A/N: Here's the next chapter. I hope you enjoy it!
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The next morning Harry and I put our plan into effect. We waited around the corner from the potions classroom until we saw Snape open the door and walk inside. Then we headed towards the door.
"I still can't believe that Hermione said that," I said in an abnormally loud voice.
"Well, I'm not surprised. She's always saying things like that about Snape," Harry replied trying not to laugh. He was speaking in the same loud voice as me.
"Really? About how she's more intelligent than him?"
We stopped in front of the door and faced each other.
"It's not just that. She's always questioning his teaching methods and saying that he's incompetent."
"Wow. It's really threatening for Snape's authority for Hermione, Head Girl of Hogwarts, to be saying things like that."
"I know. She was especially mad yesterday. Saying that Snape was wrong for giving Ron a detention. That he was wrong about everything."
I nodded and we started walking towards the Great Hall for breakfast. I took out a compact and glanced in the mirror. As soon as we were out of earshot Harry turned to me.
"Do you think it worked?"
"He heard us. He looked out the door after we left. And he definitely didn't look happy."
"How do you know? We were walking away."
I opened up the compact and showed it to him.
"You didn't think I was checking my make-up, did you?"
"Impressive," he said as he held the door to the Great Hall open for me, "Remind me never to get you mad."
"Oh, I will," I said with a smirk as I ducked inside.
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I was sitting in the common room trying work on my Arithmancy homework when the portrait door opened and I heard Hermione's voice.
"A detention! Can you believe that?! That man is so...so infuriating!"
Harry trailed behind her and when he saw me he rolled his eyes and nodded at Hermione. I smiled and was just delving into a perfectly platonic Harry fantasy when Hermione slammed her books on the table right next to my hands.
"Watch it!" I shouted.
"Oh sorry," she said distractedly.
"What's the matter Hermione?"
"Bloody Snape gave me a damn detention." I knew that it was serious because Hermione never curses.
"Why?"
Hermione just huffed and headed up to her dormitory, forgetting her books on the table. Harry shrugged his shoulders and pulled up a chair to sit next to me.
"I assume it worked then?"
"Better than expected. You should've been there Ginny. It was fascinatingly horrible. Snape and Hermione got into a yelling match in the middle of class."
"Wow. Tell me the details. I bet Ron was surprised, seeing as how Hermione is always holding him back from stuff like this."
"Ron would've been surprised, if he'd been there."
"He wasn't there? Wait, where is he now? What happened?"
"Well," Harry said, "Ron had to go to the hospital wing because he had some allergic reaction to the potion we were making. Hermione got upset and told Snape that it was his fault and that he should've warned us about the ingredients. One of them is apparently highly reactive. Then Snape called Hermione an interfering know-it all. They got into a yelling match and Snape gave Hermione a detention."
"Wow. So Ron doesn't know that Hermione has detention with him tonight?"
"No. And I don't know if she's going to tell him. She's acting really weird about the whole thing. She might try and talk her way out of it."
"It won't work. Hey, Ron's coming back before tonight right?"
"Yeah, he should be back after dinner. Their detention isn't until ten. We should drop a hint about their feelings for each other and then they'll have to talk about it later when they're alone."
"Okay, Harry, that could work." I glanced up at the dormitory stairs. "You know, I should really go talk to Hermione. We can't have her in an awful mood like this tonight or else she and Ron will end up arguing instead of getting together."
"All right," Harry said as he put his hand on top of mine, "Good luck. I'll see you at dinner."
"Thanks."
I headed upstairs and knocked on the door to the seventh year girls' dorm.
"Hermione...Hermione, can I come in?" No response.
I knocked again. "Hermione?"
Taking a deep breath I turned the doorknob and pushed inward and walked in the room.
"Hermione?"
I looked around and saw her sitting by the window. I walked over and sat down beside her, pretending not to notice the tear streaks on her face.
"It's only a detention. Harry told me that they're really not that bad. And didn't you get one first year?"
I sat there wondering what else to say when Hermione finally spoke up.
"I'm not supposed to get detentions. I'm supposed to be a role model. I'm Head Girl. I'm supposed to be a damn paragon of Hogwarts perfection," Hermione hissed.
"Well, aside from your perfectionism, which we'll talk about later by the way because you're not perfect and nobody expects you to be, if you're goal is trying to become the perfect Hogwarts student...well, what's a Hogwarts student without a detention or two."
Hermione let out a strangled laugh.
"You know I'm right. I mean, practically everyone in this school gets detentions and almost all of those are from Snape. Hermione, you've just become the perfect Hogwarts student. And you did it by not being perfect."
Hermione looked over at me and I was surprised by the vulnerability there.
"But I messed up. I yelled at a teacher!"
"You yelled at Snape. There's a difference. You did what each and every one of us wishes we could do. It's a story to tell your children and grandchildren." Hermione's mouth started to turn up. "All of your red- haired, Weasley children and grandchildren."
"Hey!" Hermione's eyes widened at the implication and she pushed me.
"I'm just saying."
"You didn't say anything did you? You promised!" Hermione suddenly looked panicked.
"Anything about what?"
"Ron, and you know. How I...well, how I feel about him." So that's what she was on about.
"I haven't told him. I told you I wouldn't." Though maybe if I did they wouldn't still be avoiding the issue.
"Okay." Hermione let out the breath she'd been holding.
"It's time for dinner," I said while getting up, "Are you ready to go?"
"Yeah," Hermione said. I held out a hand and helped her up.
"Well then, let's get going sister-in-law."
"Ginny!"
A/N: Thanks to all of my reviewers! Sorry it took a while to update, but things have been crazy with school.
British-BrownEyed-Beauty: I'm glad that you like it! Thanks for your review!
Lavalampronsgirl: Hey Kym! Glad you like the chapter title. It's fun hearing from you!
Gyani: Thanks for the review. I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on future chapters.
J.Rhaye: Thanks a lot! I'm glad you like the format of seeing the same events from different perspectives. (
Cloudy Sky: I really appreciated your review. Thank you for the compliments, they really meant a lot to me and I'm really glad that you like my writing. I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on this chapter and future ones!
Nymphadora003: I'm glad that you liked how I narrate for Ginny and that you feel like I'm capturing her well – that's my goal! I hope you liked the whole detention thing!
i-h8-sclub: Thanks!
XxGinnyxx: I'm glad you like my story! And H/G and R/Hr totally do belong together!
Fuzzy Elf: lol, I'm glad you liked the Krum idea. What flashed across Ron's robes was something to the effect of "Snape is an idiot." Thanks a lot for being such a great and constant reader and reviewer. I really appreciate that!
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The next morning Harry and I put our plan into effect. We waited around the corner from the potions classroom until we saw Snape open the door and walk inside. Then we headed towards the door.
"I still can't believe that Hermione said that," I said in an abnormally loud voice.
"Well, I'm not surprised. She's always saying things like that about Snape," Harry replied trying not to laugh. He was speaking in the same loud voice as me.
"Really? About how she's more intelligent than him?"
We stopped in front of the door and faced each other.
"It's not just that. She's always questioning his teaching methods and saying that he's incompetent."
"Wow. It's really threatening for Snape's authority for Hermione, Head Girl of Hogwarts, to be saying things like that."
"I know. She was especially mad yesterday. Saying that Snape was wrong for giving Ron a detention. That he was wrong about everything."
I nodded and we started walking towards the Great Hall for breakfast. I took out a compact and glanced in the mirror. As soon as we were out of earshot Harry turned to me.
"Do you think it worked?"
"He heard us. He looked out the door after we left. And he definitely didn't look happy."
"How do you know? We were walking away."
I opened up the compact and showed it to him.
"You didn't think I was checking my make-up, did you?"
"Impressive," he said as he held the door to the Great Hall open for me, "Remind me never to get you mad."
"Oh, I will," I said with a smirk as I ducked inside.
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I was sitting in the common room trying work on my Arithmancy homework when the portrait door opened and I heard Hermione's voice.
"A detention! Can you believe that?! That man is so...so infuriating!"
Harry trailed behind her and when he saw me he rolled his eyes and nodded at Hermione. I smiled and was just delving into a perfectly platonic Harry fantasy when Hermione slammed her books on the table right next to my hands.
"Watch it!" I shouted.
"Oh sorry," she said distractedly.
"What's the matter Hermione?"
"Bloody Snape gave me a damn detention." I knew that it was serious because Hermione never curses.
"Why?"
Hermione just huffed and headed up to her dormitory, forgetting her books on the table. Harry shrugged his shoulders and pulled up a chair to sit next to me.
"I assume it worked then?"
"Better than expected. You should've been there Ginny. It was fascinatingly horrible. Snape and Hermione got into a yelling match in the middle of class."
"Wow. Tell me the details. I bet Ron was surprised, seeing as how Hermione is always holding him back from stuff like this."
"Ron would've been surprised, if he'd been there."
"He wasn't there? Wait, where is he now? What happened?"
"Well," Harry said, "Ron had to go to the hospital wing because he had some allergic reaction to the potion we were making. Hermione got upset and told Snape that it was his fault and that he should've warned us about the ingredients. One of them is apparently highly reactive. Then Snape called Hermione an interfering know-it all. They got into a yelling match and Snape gave Hermione a detention."
"Wow. So Ron doesn't know that Hermione has detention with him tonight?"
"No. And I don't know if she's going to tell him. She's acting really weird about the whole thing. She might try and talk her way out of it."
"It won't work. Hey, Ron's coming back before tonight right?"
"Yeah, he should be back after dinner. Their detention isn't until ten. We should drop a hint about their feelings for each other and then they'll have to talk about it later when they're alone."
"Okay, Harry, that could work." I glanced up at the dormitory stairs. "You know, I should really go talk to Hermione. We can't have her in an awful mood like this tonight or else she and Ron will end up arguing instead of getting together."
"All right," Harry said as he put his hand on top of mine, "Good luck. I'll see you at dinner."
"Thanks."
I headed upstairs and knocked on the door to the seventh year girls' dorm.
"Hermione...Hermione, can I come in?" No response.
I knocked again. "Hermione?"
Taking a deep breath I turned the doorknob and pushed inward and walked in the room.
"Hermione?"
I looked around and saw her sitting by the window. I walked over and sat down beside her, pretending not to notice the tear streaks on her face.
"It's only a detention. Harry told me that they're really not that bad. And didn't you get one first year?"
I sat there wondering what else to say when Hermione finally spoke up.
"I'm not supposed to get detentions. I'm supposed to be a role model. I'm Head Girl. I'm supposed to be a damn paragon of Hogwarts perfection," Hermione hissed.
"Well, aside from your perfectionism, which we'll talk about later by the way because you're not perfect and nobody expects you to be, if you're goal is trying to become the perfect Hogwarts student...well, what's a Hogwarts student without a detention or two."
Hermione let out a strangled laugh.
"You know I'm right. I mean, practically everyone in this school gets detentions and almost all of those are from Snape. Hermione, you've just become the perfect Hogwarts student. And you did it by not being perfect."
Hermione looked over at me and I was surprised by the vulnerability there.
"But I messed up. I yelled at a teacher!"
"You yelled at Snape. There's a difference. You did what each and every one of us wishes we could do. It's a story to tell your children and grandchildren." Hermione's mouth started to turn up. "All of your red- haired, Weasley children and grandchildren."
"Hey!" Hermione's eyes widened at the implication and she pushed me.
"I'm just saying."
"You didn't say anything did you? You promised!" Hermione suddenly looked panicked.
"Anything about what?"
"Ron, and you know. How I...well, how I feel about him." So that's what she was on about.
"I haven't told him. I told you I wouldn't." Though maybe if I did they wouldn't still be avoiding the issue.
"Okay." Hermione let out the breath she'd been holding.
"It's time for dinner," I said while getting up, "Are you ready to go?"
"Yeah," Hermione said. I held out a hand and helped her up.
"Well then, let's get going sister-in-law."
"Ginny!"
A/N: Thanks to all of my reviewers! Sorry it took a while to update, but things have been crazy with school.
British-BrownEyed-Beauty: I'm glad that you like it! Thanks for your review!
Lavalampronsgirl: Hey Kym! Glad you like the chapter title. It's fun hearing from you!
Gyani: Thanks for the review. I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on future chapters.
J.Rhaye: Thanks a lot! I'm glad you like the format of seeing the same events from different perspectives. (
Cloudy Sky: I really appreciated your review. Thank you for the compliments, they really meant a lot to me and I'm really glad that you like my writing. I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on this chapter and future ones!
Nymphadora003: I'm glad that you liked how I narrate for Ginny and that you feel like I'm capturing her well – that's my goal! I hope you liked the whole detention thing!
i-h8-sclub: Thanks!
XxGinnyxx: I'm glad you like my story! And H/G and R/Hr totally do belong together!
Fuzzy Elf: lol, I'm glad you liked the Krum idea. What flashed across Ron's robes was something to the effect of "Snape is an idiot." Thanks a lot for being such a great and constant reader and reviewer. I really appreciate that!