So ive started a new harry potter story. I'm not sure how long I will drag it out for, it depends on the type of response I get from my reviewers. So I would appreciate it if you would give me a rewiew. Even if its just to tell me that you liked or disliked it.

Disclaimer-- unfortunately I am not JKR. I do not have the pleasure in owning the world that is harry potter.

It was a few months after the end of the battle.

For Harry, he was glad to be able to get some actual rest for once. And now that there was no longer any danger from a certain dark wizard, he was able to rekindle his relationship with ginny. You can be sure that Ginny was very excited about this.

For Hermione, the end of the war meant traveling to Australia to retrive her parents. Although Ron and Harry had both discussed going with her, she declined their offer, saying that they both had more important things to take care of here. Ron and Harry wouldn't let her go alone though, so they arranged for Kingsley to go with her. Although her parents were upset that Hermione went to fight in a war, they were thankful that she was alive and well, and weren't upset about being uprooted.

For Ron, the last few months were some of the most difficult he had ever had to face. The death of his brother Fred had changed his entire family. He thought that after his funeral things were start going back to normal, but they didn't. All he wanted was to hear his mother hum a tune while she cooked her meals. To hav eto listen to Charlie and Bill talk about their jobs all day long. He wanted to be woken up at the crack of dawn by George placing an exploding smoke bomb under his bed. But he knew that those things wouldn't be happening anytime soon.

Harry and Hermione were staying with the Weasleys at the burrow. Harry had been left Grimmauld Place after Sirius' death and he, Hermione, and Ron had all decided to later move in there. But for now they were all staying at the burrow for a while until they felt the Weasleys had healed more from Freds death.

It was morning and everyone was awake except for Ron. Naturally, he was the last one to wake up. Usually he woke up when he smelled breakfast, but lately Mrs. Weasley had been waking up later, so that meant that Ron woke up later.

Hermione knocked on the door to Ron's room. "Ron wake up." She continued to knock.

Harry walked out of the bathroom and passed her on his way downstairs. "Trying to wake up Ron?" Hermione nodded. "Just try telling him that you have something important to tell him." Harry left her in front of Ron's door.

"Ron, it's Hermione. Wake up. I have something important to tell you."

In an instant the door opened. "What is it?" Ron asked her.

She moved past him into the room. "Oh there's nothing. But it got you to wake up didn't it?"

"Haven't you ever heard of the little boy who cried wolf?"

She moved to sit on his bed. "Of course, but I'm surprised that you have. That's a muggle tale."

"You know my dad. He loves muggle things. He was always telling them to me and Ginny when we were little."

"Well I just wanted to let you know that you should be getting up."

"Ron crawled into his bed and pulled the covers over his head. "It's to early to get up. It has to be only around 7 in the morning."

"It's 9:15 Ron." She reached for the covers. "Get up."

Ron reached for her hands and pulled her away from the covers. She blushed a bit from the contact. Although she had kissed Ron during the war, nothing more had gone on between the two of them. She wished that he would make the next move. She was tired of waiting. "Well, I'm going to go check if breakfast is ready." She quickly got up from the bed and hurried out of his bedroom.

"No…Hermione…" But she was already down the stairs. He wanted to move forward with Hermione, but was afraid that this wasn't the right time. His family was already trying to adjust to many changes and he didn't want to add his and Hermione's relationship to the mix. Although he knew that is family would be excited for him and Hermione. They all loved her.

He needed some advice.

Sulky…that's how she felt. After her encounter with Ron this morning, Hermione couldn't get him off of her mind. She excused herself from breakfast and retreated to her bed in Ginny's room. Why couldn't he just make a move? Was there something wrong? Did he not like her anymore?

Her thoughts were interrupted by someone coming into the room. "Hey, Ginny. I was wondering…oh, sorry I thought Ginny was in here but I guess not." It was Harry looking for Ginny. His girlfriend. Why couldn't she be Ron's girlfriend?

"Do you know where she might be Hermione?"

She didn't even turn to look at him. "She's in the garden."

Her monotone voice and the fact that she barely acknowledged he was in the room told him that something was up with her, and he had a feeling he knew exactly what it was.

"Hermione, is there something wrong?" He made his way to her bed and sat down where she wasn't laying.

"It isn't important."

"Now Hermione, I know that's not true. If it has my smart, beautiful, and talented best friend up here crying in her room, then it can't be nothing."

She turned over to face him. He noticed the tear tracks on her face.

"Did something happen with Ron?" He asked her.

"That's just it Harry, nothing happened. And as days go by I'm starting to think that nothing ever will happen."

Harry just had to wait for her to get it all out.

"I understand that he's going through a lot with his family and I don't want to interfere with that. I just wish that he would make some kind of move to let me know that he shares the same feelings that I have with him. I mean I kissed him in the middle of a war for heavens sake. He obviously knows how I feel, but he never lets me know how he feels." By the time she was finished she had tears running down her cheeks.

"Hermione, I know it's hard to have to wait for him. Ginny had a hard time when she had to wait for me to come to my senses." He reached up and wiped some of her tears away with his index finger. "If I know Ron, I know he is just afraid that he isn't good enough for you. You know how he thinks he's worthless. He thinks he doesn't deserve you because you're so smart, and wonderful.

"But Harry you know I don't think that. I may be book smart, but Ron is smart too. And he's incredibly sweet and carind , and he will do anything gor the people that he loves, and he's thoughtful. And he's so cute, I can't handle it. That hair, and when he smiles at me I melt. And even though he an d I may argue constantly, that's just how we are."

Hermione, I know all of this. Why don't you tell that to the person who needs to hear it most?"

"Do you think he would actually listen?" She asked.

"I think he would listen if it was coming out of your mouth." He laughed. "Trust me Hermione, he loves you, and he wants to be with you. He's just scared. You know Ron."

"Yeah, I know."

"And maybe I could talk to him, give him some more confidence."

"Thank you Harry. I would appreciate it." She pulled him in for a hug.

"You're welcome, and don't worry. Ron will come around soon." He stood up off of her bed. "Well, I'd better go find Ginny." With that he left the room and headed for the garden, no doubt heading for about an hour of degnoming.

Sulky….that's how Ron felt. He had been sitting in the living room ever since he had finished his breakfast. The rest of the family had dispersed throughout the house and he had retreated to the living room in hopes of some time alone. Sure he could have gone to his room, but that would be the first place they would look if someone needed him.

Why couldn't he just tell Hermione how he felt? He wanted to, honestly he did. He wanted to be with her and be happy, because he knew it was hurting her not to be together. Was that selfish of him? He was putting his happiness before his family.

His thoughts were interrupted by someone walking into the room.

"Well that was an experience."

The voice came from none other than his baby sister, Ginny.

"What do you mean?" He asked her.

"Well, I just spent an entire hour degnoming the garden, something I hardly ever do because normally my dearest brother is the one to do it. I forgot how hard those things can be to deal with."

"What do you want?"

"Whatever do you mean by that brother?"

"You obviously didn't come in here to tell me about your garden experience. Tell me what else you wanted."

She sat down next to him. "I want to know why you are such a git sometimes."

He sat up from his spot on the couch that he was laying on. "Hey now. What did I do?"

"I'm talking about something that you haven't done." He stared at her as if he was confused. "I'm talking about Hermione."

"What about Hermione?"

"Oh come on Ron. I'm not stupid. We all know that you are in love with Hermione but for some reason unbeknown to us, you haven't done anything about it. Now I want to know why, and I want to know now." She turned a bit more towards him on the sofa.

"Ginny, I just…I haven't had time to…."

He was cut off by his sister. "Oh no Ronald, you aren't going to pull that card."

"What card?"

"The…I'm getting there…I just haven't found the time…card. It's been played Ron, for your whole life. What is stopping you from telling Hermione right now how you feel?"

"If you haven't noticed our entire family is in mourning. I can't just throw a new relationship into the mix of things for our family to adjust to. Maybe you've forgot that we had another brother just a few months ago, but I sure haven't." He got up and stood in front of her.

"Excuse me Ron, but no I haven't forgotten about Fred. I think of him just as much as you or any of us do, and there will never be a day in my entire life when I won't miss him, but I'm not letting Freds death affect what I do in my life. Maybe you haven't noticed, but Harry and I are back together and it doesn't seem to be having any negative effect on the family. If anything it's helped our family heal."

She stood up next to him. He may have been a good head taller than her but right now with Ginny heated the way she was, they were a pretty even match.

"Wasn't Fred always the one who would always ask about you and her? And wasn't he the one who would offer his advice to you when you had no clue where things were going?"

Ron nodded. "Yeah, he was."

"By leaving your relationship go, you would be letting Fred down. Not only him but you would be letting yourself down, not to mention the crying girl upstairs."

"She's crying?"

"Harry came and told me that he found her in my room, upset. He said he was going to come talk to you, but I said that I would be glad to come knock some sense into my normally clueless brother." She giggled as she hit him on the head.

"Hey, I can't help it. I just thought I was doing what was best for the family."

"What about what's best for you and Hermione? You are allowed to think of yourself for a change, Ron."

"I know. So you don't think it will be hard for the family when I tell them Hermione and I are together?"

"Ron, for the last time, the rest of the family will breathe a sigh of relief when you and Hermione finally get together. They have been waiting for it ever since you came home the summer after 2nd year and wouldn't stop talking about her."

"Okay, alright. What do I do now?"

"Geesh Ron, do I have to do everything? Go upstairs and tell Hermione that you want her to be your girlfriend and that you are sorry for waiting so long…then when she accepts lock the door and you can make out until lunch. " She gave him a small push towards the door.

He turned around. "Or maybe we could skip the talking and go straight for the making out."

"Ron, go!"

"Okay, I'm going."

She heard a knock on the door but didn't bother answering. She figured it was just Harry or Ginny coming to check on her.

"Hermione…can I talk to you?"

She was wrong. It was Ron.

"You don't have to say anything, you can just listen."

He sat down on the bed next to her. "I know that Harry talked to you today. He talked to Ginny and well Ginny, in a sense, talked to me. I know that you're upset because you kissed me and I have yet to do anything about it. I just want you to know that I really do love you Hermione. I really love you and I never want you to think that I don't."

She turned towards him. "You do?"

"Yeah, I really do, Hermione."

"Well if you love me than why haven't you done anything about it? What is stopping us from being together?"

"I'm going to be honest with you and tell you the real reason why. I know that I normally have the emotional range of a teaspoon but recently it's grown to tablespoon size."

They both had a bit of a laugh at his attempt at a humorous joke.

"When you kissed me during the battle, I was so excited that we both were on the same page and I knew that after that we could finally be honest with each other and we could be together. But after Fred died, everything changed. I was going through a hard time dealing with the fact that he was gone, and trying to help my family with the loss, and I thought that starting a relationship with you may not have been the best thing at that time."

She opened her mouth to stay something but Ron held up his hand to stop her. "Wait a minute, let me finish. I was afraid of starting a relationship with you so soon because my whole family was so distraught and I felt that I wasn't allowed to be happy. I felt that I would betray Fred if I became happy so soon after his death. Ginny made me see otherwise today. Fred was always the one that wanted us to be together. So I decided that It was time for me to start thinking of myself a bit and become happy. And I do feel terrible about making you so upset by waiting for me so long. But im so glad that you did."

She looked at him and waited for him to continue, but he didn't. "Are you finished?"

"Uh…yeah…I think so."

"Good. Now I can say my piece I guess."

He shifted a bit on the bed.

"Ron, I'm sorry." He looked a bit confused. "I'm not sorry that I told you how I felt when I kissed you. I'm sorry that I've put something else on your mind when you already had a lot to deal with. I mean, we were just finishing our time away from our families, Percy was trying to regain his position in your family, and then with Fred gone you and your family were starting to adjust to the fact that he was no longer here...and I was being selfish. I was upset that nothing was happening between us and I was getting impatient that you hadn't told me how you felt, and then I started to think that maybe you didn't even really like me the way I liked you. But I shouldn't have been thinking of myself in this situation, I should have been putting you and your family's well-being first. I completely unserstand if you need time to settle things that's fine…I can wait."

When she finished speaking she took a huge breath as if she hadn't breathed the entire time.

"Hermione, you have been anything but selfish. You have had to wait how many years for me to stop being a git? I should have just sucked it up and asked you out sooner. And you don't have to worry about me and my family. We are doing alright, honestly. Fred was always the one who would give me advice about you, and he would want us to be happy. You have nothing to be sorry for. I'm the one who should be sorry, for keeping you waiting."

"You're right. You were being a git all of those years." She laughed at him.

"Hey now. I'm trying to be nice here." He looked her in the eyes. "Hermione, I'm going to stop being a git and ask you now. Would you like to be my girlfriend?"

"Ron, I would love nothing more than to be your girlfriend." She beamed a smile at him which he returned.

"Phew, good. Well I'm glad the hard part's over."

"What now?" She asked him.

"This." He reached over to pull her into the most breathtaking kiss of her entire life. It was much better than the one they had shared during the war. Not to say that that one wasn't good, it was just different. The kiss during the war was quick and very urgent because they were so scared at the time. But this kiss was softer and more passionate. They didn't have anything to worry about at the moment and they could just focus on themselves. The amazing feeling allowed Hermione to melt into the kiss. She couldn't imagine anything better.

After a few seconds they separated. Both seemed to be rendered speechless.

"Wow." Was all that Ron could think of to say.

"You could say that again." Hermione looked at him.

He laughed. "Why say it when I can do it." The laughter was silenced as Ron sent out a spell to close the door.

Well that's the first chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. Don't forget to give me a review…It would be most appreciated.