Unexpected Relationship

CHAPTER 5

Five days to go until the Slave For A Day Auction goes ahead and we've got almost everything organised. Almost being the operative word. It's amazing how much organising needed to go into this auction. But you don't really need to know about that. I'll bring you up to date on everything that has happened since I last talked to you.

On the Ron and Hermione front, I think something happened but neither of them is talking. It all started about six days ago. I finally got sick and tired of them refusing to talk to each other, so one night after the rest of the tower went to bed, I was sitting there, listening to Ron whinge when I exploded at him.

"Ron, you idiot. She doesn't have to apologise to you, she didn't do anything, and she doesn't even know why you're angry with her and refuse to speak to her. Not that you actually have anything to actually be angry about because you're too much of a coward to tell her how you feel. If anyone needs to apologise it's you, you git." I stormed off leaving Ron there with a startled look on his face.

Now I don't lose my temper very often but when I do you want to watch out. Anyway, the next morning at breakfast he sat down next to her. She looked surprised since it was the first time he had sat next to her since their fight. I didn't hear exactly what he said to her, I wasn't close enough to eavesdrop, but Hermione started to cry and started hugging him. Just like usual, he didn't know how to react when she hugs him. He's gonna have to get over that if they actually ever get together. She forgave him. I personally don't think she should have forgiven him so quickly but hey.

So they started talking again. This only lasted three days. Then something happened. They had both gotten detentions with Snape that night. They were friends when they left the common room but when they got back, something was wrong. It was like they no longer knew how to act around each other so they started to ignore one another and it's been like that since. I asked them both what happened but both are being annoyingly closed lipped about it.

Due to some sneaky spying and eavesdropping on my part, I have figured out whom Harry likes. Her name is Tallah Fitzgerald. She's in my year. Problem is she's a Slytherin. I've never really talked to her before but she struck me as being kind of snobby, but Harry must see something in her. So I decided to strike up a conversation with the girl. Not that Harry knows about this or anything, he still doesn't know I know it's her he likes.

It was after transfiguration; she was packing up her things so I walked over to her.

"Tallah, I was wondering if you had the homework assignment that Binns gave us. I missed the class." (History of Magic was the other class that we shared.)

"Why don't you ask your own classmates?" she questioned me, but I was expecting this.

"While I love my fellow Gryffindors, homework is not exactly their top priority and I want to make sure I have the assignment copied down correctly, and I thought my best bet would be to get it from you." She is one of the top students in my year so it wasn't an unusual request.

"Fine." She started looking around her bag for it so I thought dropping some hints to see how she reacts to the mention of Harry.

" I hope it's not too hard or too long otherwise I'll have to ask Harry to help me, seeing as though he should have already done it. That has to be one of the perks of having older brothers at school with me." At the mention of Harry's name her hand stills for a second, but I see it. Apparently Harry's feelings might be reciprocated.

"What are you talking about? Potter's not you brother," she says

"Not by blood, true, but he is my brother." She started to look confused.

"I thought you and Potter were together, a couple," she said. I stood there shocked. Harry and I, a couple, where'd she get that idea. So I asked her exactly that.

"Everybody thinks that. You're always together."

"Everybody who?" I asked

"The entire school, I think, or all the Slytherin House for certain." She handed me the assignment while she was saying this.

"Thanks," I muttered and walked away shocked.

Then I started thinking of some of the things, some of the girls in the school have said to me. If they thought I was Harry's girlfriend it makes so much more sense. Then, all of a sudden it just seemed so hilarious. I started laughing and continued laughing all the way to my meeting with Draco.

"What are you laughing about Weasley?" said the blonde that had been on my mind entirely too much lately for my liking.

"You wouldn't believe what I just heard," I paused waiting for a reaction.

"Give me a try then," he asked starting to get annoyed at me. I do this on purpose. The look he gets on his face when he's annoyed is so adorable. Not that I'd ever mention this to him. Don't want to know what type of reaction that would create.

"Get this, apparently the whole school thinks that Harry and I are a couple." After I say this his face becomes blank, the annoyed look gone.

" Aren't you?" he asked me. I looked at him, and he's watching me closely. I don't know why.

"Good God, no. Where did you people even get that idea?" Some emotion passed across his face then but I couldn't tell what it was. It was gone to quickly.

"You two constantly being together tends to give people that impression."

"Harry's like one of my brothers, nothing like that has ever happened and never will." For some reason I just felt I needed to tell him this.

"Anyway Weasley, since your love life doesn't exactly matter to me can we get to work."

And that was that.

As for the plans for the Auction, we realised that there would be a lot of kids there with money, but only a limited number of people to auction off. We needed something else for them to spend their money on. In come my very generous and favourite twin brothers. They are donating a large amount of their stock to be sold to the students on the day. They lost some of their friends in the war and felt this was a way for them to help. The stock is going to go like hotcakes. Their jokes are a favourite of all the students here. So here's hoping we make a large amount of money on the day.

That night I mentioned to Harry what I learnt about us that day. Not who from because he has Ron syndrome and won't talk to her, I don't think he'd be pleased to learn that I sort-of did on his behalf. Anyway he just looked at me and burst out laughing. I'm glad he had the same reaction I did. Now we just have to think up a way to play this.

TBC