Disclaimer: I own all the Harry Potter books. Unfortunately I didn't write any of them. That would be J K Rowling.

Author's note: Sorry I havn't updated for ages, but here you go, the next chapter. Probably the second to last as well but it depends how long the end bit takes to happen in writing.


Chapter 5 - Confused

As they walked down the stairs to breakfast Harry was mesmerised by Hermione's hair, softly swishing from side to side. He tripped over his robe and went flying into Ron, who went flying into Hermione, and they all went tumbling down the stairs. Hermione landed first, with Ron and Harry on top of her, so by the time Hermione had worked out which way up she was, Harry and Ron had already stood up. Ron started laughing because Harry's trousers had fallen down.

Hermione got up, saw Ron laughing and misunderstood what had happened.

"Ron why did you push me down the stairs? It really hurt and I thought we loved each other. No! I mean… No, I'm going out with Harry. Yes. Harry's my boyfriend. He saved my life and Ron pushed me down the stairs so I must love Harry not Ron. Yes I love Harry. Ron I hate you!" Hermione yelled, bursting into confused tears and running away.

"But I didn't, Harry fell over and…" Ron started, but he trailed off because Hermione was already out of earshot.

"See, Hermione loves me not you Ron!" Harry said insensitively.

Ron looked hurt.

"Hermione! Come back!" Harry shouted, running down the corridor after Hermione, but she had disappeared.

Hermione had run into a disused classroom and was sitting on a desk trying to work out her feelings. She had said out loud that she loved Ron, but she was going out with Harry. She used to love Ron, but now she loved Harry. Harry had saved her life. In all the books she had read when a boy saves a girl's life, they instantly fall in love, and usually end up getting married. They're right for each other. They're meant to be together, and that's exactly what had happened with Harry. But why had she said she loved Ron? No, Hermione thought, trying to rationalise her feelings, she must have got confused from bumping her head when she fell down the stairs. After all, Ron had pushed her and she couldn't possibly go out with someone who went round pushing people down stairs and laughing at them.

Suddenly she realised what time it was. If she didn't hurry up she'd be late for transfiguration, and she'd already missed breakfast.

Meanwhile Harry had given up his search for Hermione and decided to go to breakfast with Ron.

"Hi. I couldn't find Hermione," Harry said sitting down.

Ron didn't answer. He didn't even look up but stayed staring intently at his cereal.

"Can you pass me the milk I'm starving," Harry continued, not realising what Ron was doing.

Still no answer.

"Heeelllllooooo! Earth to planet Ron!" he said, messing around and waving his hand in front of Ron's face. He waited a while and still got no answer.

"Ron, are you ignoring me?" Harry said, finally catching on.

"Yes, actually."

"Haha! I made you speak! You're not ignoring me because you just talked to me!" he said gleefully. Ron went back to ignoring him.

"Why are you ignoring me Ron?"

"Why do you think?"

"Ummm, I dunno."

"Guess."

"Erm, because I'm an idiot?"

"Yes, but try being more specific."

"Because I put a spider in your bed this morning which you will find in your bed tonight and scream like a girl, which will be recorded on a secret hidden camera I put above your bed and showed to the whole school?"

Ron looked shocked.

"Oh yeah it's not tonight yet. You won't have found the spider. Whoops."

"You- you little-!" started Ron, but then a badly aimed memory modification charm hit Ron and he forgot all about it.

"That was lucky," Harry said.

"What was lucky?"

"Oh nothing."

"I was ignoring you because first you stole my girlfriends, and now you make her hate me!"

"Oh. Oh right. Yeah I guess that was pretty evil. Oh well. I have Hermione and you don't so haha!" Harry said, and skipped off to Transfiguration.


Please review as always. I hope you liked it. Don't worry about Harry being mean to Harry he is in love after all and he'll come round soon enough.

Oh and I just realised I never answered why Harry's IQ was lower than Ron's. Just because I felt like it and I'd forgotten what I'd put Ron's IQ as, that's all.