"Do you fancy her?"

Ron glared at Hermione. She put her hands on her hips very Mrs. Weasley-like.

"Yes, I have for about three weeks now. So, I asked her out."

"She's your girlfriend!"

Ron smiled and nodded. He turned and walked up the boys' staircase. He waved and disappeared at the top.

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Chapter 10

Hiding in the Library

Hermione stared down at her homework for a while. It wasn't even half done. She couldn't think straight. She didn't know if she should be glad for Jenna finding a boyfriend or jinx her. She was in the process of collecting her things when Ginny entered the common room from her afternoon classes.

"What's wrong with you , Hermione? It looks like you got into another disagreement with Ron."

"Actually, we did just speak to each other, but we weren't having an argument."

"Then why does it look like you're deciding whether to kill someone or cry?"

"I do NOT look like that. Did you know that Ron has a new girlfriend?"

"No. When did this happen?"

"Not too long ago. He asked out Jenna Lovell."

"Isn't that the girl you sit with in the Great Hall?"

"Yeah, she's a Hufflepuff and she's American."

"You don't sound happy."

"I am happy for Jenna, and Ron found a great girlfriend. But meals will be lonely now."

"Why do you insist on avoiding us? I miss female companionship."

"You'll have Jenna."

"But I don't know Jenna."

"You'll get to know her. She's easy to get along with."

"Fine! Sit by yourself. Make yourself an outcast! And you call yourself smart…"

Ginny stormed upstairs leaving Hermione alone again.

Hermione paced nearby the Hufflepuff common room entrance. It was almost dinner time and most of the Hufflepuffs had left except for a few people, including Jenna.

Jenna finally emerged from the common room. She looked extremely different not wearing her uniform. Usually she came to dinner still in her uniform still drained from classes. Today, she was wearing from fitting low riders and a blue conservative but clingy shirt. A bit of her stomach was exposed which she tried desperately to cover with a long knitted beige sweater.

"Wow, Jenna! I've never seen you outside your uniform."

"Neither has my new boyfriend. I decided to tidy myself up for him. Do you know my boyfriend? He's in your house."

"Yeah, Ron is my ex-best friend, but I won't stop you from dating him."

"Ex-best friend?"

"Yeah, we exchanged some words over the Christmas holidays, and I told him we were done being friends. Are you wearing make-up?"

Jenna's hand reached up to her face. "Yeah, just some powder and stuff for my eyes. I just started wearing it again. I stopped when I left Australia. I felt there was no need to do it anymore."

Jenna smiled and waved good-bye. Hermione turned around and saw Ron. They laced their fingers around each other's. Hermione watched them walk down the hall and turn the corner.

Ron and Jenna had been together for 2 weeks. They seemed like a perfect couple. They were very affectionate, but they were the best of friends. They were always smiling at each other and had become permanent homework buddies. Ron and Jenna often double-dated with Harry and Ginny at Hogsmeade while Hermione kept to herself.

Hermione had stowed the diary in the very bottom. of her trunk. She had rewrapped the Natasha Bedingfield CD and left it on his bed. To avoid seeing Ron come back from Hogsmeade hand in hand with Jenna, she hid in the library.

A Ravenclaw boy was already sitting in the library. His head was lying sideways on a book. He appeared to be asleep. Hermione walked past him and sat at the table behind him. She sat down and stared down at her feet.

"Avoiding someone?" the Ravenclaw boy lifted his head, startling Hermione. "Sorry, I haven't properly introduced myself. Name's David Singleton."

David had long brownish-blonde hair which hung down in front of his emerald eyes. He had a mischievous smile plastered on his face, much like Fred and George.

"I'm actually avoiding my ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend. I would say you're avoiding someone by the absence of any school supplies."

"Well, yeah, I am. I'm avoiding my ex-best friend his girlfriend who happens to be my new friend."

"Did you replace him with her?"

"No, we weren't friends since before Christmas, and my new friend just transferred from Durmstrang. Do you know Jenna Lovell?"

"Know her! She's the girl I'm avoiding! We dated three years ago back at Liteborn. When she moved to Bulgaria we broke up. I started here in 6th year. I though we would get back together when she transferred, but she started dating that Gryffindor, your ex-best friend." David scoffed.

"Jenna told me she went to Liteborn for three years."

"Yeah, we were friends the two years before we were going out. She was the only American I ever met."

"So, you and her really hit it off when you first met her?"

"Not exactly. I was friends with a girl named Leah, and Leah was friends with Jenna. So, we hung out a lot together, but we always disagreed. She didn't like my recklessness. I didn't like how cautious she was. If I liked something, she hate it. And if I hated something she like it. Probably, the only thing keeping us from killing each other was Leah."

"But yet she became your girlfriend."

"They're not kidding when they say opposites attract." David started to rock back on forth on two legs of his chair.

"Well, you and Jenna must have not hated each other that much. Even two friends couldn't hold us together."

"Do you love him?" David stopped rocking to hear her answer.

"I am not answering that! I already can't believe I had a while conversation with a stranger in the library. I'm not going to tell someone I just met who I love."

"I'm in Ravenclaw for a reason. Your dramatically drawn out refusal tells me that you do. If you didn't love him, you wouldn't care to have told a stranger a simple no."

Hermione scowled and folded her arms.

"So, we're in the same boat. The people we love are dating each other, and we're stuck here in the library. Any ideas how to get them back?"

"I don't want Ron back, I never really had him."

"Okay, well if you don't want to conspire against each other's loved one, at least tell me your name.

Hermione hesitantly held out her hand. "Hermione Granger." David took her hand and shook it gently.

"So, do you come here often." David said slyly, deliberately making it sound like a pick-up line.

Hermione chuckled for the first time in weeks. "Actually, I am in here a lot. I was always the book-smart know-it-all. I can't get enough of this place."

"Well, I know where you'll be when I want to talk to you again."

"Why would you want to talk to me?" Hermione mumbled.

"You seem like a interesting person, Hermione." David smiled at her then collected his books and left. It seemed that people always left her.

She decided to stay in the library for a while. For some reason she became interested in books with nasty hexes. She may have still have feelings for Ron, but she still felt that he needed one good hex for her mood to improve.

Hermione didn't spot Ron and Jenna at the beginning of dinner. She figured they were off snogging somewhere. Her thoughts were interrupted when David suddenly appeared next to her at the Gryffindor table.

"How's it going, Hermione? We meet again."

"Don't you have Ravenclaw friends?" Hermione joked.

"Don't you have Gryffindor friends?" he replied Hermione gave him a death glare. "Hey, just trying to lighten up the mood. You seem snippy."

"You would be snippy too if you were having the year I'm having."

"Fill me in."

"You like to get personal with people, don't you?"

"It's the best way to either make fast friends or chase somebody away. I figure I got nothing to lose. So, are you going to fill me in?"

"Well, it's going to take more than one dinner…"

"Well, friends don't only see each other once a day. You have plenty of times to tell me."

"Friends?"

"Like I said, you seem like an interesting person. I would hate to not see you again."

"Why didn't Jenna like you at first?"

"Well, she came to Liteborn about the time her dad started randomly dating girls he just med, so she was in that 'all men are scum' phase. It took her a while to tell my why she hated men all of a sudden at first, but when she did she really opened up and the rest is history."

"You know what?"

"Yeah?"

"I miss my other best guy friend."

"Why don't you talk to him?"

"He's been looking at me funny. I think he's siding with Ron. I didn't know there were sides to us not being friends."

"Life sucks for you."

Hermione playfully shoved David's shoulder. "And just tell me about your wonderful life growing up down under."

Hermione was especially glad to have David as a friend. He knew when to be serious and the right time to make her laugh. She hoped she wouldn't lose him to some other girl. How could Jenna not want him back? She wouldn't admit it to anyone, but Hermione had a bit of a sweet spot for David. And judging from David's almost permanent smile, he had taken a interest in Hermione, too.

Just to clear things up, Jenna is not a evil Mary Sue made to break Ron and Hermione up. Jenna is the innocent military girl who happened to have a crush on Ron. David is actually Jenna's boyfriend in real life. I've never met David, so his (bad) description is completely made up.

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Wait, just to answer questions… all relationships like Ron and Hermione's go back and forth. SPOILER ALERT When Hermione invited Ron to Slughorn's party, we all thought they would finally get together, but then Ron saw Ginny and Dean together and then Ron went out with flippin' Lavender Brown who needs to die! How could anyone like her? Is it just a coincidence that she took a interest in Ron after he joined the Quidditch team? No, it isn't. She just wants him for his looks. Stupid Lavender…

Okay, that's enough Lavender bashing for this chapter, I should really go and update this.

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