My face felt like it was going to split open from the smile I'd plastered across it. I couldn't help it! It had worked! Lavender had been all too willing to give me a makeover, and apparently it was for the better. Ron had been absolutely tongue-tied and I had played it so cool. I was beaming with pride. Phase 1, complete!

"So, Hermione, I hear you have a new love interest!" Lavender looked at me, eyes sparkling with curiosity.

"Um, well sort of. It's not an interest actually, more of me looking for an interest. I'm getting bored with being alone."

"Ahh! I see, hunting for a new crush. What about Harry? He's already your good friend, and you must admit he's dreamy!" I made a face at this, Harry? Besides, I could tell Ginny had lingering feelings for him. Lavender noticed my grimace. "Oh, um not Harry then? Here, lets pull out the yearbook and go down the list! Oh I love doing this with Pavarti, we rate all the blokes in the school, its such good fun."

I felt like I was studying in Hagrid's "Care and Keeping" class, studying a new species. All this girly stuff was so foreign to me. It was kind of exciting! "Sure, let's do that." Lavender squealed with anticipation and yanked the book from the bookcase. The pages rolled themselves to our year and we began the process.

Forever and a day later we had made it through every boy. With a bit of remorse at first, I had begun tearing apart each boy into good and bad categories. There were many more bad than good, and I felt a bit disappointed. In my mind I had compared each one to Ron, and none could match up.

Oddly enough, when we came to Ron's name, Lavender's finger lingered over his picture, but she skipped over discussing him. A slight pang of jealousy shot through me at this but I pushed it away. Lavender Brown with Ron? It didn't seem like a possibility.

"Hmm, well Hermione. Seems to me you have a taste for older men anyways. You were sweet on that gorgey Viktor Krum, weren't you?" I blushed, and she continued. "Let's look up a grade." The book flipped itself to the older boys. "Oh… what about George or Fred Weasley?"

"They aren't in school anymore, remember?" My face was now burning. The thought of dating one of Ron's brothers had sent me into a frenzy of embarrassment.

"Yes, but they own that amazing business, they must be rolling in money, think of all the giftys you could get! Oh it's brilliant! See? You're blushing, of course you like them! Hmmm now, which one shall we choose…"

"Lavender, when am I going to see them to pursue them?" I was trying to shake this whole silly idea from her head, but that was becoming hard since it was suddenly seeming appealing to me. Jealousy is the key! What better way to make someone jealous than to date their own brother. That way, Ron would know for sure that I had a new boyfriend and become mad with jealousy!

"Rumor has it, the two bought a new shop in Hogsmead! We'll take your new look to them on our next trip. They'll be falling over you for sure! Now, to decide which one to go after…" Lavender kept going on about the finer points of each twin, but my mind had started to wander. It seemed like a brilliant idea, so why did I have such an uneasy feeling in my stomach?

Bad idea Hermione… bad bad idea. Lol, oh I love it! Writing is almost as fun as reading, because even I don't know what's gonna happen next! R/R, and sorry for the long wait, but I was in such a daze after GOF movie.. wasn't it AWESOME? Too bad for the sad Ron/Hermione moments though….