Chapter 3-

Ron stretched his legs on the silky white sand and looked ahead. The view was beautiful. The sun shone brightly and let it's rays fall on everything under it. The ocean gleamed like a diamond and since the tide was low, it was calm and cool. There was an even more beautiful view right in front of him. An extremely sexy brunette was getting ready to remove her bikini top. Ron watched her eagerly and sighed in pleasure when she finally did.

'God, I love Australia,' said Ron blissfully.

'And I love red-heads,' said a female voice with an Australian accent.

Ron looked at the woman with interest. She was gorgeous. She had long white blonde hair and huge doe-like eyes. Her curvy body and long legs made her pretty much perfect.

'Do you really?' asked Ron flirtatiously.

The woman nodded and then laughed. 'Hi, I am Sally. And you?'

'I am Ron,' Ron held out his hand. Sally took it and lowered herself to the sand.

'Do you live here? You sound British.' asked Sally.

'Not exactly. I am on a long vacation, sort of.' explained Ron. 'Though I might live here permanently. It seems like a great place,'

'It is. I love living here. Do you have a girlfriend?' asked Sally and then laughed at Ron's surprised look. 'I'm sorry, that was weird. But you seem like a great guy,'

'As a matter of fact, I don't.' winked Ron.

'Care to join me for lunch then?' smiled Sally.

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'Hermione, tell me. Who is this guy? You didn't tell me the other day, and it's high time you told me now, now that we're meeting him.' said Harry sternly.

'Harry, quit nagging. You'll find out in a second,' said Hermione rolling her eyes.

Hermione felt like she was going to expire any second. She had never been this nervous in her entire life. No, scratch that. She had been this nervous when Harry had duelled Voldemort for the last time. She couldn't even remember how she had convinced Malfoy. His reaction had been… terrifying.

'Granger, are you kidding?' These were the first words that left his mouth. He looked thunderstruck when she shook her head.

'No freaking way,' was his reply.

'Malfoy, please! I really need you to help me,' begged Hermione.

Malfoy was too angry to realize that Hermione Granger was begging her.

'Why should I help you? Why me?' Malfoy had asked irksomely.

'Because Ron hates you and this is the best way to make him feel like an ass,' said Hermione.

Then, Malfoy had rolled his eyes and said he would think about it.

Today, just about an hour ago, Hermione had received an owl from him. He had agreed to help her. He had also made it clear that she owed him one. To find out what he wanted, Hermione had arranged for him to meet her and Harry at a café at around noon and obviously he was late. She let out a frustrated sigh. It was such a beautiful day; trust Malfoy to ruin it for her. The worst part was, she couldn't even give him an earful when he finally came because she needed him. Hermione hated depending on someone.

'Hermione, where is he? It's getting annoying now,' said Harry irritated.

Hermione looked around desperately. Finally she spotted him appearing out of nowhere under a tree.

'He's here!' said Hermione nervously.

'Where?' asked Harry.

'There,' said Hermione timidly and then pointed in the direction of the tree.

Harry looked and his eyes widened.

'Hermione, are you freaking crazy?' he asked aggressively.

Before Hermione could reply, Malfoy had reached their table and said, 'Hello, Granger. Now lets get this done quickly, I don't have the whole day,'

Harry looked at him in incredulity. 'That's not how you talk to Hermione!' he said indignantly.

'I will talk to her however I wish. I'm the one helping her, not you, so it'll be better if you shut up, Potter,' said Malfoy shortly.

Harry gave Hermione a fierce look and stared ahead ignoring both of them. Hermione rolled her eyes at their immaturity.

'Alright Malfoy, what do you want?' asked Hermione getting straight to the point.

Malfoy sneered at her and then said, 'Okay, now that we are "dating" don't you think we should act like it?'

'What do you mean?' asked Hermione frowning with confusion.

'You're not going to like it, Granger' said Malfoy smiling slowly.

'What is it Malfoy? You're driving me crazy!' exclaimed Hermione.

Short, I know. I'm sorry? : ( Also, to all the Ron fans, I'm sorry for putting him under bad light but it's my plot. Personally, I love Ron!

Sorry, I couldn't update sooner! Loads of drama going on in my house! Anyway, updates will be faster from now on, probably every other day. Thank you for reviewing the fic., putting it on alert/ favorite. You guys seriously rock! It is very encouraging, so do it again? Also, please point out the mistakes, and if you have an idea Please tell me? Tata.

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