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A/N: This is my first fan fic EVER! So please, please review! I want to thank my B.O.B. Gillian for being an awesome Beta! Go check out her fics too! Her ff sn is B'Elanna.
Never Alone By ChimaeraGurl Chapter 1 Ron Weasley woke up with a jolt sometime in the middle of the night when a bolt of lightning flashed outside his window. He rolled over and tried in vain to coax himself back to sleep. Frustrated, he threw off the covers and tip toed past the other Gryffindor boys and went down to the common room.
He stopped short on the stairs when he saw a figure near the fire and heard muffled crying. He crept closer to see who it was. The figure was sitting in a large over-stuffed chair with her head held in her hands. A dark mass of wild curls enveloped her body as she shook. Ron felt his heart thump against his rib cage in recognition.
"Hermione?"
The figure gasped and went tumbling to the floor. Somewhere in between the chair and the floor her hand flew against the coffee table. Ron almost tripped over his own feet in a rush to see if she was alright.
"Hermione I am so sorry! I didn't mean to scare you!"
"Well you certainly did manage to do so.
"What are you doing sneaking up on people like that?" Hermione Was obviously avoiding his gaze and got up to leave.
"Hermione, look at me! I'm sorry I scared you, but I'm not sorry that I'm here. Why are you upset, did something do something to you? Was Malfoy being an a-"
"Ron! No, nobody has done anything to me." She looked up at him and he could see her face was soaked with tears.
"Hermione, talk to me. What happened? Look, we can sit down and talk about it." Ron led her over to a couch neat where Hermione had landed and pulled her down next to him. As she sat down Ron noticed a bruise starting to show near her wrist. "Oh crap Hermione, how did that happen?"
"I hit it when I fell. It's just a little bruise, that's all."
"I'm sorry." Ron took Hermione's wrist in his hand and stroked a thumb over the bruise lightly. Hermione looked shocked, but didn't say anything. "Will you tell me why you were crying now?"
"I had a nightmare. Everybody was mad at me, but I couldn't figure out why. Y-you told me that I would be alone forever. Then everybody just vanished."
"You know that I would never do that."
"I wouldn't have doubted it when Viktor was here." Tears were silently flowing down her cheeks, and she couldn't do anything to stop them. Ron sighed as she turned away from him.
"Hermione, please look at me." He put a hand on either side of her face to make sure he had her attention and looked her straight in the eyes. "I may have been upset, but I would never, and I mean NEVER leave you for any reason. It took me a while to realize it, but I the only reason I was upset with you is because I care about you. I don't want you to be hurt, ever. But mostly, I want to be the one that makes sure nothing ever hurts you. I don't just think of you as one of my best friends Hermione, and I don't just think of you as a sister either. Look, it's almost 3 in the morning, we need to get some sleep. I'll see you in the morning." Ron placed a quick kiss on her forehead and was up the stairs before Hermione even had a chance to register what had happened.
A/N: This is my first fan fic EVER! So please, please review! I want to thank my B.O.B. Gillian for being an awesome Beta! Go check out her fics too! Her ff sn is B'Elanna.
Never Alone By ChimaeraGurl Chapter 1 Ron Weasley woke up with a jolt sometime in the middle of the night when a bolt of lightning flashed outside his window. He rolled over and tried in vain to coax himself back to sleep. Frustrated, he threw off the covers and tip toed past the other Gryffindor boys and went down to the common room.
He stopped short on the stairs when he saw a figure near the fire and heard muffled crying. He crept closer to see who it was. The figure was sitting in a large over-stuffed chair with her head held in her hands. A dark mass of wild curls enveloped her body as she shook. Ron felt his heart thump against his rib cage in recognition.
"Hermione?"
The figure gasped and went tumbling to the floor. Somewhere in between the chair and the floor her hand flew against the coffee table. Ron almost tripped over his own feet in a rush to see if she was alright.
"Hermione I am so sorry! I didn't mean to scare you!"
"Well you certainly did manage to do so.
"What are you doing sneaking up on people like that?" Hermione Was obviously avoiding his gaze and got up to leave.
"Hermione, look at me! I'm sorry I scared you, but I'm not sorry that I'm here. Why are you upset, did something do something to you? Was Malfoy being an a-"
"Ron! No, nobody has done anything to me." She looked up at him and he could see her face was soaked with tears.
"Hermione, talk to me. What happened? Look, we can sit down and talk about it." Ron led her over to a couch neat where Hermione had landed and pulled her down next to him. As she sat down Ron noticed a bruise starting to show near her wrist. "Oh crap Hermione, how did that happen?"
"I hit it when I fell. It's just a little bruise, that's all."
"I'm sorry." Ron took Hermione's wrist in his hand and stroked a thumb over the bruise lightly. Hermione looked shocked, but didn't say anything. "Will you tell me why you were crying now?"
"I had a nightmare. Everybody was mad at me, but I couldn't figure out why. Y-you told me that I would be alone forever. Then everybody just vanished."
"You know that I would never do that."
"I wouldn't have doubted it when Viktor was here." Tears were silently flowing down her cheeks, and she couldn't do anything to stop them. Ron sighed as she turned away from him.
"Hermione, please look at me." He put a hand on either side of her face to make sure he had her attention and looked her straight in the eyes. "I may have been upset, but I would never, and I mean NEVER leave you for any reason. It took me a while to realize it, but I the only reason I was upset with you is because I care about you. I don't want you to be hurt, ever. But mostly, I want to be the one that makes sure nothing ever hurts you. I don't just think of you as one of my best friends Hermione, and I don't just think of you as a sister either. Look, it's almost 3 in the morning, we need to get some sleep. I'll see you in the morning." Ron placed a quick kiss on her forehead and was up the stairs before Hermione even had a chance to register what had happened.