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..."