Note: Hi readers, hope you enjoy this chapter. I had great fun writing it.
Harry, Ron and Hermione made there way towards the green house for their first lesson which was Herbology. On the way there both Ron and Harry had to put up with Hermione's constant complaining about how the love spell Dumbledore had cast was morally wrong.
When they arrived outside the green house they were greeted by a very peculiar scene, a crowd of Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs had made a circle around two people and they all seemed to be laughing hysterically.
"What are they all looking at?" said Hermione puzzled, carefully Harry, Ron and Hermione edged towards the laughing crowd. Ron being the tallest out of all three of them tried to peer over the crowd of heads to see what was happening. He could just see the face of one of the people in the circle and he was surprised to see whose face it was. "It's Neville" exclaimed Ron to the other two who were not tall enough to see what Ron could. Harry was puzzled by this statement and turned to Ron, "Neville?" Harry Repeated "What's he doing in there?" Ron peered over the crowd of heads to have another look while Hermione who was the smallest out of the three of them began to jump up and down like a manic to see if she could spot what was going on inside the circle. "Blimey" said Ron "I don't know what Neville is up too but he sure doesn't look happy" Harry said nothing, 'I hope there not ganging up on Neville or something' Harry thought. "OUCH!" he yelled as Hermione nearly landed on top of him, "Hey watch it Hermione" he said as he rubbed the back of his head where she had caught him with her elbow. Hermione stopped trying to jump up and down and turned to look at Harry "Oh it's no good" she said disappointed "I can't see a thing"
It was at that precise moment that Pr. Sprout came strolling out the green house and as soon as she saw her pupils gathered in a circle she looked puzzled. "What's going on?" asked Pr. Sprout as she tried to push her way through the circle with no luck; eventually she gave up on the idea and decided to take another approach. "ALRIGHT BREAK IT UP HERE" she said "LET ME THROUGH" reluctantly the crowd broke apart and Hermione, Harry and Ron had a clear view of what was going on now.
"Oh my" said Hermione as they saw Neville standing very still red faced with Hannah Abort wrapped around his legs. "Neville please" gasped Hannah "I'll do anything to be your girlfriend" Harry and Ron immediately burst out laughing while Hermione didn't quite know whether to laugh or frown. Pr. Sprout looked as if she was trying hard not to be amused by the scene before her and gestured her pupils inside. However all her pupils seemed determined to stay and watch this funny situation so they only took a few small steps towards the green house door and then stopped to continue to watch Neville and Hannah.
"Get inside now" said Pr. Sprout "This is not a Comedy show" the pupils knew that she was growing impatient so very slowly and half heartedly they made there way into the green house. Harry, Ron and Hermione hung back so they were the last ones to go in but just before they entered the green house they heard Pr. Sprout shouting at Hannah "Miss Abort" She yelled "PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER, IT'S ONLY A SPELL FOR GOODNESS SAKE" Once Harry, Ron and Hermione were in the green house they all burst out laughing and as they looked around they saw the rest of the class were trying hard to fight their giggles.
"Fancy Hannah falling for Neville" sniggered Seamus who had made his way over to Ron, Harry and Hermione "Still at least all the other girls can relax now that Neville is off the market". Ron and Harry began to laugh but Hermione scowled at Seamus. "It's disgusting to make people act like that" said Hermione darkly "Poor Hannah is making a fool of herself all for a stupid love charm" Seamus seemed unfazed by Hermione's comment and simply said "It's all in good Fun Hermione relax" with that he walked off leaving Hermione boiling with rage.
Harry and Ron did not feel like laughing much after this not that they could with Hermione sitting next to them. Every time they let out the slightest snigger, Hermione gave them a dirty look as if to say don't-you-dare-laugh-or-I'll-kill-you. After ten minutes of the class chatting away about what they had just witnessed, Pr. Sprout entered followed by a bewildered looking Neville. "Where's Hannah?" Harry saw Lavender mouth to another girl. Unfortunately for Lavender Pr. Sprout seemed to spot this too. "Miss Abort" she proclaimed "Will be absent from the rest of the lesson" Neville seemed to go if possible even more red at Pr. Sprout's words. "Anyone who I hear talking about her or what happened just now" she continued "Will be severely punished" the class knew she was serious so for the remaining part of the lesson they all carried out there work in silence.
When Harry, Ron and Hermione got back to the common room (as they had fifteen minutes before their next class) they saw that Neville was sitting on a chair in the corner of the room with his head in his hands. "Should we say something?" said Harry to the other two, Ron looked a bit uncomfortable "Dunno" said Ron "I suppose we better cheer him up he looks as if he's just faced ten dementors". Hermione muttered something about "Having to fetch a book from upstairs" and she disappeared up the stairs to the girls dormitory leaving Harry and Ron to tackle Neville on there own. They both edged forward towards Neville and when he didn't look up they crossed the room and Harry sat down on the chair beside him.
"Cheer up Neville" Said Harry desperately wishing he had something better to say. "Yeah" said Ron agreeing with Harry "You could have got a lot worse than Hannah!" Neville went beetroot red at Ron's words, Harry just sat there uncomfortably trying to think of something that would make Neville feel better. After a few minutes of awkward silence Neville looked up "Why me?" he said "Why did I have to be the first person someone liked?" Harry did not know what to say to this. "It's cause you're the most fanciable" said Ron in a desperate attempt to cheer Neville up; his attempt failed. Neville just put his head back in his hands and gave a sarcastic laugh. "Please could you just leave me alone for a bit" said Neville in a strange voice "I need to think of something" with that Neville got up and headed towards the boys dormitories. Ron looked at Harry half amused and half pityingly, "He'll be alright" said Ron as Harry stood up while they both waited for Hermione.
Just at that moment Ginny came bursting down the stairs of the girls dormitory, without a word she rushed over to Harry, grabbed hold of him and kissed him. Harry did not know how the react but all he could think of was 'Oh my God, Ginny is kissing me and she's doing it in front of Ron' After what seemed liked forever Ginny pulled away and Harry just stood there frozen to the spot. "Err" Said Harry not knowing what to say. Ginny said nothing but ran out of the common room so fast that it looked as if a double time charm had been put upon her. Harry turned to Ron expecting him to be disgusted or horrified even but the look on Ron's face really surprised him. Ron was grinning as if he was trying to stop himself from laughing, Harry just frowned at him and suddenly Ron could not contain himself; he began to laugh like there was no tomorrow. Eventually after Ron had calmed down, he looked at Harry amused "Looks like Neville isn't the only one with problems" he said "This charm is a right laugh" Harry said nothing but he looked at Ron with a serious look on his face. "I thought she liked me before the charm was cast" said Harry going a little red.
"You thought who liked you before" said Hermione as she ran towards them, she stopped looking puzzled as she saw Ron looking slightly amused, "Ginny just kissed Harry" said Ron trying hard not to laugh again. Hermione first looked surprised then her surprise turned to horror, she turned to Harry "But Ginny doesn't like you anymore" she said "She gave up on you ages ago" as Hermione's words sung in; Harry felt relived and then began to laugh.
"What's so funny?" snapped Hermione angrily, after Harry had got his breath back from laughing, he turned to look at Hermione "Well think about it" he exclaimed "it's a bit ironic that she use to like me and now this charm has made her like me again" Ron chuckled at this but Hermione looked even more disgusted. "No it's not funny" she said "Ginny only likes you again because she's being forced too" Harry and Ron said nothing as they knew it would be stupid to give Hermione more reason to complain. The three of them left the common room together and as they climbed through the portrait hole, Ron turned to Harry grinning; he learned towards him and whispered something so Hermione couldn't hear him. "The person who falls for Hermione" He whispered "Is going to be one unlucky guy" with that Harry grinned as he and Ron ran to catch up with Hermione.
Note: Well that's it for this chapter I hope you liked it and the pairings are not that unusual so far but don't worry I haven't even got started yet. There is going to be a lot more romance and odd pairings to come. Please review but no flames.
Title of next chapter: My dearest Hermione
Preview of next chapter:-
Hermione's face was set in an expression of shock, everybody in the great hall was watching in amusement and Dumbledore looked as if he had tears in his eyes.
"Did you just say you love me?" asked Hermione in embarrassment. Ron who was sitting beside her looked just as shocked as she did; "Blimey" he exclaimed "Even I didn't see that one coming!"