Author's note: I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters! This is my first fanfiction, it would be great to have some feedback so i can improve. Please review :) Thanks and enjoy...
I'm dyslexic, so I'm sorry about the spelling mistakes and the tenses getting mixed up, I'm hopeless at that.
I'm working on the rest of the story so it will hopefully be posted in the next couple of days.
The bracelet
A couple of months had passed since the Battle of Hogwarts. Harry, Hermione and the rest of the Weasley family retreated back to the Burrow the day after the war, grieving for the lost ones, especially for Fred. But eventually, everyone helped with everybody else and together, they moved on with their lives.
It was drawing to the end of the summer, and Ginny and Hermione were to be heading off to Hogwarts for their seventh year, where as Harry and Ron would leave a week after them to begin their Auror training.
Both couples knew their time together was limited so they spend as much time as they could together, always looking for somewhere private. That evening, Mrs. Weasley announced something at dinner that could not be more convenient; her and her husband would be visiting some distant cousin and therefore would be gone for a couple of days. This meant leaving Ron, Harry, Hermione and Ginny alone in the Burrow.
"Of course George, Bill and Percy will be coming round, checking everything is okay. But I'm sure Hermione will keep everything and everyone in order while we're away." Said Mrs. Weasley. Hermione flashed a smile, delighted that she could be trusted.
"We'd better say our goodbyes tonight, doubt we will be seeing you lot early tomorrow morning." Suggested Mr. Weasley.
None of the four teenagers had said a word; they were too surprised to think of anything to say. But the same thing was passing through all their minds: no more sneaking around!
Hermione and Harry had been swapping rooms at night, right after they were sure that Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were fast asleep for the last 2 months. Therefore, Harry could sleep with Ginny and Ron and Hermione could sleep together. They made sure to go downstairs for breakfast at different times so Ron and Ginny's parents wouldn't suspect anything, and so far it had worked. So this opportunity meant no need to be waiting up late for the parents to fall asleep, no worrying for three days and nights! Each of them enjoyed the sound of that.
The following morning, Hermione was woken up by the light peeping through the window in Ron's room. She gently turned to face the red head that she loved, still sleeping. She couldn't help but smile to herself. She carefully lifted his arm from around her waist and slowly crept out of bed.
"Where are you going?" Ron asked, half asleep. She turned around and smiled down at him.
"Some people actually like to make the most of their day and not sleep till mid-afternoon." She told him playfully with a hand on her hip.
"Yeah yeah" was all he said, now fully awake, grabbing her hand with a sexy smile on his face. How could she resist? So she let herself be pulled back under the sheets with a little giggle.
A few hours later, Hermione and Ron returned to the Burrow after a wonderful morning in Diagaon Alley, to find Harry and Ginny in the kitchen.
"Oh hi guys!" said Harry. Smiles were all round as they sat around the kitchen table.
"I was just about to make lunch, Hermione you want to help?" Ginny asked as Ron and Harry suddenly got involved in a deep conversation about Quidditch match taking place later on today.
"Sure, anything but Quidditch…" Hermione replied, nodding to the boys.
"Oh before I forget, you got an owl this morning… I think it might be from Romania." Ginny said with a curious smile.
A few moments later, Harry and Ron's conversation was interrupted by the girlish screams and gasps of Ginny and Hermione on the other side of the table. As they looked over, they could see that Hermione was now holding a thin silver bracelet on her fingertips and both she and Ginny were examining it.
"So is it from him then?" asked an intrigued Ginny. Hermione looked down at the letter that came with it.
"Yes it is from Viktor. He says that he's so glad that I survived the war and the bracelet is for helping save the wizard word…" A huge smile was spread from ear to ear across her face.
"Well isn't that nice" smirked Ron, sarcastically with no hint of the laughter in his voice.
"Well I think it is. Ginny can you help me put it on?"
As Ron's sister fussed over putting the jewellery on Hermione's wrist, he exclaimed "You're not actually put it on? It's a piece of junk!" raising his voice louder than needed. Hermione chose to ignore him, knowing it would lead to a row if she answered back, she decided to reread Viktor's letter instead.
So Ginny answered for her "Oh Ron, it's beautiful; it must have cost a fortune!" half scowling at him.
"Gosh you're right Gin, I'd better write a thank you letter. I haven't seen him since the wedding…" Hermione realized.
With that Ron decided that he had enough and announced, annoyed, that he was going "out" and stormed through the back door before anyone could ask where.
- Two hours later -
Ever since the Battle of Hogwarts, Hermione had adopted this room and spent more time in it than Ginny's which is where she should have been sleeping. But she loved this one because it was so Ron; mess and bits of junk everywhere that he insisted on keeping. As Hermione pulled on a pair of joggings and a tank top in his room after a warm shower, Ron suddenly burst through the door.
"Finally back, are we? Where did you go?" Hermione asked.
"Hmf" was her only answer and without a hint of a smile, he turned to leave.
"Alright, what's wrong?" she asked seriously and a little annoyed.
Ron was half way out when he turned around, surprised at her question and asked viciously "What's wrong? Are you seriously asking me that?"
Hermione was taken back, she had not been expecting this. But she quickly regqined control of herself and replied "Yes. What is it? Why are you suddenly in such a foul mood that you leave for 2 hours, not a word to anyone where you're going, and come back and hardly say a word to me?"
"You really want to know?"
"Yes!" she shot back.
"That's what it is!" Pointing directly at the bracelet on her wrist. "Your little boyfriend's bracelet!" she shouted in disgust.
"Ron what are you talking about? You are my boyfriend!" Now raising her voice as loud as his.
"Well obviously not! If I was you wouldn't be wearing it!"
"So you're mad because I'm wearing a bracelet, is that it ?"
"Not just any bloody bracelet, his bracelet!" With that he stormed down the stairs, furious. But Hermione was letting this go as easily as that.
"Oh no Ronald Weasley, you do NOT get to walk away like that !" She shouted only a few feet behind him. Harry and Ginny both stopped what they were doing and watched Ron march pass them into the garden closely followed by Hermione screaming at him.
"Ron, stop being so childish! It's just a bracelet! Ronald!"
He spun around and he began to yell "You don't get it, do you? He gave it to you. The same he that took you to the Yull Ball and the one you snogged too!"
Hermione was surprised at his answer, but was too stubborn to drop it.
"So why do you care if I wear it? Its not like we're together!"
"You still don't get it! It's like if I started wearing Lavender's bloody necklace again, the one she gave me. Would you like that? Huh?" He said aggressively, towering above her.
Hermione simply crossed her arms and said softly "That's different…" refusing to meet his blue eyes. But Ron was now too worked up to back down.
"Oh yeah? How's is it different? How's it any bloody different?"
"He…She…"Hermione was lost for words.
"Oh look everyone, the one and only Hermione Granger can't answer a question!" Ron cried waving his hand in the air. "What is he going to do? Help!"
Hermione narrowed her eyes, trying to hold back the tears.
"You complete arse, Ronald Weasley!" She yelled before retreating back to the Burrow.
For a moment, Ron felt a rush of sadness as he remembered the last time she said those very same words. She hadn't talked to him for days afterwards. He felt his hands drop to his sides as he mumbled "Great. Just great." Now angry again, he headed slowly back to his house.
For the rest of the day, the Burrow was unusually quiet. Hermione spent her time hiding out in Ron's room, crying, and he spent his avoiding her so stayed downstairs in the kitchen. Harry and Ginny had decided to go out for dinner leaving them the house, trying to avoid any more arguing and hoping for them to make up. The house felt empty to the both who remained, but neither of them was about to seek each others company or about to apologize.
Around 11 o'clock that night, Hermione laid awake, unable to sleep in Ron's bed. Downstairs, she could hear Harry and Ginny arriving home, she couldn't make out what they were saying but she guessed they were talking to Ron about the argument. "That idiot" she thought crossing her arms on her chest, "No way am I ever going to say sorry for wearing a bracelet."
A second later, someone attempted to open the door, but Hermione had placed a lock spell on it, leaving it almost impossible to open.
"Hermione, let me in." a tired and defeated Ron said from the other side of the door.
No reply.
"Hermione come on. Please?" A little annoyed.
No reply.
"Hermione open this bloody door NOW!" He banged his first on it.
"Why? You're sleeping on the sofa anyway."
"This is my room, I will sleep here id I want to! Now open the door!"
"Fine!" she yelled as she swung the door open. "I'll sleep on the sofa then!" Hermione grabbed the sheets off the bed and pulled them out of the room behind her.
"Fine!" Ron shouted back as he slammed the door shut.
To be continued...
