Hey guys! Sorry I haven't been updating as quick as I usually do. I kind of had writers block but its almost gone. Anywho enjoy the next chapter.

Disclaimer: I wish I was rich but I'm not. I wish I was as good a writer as J.K.Rowling, but I'm not. I wish I owned the Harry Potter characters. BUT I DON'T SO DON'T SUE!

Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves at the Christmas Ball. Harry and Ron found it

considerably more entertaining. Harry was happy he had a date who didn't feel like dancing and

Ron was glad that Hermione wasn't going with Viktor Krum. As this thought approached him

he began to think about her.

"Hey Harry, what do you think Hermione is doing right now?" asked Ron.

Harry thought a moment.

"Maybe she's reading a book. I mean, that's what she likes doing isn't it?" he said.

The girl in white (which is what Harry and Ron referred to her for now seeing as she wasn't so

keen on revealing her name) gave them an odd look.

"Do you really think she'd be doing that on Christmas?" she asked the two of them.

"Well she said balls aren't much of her thing." said Ron.

"Are they?"

"Are they what?"

"Much of her thing."

"No, I suppose not. She hates makeup, much less wearing some fancy gown." Ron laughed.

"How do you know?"

"I just do. "Do you think I do?"

"Do what?" Ron asked.

"Like wearing makeup and wearing a fancy gown."

"Yeah." Ron stated wondering what his date was getting at.

"Why."

"Because you are. You're wearing makeup, and you're wearing a really nice dress. I mean why

would you do something you don't want to."

"Tell me, do you like wearing dress robes."

"No." Ron said.

"Then why are you wearing them. Why do something that you don't want to." Ron was quiet.

"Its your turn." Harry said. Ron looked at him and Luna and saw they were grinning. Well Harry

was at least, Luna was humming 'Weasley is our King'.

"Ok, I give up. Why do we do thing we don't want to?"

"Who says, I have the answer."

"Well you asked me. I said I give up. So I'm asking you."

"Just because I asked you something doesn't mean I know the answer. People that ask you

questions don't always necessarily know the answer. You can't just assume they do."

"Well I assumed you did because you seemed to know the answer."

"Then you assumed wrong. So if you assumed wrong how do you know you didn't assume

wrong with your friend Hermione."

"Because...I...mean..." he couldn't reply.

"Maybe you shouldn't make assumptions. Both of you." She said looking meaningfully at Harry

and Ron.

"She's right you know." said Luna entering the conversation suddenly.

"People really should stop all their unfounded assumptions. I mean most people think that the

Crumpled Horn Snorkack is a legend, but how do they know?"

"Well there is the evidence." replied the girl in white.

"Evidence can tend to be false you know. I mean sometimes you have to really investigate to

actually be sure that its solid, true evidence." Luna said in a strangely firm voice. There was an

unusual moment of silence from the girl.

"You know what? You're exactly right. People do have to investigate closely to make sure they

have evidence for something."

AN: (swear I won't do this a lot) think Sirius Black

"Well this is something." Ron said laughing.

"What is?" asked Harry.

"Who would have thought that we're actually having a conversation that requires thinking. Boy

Hermione would be really pleased if she could see that I was learning something at this ball

thing."

"You always mention her. Hermione I mean." The girl in white said.

"Well she is my friend."

"Isn't—Harry?—yes Harry your friend too?"

"Well yeah, but he's here. She isn't."

"Right." she said and for a moment Ron could have sworn that he saw her mouth twitch.

I'm sorry its short, and I apologize if it was confusing, but I wrote this like at midnight and I really wanted to post up a new chapter. Anywho if a ton of you guys review, the next one will be longer, and will be posted up sooner. nudge nudge wink wink