Once inside the Great Hall Hermione realized that she was happy. Happier then she had been all summer and so far this year, not only did she have two great friends, but classes would start soon and she would be able to study. Heaping large amounts of food onto their plates, Ron and Harry exchanged a look.

"Um...Herm, are you felling alright?" Ron asked a concerned look coming onto his handsome face.

"Yea, why wouldn't I be?" She asked looking over at him//why wouldn't I be alright?// she thought.

"Well its just that you were...you know, staring at the Slytherin table." It was Harry's turn to look at her worriedly. They had both stopped piling food onto their plates which indicated that they were truly worried.

"Don't worry you guys, I just saw..." she racked her brain for something to say, in truth she hadn't even realize it but she had been staring at the one guy who had been filing her head as of lately. Draco Malfoy. "Malfoy, he was...um picking his nose." She smiled, that would work. "I thought that if I watched him he would do it again, you know, so I could show you." She laughed as they both swung around to stare at Malfoy, who had already noticed that Hermione had been staring and was looking over at their table.

"That would be priceless!" Ron Chuckled as he turned back to his mound of food, and started devouring it like it was nothing, Harry did the same. "Like a muggle MasterCard commercial, 'Royal Status: 4 billions dollars, Pureblood ness: Long line of incest, Sitting alone picking your nose, while your biggest enemy laughs at you: Priceless." Before long Hermione was full and both Ron and Harry were ready to go up to the common room; Hermione agreed to immediately.

The common room was just about empty when they walked in, only a few people lingered in there. Most were still out side enjoying the late summer heat. Hermione sat down in one of the arm chairs and looked over at Ron, who was cleaning his nails with a pocket knife.

"So... who is this not important person?" she said figuring it was about time she got some answers.

"err... no one." Ron said turning red and concentrating so hard on his nails that he accidentally cut himself. Muttering a curse he pulled out his wand and whispered the healing spell.

"Ron is a bit shy still, but I'm not." Harry smiled as Ron punched him playfully in the arm.

"Darn straight he's not shy, you should have seen him with Cho and Lavender..." his smile widened as Lavender Brown walked into the common room and waved at Harry. "They were both all over him."

"And Loony was all over you." Harry said his voice joking but the look on his face was mock annoyance.

Before Ron could say anything Ginny appeared in front of Harry, She had a look of confusion on her pale face. "Did you know that Lavender will not shut up about you?" She asked curiously. "She keeps talking about the Room of Requirements, and how you to were there Snogging."

"No I didn't know that." This time Harry turned three shades of red, but he soon recovered, "Did she say if I was any good?"

"You're excellent...or so she clams. You shouldn't go around snogging girls Harry, other people might get jealous." She gave a flirty smile and walked off. Ron's mouth hung open and Hermione could barley keep from bursting out in laughter. Not only was it funny that Lavender wouldn't shut up about Harry, but it was hilarious to see Ginny openly flirt with him in front of Ron, plus Ron had a thing for Luna Lovegood?!

"Shut up Hermione, it's not like you wouldn't talk about me if I snogged you." Harry joked, smiling over at Hermione who had to keep her hand in front of her mouth to keep from laughing.

"Oh please if you snogged me, you wouldn't stop talking about it, I however wouldn't be able to stop laughing, or get you to stop following me."

"Oh right like I would enjoy snogging with you." Harry shook his head, "You would have to tie me down and threaten my life before I said I enjoyed it."

"What ever, Mate, you were talking just the other night about how hot Herm has got and how you wouldn't mind-OWW" Ron was cut off by a hard punch in the arm.

"Shut up, I was joking and you know it." Harry rolled his eyes at Ron and stared intently back at the fire. "Besides Hermione would enjoy it a lot more then me."

"Oh believe what you want, but one day well see, you won't stop following me and Ill have to charge you with sexual harassment." They all burst in to fits of laughter, and before long they had started arguing about who was a better kisser again, and this time Ron was arguing too.

"What ever you know if I were to kiss you, you would die of pleasure." Hermione Laughed as Ron winked at her. "Harry here only hopes that one day I will come out of the closet and Kiss him. To bad I have to disappoint him, he is my best mate and all."

"Oh sure, you can blame me for that creepy fantasy we all know the truth, that your the one that secretly likes Dean." Ron faked horror and put a finger to his mouth to shush him.

"He is right there, you know, if he finds out it won't be a secret any more." Hermione nearly choked with laughter; glancing over at the clock she was shocked.

"You two need to go to bed, it's nearly one in the morning and tomorrow it the first day of lessons." She shooed them up the stairs following them to make sure they really did go to bed. Once she was sure they weren't going to sneak back down to the common room she hugged them both and yawned her goodnights, before heading to her own bed.