prepare your potions, than the next half will be used to test them." And with that Snape left the classroom just as Ron expected.
Ron wasted no time in getting things set up. "Come on and get over here Neville, you big bear you" said Ron with a big smile across his face.
Neville looked very pleased to have someone want him as a partner, but Ron new that there was no escaping the inevitable and that Neville was going to end up with him anyway.
Ron had all the knowledge now to correctly make a perfect Cruxtitions potion. He had failed twice before but now he had learned from his past mistakes.
"Ron what's gotten into you all of a sudden" said Hermione smiling at Ron
"Wouldn't you like to know" Ron said playfully as he winked at Hermione which caused her to giggle and blush furiously.
Ron took notice to Hermione's reaction and smiled to himself realizing that it was very unlike him to talk like that to any girl, especially Hermione.
Whatever Ron had planed for Potions today, he was sure Snape would never expect it in a thousand years.
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Chapter 4: Day 4, February 2
***February 2***
"Ron wake up, we're gonna be late for breakfast, it's 8:30" said Harry.
Ron opened his eyes and frowned "Errrrrrr, NO" he said quietly.
Moments later Harry was grabbing all of Ron's Blankets and throwing them onto his own bed.
"Get up you stupid prat, we're going to be late."
Ron sat up quickly and asked "Harry, what day is today?"
Harry looked at him with a puzzled look on his face and replied "its February 3rd Ron, why?"
"OH THANK MERLIN!" said Ron who sounded very relieved to hear Harry say that it had been the next day.
"Oops, sorry mate, its actually the 2nd, my fault" said Harry looking at his watch.
Ron's face fell.
"Shut up Harry, that's not funny" said Ron looking at Harry with anger.
"I'm not joking Ron it's the 2nd why? What's so important about the date?" said Harry
Ron did not reply, he rushed out of his bed and turned quickly to look out the window.
From what he saw from the window Ron knew that Harry was not joking and indeed it was February 2nd all over again.
The sky, the mountains, the three birds, Hagrid, the boxes, everything. Ron had remembered everything from the previous three days.
"Bloody hell, not this all over again" moaned Ron
"I'm going to go down stairs and wait for you because I can see that you are not a morning person today" said Harry looking strangely at Ron
Ron ignored Harry and let him go. He sat on his bed with his hands on his head thinking that he must have died and gone to hell because reliving this exact February 2nd over and over again was what he expected hell to be. Ron felt extremely depressed now. It looked as though there was nothing he could.
Ron looked at his watch and he saw that he had 10 minutes left before class started.
"Arghhhhhh" growled Ron "Why does this have to happen to me? I don't deserve this torture"
Ron grabbed all his things and left for the common room. When he got down to the common room, he saw his two best friends standing exactly where they should be and Hermione had that same exact look of anger on her face. "Hermione would not be in a good mood now" Ron thought.
"Here it comes" Ron said to himself
"Where have you been Ron, its ten minutes to nine we're not going to have time for breakfast, come on were due in Potions" said Hermione irritably.
"Hermione I need you to give me a nice hard slap in the face" said Ron
Without hesitation, SLAP!
"That's much better, thanks" moaned Ron "needed to be sure I wasn't dreaming"
"What on earth are you talking about Ron?" scowled Hermione
"Nothing Herm, I'm just hurting because I'm starving" said Ron gloomily
Ron knew now that it was Harry's cue to say . . .
"Yea, me too" replied Harry right on time
"I told you Ron that you can't skip breakfast, it's the most important meal of the day so don't complain. In fact I should be the one to complain since I was kind enough to wait for you and ended up missing breakfast myself."
Ron shook his head agreeing as he knew it was no point of arguing with Hermione. Ron was so depressed he didn't even notice that he was supposed to stick out his tongue now and make Hermione run away in disgust. He just continued walking with Harry and Hermione deep in thought about what to do with his situation.
"Why so quiet Ron" said Harry as he and Hermione stopped
"Huh?" replied Ron, he stopped to "I said why so quiet" Harry said again
"Oh no reason Harry, just thinking that's all. Come on we're going to be late" and they started walking again.
Then.........'CRASH'
"Could you be any more clumsy Weasel?" said Malfoy as he got back up.
"Damn it, I forgot" said Ron as he too got up and trying to wipe the hot coffee off himself.
"Forgot what weasel? Forgot that you are a fool."
"Shut it Malfoy, its your fault anyway" snapped Harry
"What's going on here" it was Professor Snape.
"Weasley crashed into me sir, it's his fault" said Malfoy
"That's not true professor" replied Hermione giving Malfoy a death glare
"That's right" said Ron
"That is enough Weasley 10 points from Gryffindor, now get to class before I take more" hissed Snape.
"HA, I thought so" Ron said to himself
Than Ron felt like he had to try something, a little experiment and said "NO, I will not go to class professor. I think I will go to the infirmary and get treated for my burns" said Ron sounding very defiant.
Harry and Hermione stood there looking at Ron in shock. Even Malfoy looked speechless.
Ron did not have any serious burns at all, he just wanted to get the chance to skive off potions.
Snape looked like he was going to explode at Ron for talking back at him and was about to reply but Ron cut in first.
"After all professor, you wouldn't want the faculty and the students to think that you didn't let a student who was badly burned get treated would you?" said Ron now feeling extremely proud of himself.
It took a moment for Snape to reply "Very well Weasley, go to Madam Promfrey and get yourself treated" said Snape calmly but looked murderous. Snape than turned to Harry and Hermione "Get to class now" snarled Snape, completely ignoring the fact that Malfoy should be in Potions class too.
Before Harry went to class he gave Ron a big smile and mouthed 'way to go' while Hermione's jaw was still left hanging as if she was trying to say 'where did that come from.' Ron was smiling to himself while walking to the infirmary, but his smile quickly faded as he regressed back into his depression.
"What's the point trying to be happy anyway? I'm cursed with this time lapse and I don't even know how or why this is happening" said Ron talking to himself.
"I remember the Quidditch World Cup, I remember all the fun we had at the Burrow during that summer. Why couldn't I have those days over and over? Why this day?"
"I remember that Hogsmeade trip I spent alone with Hermione back in third year. That was a 'pretty' good day. Why couldn't I get that day over and over and over . . . WAIT?! What am I thinking? Never mind Ron get that out of your head, she just a friend, just a friend. There's no point anyway she'll never know OR remember, there's never gonna be a tomorrow."
"What would you do if you were stuck in one place and every day was exactly the same, and nothing that you did mattered?" Ron asked himself gloomily.
It was then and there that Ron had a Revelation and he decided to try another experiment on a bigger scale. If there was no tomorrow, than there would be no consequences to face afterwards.
A plan was now in formation. Ron wanted to see if his theory would hold true. If whatever he had planed for the day was going to work, than he would either get off scot free or get into serious trouble the next day. Either way Ron didn't care because in one hand he could have a laugh and continue with the time lapse or in the other hand get into serious trouble but return back to normal time. He had to try it.
Ron turned around and left the infirmary as quick as he could and decided to head back into the potion's classroom with a new lease on life.
Moments later Ron had arrived at the potion's classroom and was extremely out of breath
He opened the door to the classroom and slammed it shut as hard as he could.
The whole class turned around to see what Ron was playing at.
"Sor-ree pro-fess-or, I-came-as soon-as-I-could" said Ron who was now gathering his breath.
"Wouldn't miss this class for all the chocolate frogs in Great Britain sir" said Ron with a grin on his face.
Harry and Hermione looked flabbergasted at Ron's new attitude since he looked so sad this morning.
"Very well Weasley, its about time you got back" said Snape in a deadly calm voice
Ron just stood there and smiled.
Snape looked very taken aback. And than as soon as Ron had taken his seat next to Harry and Hermione he continued with his lesson.
"As I was saying before Mr. Weasley interrupted my lesson. Today you will be brewing the Cruxtitions potion. If you read your chapter last night as you were told to than you should know what ingredients are needed to make this complicated potion. I trust that you already know that I will be selecting potions at random and testing them on students, so get into pairs because you have to test your partner's potion. You have half of this class to prepare your potions, than the next half will be used to test them." And with that Snape left the classroom just as Ron expected.
Ron wasted no time in getting things set up. "Come on and get over here Neville, you big bear you" said Ron with a big smile across his face.
Neville looked very pleased to have someone want him as a partner, but Ron new that there was no escaping the inevitable and that Neville was going to end up with him anyway.
Ron had all the knowledge now to correctly make a perfect Cruxtitions potion. He had failed twice before but now he had learned from his past mistakes.
"Ron what's gotten into you all of a sudden" said Hermione smiling at Ron
"Wouldn't you like to know" Ron said playfully as he winked at Hermione which caused her to giggle and blush furiously.
Ron took notice to Hermione's reaction and smiled to himself realizing that it was very unlike him to talk like that to any girl, especially Hermione.
Whatever Ron had planed for Potions today, he was sure Snape would never expect it in a thousand years.
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