I found Ron coming out of the locker room of the Chudley Cannons. He smiled when he saw me and moved to pull me in for a kiss. I dodged him and stood just out of his reach. He frowned.
"What's wrong?" I bit my lip, I had never been this nervous, not even when the final battle was going on.
"Ron, I can't do this anymore."
"Do what?"
"This. Us"
"Us?"
"Yes, Ron, we're over."
"What do you mean over?"
"Over, done, I don't want to be with you anymore."
"Why? Why all of a sudden do you want out?" This was the part I was dreading the most, explaining what I had been doing behind his back.
"It isn't sudden Ron. I haven't wanted to be with you for a long time. Actually, if I'm being honest I never really wanted to be with you. It's just, everyone expected us to end up together and I didn't want to disappoint them. It's inevitable now of course. I let it go on for far too long and I'm sorry. I'm also sorry that I've done something unforgivable."
"What is so unforgivable?"
"I fell for someone else. I've been sneaking around." More tears were falling. I had never felt lowlier.
"I'm sorry Hermione." Of all thing I was expecting him to say, that was not anywhere near one of them.
"What for? I'm the terrible person here."
"I'm sorry I couldn't make you happy, I'm sorry you felt obligated to be with me based on other people's expectations to the point that you had to see someone who could make you happy." I couldn't believe he was being so level headed about this. I had expected the worst from him. It was certainly a pleasant surprise.
"Wow Ron, you are surprisingly cool headed about this."
"I just want you to be happy Hermione."
"I don't think you'll be saying that when you find out who I was with…" He raised his eyebrow in response and waited.
"It's Fred." His jaw clenched. Then he was gone.
By the time I found them, they were tangled on the floor of the shop and collecting quite a crowd of onlookers. Ron had Fred on his stomach with a knee in his back keeping him there.
"You son of a bitch! How dare you steal her from me!" Ron was screaming at the top of his lungs.
"I can't help it that I made her happier than you did!"
"Ron! Get off of him!" I screamed pushing my way to the front of the crowd.
"He's going to pay for taking you away from me!"
"If you really want be to be happy as you say you do, then you'll get off of him!" Ron's fist stopped in midair.
"I do want you to be happy, but not with him! He's my brother!"
"I can't help who I fall in love with." Cautiously, I moved into the middle of the circle and pulled Ron off of Fred. Then I helped Fred up. Fred wrapped his arms around me and I automatically laid my head against his chest. The envy in Ron's eyes was evident. He sighed.
"You really love him don't you?" I nodded.
"Then I hope you two are very happy together." With that Ron vanished again.
"You chose me." Fred said looking down at me with a goofy grin.
"Of course I did. I told you I would." He kissed the top of my head and tightened his arms.
"I have a surprise for you." He raised an eyebrow at me.
"I'm pregnant." The shock on his face was laughable.
"Really?" I nodded and took his hand placing it on my stomach. It hadn't grown that much but he'd seen me naked enough times to identify the bump sticking out from my tummy.
"Marry me 'Mione." I smiled and nodded again. He tilted my head up and kissed me. Applause broke out all around us and we broke apart to find that everyone was cheering. Fred smirked and raised his fist in triumph. I giggled and buried my face in his neck. I was going to spend the rest of my life with this man, and I couldn't wait to get started.
Author's Note: Not my best work I know. The chapters are short and the story is rushed, but when you feel the need to write you gotta tend to it. Better stories to come.