Disclaimer: Harry, Hermione, Ron and the gang are still not mine, neither is their universe.
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Harry and Remus parted their hugging after a few moments and Harry sat down in the chair by Remus's desk.
Both heads quickly spun towards the door as they heard 3 large pounds on the door.
"Come in," Remus bellowed.
The door flung open with a bang and a red-faced Ron Weasley was standing with clenched fists in the doorway.
"I can't take her anymore!" Ron stated slowly. Still without moving his legs, he unclenched and clenched his fists again. Harry was surprised smoke wasn't coming out of his ears.
"Take who? What happened?" Harry inquired quickly standing up.
"Hermione! She makes me so furious I don't even know what to do with myself."
"Oh, what happened?" Harry repeated.
"I finished playing chess with Ginny, and so I walked into Hermione's room to see if she was done with her book and wanted to play me or something. So I walk in, and you wanna know what she did, mate? She was sitting at her desk, writing something, and when she sees me enter she flips the paper over and pretends she wasn't writing! So obviously I was curious so I walk over to her desk and pick up the parchment. Do you know what it said?" Ron asked, fuming.
"No, Ron, what'd it say?" Harry asked in a tone as though he was already annoyed with this conversation.
"It said 'Dear Viktor, thank you for the lovely letter, I would like to see you again some time'! Can you believe that! Or at least that's all I read... but still! She's still all chummy with Viktor Krum! And now she's going to leave m- uh, US and go hang out with him all the time! And she was hiding the letter so clearly she had said stuff that was even worse! Probably told him all about the Order and everything! Who knows what girls tell their boyfriends!" Ron exclaimed, nearly screaming now.
"Ron, Ron, calm down. What did Hermione say after she grabbed the letter from you?" Lupin asked, eyeing Ron with curiosity.
"Well first I told her off for lying to us that she wasn't seeing Krum anymore, and then I told her that she shouldn't trust him, since he was Kararoff's best little student and all. And then she said, 'Ronald Weasley'," Ron was now speaking extremely fast and mocking Hermione with a high pitching squeaky voice that the three of them knew sounded nothing like Hermione in reality, " 'I can't believe how utterly ignorant you are! You don't know anything about Viktor! And you clearly don't know anything about me if you think I'd tell him any of our secrets! Sod off and get out of my room!' " Ron finished crossing his arms over his chest.
"Ron, I'm sure she hasn't told Karkaroff anything, you know Hermione, she'd never do anything like that," Harry said taking a step towards Ron to put his hand on Ron's shoulder.
"Harry! Are you joking! You remember Karakoff! He's a death eater! Remember how much he liked Krum?" Ron persisted, sounding almost desperate for Harry to agree with him.
"I don't know Ron... I mean there's always a possibility, but we have no other evidence," Harry reasoned.
"Harry she also lied to us! She told us she wasn't seeing Krum anymore, and in that letter I swear on my life that it said she'd like to see him again, she wants to go on another date with him!" ranted Ron. "She says I don't even know her! Of course I know her! I know her better than that Neanderthal! I've known her for 5 years!"
"Ron, you didn't read the rest of the letter, you never know what it might have said," Remus piped in with a grin.
"Yeah, and I don't think she wants to go on another date with him, she told me once she thought he was the ugliest bloke she's ever seen. And even so, she's allowed to talk to who she wants." Harry shrugged as he said his last sentence quickly, wanting to be over it.
"That's what she always says!" scoffed Ron.
"Well," Harry said with a pause, "she's right."
After a long moment of Ron thinking he replied, "I know."
"So then you should go apologize," Lupin offered.
"I... can't right now... Harry can you go see how mad she is at me?"
"Well, I hate getting in between these fights between you two, but since it'll be over soon, I'll go talk to her."
"Thanks, mate, you're a true friend," Ron said with a smile at Harry and a look of relief.
Harry opened the door and walked into the hallway, Boy am I sick of hearing these two bicker, I'd thought they'd gotten better, can't they just tell each other they love each other and want to get married?! Harry had had a feeling since around 4th year that his two best friends liked each other as more than best friends, but neither had told him yet. He wasn't sure if they'd ever admit it either. The sooner the better, Harry thought, I want these fights to be put to an end.
As Harry was approaching Hermione's room, he saw Ginny exit the room.
"Hey Gin," Harry said.
"Oh hey, come to speak on behalf of my dim-witted brother?"
"Ah, so you've heard of the newest Weasley vs. Granger fight?"
"Heard? I could FEEL the ground shake as they were screaming at each other. When those two fight, everyone knows."
"Yeah, tell me about it," Harry agreed.
"I know how you feel, I'm sick of it too, and Hermione is too, she just told me how she just wished Ron could read the rest of the letter where she says that she didn't want to go out with Viktor because she liked Ron. OOPS!" Ginny said clapping her hand over her mouth, "I've gone and said too much again!"
"She...she admitted to it? To Viktor?" Harry asked sounding amazed.
"So you've guessed she liked Ron?"
Harry nodded, "I've guessed since about 4th grade, both are to chicken to do anything though," Harry said sounding more condescending than he should have according to his dating experience.
"Yes well, Hermione's been telling me about it since the Yule Ball, I think she sort of knows that Ron just can't handle his emotions and is waiting for him to confess his love."
"I think she might be waiting a long time at the rate he's going," Harry said. Ginny laughed and smiled at Harry. "Well I better go clean up Ron's mess," Harry said returning a smile to Ginny and pushing up the sleeves of his blue hooded sweatshirt.
"See you later, Harry" Ginny said placing a hand on his arm and walking away towards the stairs.
"Bye," Harry replied quietly. He watched her walk out of sight before opening the door to Hermione's room.
"Oh!" Hermione gasped, "Harry you really need to stop sneaking up on me like that!"
"Sorry," Harry mumbled with a shrug.
"So I guess you're here to talk about the fight? And I guess you're going to take Ron's side" Hermione asked accusingly.
"Er... no, actually, Ron admits he was wrong, and he wants to apologize as long as you are no longer fumingly mad."
Hermione, who was sitting cross legged on her bed hugging her pillow, looked up at Harry at his words. "He... he did what?" Hermione breathed, barely loud enough for Harry to hear from across the room.
"He wants to apologize," Harry repeated, picking up the chair by her desk and putting it in front of her by the bed.
"I never thought... maybe he really does... perhaps he'll actually admit..." Hermione mumbled to herself.
"Um... Hermione?" Harry spoke up, startling her as she realized he was in the room still. Harry continued now that he had her attention, "I, er, know that you like Ron."
"You do?" Hermione asked looking scared, "How?"
"Well, I've always sort of suspected, but then Ginny just let it slip by mistake, but I was pretty much completely sure of it anyway, so don't be mad at her." Harry told Hermione, emphasizing his last point.
"You're not... mad or anything are you?" Hermione inquired.
"No, at first I was slightly, I mean, it'd be awfully lonely if you guys started leaving me out, but then I realized you wouldn't, and no matter what we'll still always be the mischievous trio." Harry teased, he knew how much Hermione hated be known as mischievous.
"Well, that is if he and I ever even get together..." Hermione said quietly.
"I am pretty sure he likes you too, he just doesn't know how to handle it. I think you're the only girl he's ever liked."
"Well, I sure wish he'd handle it soon. I know there's some feelings there, I can tell from how he gets jealous of Viktor, it's really quite cute actually," Hermione said with a giggle, "But still, it's hard to like someone and not know if they like you back," Hermione sighed.
"I'd imagine..." Harry said dreamily, wishing he even had someone who he could like, even if unrequited.
"Maybe, you could... I don't know... try to get Ron a little closer to realizing and admitting his feelings?" Hermione asked, knowing that she was asking a lot of Harry. She wasn't sure how often the boys talked about the girls they liked, but even if they did and he hadn't admitted it to Harry yet, who knows when he would.
"I'll try," Harry said with a weak grin.
"Thanks, Harry," Hermione replied as her face brightened up, "and don't forget to open your eyes and find that girl who likes you, I know that you feel lonely, but there's someone out there."
"Ok, Hermione." Harry said, feeling overwhelmed with the mission he was about to take on. He got up and walked to the door, closing his eyes and putting his hand over his forehead. Geez, setting these two up is tiring business, now I have to go find Ron and, As Harry opened the door his thoughts were interrupted as he hit a solid object. He opened his eyes and looked down to see Ginny Weasley on the ground rubbing her head.
"Oh brother, sorry Ginny! I should have been watching where I was going!" Harry said as he offered his hands out to help Ginny up.
Ginny took his hands in hers for Harry to pull her up. Harry, after his weight lifting at the Dursley's, pulled her up with more strength than he intended. The two were now standing so that the lengths of their bodies were practically touching and their faces were staring at each other, only an inch away.
"Your...your..." Ginny stammered, looking back and forth between Harry's dazzling green eyes, "chin is very hard." Ginny removed her right hand from Harry's hand, leaving the left one still with his, in order to rub her head.
"Oh, sorry, are you alright," Harry said as he absentmindedly placed his empty hand on her head to gently rub the place on her forehead where she hit his chin.
"Yes," Ginny whispered and then cleared her throat, "fine... now."
"I should... go, and talk to Ron, then, if you're ok," Harry said, not moving yet and looking into Ginny's eyes as if they were the most beautiful gems he'd ever seen.
"Right, and I should go talk to Hermione," Ginny said, stepping back and releasing Harry's hand slowly.
They both started walking away, taking one last glance at each other before they entered their separate rooms.
A/N: Ahhahaha! Fun chapter to write! Sorry to all those who don't like mushy gooky teenage stuff, it needs to be done, and there WILL be an action/adventure plot to this story, I'm just taking it very slowly. Did I overdue the harry/ginny stuff? Or the Hermione/Ron stuff? Did you catch the little foreshadowing that Hermione says – (hint, last thing she says, then Harry's actions....) If not, doesn't matter, just thought it'd be fun to try to write. Don't forget to review! Thanks in advance to all those who do!