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Paladin, yeah this is going to be a Spike Buffy. I think I decided on making it a Dawn Draco too. Yeah, I agree. There are a lot that have Harry hooking up with everyone else.

Disclaimer: I don't own what doesn't belong to me, and that's most of the characters. I said it, now I have a broken heart.

Happy now?

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Hermione had seen what had happened between the cousins, and she had heard what Harry had said. She was curious, though, about why he had said it. 'Was it because he just wanted to make his cousin sweat, or because he really wants me to be his... no, don't be silly, Hermione. Harry deserves more than just you,' she thought venomously to herself. 'Harry would want to go out with Cho or some Quidditch player or full blood, not some muggle-born like me.' Malfoy had really done a number on her confidence, but she hid it well to anyone but herself. 'If you're really curious, just ask Harry when he comes back, god, I can't believe that you're considered the smartest witch in your year, or most other years, for that matter. You couldn't even keep your parents safe.' Hermione's sub-conscious really let her have it when she was feeling down, making her feel worse. This time she simply told herself that she was good enough, and that she would ask Harry, and that she was good enough, no matter what anyone else said.

Harry came in and saw that Hermione was lying down on his bed, looking like she was deep in thought, and he didn't feel like disturbing her, so he just kind of sat awkwardly on the edge of his bed and thought about what he had just said. Hernione was his girlfriend. He liked the thought of it, but he didn't know how she would feel about it. Maybe she didn't like him like that, just as a friend. He sighed and that woke Hermione from her internal argument.

"Harry? What's wrong?" Hermione asked, seeing a weird expression on his face. She wondered if it had something to do with what he had just said to his cousin.

"Hmm? Oh, nothing. Just thinking about what I said to Dudley just now." He wondered what he could say to her.

"Harry? I heard what you said to your cousin," Hermione said tentatively, wondering how to say what she wanted to. "Did you mean what you said when you said that I was your

girlfriend?"

"That depends on what you want, Hermione," Harry replied, looking nervous. I mean, I would like it if you were my girlfriend, but it depends on what you want. I won't force this on you."

"Harry, I've wanted this for longer than you can imagine. Ever since first year, I've had a crush on you," Hermione admitted, hoping that she hadn't scared him away.

"Really? Me too. I mean, I had a crush on you as well, but I figured you and Ron fought so much that you were just covering up that you liked each other, so I just forced myself to go out with other girls. That crush I had on Cho lasted only until she really sat down and talked with me, and I found out the only reason she liked me was because she wanted to hear about Cedric. So, Hermione, we can be together? You're okay with that?" Harry had been babbling and he knew it, but Hermione thought that it was incredibly cute and told him so.

"Harry, of course I will. I thought that you didn't want me because you only wanted a Quidditch player or a pure-blood. I guess I crossed you with Ron and Malfoy," they both started laughing at that image. Then she had a thought. "Oh, God! Ron! How are we going to tell him? He'll go nuts, because I think that you're right and he does have a crush on me."

Harry sobered pretty fast and said, "I don't know what we can do about him, but he's our friend, he should be happy for us, right?" Harry wasn't even believing his own words, but he hoped that Hermione didn't know that.

"Harry, are you completely bonkers? He'll flip out, you know Ron and his temper." Hermione was now wondering if they should even tell Ron about them.

"Hermione," Harry said, reading the look on her face. "Baby, we have to tell him. He'll just be hurt if we don't. And he might hurt us if we don't. Maybe it won't be bad if we just tell him straight on?" Both of them looked at each other and knew that telling him at all was a bad idea, so instead of talking about what they were going to do about Ron, Hermione fell into Harry's open arms and snuggled up to him. They both started wondering what Ron was doing and how he would take the news. They fell asleep snuggling.

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Meanwhile, in the Weasley household...

"Hey, Ronnikins," George said to Ron as he and Fred walked over, seeing that their little brother was distracted by something. Fred grinned and added, "thinking about your little girlfriend, Ronnie?"

"Shut up, you prat! I don't have a girlfriend!" Ron snarled, thinking about Hermione and wondering if she felt the same way about him that he did about her. He really loved her, but couldn't think of a way to show it, so he teased her and started fights with her all of the time. But she participated, so he thought that it meant that she liked him too. He wondered how Harry was doing as his brothers tormented him mercilessly, going on about how he was a prefect and how he was shaming the family be becoming one. 'I wonder how his family is treating him this year? Hopefully better than last year. I wonder how Hermione is?

"Earth to Ron," Fred said, snapping the younger Weasley out of his daydream.

"What do you want now?" Ron asked, annoyed with his brother at interrupting his thought process.

"I just offered you a piece of candy, not of the ton tongue variety, if you want it, geez, don't snap my head off, all high and mighty one," Fred said, slightly grinning in anticipation of the joke he was about to play. When put in a mouth, this candy would send the sensation of being stunned through one's body. The twins were planning to add the candies to the Skiving Snack boxes and needed to see if they worked. With them, a student could pretend that they were suffering the effects of an earlier class and skip out early. The twins knew that the product wasn't dangerous, they had taken them as well, but they wanted to see how someone unexpecting to take one.

Ron put it into his mouth and sucked on it for a few moments before feeling funny. He started to go rigid, like he was stunned. Ron started panicking, and his brothers saw this, for they told him to stay calm and that he was the newest test subject of theirs.

As he started to feel the effects worse, he wondered how Hermione and Harry were doing.

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AN: so, is this better? Is it any good? Should I keep it going? Feedback is totally appreciated, I think it's something all authors need. I hope you all like it, flame or praise me, I just need to know what you think.

Peace and Love,

Chris