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 Eight:

Making Up is Hard to Do

Hermione was already in the Common Room, not speaking to anyone. She was reading again, just so she had a way to ignore Ron and Harry when they did come in. Her. A liar! She got angry at just the thought of it.

Ron walked into the common room, and sure enough there was Hermione in their corner. This time she was immersed in a book, or so it seemed.

Harry sat down next to her, a big smile on his face. "'Mione, you wouldn't believe how I just made Malfoy shut up, haha..."

Ron, about to sit down also, whapped Harry on back of his head. "I can't believe you suggested that!"

Harry snickered. "Oh c'mon, Ron, lighten up, it was hilarious to see his reaction, hehehe..."

Ron shook his head. "If you were going in that direction, you shoulda just told him that it was him you wanted, like to see his arrogant face then..." Ron chuckled mischievously and Harry gasped.

"Ron!"

There'd been no response from Hermione, however, and she snapped her book shut and walked to the opposite corner, sitting down. With one glare at them, she opened her book again and continued reading. She flipped a page every once in a while, but she wasn't reading at all.

Harry gazed after her. "'Mione? C'monnn, Ron didn't mean what he said!"

Ron glanced. "Didn't mean what? Isn't it obvious that she likes Malfoy! She just hasn't gotten around to being brave enough to tell us!"

Harry sighed exasperatedly, "Even if it were true, I could absolutely see why she hasn't! I mean, look at the way you're reacting, Ron!"

Ron choked in disbelief. "And you're not freaked? It's Malfoy!"

Hermione heard every word and glared at Ron. She wasn't mad at Harry but was very mad at Ron. "Me like ferret boy!" she exclaimed. "I wasn't looking at him, he was looking at me, which caused me to see what he was up to!" she shook her head. "Ron, think about it! This is the person who is Lucious Malfoy's son! The Death Eater! Do you honestly think I could EVER like him!"

Ron and Harry watched Hermione in her outburst.

Then Ron tentatively spoke... "Well, he obviously likes you..." and which Harry elbowed him a hushed "shut up!" before Hermione could realize what Ron had said. Oops, too late.

"Well, that's completely different from me liking him! Why do you care anyways? You're acting like a jealous prat!" she threw her book down and walked out of the Common Room, wandering the halls.

Ron stuttered, and what came next was nearly too low to hear. "Becuz I like you too... more.. gahh..."

But Harry heard it, and realized it was true! Ron did like Hermione! They just had never discussed it before now, but now knowing, everything seemed so obvious! All Ron's jealous moments, etc! Harry had been too distracted by the (more important anyway though) crazy drama happening in his life, but, this was gonna affect them for sure.

Harry could tell Ron didn't think he heard, but he had to let him know. "Ron, really...?"

Ron went a completely different color this time- white. He looked like a ghost. "Well- uh- I- Har- it's just- um..."

Harry nodded. "It's okay, Ron. We can talk about it later. Let's find her first and apologize to her, alright?"

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 own the books and movies. I make no money off this zany sappiness, none at all. Honestly.