Chapter 7
Finally!
As Hermione left the common room to go talk to Ron, she thought about what she was going to say to him.
As Ron left his room and started towards the common room, he thought about he was going to say to Hermione.
Too engulfed in their own thoughts, neither of them was paying attention to where they were going and they bumped into each other. Knocked off balance, Hermione started to fall down the stairs. Quicker than lightning, Ron grabbed her around her wrist and yanked her towards him to keep her from falling. With the yank he gave her, she ended up falling on top of him and they both fell back on the stairs. They stared into each other's eyes, in search of something to say.
"I think we need to-" he was cut off by her forcing her mouth on his. This is incredible. I can't believe I kissed him first. She lightly touched his tongue with hers before she pulled away. "-talk," he finished, slightly breathless. She smiled at him.
"Sorry. It just seemed like the right thing to do. I'm sorry. I just couldn't help-" This time, she was cut off by him pulling her into a passionate kiss. She wrapped her arms around his neck as he snaked his arms around her waist. Bloody hell! I can't believe that this is happening. This is so awesome And she's kissing me back. Thank you, Harry! Thank you, Ginny! Suddenly, the sound of laughter pulled them apart. Ginny had appeared at the top of the stairs and Harry was not too far away.
"I told you to talk to him." Harry said to Hermione.
"Not snog her." Ginny said to Ron. "You two should get out of the stairwell before someone else sees you." They both stood up blushing. She walked passed them and disappeared in the common room with Harry following her.
"So… you wanted to talk, right? We can talk in my room so no one bothers us." Ron's heart skipped a beat. Did she just say that she wanted to be alone in her room with me after what just happened? Bloody hell. He nodded and followed her to her room. She said the password to allow him to enter just low enough so that he couldn't hear what it was. As he turned around from closing the door behind him, she had pushed him against it and kissed him passionately. She forcefully parted his lips with her tongue so that she could explore his mouth. At first, he was surprised by her actions, but he responded to her by pulling her closer to him and deepening the kiss. As if he was waking up from a dream, Ron broke the kiss, even though he did not want to.
"Wait 'Mione. Before anything else happens, we need to talk. It's not that I don't want to be kissing you, believe me I do, but it's just that we have a lot to talk about and I would rather get it out of the way now so that I can snog you later." She laughed at the smirk that was on his face when he said that. She agreed and sat on her bed. He sat on the chair that was next to her bed, that way he wouldn't be tempted to just take her right then and there. "The first thing we need to talk about is our 'dream sharing' as Ginny put it. From what she told me, we both have been having the same dreams at the same time." She nodded and they began to discuss their dreams. They started with the very first one they had and then progressed to the most recent one. They talked about the whole thing for almost two hours. As it turned out, they both shared everything in their dreams: their feelings, their bodies, and even their physical and spiritual stimulations. They were interrupted by a slight knock on the door. Ginny poked her head in the door and asked them if they wanted to go down to dinner. Ron's stomach let out a loud grumble, which meant yes. They decided that they would pick up their conversation after dinner.
As they made their way down to the Great Hall for dinner, Ron couldn't help but think about what was going to happen during his 'conversation with Hermione' after dinner. Unfortunately, that conversation would never take place, for a familiar, yet unwanted voice broke into his thoughts.
"Well if it isn't the Weasels, the Mudblood and the wee little Potty." The form of Draco Malfoy appeared in front of them, closely followed by Crabbe and Goyle.
"What do you want, Malfoy?" Hermione snapped at him. Malfoy glared at her, his steely grey eyes flashing.
"Don't talk to me, you filthy Mudblood bitch. I don't want to catch anything." He told her as he took a step away from her. Ron lunged for him, but Harry caught his arm. Ginny stepped in front of her brother with her brown eyes flashing with fury and hatred.
"I wouldn't be talking, ferret. If anyone would be carrying something, it would be you." Ginny snarled, shoving him as she passed. Malfoy's face contorted with anger as he stared at her. Suddenly, there was a flash of light and Ginny crumpled to the floor. Immediately after, there was another flash of light, only this time it came from Hermione's wand. Ron and Harry ran to Ginny's side. She wasn't moving, but thankfully she was breathing. Ron looked up to see Hermione holding two wands; one pointed at Malfoy and the other pointed at Crabbe and Goyle. Ron noticed that the second wand she was holding looked an awful lot like his. When he went to grab his, he realized that the wand Hermione was holding was indeed his.
"How did you get my wand, Hermione?" She blushed slightly, but shook it off. Ron knew that she was going to overexert herself by holding two separate spells with two separate wands at the same time. He stepped towards her to try and help her, but she stopped him before he could reach her.
"Go get a teacher, Ron. Harry will stay with Ginny. Hurry though, I don't know how much longer I will be able to hold this." Ron nodded and took off down the hall. Harry was kneeling at Ginny's side, watching her breath, for it was the only movement she made. Hermione was beginning to get tired; she was putting too much energy into the two spells that held her opponents in place. Not long after Ron left, he returned, accompanied by Madame Pomfrey and Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall. Madame Pomfrey immediately began looking over Ginny while Professor Dumbledore asked Hermione to lift her spells. She did willingly and immediately slumped to the floor. She was exhausted from holding both spells for so long. Ron knelt down beside her and put his arm around her. They watched silently as Madame Pomfrey conjured a stretcher and placed Ginny on it. They both rose, Ron supporting her, and they followed Harry, Madame Pomfrey and Ginny to the Hospital Wing. As they left the corridor, they heard McGonagall yelling at their three adversaries.