Chapter Four: Buds and Betrayals
Part One: Harry and Ginny
"Ugh," Ginny ughed. "Now we have to start all over again. Hermione is really upset."
"Well, I do have some good news," Harry said. "I got Ron to admit to me that he likes Hermione!"
"Yes! Good job!" Ginny said, giving Harry a high five. "And I just thought of a way to get Hermione to come to her senses."
"How?"
"Kaelee."
Part Two: Ron and Hermione
"Come here!"
Hermione was walking down the hall and squealed as she was pulled into the elevator. She was spun around and kissed.
She pulled away fast, because she had no idea who was kissing her. Of course, it was Ron.
"Hey," Hermione said, and kissed Ron.
Ding!
The elevator reached the lobby and someone got on.
"Ronnie!" a girl's voice said.
Hermione was pushed out of the way and the blonde figure swooped in and hugged Ron.
"It's so good to see you again!" the girl said in a foreign accent.
"Kaelee?" Ron asked.
"Yes, I haven't seen you in forever!" Kaelee said, hugging him again.
"Yeah…" Ron said, confused.
"Sorry, I don't think we've met," Hermione said, coldly.
"Oh, silly me!" the girl said. "I'm Kaelee, one of Ron's oldest and closest friend."
"Well, it's nice to meet you. I'm Hermione. Ron's gi-friend. I'm Ron's friend," Hermione smiled nervously.
"Nice to meet you too," Kaelee smiled brightly. Kaelee took Ron's arm and lead him down the third floor hallway (while they were talking the elevator was going up). "We have a lot of catching up to do!"
Hermione glared after them as she followed them. She heard a crunching noise and turned around. Then she smiled when she turned around and Kaelee's luggage being smashed by the closing elevator doors. Then, she just walked away smugly.
"You'll have to come to America sometime, I think you'd love it. Let me show you some pictures," Kaelee said as she lead Ron into the girls' room where an extra cot had been added for the new guest.
Ginny and Hermione cleaned up in the kitchen after dinner, while Harry caught up on his sleep on the couch.
"So do you like Kaelee?" Ginny asked, conversationally.
"Oh yeah, she's great," Hermione said, sarcastically.
"Her and Ron were really close when they were younger. My mom was best friends with her mom when she did an exchange program in high school, and they've been close. They used to come to visit all summer, but they haven't since Kaelee's dad died two years ago," Ginny explained. "Anyways, she was Ron's first crush. It was really cute. They were both convinced that they'd get married when they got older."
"How nice," Hermione said, sarcastically.
"You don't seem to like her very much," Ginny observed.
"No," Hermione lied, "she's great."
"You know, if I didn't know better, I'd say you were jealous."
Hermione gave a nervous laugh. "Why would I be jealous?"
"No reason." Ginny said.
"Well, I'm gunna go get a shower." Hermione said, leaving the kitchen.
She walked into the girls' bedroom to get her pajamas. When she opened the door, her stomach dropped and her heart was beating a million beats a second.
Ron was kissing Kaelee.
A/N: Uh oh. I see some yelling in Ron's future. New character, not very developed, but she doesn't really need to be. Hope you liked the chapter. I should be updating more often on this and my other stories (that you should definitely check out) because my bro is grounded, so I can actually get on the computer! Yay! So, I'll be hearing from you soon when you review. :-)
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