Chapter 3: Dirty Little Secrets
A week had went by with no moves made. Ron would chicken out every time he would have a chance, Harry got sidetracked by a night of fun with Parvati Patil, and both Ginny and Rashida didn't seen interested in giving Draco and Blaise the time of day.
December was around the corner, and for the first time ever (besides Ron, who had felt it for years), the boys were discouraged.
"I don't get this bint." argued Blaise as the boys were in his and Draco's dorm for a meeting. "I've thrown my best shit at her, and she treats me like a fucking grindylow."
"Maybe instead of being a prick, try being a gentleman." said Ron.
"This coming from the gentleman who is getting nowhere with Granger." said Blaise.
"Sod off, tosser."
"It's not us guys, it's them." said Draco. "We are going about this all wrong. What we really need to do is befriend them first."
"Befriend them? Harry, Hermione, and I already already pretty good friends. At least I'd like to think so." said Ron.
"Hermione doesn't like me, Ron." laughed Harry
"You just need to stop acting like she had a Venus fly trap for a vagina." said Draco. "You could have been with her ages ago if you weren't such a bitch."
Fuck you!" yelled Ron. "I'm not trying to get into her knickers like you lot are with the others. My situation is different."
"Yeah, yeah." said Blaise.
"Malfoy does have a point." said Harry. "Zabini and Malfoy just hit on Rashida and Ginny. Clearly that's not what they want. And even I'm being stupid by sitting back thinking Pansy will just fall into my lap. In order to win this bet and get what we want, we have to actually be sincere."
Draco and Blaise cringed at the word. "That sounds like a lot of work just to get some ass." said Blaise.
"You sound like a bloody slag." sound Ron.
"Awh, thanks Weasley." said Blaise, looking flattered.
"Look. I don't much fancy having to listen to this wanker until June, so I'm going to do whatever it takes to win this bet." said Draco.
"Same."
"I agree."
The three of them looked at Blaise.
"I have a long list of things you could do for me, sweet Zabini." said Draco. "Starting with massaging my feet."
Draco took off his shoe and rested his foot on Blaise's knee, grinning. Blaise smacked it off, laughing.
"Okay, okay, fine. Whatever. I'll try your "friend." bullshit. But if it doesn't work, I'm making your chores a living hell."
The boys all laughed and continued to discuss their bet.
Unbeknownst to them, they were being overheard.
Pansy, being the Head Girl since Hermione turned it down to focus fully on her studies, knew the Gryffindor password. She ran to the tower, gave the password to the Fat Lady, and made her way quickly to the 7th year girls dorm.
She pounded on the door. Parvati answered, letting her in.
"Hey Pans" said Ginny, sitting on Rashida's bed, playing with the girl's long dreads. "What brings-"
"Get out." said Pansy, promptly to Parvati and Lavender Brown.
"Get out?!" yelled Lavender, hands on her hips. "What do you mean get out?! This is our dorm!"
"I need to talk to those three only and I don't need to be overheard by you gossipy slags." said Pansy, not caring how they felt about being called slags.
"I beg your pardon!" yelled Parvati.
"Get the hell out or I'll hex your face so bad it'll look like you rubbed raw Bubotuber pus on it!" shrieked Pansy, aiming her wand at Parvati's face.
The girls grabbed their bags and rushed out. Pansy put a sealing and silencing charm on the door.
"Pansy, what is all this?" asked Hermione.
"I need to tell you three something. Something that no one else can hear." said Pansy, sitting beside Hermione on her bed.
Ginny, Hermione, and Rashida gave her their full attention.
"I felt like doing a bit of spying on the boys so I slipped one of those extendable ears Gin, that your brothers sell, under the door. I overheard something unimaginable."
"What do you mean?" asked Rashida. "I've only been here a week and I've already realized not to put anything past those four."
"Apparently they have made a bet to shag us before Valentine's Day." said Pansy, pausing to allow what she said to sink in.
The girls were completely bewildered. And then the anger set in.
"Are you serious?!"
"Eew! Like I would fuck any of those prats!"
"Ron too?!"
Pansy wanted to tell Hermione the truth. That Ron actually wanted a relationship. But the Slytherin in her wouldn't allow it. Neither did the plan that she has cooked up. For things to work out and for Hermione and Ron to actually have a relationship in the end, Hermione had to think that Ron was only lusting for her.
According to her logic that is.
"I'm afraid so, Hermi dear." she said with a shrug.
Hermione laid back on her bed, her heart felt like it was about to break. She had liked her best mate since before she knew what liking boys meant and all he saw her as was a shag? It felt completely unbelievable, she would have never thought Ron would be that way. Then again, hanging out with the three biggest male slags of the school must have gotten to him.
"So, who is supposed to be shagging who?!" asked Ginny.
"Oh I bet I can answer that." said Rashida, putting her dreadlocks up into a ponytail. "Blaise wants me, Ron of course would want Hermione, I've caught Harry eyeing up Pansy a couple times, so guess who that leaves you with Red?"
Ginny shook her head. "Hell no! I wouldn't put my lips on that ferrett for all the galleons his family has! Who the hell does Draco Malfoy think he is?!"
"Ladies, ladies, let's not lose our heads over this." said Pansy as she stood up and walked over to the middle of the floor. "I have a plan."
"A plan?" asked Hermione, eyes glossed with tears she willed to stay in her eyes."
"Yes. They don't know we know what they are up to. I say, we turn the tables on them. Get them to fall for us. Get them to fall hard. And when Valentine's Day comes, we dump them. We dump them so hard, they wouldn't know what hit them. We let them know that we knew all along about their nasty little bet and we crush their hearts!"
"Pansy, you are a bitch." said Rashida. "I love it! I'm in!"
"Sounds brilliant, Pans. I'm in too." said Ginny, smiling mischievously.
"I don't know..." said Hermione, hesitantly. "I don't want to hurt myself nor Ron. "
"I get that you really like him Hermione." said Rashida. "And while something tells me something has to be off, I still think you should do it. To show him exactly what he could have had, and what he will be missing out on."
Hermione nodded. "I guess..."
"We don't have to shag those tossers, do we?" asks Ginny, shuddering at the thought.
"Not at all." said Pansy. "We just let them believe that their charms are working. Make them believe that they are actually getting somewhere. And then when Valentine's Day comes, we go in for the kill."
"It's going against my better judgment, but I'll do it." said Hermione.
"This sounds like it's going to be fun." said Rashida, already plotting vengeful things in her head.
The girls sat and plotted on what they would do, excited to execute their plan. Starting tomorrow, the fools will begin to be fooled.
