Room 308, Tuesday evening

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Hermione was studying, which probably came as a surprise to no one. Classes were back in session, she didn't have any evil principals to plot against, and that meant her priorities were blissfully back to normal. So there she was, at her desk, with a book on mathematical theory and knitting needles spelled nearby to make some more hats for the Hogwarts elves. She was sure Ginny would distribute them if she asked.

[Door and post, both open. Plz distract the bookworm.]

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"I have not gone mental!" she protested. "With all that happens around here, someone should write a book, if only so this is all recorded somewhere."

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"Why ? So only you can read it and memorize from cover to cover and bring it up at ever opportunity?" Ron asked as he looked for a place to sit.

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That pretty much left the bed, unless he wanted to venture onto Rikku's side of the room. "I could do that whether I wrote it or not," she pointed out.

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"The last thing you should do is write a book," Ron reasoned as he sat down on Hermione's bed. "You spend way too much time reading them."

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"Then it would be a good change of pace, don't you think?" She had no idea why she was arguing this. She didn't actually want to write it.

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"You can't live your life in book though," Ron argued. "It's bloody boring first of all. Second you'll get eyestrain."

Then he noticed the knitting needles. "You're still not on that sock-things for the house elves are you?"

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"No, the, uh, time for the sock things has ended. I'm back on hats. I was hoping Ginny would leave these out for them, though," she said.

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Ron snorted derisively. "I doubt it. She'll be too busy snogging Deeeeeeeeaaaaan"

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Hermione rolled her eyes. "You're obviously being very mature about this, aren't you?"

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"She's way too young to be this popular or to be dating someone," Ron declared. "It's not right. She's too young to be kissing anyone."

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Hermione couldn't really talk herself. "She's fifteen. Harry was the same age when he went out with Cho, and I don't remember you having a problem with that."

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"That was completely different!" Ron argued. "He's a special case."

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"How?"

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"He's Harry!" Ron sputtered.

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"And she's Ginny! So what?"

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"She's my sister!"

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"It's hardly fair to say she can't do something anyone else her age would be able to just because she's your sister," Hermione argued. "And she would hex you for saying all this and you know it."

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"Not everyone else is running around snogging people," Ron argued. "You didn't run around kiss people when you were fifteen."

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Oh, look how fast Hermione was trying to turn that subject off of her, even if she was a little pink. "That's besides the point. It isn't up to you to tell her what she can't do."

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"That is the point and it won't make much difference once I'm done with Dean!" Ron retorted.

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"But Dean hasn't done anything wrong!"

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"He's snogging my sister!"

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"And here we are again," Hermione sighed. "Look, it isn't as if there's anything you can do about it, so you're just going to have to get used to it."

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"Well there is something I can do and then everything will be back to normal," Ron declared and then might have realized he said too much.

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Hermione paused. "Ron, what are you thinking?"