Hermione closed her eyes as and took in a breath of sea air as the wind blew gently over her cheeks. The wind out at sea felt different to the wind on land. It was softer yet hard at the same time with a slight roughness to it. She liked it. She was standing at the very front of the ship with her hands held up which reminded her very much of Jack and Rose, from the Titanic muggle movie, the only problem was, Jack wasn't there.
"Hey 'Mione!" a voice called out and she suddenly felt two arms wrap themselves around her waist.
"Ron!" she cried out before bursting into a giggling fit as he tickled her. "Stop it! Oh Merlin! RON! OH ST- STOP IT RONALD!"
He twirled her around after grabbing her right hand and smiled at her with the trademark Weasley grin. Hermione looked at him half dreamily and half awake, her heart thumped itself crazy in her chest, trying to find a way out. The colour of the setting sun in the distance went nice with Ron's pale skin. It wasn't too bright and it wasn't too dark. She felt an urge to kiss him smack on the lips as he never looked so perfect before.
"Ron! Ronnykins!" A familiar voice called out in the distance. It was girly and way too saccharine. "There you are! Harry and I've been looking all over for you!"
Hermione and Ron suddenly realised that they had wrapped each other's arms around each other's waist and immediately let go of each other. What on earth had the two of them been thinking? It had felt good but Ron had a girlfriend for heaven's sake! Hermione needed to get a hold of herself!
"La-Lavender!" Ron stammered as his girlfriend and Harry approached them. Hermione noticed that he suddenly looked like a lovesick puppy, it was a different look from what he gave her.
Hermione watched, her heart tearing itself slowly, as Lavender and Ron kissed. It slowly morphed into a snog before a full out make out. She felt like throwing up on the spot, the sight both hurt and sickened her. She felt a hand on her shoulder and she knew that it was Harry. He smiled at her unsurely and muttered something about ignoring them. For some reason, Hermione had a feeling that he knew that she still had feeling for Ron ever since their break up after the war four years ago. He somehow always knew everything she felt.
"'Mione and I are gonna go for a drink. You two can makeout all you want," Harry muttered, already dragging Hermione with him away from the lovedrunk couple. "Cya."
"Har-Harry! What- Where are we going?" Hermione spluttered as she was continuously dragged across the ships deck. "Merlin, Harry! Stop! Please!"
Harry let go of her arm and Hermione almost fell over from the force she had applied to pulling back. She let out a huff of breath and looked into Harry's eyes for help. He looked back at her helplessly yet trying to think of some way to help her. Before she knew it, all the emotions that had been kept locked inside her chest revealed itself and came out of her by escaping through her tears. She began to cry.
"Oh Harry!" she managed to say as more tears came out. She pulled him over and hugged him tightly, wrapping her arms around his neck. "I don't know what to do! I love him, Harry! So much... Remind me why we broke up again? Lav... I was wrong about her, she knew what Ronald was worth and got him back as soon as we broke up... Harry... I've rejected every single man that has ever asked me out since breaking up with him... I just can't get over him Harry... I don't know what to do..."
"Shhhh...." Harry whispered into her ears. "We'll figure this out somehow. We're out on this cruise ship on a holiday for a month. I'm sure we'll work this out for you somehow."
"You don't mean getting rid of Lavender do you?" Hermione asked, looking at him straight in the eye somehow hopefully. They were about the same height so they were eye level.
"Of course not Hermione! Don't be silly!" Harry said, but with an amused look. "As much as I'd like to get rid of her as you do, we have to remember that she's Ron's fiance-"
Hermione glared at Harry and let go of him. Her hands were placed on her waist and she looked like she was going to throw a fit again. "Fiance!" she cried out. "FIANCE?!"
Harry covered her mouth immediately and told her to quiet down. "Hermione! Not so loud!" he mumbled quickly. He lowered his voice. "Fiance-to-be, to be exact. I shouldn't have told you but... He is going to propose to her today... While the sun sets... Which is right-"
"-Now." Hermione finished.
She crumpled to the floor and leaned against the railing. The sea wind blew at her face again and she felt annoyed this time. Her hair was loosening from its hold and loose bits of tendrils were covering her face now. She couldn't believe it. Ronald Weasley was going to ask Lavender Brown to marry him. Why had he always got everything right and done properly for Lavender but never for her when they were together?
She remembered back at Hogwarts, during the Tri-Wizard tournament when the Yule Ball had been held. She had waited desperately for Ron to ask her as she realised then that she had a little bit more than friendship on her mind for him. But instead, Viktor Krum, Bulgarian world class international seeker had asked her out and she had accepted, giving up on hope that Ron would ask her. And as usual, he had ended up asking her too late so he had wasted his chance then. Viktor Krum hadn't been so bad of a date she had to admit. He had been her first date though but had been very nice to her. He seemed nervous and gentle with her, sometimes scared as if he would hurt her in anyway by accident. She was brought back to the present when she realised that Harry's hands were waving in front of her face.
"'Mione? Earth to Hermione!" Harry muttered. "Good you're finally back. I'm hungry, let's go for dinner."
"What about Ron and Lavender?" Hermione couldn't help but ask.
"He's prepared a picnic for her..." Harry said, looking like he regretted saying it. Hermione was glad he did because otherwise she would have probably hexed him. "Um, let's be on our way yeah? We don't want to keep our waiters waiting."
A/N This will be my first fanfic story where there will be more than one chapter! I hope it goes well and I will accept flames if it is to help me improve my story... Thank you for reading. Revieww
