Ron paced the common room, looking at the girl dormitory entrance. He knew he had hurt Hermione and he couldn't stand it. When he heard footsteps coming, he just ran up to the steps, hoping to see an expectant Hermione standing there. Even though he met a beautiful girl on the steps, it wasn't exactly the girl he wanted to meet.
Ron stood in front of an enraged Ginny Weasley.
"Do you have no sensitivity? Do you have no heart?" She screamed in his face. "If you were gonna copy her homework why couldn't you do it discreetly? You hurt her feelings when you do this to her! Just……..just lay off her for a while! She doesn't need you depressing her any further then she already is!" Ginny turned to walk way.
"I'm not gonna lay off my best friend!" shouted Ron, just loud enough for Ginny to hear.
"Your best friend?" Ginny said walking back to Ron with an evil smirk on her face. "You copy your best friend's homework. Then make fun of how your best friend reacts to you conning your way into her A?" Asked Ginny. Every time she said best friend she would make a pair of air quotes with her fingers.
"I did not con her!" Said Ron with an exasperated look on his face. "I merely copied down a bit of what she was saying," Ron said with an "I-can't-believe-I-just-said-something-so-stupid" look on his face.
"I'm gonna add that to my list of stupid things Ron says list. Okay?" asked Ginny. Harry gave a chuckle, but was able to disguise it as a mild sneeze attack. "I think that one disserved the number one slot!" Ginny stormed away, her face almost as red as her hair. Harry was now sneezing violently.
Ron walked over to Harry and sat down in front of him with a defeated look on his face. "I've messed up, haven't I?" He said looking at his feet.
"Just a bit, mate. Just a bit," said Harry with a look of sheer joy on his face. "You like her so much," he said looking at Ron with a wicked grin on his face.
"No, we're just friends," he said with a final look on his face.
"Keep telling yourself that. I'm gonna go find Ginny and tell her about our next practice," said Harry with a dreamy look on his face.
"Very subtle, Harry. Very subtle," aid Ron looking at Harry with a scandalized look on his face.