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Chapter 5- The Kiss and Tell

Hermione walked down the hallway in quite a good mood after Transfiguration. Harry and Ron were at another practice. Ron surprisingly had been made captain, and was insisting on practicing as often as possible. It was odd since Harry was clearly far better than Ron, and had been playing on the team much longer. Harry actually was fine with it. He'd realized Ron needed a chance to stand out, and he didn't want the extra stress anyway. The game always was really riding on the seeker, he didn't need to be Captian too. One thing that Ron was better at actually, was know all sorts of crazy moves and strategies from his obsession with the professional sport. Ron had seen tons of games, and brought clips of games to watch for practices and they'd observe the professionals moves. Ron really made a good teacher.

"Hermione, wait up." Lance called walking beside her.

"Hi Lance," she said blushing. This was so stupid, why was she acting this way?

"Hi," he smiled at her and she just melted.

'Don't be stupid, say something!' she thought.

"I just got out of Snape's class. I heard a rumor you told him off a while back. That's really wicked! Is it true?" He asked with an energy and excitement. He was refreshing to be around.

"Yes, unfortunately. Don't remind me." she blushed remembering the incident. Things were just finally starting to go back to normal.

"That's so awesome. He's so nasty. Really brave of you." he added stepping closer to her. They had stopped walking. She looked up at him.

"I had taken a truth potion, not so brave, I was basically forced to tell him off. Draco Malfoy asked me what I thought of Snape. Sort of set me up." She explained.

"That Malfoy is such a prat. I'll be sure to beat him at the Quidditch game for you."

"Thanks."

"Has anyone ever told you that you're really beautiful?" Hermione felt her face getting hot, she knew she must be bright red.

'what kind of question is that? Yes, someone's told her that, no that sounds stupid though…' she thought.

"No…" she said slowly still undecided between saying yes and no. "I mean- yes… er-"

"Well you are." With that he bent down and kissed her gently on the lips and walked away. Her lips were still tingling, she raised a hand to touch them. He'd kissed her…

"Wait!" She called jogging down the hallway, but he was gone. She decided to chase after him to find him without a clue why.

'Why am a being so stupid all a sudden?' she asked herself, but knowing it was because she had feelings for Lance. She finally saw him, he was going into the Ravenclaw common room.

"Talon." she heard him say to the portrait. She decided to follow him in. It was an odd time to be just staying in the common room, she doubted anyone would be there. Plus, this was Ravenclaw. Most the Ravenclaws spent their time the same way she did, in the library.

She walked up to the portrait and whispered, "Talon." She immediately heard voice coming from the boys side. She recognized Lance's and quietly snuck over to the boys dormitory. She stood out side the door quietly.

"Went that well did it?"

"Yea, kissed her and everything." she heard Lance say. They were talking about her. Did he like her? Did they know he did?

"OooOooooh, she's not that bad looking actually. Wish I could have been the one to do it." she heard the other voice say. Guys were pigs.

"You can have her. I'd be a bit obvious though, don't you think, you're the captain of the team, she'd suspect something. Once I find out you can go ahead. I don't want her." Lance's words stung in her ears.

"Maybe I will. Once we get what we need that is, but it's not like I like her. I just think she's hot." the voice explained.

"Eh, she's ok. Got her to practically do my report for me. Don't have to worry about failing anymore. My grades were slipping with all these Quidditch practices. I've got her wrapped so tightly around my finger, bet I could get her to do any project I want for me." She did really almost write his paper for him. It sickened her. Why else did they need her though. She didn't know anything about Quidditch.

"So did she tell you anything about what their plan is? I mean that Malfoy isn't very good, he's got a nice broom, but yours is far better, so we've got that taken care of, but Gryffindor, no offense but Potter's good. He could still beat you. We need to know their strategy." So that was it. She was best buds with Ron and Harry. He was using her for their plays.

"Don't worry, she'll tell me anything and everything. I didn't want to push it though, we've got time. We don't play Slytherin for a few days. Then Hufflepuff after that. We've got them beat for sure."

"Right good thinking. I don't know why no ones tried this before. We're smart, not strong or brave." the captain said.

"Yeah, finally using our talents. Breaking other teams by stealing their moves. I like it." he snickered. He was really stupid, how was he in Ravenclaw?

'Don't cry… you'll get back at him.' she told her self rushing out still holding back her tears.

"Mione, what's wrong?" Ron asked seeing her run the other way that they were walking, he stopped her.

"Lance, I just…" she stammered looking at Ron, how could she have been so stupid?

"What'd that jerk do? I told you he was a prat, didn't I!? Don't worry I'll take care of him!" Ron bellowed.

"No Ron, well he is a prat, but you can't. He only kissed me because he wanted to find out about your Quidditch strategies."

"He kissed you?" Harry asked shocked.

"You told him all or strategies?!" Ron was even more stunned.

"No, both of you quit jumping to conclusions and shut up for a second!" she said and they both closed their mouths, which were previously hanging open.

"Yes, he kissed me, but I liked it- I mean him! But then I followed him and found out he was only using me for information about your team and to do his homework for him. So-"

"Wait, you did his homework?" Ron asked appalled at her.

"Well, it was a report, and I sort of dictated it to him, he wrote it down. So-" she explained and tried to return to the story.

"You've never done my homework!" Ron exclaimed. Harry rolled his eyes knowing her doing Lance's homework wasn't the point Hermione was trying to make.

"Well I liked him!" She shot back, "Er- well I thought I did."

"I thought you liked me!" Ron yelled at her.

"I thought… can I just finish the story?"

"I'm certainly not stopping you." Ron stated. Harry and Hermione rolled their eyes in unison. "What?"

"ANWAY… he just need to find out Gryffindor's quidditch team's plan, and have me help him do his homework. So, he was just using me. He never really like me. It was a set-up."

"I'm sorry Hermione." Harry said in a sympathetic tone.

"Don't be. So my plan is to give him what he wants."

"Your going to tell him all our plays?!"

"RON!" Harry yelled smacking him on the back of the head.

"Ouch!"

"Shut up!" Harry said firmly, then looked at Hermione for her to finish.

"We are going to tell him plans, just not ours, not our real plans."

"I don't get it." Ron admitted sheepishly seeing Harry knew what she meant.

"She's going to lie. Tell him a lie so he'll tell the team to practice fighting some strategy that we aren't using. So do you know what your going to say?" Harry explained then turned to Hermione know she must have planned this out better than he ever could.

"Well now that Ginny's on the team, I was thinking I might say with Fred and George gone you decided you needed to fill the spot with Harry, and let Ginny be the seeker. No offense to Ginny, but Harry as a seeker is much more intimidating. And with him as a beater they be thinking that their beaters need work not their seeker. They be completely working on the wrong part of their team." Hermione said explaining her plan. It amazed her at how quickly she had come up with it.

Ron looked delighted, "That's brilliant Mione! We'll beat them for sure!"

"Thanks."

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