Waiting.

Nothing to be owned

not here, not now, not ever.

not by me, that is.

She had 3 hours. THREE HOURS. What was she to do?

She couldn't do homework, no way no how. Her mind had already been zapped by her best friend, Ron Weasly, who had just recently asked her on a date. Or, at least that's what she'd thought he'd done.

"You and me by the lake at six, okay?'

His words echoed in her ears, endless and unforgiving.

What if he was just playing her. Messing with her emotions, eating her from the inside out.

Or, he was going to try to let her down easy. Or... no. No way he could actually L...L... no, she couldn't even say it.

She'd been sitting on her bed thinking for, like, half an hour or so, just starring so it was quite a surprise when Lavender and Parvati came in laughing.

"And then he says... hey Hermione, you look like you've seen a ghost," said Lavender.

"Oh, it's nothing." Hermione replied shakily.

"Hey, I saw you and Ron down in the Quidditch pitch after we won. Are you two dating?" said Parvati with genuine interest.

"I really don't know now. I guess I'll know in a few hours, he invited me to the lake." Hermione said uncertainly.

"I have no idea what to do until then." she sighed

''Hermione Granger! You have no idea what to do before a date?!'' Lavender exclaimed.

''Well, no," said Hermione nervously.

"The smartest witch of her year has no idea what to do before a date!" crowed Parvati.

Hermione glared daggers at her.

"Well, we'll just have to fix that won't we Parvati?" said Lavender in the midst of her high pitched cackling.

They really were witches, thought Hermione