I'm Hurt Deep Inside. This is my first Harry Potter Fanfic, so when you review, please don't point out how much a suck to terribly much. Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling…

Christmas Plans

Harry, Ron, and Hermione sat around the common room fire working on homework. That is, Hermione was trying to get Harry and Ron to do their work, but they were to busy discussing their holiday break to do anything productive.

"Really you to," Hermione sighed as they pulled out a game of Wizard's Chess. "You're going to fail all of your classes at this rate!"

"We've got the entire winter break," Ron said lazily as he killed one of Harry's rooks with his knight. "It won't hurt us to take a little bit of a break from school work. All three of us will be here the whole time anyway." That part was true. Harry who always stayed for the winter holidays was to be accompanied by Ron and Hermione. Ron's parents were going to visit Charlie, and Hermione's parents were going to visit her cousins, who Hermione didn't get along with, so she was allowed to stay at school.

"Hey Ron," Harry said glancing out the window. "Isn't that Errol?"

"Stupid owl," Ron muttered walking over to the window and pulling the owl into the room. He walked back over to his friends, and opening the letter.

Dear Fred, George, Ron, and Ginny,

I have good news! Charlie and Bill have pooled together some money, so that you could come with us to visit! Please take your names off of the stay-at-Hogwarts list, and have your things packed so you can come home.

I shall see you soon,

Mum and Dad

Ron finished reading the letter, passed it to Harry and Hermione, and walked over to find his remaining siblings, to tell them the news.

"I can't believe I get to go see Charlie and Bill!" Ron said excitedly as returned to his friends. He stared at the fire and sighed happily.

"That's great Ron," Hermione said not looking up from her paper. "Now you really won't get anything done."

The smile vanished instantly from Ron's face. "Hand me that book Harry," Ron said pointing to his Potions book. Harry laughed and handed it to Ron as he opened it to the right page and began working on the assignment that was giving to him.

Seeing Ron abandon the game, Harry followed his suit and began working on his homework as well. They were both so absorbed in their work that they didn't realize that Hermione was grinning. This is great! She thought as grabbed her DADA homework. An entire Winter Break without being picked on by Ron, and I get to spend the entire time with Harry Potter! Any girl would kill to be in my place. She glanced over at Harry who was reading his textbook, a slight frown on his face. I don't blame them, he's perfect.

She sighed, and Ron glanced over at her. "Why are you sighing, you're not the one who has to finish all of this work in less then two days!"

She covered up her embarrassment easily enough, "it's you work. You have 3 out of 7 right."

Harry looked at Ron's paper and groaned, "I only have 2 that are different then his."

"Honestly," Hermione said as she grabbed their papers. She began correcting their papers and handed it back to them. "You two are hopeless."

"Yeah, but we have you, so we don't have to worry about anything," Harry said stretching.

"What happens when I'm not around to give you the answers?" She said returning to her own work.

"So after Hogwarts you're just going to abandon us?" Harry asked sounding hurt. "I'm going to have to become an Auror, and you won't do even write. I might as well just give up on life now," he said as he set his things down and lay on the floor, pretending to have died.

"That goes for me to!" Ron said as he put his work away. "If you don't help us, then mum will kill me, and I'll end up like Harry," he laughed as he noticed that Harry had vanished from his deathbed. "I'll be a ghost, you won't even be able to see me."

Hermione looked around the room, trying to find their lost friend. "Where did he go?" She asked herself.

"If he can fight off you-know-who on a regular basis, then I don't think you have to worry about him taking a walk," Ron said, but he scanned the room anyway.

"There he is," Hermione said pointing over to the message board. "I wonder what he's looking at."

"Quiddich practice is canceled for the break, so I have no idea what's going on," Ron said looking confused.

Harry walked back over to the fire and sat back down on the comfy chair. "There's a Hogsmeade trip this weekend," he informed Hermione.

"That's good," Hermione said looking relieved. "I don't have all of my Christmas shopping done yet."

"Yeah," Ron said in a dreamy voice. "You two will be walking from shop to shop in this freezing weather, while I'm at home with Charlie and Bill listening about dragons and goblins! It's going to be so much fun! I hardly ever get to see them!"

"Yeah we get to spend the whole winter listening to Phlegm, what joy," came the sarcastic voice of the youngest Weasley.

"Hello Ginny," Hermione said smiling.

"Hey guys," she said sitting next to Ron.

"What do want?" Ron asked suspiciously.

"Can't a sister come over and talk to her older brother and his friends?"

"No."

"You can be a real pain Ron."

"And you aren't?"

"OK you two," Harry said. "Break it up."

"Thanks Harry," Ginny said smiling at him.

"What did you need?" Hermione asked curiously. "Are did you just want to chat?"

"I wanted to know if you could get me something from Hogsmeade," she said to Hermione. "I didn't get all my shopping done and," she paused looked at the boys and continued. "I'll tell you upstairs."

The two of them walked up to the girl's dormitories and left Harry and Ron to wait for their return. There was absolutely no point in attempting to get homework done without the help of Hermione.

"So what'd you get me for Christmas?" Ron asked casually.

"I'm not telling you," Harry said grabbing Hermione's homework and correcting his own.

"You better be sharing that," Ron said pointing to the work in Harry's hand.

"I will. So what'd you get everyone?"

"I'm not telling you what I got you!"

"No, not for me, for everyone else."

"Oh, I got Hermione some chocolate frogs, I got Ginny, um, a necklace, I got you a, wait I can't say that. Um, I don't remember what else. How 'bout you?"

"I got Dobby 3 pairs of socks, that are all mismatched. I got Hagrid a book on dragons, I got you a pile of dragon dung, I haven't gotten Hermione or Ginny anything yet, and I wanted to get the Dursleys a book on the history of magic.

"And I got you both a collection of the hardest spells ever thought of," Hermione said as she sat down. "As much as I hate to be on your last minute gift list, I like it better then dragon dung," she said to Harry.

"I was only joking," he said defensively. "I didn't get anyone dragon dung."

"Because if he did," Ron said with a dark look on his face. "The person who received it might just send Harry's darling relatives that book."

"You don't hate me that much do you?"

"I hate dragon dung."

"I didn't mean to start a fight," Hermione said looking at her two best friends. "I was only teasing you, except for about the spell books."

"You really should get us those," Ron said seriously. "I hear these fires can be quite hard to start, it would be our pleasure to help get them started with a couple of thick books."

They finished the evening talking about the worst gifts would be, and how to repay the favor. They reached the decision that Dumbledore would not approve of sending Malfoy a box that exploded with curses when you opened it.

At a quarter to midnight they decided that it was time for bed, and made their way to their dormitories. Harry changed into his pajamas and crawled into bed, thinking about the following week, which he would spend with his dream, Hermione, or at least he thought he would.

And there is chapter 1! Hope you liked it. Now please review, there's nothing better then seeing reviews in your inbox. Except maybe Daniel Radcliffe taking a bath in the Prefect's bathroom… but that's different. Anyway, review! I love getting reviews! If I don't get reviews…I'll…I'll kill off Ron! Is that enough incentive? I hope it is, because I don't normally like killing off characters.