In Ginny's Eyes
Ginny spent most of her fifth year in a state of confusion. At first, she was sure her brother and his friend were making progress. They still bickered. (Would they be Ron and Hermione if they didn't?) However, after Hermione asked him to Slughorn's Christmas party, they were overly nice to each other. The suspense was killing Ginny!
Then, Ron had to go off and snog that insufferable Lavender Brown…and all because Ginny couldn't keep her big mouth shut! She didn't really know if Hermione had snogged Victor Krum. She just said it so Ron would stop being a prat and talk to Hermione about it. Leave it to Ron to do the unthinkable instead. Of course, Ginny was there for Hermione – and Harry too – but this was one problem that would not go away until Ron fixed it.
When she started dating Harry, Ginny began to watch Ron and Hermione more closely than ever. When Ron lay unconscious in the hospital wing, Hermione sat by his bed for hours without saying a word. If her heart had been broken because of Lavender, it was surely now wrenched open and torn from her chest. Things started to look up a little when Ginny thought (could have sworn even) that he said Hermione's name in his sleep.
Then, Ron finally managed to get rid of Lavender, but Hermione wasn't going to let him off easily by running into his arms. Ginny began to wonder how they each thought the other felt. She tried to talk to Ron about it, but he told her to mind her own business. When she tried to talk to Hermione, the bookworm ran to hide in the library. Ginny even tried to talk to Harry, but Harry said things would happen in their own time. It appeared that everyone was waiting for Ron and Hermione to get the point, but no one wanted to do anything about it.
Dumbledore's funeral was a breakthrough event. Ron held Hermione close to him while she cried on his shoulder. They touched so lovingly Ginny was sure they would announce their coupling any day. She couldn't dwell on this long because Harry broke up with her that day. Now, her heart was broken. She didn't agree with him, but she understood. She would wait…for him, not for Ron and Hermione.