What Did She Say?

That night Ron was having trouble sleeping because he didn't know what Hermione had said earlier on.

Ron got up and got his gown on and went down stairs near the fire.

Hermione was walking down the stairs from her Dormitory.

"Hermione! What are you doing here?" asked Ron in a shocked voice.

"Well… I'm… Wait a minute what are you doing here?" asked Hermione in a shocked and scared voice.

"I couldn't sleep so, so I came down here for some warmth" replied Ron

"S,same here" said Hermione as she sat on the chair next to Ron.

There was a long sielence and a lot of Ron looking at Hermione and Hermione looking away, then Hermione looked at Ron and Ron looked away. Then there was just peace and quiet.

"So… Umm… What did you say yesterday? You know did you say Ron or Ronald?" asked Ron.

"I, I have no idea what you are talking about!!" replied Hermione.

"Oh. Okay. Well where you when you didn't show up for class?" asked Ron.

"Oh. Umm… I was nowhere important" replied Hermione.

"Okay" said Ron. "Well me and Harry thought we saw someone at the Slytherin Common Room with bushy brown hair and it sounded like you"

"Why does everyone say my hair is bushy? And were you two eaves dropping, no spying me?"

"Well umm…"

"You were weren't you? How could you? I thought you were my friend!!

"I am!"

"I trusted you Ron and Harry too. You both promised to never do anything like this to each other. And you broke that promise"

Hermione was almost crying now!!

I'm going to bed. Have a bad night Ronald!! Hhmmpphh!!"

Hermione stormed off to her room.

"Maybe it is better if I keep my mouth shut" Ron said almost crying.

Ron went back up to his bed felling sad, happy and angry. He made sure he made no sound so no one would wake up.

All he could hear in his bed were the snores of his friends.

Ron lay there for about 15 minutes when his eyes fell very heavy.

Ron lay fast asleep.

Hermione was still mad at Ron, but not as much as the night before.

"Good morning Ronald. I see you slept well with those HUGE bags under your eyes!" Hermione said rudely.

"Shut up" Ron snarled back.

"Your so rude Ronald. You need to learn some manners. I'm moving to go sit with and actual NICE Weasley, Ginny!" Hermione said.

"What happened?" asked Harry.

"What do you mean what happened? Nothing happened. Why would you suspect that anything happened?" Ron replied.

"RRIIGGHHTT" Harry replied, unconvinced.

After breakfast Harry, Ron and Hermione had to go to their next class, potions with Professor Snape.

"Wait Harry. I need to go to the toilet, you go ahead" said Ron.

"But your going to be late. I can stay" replied Harry.

"NO, I mean no. It's okay. You go ahead. It's better if one of us get detention, not two of us. You go. I don't care about detentions anymore Harry. Just stall or something. Hurry you'll be late" said Ron.

"Lucky Potter, lucky. Almost late you were. Now where is Mr Weasley?" asked Professor Snape.

"Umm… urr. He's umm… In the umm… Hospital Wing, yeah, The Hospital Wing. He might be coming. If madam Pomfrey lets him leave" said Harry.

"Take a seat then. Now today, class, we will be learning –"

Back in the toilets Ron was just sitting there. He got up and walked out of the room. He was heading towards a little Hall and then he stopped. He turned around and headed straight for the wall.

He stopped in front of it when he got too close. He waited for a minute. Then a door turned up out of nowhere. Ron was headed for the Room of Requirement.

He stepped inside and watched the door behind him disappear.

Ron said as he walked around the room," WOW. It's been a while since I've been in here. Everything is the same except for that shattered glass. What's this?"

Ron picked up a small, dusty, green plant. He help it up above his head. "It's a Mistletoe. It must be the one that Harry and Cho Chang kissed under. It must have fallen when the glass got shattered. Ron said quietly to himself.

Carefully stepping over the rusty shattered glass. Ron tied the Mistletoe back from where it had fallen.

He walked over to a corner, a quiet little corner and just sat there. Then after a while he quietly started to hum.

Back at the potions lesson. Harry was struggling t listen.

"C'mon Ron. Where are you?" Harry thought to himself.

"Mr Potter. How much of this have you written down?" Snape asked.

"Well… Umm… I have written… none" Harry replied shamefully.

"20 POINTS FROM GRIFFNDOOR!! And a detention for you Potter" said Snape.

At the Room of Requirement Ron had stopped humming. His eyes were closed though. He was talking to himself.

"Maybe I should… no that won't work. I know… No. I've got it." Ron said as he opened his eyes. "I should ignore Hermione all the time and then she will be mad and love me for ever. It's genius"

Ron stood up and left the Room of Requirement. He strolled down the corridor to get to Potions.

"Sorry I'm late sir I was –"

"He was at the Hospital Wing, and you are much better now, aren't you Ron?" Harry said.

"Umm… What? I mean yes. Much better. Just a sprained wrist. Nothing big" replied Ron.

"Well you didn't have to bother coming because the lesson is almost over. You can take your homework now and I'm going to be nice and let have an extra day to until you need to hand it in" said Snape.

Harry and Ron left the room together and while they got down to a hall away from Snape they said some mean stuff about him.

"Being nice. An extra day is not nice. I haven't even learnt any of the things in the lesson today. He could have made me stay in to learn everything" Ron said to Harry.

"Well you took ages in the toilet" Harry said.

"Yeah… umm… I had to do some stuff. Some IMPORTANT stuff" said Ron.

It had been a long day and Ron was really tired and all of his roommates were asleep. Ron couldn't get to sleep. He was too hungry because he hadn't eaten much at the feast. Neither had Hermione.

Ron went down to the little kitchen in the Common room down stairs. One of the fridge doors was open.

"WH- Who's Th- There? Ron asked shakily.

"Its me Ronald" replied Hermione. "And what are you doing here?"

I was just… Thirsty and felt like some milk and cookies. Why are you here Hermione?"

"I was hungry. The boys hogged all the food at the feast. That's I am hungry because we didn't get enough food" replied Hermione.

A few minutes later Ron and Hermione were fast asleep on two separate chairs by the fire.

Ron yawned and got up. He poked Hermione on the face to wake her. To tell her something. Something important.

"-yawn- Ronald!! You know it is very rude to poke people to try and wake them up" Hermione said. "I'm going to bed. I have lost my appetite"

Ron stood there for a moment, as still as a statue. Then he walked to his dormitory dragging his feet along.

He got to his bed. Tears in his eyes.

He lay there with heavy eyes. Thinking. A few minutes had past and he was about to fall fast asleep.

"-yawn-Will Hermione ever like me?" Ron said as he fell asleep.