Disclaimer: sadly…I don't own Harry Potter and the series…
Woah,… I finally continue this story up. Thanks to all of you who kindly review my story… anyway… let's continue on.
Last chapter: Ron said to Harry that he probably will accept the princess role if the one that he loves asked him to do so. Harry felt discontented about this but didn't say anything. What happened to Harry and Ron?
Golden Lass: I've continued it. glad that you like it :D
servane: "Courage pour la suite, bises." what is that/ (confused look) anyway... thank you that you love it. :D and i do love funny story though (that's why i wrote the one).
Halloween Propose, Chapter 2
by green-mermaid
Sun inspected the Hogwarts dormitories through curtains. It was giving its light and warm to mother nature again. White curtains blew swiftly. Birds were chirping, giving a sign of morning had come.
Ray of lights made a beautiful reflection on red and gold color of Gryffindor carpet. Harry Potter, who attended his sixth year on Hogwarts School Witchcraft and Wizardry, shuddered opened his eyelids. Slowly but sure, he focused his gaze, looking around the room. He took his old glasses and put it on. Chilly air faced his skin though he had used the jacket which Ron's mother had made it for him. He rubbed his own arm, hoping to get heat for doing so.
He looked around the room again and found nobody had woken up except himself. He looked at the owl clock. "It's still 5.30. Still too early to wake up anyway…" He whispered. 'But I don't think I can sleep again' he thought. He swayed away his blanket, making a way to get up from his own bed. He held his own cloak and school bag and then tiptoed outside the room.
"Ron… Ron! RON! WAKE UP!" Seamus shouted on Ron's ear, making the red haired boy went back to reality.
"Ouch… Seamus… what are you doing?" He rubbed his ear, complaining. "You don't need to shout like that, you know?"
"How could I do not shout like that when I've tried to wake you up for 5 times already!" Seamus frowned.
"I can't imagine Harry should wake you up like this every morning… Poor Harry…" Dean laughed.
"Oh… shut up, Dean! Wait… what time is it now? And where's Harry?" Ron looked at his right and left, searching for his best mate.
"Don't know. He's already gone when we woke up, hasn't it Dean?"
"Yup. Ron, you better get change. It's nearly 7 a..m. And the first subject is DA. You know that Snape will lock out the students who are late except from Slytherin."
Ron gawked at them. His face showed as if he had a nightmare. Seamus and Dean shut their mouth, daring not to ask what's wrong. On the other hand, Neville who just now came out from the bath room, asked innocently to Ron.
"Ron… what's wrong?"
"I forget to finish my essay of Charm Shield."
Dean and Seamus sighed, shaking his head. "There you go again… everyday…"
Neville gasped. "Ron! As long as I remember, you've not done even a half of it!"
"That's what makes me scared!" Ron exclaimed. Dean and Seamus went out from the room, acting as if they didn't hear anything.
Students of the four dormitories gathered in the Great Hall, making such a buzzing sound. Delicious foods were served on the wooden table. Most of the students had their breakfast while chattering with their own friends. Ginny talked to Luna Lovegood. Dean sat in front of her, eating the meal. Hermione decided not to remove her attention from her book, as if it was the most gorgeous and almighty things in the world though she had read the book for the third times now.
Ron ran quickly to the Great Hall. He held his school bag and took a seat near his best friends, as usual. Being disturbed by Ron's sudden and noisy arrival, Hermione looked up from her book.
"Being noisy in the morning and bothering someone isn't a good habit, Ron." Hermione slammed her book shut. She was a bit annoyed by Ron because he refused her oh-god-I-rarely-ask-a-premonition.
"Who is bothering who?" Ron acted as if he didn't get it and quickly grab his Potion parchment.
Hermione beamed at him, but he didn't reply her gaze. Receiving nothing, Hermione opened her book again.
Harry, who seated next to Hermione, grabbed round bread which looked like a turtle. Ron looked at Harry and raised his eyebrow. "Harry… have you finished the Potion homework?"
Harry moved his attention from the 'Moving Turtle' to Ron, "Well… yes."
"What! What the hell! I thought you always do it with me!" Ron shrieked.
"I wake up earlier this morning and do it at the library." Harry answered easily. He ate the turtle without looking to Ron.
"Why don't you wake me up, Harry!"
Harry frowned at him but didn't answer his question. Instead, he talked to Demelza Robins, one of the Gryffindor Chasers, who seated not too far from them. "Demelza, we would have a practice today. Please tell the other."
Hermione looked up once again from her book. She raised her eyebrow at Ron and then to Harry. She sighed. "Ron, you better do your homework. The bell is almost ringing…"
Ron didn't seem hearing her. Instead, he didn't move his eyes from Harry. His eyes showed disgust. Hermione sighed and lowered her voice. "Listen, Ron. It wasn't Harry fault at all…you see… he woke up at about 5.30 in the morning and he didn't want to disturb you. By the way, he did meet me in the library. And you should wake by yourself! Don't get very dependant to Harry. Now, if you understand you have something more important to do so."
Harry was talking to Ginny and Luna. Ron heard Hermione's word one by one and then looked at his best mate again. He sighed and then did his homework. Hermione relieved. She looked at Harry and tugged his sleeve.
"Meet me at the library after school." Hermione whispered to him. Harry raised his eyebrow without saying anything and nodded as a sign he understood. After a while Prof. Dumbledore started his morning speech ("Bloody Hell! I haven't done it!" Ron said).
The next subjects after DA didn't make Ron please at all. Harry ignored him whatever he said and Hermione just be Hermione. Harry didn't wait him when they moved their class to Prof. Snape class, the Potions subject. Hermione did wait for him though and blabbered about the drama once again. Ron sighed. And whenever Ron talked to Harry whether why he didn't wait for him, Harry would shrug off his shoulder or change the topic.
The last subject of that day was Transfiguration class. Usually Ron's partner was Harry. But today, Harry asked Neville to be his partner ("Huh? Well… it's not matter but…aren't you usually with Ron?"). Hermione looked at this and sighed. "Ron, is it okay for me to be your partner?"
Ron moved his attention to the human girl. "Ah…well… yes, gladly." Hermione prepared for the mantra and chanted it. Ron looked once again to Harry and backed to Hermione.
"What happened, Harry?" Hermione put her hands on her hip.
"What do you mean 'what happened'? Please be quick. I have a quidditch practice today." Harry asked easily.
"You ignored Ron for the whole day! You acted strange, you know! Especially towards Ron." Hermione raised her tone.
Harry sighed. "Hermione, have you ever bored with someone? That's what I'm feeling towards him now. I mean,… me and him always spend time together and suddenly I feel bored stuck with him. That's all. Now, if you would excuse me…"
Hermione didn't let him pass. Instead, she chanted a barrier magic which lock the library key. "Harry… you're not telling me the truth."
"Hermione… this is…how could you do this! We haven't study about this magic yet! Too much reading the books… you're too much reading the books."
"Harry….just answer me. Was Ron talked about someone he loves?" Hermione took a seat.
Harry's heart twitched. He remained silent and didn't move a single bit. He observed the girl bluntly, giving a how-do-you-know look to her. The girl replied him with a sigh.
"It's too obvious, Harry…it's too obvious. Whenever Ron talked about beautiful girl, you always do this to him though it usually lasts only for 1-2 hours. At first I thought you do it because you are bored of his story. But, it doesn't seem like that."
Harry moved a chair and sat on it. "What do you mean?"
"You like him. I don't know if you love him or not but I think at least you like him more than a friend."
"I….what! Hermione… this is ridiculous! I don't feel my heart skipped a beat when I talked to him like usually written in girls' novels!"
Hermione frowned. "You take the novel as a reference of love? Geez…Harry…everyone is different! And that's novel! It's not reality!"
"I still fancy beautiful girl, like Cho and... Ginny." Harry faltered.
"You just fancy them. Perhaps, you think about 'brother and sister' relationship with them.They have everything about ideal girl you think of your mind. About Cho,after Cedric died, you really treat her like a brother should take care of his elder sister. And to Ginny, you did angry when she went out with Dean because you thinkshe is your younger sister. Anyway… I think I've done talking about this. You may go to your quidditch practice." Hermione chanted a spell and opened the barrier.
"I'm sorry I'm late!" Harry jogged to his team mate.
"Harry… you're really late." Ritchie Coote, one of the Beater, glared.
Harry said weakly, "Sorry. Hermione 'trapped' me up in the library."
"Ron took the initiative though. He leads the practice." Ginny gave a look to Ron.
Harry looked at Ron for a while, thinking about what Hermione had told him and sighed. Ron took a glance to him and looked away. Harry walked towards Ron and patted him on his shoulder.
"Thank you. By the way… I have something to talk with you. Could we talk about this after practice?"
"I've decided to take that role." Ron said bluntly. Harry remained silent.
"Well… that's a good thing then. So… the girl you like had asked you to do it?" Harry let out his fake smile.
"Well… sort of." Ron dared not facing Harry.
"Anyway, since you've talked about that, I better talked about my problem. Ron, sorry that I ignore you the whole day. I just feeling unwell today and that's perhaps bothered you. Sorry." Harry grabbed his broomstick tightly.
Ron smiled and wrestled him. "Hey! You don't need to be that formal, you know! You always be my best mate, Harry!"
'Mate?' Harry bit his own lips. 'Do I want something more than a mate to Ron?' Harry quickly shrugged off that thought and smiled to Ron. "Thanks, Ron."
The next second, what Ron could hear was just Ginny's voice shouted at him, "Brother! Harry! Watch out!"
"What?" Ron looked up and a bludger hit him.
'Jackpot!' Harry sighed.
Hermione sighed. "Ron, what did I say about Quidditch? Luckily, Madam Pomfrey had experienced about this for a long time. Why don't you choose a safer game except chess? You can read books like me." Hermione peeled the apple skin.
"Thanks! But, no, thanks!" Harry and Ron answered at the same time. Harry waved his hand as a sign of no.
"Anyway… I've completed the scenario. Wanna look at it? But, you must agree to play the role!" Hermione stick out her own tongue to Ron.
"You act like a child, Hermione. Anyway… I've decided to play that role. Gimme the script." Ron grabbed the book.
Hermione frowned at Ron and then to Harry. Harry shrugged off his shoulder and smiled. She grabbed his sleeve and got some private space for them.
"Harry… how did you do that? I asked to him to death and he didn't say yes at all to me!" Hermione pointed at Ron.
"I don't know either. After talking with you at the library, he told me about that." Harry shrugged off. "He did tell me that if the girl he loves asked him to do it, he would take it though."
"What? I thought…" Hermione lowered her voice down.
"What did you think?" Harry asked easily.
"Nah… never mind." Hermione waved her hand.
"HERMIONE! What script is this!" Ron shouted suddenly.
"What happened, Ron?" Harry walked toward his best mate.
"Are you serious about this? Role: Harry Potter – prince and Ronald Weasley – princess! I thought you finished it before I said I will take it! And why Harry is the prince!"
Harry shot a glare to Hermione quickly. Hermione laughed uneasily to both of them. "A ha ha ha…" She scratched her head.
"I won't play it!" Harry stated.
'Not again…..' Hermione sighed. 'Why is it so hard to find the main roles!'
"Aww… come on Harry… who is the one who say 'for Hermione, for Gryffindor' to me?" Ron teased him.
"That is that. This is this. Different, Ron… different." Harry grumbled.
"What is the different?" Ron asked him more.
"I mean… it's you not me! I can't act especially in front of other people like that! And both of the main roles are guy? Geez… Hermione… you're insane now. Madam Pomfrey should check you out!" Harry exclaimed.
Ron frowned. "I don't think a guy relationship insane…"
Harry sighed. "I thought you say that Lavender play that role!"
Hermione raised her eyebrow and answered him "Don't you remember that her mother got an accident and she went back home? She told me that she might be can't concentrate on the role."
"But… why me! Why not Ginny or someone else!"
"Voting! I asked our friends and even our junior and do you know what they say? 'Harry will be funny with Ron' or like 'We should play prank on our prefect sometime. Harry is suitable for this role' or other comments like that." Hermione shrugged.
"WHAT! Who said that!" Harry exclaimed.
Hermione smiled secretly, "Most of them said that. Ask Seamus and Dean. They're in common room when I asked everybody about that."
Harry and Ron gawked at each other, shot a death stare to one another. Ron looked away. Hermione watched them. "Anyway, since Ron is taller than Harry, our friends said that it is better that Harry becomes the princess and Ron becomes the prince."
"WHAT! Everybody sets this trap for me!" Harry exclaimed again. Ron chuckled.
"Harry becomes the princess… the princess…" Ron couldn't stop laughing.
"I WON'T PLAY THIS ROLE! DEFINITELY NOT!"
Hermione shook her head, sighing. Ron chortled while hitting his own bed.
TBC
Wah…. Finally I finished it… How is it? Please tell me your opinion. (review please? He heh ) see you next time. Have a nice day!