One Hour left.
That was how long was left until the party.Though for once in his life Ronald Weasley was not looking forward to this party. The reason was because after this party Hermione Granger would move away to France. She had gotten a fabulous job offer to study to be a healer at one of most highly acclaimed schools in the world.
Now some people would expect Ron to be happy for his friend and he was happy for her but, he was also in love with her. They had dated on and off for a while but constant bickering had caused to remain friends, even though they were both head over heals in love with each other.
In one hour a party would begin and Ron had no reason to celebrate.
A few hours later the party which had consisted of all the Weasleys, the Grangers, Luna Lovegood, Neville Longbottom and Harry Potter now only held Ron, Harry, Neville, Ginny, Hermione and Luna. The six friends were all seated in the kitchen of Harry and Ginnys flat. Harry and Ginny had been married for about two years and were now expecting twins in a few weeks.
"Now make sure you don't let any Loemings don't stare directly at your abdomen because if they do your children will grow ears like rabbits and have unusually long necks" Luna said. Everyone just stared at her. " It's true, but no one ever knows about them because they're all hidden underground."
Everyone just ignored the last comment. They were all pretty used to Lunas' 'different' comments.
"So do you know what you are going to name the babies?' asked Hermione to Ginny
"I want Lily for the girl, but for the boy I was thinking along the lines of James, Sirius or Albus. Harry on the other hand" she nudged Harry in the ribs. "Keeps insisting that we name them after famous couples. Romeo and Juliet, Jack and Rose, Cory and Topanga." she said the last one with a lot of distaste and looked over at Harry.
"I like Topanga" said Harry
"It sounds like a melon" argued Ginny
"How about Luna and Luno?" Luna piped up!
"NO" shouted Harry and Ginny
Ron was not listening to any of the conversation. Sure he was excited for his sister and Harry, but Hermione was leaving in twelve hours and no one was even thinking about that. Suddenly Harry and Ginny got up to make some tea, Neville right behind them suggesting Trevor for the boy, while Luna kept insisting tha Luna and Luno were perfect names. Hermione smiled over at Ron who returned it half-heartedly.
"Umm, Luna can I talk to you for a moment" said Hermione turning to Luna
"Sure Hermione" said Luna and the two girls left into the den.
In the den
"Oh, Luna, I don't even know where to start"
"Ok well, before you do, I know we weren't the best of friends and we weren't supposed to get you going away presents but I do have something for you." Luna took something out of her pocket
"Oh, oh What is this?" Hermione looked at what seemed to be a white stick in a bag.
"It's a cotton swab with a bit of my saliva on it, so that if theyget the cloning process while you are there, you can use the DNA to create your own Luna." Luna smiled happily at Hermione
"I'm gonna throw this away, but thank you so much for the gesture!"
Ron walked over to his friends, all three still bickering about the names.
"What about you Ron? asked Harry. "What names do you like?"
"Janey and Nicholas"
"I like those names. How did you get those Ron?" asked Ginny tilting her head to the side and putting her tea on the table.
"Just came to me I suppose." Truth be told at one point in Ron and Hermione realationship Ron was seriously thinking of proposing and the thought of marriage brought on the thought of kids and Ron had wanted to name his kids those names.
"I still like Trevor." said Neville
Suddenly Hermione and Luna had come out of the den, both very red eyed and tears leaking down their cheeks. They hugged for a minute and then Luna sat down at the table taking a sip of her tea.
"Ginny. Can you come here with me for a minute?" Hermione led Ginny into the den and as soon as the door closed all three boys rounded on Luna
"What Happened?"
"Did she hit you?"
"What do you think about Trevor for a boy?"
Luna stared at Neville for a second blinking her eyes, and then turned to Harry and Ron. "She's going to say goodbye to us individually, and she didn't hit me" Luna said turning to look directly at Harry
Ginny and Hermione had come out of the den a few minutes later both very teary eyed. Next went Neville. He wasn't in there to long because Hermione and Neville weren't the best of friends, but never the less Neville still had a slight frown on his face. Next was Harry, He had been the longest and when he came out you could tell he was trying not to cry. Ron stood up waiting his turn.
"Well" She came over in the stood in the middle of the group patting Ron on the arm.
"I'm going to go now. Bye guys" Giving everyone a quick hug Hermione apparated over to her apartment. When she was gone everyone turned to Ron, his mouth wide open.
"What did you do to her?" asked Harry
"Nothing" said Ron "I didn't get a goodbye, O-Kay... I mean, don't I deserve anything? I mean, a few tears, a hug maybe?" Harry came over and gave Ron a hug
"NOT FROM YOU" Ron yelled at Harry
"Ron, if you're this upset, you should go and talk to her." suggested Ginny rubbing her stomach
"Yeah, I'll do that" and with a pop he was gone.
Crack!
Hermione turned around in her flat to come face to face with one Ronald Weasley.
"Hi Ron. Did I forget something?"
"Yeah You did" said Ron a bit loud " I didn't get a goodbye.
"What" asked Hermione
"Everyone gets a goodbye but me? What have I got to do to get a goodbye, huh? Be best friends with you? Uh, go out with you? Face the Dark lord with you? Oh wait a minute, I did all those things Hermione"
"Ron" said Hermione her voice cracking
"You know what? After all we've been through, I can't believe this is how you want to leave things between us. Have a good time in France." and with that Ron apparated out of the flat leaving Hermione looking like a lost puppy out in the rain.
Back at Ron's flat he was sitting on his couch with his head in his hands gripping at his long red hair. Without warning Hermione burst through the front door totally forgetting she is a witch and could have just apparated.
"You really think I didn't say goodbye to you because I don't care?" shouted Hermione
"That's what it seemed like." said Ron rising from the couch
"I cannot believe that after all the time we've been together, you do not know ONE thing about me." Hermione was now on the verge of tears again.
"Fine, then why didn't you say something?" Ron threw his arms in the air
"Because it is too damn hard Ron. I can't even begin to explain to you how much I'm going to miss you. When I think about not seeing you every day, it makes me not want to go...Okay, so if you think that I didn't say goodbye to you because you don't mean as much to me as everybody else, you're wrong. It's because you mean more to me. So there, all right, there's your goodbye."
"Hermione" Ron whispered
"What?" yelled Hermione
Ron walked over to Hermione and started to kiss her passionately. After a minute Hermone backed out. She touched her lips and thought about it for a moment and then started to kiss Ron back.
The kiss was for all the time they spent apart. They didn't want to break apart and they didn't. In fact they spent that entire night together.
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