A/N: this is the last section I have finished, so it'll be about a week or so until I can put up some more chapters.

Ron

"What'd he want?" Ron asked through a mouthful of drumstick.

Hermione turned several shades of red, "Oh nothing. Just being a big flobber worm as usual," she said, sitting down again.

Ron couldn't help but grin, She just called him a flobber worm, he mused.

Ron's gaze swept over Malfoy for a moment, then he did a double-take. He wasn't eating, but leaning in with Crabbe and Goyle, smiling and talking feaverishly.

"Harry, you don't suppose Malfoy's found a way to get his father out of prison, do you?" he asked, keeping his eyes on Malfoy but leaning toward Harry and completely forgetting about the chewed up chicken he still had in his mouth.

Harry also looked over at Malfoy, "I dunno, maybe. I mean, it's possible."

"Yeah. Yeah, it's possible," he said, only just remembering the 'prank' Malfoy and his cronies were going to play on some innocent first year.

"Ronald!" Hermione suddenly scolded.

Ron looked over at her and saw she was looking at him with a sickened expression, "Wha?" he asked.

"Close your mouth if you're going to save your food in there!" she hissed.

Ron quickly closed his mouth, only just realizing he hadn't swallowed his chicken.

Harry snickered.

"What are you laughing at?" he asked.

Harry quickly regained his composure, "Nothing, nothing at all," he said.

Ron looked from Harry to Hermione and decided that if he hadn't figured them out by now he wasn't ever going to.

All through the feast, Ron's vision and attention kept straying to Malfoy and his cronies. He couldn't help but notice that they were whispering amongst themselves, which was highly unusual because Malfoy had always made known his opinions of everyone.

"Dyou think he's up to something?" he asked Harry, still watching Malfoy.

"Ron, I think you're paranoid, don't worry about him."

"Right, ok," he said, looking back to his plate.

But for some reason Ron couldn't get rid of the horrible sinking feeling he had every time he thought about Malfoy.