As Valentines Day approached, you could sense the tension in the air, so thick it seemed like you could cut it with a knife!
And Hermione, being the smart witch she was, noticed ever increasingly strange behavior from Harry and Ron, who seemed to have developed a nervous twitch in his left eye.
"Ron? Is everything okay? You seem pretty, jumpy lately." Hermione said softly when she noticed him in the common room a couple of days before Valentines.
"Hermione!" Ron said, his face turning an alarming shade of red. "I-I-I'm fine! Perfect, absolutely! I m-mean absolutely perfect, never been better! Must I Run, To do, things, I-I- I gotta go!" And with that he ran off to his dormitory.
At dinner that day, Hermione, finally fed up with all the secrets between Ron, Harry, and herself, decided to do something about it.
Marching over to the other end of the table, since she was not sitting with them at the moment due to them being insensitive prats, she slammed her fists down on the table and said loudly "WHAT IS GOING ON! YOU HAVE BEEN IGNORING ME FOR A WEEK! I AM YOUR FRIEND, I DEMAND TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON!"
As the two boys stared at her wide eyed, Hermione took a deep breath, and said "Well?"
"N-Nothing is wrong Hermione, we've just been really busy with quidditch, and homework, you know the usual stuff!"
"Do you expect me to believe that rubbish?"
"Yes?" Said Harry.
"Just, please, tell me whats going on!" Hermione said, sighing.
"Fine, we're trying to come up for a plan for Ron to come sweep a girl off her feet on Valentines day! Happy?"
"HARRY!" Ron said, his face now chalk white!
"That's wonderful Ron! Which girl?" Hermione said, plastering a fake smile on her face, 'Why does it hurt that he likes another girl? Am I jealous? No way!'
"Umm, no girl, I mean, umm no girl in particular, I've gotta go, bye!" And without further ado he ran out of the room!
Hermione raised her eyebrow and looked at Harry.
"I've, er, gotta go, too! Bye!"
'Boys!' though Hermione exasperated. She heaved a sigh and went back to her end of the table and started to pack up her bags.
