Ron, Hermione and Harry walked into the common room quickly. They all got assigned double homework from Professor Snape that day. I mean, if they did something horribly wrong, they would have disserved it. But come on, saying "bless you" when hermione sneezed, was a bit drastic for a punishment
Harry plunged into the comfy chair near the fire. Hermione loomed into the chair near the tables. Ron just plopped down onto the floore in dispear.
"How? How on earth...are we...gonna write a 4 foot long parchment on the polyjuice posion. All it does is turn you into someone else! What is the bloody big deal?"
"Ron, there is much more to the polyjuice potion then you are giving it credit for! There is the making of the potion, which takes a month to brew. There is the mastering of picking good specimins of the person's dna. There is so much more to the transormation. There are questions that need answers. Why doesn't the voice change? Why does it only last an hour? If you were to ask me, and you certainly wouldn't, I think the polyjuice potion is brilliant," said Hermione in a matter of fact voice.
Ron sat scribbling away, and when he put the last period he burst with a smile on his face, "Two feet down!"
"That's fantastic Ron! What have you got?" Said Hermione with an impressed look on her face. Harry sat with a smile on his face, he knew wxactly what was coming. He was always amazed at how Ron could get Hermione mad over such little things.
"Ok, here I go: There is much more to the Polyjuice potion then us wizards give it credit for. There is the making of the potion, which takes a month to brew. There is the mastering of ----," at that, Hermione pulled his parchment out of his hand.
"Do you really think that copying everything I say will help you get an A? It won't. Why can't you ever do anything on your own?" Cried Hermione with a desperate look on her face.
"Oh, Hermione! Why do you always have to take everything so seriously! You weren't even gonna use the stuff you said! What's the big deal?" He said with a confused look on his face.
"The big deal is, that you never do your own work, and I am sick of being the person that does it for you!"
Ron just looked at Hermione with a "are you done?" face. Hermione was still red when Ginny walked into the room.
"Okay? Are we a little down in the dumps in here," at the sound of Ginny's voice, Harry jumped up.
"Hey Ginny," Harry said with a smile on his face.
"Hey Harry," said Ginny simply. Ginny noticed that Ron and Hermione were avoiding each other's eyes. Ginny bent down between the two of their heads and said, "So...who did what?"
"Ron! Your brother copied exactly what I said on the polyjuice potion down on his parchment! He is so immature, irrespons--"
"I'm right here!" said Ron, standing up now. "Hermione, you really need to learn how to loosen up! Is there any way that I can just be myself around you? Can you ever just laugh at somthing I say? Really, your like a bloody statue!" Ron shouted running his hand through his hair.
"Yup! It's all me! It's all Hermione's fault. Of course, all you did was copy MY homework. All you did was con your way into another Grade A report!" Hermione cried.
"CONNED! I conned my way? Hermione...you're really somthing." Ron sat back down with a defeated look on his face.
"I would never want you to be any different then you are now!" Hermione said, close to tears. Harry and Ginny looked up in complete shock. Hermione had never, ever let her guard down like this before. Ron sat there with his head bowed, but at the sound of those words his eyes widened. "And, I always laugh at your jokes. The only thing I'd ever want to change about you would be your homework habits. Everything else is just perfect the way it is." Hermione grabbed her books and withdrew herself from the common room quickly.
"Ummm...wow," said Ginny and Harry at the same time.
Ron couldn't say anything. What he had just heard was exactly the way he felt about Hermione, only he wasn't brave enough to tell her. But, he kept telling himself, that doesn't mean we're more then friends. Does it?