Thursday September 19th

Herbology

9:15 am

Ron still hasn't asked me about Hogsmeade.

9:16 am

Not that I care, of course.

9: 40 am

I handed in my vampire essay yesterday and Stupid M. gave me an 'O'. Ron received an 'A'. She gave me the weirdest look when she handed it back to me. I guess her talk with Dumbledore didn't go the way she planned. Haha.

11:10 am

Charms

I've got my Forensic Charms essay back. I got an 'O'. Yes! Double ha and a hyphen!

11:15 am

I've just noticed that Flitwick circled the words "Writus Revealus" and wrote "Sp?" in the margin. I didn't spell it wrong! I know I checked it over a dozen times. Must speak with Flitwick after class.

12:05 pm

Ah-hah! So THAT'S why the Charm wasn't working! That book had a typo – the charm isn't Writus Revealus, it is Writus Revealis. With an 'I' instead of a 'U'.

I'm going to try the spell tonight after dinner.

6:30 pm

Dinner

Ron kept looking at me sideways throughout dinner. Finally I got fed up with it and asked him what was the matter.

"What?!"

"Well…when you saw me…coming out of Morgan's classroom…well…did you hear?"

"What happened, anyway?" I asked, figuring there was no point pretending I hadn't heard. Ron had seen the Extendable Ear.

"She…"
"She what?"

"She…groped me." He said quietly. He looked so confused and guilty that I began to laugh. I laughed so hard that tears came to my eyes. Ron thought I had gone made.

"Oh, Ron." I sighed.

Harry and Ginny looked at me oddly. "What's so funny?" Harry asked.

"Nothing, nothing." I laughed, wiping away my tears of mirth.

Ron gave me a cute little half-smile and continued eating.

6:35 pm

…did I just mention "Ron" and "Cute" in the same sentence?

Crap.

7:00 pm

I'm going to do the charm in a minute. Deep breaths.

7:05 pm

I don't. Friggin. Believe it.

It WAS Ron.

What the hell?!

Friday September 20th

History of Magic

9:30 am

I can't believe it was Ron. I almost said something to him last night, but I didn't. I keep glancing at him as he plays Hangman with Harry.

Harry, by the way, has a hickey on his neck. He and Ginny have wasted no time becoming a couple, I see.

9:25 am

I wonder if Ron knows.

12:35 pm

Lunch

Should I say something to Ron about the note?!

12:40 pm

I'm going to tell him.

"Ron…I…er, I…got your er, uh, well, er…I know you wrote the….er…note."

Ron looked at me with a mixed expression of horror and embarrassment and then muttered, "Excuse me." And rushed off.

Harry and Ginny were too busy snogging each other to notice.

1:15 pm

Herbology

Ron isn't in class. I'm afraid he might be mad at me.

6:00 pm

Dinner

Wow, Ron must be REALLY mad at me. It's not like him to miss a meal.

6:50 pm

Was walking back to the Gryffindor common room when Ron pulled me behind a suit of armor.

"I need to talk to you."

"Yes?"

"Er…about that note…" he ran a hand through his hair and looked incredibly uncomfortable. "I'm sorry."

"I'm not mad." I said, a little too quickly.

"Really?"

"Yes, really. I thought it was…sweet."

"Hey…Hermione?"

"Yes?"

"Would you like to go into Hogsmeade with me tomorrow?"

My scathing 'No!' was right there, but it accidentally came out as a yes. But we're going JUST as friends.

We walked back to the common room together. When we got back we found Harry and Ginny cuddled up on a sofa by the fire.

"Where have you two been?" Harry teased

"Nowhere!" I snapped. "We just met up and walked back together. We're friends, we're allowed to do that. Aren't we?" I was feeling a bit stroppy. Okay, more than a bit.

"Okay, sorry." Harry gave me a weird look.

I settled down onto a sofa and crossed my arms. My face was flaming. Ginny was looking back and forth between me and Ron with a knowing look.

7:00 pm

Honestly. We're just friends. Why are they making such a big deal out of this?

Stupid prats.

Saturday September 21st

10:15 am

Hogsmeade

Met Ron at the gates. Harry and Ginny walked with us, holding hands and sniggering at us.

Malfoy shouted "How much is Weasley paying you, mudblood?" as we walked by.

Both Ron's face and mine were red with embarrassment.

11:20 am

Honeydukes

The four of us had a great time picking out candy. I must admit I had a nervy spaz on the chocolate, and bought more than I should have. Oh well. Ron bought a huge packet of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. Those things are disgusting, yet he and Harry love them. I will never understand the male species.

12:10 pm

The Three Broomsticks

Settled in for some butterbeer and sandwiches. I got tuna. Not very risqué, but still v. yummy.

Ron and Harry were trying to convince me to try an Every Flavor Bean.

"C'mon, Herm. Live a little!"

"Yeah, c'mon."

Even Ginny joined in. "Don't be such a chicken."

To get them to stop bothering me, I agreed. "But only one." I warned.

12:15 pm

I picked a random bean. The one I've got is dark grey.

12:16 pm

Augh!! Pepper! I fell into Ron, choking and gasping. All three of them were laughing like loons. Ron held me up and handed me my butterbeer. I took a swig of it and looked at him gratefully.

12:18 pm

And then he kissed me.

12:20 pm

I pulled away from him and looked at him in shock.

"What are you doing?" I asked, my voice going a tad high.

"Sorry," he said quickly. "I just…"

"We came as just friends!" I yelled, and escorted myself from the building.

1:30 pm

Hiding up in my room. Ginny came in ten minutes ago to say that they were back and Ron was looking for me. I told her to tell him I didn't feel well.

2:20 pm

Why on earth would Ron kiss me?! What did I do to encourage such an act??

2:25 pm

I don't even LIKE Ron.

2:30 pm

Ginny's back.

"Why'd you go all squirrely on Ron?" she asked me. I pretended not to hear her.

2:35 pm

Ginny does not get it. I am giving her the silent treatment. She is supposed to realize and accept that. She is NOT supposed to jump on me and pinch me until I talk.

"Do you like Ron?"

"I don't know!!"

Why did I say that? I do NOT like Ron…in that way.

"Why'd you run out on us?"

Good grief. I'm starting to feel like I'm on Jeopardy. "Questions that will drive Hermione mad for five hundred, please."

"Because he wasn't supposed to kiss me! We went to Hogsmeade as just friends.

"So you don't like him."

"Yes. I mean no! I mean…augh, I don't know."

What is the matter with me??

"Okay…"

Ginny's little self-satisfied smirk just rubbed me the wrong way.

"Just leave me alone!! I don't want to speak to you right now. And tell Ron he's a jerk and I never want to speak to him again. Ever."

"Fine." Ginny turned to leave. "But you still kissed him back."

2:40 pm

What?? I did not! And even if I had, how could she tell?

2:42 pm

I didn't, so it doesn't matter.

2:44 pm

Wait, did I?

2:48 pm

Crap. I did.

Sunday September 22nd

5:30 pm

Bed

Have been hiding in my dormitories all day so I can avoid Ron. Ginny came up a few times to beg me to come down, but I just ignored her.

5:35 pm

I'm starving. If I go down to dinner, I still don't have to speak to Ron, do I?

6:10 pm

Came down for dinner. Sat with Parvait and Lavendar. God, they're annoying. Ron is sitting about five places away from me and keeps shooting me these hopeful little looks.

6:15 pm

Drop dead, Ron.

Tuesday September 24th

9:18 am

Arithmancy

Something has gone horribly wrong. Ron is not speaking to me either. Doesn't he know how these things work?? He is supposed to feel awful and beg for my forgiveness while I remain distant and full of sophisticosity until I see fit to forgive him.

He is not supposed to ignore me too.

I think both he and Ginny need to learn the rules for these mind games before they participate in them.

Hmph.

9:30 am

Fine. I don't need him. I shall concentrate doubly hard on my studies.

12:15 pm

Lunch

Sat with Harry, Ginny and Ron. It was very awkward. Harry and Ginny were snogging each other for dear life, and Ron and I sat with our arms crossed, glaring in opposite directions.

12:20 pm

I would have gone to sit with Parvati and Lavendar, but another minute with those stupid tarts and I might go crazy.

1:55 pm

History of Magic

Bored out of my gourd. Luckily I have charmed my quill to take notes for me, so I don't have to.

2:00 pm

Asked Harry and Ron (well, Harry, but Ron heard) if I could play Hangman with them. Harry said, "Sure!" and Ron said, "No!"

2:05 pm

Fine. I didn't want to play Hangman with them anyways.

Prats.

3:15 pm

Library

Working on my History of M. essay. "Explain how the Centaur Treaty of 1741 came into being, and how its serious breach in 1912 caused the formation of Clause 42b.

It is v. boring, but at least I'm not in the common room being all awkward around Ron.

3:40 pm

Ginny's just come and flopped down beside me. "Quidditch tryouts are on Saturday."

"Hrrm, yes, well, good luck."

"You should try out for Chaser with me."

I nearly had a nervy b. "What?!"

"C'mon, Herm, you're actually not that bad. You know you're not."

"But I don't even LIKE Quidditch!"

"Well, think about it. Fred says if you decide to, you can have his old broom. He doesn't need it anymore. And if we end up with two crap chasers and lose the Quidditch Cup to Slytherin, think about how you'll feel."

"Thanks, but no. And that reverse psychology crap doesn't work on me."

"Whatever." Ginny left me to my thoughts.

3:45 pm

Should I?

3:46 pm

What's the harm in trying, right?

3:48 pm

No way. I'd just embarrass myself. And anyways, I don't have time.

3:55 pm

But maybe it would help keep my mind off Ron. Hmm.

Wait – no it wouldn't, he's Keeper.

4:10 pm

Fine, I'll try out. But only if Ginny will practice with me beforehand.

6:15 pm

Dinner

Asked Ginny if she would practice with me. She looked so happy I thought she might burst. We start tonight.

6:20 pm

What on earth have I gotten myself into?

9:00 pm

Just got in from practice with Ginny. She's right – I'm really not that bad. We just did basics – passing, tackling, scoring, etc.

Fred's old broom isn't too bad either. Ginny produced it from her trunk after dinner with a smirk on her face. I've deduced that she's been planning this for some time now.

9: 14 pm

Four days until tryouts. I feel sick.