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Ron opened and closed his mouth wordlessly as he looked between Hermione and Harry. Hermione seemed as calm as ever while Harry looked prepared to jump out a window.

"What did you say?" Harry said, his voice unusually high.

"Oh no Harry! I didn't mean it in that way," Hermione said, quickly. "We'll just have to pretend we've broken up, that's all."

Harry and Ron breathed a simultaneous sigh of relief. For a second there, Ron had thought the three of them were going to split up, which was one of his worst nightmares. He was really concerned about what would happen if they two of them did break up.

"So how are we going to do that?" Harry asked, now that he had fully calmed down.

"Well, I'm not really sure," Hermione said, uncertainly. "I suppose we won't be able to hang around with each other-"

"Hang on," Harry interrupted, angrily. "Are you saying that we aren't supposed to be friends anymore either?"

"Well, when people break up, they aren't usually friends anymore," Hermione said, in a timid voice.

"Says who?" Harry asked indignantly.

"Well, you and Cho..."

"Well what about you and Ron?!"

Ron blushed madly and Harry's eyes widened as he realized the impact of what he had said. "Well I didn't mean...I...you know, that..." Harry stuttered.

"It's alright, mate," Ron said, quietly. "But Harry does have a point, you know." His voice regained some of his strength as he continued. "You two can still be friends, we'll just have to spread it around that you aren't dating anymore."

"So, I guess as of now, we aren't dating?" Harry said, resignedly.

"Well, we are," Hermione said, give him a swift kiss of the cheek. "It's just no one but Ron can know about it."

"So we aren't telling Ginny or anyone else?"

"No, we can't...we don't know who the traitor is, and Ginny could accidentally let it slip."

"Well alright then," Ron said. "I guess that's that." Removing the Imperturbable Charm, he opened the door and the trio walked out. Ron glanced back and noticed that Harry and Hermione were holding hands. He rolled his eyes and spun around.

"You know, this really isn't going to work if you two keep at it like that," Ron said, exasperatedly pointing to their hands.

Harry and Hermione immediately dropped hands, blushing. "I think this is going to be harder than we thought," Harry said.

It eventually spread throughout the Order that Hermione and Harry had split up. Harry kept coming to Ron complaining that if he heard one more word of comfort from anyone that he was giving up and going to live with Muggles. Bill and Charlie were repeatedly poking and prodding Ron, wanting to know how it had happened and whether or not they were still friends. He fed them the story that they had already agreed on (They didn't think of each other as boyfriend and girlfriend, so they had just decided to go back to being friends.)...which they didn't believe. Ron wasn't too fussed that they didn't believe him because he highly doubted that they were the traitors. The month passed by fairly fast even though they hadn't had much to do. Hermione had kept herself busy with the stack of books that she had brought with her and Harry and Ron were constantly on about Quidditch. It was an early Sunday morning when another problem arose.

Harry and Ron sat at breakfast, arguing animatedly about the Cannons chances in the League, while Hermione had propped The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts against a pumpkin juice jug.

"You've got it all wrong," Harry said.

"No you've got it all wrong," Ron argued. "The Cannons had won the league twenty-one times!"

"Right, and the last time they won it was in 1892!"

"You know," Hermione interjected. "If you know the dates of the goblin rebellions like you knew Quidditch, you two would be better students."

Harry and Ron rolled their eyes, but before they could continue, Pig, Hedwig, and an unfamiliar owl each delivered letters to Ron, Harry, and Hermione. Ron glanced briefly at the letter that had been dropped in his lap, as he was preoccupied with scooping Pig out of the sugar bowl. "Run along, you," Ron said, annoyed. He tore open the letter.

HOGWARTS SCHOOL

of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore

(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,

Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)

Dear Mr. Weasley,

Term of your seventh and final year at Hogwarts begins September 1. You will take the Hogwarts Express from Platform 9 and ¾. Your N. E. W.T. course schedule is listed below, according to your previous career selection.

MONDAY: Defense Against the Dark Arts for Aurors

TUESDAY: N.E.W.T. Transfiguration

WEDNESDAY: N.E.W.T. Divination

THURSDAY: N.E.W.T. Charms

FRIDAY: N.E.W.T. Potions

COURSE BOOKS

The Standard Book of Spells, Grade Seven, by Miranda Goshawk

Advanced Transfiguration, by Emeric Switch

Unfogging the Future, Advanced, by Cassandra Vablatsky

The Student Auror's Guide to the Dark Arts, by Quentin Trimble

Potion Brewing for Masters, by Severus Snape

"Divination!" Ron roared. "I've already failed out of that class! Who's put me back in that madhouse?!" He looked up to find Harry and Hermione staring at Harry's letter. "What? What is it?" He snatched the paper from the table and a silver badge clanged to the floor. Ron glanced quickly at Harry and Hermione's faces as he dove under the table to retrieve the badge with a gleaming and embossed HB.

"You've been made Head Boy," Ron said, sounding falsely cheerful. "Well done. You too, Hermione?"

Hermione nodded slightly, looking away.

"Now we can all sit together then," Harry said. "You know, on the train."

"Yeah," Ron said, tonelessly. "I reckon I'd better show Mum...she'll probably want our new course list. Five new books won't come cheap." He sullenly left the table, leaving a silent Harry and Hermione in his wake. Ron went quietly up to the stairs and into his room, flopping onto the bed. Why did it always have to be about Harry? Why? Wasn't he the one who was made prefect? But then Harry was always Dumbledore's favorite anyway, so he supposed he shouldn't be surprised. Harry had won again, just like he always had. Just when Ron had finally thought he had bested Harry at something...this.

Reviews:

Truly Anna: Nope, Hermy didn't mean it! Yeah, I wish it was weekend all year long...

Chrys-Moony-Marauder: Nah, you won't lose your rep. That chapter was really a bit of a filler, and this one sorta was.

PinkSmurf04: Hmm...Snape...

Geena-Waters: We'll see, won't we?

Magadorag: May I just say that I have never been left such a long review, nor have I seen anyone else receive such a long review, so merci. Let's see if I can respond to all of your questions/comments...But yeah, kooky stuff like that happens to me all the time. I love it when people say my characters are close to canon...that's the ultimate compliment for me. But yeah, I know my chapters are short. I'm trying to work on that throughout this fic. I'm a little confused by what you said about the Time Turner...why would she have gained some time? I doubt ickle Hermy would have messed with time to make herself older. Hmm...Kreacher...Ginny/Neville...you read my mind...but it will take a long and hard haul for it to get there (hee hee, you'll see!) Wow, that's really long...

Mara342: You are my most enthusiastic reviewer and you make me happy to write! Yay! Hmm...Lupin...I heart you too Mara342! (hey...that rhymes...)