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AN: This is, unfortunately, the last chapter of the story.. I want to thank you all again for the lovely reviews!

Chapter 7

Harry and Ginny waited outside of the barn for a while. They wanted to know if there was any sound from inside. After a couple of minutes of total silence, they gave up and went back to the Burrow. They would let them out if they'd talked to each other.

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Inside of the barn, Hermione and Ron were still looking at each other, without saying a word. When Hermione finally came back to her senses, she walked over to the door. She tried to open it, but it was of course locked. She sighed and started reaching for her wand. When she felt nothing was there she remembered; she had left her want back in the Burrow. Great, now she had to talk to Ron, to ask him to open the door. She took another breath and slowly turned around to face him.

'Could you open this door?' 'I don't have my wand with me.'

'I don't have it either.' Ron said so softly, that Hermione didn't hear him.

'What did you say?'

'I said, I don't have my wand with me either okay.' He said very clearly this time.

'Great.' Hermione sighed. 'That means we're stuck here.' 'Just wait till I get my hands on Harry and Ginny.' 'They're gonna regret this so much.'

When Ron didn't say anything back to her, she went silent again, nervousley looking at her feet. They stayed like this for what felt for hours, until Ron finally spoke.

'W-Why do you think they did this?'

'Oh c'mon Ron, are you really that thick?' 'They want us to be friends again.'

'So..you don't think of me as a friend?' He asked quietly.

'Not at the moment.' She replied.

Ron looked shocked but didn't dare to say another word. Was it really that bad? She didn't even want him as a friend anymore.

Hermione knew this had hurt Ron. But it was the truth. She really didn't want to be in the same room as him at the moment. But she knew that Harry and Ginny were partly right. They had to make up, or at least, talk to each other again. Hermione tried to started the conversation again.

'So...they clearly want us to speak to each other again, and I figure they're not going to let us go until we do.'

'Okay, so uhm..what should we talk about then?' Ron asked carefully.

'I think you know.' She replied quietly, not really wanted to talk about that subject.

'I do.' He said sitting down on a chair, thinking about what to say next. He knew that this was his chance to tell her how he felt again, but he still didn't know what Hermione thought about the whole situation. This could be his chance to figure that out.

Hermione, clearly still very hurt about the comment Ron had made under the tree two days ago. She wasn't going to be the one to speak first.

'Hermione...you know how I feel about you.' Ron said after a minute of silence. He had surprised Hermione by talking first, and she was shocked by his words.

'No..I don't know Ron.' She said carefully. 'I remember one night, you're kissing me, and another night, you're calling me a bitch.' 'So I really don't know how you feel about me Ron.' Hermione said losing control.

'Hermione, would you just please listen to me.'

'No Ron, I think it's time for you to really listen to me for once.' 'You have no idea how miserable I've been for the last couple of days.' 'I haven't slept, I haven't even eaten anything.' 'I can't concentrate, I can't even think about anything else but you, and not in a good way.'

'You think this has been easy for me?' Ron interrupted, now also starting to get angry.

'Do you really think you have been the only one who hasn't been able to sleep, eat, or think?' 'You've got to remember, that I have feelings too.' 'And I can feel miserable too.'

'Then why have you made this all so confusing.' 'I don't get you Ron.' 'Please explain to me, why you're confusing me..all the time.' Hermione said with tears streaming down her face now.

'Because I love you okay.' 'Is that what you want to hear?' 'I have no idea how to act around you.' 'I make my life, and apparently, your life so damn confusing..because I love you, and not just as a friend.'

They both looked into each others eyes, neither daring to speak a word.

'You do?' Hermione said quietly after a while.

'I have for a long time now.' Ron replied, having calmed down. He felt that he had started to blush and quickly looked at the ground. He didn't even want to look at Hermione, afraid of he reaction. He was surprised when he heard footsteps coming his way. Still not daring to look at her, he saw two feet approaching. They stopped right in front of him. He closed his eyes, not knowing what Hermione's intentions were. He opened them when he felt his hand being grabbed by hers. He looked up and saw a smile on her face. He finally smiled back at her and gently whiped the remaining tears of her face.

'So, I still don't know how you feel.'

'I think you know Ronald.'

''Mione please don't use my whole na-.' But he couldn't finish his sentence. Hermione's lips had found his and she was kissing him. She was actually kissing him! He could't believe it. The woman he had liked, no loved, for so long, was standing in front of him, sober this time, and kissing him. He eagerly kissed her back. After they broke the kiss they stood there for a while, admiring each other. When Ron leaned in to kiss Hermione yet again, they heard a knock on the door.

'Oi, have you two made up yet?' 'It's getting darker outside you know?' 'Wouldn't want you to miss dinner.' They heard the voice of Ginny yelling.

They smiled at each other before Ron yelled back. 'I think you can open that door now Ginny, we're done here.' He said while putting an arm around Hermione's waist.

They heard a soft click and a couple moments later, they saw Ginny and Harry standing in the doorway.

'So...is everything ok?' Harry asked carefully.

'Well...we're okay.' Ron said looking at Hermione. 'But I don't know if you two are gonna be after we've got you back for this.' Both Hermione and Ron ran after a screaming Harry and Ginny, back to the Burrow. When they arrived there, they quickly sat around the table.

'So, what happened in there?' 'Did you two really talk it out.' Harry asked.

'We didn't just talk it out.' Ron said smiling as he put his arm back around Hermione's waist. 'We made out as well.' He said smirking when he saw the shocked faces of his sister and his best friend.

The rest of the evening went really well. Even the rest of the Weasley family noticed a change in Ron and Hermione. They were feeling a lot better.

Ron and Hermione had decided not to tell the family yet. It was much more fun this way. And now, when they wanted some privacy, they went back to their now beloved barn, the place where it all started.

The end

AN: So that was it..the final chapter. This really seemed the best way to end this story. I really enjoyed writing it, and again, I want to thank everyone who read and reviewed my story! And please..for one last time.. R&R!!