Chapter Three : Everyone's Busy
It was the crack of dawn….. literally…..The thunder and lightening rolled around the sky.
"Aw shucks! ", moaned Ron. This meant their Quidditch practice would have to be cancelled. Though he was Captain, he wasn't a fanatic like Oliver had been.
"Look at the bright side, we won't have Herbology. The plants are getting their day out " , Harry said and pointed out to Ron the scores of plants out for a " walk ". The Whomping Willow looked almost pleasant.( What was disgusting weather for us humans was great for the plants)
" Oh well ! . Now we've got a lot of time to kill before breakfast. Hey.. did you finish Binn's assignment? " , asked Ron.
"Great ! It totally slipped my mind. By the way how on Earth did you remember to do it? . Whatever it is I really need to hand in today's homework because if I don't this will be the third time in a row. I never seem to find enough time, what with going out of the castle with Ginny and all…… Anyways... since when did you get so responsible, huh, Ron"
" It's just that I saw Herm doing the "extra" assignment for him and I realized that I hadn't done the regular assignment itself. So I go to work and finished it 2 – 3 days ago", said Ron
"Why didn't you tell me . We could have done it together , na?
"Yah , right . You were kind of …. uh …..occupied/busy …helping Ginny with her homework"
Hearing that Harry blushed. " You're right. Hey I must say you are some kind of rare example of people in love becoming more responsible and all….."
"Hey! I'm not in love …... I just like her a lot." , exclaimed Ron
"Sure , Ron , sure…It's so obvious that you love her . In fact I won't be surprised if the two of you are the first ones to get married … right after school….(Now it was Ron's turn to blush as red as his hair) Oh but I forgot a tiny detail… you have to tell her before any of that..and that too in this lifetime.", teased Harry
After a little more chatting, Harry got to work and finished in time.
"It's amazing how I manage to finish two days work in two hours", Harry thought to himself.
Soon, they were all assembled at the Breakfast table. Thankfully there was only pleasant conversation between Ron and Hermoine. In fact he was trying to be extra nice to her. The only disturbance was when the post owls arrived, showering them with water. They were all wet due to the rain outside .
After a filling, delicious breakfast they slowly made their way to their classes. Soon, Prof Binns was at his desk correcting the assignments. He came to Harry's and smilingly said ,
"So, Master Potter, I see you have decided to submit your homework. Good for you . One more "not submitted mark against your name and you would have been given detention".
Harry was quite relieved. Just like his knack of getting into trouble, he had also inherited the knack of getting back into the teachers good books. Prof Binns started his lecture and droned on and on. The class was as dull as the weather outside.
Earlier I mentioned that Ron was not a fanatic… well that's half true…. Because he's a half fanatic. He was feeling terrible that they had had to miss practice in the morning… so he rounded up the team in the (supposed to be) free Herbology class. He made them go over the tactics again and again till he was sure that every member would be able to answer any game related question even when half asleep.
The next few days were dull too. So they had to stay indoors. Harry had to do a lot of catching up with his books. Ron played chess with anyone who was willing to lose anyway. Herm did study… but she also thought about her weekend plans. She was trying to decide if she should take up Neville's offer … the offer to go with him to Hogsmeade this weekend. So what if he wasn't a handsome , cool, hunk…. as far as she knew Ron any kind of guy would do for her plan to work.
Author Notes: Thanks again. Comments are welcome. Please review!
courtney of sparta :Actually Iget your point. EvenI felt the characters were a little stuffy, but I've tried to rectify that with the third one. Hope you like it!
