Um, sorry if any of you got alerts and then there was no chapter up. I put it up, then realised I had forgot to edit it (FF doesn't support my Word Document types, so I have to copy and paste into Notepad and the use the document from there, but it turns all my inverted commas and apostrophes into weird little signs so I have to edit all my documents) so I had to delete it. ANYWAY, this chapter is told from Harry's PoV as you'll find out, I think the situation is funnier from an outsider's perspective, though I concede you may not find the chapter that funny (though I'll be glad if you will!!!)

To Harry's knowledge, Hermione spent most of the day curled up beside the empty grate with a book, while Ron had disappeared, but was most likely to be kicking at gnomes in the garden.

He and Ginny on the other hand, decided to spend the day in the town. They met Luna there, and Neville who had been staying with her. Harry was the only one ever to have grown up with Muggles, and though Ginny and Luna were used to the people of Ottery Saint Catchpole, they still sometimes found the ways of the village people confusing.

Mainly Harry had come out today to avoid both Ron and Hermione. Since they had got together, their bickering had been worse, but they usually made up when left to their own devices. Sometimes, it was quite amusing really. He did not understand why they fought over the chess game at first, but then it struck him.

Ron had always, for his whole life, been second best. In his family, Charlie had been a Quidditch Captain, both Percy and Bill had been Head Boy and George was one of the best pranksters around. Ginny was a novelty being a girl. Which left Ron. Neither did it help that during all their years in school, he had been best friends with the boy whose names had been on everybody's lips. Ron had always wished to be good at something, and the one thing he was better at than everyone else was chess. Which explained why he was angry with Hermione for beating him. He had been fine the day before, but after sleeping on it he had obviously decided that something had to be done.

Harry however did not dwell on it. Instead he and Ginny spent a memorable day then went home ready to find the pair already in each other's arms.

They were not. Hermione was in the same spot, but with a different book. Ginny pointed it out as "Potions and Spells Every Girl Should Know", the book Tonks had given her two Christmas before. Harry's stomach did a jump at Tonks' name, then heard Ginny say "I looked at it. There's a really nasty spell to use on guys when you're in a bad mood. Probably what she's looking up."

Harry agreed, hoping it wasn't too nasty.

Ron it transpired, was in the henhouse, grumbling to the poultry.

Dinner was a tense affair, despite Mrs. Weasley's best efforts and her very best apple crumble. Afterwards, she and her husband remained in the kitchen as both Hermione and Ron stalked into the living room, Ron through the hall and back in, Hermione through the adjoining doorway. Ginny shrugged at her parents. Harry tried to look apologetic, but as normal, ended up more amused than anything. Especially when he saw Hermione and Ron, both sitting staring in opposite directions with their arms folded.

He and Ginny sat on the sofa watching to see who would make the first move.

It was Ron. He stood up and ran upstairs.

"That was unexpected." said Ginny, not sounding very surprised. "What an utterly unexpected thing for my brother to do. Why on earth would he do somethimg so unexpected as running up the stairs".

He returned with parchment, a bottle of ink and a quill. He dipped the quill in the ink and paused before setting it on the parchment to ask "When was full moon?"

"Last week." replied Ginny. "Why?"

"No reason." said Ron and began to write.

"Oh no." said Ginny, wide eyed. "He's not writing to-"

"Yup." said Harry grimacing. "He is. He's writing to:"

They both looked at Ron, shocked before uttering the single word together.

"Lavender."

Hermione stood up suddenly. "That reminds me I have a letter to write." running up to fetch her own materials. She came back down and began writing at a ferocious speed, her hand seemed to blur. She rolled up her parchment at the same time as Ron rolled his.

"Harry can I borrow Phed?" she asked, referring to Harry handsome black eagle owl Pheddipedes.

"Where's the letter going?" asked Harry curiously, and hoping the answer wasn't what he thought it was.

It was.

"Bulgaria." she said.

"Oh dear." whispered Ginny to him.

A footnote to say Get Ready. Because you know what's coming next...

BATTLE OF THE EXES!