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AN: I have read many stories where Ron cheats on Hermione and she falls apart because of it. She may, I don't know, but this story is what happens when she puts her mind to a bit of inspired justice before she falls apart. This is not a Ron bashing story at all. In fact, this story doesn't really fit in any genre. This is just something that may have happened.
Thanks to Kate Laing Kwok for her help with proofing and word choice help. YOU ROCK!
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Hermione hustled just behind the Minister of Magic, Kingsley Shacklebolt. Her shorter legs had to move twice as fast to keep up with the Minister's longer legs and consistently quick pace. Her life, like Kingsley's pace, always seemed to be moving fast. Just two short years since Hogwarts and she was working directly for the Minister of Magic.
Somethings were still as they always were. Harry & Ginny got married and were expecting their first child. Ron fulfilled his dream of trying out for the Chudley Cannons. He wasn't selected for the Cannons but had taken a job as a professional Quidditch player for a team in Greece. Not his ideal team but a good place to start.
They had been apart for 6 months and the letters from Ron had been few and far between. While they lacked much of any personal information, Hermione still missed her longtime boyfriend. Well, fiancée' since Ron had given her a ring before leaving for the Quidditch season.
The Minister and his staff of five which included not just Hermione, but Draco Malfoy as well, made their way to the Office of International Travel. The gaggle of reporters that perpetually followed the Minister everywhere were looking for the next big story. Several other reporters were milling about the travel office reporting what celebrities were arriving or departing and with whom.
The Minister & his entourage reached the travel office and waited for the incoming travelers to arrive before being allowed to use the port key platform. Much to Hermione's surprise, Ron was the arriving traveler and he arrived with a woman. He was holding her hand and kissed it. He gave the woman a look of love he had never given Hermione. They turned around to leave the platform area. He took one step forward when he locked eyes with Hermione.
Ron is back! Hermione thought just a moment before, Ron is holding hands with somebody, another woman. When Hermione saw Ron holding another woman's hand and the bright red flush of his face after he saw her, Hermione took his ring off. She looked at it for a moment before she decided on a little payback. Since there were always reporters around she had learned the art of stealthy movement. She quietly moved closer to where Ron and the strange woman were standing, frozen yet watching her. When she had distanced herself from the Minister and was halfway between the reporters and Ron she called out Ron's name loudly enough to gain the attention of a few of the celebrity reporters. When she was sure the reporters were paying attention she stepped up to give him a hug. She slipped the ring into his pocket and quietly told him that he better propose to the woman.
Ron, not understanding, pulled away from the hug and appeared to start to argue with her. Hermione informed him quietly that if he didn't do as she said, she would make a scene that would go down in annals of history. Ron's face turned angry as she informed him that his ring was in his pocket rather than where it belonged which was shoved up his arse. She smiled sweetly at him, "I suggest you propose right now."
Ron saw the look in his longtime friend and now ex-girlfriend's eyes. "Hermione, it's not.."
"Yes, Ronald, it is exactly what it appears. And you have five seconds before I start." She may have had a smile plastered to her face but he could tell she was dead serious. Ron made a quick decision.
He dropped to one knee after drawing the ring out of his pocket and proposed to the woman he had brought home to meet his family.
The woman, Eleni, squealed with happiness and screamed "YES!" effectively gaining the attention of everyone.
Hermione hugged him again saying, "Thank you so much for waiting for this great moment so I could witness it! CONGRATULATIONS!" She turned to the woman and gave her a blinding smile with a side hug. At that moment the reporters who had been avidly watching the proceedings started to swamp Ron. Hermione kissed his cheek and whispered how she wished him luck telling his mother about this. She stepped to the side to give the reporters better access to her former boyfriend and returned to her co-workers.
Draco, who watched the whole thing happen, arrived next to her. "I'm really surprised at how well you're taking this."
She stopped watching Ron struggle with the press and looked up at Malfoy. "Why?"
"He cheated on you. Frankly, I'm surprised the weasel would cheat on you. Bit ballsy, if you ask me. But most women would be scratching his eyes out right now not watching him announce his upcoming wedding."
Hermione snickered. "No, this is much better. If he wants out of this engagement he's going to have to be the bad guy. He's going to have to break up with her which will put him in the bad light of the press. The best part? It will happen without my having anything to do with it. But if he goes through with it and marries her, well, that's also up to him."
Draco raised an eyebrow. "Well, that is positively Slytherin of you."
Hermione replied, "Oh, Malfoy, honestly you have no idea how Slytherin I can be."