Ron
woke up. When he opened his eyes, he realized that he was the only
one in the boy's dormitory. He went to the common room hoping that
Harry would be there, but when he went out into the common room it
was empty. He turned his head and then he saw Hermione studying at
the window. Hermione was so sweaty in the hot room that her hair was
wet, so she opened up the window. It was a windy day and her hair
went wild, but in Ron's eyes it was in slow motion. Hermione looked
beautiful at that moment. Ron realized that he might actually have a
crush on Hermione.
Around dinnertime Hermione, who had spent
all of her free time in the library with barely a piece of toast,
reluctantly walked into the Great Hall for actual food. She'd much
rather be studying, as exams were only four months away, but she
acknowledged that food was a requirement for good studying.
Upon
entering and making her way over to the Gryffindor table, Hermione
noticed something slightly different about Ron. She chuckled slightly
when it occurred to her that he had done something to his hair,
gelling it to make it look "suave." It didn't look
half-bad, save for the fact that Ron, having no idea how to use a
Muggle product, had used far too much (reducing his hair to something
that could have qualified as a rock and/or mineral). In a moment
quite uncharacteristic, Hermione felt a slight urge to kiss him.
Being a sensible girl she sat down across from Ron and studied his
new appearance, creating several equations to help her determine why
this addition of gel had wrought such an unexpected
feeling.
Hermione was not having a good day, but in the
evening, despite her misgivings, she entered the Great Hall. As she
walked in, she spotted Ron. He was looking almost attractive,
Hermione noted. To her surprise, she felt she almost wanted to kiss
him.
The following morning, Hermione found herself walking
around the common room, mentally debating her next course of action.
Unbeknownst to her, she was actually talking aloud, her debate
audible to all in the vicinity. "Should I kiss Ron? No, no. No.
Um. Yes. Yes! YES!"
"Why did you say 'yes' so loud?"
Ron asked. Hermione jumped, having had no idea that Ron had walked up
behind her. It took her less than a second to recover. Giving in to
her instincts, she pulled Ron down to her by the collar and began to
kiss him. However, she still retained a shred of her Hermione-esque
dignity and pulled Ron over to a curtain, somehow managing to not
part contact with his lips.
Their kissing escalated to passionate
snogging and considering that it was the first kiss for both of them,
they turned out to be quite good at it.
This feels kind of good,
Hermione thought. It was okay to say it, because it was only kissing
after all. It wasn't like they were doing something a bit more
"inappropriate."
"Wow," Ron thought. "She
really does love me."
Ten minutes later, they came out
from behind the curtain. Hermione then cast a spell to straighten
herself and Ron up, so as not to have a suspicious appearance after
their round of passionate snogging.
They then rushed down to
the Great Hall, where they took a seat next to their close friend,
Harry Potter, trying to act as if nothing had happened. To their
surprise, Dumbledore stood up and made short speech: "Students,
I would like to announce that we will be joined by seven exchange
students from the United States of America. Their names are Desire,
Tori, Hannah, Shelby, Sam, Alex, and Christina, and they will be in
Gryffindor House."
"That Christina gives me the
creeps," Hermione said to her two friends.
"Hermione,
you're just being jealous," Harry replied.
"No, I'm
not. That girl just gives me an odd feeling," said Hermione.
Indeed, Christina did upset Hermione. On the second Hermione saw her,
and Dumbledore read out her name, Hermione felt a chill going up her
spine."
The next day, Hermione woke up late. She was
surprised at herself- she should have been up hours before to
study.
After getting dressed in proper clothing she went out into
the common room, where Ron immediately walked up to her and attempted
to kiss her. Hermione, however, put her hand up to stop him.
"Not
now, Ron...I'm just not in the mood," she said tiredly. It was
that she didn't want to kiss him- it was just that she was feeling a
little out-of-character today.
Meanwhile, Desire, Tori, Hannah,
Shelby, Sam, and Alex were talking.
"I don't remember seeing
Christina on the train," Desire observed.
"Me
either! It's like she just popped up from nowhere when we got here,"
said Tori.
"And haven't you noticed that she looks like
she is trying to seduce Ron but really wants to seduce Harry?"
exclaimed Sam.
"No, and that is just gross," Alex
retorted.
"Hey, you never know! It's not like we actually
know these people," remarked Hannah.
"But there is
something weird going on with this Christina girl, right?" asked
Shelby.
"And that is why tonight we're going to break
into the Record Room and see what makes this Christina girl tick,"
announced Sam.
"We're what?" yelled Desire, Tori,
Hannah, and Shelby in surprise and glee.
"Sounds fun,"
giggled Alex. "Let's do it!"
And so later that
night, Desire, Allie, Hannah, Shelby, Sam, and Alex left the
Gryffindor common room and snuck into the Record Room. When they
entered, however, they immediately felt like they were not
alone.
'"Hermione, what are you doing in here?" Sam
asked.
"Trying to find out who Christina is, where she
came from and such, but I don't know her last name," Hermione
said.
"We're just going to have to look through every
cabinet until we find her. There can't be all that many Christians in
this school," commented Shelby.
Nearly an hour later,
they found Christina's record- but where they found it put them in a
state of shock.
Christina's last name was Riddle.
"That's
why she wants to seduce Ron and Harry!" exclaimed Sam.
"Clay,
we've been over this a thousand times. She doesn't want to seduce
anyone! It is just your sick imagination," scoffed Tori.
"You
know, he might be on to something- he just might," said Hermione
thoughtfully.
"No way! He's what?" said everyone
else.
"On to something, didn't you hear me?"
answered Hermione, exasperated.
The following day Hermione,
Desire, Tori, Hannah, Shelby, Sam, and Alex were having a meeting in
the common room.
"What on earth are we going to do about
Christina R.?" Hermione asked.
"We have to find out
why she wants to seduce Ron and Harry!" Sam replied.
"Well,
almost. We have to find out what her plans are," said
Desire.
"Sounds good - but what exactly are we going to
do?" questioned Hermione.
"We could observe her at
lunch," Hannah suggested.
"Not a bad idea,"
Hermione said, smiling slightly.
At lunch, the girls and Clay
carefully watched Christina. To their anger, they noticed that she
kept leaning in on Ron and Harry.
It was at that point that
Ginny said, "What does she think she's doing with Harry?"
"She
is trying to seduce him!" Sam said desperately, trying to
convince the others of the truth.
"For the millionth
time, Sam, she's not trying to seduce anyone!" yelled Tori,
blissfully unaware of the expression on Christina's face. "But I
still think she has plans with those two."
"Well
that cat better keep her paws off Harry," Ginny said, scowling
slightly.
"Same with Ron," Hermione said, blushing
slightly but firm in her voice.
"I still think it's funny
that you like my brother! I mean, I don't mind if you have a crush on
one of my brothers but...well, you could have picked someone a little
better than Ron. Like Fred and George, or Charlie," said
Ginny.
"I'm not in the best mood right now so I suggest
that you keep quiet before I do something catty, okay?" hissed
Hermione.
Later that day the group had another meeting, but
this time included Ginny in their plotting.
"Since we
found out nothing about Christina at lunch we're going to read her
Diary," Hermione announced.
"But that means we'll
have to go into the girls dormitory, and I'm a boy," Sam said,
put out at the prospect.
"Don't worry," said
Hermione with a little smile. "I have a plan for you..."
