Upstairs in the Burrow…
Hermione felt absolutely frozen.
"What were you thinking?" Ron asked worriedly.
Hermione was still knocked out, he had to carry her upstairs.
She really was going to freeze to death, if he didn't get her out of these clothes, and get
her warm.
"Don't kill me for this Hermione, I swear I'm not being a pervert," he said, as he took off
her clothes. He found a clean pair of Ginny's old clothes, and put them on Hermione.
They fit pretty well.
"Ginny," he said sadly.
Ron had woken up in the living room of the Burrow. He had found all of his family and
friends dead. All of them, except Hermione.
"You need to get up 'Mione. I don't want to be here alone. All my friends and family are
gone. Except you. You're my family now. You're all I've got. All I want."
She wasn't responding.
He laid her down on his bed, covered her up, and lay down beside her.
"I heard everything you said out there. Did you know that? I don't know what happened
to me 'Mione. I heard everything, but I couldn't move, I couldn't answer you. If I could
have, I would have told you that I love you too. You don't even know how much. I would
have held you again, just like last year, I would have made your tears go away. If you get
up, I swear we'll make this right. If you get up, we'll do whatever you want. I'll even
help you start up S.P.E.W again. We'll argue, it'll be like old times. Well, almost like old
times."
Ron thought of Harry. How he missed him.
"Hey 'Mione, do you know what the last thing Harry said to me was? He told me to get
some guts and tell you how I feel. Told me to take care of you, even though he knew you
didn't need taking care of. He said we were his best friends, and he wanted us to be
happy. Wanted us to be together. How about we grant his wish, and mine. Get up, and
we'll be together. We'll help each other through this."
Hermione didn't make a sound.
Ron kissed her forehead, and covered her with another blanket.
"I'll be back in a few minutes. Wake up for me okay," he said gently, as he walked back
down the stairs.
Ron looked at all the people there. He went and kneeled beside his family.
"I love you guys. Yeah, even you Fred and George," he laughed sadly. "Thank you for
being my family."
He walked by Hagrid, Neville, McGonagall, and the Order of the Phoenix. "It was my
honour knowing you all."
Then he went over to Harry.
"I miss you mate. No sugar-coating it. I miss you. But at least you got rid of that damn
Voldemort. You were brave, always brave. Kept me and 'Mione under control too," Ron
laughed.
"Nobody will ever forget Harry Potter if I have anything to say about it.…. I told her, you
know. I did what you told me I should do. I told 'Mione I love her. I finally got some
guts, as you so gently put it. She's not doing so good Harry. Wherever you are, maybe
you can send a little good luck her way. I can't lose her too. You have to make her wake
up somehow," Ron said sadly.
"No need for that Ron. I'm up. I'm still here."
It was Hermione.
Ron ran over to her immediately, and hugged her tight. She hugged him back.
"You're really here Ron?" she asked, crying.
"I'm really here," he said stroking her hair.
"How?"
"I don't know. All I know is that I'm here. I'm with you," he said.
"You were dead. All of you. And I just wanted to die too. I did not want to be alone,"
Hermione said.
"You're not going to be alone. I'm here. It's going to be you and me from now on."
"Did you mean what you said up there, Ron?" Hermione asked.
"You heard me?"
"Yes. But I had no energy to respond," she told him.
"I meant everything I said."
Hermione walked over to Harry, and knelt down next to him. She whispered something
Ron could not hear, and then blew Harry a kiss.
"What did you tell him?" Ron asked.
"That we're going to grant his wish," she said, a few tears rolling down her face.
"We are?" Ron asked, smiling.
"Yeah, we are," she said.
Ron pulled Hermione to him again, kissing her softly.
"We're going to be okay 'Mione. We're going to get through this."
"We're going to be together," she smiled through her tears.
"About time, eh?" he smiled.
She laughed a bit, and hugged him again.
"Just checking if you're still here," Hermione said.
"I'm still here. I'm not going anywhere, I promise you," he told her.
Hermione pulled him down to her and kissed him this time.
"I believe you, then. This will all be okay."
"That's right 'Mione."
"I love you Ron."
"Love you too 'Mione."
END.