Hello, my name is Hermione Granger. You remember me from the Harry Potter books, right? Well, now I'm here to tell my own story. It's a very ironic and unlikely story, actually. But I'm not going to tell you why just yet. You'll have to find out on your own...
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It all started the first day of my 7th term at Hogwarts. I thought that it would just be the same as always, you know, hanging out with Harry and Ron, bickering with Ron, the same old stuff. It's never changed, and I've always liked it that way. But for some reason I had a feeling that maybe, just maybe, this year would be different.
"'Oy, Hermione!" I heard a wonderfully familiar voice call. I spun around and saw Harry and Ron running towards me. I greeted them each with a wave and a hug, and told them how happy I was to see them.
I stepped back and saw how very much they had changed. Ron was taller than ever, and his hair had grown out. I could also see some new muscles bulging from under his shirt. He actually looked good, VERY good... Harry was a bit taller too, and more muscular. He looked great too, but for some reason I was WAY more attracted to Ron. That was the first strange thing about this year. I wanted to say something about how great they looked, but I ended up saying the first thing that came to mind instead.
"So, did you guys do your homework over the break?" Instantly I wanted to smack myself, I sounded like a prat.
"BLOODY HELL, Hermione, do you REALLY have to bring that up the instant we meet? I can see you haven't changed much!"
"Well, you haven't changed much either, Ron..." I said, even though he really had. "Now, let's hurry! The train is departing for Hogwarts in only a few minutes!"
Much to my relief, we got on the train just in time, only seconds before the train left.
"Phew, that was close!" Said Ron
"TOO close!" Harry replied emphatically
"So, you guys, how've you been?" I inquired of Harry and Ron, "Life been treating you all right lately?"
"Gosh, Hermione, my life won't be treating me all right until I'm out of the Dursleys' house. Of course it hasn't been treating me all right,"
"Oh, that's a shame, Harry," I replied, truly sympathetic, although maybe it sounded like I didn't mean it, because I saw the annoyed look Harry shot me. "What about you, Ron?" I asked, for some reason eager to listen to him. Why did I feel so weird around him all of a sudden?
As Ron was about to answer, the sweet cart came rolling along.
"SWEETS!" Ron exclaimed eagerly, while pulling money out of his pockets and handing it to the person pushing the cart, then taking several chocolate frogs.
Harry and I bought some sweets, too, but not quite as enthustiastically as Ron. Then I decided to pick up the conversation where it left off.
"So, Ron," I asked again, "How was your summer?"
"It was bloody BRILLIANT!" Ron replied excitedly, "I got to go see the Chudley Cannons!" He exclaimed, holding up a brightly colored Chudley Cannons T-Shirt.
"Wow, that's great!" I told Ron. "I wish I could've been there with you!" At that moment, I realized what I had said, and saw Ron flush a brilliant scarlet and turn away. An awkward silence followed, but thankfully we were arriving at Hogwarts just then.
As Harry, Ron, and I got off the train and walked into the school building, Malfoy pushed by, knocking me into a big puddle nearby.
"You got what you deserved!" Malfoy said in his drawling voice, "A bath to wash the mudblood out of you!" Crabbe and Goyle guffawed loudly as I looked up at them in disgust.
"Gosh, Malfoy is such an idiot!" I looked up to see Ron, standing over me. "Do you need help getting up?"
"Thanks, Ron," I replied, taking his hand, which made him blush again. "Good God, Ron, you've known me for 6 years and you still blush like that around me!"
"Yeah, well, some things never change..." Ron said, with a sideways smile that made ME do the blushing this time.
We continued walking into the school then. As we reached the Great Hall, I got strange stares, which made sense since my bum was sopping wet! I plopped myself down in a seat beside Ginny, Ron's younger sister. Ron sat down beside me, and Harry beside him. I looked up at the enchanted ceiling; even though this was my 7th term at Hogwarts it was still a wonder to me. We then watched the 1st years, who now seemed so small, get sorted.
After the sorting, wonderful plates of food appeared before our eyes. Ron began shoveling food onto his plate. Harry and I just stared at him, then laughed. Ron really hadn't changed. We all dug in and had fun chatting with our old friends who we hadn't seen for so long. Then we walked off to our dormitories.
As I was walking, someone grabbed my arm. I spun around to see who it was. It was Ron.
"Hey Ron, what do you need?"
"I need to talk to you, Hermione. Come with me."
I didn't know what was going on, so I just followed Ron loyally to where he was going. Finally, we got to a big statue that I had never seen before. He drug me behind it.
"I don't know what's going on, Hermione, but I think I'm falling in love with you."
I just stared at him blankly, then finally said what I was thinking.
"What the hell?"
"You know what I said, Hermione. This year for some reason I'm starting to feel an attraction to you. I don't know how or why, but I just feel it."
"You...do?" I asked in astonishment.
"Yes! I do! And I think that maybe I've felt it all along. I want to be with you, Hermione."
This all just felt so weird to me, to hear all this coming from Ron. RON, of all people, the person who I never got along with at all and never though I would! But for some reason, I had the feeling that I felt the same about him. I just didn't want to say it.
Suddenly, Ron pulled me in to him. Our lips met. At first I drew back a bit, in surprise. He ended the kiss and looked at me, asking me with his eyes if I wanted to go on.
"Ron, it's ok," I said finally, "Go on. I dare you to."
Ron smiled at me again, that same sideways smile that I loved so much. Then I grabbed him by his shirt and drug him in to me. This time I was the one to start the kiss. I slid my tongue into his mouth and was glad to feel it being caressed by his. Then a sudden thought occured to me, and I drew back.
"Ron, do you think this is a little too soon?" I asked him.
"Hell no! We've known each other for years, Hermione. But I need to know, do you feel the way about me that I feel about you?"
"Yes, of course I do! But let's just go up to the dormitory. We can do this again another night, I promise you!"
"Sounds like a deal..." Ron replied, and smiled at me. I slid my hand into his and we walked up to the dorms together.
As we got up to the dorms, we found them dark and empty. We hadn't realized how long we'd been down behind the statue, but it must have been for a long time. Then I suddenly realized that I didn't WANT to wait for another time. Maybe it wasn't too soon to show affection towards each other.
In a sudden rush of adrenaline, I pushed Ron onto the couch and locked lips with him.
"You said another night," Ron said as soon as he managed to pull away, "Last time I checked, this is still the same night."
"It doesn't matter any more, Ron," I replied, "I just want to be with you,"
We then got caught up in a flurry of passionate, hungry kisses. I didn't ever want it to end. I felt Ron's tongue go into my mouth this time, and I moaned with pleasure. He then stuck his hand up the back of my shirt and rubbed my back lovingly. This definitely wasn't the Ron I knew. It was DEFINITELY a much better Ron!
After going on like that for a while, I drew back, gasping for air.
"Did you like it?" Ron whispered right in my ear. It tickled, and I shuddered.
"Yes, of course I liked it!" I whispered back, and pulled him down for another round.
After maybe about an hour of making out on the couch, I drew back and looked at the clock.
"Oh my gosh, Ron! It's 3 AM!" Uh-oh, maybe it was more than an hour...
"Bloody hell, you're right!"
"We're going to be exhausted tomorrow!" I said, my usual self again.
Ron just smiled, and then said "Yeah, let's go up to bed. I didn't want this to end, but I guess it had to sometime."
"Yeah, I agree with you," I said with a sigh. "Good night, Ron."
"Good night, Hermione."
Well, this was for sure a good night!
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Hey, the author here. How did you like chapter 1? Was it good? This is the first chapter of my first fanfiction, so I'm very proud of myself! Please leave reviews for me, I'd really like to hear from you!
