"Ron? Food? Ew, a sock." Tranice sat at up. "Let's go!" she shouted as she grabbed Josie's hand and dragged her to downstairs to dinner.

Tranice's eyes scanned the room and locked on Ron. "Ron!" She skipped the last four steps, (almost breaking an ankle), and ran over to Ron. She jumped up and hugged him. "I've missed you so much!"

"I've missed you, too!" said Ron, trying to keep his balance.

Tranice got off him and backed away to take a good look at him. She examined him from head to toe. She was silent for almost 2 minutes.

"Why are you examining me so closely?" Ron asked, laughing.

"Something's different about you."

"Really? What is it?" asked Ron, looking completely surprised.

"Don't try to act like you haven't been working out because I can tell."

"Well I have been goin' to the gym. It's a few miles that way." Ron tried to show off by flexing his muscles as he pointed to the direction of the gym. Tranice just rolled her eyes.

"Why Ronald I see you've gotten a little more muscular." said Hermione, coming up behind Ron.

"Thanks..." said Ron, with a weird look on his face.

"Yeah Hermione. What a great time for you to notice after you've been here for three weeks already." said Tranice, giving Hermione a deadly stare.

Tranice knew Hermione always wanted Ron. Hermione was always trying to break them apart. Most of the time Tranice paid no attention to her, but now that her and Ron had been dating for a long time she assumed Hermione would've been over it by now.

"Yes, and I've complimented him on it everyday." She stretched out "everyday" with that annoying voice of hers.

"And I'm sure he's complimented you on that bushy bird's nest on top of your head, too." Tranice said with a smirk on her face.

Josie smiled. Tranice made her do that a lot. She took the stairs more slowly, still almost breaking her ankle as well.

Such a klutz.

"You should be more careful," Harry said extending his hand to her. She took it tightly, walking down the last two steps.

"Oooh." the twins howled from the other room. Ginny giggled as Mrs. Weasley hit them over the head.

"Thanks." Josie said softly, when she reached the bottom. She looked up at him and smiled. He smiled back and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.

"Anything for you."

She blushed and he turned, still holding her hand, and led her to the table. When he finally let go of her hand it was to sit between the twins. She frowned slightly and took a seat next to Hermione, who looked overly pissed at Tranice's comment. Ginny caught Josie's eye and gave her a 'was that really necessary' look. Josie shrugged.

She asked for it.

She glanced at Hermione and saw her staring angrily at Ron and Tranice. She leaned over and whispered to her, "Get over it...I think you should go for the bad boys anyway."

She smirked and glanced at Ron and Tranice again, then back to Hermione who was looking at her curiously. "Besides...Ron's kind of a pansy."

Josie winked at Hermione, who giggled and smiled. "I guess you're right."

"I always am."

Tranice took a deep breath as she sat down to eat dinner.

Why does that girl always have to be such a bitch?

All through dinner Tranice saw Hermione shooting glares at her and Ron. After the third one she had had enough.

"Is there a problem, Hermione?"

"Yeah, I can't help but notice how you eat so much like a cow."

Oh, no, she didn't!

"I do not eat like a cow. And it would help me digest my food better if you could try to look less like one."

By this time everyone was focused on the conversation between Tranice and Hermione. They were both furious at each other and kept going.

"Tranice, I know you're angry, but don't take it out on me. I know all about you're many little problems at home. Like how you come from a poor broken American family. And how your parents don't want you. And how Ron is just using you. And--"

"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" Tranice shouted right before she jumped out of her seat, making her chair fly against the wall.

Hermione sat back with a look of satisfaction on her face. Tranice was enraged. Her eyes were watery but she would not shed a tear until she was alone. Tranice walked up behind Hermione and shoved her face into her pile of food.

"Now who eats like a cow?" said Tranice, as she took Hermione's drink, poured it on top of Hermione's head and stomped upstairs.

As soon as she was out of sight she ran up to the room, slammed the door, and locked it. She took out her ipod, turned it up to the loudest it would go, laid down across her bed, and cried the tears she had been holding back.

Josie stared in horror at Hermione for a second. Then her eyes flickered to Ron. His face was pale and he looked like he may never eat again.

Yeah right.

Josie jumped up quickly, her chair toppling over, just like Tranice's had.

"I am so incredibly sorry. I'll uh..." she looked over her shoulder towards the room quickly and back again, her eyes locking with a teary Hermione, "I'll go talk to her."

Josie rushed upstairs and grabbed the door handle trying to turn it. "Tranice? Tranice open the door."

She banged on it wildly. "Tranice!"

A hand clamped down on Josie's shoulder and she jumped. She spun around quickly to see Ron. He smiled at her halfheartedly, as if too say everything would be okay.

"I am so sorry. She didn't mean it...really." Jose smiled despite herself. "Okay she probably did, but she'll get over it. I'm just-"

Ron held his hand up to stop her rambling. "It's okay. Let me try."

Josie nodded and smiled, stepping past him and walking back downstairs.

"What's going on?" Ginny asked, looking at Josie with worried eyes, Hermione held tightly in her arms as Mrs. Weasley cleaned food off of her.

Josie just shrugged. Even if she knew she wouldn't have told. That's just they way she was. "Ron's gonna talk to her." She said quietly and walked into the other room, sitting softly on a chair.

"Tranice...It's Ron. Please open the door." He knocked twice, knowing she probably couldn't hear him. He sighed and pulled his wand out. He wasn't supposed to do this but it was for her own good. "Alohamora." The door unlocked and opened slightly. He pushed it open the rest of the way slowly and walked over to her bed, sitting next to her and placing his hand on her back.

"Tranice?"