This story takes place during the seventh year at Hogwarts. I am not J.K. Rowling and I don´t owe any of the characters, I just like to play with them, so don´t sue me. Also, english is not my first language so please, be gentle with me. This is my first fanfiction.

Chapter 1: "Good luck, mate"

He had never been so nervous before. Actully, he had never been so scared before. He could feel his heart beat in a way he had never felt. He was standing infront of a mirror staring at himself.His dressrobes wasn´t as bad as last time but he would lie if he said he looked good. He had alwats felt much more comfortable in jeans and a t-shirt then in his wizardclothes. He took a deep breath and looked himself in the eyes. This was it, this was the moment he had been waiting for. He was finally going to tell Hermione how he felt about her, that he loved every inch of her stubborn being. He knew it was going to be hard and he wasn´t even sure that she was going to take it well, but he knew he had to do it anyway. He couldn´t possibly hold it in any longer. He hadn´t spoken about it for so long before he, one rainy efternoon, told Harry about it. Harry had just looked at him and said;

- Ron, do you know how long I´ve been waiting for you to tell me this? I´ve seen the way you look at her, it´s like you can´t take your eyes of her.

He hadn´t known what to say but he felt so good to finally have it out in the open. Now that Harry knew, everything was changed, not only that he had someone to talk to but they could start working on a plan. A plan to win Hermione over. Harry had basically foced him to make a move but he found it very hard to found a moment to do so. Then, suddenly, the Yule Ball presented itself and Harry insisted that this was the perfect opportunity to tell her about how he felt. It was actully Harry that made it possible for them to go to the ball together. They had been sitting in the library just a few days before the dance. Harry had finally asked Ginny if she wanted to go with him and her accepting h ad put him in a great mood. Hermione hadn´t said anything about the ball but Ron had heard from Ginny that she didn´t have antone to go with. He, himself, hadn´t really thought about it. The only girl he wanted to go with was Hermione, but because asking her wasn´t an option, he intended to go alone, Suddenly Harry had given him a quick glance and then said;

- Well Hermione, are you going to the ball?

- Well Harry, we have to go haven´t we, so I don´t really have a choice...

- Well no, but are you going with someone?

Either she didn´t want to answer or she had found a brand new chapter in "Hogwarts - A History" because her eyes never left the page and she kept staring at the book. Harry continued;

- I was just thinking that you and Ron could go together. If you´re not going with someone I mean.

Hermione had looked up and given him this look, this look that he couldn´t say no too. The look told him that she really didn´t wanted to go alone. And he, eventhough he understood that she much rather had gone with anyone wlse, looked at her and said;

- Why not? If you want to Hermione...?

So now ther were going together and he was going to face her. This really was the scariest moment in his life.

He was standing at the door just staring, it had been a long time since he had seen the Great Hall so beautiful. Everything was sparkling, ice were decorating the tables, the walls and snow came falling from the ceiling.

- Ron?

He felt an hand on his shoulderand turned around. He could recognize her voice anywhere, it was like the sweetest music to his ears. When he saw her he couldn´t help buta stare at her. She was wearing a dark green dress that followed her slim body. Her hair wasn´t put in a bushy ponytail but lay straight and floating over her shoulders.

- Hi, she said with a little smile, I like your dressrobes. A gift from the twins, right?

- Yeah, thanks, he said suddenly very aware of his tongue. You look amazing, really, really beautiful.

- Thank you, I thought the green would match your hair. Her eyes sparkled and all he wanted was to grab her and snog her sensless but instead he just smiled at her.

- Yeah, right. Like anything would look good with this. He ran a han through his ginger hair. I am sorry about it...

- I don´t know what your talking about, I love you hair. It´s very personal...and...

Her last word disappeared in the music coming out from the Grat Hall.

- Maybe we should... He offered her his arm.

- We definitely should. She took his arm. her arm was warm, filling his body with a tingely feeling. They slowly walked into the Great Hall together. When they came to the middle of the room, they stoped, faced eachother and took eachothers hands. He had never been a great dancer and now, when he stood this close to the girl he loved more then life itself, he was more scared then he´d ever been. He could se all the tiny freckles in her face, he could smell her scent. She smells like flowers, he thought, I can´t believe I´ve never noticed that before.I have never smelled anything like it. He looked into her eyes, they smiled at him, danced infront of him and he couldn´t help it, he had to do something. He had to say something and he had to say it now.

- Well ´Mione,there is something I need to tell you.

- And what is that? She smiled at him, a smile that made him understand that she had no idea what he was about to tell her. This made him even more nervous but he couldn´t stop now. He had to do it and this was the only chance he got.

- We´ve been friends for a long time...

- Alomost seven years, she said with a little smile.

- Exactly, he swallowed, and you are the best friend a guy could ever have. I don´t deserve to have a friend like you...

- Don´t say that. They had stoped moving and hermione held his hands in hers.

- Well I just wanted to say thet you are my best friend. Well, you and harry.

- I am glad you feel this way because you are my best friend. Well, you and Harry... She said with a little laugh. Do you want to get something to drink? Maybe we can find Gin and Harry...?She looked around the room.

- No, I have to say this now!

- Oh, I thought you were finished, sorry...

- I wasn´t.

- Then tell me what it is.

He looked down, even her shoes were green, he took a deep breath and said;

- The thing is...the thing is..the thing is...thatIwanttobemorethenjustyourfriend...

-What...? He could barely hear her voice but he knew that she had hear. She wasn´t smiling anymore. He looked her in the eyes and tried to hold his voice steady.

- I said that I want to be more then just your friend.

- What does that mean? Her eyes were blank.

- Well...that means that I have feelings for you...feelings you shouldn´t have for a friend. It means that..well...that I love you.

She took a step backwards, her hands were shaking and her eyes were filled with tears. All Ron wanted was to hold her, tight, tight and never let her go. He wanted to kiss those tears of her face and tell her that everytinig was going to be okay, but he saw in her eyes that she would never allow him to touch her. He had never seen her like this. Hermione was always the controlled one, the one that always knew what to do, the one always sure of herself. He could see that she didn´t knew what to do with herself and it killed him konwing that he caused it.

- Mione? He tried to look her in the eyes but she kept looking down.

- I need to..., she began to sob, turned around and started to run.

-´Mione, he said quiet, feraing that he had just made the biggest mistake in his life.

He found Harry sitting at a table in one of the corners with a goofy expression on his face. It looked like he was thinking about something speciual or maybe someone special.

- Hey mate. He woke Harry up from his daydream.

-Hi, Ginny has gone to get drinks... Ron, she is the most amazing girl I´ve ever met, she...

- I told her, he said ignoring the fact that Harry was talking about his sister.

- You did WHAT? Harry almost screamed. What did you say? What did she say? Where is she? Harry looked around as if he thought she was hiding behind his back.

- Well, she ran away...

- What did you say to her? Harry stared at him.

- I told her I love her, he sighted.

- Oh Ronald, you probably scared her. I´ve seen the way she looks at you when she thinks no one sees. She is totally in to you.

- Then why did she ran away?

Harry laughed.

- Well, you know girls. Who knows why they act the way they do? I´m telling you, everything will be fine, mate.

- I sure hope so, I just hope she will speak to me again.

- Don´t worry, I´m sure... Merlins beard, here she comes. Stars, she´s beautiful. Wish me luck, mate... And Harry was gone.

- Good luck, mate

He turned around and started to walk fast out of the Great Hall. He just wanted to get out of there, he just wanted to be in his bed, he just wanted to hold Hermione in his arms.

- Ooopppsss..., he had been so far away that he hadn´t noticed the girl he´d just walked into.

- I´m sorry, he looked up. Hermione was standing infront of him.