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Chapter Four : Little Green Monster

All that dull weather finally cleared up. It was finally the Hogsmeade weekend. Harry ,Ron and Hermione went down to the grounds together . They were just about to get into the waiting carriages …. when ….

Herm started a little nervously.. " Um….I won't be going to Hogsmeade with you guys today"

"Why not?" , Ron exclaimed . He had it all planned…. After a few drinks at the Three Broomsticks, they would take a nice quiet walk and when they were sufficiently alone he would tell her.

"That's because I have a date with Neville……. And so I ought to go with him right?"

"What?", Ron was so totally shocked. His mouth refused to close.

"Damn!" he muttered to himself . This was like rubbing salt on his wounds.

Then in a sudden flash of anger , born of jealousy , he said " Oh I don't care …… go wherever you want…… go to hell if you please"

But Herm didn't hear any of that last part. Neville had come to pick her up and they were off.

Back in the carriage, Harry told Ron ,"You know that was quite rude of you"

"Ya, I know. But I didn't really mean to be… I just couldn't help it….oh forget it!"

"Whatever you say".

Harry could clearly see what Hermione's plan was . She was quite intelligent but he had no idea she would use it for "matters of the heart". At any rate this was much better than Ginny and his "Plan B"

They spent the rest of their journey in silence. Harry was bored. "It's a pity Ginny couldn't come", thought Harry. Ron on the other hand did everything but forget about it .He was fuming "How could she go out with that dork….I am so much better that him ….etc etc"

The rest of their day was bad too. Finally they made it back to the castle, into their common room. There was a little daylight left. To ease the mood, Harry suggested that they go out flying for sometime. Ron agreed immediately

By the time they were done.. it was very late . Harry was soo tired that he flew in straight through their room window, luckily landing on his bed , almost asleep. Ron decided to take the route through the common room, where, as expected, Herm was busy writing.

She did notice him but pretended to be very busy . Well actually she was … she was just telling her diary about the success of stage 1 of her plan…..

"……………You won't believe the look on Ron's face today . He looked so sulky and sullen in the morning. All the same it was soooo cute …….", it went … you get the point.

Ron approached her and then all of a sudden he changed his mind an d took the seat farthest away from her. He just warmed his hands near the fire and went up to his room …In all this he hadn't spoken a word to Hermione .

"That was mean of him", she thought. She couldn't help feeling hurt… but then according to her plan she should have expected this.

The next day came and went without anything great happening. Ron spent all of next week trying to be extra extra nice to Herm.

Hermione was enjoying herself completely. When Ron and the others returned from Quidditch practice…. She would make it a point to go up to Neville and chat with him. This really irritated Ron because then he felt that they had been together all evening .

"I'm being a real little evil devil aren't I"she thought to herself." Muhwahahahaha "she laughed . In fact it was Ron who had taught her this so called "evil laugh".

One day he actually came up to her and said…"I think you are getting too distracted …is something wrong with you?.." which in Ron speak translates into" Don't go out with Neville …I hate his guts"

Hermione smiled. Her plan was working.


Author Notes : Hii I'm sorry its taking metoo long to update . thanks to everyone who reviewed.

KHdreamer: thanks for the encouragement