Chapter 1:
He's the Type of Boy
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How often does a person meet who they're going to spend the rest of their life with when they are eleven years old? I'm not really sure about statistics, but I do know that it doesn't happen that often at all. I got lucky I suppose. I met Ron Weasley when I was eleven years old and in my very first year at Hogwarts. I, however, did not know I was going to fall in love with this gangly, red-headed boy. At the time, I probably would have rolled my eyes at you and continued reading my book. In fact, I can honestly say that I could not stand being alone in the same room as him. He always had a comment for everything I did in his presence and I did not care for them at all. In my opinion he was rude and sarcastic. In his opinion I was a bossy know-it-all. A match made in heaven right? You'd be surprised.
The moment I realized that I loved Ron Weasley and wanted to be with him more than anything in the world was about a month and a half after my twelfth birthday. Really, it's hard not to love someone in one way or another after they save your life from a 50 foot mountain troll. I fell in love with Ron and Harry that day, but in two completely different ways. With Harry I felt like I could do absolutely anything and still be comfortable, but with Ron, I felt awkward and worried about his opinion far too much. Suddenly all his rude comments seemed witty and his sarcastic ones hilarious. I loved the way he stared at our teachers during class, how he placed his head on his hand and dozed off. I cared what he thought and how he felt about me. During this time, I realized all of the qualities that Ron possesses. He is witty and charming, not to mention hilarious and athletic. If he thought I went to all of his quidditch games because I enjoyed the sport he was seriously mistaken. I found him approachable and easy to talk to, but he also scared me out of my mind. I had no idea that one person could hold such an effect over me. When he was hurt or in danger I was scared that he wouldn't be okay, that I wouldn't be able to tell him all the things I kept inside. As we got older, I realized that I didn't just have a school girl crush on him but I was fully over-the-moon, head-over-heels, let's grow old together, I want to have your children in love with him. It wasn't that easy though because I couldn't just tell him how I felt for fear of him laughing at me. Sweet as Ron is he tends to not know when he is being rude. And what if I ruined my friendship with him? I'd never be able to fix the gap I had put between the two of us if he didn't feel the same way about me. I figured that if he loved me he would get around to telling me. Leave it to Ron Weasley to keep me waiting around for seven years.
Sure, I dated two or three other guys but it was always him that I secretly wanted. It had always been him and it will always be him. Finally in my sixth year it seemed as though Ron and I were finally getting somewhere. Through a series of weird events everything went wrong. Ron ended up sucking face with Lavender Brown and I ended up with a broken heart. I refused to talk to him. Harry continually tried to reconcile us, but to no avail. Another thing about Ron is that he is extremely stubborn, but I suppose that comes with his red hair. As he continued to date Lavender and I continued to give him the cold shoulder, Harry's pushing us together eventually started to work. We became closer and closer until Ron finally broke up with Lavender- well actually Lavender broke up with Ron, but you get the point. Towards the summer you could tell that we would soon be together-- and we were.
When I was with Ron, really with him, he treated me like I was the only other person on the planet. That's something else about Ron-- when he focuses, he really, really focuses and when he falls in love with something, nothing will stop him from having it. I just happened to be one of those things. To my great pleasure Ron was in love with me just as much as I was in love with him. It's been amazing with him ever since. Ron just has this wonderful effect over me. Sure, we fight all the time, but having our differences makes our passion so much stronger. He is such a wonderful person and I don't know what I would do without him. But then again, he's the type of boy you can't live without.
-Hermione