Hi, this is my first story. It's a song-fic to the song "I Can Hear the Bells" from Hairspray. It is a short fan-fic about how Hermione feels about Ron. A few of lyrics of the song were changed to fit the story. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.

Hermione was walking up the marble stair case up to Gryffindor tower. The castle was silent. Not even Peeves was out that evening. She was thinking about how much she had that night: Ancient Runes: read chapters 6-7, Defense Against the Dark Arts: practice non-verbal spells, Arithomacy: p. 144, etc.

She approached the portrait of the fat lady. "Password?" the fat lady inquired. "Adrasteia." Hermione said distinctly. The portrait hole swung open and Hermione walked inside. She walked in the common room slowly with her mind still on homework.

Harry ran past her in hurry to the portrait hole. "Come on, Ron, hurry up, we're going to be late for Quiditch."

Ron came running not looking where he was going. He was running so fast he accidentally bumped into Hermione. "Sorry…" they both said to each other making eye contact.

"Ron, come on!" Harry shouted.

Ron ran to catch up with Harry. Hermione walked towards her usual chair thinking about her encounter with Ron a moment ago. She looked around the common room; it was empty except for her and few first years playing with Fred and George's "Self Ringing Bells". She thought about when her parents took her to see Hairspray last summer. She remembered the song "I Can Hear the Bells" and she began to sing the song softly to herself:

I can hear the bells.

Well, don'tcha hear them chime?

Can'tcha hear my heartbeat keeping perfect time?

And all because he…

Touched me
He looked at me and stared, yes he
Bumped me
My heart was unprepared when he
Tapped me
And knocked me off my feet
One little touch
Now my life's complete 'cause when he

Nudged me
Love put me in a fix, yes it
Hit me
Just like a ton of bricks, yes my
Heart burst
Now I know what life's about
One little touch
And love's knocked me out and,

I can hear the bells
My head is spinning
I can hear the bells
Something's beginning

Everybody says
That a girl who looks like me
Can't win his love
Well, just wait and see 'cause

I can hear the bells
Just hear them chiming
I can hear the bells
My temp'rature's climbing

I cant contain my joy
'Cause I finally found the boy
I've been missin'
Listen!
I can hear the bells

Round one
He'll ask me on a date and then
Round two
I'll primp, but won't late because
Round three's
When we kiss inside his car
Won't go all the way
But I'll go pretty far!
And then,

Round four
He'll ask me for my hand and then
Round five
We'll book the wedding band so by
Round six
Lavender, much to your surprise
This over achiever
Takes the prize and...

I can hear the bells
My ears are ringing
I can hear the bells
The bridesmaids are singing

Everybody says
That a guy who's such a gem
Won't look my way
Well, the laugh's on them 'cause
I can hear the bells

My father will smile
I can hear the bells
As he walks me down the aisle

My mother starts to cry
But I can't see 'cause Ron and I
Are French kissing
Listen!
I can hear the bells

I can hear the bells
My head is reeling
I can hear the bells
I can't stop the pealing

Everybody warns
That he won't like what he'll see
But I know that he'll look
Inside of me yeah,

I can hear the bells
Today's just the start 'cause
I can hear the bells
And 'til death do us part

And even when we die
We'll look down from up above
Remembering the night
That we two fell in love

We both will share a tear
And he'll whisper as we're reminiscing
Listen!

The portrait hole swung open and Ron walked in looking exhausted.

"Are you alright?" Hermione asked.

Ron responded, "Yea, Quiditch practice always wears me out… and I broke up with Lavender."

"Oh."

"Yea, well I'm going to bed, I'm exhausted. Harry is on his way; he's having another attempt at obtaining the memory from Slughorn."

"Okay, um, good night."

"Night."

Ron trudged up the boys' staircase feeling as though he was going to collapse. Hermione stared after him for a moment, smiled, and sang softly to herself:

I can hear the bells…

Well, that was it, my first story. I hope you enjoyed it. Thanks PPGBelle4, being my beta-reader! My next one is to the song "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" from The Lion King. The rest is a surprise but it has nothing to do Harry Potter. For now, enjoy life, be you, and last but not least party on. R&R!