Chappie 1:
Hermione silently walked out onto the Hogwarts grounds. She hurriedly walked over to the lake, plopping herself down on the grass.
She sighed as she pulled out a textbook from her bag and started reading. She had had another fight with Ron. After they had finally got together she's found that the fighting has increased. They've broken up for the fifth time now.
"Granger."
A voice broke her out of her silent reading. She looked up, to see her eyes locked with none other than Draco Malfoy.
"Malfoy?" She blinked, a little surprised to find him here "What do you want? What are you doing here?" She snarled, coming back to her senses.
He sat down next to her, not making a sound. "Mourning." He said softly, shrugging.
She flashed him a look of pity. Struggling to find the words to say to him, she just coughed out an "Oh."
They sat in a somewhat awkward silence, Hermione wondering whether she should speak up, and Draco thinking to himself, barely noticing the odd looks some other people were giving them.
"..Sorry.." Hermione finally choked out, looking at Draco.
He just gave her a sad smile, before descending back into the castle.
"That was.. Odd..." She mumbled quietly, before heading back to the castle herself."
Hermione took a deep breath before stepping into the Gryffindor common room. As expected, Ron was sitting in front of the fireplace, his head in his hands. She slowly walked up to the looming figure of Ron Weasley, sitting down beside him.
He looked up, his breathing ragged, his eyes clouded with tears yet to fall. "Hermione," He sobbed "I-I-I'm sorry."
She sighed, resting her head on his shoulder "I'm sorry too."
This would happen after every fight. Hermione would storm out. Ron would regret it immediately and wallow in his guilt. Hermione would eventually come back. And they would make up.
She honestly didn't even know what they were fighting about in the first place.
"Hey Hermione?" Ron said softly, stroking her hair.
"Mhm?" Hermione replied, nuzzling his neck.
"Wanna go to Hogsmead tomorrow?" He asked, absent mindedly playing with a strand of her hair.
"Okay." Hermione smiled, kissing him on the cheek lightly. She stood up, straightening her skirt, before turning to Ron "I'm gonna go to bed now, night."
She started to walk away, before Ron grabbed her by her wrist and turned her around, pressing his lips to hers.
She let out a slight yelp, surprised by his sudden action, before giving in to the kiss.
They pulled away after a few minutes, gasping for air.
"Ronald Weasley!" Hermione shouted, blushing furiously "What if someone saw us?"
He shrugged, looking sheepish. "It wouldn't be too bad, if someone saw us."
She sighed, frowning slightly "I guess not."
"I wasn't bad was I?" Ron asked innocently.
"N-no.." She stuttered, still blushing.
He grinned, wrapping his arms around her waist "We should do that more often."
"I... Guess..." Hermione said quietly, placing a soft kiss on his lips.
Hermione was slightly hurt that Ron wanted her to change. He knew she wasn't the type to be affectionate in public, yet he asked her to be anyways. She decided to keep the idea in mind, she didn't want to disappoint him.
She walked up to her dormitry, feeling slightly upset. She flung herself onto her bed, burying her face into her pillow.
"Hermione?" Parvati whispered, sitting up from her bed.
Hermione raised her head and turned to Parvati's direction, squinting as she tried to see her in the dark, "Parvati? Sorry, did I wake you?"
Parvati shook her head "Nah, I couldn't sleep. What's up? Ron being a jerk again?"
Parvati said, as if she sensed Hermione's troubles.
"Yeah.." Hermione said softly "He's just-" Hermione growled in frustration, throwing herself on her pillow.
Parvati slowly walked over to Hermione, making sure not to wake anyone else up.
She sat down next to Hermione, "You love him, don't you?" She asked.
Hermione sat up, staring into space "I.. Don't know... I think I do.."
Parvati patted her shoulder softly, "What did he do this time?"
"He- well... We kinda had a snog session in the middle of the common room.." She blushed "And he said that he wants to do it more often, even though he knows that I don't really like people looking at us when we do this.."
"Well, he was wrong there. But you have to see his side. He just wants to show everyone else that you're his girlfriend, he wants to show you off. That's what men do." She added the last part with a chuckle.
"But... Well... I know that, it's just that, when he and Lavender were..." She gulped "Dating, they always did it in public. And it just kinda felt he was comparing me to her.." She admitted, her mouth dry.
Parvati nodded in agreement, "I understand. But I think he's trying. Earlier I saw him in the common room, trying to come up with ways to apologize. At some point he even considered proposing." Parvati giggled.
Hermione chuckled, feeling better. "Classic Ron."
"Well, I'm gonna head back to bed, you should get some sleep too." Parvati smiled, before walking back to her own bed.
"Thanks." She whispered, before Parvati went back to sleep.
She went to the bathroom and changed, coming back out and sliding under her blankets, shuffling into more comfortable positions before finally falling asleep.
Hermione woke up the next morning to a loud commotion coming from the common room.
She sat up groggily, rubbing her eyes, before seeing that the room was empty. She went to put on her school robes when she remembered that it was Saturday, and she was supposed to go to Hogsmead with Ron today.
She walked to the bathroom and took out her make up kit. She hated putting on make up and thought it took too much time, but she did it anyways, for Ron.
She put her hair up in a messy bun, wearing a yellow tank top and a pair of shorts.
She walked out of her dormitry into the common room and was immediately greeted with loud shouts and hexes.
There was a big group in the middle. She tried to make her way past everyone to see what was happening, but there were too many people blocking her way. She just decided to walk over to the couch and wait for Ron. She was, after all, twenty minutes early.
Hermione jumped when Parvati suddenly landed next to her on the sofa.
"Parvati! You scared me!" Hermione clutched her heart, breathing heavily.
"Sorry." Parvati smiled. "Hermione? Aren't you going to do anything?"
"What do you mean?" Hermione asked, confused.
"Ron is in there," She pointed to where all the people were huddled.
"What?!" Hermione snapped her head to the crowd of people, squinting, finally noticing a tuff of red hair sticking out. "What is he doing?!"
"He's fighting," Parvati grinned.
"What! He-"
"-for you." Parvati finished.
"What? For me?" Hermione said, a little shocked.
"Yup." Parvati nodded "Apparently, someone said that you were ugly or something -which I don't think is true at all- and he just kinda jumped into action."
"Oh.." Hermione turned her head back to the crowd, when suddenly, Ron was sent flying backwards, crashing into the wall. She immediately rushed over to him, checking if he was okay.
"Ron!" Hermione checked for any bruises or cuts.
"I'm-" He flinched "Fine.."
She quickly got out her wand and healed his scratches.
"Why were you fighting?" She frowned, looking back at Dean, who she guessed was who Ron was fighting with.
"He- He called your hair a bees nest, and called you ugly." He said, casting her a worried look.
"That doesn't mean you have to fight, for me." She gave him a sad smile, "What were you doing out here so early anyways? We were supposed to meet at eleven thirty. It's only eleven fifteen right now."
"Well... I know how you always like to show up early," He blushed "So I wanted to come early too, so you know, we could spend more time together; but I guess I was too early-"
Hermione smiled, before launching herself onto Ron, hugging him tight.
"Uh... Mione... Little too tight there.." He coughed.
She let go, blushing furiously "Sorry..."
He chuckled "It's fine."
"Dean! You git!"
Hermione and Ron turned around to see Parvati, with her finger pointing at Dean accusingly.
"What?" Dean shrugged, as if he didn't know what he did wrong.
"How dare you call Hermione ugly! She's beautiful!" She shouted, getting a few nods of agreement "I mean, look!" She gestured to Hermione, who blushed and looked at the ground.
"I don't see beautiful." Dean stated calmly.
Parvati yelled in frustration and pointed her wand right at his nose. "Say. That. Again." She was seething with fury by now.
"I. Don't. See. Beautiful." He said, as if waiting for his death like it was no big deal.
Parvati opened her mouth to hex him, but before she could, someone shouted "Petrificus Totalus!" and Parvati fell to tbe ground with a loud thump.