Chapter 2: Beginning of a Scheme
Tonks was walking up the stairs when suddenly she bumped into something hard. And soft. That grunts. "Remus! I'm so sorry! Are you okay? Merlin, I'm such an oaf." Tonks cried, worried that she hurt the man she was just thinking about.
"I'm fine, Nymphadora. It's my fault too. I wasn't looking where I was going. Are you okay?"truly concerned about her.
"Yes, I'm all right. I was just coming to get you anyway. Dumbledore called an emergency order meeting and wants everybody here that he can find. Oh, he said everyone's alright, though," she ended quickly when she saw that he looked anxious. "Let's go, then."
"Yes, mum," he replied humorously as she started dragging him down the stairs by the arm.
"Oh, shut up you old coot. Next thing you know, you'll have a beard as long as Dumbledore and start talking in metaphors while offering sherbet lemons to a bunch of annoying little kids." She was rambling on, all the while thinking about how close she was to Remus and how good he smelt. Like cinnamon and chocolate. Yummy.
Remus was lost in his own thoughts thinking, 'There, she said it. She thinks I'm as old as Albus. Way to old for some as young and vibrant as her.' He looked at Tonks sadly thinking that she just sealed his fate.
When they finally reached the kitchen where the Order meeting was to be held, they noticed that some of the order members were looking at them oddly. Remus and Tonks looked down at their joined hands simultaneously and suddenly pulled apart, blushing. The each walked separately to their seats on either side of the table, but Remus could have sworn he saw Molly wink at him.
"Pssst, Harry, Harry! Come 'ere" called Ginny from inside the library. She was looking through some of the old Black Family spell books and came across a few fascinating charms and hexes in the process; a few of which might even be helpful in their little devious scheme.
Harry heard her calling him and walked over towards her. "Hey Ginny, find anything interesting?" questioned Harry.
"Actually, yes. I found the perfect way to get Ron and Hermione together. The only problem is, we can't do magic over the holidays. If we had to, I could probably ask Bill or Charlie or some other order member to do the spell, but we sort of need to keep this a secret."
"What is this spell exactly?" asked Harry.
"Well, they'll switch bodies. Someone says the incantation, and the next morning Ron's Hermione and Hermione's Ron when they wake-up. They'll start to understand each other better and finally stop bickering so much." she finished.
"Ginny, are you positive this will work? It sounds kind of dangerous to me. But, I do have an idea about the under-age magic thing if we're really going to go through with this. There's this spell I read about somewhere called induco signum and it masks your magical signature for about an hour. It's really hard to do, though."
"That sounds like it might work. The incantation for the Body Switch Charm is abeo corporis. When do you think we should do it?" she asked.
"I dunno…how about tonight when they're asleep?" He looked at his new watch and noticed that it was getting late, "How about we meet in here at midnight to figure out what to do and then actually perform the spell."
"'Kay. Let's do it then. See you later; and don't forget to bring your wand," she said coyly, "you'll need it."
He stared at her as she left, feeling his face and neck heat up with a pink tinge, wondering if she even realized what she just said.
Ron and Hermione, meanwhile, were finishing up their chess game. "Ha! You'll never beat me at chess, 'Mione," cried Ron triumphantly. He won easily, just like always and felt a pang of accomplishment at beating the perfect Hermione Granger at something.
"Honestly, Ronald," she started exasperatedly, "It was only because you were distracting me. I just wasn't paying attention."
"Of course. So, where did Harry and Ginny go off to? I haven't seen them in a while." He questioned while walking down the hall towards the library with Hermione by his side.
Hermione suddenly stopped and peeked into the door left cracked open and noticed that Ginny and Harry were talking with there heads bent together, quietly so no one could hear. "Ron, there right here," Hermione motioned, "I wonder what they're talking about?"
"I don't know and I don't want to see Harry that close to my baby sister. I need to see what the hell is going on," Ron snapped angrily. As he was reaching for the door, Hermione grabbed his arm and pulled him away from the talking duo.
"Ron, just let them be," Hermione pleaded, "They're not doing anything wrong and we should go interrupting them, Besides, I thought you wanted the two of them to get together, What changed?" she asked.
"I don't know. It's just seeing them act so friendly is kind of unsettling. It just sort of shook me up there, for a minute. Sorry," he apologized.
"You've got to let her do what she wants. She's not a baby anymore, and she hasn't been for a long time. She can, and will make her own decisions, but it is sweet that you care so much for her," she said kindly. Ron blushed and mumbled an inaudible "Thanks" before walking away and going to bed. Hermione stared after him and sighed, wondering what she was going to do with this boy, no, man of hers.
(A/N: Oooh, I wrote another chapter today! Yay! So, is it good enough to keep writing? I see that y'all are reading it, but none of you are reveiwing so I have no idea what you think. I hope to get the next xhapter up within a few days, but I might even get it up later, or it might have to wait until the weekend. :(...So PLEASE review, and It'll come faster!)