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Chapter 3 - Great Minds Think Alike

Jeremy walked toward his common room turning over the conversation he'd had with Draco earlier. Hermione Granger? The Mudblood? But then, Jeremy thought, she has beautiful eyes, a fairly nice body and a great smile. Jeremy found himself imagining what it would feel like to wrap his hands around Hermione's trim waist. Shaking his head to clear it, he muttered the password, "graysfang," and slipped into the Slytherin Common room.

"Hey JR!" a voice called and Jeremy turned.

"Not now Pansy," Jeremy said darkly, but Pansy just smiled. Jeremy threw her a look that could curdle milk and stalked up to his dorm.

Rummaging through his book bag, he came up with his Herbology stuff and took off for Greenhouse 3. On the way out of the door, Hermione caught his arm. She'd been talking to Ron and Harry and motioned them to keep walking.

"Hi," she said brightly. Jeremy smiled and watched the way the sun played on her brown hair, no longer bushy but a waterfall of dark brown that fell almost to her butt.

"Hi yourself Hermione," he said. Hermione stopped and Jeremy had a sudden thrill of anxiety.

"I was wondering," Hermione began. "There's a Hogsmeade weekend at the end of September, would like to go with me?"

"Only if you sit with me at the Quidditch match next Thursday," Jeremy said. Hermione pondered this and finally nodded her head.

"Sure," she said. Hermione and Jeremy walked toward Herbology together talking easily about all sorts of things. When they reached Greenhouse 3, Jeremy gave Hermione's hand an affectionate squeeze and took a seat beside Brian. Hermione flushed and took a seat with Harry and Ron.

"You and Jeremy and item now?" Harry asked.

"I guess so," Hermione replied. Harry looked over at Brian and Jeremy who were talking quietly. Hermione looked over as well and caught Jeremy's eye, he winked and Hermione felt her face grow hot. With seconds to spare Draco scooted into Greenhouse 3 and took a seat with his friends.

"Attention up here!" said the squat professor Sprout. All heads to the front of the class."Today we will be learning the properties of Venomous Tantactula. I ask that you be careful, wear your dragon-hide gloves; the teeth are extremely sharp. Now please pair up with someone and come up to the front to receive your plant."

Hermione was left alone when Harry and Ron paired up. A tap on her shoulder startled her and she jumped.

"Am I that scary?" Jeremy asked. "Be my partner?"

"Okay," Hermione answered. Jeremy went up to the front to get their plant and Hermione secured them a worktable. Harry and Ron were working to the left and Brian worked while Pansy watched on the right. Jeremy returned with a Venomous Tantactula and they set to work determining its magical properties.

Harry and Ron were immersed in a deep conversation about two Ravenclaw girls, Jess and Jacklynn.

"Talk to her mate," Harry was saying. Ron shook his head.

"There's no point, she'd never go for me," Ron moaned. Harry laid a supporting hand on his best friend's shoulder.

"Never say never Ron," Harry said. Ron looked at Harry as if to say 'you have no idea,' and went back to studying the plant. Harry sighed, who was he kidding? He knew nothing about girls. At least Jacklynn and him weren't going to be playing against each other next Thursday, maybe they could skip the game and find out more about each other, considering they hadn't really talked since they were on the train.

Almost the entire class passed before Ron spoke again about Jess.

"Fine, I'll talk to her," he said. "After Divination."

"Okay Ron," Harry said. The bell rang and everyone hurried to clean up and get to the next class they were supposed to be in. Hermione and Jeremy walked back up to the castle hand in hand while Harry, Ron, Brian, Draco and Pansy looked on in shock. It seemed that Pansy had let yet another one get away.

Ron and Harry headed for their common room and Divination.

"You'll be fine," Harry reassured Ron.

"Oh no I won't, I can't talk to girls Harry! My tongue gets all tangled and I can't think straight!" Ron exclaimed. Harry laughed.

"Stop worrying," he said, then looked up as Jacklynn passed with Cat and Jess. Jess waved to Ron who lifted his hand weakly and continued walking. "Go talk to her now!" Harry hissed. Ron shook his head. Harry sighed hopelessly at Ron as he caught Jacklynn smiling at him. Harry mouthed 'meet me out here after supper!' Jacklynn nodded and hurried to catch up with Cat and Jess.

"I need a nap, and Divination is where I'm going to get one. Then I'll talk to Jess," Ron mumbled. Upon reaching the North tower, they climbed into Trelawney's hot, stuffy, and over-perfumed classroom and began another painfully long Divination class.

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