Disclaimer - let's go over this once more. Juliette is mine. As is the plot. The rest isn't. Got it? Good. Moving on.

Unrequited Hate

Chapter Three

"Mr. Weasley and Ms. Parkinson," Snape said. He continued to read off his list, but neither Ron nor Pansy heard him. They were looking at each other in disbelief, each feeling both terrified and excited. Pansy was the first to come to her senses, and gave him a look that clearly said, 'I am not moving so get your arse over here.' Ron scowled and picked up his things to move to the other side of the room.

Pansy felt her stomach drop to the floor and then bounce back up as he sat down next to her. She inhaled and smelled his cologne, which made the butterflies in her stomach beat their wings even faster.

At the same time, Ron was calling on his Gryffindor courage to let him not go to total pieces in front of her. He calmly sat down and gladly found that his hands weren't shaking as bad as his stomach was. As he took in a breath, he could once again tell that she smelled like apples.

They could hear other students making protests, but Snape would have no exceptions. He glared around the room and the students silenced themselves. He waved his wand and the instructions appeared on the board. The pairs worked well enough, all of them wanting a good grade, but none were very pleased with the situation. At one point Ron's hand brushed Pansy's arm as he reached for one of the ingredients. Pansy felt her heart skip a beat and hoped that her breath hadn't caught in her throat.

When his hand brushed her arm, for a moment he paused, but then realized what he was doing and picked up the beetle eyes he was reaching for. It was less than ten minutes after that that Pansy had leaned into him while peering into the cauldron. Both smiled internally at the contact, but neither said anything.

Across the room, Juliette had seen the interaction between her best friend and the red head, and barely stopped a smirk from forming on her face. Harry had noticed as well and muttered to himself, "What the fuck is Ron doing?"

"Well, if you were to ask me, I would say that there is non-verbal flirting going on between the two," Juliette whispered back to him.

He looked at her with a look of surprise written clearly across his face, which then turned into one of a scheming demeanor. "And what do you propose we do about it?" he asked. "Being their best friends and only wanting them to be happy of course."

Juliette smirked and said, "But of course." She looked around to make sure no one was listening to them. "Meet me in the library tomorrow during lunch," she whispered.

He looked at her somewhat skeptically, to which she merely rolled her eyes. They simultaneously looked over at Ron and Pansy's table, then back at each other.

"Alright," he told her in a whisper.

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After Potions class, Juliette pulled Pansy aside in the Slytherin common room.

"What the bloody hell was going on between you and Weasley in Potions?" Juliette asked with out any sugar-coating or false pretenses.

"What are you talking about?" Pansy asked, trying to sound nonchalant, but failing, and wouldn't look her best friend in the eye.

"You know what I'm talking about. How long?" Juliette asked.

Pansy sighed, giving up. "I don't know. A long time, I know that much."

"Are you gona do anything about it?" Juliette inquired.

Pansy just gave her a look. Juliette rolled her eyes and said, "Forget I asked."

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Harry and Ron were playing chess in silence in the Gryffindor common room, when Harry asked, "So what was going on between you and Parkinson in Potions today?"

Ron wouldn't look him in the eye and Harry could see a faint blush forming on his cheeks. "I don't know what you're talking about," he said and looked over at his best friend.

"Yes, you do," Harry said and raised his eyebrows. "How long?"

Ron sighed, giving up. "A long time. I couldn't give you an exact length."

"Are you gona do something about it?" Harry inquired.

Ron just stared at him. "Forget I asked," Harry muttered before moving his queen on the chessboard.

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a/n - oketays… its still short-ish. But I promise, they get longer. And I know I said I wasn't gona update till my exams were done… but since I think it's almost impossible to study for an English exam, I'm posting this instead.

Barionette - Becky baby! I'm glad you like it. The background comes later… and the arranged marriages were set up by their parents, and I guess I wasn't clear enough - Pansy and Draco were supposed to be married, as were Juliette and Blaise. So by broken, I mean that they aren't being forced to be married anymore.

Steelo - once again, thanks for reading! My exams end on the 14th… but I'm helping with freshman orientation (annoying little freshies…) on the 15th, so technically my summer starts around noon on the 15th.

XKayXBearX -Kaley! I'm happy you like it. And I'm updating as soon as I can, what with my exams and all…

Philipa Aleshre - oketays, the repetitive-ness is supposed to be like that. It's following both Ron and Pansy through the story, showing both their perspectives, not just one or the other. As for the length, like I said, they're gona get longer as we get moving. And I'm glad you think it's interesting, that's part of what I was going for. There aren't enough Ron/Pansy stories, and I personally think it's a unique take on the couple.

a/n2 - oketays, if you've read my other stuff, you know I have a love of adding original characters into my fics, and this is no exception. Juliette will play a large part, so please don't review and tell me there's too much of her; she's supposed to be a prominent figure in the story.

Chapter Four will be up no later than the fourteenth… and that's a promise.

Tiarwen-