A play about Hermione Granger
Scene 5 Hermione's Unexpected Announcement
one week later in the great hall. Ron and Harry are sitting together at the gryffindor table. Draco is watching from the Slytherin table. Hermione comes in and sits between Harry and Ron.
HG: I've decided to start dating seriously.
RW: (spits out pumpkin juice) YOU WHAT?
HG: I've decided that I'm old enough to date exclusively.
HP: How did you decide that?
HG: (very calmly) I just did, that's all. I am sixteen after all.
RW: (spluttering) Why didn't you say something?
HG: I just did.
RW: Alright then, Hermione, will you go steady with me?
HG: No.
HP: But Hermione, you just said you were ready to date!
RW: Yeah! What he said!
HG: I've already chosen some one. Harry, pass the pumpkin juice please.
RW: What? Who? When?
HG: Last Hogsmeade Saturday.
HP and RW: (simultaneously) WHO?
HG: Mercy sakes! You sound like a couple of owls. I'm not telling who.
HP: Why not?
HG: because he isn't from our house.
RW: you didn't go getting involved with that bloody Hufflepuff Chaser, did you? The one who looks like a constipated horse?
HP: (snorts) constipated horse? Perfect description, Ron.
HG: No, and I refuse to say any more. (owl post arrives and a letter is dropped at Hermione's place)
RW: Who's it from, Hermione?
HG: It's personal. But I have to go. Girls(to Lavender and Parvati)...Hold these two. (she flees Gryffindor table and heads towards the hall. Harry and ron make to follow her, but Lavender and Parvati charm ropes around their wrists and pull them back.)
RW: Hey, Draco's leaving too! Why does he get to follow her?
L&P: (look at each other and shrug) We don't know, we weren't ordered to hold him!
Harry and Ron fight their bonds, but it's no use. Lavender and Parvati are holding them tightly
End Scene