chapter two: the great hall
As they arrived to the great hall, Hermione saw harry sitting with ginny. She was crying in his arms. She also spotted dean Thomas looking in their direction with envy. Hermione knew dean missed his chance. Suddenly she felt colder. She looked to her side and saw ron wasn't there. She panicked and looked around in scare. What if he was gone and never coming back? She didn't know what she would do without him. But after a few seconds she felt his hand on her shoulder. She felt relief.
"My mom needs me," he said looking at her with his warm look. "but she told me to get you too, said it's important."
They walked over to the crowd of red hair. Fred's body was gone. Hermione wasn't surprised, she saw a few of the professors talking to the families about taking the bodies. george was sitting on one of the benches alone, covered in a blanket, crying. Hermione looked at him for a few minutes. Every few seconds a little smile crossed his face. He was probably remembering his brother and their times together. A few seconds after Hermione looked away from him, he buried his head in his hands and sobbed quietly.
Mrs. Wasley approached Hermione and talked to her about where she'll be staying when everyone is finished with repairing the school. First Hermione refused to molly about staying at the burrow but she said something that convinced her.
"Hermione, I have many children. A few of them does not live with me anymore and one is… well he's gone. You were always my second daughter, and I know that you have no home to go to. And if that won't convince you, I think someone other than me would be thrilled to have you." Mrs. Weasley turned to ron who was talking to his father.
"fine, I'll come." Said Hermione with a little smile on her face.
It was late, about nine o'clock in the evening. Everyone was tired. While the great hall was filled with people, the voice of Minerva Mcgonagall was heard loudly in every corner of the school. She was holding her wand to her throat to make her words sound like it was coming out of speakers.
"dear students, families, friends and fighters. The war is over. A lot of lives were lost, some worthy of dying and some taken before their time. I want you to know that Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry is now a safe place thanks to harry potter, ron weasley, Hermione granger, Neville longbottom, molly weasley and any other of the fighters that had made smart, quick decisions that helped save lives. All of the beds in the common rooms and dormitories are set, and in the next ten miutes there will be 200 more beds in the great hall. Please find an empty bed and go to sleep. Tomorrow is going to be a long day."
Harry, ron, Hermione and ginny went up to the Gryffindor dormitories. They didn't care about the different gender thing, they felt safer sleeping in the same room. They entered ron and harrys old rooms, only their beds were remaining. Neville took his bed to the great hall so he could be close to luna, seamus was sleeping in the hospital wing because of his broken hand and dean' bed was ruined.
Ginny felt asleep first, on harrys bed with him sitting beside her. Ron and Hermione sat on rons bed, holding hands.
Mcgonagall walked in. "I just wanted to say thank you to you three, I hope you're alright."
She noticed ron and hermiones hands.
"weasly, granger, I see you finally realized what everyone already knew. Seven years, it's about time!"
She left, and both ron and Hermione turned as red as rons hair.
"now what?" Hermione asked.
"I think we should all learn from your sister, ron, and go to sleep." Said harry.
He turned the lights off and spooned ginny.
Ron kissed Hermione and laid down. Hermione put her head on his chest, and they both drifted into deep sleep.