1Heyy everyone!! I loved the reviews, they really put a huge smile on my face. I'm glad most of you were amused by Lavender's display, it was fun to write. This next chapter has a lot of character interaction and the contestants next task is quite amusing...at least in my opinion hahaha. Oh and since this chapter is alreaady quite long without the songs I'm going to make a second part of the chapter, that will have the singing.

Hogwarts Idol

Chapter 4: Drag

Hermione made her way back to her room that night fuming. She wasn't sure wether to cry or go slaughter Lavender. In the end she decided that she was just going to go sleep and hopefully everything would work itself out tomorrow morning. Ron wanted to come over but Hermione told him she just wanted to be alone tonight. Ron nodded and slumped off with Harry and Ginny back to Gryffindor Tower. Hermione changed into her pajama pants and a white tank top. She sat on her bed and pulled out a book she had picked up from the library. She waved her wand lazily and the lights over bed dimmed a bit. Hermione was a couple pages in before there was a knock at her door. She looked over and thought she must have imagined it. She turned back and a couple seconds later and the knock returned, even harder than last time. Hermione gingerly placed her book down and walked to the door wondering who on earth would be here at this hour. She slowly opened the door and saw red hair...but it wasn't Ron.

"Fred?" Hermione opened the door fully revealing the still well-dressed twin, "What are you doing here?"

:Oh, well you ran off rather quickly and I just wanted to make sure you were ok. I went over to the Gryffindor common room but you weren't there, and then I checked the library and again you weren't there so I thought I'd try here." Fred smiled his trademark lopsided grin.

Hermione backed out of the way and let him come in. She sat on her bed and took a seat on one of the cushioned chairs next to her bed, "Well that's very sweet of you. But don't worry I'm ok."

"You know George and I could slip her some candies before she goes out on stage. She's be sprouting wings and boils on live tv." Fred wiggled his eyebrows at her.

Hermione laughed, "No it's ok. I'm not that mean." Their laughter suppressed and they looked awkwardly at one another.

"Her-"

"Fre-" they both spoke at the same time. Hermione chuckled and Fred told her to continue, "Fred, you don't think that Ron you know, likes her do you? Hermione's lower lip quivered and a tear escaped her eye. Fred couldn't help himself he jumped out of the chair and took a seat next to Hermione. He put an arm around her shaking shoulders and laid his head on top of hers.

"Ron, is a stupid git but he would never ever do something to hurt you. He loves you so much." Fred reassured her.

Hermione nodded her head, "Do-do you really think he loves me?"

Fred put his hand on Hermione's chin and tilted her head upwards, "Of course he does, you two have known each other forever, there's nothing he wouldn't do for you."

"But what if he just loves me the way Harry and I love each other as opposed to how Harry and Ginny love each other?"

Fred had never thought about that, everyone in the Weasely family had assumed that Ron was in love with Hermione, "Well, I think you're the only one who can determine that but I promise you he would never do anything like snogging Lavender behind your back."

"Thank you Fred." Hermione hugged him tightly. After that they looked at each other almost studying one another, they locked eyes and Hermione felt herself leaning forward.

Meanwhile Harry and Ginny were having their own snogfest in Harry's room. Harry loved running his hands through Ginny's long red hair and Ginny loved running her hands down Harry's well-toned chest. Harry and Ginny were getting pretty into it when Ginny placed her hand on piece of parchment as they laid down on the bed.

"Mmm, what's this?" Ginny muttered with Harry's lips still firmly attached.

Harry opened an eye and glanced at the parchment, it was the map, "Just the map." Harry said grabbing it and throwing it to the side, but not before his eye caught something, "Oh my god." he said pulling away from Ginny.

Ginny looked a bit confused, "What is it?"

"Please tell me what name you see in Hermione's room." Harry handed her the map.

Ginny scanned the map quickly before her jaw dropped, "What is Fred doing there?"

"My thoughts exactly." Harry leaned over his bed and pulled out a cloak, "Are you up for an adventure?"

Hermione wasn't sure what was coming over. Her face was burning and she couldn't tear her eyes from Fred's. She leaned in and their lips softly collided. At first there wasn't any movement at all. Both of their eyes were wide open but slowly they began to kiss. Their eyes closed and Fred's hands cupped her face. Awkwardly Hermione's hand found their way into Fred's hair and she was running her fingers through his perfect hair. She couldn't figure out what on earth possessed her to kiss Fred Weasley of all people but she was rather enjoying it. Fred could think of nothing besides how soft her lips were and hoping that this would never stop.

However, a few moments later a furious knocking at the door snapped Hermione back into reality. She put her hands over her mouth and looked like she would start crying again. Fred bit his lip and put a hand on her shoulder, "Please don't cry." he begged. The knocking continued. Hermione took a few deep breaths and seemed to have recovered. She ran over to the door and was shocked to see Harry and Ginny.

"Um hi." Hermione said rather perturbed, "Is everything alright."

"Oh, well we wanted to see if you were ok." Ginny said.

"I'm fine." Hermione lied and tried shutting the door, "I'm just getting ready for bed."

Harry put his foot in the door, "Are you sure?"

Hermione took a deep breath and stepped out into the hallway, "Ok, Fred came over and were just talking and I'm going to be fine, you guys really don't need to worry."

"So, Fred is there with you?" Ginny couldn't believe it.

"How did you know?"

"The map." Harry said holing it up. Hermione wanted to die but she silently thanked god that the map couldn't show what you were doing.

"He just came over to see how I'm doing." Hermione opened her door, "But really guys I"m fine."

Harry and Ginny didn't believe her for a moment but decided not to press on they said good night and slipped back under the cloak. Hermione walked back into her room and found Fred still on the bed.

"Fred, I am really sorry about-" Hermione began but Fred got off the bed and walked over to her. He put his hand on her cheek and leaned his face down to hers.

Harry and Ginny did not go back to their rooms and instead camped outside Hermione's room waiting for Fred to leave. Ginny fell asleep curled up in Harry's lap while Harry waited...and waited...and then waited some more. Finally Hermione's door opened and Fred stepped out followed by Hermione. They were holding hands! Harry nudged Ginny awake but carefully placed his hand over her mouth so she wouldn't freak out.

"Hermione, I know that right now you're feeling very confused and I just want you to know that all I want for you and all I've ever wanted for you is to be happy. So if you're happy with me then that's wonderful...if you think you'll be happier with Ron then I will respect your choice." Fred leaned forward and kissed Hermione on the cheek. Hermione blushed furiously but smiled nonetheless.

"Thank you Fred." Hermione smiled warmly at him.

Fred began to walk away before turning back, "Um Hermione?"

"Yes?"

"How am I going to get out of here?" Fred didn't realize how late it was, he wouldn't be able to leave using the way he came in.

Hermione bit her lip, "Um I have no idea."

The two of them stood there looking at one another and Harry and Ginny were still curled up underneath the cloak. Ginny and Harry looked at each other with baited breath curious to see what would happened.

"Well, I guess you can stay here for the night, and just sneak out at some point during the day." Hermione feebly suggested.

Fred was rather shocked, as were Harry and Ginny, at Hermione's bold suggestion, "Well, if you're ok with that."

Hermione said nothing and her and Fred disappeared into her room once more. Harry and Ginny were left contemplating that night's events.

The next few days went by rather uneventfully while Harry and Ginny wondered when the best time would be to bring up the incident. Ron and Hermione seemed to have made up; Ron was ignoring Lavender and Hermione didn't seem to have any contact with Fred. Harry figured they should just forget the whole mess it was probably just one of those "in the moment" type things. Ginny on the other hand knew something wasn't right. Hermione seemed to always be out of it and Ginny could tell something was weighing her down. Yes the competition was getting more intense but that couldn't be it. And school was never stressful for Hermione and this year was even easier than most since they weren't battling the Dark Lord. Ginny knew that Hermione was thinking about Fred and she was going to find out what was going on.

The day of the next round Ginny found Hermione down at the library during lunch.

"Hey Mione, can I sit here?" Ginny asked motioning to the chair across from the bushy haired girl who had books sprawled out in front of her.

"Of course Gin, is there anything I can do for you?" Hermione bit her quill before jotting some more words down.

Ginny took a seat and bit her bottom lip, "Actually there is something I wanna talk about."

Hermione put her quill down and looked directly into the red haired girl's eyes, "What's wrong Ginny?"

Ginny leaned forward making sure that no one would overhear the conversation about to take place, "I wanna talk about Fred."

Hermione's eyes widened instantly and for a moment she looked angry but the anger was quickly replaced by tears. The tears came rushing down and Hermione's lip was quivering, "I-I-I don't know what to do Gin. I kissed him!" she practically shouted the last line.

This time it was Ginny's eyes that widened, "You kissed him?"

Hermione shared the story of the night's events to Ginny who didn't speak once until the story was finished, "Wow."

Hermione nodded feverishly, "I don't know what to do."

Ginny leaned back, musing. Hermione began to bite her quill and look nervously around, "I kissed him Gin, I kissed your brother. I cheated."

Ginny looked at her best friend with sympathy, "It's not your fault Hermione, everyone makes mistakes you were upset and paranoid and Fred happened to be there and he was comforting and you kissed, but it's not like you went crazy with him." here Hermione nodded at the feeble attempt to make her feel better, "Right now you really just need to decide who you want to be with."

These were the words Hermione was dreading, she looked dismally at Ginny and put her hands over her face, "This is horrible."

Ginny's eyes widened once more, "Oh my god!" she squealed.

Hermione looked around, "What?"

"You like him."

"You like Fred. When I said that you needed to choose one or the other I expected you to immediately to say that you choose Ron but that you had made a mistake. But now you've completely thrown me off by not automatically choosing Ron which means that part of you likes Fred."

At this Hermione was speechless, 'do I like Fred? Maybe I do, I mean I didn't deny liking him, I never said I didn't like him, and I did kiss him, so maybe...'

Ginny took a deep breath, "I think you should break up with Ron." Hermione opened her mouth to object but Ginny continued, "You should be single and figure out who you want to be with, it would be best for all of you. Just tell Ron you need a break because everything is just crazy right now. Make sure you let him know that you still care for him but right now your life is a mess (Hermione's face looked doubtful that Ron would take this well)...at least your not lying."

Hermione sighed, "I know you're right, this what I have to do, at least until I figure out everything."

During their free period Hermione asked Ron to come over. Hermione was pacing while waiting for her soon to be ex. Part of her didn't want to break up with him but a larger part of her knew that she was only hurting him...and then there was the other part that was convinced that he wanted to be with Lavender. In the midst of her pacing Ron knocked. Hermione let him and they quickly hugged before Hermione asked Ron to sit down.

"Ronald, I don't know what to do." Hermione began.

"We should break up." Ron finished for her.

Hermione was completely taken back, "What?"

Ron stood up and took Hermione's hands in his own, "We care for each other, no one could ever doubt that. And we love each other, but maybe we're not in love with each other. I think right now we just need a break from this relationship."

Hermione couldn't speak, Ron had never been so rational before, "Wow. I didn't realize this would hurt so much." Hermione sat down on her bed.

Ron sat next to her and put an arm around her, "I will always love you, no one could ever compare to you. But I can see that you're not happy, and I don't want to think that I'm the one making you unhappy."

Hermione turned to Ron, "I love you more than you can imagine. I'm just really confused, ever since all this Lavender stuff started..." Hermione drifted off as she imagined Lavender dancing on the stage with her little sluty outfit.

Ron pulled Hermione even closer, "I can tell you I have no interest in her so don't worry about that."

Hermione nodded and snuggled next to him. They spent the rest of the period like this both knowing that they were nothing more than friends and neither of them knew if that would ever change.

Ok, so I tried to the nicest break up I could think of and still leave Ron being a good guy. And I'll tell you right now that he never did cheat on Hermione so that's no longer an issue. Alright the next part is the competition and I did my best to make it funny and light-hearted so I hope you all enjoy :-)