Contemplating Confusion

by ©SimbiAni™ and SweetieK

Summary: A joint effort between two dream-dazed fans, one who can't get enough sappiness, and one who has a tendency to surround herself in drama. In this episode of our adventures, Hermione realizes she has a crush on both Ron and Harry. How will she come to terms with this new issue, and who will she choose? No specific year, and complete AU.

Warnings: This fic is not to be taken seriously. It is the result of a non-HP-writing fan (well, who admittedly dreams HP though) reluctantly bribed into RP-ing HP with a drama princess. Although this has been edited to fic form (meaning, minus all the zany chat inbetween each other's posts), you must still expect to encounter lots of randomness, sillyness, grammatical errors, repetitiveness, loss of sense of time, probly OoC-ness too, and extreme lack of plot. Once more, this fic is here purely for your amusement. You have been warned. Enjoy! Hopefully it brings a smile to your face, hehehe...

Chapter Six:

'Snow Fun

Quietly, Harry bent down and scooped up some snow... "Ron..." he started temptingly, "let's forget about that for now. Let's have some-" smoosh- "fun!"

Harry had thrown the snowball and then was off running before Ron had realized what hit him.

The snow on Ron's face contrasted against him turning red, and quickly he recovered, scampering after Harry, who was laughing tauntingly.

Hermione shuddered. Damn. They were running straight for the Shrieking Shack. Better now or never, she thought. She wouldn't tell them she liked them, exactly, but she would tell them she didn't like Malfoy...

Harry was quite clear ahead of Ron, but in the one moment he turned to looked back and laugh at him, Harry tripped over a ill-placed rock and went flying face-first into a snowbank on the side of the path.

Ron caught up and jumped on top of him, cackling. "How's this for chilling out!"

Hermione breathed a soft sigh of relief, even though she'd said she would tell them. Oh, who am I kidding? she thought, grinning and watching them.

Harry struggled under Ron (damn, Hermione was certainly right about him being so strong from all that quidditch in his position! while Harry as a seeker was simply more enhanced in his visual perception/balance skills, haha) and Harry only got the upper hand when he got a handful of icy snow and maneuvered it into Ron's face, who immediately fell back sputtering, while Harry cracked up. And then he only just ducked in time to avoid a well-aimed snowball which ended up flying past him.

Just as Harry snickered, they heard a yelp from behind. The snowball had hit someone? Someone had been spying on them? They froze listening, curious and wary now.

Hermione quickly brushed the snow from her hair and face. Damnit! Ron's aim just has to be perfect, she thought, shaking snow from her. She put on her jacket. So much for not being cold. Heh.

A shout came from Ron- "Hermione!"

They had spotted her, and ran over to her, Ron laughing since he noticed she still had bits of snow in her hair from the missile he'd thrown inadvertently her way.

Harry smiled to see her, though she now seemed like a deer caught in headlights, hehe.

Hermione picked up some snow, packed it into a ball and took aim. She shot it right at Ron, her aim being perfect. She grinned as it hit him.

Ron had gotten hit becuz he'd been taken by surprise. Well, if it was a snowball fight she wanted... He wiped off his face, and reached down, Harry ducking behind the nearby snowbank he'd fallen into earlier.

Soon there was an all-out war between Hermione and Ron, with Harry not being able to choose sides except that Ron didn't let him leave anyways, hehe.. In a matter of an hour, they were all completely soaked, and due back at the regroup point soon..

Hermione laughed, being hit with the last snowball.

"I think we should head back," she said, seeing students lining up. She saw Malfoy walk out of the Three Broomsticks and hoped Harry and Ron didn't see him or else the conversation would take place. And Hermione definitely didn't want that.

Shaking themselves off (and feeling like wet dogs as they did LoL), they adjusted their jackets and headed for the line. Harry couldn't resist patting Hermione's hair to wipe out some remaining snowflakes, and it seemed to him that she blushed- did she?

But before they reached line, Ron suddenly turned to her.

"Who is it exactly that you fancy, 'Mione? And don't avoid the question!" he watched her eyes, knowing the first person she looked at would give it away regardless of what excuse/answer she came up with this time.

RP Disclaimer: Hermione is all SweetieK. Harry and Ron though, are SimbiAni's sappy expressions. Other chars' usage are varied, depending on whose RP turn it was, hehe.

Movie/Book Disclaimer: JKR and WB etc own the books and movies. I make no money off this zany sappiness, none at all. Honestly.