Chapter 11
Ron pulled away from Hermione so quickly he fell over in his chair. Hermione stood up and whipped around to face the door.
"Nothing! I was, err, uh." Hermione stuttered, not able to think up an excuse.
"Yes?" Harry asked.
"She had something in her eye." Ron said as he stood.
"Yes! He was helping me get it out," Hermione said, relieved, and praying they would accept this excuse.
"Was he kissing it out then?" Ginny asked from behind Harry, giggling.
"What? No, he didn't, I mean, we didn't, I mean," Hermione stuttered once again, blushing deeply.
"Want to go to our room then Hermione?" Ginny said, grabbing her hand and leading her out of the room. As they closed the door behind them, Harry turned to Ron and grinned broadly.
"Well, what happened? Why were you kissing Hermione?" He said, a wicked twinkle in his eyes.
"Well, err, oh alright, I've liked Hermione for a while and I asked her out and she said yes and if you laugh I swear I'll kill you." Ron said very quickly in one breath.
Harry simply grinned and clapped a hand on Ron's arm.
"That's great mate! Maybe you two will stop bickering like an old married couple eh?"
"Ha ha, you're just so witty!" Ron said rolling his eyes. "You sound like my sister."
Harry's eyes clouded over at the thought of Ginny. Her smooth, delicate, pink lips, her rich brown eyes, her lovely red hair, falling in soft curls around her face.
"Hello? Earth to Harry? Anyone in there?" Ron was asking.
"Yeah! I'm fine," Harry said, coming out of his thoughts.
"Why is it that every time I mention my sister, you get all weird? Do you fancy her?" Ron asked, staring at Harry suspiciously.
"No! I mean, I like her, but only as a friend!" Harry lied, feeling like all the blood in his body was now located in his face.
"Alright then, want to play chess or something?"
"Yeah, ok," Harry said quickly, thankful Ron didn't press the matter further.
The rest of the day passed lazily, the girls staying in their room the whole day, and the boys staying in theirs, playing games, and talking about Quidditch.
"What do you reckon they're talking about over there?" Ron asked as they heard a large burst of giggles coming from the girl's room across the hall.
"You. What else could make someone laugh that much?" Harry said smirking.
Ron grumbled at him and took revenge by destroying Harry's queen on the chess board.
Harry grinned broadly as an idea came to him.
"Hey Ron, your brothers gave me a bunch of Extendable Ears. We can actually find out what the girls are talking about."
"Yes! Get them out then!"
Harry rummaged around in his trunk and pulled out his bag of jokes and pulled out two long, flesh colored things. He handed one to Ron and they grinned at each other mischievously as they put them in their ears. The Extendable Ears slithered out the door and under the girl's door.