Ron's Underpants

Ginny was sitting on her bed looking at something concealed from view by her dressing gown when Hermione entered the dormitory. Hermione stood for a moment wondering what it was.

"Ginny?!" Her sudden exclamation startled Ginny who jumped up drawing her wand.

"What were you looking at?" asked Hermione, after talking a quick step back.

"Oh, err, nothing," answered Ginny hiding whatever it was behind her back, but Hermione wasn't about to be convinced by such a lame explanation.

"Yeah right, pull the other one it's got bells on it!"

"You're a lot happier than you were twenty minutes ago!" said Ginny failing miserably to change the subject.

"Don't try changing the subject. I told you my problem, now you tell me yours!"

Ginny thought for a minute.

"Do you remember me telling you that I knew what you were going through?"

"Yes."

"And do you remember that I refused to tell you why?"

"Yes!"

"Well..."

-----*-----

Draco sat on his bed in his dormitory. Suddenly (which surprised Draco as he normally heard Crabbe coming a mile off) Crabbe burst through the door.

"Draco, I've got a date with Pansy!" Crabbe giggled dumbly.

"What? Pansy's going out with you?" laughed Draco.

"Yes, but she wants you to come with us, will you?"

"Ah. I see. Tell Pansy I'll be there!"

"You're coming?"

"No, but she doesn't have to know. You know there's only one girl I'm interested in!"

"Who?"

"I'm not telling you, you idiot! Now piss off and tell Pansy!"

Crabbe met Blaise in the Slytherin common room on his way to find Pansy.

"Blaise, I think there may be more to Draco than meets the eye!" said Crabbe in what was possibly the only smart comment he ever made.

"Yeah, right!" laughed Blaise, "Pull the other one!"

And so Crabbe promptly forgot how to be clever and slid back to his normal habit of staring blindly and drooling down his chin.

---*---

Ginny meanwhile, was finishing telling Hermione her story. Hermione was lying on her bed, arms propping up her head, listening intently.

"...and so you see, I think I LOVE him!" she finished.

Hermione looked gob smacked, but regaining her composure managed a fairly sensible suggestion to help Ginny in her dilemma.

"Tell him how you feel!"

(OK a very stupid suggestion).

"WHAT A STUPID SUGGESTION!" (See!) "You know I can't do that! Ron would kill me, plus it'd never work!"

"OK no need to be so mean, nor so negative!" laughed Hermione at Ginny's response.

"Why don't we find out where he's going on the next Hogsmeade weekend and secretly follow him until you 'accidentally' bump into him?"

"Well... I dunno..." said Ginny sounding remarkably Ron-like.

"Trust me, it'll work! At least if I'm right about him liking you too it will!"

"It's a plan!" Ginny agreed.

---*---

Ginny and Hermione spent next few days following him around, trying to be inconspicuous.

"What are you doing?" drawled Draco mockingly as Hermione attempted to read 'Quidditch through the ages' upside down while watching out for Ginny's man in the library.

"Oh," said Hermione startled. She rectified her mistake and turned her voice to a sneer, "Piss off Malfoy! What I do is between me my book and Ron! Now unless you have something more intellectual to sneer than that I suggest you take my advice and piss off!"

---*---

Ginny was sitting playing chess with Dean (who was loosing quite spectacularly) when Hermione entered the common room.

"Outside Zonko's at eleven a.m.!" said Hermione before heading up to her dorm.

"What was that about?" asked a seriously confused Dean.

"Nothing," lied Ginny. "Check mate!"