A/N: Terribly sorry it took me so long to update this here. I was trying to wait until it was all betaed, but as my beta has gone AWOL, I decided I'm just going to leave it as is.
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Saturday, November 22, 1997
Oh-Nine-Hundred-Hours
Operation Spy-On-Harry will now commence. He has exited the common room; I repeat, he has exited the common room.
Oh-Nine-Fifteen
He is now sitting down to breakfast. He is eating some sausages. Oh, wait a moment, now he is glancing around the Great Hall suspiciously. Has he possibly detected my presence? Is he able to sense if someone is using his invisibility cloak? This agent hopes not, or she will be in a spot of trouble.
Oh-Nine-Thirty
The subject is now waiting outside of one of the extra Transfiguration classrooms. He is glancing around the hallway as if he is waiting for someone. It seems that they have not appeared promptly, as he is starting to get slightly anxious. He is pacing and repeatedly checking his watch.
Oh-Nine-Forty-Five
Damn. He’s left. I guess he’s not going to meet her today. I will have to continue this another time. Right now, I’ve got to go find Ron. We were going to the library to read up on Potions (Yay! More time alone with Ron! *squeal*)
10:30, the Library
“I still don’t understand why that stupid git made us write five feet of parchment on the lacewing as a potions ingredient. There’s not that much information written in all the books combined!” Ron said, exasperated.
“See, that’s where is comes in handy to write complex sentences and use longer words.”
“I never went to that Muggle school like you did! No one ever taught me how to write with complex sentences or long words!”
“You could try a thesaurus.”
“A the-what-us?”
“Sorry. Muggle thing. If you look up a word in a thesaurus, it will show you several other words that mean the same thing. It’s a good way to make your essays longer or more interesting.”
“Why was I not told of this dinosaur thing before?”
“It’s called a thesaurus, not a dinosaur thing, and you never asked.”
“Where do I get this thesaurus thing?”
“A muggle bookstore, or you could just borrow mine.”
At this, he looked up at me with the most adorable puppy-dog eyes. Merlin, he is so cute when he begs!
He reached out for the book I had just taken out of my bag, and said, “You know, Lavender and Parvati are so lucky that all of these types of books are just there, in their room.”
He must have noticed the I-need-to-go-kill-something look I had in my eyes just then, because he added, “What’s wrong? What did I say?” He actually looked concerned that he had offended me (*grin*).
“You didn’t say anything wrong. I just don’t like them very much.”
“Yeah, they are a bit loopy.”
“And all they care about is how you look. They’ve never exactly been nice to me.”
“But why not? You’re beau“a wonderful person.”
Okay, I’m one of his best friends, so I would hope he already thinks I’m a good person, but did he just almost call me BEAUTIFUL? RON! Almost call ME beautiful? I think that I have died and gone to heaven. I don’t think he got any coherent help whatsoever from me for the rest of the time in the library. Good thing I’m good at pretending I know what I’m doing.
Later, Outside the Library
“Ugh!”
“Ron, what is it?”
“Ginny and Malfoy! Why the hell are they snogging in the hallway for the whole world to see? Just because I am letting him survive, for now, mind you, does NOT in any way mean that I want to see it!”
I couldn’t help but laugh. He’s so cute when he’s mad. (Though yesterday was a bit much.) But Gin and Malfoy are really going at it. I guess they figured that after telling Ron, nothing anyone else says will be any worse. But seriously, they really need to get a room. Don’t think I should say that to Ron, though. He would probably make it so that Malfoy would never have any reason to get a room again.
Dinner
Damn it. I overheard Ron and Harry talking again, (why the hell do I have such awful timing when I go to find them?) and Ron was talking about how this girl that he fancies is just getting prettier every time he looks at her and how he’s thinking of asking her out soon. This is great, just great. I think I need to do something to distract myself from him.
HOTTEST GUYS AT HOGWARTS SCHOOL
1. Kevin Entwhistle. He's very attractive in a smart kind of way. Being smart is highly underrated; most wouldn't appreciate the look he's got.
2. Harry Potter: He’s almost like my brother, but I have to admit, he is pretty cute.
3. Blaise Zabini: Okay, he is an absolute mixer, and my friend who shall go unnamed should really give up her obsession over him, but he is fine.
4. Sean William Scott: I know, he doesn’t go to Hogwarts, and he is a Muggle actor, but I felt that he deserved a place on the list of hotness.
5. Ron Weasley: Couldn’t help it. I can’t get him out of my head. Even Sean William Scott, who never fails to give me the tingles, didn’t work.
TO DO:
1. Continue working on that plan to crash Lavender and Parvati’s party, preferably managing to “accidentally” spill punch on one of their dresses.
2. Have a little talk with Malfoy and Ginny about the mortal risk of public displays of affection.
3. Continue Operation Spy-On-Harry at the next possible moment.
4. Work on that list of hot guys. I seriously need to get my mind off Ron.
5. In case that doesn’t work, perhaps borrow Ginny's school blouse. It's a size smaller than mine and would fit a little...closer.