Hey everyone! Sorry I didn't post! I was going to last night but I had to go to an orintation (spelling?) for the middle school I'm going to next year (I'm in 6th grade). I have to go soon, but I'll write what I can.

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Ron folded his hands. Harry sighed. Hermione stared at the ground. Ginny looked at Hermione, and then back to Ron. It was that night in the common room, and Ginny had just told them everything that had happened. About the library and Joey and the rose and Neville's letter. Ron sighed. He stood up and was about to say something to Hermione, and from the look on his face, Hermione hypothosised that she didn't want to hear it, but Harry stood up and told Hermione, "Hermione, any way you do it, Neville is going to be hurt. Badly."

Hermione lay back in the chair. "I know," she said in a teeny tiny voice. "But I really can't miss this date. I'm sorry."

Ron jumped up, and this time, Harry didn't stop him. "Jeez Hermione!" he yelled. "Don't you care more about your friends than some cheap 7th year who happens to steal your heart with a rose?"

Hermione jumped up, and from the look on her face, she was going to slug Ron, but she didn't. Instead she yelled, "HE ISN'T CHEAP! HE'S NICE AND HE'S IN RAVENCLAW AND HE'S VERY SMART! HE'S EXACTLY LIKE ME!" Hermione had lied AGAIN, but it was the only way to protect her date and still keep her friends. If they knew that Joey was in Slythern, boy would Ron lose it! "AND FURTHERMORE," Hermione continued. " THE ONLY CHEAP PERSON AROUND HERE IS YOU!" Hermione grabbed her bag and burst into tears, running up to the girls' dormitories. Ginny glared at her brother.

"Now you've done it," she snapped. "Why did you have to go and hurt Hermione's feelings like that? That's really unlike you, Ron! I don't know what's going on inside your head!" Ginny was standing up now and almost screaming.

Ron stood up and tried to comfort his sister. "Ginny..." he started.

"No, Ron. Let me finish. She told me everything right after he asked her out! He was kind enough to remember her the next day, she likes him, he likes her, I think they were made for each other, and you, one of her best friends, is saying he's cheap and she doesn't care about her friends!" Ginny had strength and power in her voice. "Do you even know how hard this was for her to tell you this?" Ginny stopped to catch her breath. Ron said nothing. Ginny was losing her patience. "WELL, DO YOU?" she screamed.

Ron sighed. "Well, no," he said. "But I....Neville is one of my friends, and when Hermione says no, he's going to be so hurt! Neville has been liking her since the first year, and when he finally asks her out, she already has a boyfriend!" Ron sat down and waited for Ginny's explosion.

Harry chimed in. "It's true Ginny. Neville really likes her. The truth is, we told Neville to write her that note. After Krum left, Neville had a clear passageway. We told Neville to leave her a note, so she would like him. It's going to hurt him a lot."

Ginny said nothing for a moment. "Well, what's she supposed to say? Accept and then cancel later? Or tell him yes and then never meet him for a cup of butterbeer? Or just let him find out?"

"I already have."

The three flipped around to see Neville standing in the doorway, a huge frown on his face and tears in his eyes. He shot upstairs. Ron and Harry fled after him, screaming his name. Ginny collasped in the chair. And to think that this all started with an invitation to Hogsmeade.

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