At the beginning.

We were strangers
Starting out on a journey
Never dreamed of what we've had to go through
Now here we are
And I'm suddenly standing
At the beginning with you Ron let his eyes wander through the common room. It was well past midnight and it was empty. Well, empty... There were Chocolate Frog wrapper, empty Butterbeerbottles and pieces of parchment lingering on the tables, chairs and floors. But no other people except for himself and Hermione. They've been studying together with Harry all night. At one point Harry went to bed, but Ron and Hermione were discussing elf-rights. He smiled. That was a popular subject between them.

But Hermione wasn't discussing something at the moment – in fact, she had fallen asleep on the couch. Her head lolled to one side and she looked peaceful. And beautiful.
No one told me
I was going to find you
Unexpected what you did to my heart
When I lost hope
You were there to remind me
This is the start

He started thinking of Hermione as beautiful at the Yule Ball last year. She went with Kruml, his favourite Quidditch-player. But he wasn't happy for her. It just didn't feel right. She should've gone with him. At first he was shocked at this thought, realizing he'd fancy Hermione! But he got along with it now, and it didn't scare him anymore. He liked it.

Life is a road and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
Life is a road, now and forever
Wonderful journey
I'll be there when the world stops turning
I'll be there when the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you
But the next problem was, how was he going to tell her that he loved her? And what if she didn't like him in that way? And how would Harry react?

Ron could wake her and tell her right now, but he didn't want to wake her. She looked so calm and he knew that she would be worried to be woken that abrupt.
He could write her a valentine's card, but if Fred and George found out about that, they will be teasing him all summer. That wasn't something to look forward to.

We were strangers
On a crazy adventure
Never dreaming that our dreams would come true
But here we stand
Unafraid of the future
At the beginning with you

He could slip it in one of his letters during summer holidays, but he couldn't wait that long.

He sat there in the dark, watching Hermione sleep. Her breath was audible from her slightly parted lips. Her lips fascinated him. They looked so soft and warm. Then something drifted into his mind. No, he couldn't do that... Or could he? As he made a decision, he came out of his chair and picked up a quilt. On tiptoes he walked to Hermione and covered her with the quilt. Slowly, he leaned forward and kissed her lips. Her eyes flew open and she smiled faintly...

I knew there was somebody somewhere
Like me, alone in the dark
Now I know my dream will live on
I've been waiting so long
Nothing could tear us apart

Live is a road and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep going on
Starting out on a journey
Live is a road and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you