A/N- I'm back again! Yay! So here is Chapter 9 I hope you all like it. I even went to sleep ay 4:00AM to finish it for you guys! So you better like it or I'll be very mad at you. Just kidding :P
Disclaimer: I forgot to add one at the beginning so yeah… Harry Potter and other related characters and ideas are registered trademarks of Warner Brothers and Jo Rowling… those lucky sons of…
Chapter 9: Adjusting my tie
Hermione closed the curtains on her four-poster bed quickly, but found that her dorm mates were still asleep. She sighed and rummaged through her trunk for her school robes. As she was pulling her arm through her sleeve, Parvati got up mumbling something about evil greasy haired twits and Veritaserum.
"Good Morning" Hermione smiled pleasantly.
"Yeah, yeah…" Parvati yawned and yanked Lavender's bed hangings open.
Lavender groaned. "I hate mornings" she yawned; "they're too early" she got up from her bed and made her way to the bathroom.
'How am I going to sneak Ron out of here?' she mused while pulling on her socks.
"Hermione can I borrow your toothpaste? I'm all out" Parvati's voice echoed in the bathroom.
"What? Yeah use it"
"Thanks"
'I've got it!' Hermione smiled and dashed downstairs and up towards Harry's dorm. She knocked on it once and wrenched it open. All the boys were still sleeping. She made her way through a mess of dirty laundry strewn across the floor and towards Harry's bed. She wrenched the curtains open and saw Harry squirm with the sudden burst of light.
"Wake up Harry!" Hermione shook him violently.
"Gargh! What? Geez!" Harry was glaring at her.
"Can I borrow your cloak?"
"Take it! Just let me sleep will you!" he flipped over and stuffed his head under his pillow.
"No, get up! I need your help!"
"Why?" he whined.
"Ron's back to normal" she whispered urgently.
"So?"
"I need your help to get him out of my room unnoticed" she hissed.
He groaned.
"Fine" she scoffed and pointed her wand at him "AGUAMENTI!" ice-cold water shot through the tip of her wand and onto Harry who jumped off the bed in surprise and landed in a heap on the floor.
"Why'd you go and do that?"
"Just hurry up and get dressed!" she tossed a pair of trousers at him.
"Keep it down you two" Dean's groggy head peeked through his curtains.
Hermione glared at him and he instantly retreated with a squeak.
"Hurry up" she clicked her tongue impatiently.
"I'm going, I'm going" Harry trudged moodily to the bathroom muttering obscenities under his breath. He came out five minutes later fully dressed.
"It's about bloody time!" she threw her hands in the air in exasperation.
"Hermione!" he looked taken aback "…you cursed!"
She rolled her eyes at him impatiently and shoved his invisibility cloak in her bag.
"So how am I going to help you get Ron downstairs?" Harry asked grumpily after finishing with his tie "I can't get past that ruddy staircase!"
"Exactly" she grinned.
"What?"
"I'm going upstairs to cover him in your invisibility cloak"
"Yeah, and?"
"I'll lead him to the top of the stairs. When I give you this signal" she adjusted her tie "you will try and go upstairs asking me about homework"
"Okay…" he still looked confused.
"When the stairs go off, Ron can slide down undetected, walk out of the Common Room and slip the cloak off"
"Fine" he ruffled his hair and sat down on a nearby couch watching as Hermione went upstairs.
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"Hermione?" Lavender looked quizzically at her.
"I forgot my book" she lied.
"Okay, see you later then" Lavender exited the room, Parvati behind her.
Hermione waited to hear their footsteps disappear and opened the curtains on her four-poster. She smiled at Ron, whom was lying on his back, his hands behind his head.
"Put this on" she tossed the cloak to Ron.
"Thanks" he stepped out of her bed and gave her a quick peck on the cheek. He turned around quickly and threw the cloak over himself, he grinned at a blushing Hermione.
"Ok Ron" she seemed to come back to her senses. "Harry's going to set off the staircase and you will slide down it" she flicked her wand at him. "Don't worry, the cloak won't fall off" she tugged at it to make sure.
"Okay"
"Follow me" she grabbed Ron's cloaked hand and led him towards the staircase, weaving through girls carefully.
She spotted Harry and adjusted her tie. He nodded and walked fast towards the foot of the staircase. "Hey Hermione can I borrow your potions notes?" he climbed the fifth step, which melted with the remaining others to form a smooth slide. Harry tried to keep going up but fell on his behind and slid back down.
"Now" she hissed and felt Ron brush past her. Hermione went after him and slid smoothly to a halt. Several people in the Common Room were laughing.
"Again Harry?" Ginny poked her head through the doorway and chuckled.
"I forgot" Harry got up, rubbing his backside gingerly.
"Shall we?" Hermione pushed the portrait hole open and Harry, Ron and herself clambered out.
Ron went inside a restroom with Harry while Hermione waited outside. He slipped inside a stall and flicked his wand. The invisibility cloak slid off him and fell on the floor. He proceeded to do his business and stepped out of the stall a few moments later.
"Good to see you mate" Harry grinned.
"Thanks" Ron handed him the invisibility cloak and walked out of the restroom towards the Great Hall, Hermione grinning by his side.
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The rest of the day went by normally, mostly teachers had asked where he'd been the previous lesson to which he simply answered "The Burrow". All was uneventful, until History of Magic that is.
Harry gave Ron a nudge on the ribs as Ron stared at the back of a bushy brown head. He passed him a note.
'Have you told her yet'
Ron's stomach gave a flop and he scribbled 'No'
' Do it then'
'Not now Harry!'
'Don't be such a coward'
'I will…'
'When?'
'Eventually'
'Oh come on!'
'Drop it Harry'
'Not until you tell her'"Uh-oh heads up, she's shooting us that look again" Harry whispered at Ron.
Ron crumpled up his piece of parchment and hid it in his pocket. He had an idea, he rummaged through his bag and got out a new piece of parchment. His stomach gave a violent lurch as if he had giant hippogriffs rampaging in it. He shook his head and scribbled a note.
'Hermione,
Can you meet me at the beech tree during break? It's important.
Ron'
He rolled up the note and taped it with his wand muttering "Locomotor" under his breath. His insides were now doing a mosh pit as he watched the note sprout tiny legs and scurry over to Hermione's desk. She opened the little jumping roll and read it quickly. She looked inquiringly at Ron and nodded. Ron's hear leapt to his throat and hammered quickly.
The bell rang and Ron's thundering heart seemed keep on escaping his ribcage.
"I'll catch up to you later Harry" he said in a sort of strangled voice.
"Okay" Harry gave him an encouraging look as Hermione approached him with an inquisitive look.
A/N- Cliffhanger? Haha … I usually don't do this but I like to see you squirm occasionally. Don't flame me, it's just that it's really late and I want to go to bed before dancing cups of Ramen Noodles enter the story somehow… Insomnia does that to me ok? So sue me! Next Chapter will be up soon, I promise! Please Review, tell other people about my story too! Thanks!