Check Mate
"Check mate!" Harry and I have played 3 games since Hermione got here this afternoon. And every time each strategy seems like a different strategy to come out the family. I have won every game. I think it's a sign.
"No need to yell, Ron. We are all right here." Hermione repeats for the third time. I give her sheepish look and reset the board for another game.
"Hermione, don't start in on him again. Let him get excited if he wants. You always try to rain on his parade." Ginny has been touchy all day. For some reason she has been very protective of me today. I think she knows something. But at least I know I have one person on my side. I carefully move out my first pawn.
"I do not Ginny, I simply don't see why he has to yell about everything."
"He's in a good mood that's all. Isn't that right Ron?" She looks over at me and all I dare do is give her a slight nod and turn back to the board. "Let him have one day without nagging. You're not his girlfriend anymore and you're not his mother. I don't see why you have to act like both all the time."
"Ginny, love, calm down. Hermione didn't mean anything by it. Did you Hermione? See everything is fine." Harry seems to be the peacekeeper more and more these days. I don't know where I would be without him. The thought of Harry by my side makes me brave. I advance my rook.
"Don't call me 'Love' anymore, Harry. I love you, I do. And I'm happy for you both but it just kind of rubs it in my face you know?" Oh shite, he's in for now. She's picking off my pawns, slowly, one by one.
"What are you talking about Ginny? What do you mean you're happy for both of us?" Harry's nervous now. Something about the way Ginny is talking now makes me know for a fact that she knows something. Hermione has a look on her face now that tells me that she is about to give a "I told you so" speech. But I didn't give her a chance to even breathe.
"I LOVE HARRY POTTER!" I yelled. I yelled at the top of my lungs. I throw my knight out into the line of fire.
"Ronald, really. I know that I'm not your mum, or so I've been told," Hermione started, glancing at Ginny, "But there really is no reason to yell like that." There goes my bishop.
"Wait. You mean you aren't surprised?" Harry's face was quickly turning red, so red in fact you would have thought that he was a Weasley.
"Harry, Love" there was a mocking tone in the way Ginny said his name, "We have known all along." There went my last pawn.
"How… I mean when… how did you figure it out?" I couldn't believe it. We tired so hard to hide our relationship. Not wanting Hermione to feel left out or Ginny to feel cast aside. This wasn't how I wanted to tell them. They had my Queen cornered and had just taking my knight.
"You two aren't really as quite as you think you are."
Check Mate.