On the way back to Hogwarts, George had lain out his brilliant plan. Honestly, with such cleverness in his family, I wonder how Ron can be so thick sometimes!
Apparently Ron had ordered a special object from the Weasley twins. It was a tiny magical microphone that transmitted the signal directly to the owners mind. The twins had come up with the idea while listening to their father rant on about his latest Muggle fascination, microphone bugs.
Ron claimed he was going to put it in the common room and use it to spy on the girls and see if they said anything about him. Fred and George knew that by girls, he had meant Hermione. I had blushed fiercely when he told me that part.
Anyways, George knew that the magical microphone was implanted in a candy dish filled with Bernie Bott's Beans. We entered the common room together, and I noticed Ron sitting on the love-seat with Lavender. I could feel the jealousy rising and I worked to stay calm. Was I too late? Had Ron moved on?
Ron stood up quickly, and shoved his hand in his pockets. He stared at the floor as he walked by. "Hi Ron, leaving are you?" In my attempt to hide my jealousy, my voice raised two whole octives. Ick, I sounded like Lavender.
"Er, yea, g'night." His face looked absolutely heartbreaking as he walked from the room. At that moment I realized that Lavender meant nothing to him, and my heart burst forward. He thought me and George were coming in the common room for an after date snog or something! I had to set things right.
"Ahem, Lavender… a little privacy?" Lavender looked up at me with slight envy in her eyes.
"Oh fine, you get all the fun…" She huffed off, probably to go find Seamus or someone to flirt with.
"Ready then? I just have to say the incantation to turn the microphone on, and Ron will hear every word we say. Escucho Escondido!"
Let the games begin….