Chapter 23
Marry the Man Today
"Ginny!" Hermione said seeing the angry look on her friends face "what's wrong?"
"Harry is what's wrong!" Ginny said glaring at the floor "He only thinks of me as Ron's little sister."
"Did he say that to you!" Hermione asked shocked that Harry would say that.
"Yep!" Ginny said bitterly.
"Well, tell me exactly what he said, because I have a feeling that there was a bit of misunderstanding."
Ginny then repeated the conversation between Harry and herself to Hermione.
"Well" Hermione said "I don't think he really thinks of you that way. I think that he was just a bit scared of what your brothers, especially Ron, would do to him if he said his true feelings. Guys are weird like that. They always speak before they think causing them to look very stupid.
"Your right Hermione. I'll just have to talk to Harry again and sort out this mess."
"There's our cue!" Hermione said before going on stage. Ginny took a deep breath and followed.
"What are we crazy or something?" Hermione said as Sarah.
"At Wannamaker's and Saks and Klein's, a lesson I've been taught
You can't get alterations on a dress you haven't bought " Ginny said in response.
"At any vegetable market from Borneo to Nome
You mustn't squeeze a melon 'till you get the melon home" Hermione said.
"You simply gotta gamble" Ginny said turning away.
"You get no guarantee" Hermione said also turning away.
"Now doesn't that kind of apply to you and I?"
"You and me!"
"Whatever."
"Why not?" Ginny sang turning back around.
"Why not what?" Hermione sang back also turning around.
Ginny continued.
"Marry the man today
Trouble though he may be
Much as he likes to play
Crazy and wild and free"
Hermione and Ginny Both sang
"Marry the man today, rather than sigh in sorrow"
"Marry the man today and change his ways tomorrow" Ginny finished.
"Marry the man today"
("Marry the man today")
"Maybe he's leaving town"
("Maybe he's leaving town")
"Don't let him get away"
("Don't let him get away")
"Hurry and track him down"
("Counterattack him and-")
They both sing.
"Marry the man today, give him the girlish laughter"
"Give him your hand today and save the fist for after" Hermione finished
"Slowly introduce him to the better things
Respectable, conservative, and clean" Ginny sang.
"Reader's Digest" Hermione sang
"Guy Lombardo" Ginny sang
"Rogers Peete" Hermione sang
"Golf!"
"Galoshes!"
"Ovaltine!"
They both sang
"But marry the man today,
Handle it meek and gently"
"Marry the man today and train him subsequently" Ginny sang.
Hermione started to sing.
"Carefully expose him to domestic life
And if he ever tries to stray from you
Have a pot roast"
"Have a headache"
"Have a baby"
"Have two!"
"Six!"
"Nine!"
"Oh!"
"Marry the man today,
Rather than sigh in sorrow
Marry the man today and change his ways—"
("And change his ways—")
"And change his ways—"
("And change his ways—")
"And change his ways—"
"Tomorrow!" they both sang finishing the slightly ironic song.
