A/N I do not own any of the characters ,book rights, movie rights etc.
"To Ron on his birthday." Slughorn, Harry and Ron, stood by the fire pit taking a sip of slug
horn's finest whiskey he received as a present. They all took a sip, in sync, and pulled the cups
away. Ron began to feel weird, his stomach started to gargle, and he suddenly felt unable to
breath he started to hyperventilate foam started to develop in his mouth, he started to choke on it
He knelt down on his knees . "Ron Ron!!!!" He heard Harry scream but the screams were so far
away now, and then all was black. Ron awoke a little draggy after he had been medicated to get
the poison out. He had not felt well but at least he was alive. Harry had been there sitting next to him.
" Oi… Your awake."
" What happened." Ron said looking at Harry who had been sitting in the chair next to Harry's bedside.
"You were poisoned, the whiskey, some one had poisoned it, slug horn feels awful, he's trying to
figure out who did it, why they did it."
"Hermione?" Ron asked.
"What about her?" Harry asked.
"Does she know, that I had been poisoned.?"
"I told her earlier, she was upset, especially after the whole canary incident, and everything.. She
feels awful in fact she was just here earlier."
Ron's face lit up… "She was?"
"Yeah, but she was tired so she left up to her dormitory, she'll be back tomorrow."
"Good, I really miss her."
"You are really weak right now aren't you."
"Terribly…"
"Well get some sleep…we'll be back tomorrow.. Your family will be here too."
Ron gave a worried look "Mom knows, she'll be terrified."
"She'll be fine." Harry said. He started walking towards the door back to his dormitory.
"Ron… " he paused. "I'm glad your okay, you're my best friend."
Ron managed a little laugh. " Thanks Harry." When Harry walked out. Ron felt very tired, he lie his head back down and fell into a deep sleep.
The next morning half awake Ron could hear the crying and sniffling around him. He heard them talk about how this could have happened, and that it was a good thing he sat next to Harry on the train to Hogwarts, and who the poison could have been for, he struggled to open his eyes but he heard them all quite clearly. He heard Hermione say something and tried to say her name only saying each syllable slowly he managed, "Er-my-nee." then suddenly all was quiet. That was until he heard the stomps of a giant step into the hospital wing. Hagrid had come. There was some talking and yelling saying there were too many in there. But Ron didn't care he was glad the all came to see him, and he hoped to God Lavender wasn't there. He heard Harry, Hagrid, and Hermione leave, and his family standing there with him. They weren't there long, but he couldn't open his eyes. That night Ron awoke he looked around the dark hospital wing, and saw something at the corner of his eye. A strand of brown curly hair. He looked over to see Hermione sitting where Harry had sat the night before.
"Hi." He said.
She smiled, and walked over to him and gave him a hug, and he hugged her back. "I'm going to start opening my eyes more often." He told her.
"Ron you scared me to death, for all I know you could've been dead." She unleashed him and sat back in the chair.
"I'm fine… I'm fine." He said.
" Well I'm glad to see you awake." She said getting up.
"Where are you going?" Ron asked.
"Bed, I'm quite tired." She began walking towards the door.
" Hermione…" Ron waited for her to turn around and answer.
" Yes."
" I'm sorry."
Hermione looked at him confused and shook her head.
" About Lavender." He told her.
Hermione licked her lips and smiled, " Goodnight Ron." she walked out the doors, and Ron drifted back to his pillow. He's always loved being in bed, but after being in it for as long as he had been now, he just couldn't wait to get up. It wouldn't be long before things would get back to normal again.
