Chapter 11

The Meeting

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It was a bright and sunny day; the sun was beating in through the windows. Hermione and Ginny sat at their kitchen table sipping on a cup of tea. At the moment Hermione was staring blankly out the window onto the beautiful day. Harry was sitting on the couch in the living room, which was next to the kitchen and Ron was on the floor attempting to smother himself with a large knitted quilt.

"Honestly Ron, killing yourself isn't going to solve the issue because we'd have all that paperwork to mess with then the chore of the funeral. Frankly I'm not up to the task at the moment so if you don't mind could you remove that quilt from your face." Harry said while looking down at Ron and propping his feet up on his back.

"Your real funny Harry, get your feet off me." Ron said as he rolled over out of reach of Harry's feet. "Hermione do you have an idea yet?"

"I'm still thinking Ron." Hermione said as she came out of her stupor.

The four of them were all thinking of ways to get Lavender to give Ron his divorce without her going psycho on them. They wanted to make sure that she wasn't able to harm S.P.E.W. or any of them in the process. They needed a plan to trick her into signing the paperwork and were currently racking their brains to come up that plan.

Hermione suddenly stopped stirring her now cold tea and looked up at Ginny. "What about legal issues…surly there has to be a law about all of this."

"Wizarding laws are a bit different than muggle laws. Magical contracts are hard to breach or terminate." Ginny said. "Depending on how the marriage license was worded, something could happen to Ron if he cheats on her. Not that I would mind if something happened to him."

Ron shouted, "Hey!"

"No, nothing will happen or it already would have." Hermione said not realizing what Ginny was saying and ignoring Ron completely.

Harry's head perked up as he looked at Ron, "You mean you have already cheated on her Ron with Hermione? Yuck, I do not want to think about that mental image."

Ron rolled back over and kicked Harry hard in his left leg. "Shut it Harry, I'm glad you find all of this amusing. And if it helps any the mental image of you bonking my sister isn't any better."

"Damn Ron, I was just messing with you. Anyways, at least you know that you're not going to be attacked by a Hippogriff or something if you snog each other's faces off. But you still need to get out of the marriage or you two can never get married." Harry said while rubbing the spot on his leg that Ron left.

Hermione shot Ron a nervous glance, they had only been dating about a week, the idea of marriage wasn't even an issue. Ron seemed to be thinking the same as Hermione because he turned a pale shade of green and quickly changed the topic.

"Well, all this thinking got me hungry, who's up for some ice cream?" Ron asked while standing up and brushing the Crookshanks hair off of him.

"That sounds good Ron, I could use some fresh air, there is an ice cream place down the street, and let's just walk shall we?" Hermione said while standing up and walking her empty cup of tea to the sink.

Harry and Ginny didn't need persuading in the matter, so all four of them walked out of the apartment building and down the road for some ice cream. It was a slightly chilly day but the fresh crisp air felt good on their skin as they walked down the muggle village that Hermione and Ginny lived in. The ice cream parlor was extremely tiny as it was only large enough for two round table, so they took their ice cream to go and continued strolling around the village.

The four of them were walking in peace while licking their ice cream cones. Harry and Ginny were holding hands and when Ron tried to follow suite with Hermione she quickly put her hand in pocket. "Ron, I still love you and all, but I am still mad ya know." Hermione said huffily.

They had walked so long that almost everyone had finished their cones and they were about to start walking back to the apartment when Ginny jumped suddenly causing her to drop the little half eaten cone she had left.

"I got it! I know how we can trick Lavender!" Ginny said not caring that Harry, Hermione and Ron were all looking at her oddly.

Harry leaned down, picked up Ginny's fallen cone and tossed it in a near by wastebasket. "Ok, so what's your grand idea Ginny?"

"Well, Dean was all eager to join forces with S.P.E.W. right? So, why not give them that chance, lets join the two organizations!" Ginny said excitedly.

"How is that going to help us with this marriage deal?" Ron asked.

"Well, now stay with me here, If we make her think we want to be friends and join our organizations together we can get on her good side. And if she agrees to it, she will have to sign a contract to join forces. When we give her the contract we can accidentally slip in the divorce papers and trick her into signing everything at once!" Ginny said as she started walking again.

"But why don't we just trick her into signing the divorce papers, thinking she is signing up with S.P.E.W, why do we have to actually combine the companies?" Harry wondered.

"Because if we word both the contract and the divorce papers just right, we could take E.N.U. away from her." Hermione said with a grin towards Ginny.

"See, Hermione gets what I'm on about, it would be the perfect way to get rid of E.N.U. and undo the mistake that Ron made!" Ginny said while grabbing a hold of Hermione's hand and jumping up and down.

Ron turned dark red, "It wasn't my fault, why am I still the bad guy here?"

"I'm guessing because you were dim-witted enough to date her in the first place." Harry said, clapping Ron hard on the back. "Sorry mate, I think you still have things to learn about the female mind."

"Oh yeah Harry, because your such the expert!" Ron said angrily."

"Will you two leave each other alone? Listen, If we can make this work we are going to need your help, so we are all going to have to get along for few days, can we at least pretend we are a happy bunch of friends." Hermione said with a sad look in her eyes.

Harry, Ron and Ginny exchanged looks with each other. "Ron, I'm sorry mate, I'll lay off." Harry said while sticking his hand out to shake it.

Ron took Harry's hand and smiled, "It's alright, I guess we are all a little stressed over all of this, and it is my fault. Hermione, we are a happy bunch of friends as you called it. We are sorry, aren't we guys?" Ron asked while looking in Harry and Ginny directions.

Harry and Ginny nodded and smiled at Hermione who seemed to be pleased at the sudden level of maturity they were showing. "Ok, I'm glad we all love each other again, but lets not do a group hug, way to many muggles are watching us." Hermione smirked.

They all laughed and started heading back towards Hermione and Ginny's apartment. Hermione ate the last bite of her cone, stuck out her hand and took a hold of Ron's. Harry and Ginny quickly followed suite. They walked in peace down the street, each in turn discussing how they could make their newly realized plan work.

A/N: I know, I know….this is a short chapter. I'm in the middle of midterms and I'm having major writers block! But I have it all figured out on how I'm going to continue with this story! Stay Tuned!