Hey guys! Thanks for all the nice things you said about my fan fic!

DALeader-I know that my fan fic is a little unaccurate, but I try my hardest. I need him to act this way for my plot to smooth along, though. Thanks for telling me this. Sometimes the suggestions are just as helpful and encoraging as the complliments.

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Hermione ran into the Great Hall. She had just made it out of the class without bumping into Ron or Harry. She looked at the Gryffindor Table. People were still coming in, so the table wasn't full yet. She spotted Ginny and sat on the bench next to her.

"Hey Hermione," said Ginny as she bit into a sandwich.

"Hi Ginny," Hermione greeted as she grabbed an apple. "How was class?"

Ginny took a drink of pumpkin juice. "Fine," she said as she put her cup down. She giggled and leaned in closer to Hermione. "Guess what? Steve asked me out," she said, giggling.

Hermione cocked her head. "Who's Steve?" she asked as she ladled some soup into a bowl.

Ginny pointed over to the Hufflepuff table. A boy about Ginny's age was sitting, talking to his friends. He had dirty blonde hair and tanned skin. He turned around to look at Ginny. He had a small nose and gray-blue eyes. He smiled at Ginny. He had nice teeth. Ginny giggled and gave a little flirtatious wave. She turned back to Hermione.

"He's a fifth year, like me, and he's soooooooo cute!" She sighed and bit into her sandwich. "By the way," she said with her mouth full. "Howz j....Jo....oh what's his name?"

Hermione spooned some soup into her mouth. "Joey," she reminded Ginny.

Ginny slapped her head. "Right! Joey! So howz he doing?" She took a long drink of pumpkin juice.

Hermione picked a small triangle of sandwich off a tray. She giggled. "This morning, he escorted me to my first class." Ginny gasped. Hermione giggled. "And he gave me a rose." She pulled the red rose out of her bag. Ginny gasped even more.

"A rose!" she squealed. She carefully touched the stem. "The thorns removed and everything! Wow, he must really like you!"

Hermione smiled and put it in her bag. "But there's one thing wrong," she said quietly. She nibbled on a sandwich.

Ginny frowned. "What?"

Hermione sighed. "Neville gave me this note," she said as she handed the small piece of parchment to Ginny. Ginny frowned even more.

"Hermione," Ginny said seriously. "I don't know what to say. It would have taken Neville a lot of courage to do this, but I understand how much you like Joey..." her voice faded. She handed the paper back to Hermione and sighed. "I'm sorry to say this," she said. "But the only way you are going to make this easiest for Neville is to ask Ron and Harry."

Hermione sighed. "What do I say? I can't say what I'm really doing cause then they will know about Joey..."

Ginny cut her off. "Hermione, they are your best friends! The only person that you every REALLY liked was Krum, and they knew about that! They won't hurt you, but to be safe, don't tell them he's in Slytherin okay?" Hermione nodded. Ginny continued. "Okay. Tell Ron and Harry everything tonight in the Common Room. I'll be there so you don't tell them too much. I know what really ticks my brother off. They know how boys' brains work and they'll know what you should say to Neville as not to hurt his feelings." Ginny sighed and took a long drink of pumpkin juice.

Hermione slurped her soup and said nothing. Whatever happened, this was not going to be easy.

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Really bad, I know, but please review and post pleez.

P.S- I'm probably sounding really stupid asking this but what does PAMS BUMP mean?