Hello everyone! Again, I must apologize or the delay in posting. It's been a while. Luckily I have a lot of free time this weekend and only two chapters after this one to write, so I should finish this fic by the end of the week. Anywas, enjoy!


"Well Hermione," said Ron after Ginny and Harry left, "Do you want to read the final chapter or should we save that for the next time?"

"Let's finish. I'm curious to see what she made of our little rendezvous in the chamber."

"I'm not sure I want to know…"

The two shared in a laugh and a kiss and settled in for the final chapter of the book.

So, after that exciting little deal, we finally come to the best part of any romance story, the final hook up! Now, it's been 7 years since the two first met, and they are finally getting together! Let's begin shall we?

"Here we go…" Ron groaned.

"Ron, where are you going?" Hermione shouted, as Ron sprinted down one of the Hogwarts corridors in the opposite direction from her. He apparently didn't hear her though so she took off after him. They ran, jumped, and dodged as what would be known as the battle of Hogwarts raged on around them. Hermione had no idea where they were going until she saw Ron enter a bathroom…with an out of order sign on it. Oh no she thought to herself, but she fallowed him anyways.

"I'm glad I did," Hermione said as she gave Ron a peck on the cheek.

"Ron!" she said again as she entered the room, "what are you doing?"

"Trying to get into the Chamber of Secrets."

"But why?" and then suddenly she got it, "Oh, basilisk venom."

Ron laughed. "Who's the slow one now?" he joked.

"Right. The only problem is that you need to be able to speak parsletounge in order to get in, and as much as I would like to I can't talk to snakes."

"Well, how does Harry do it?"

"He said that with these stone snakes he had to pretend they were real or else he couldn't do it."

"Well why don't you try that. I'll listen and let you know whether you sound like a snake or not."

"Thanks Hermione," he said, and then he began, "open!" One glance at Hermione told him that it hadn't worked. He tried over and over again, but it never worked. Hermione walked over and put her hand on his shoulder and said, "Try it one more time."

For reasons unknown, Hermione's hand on him seamed to give him extra strength and power and this time when he tried the words came out like the hiss of a snake and the chamber opened.

"You know, Rita's right. When you placed your hand on my shoulder it felt like some of your strength entered into me and it gave me the power I needed to accomplish the task. It was an amazing feeling."

"Good going Ron!" Hermione said, hugging him before she jumped down into the chamber.

They walked down the chamber until they came to where the giant snake still lay dead and grabbed all the fangs they could find. Walking back to the opening of the chamber Ron suddenly had an epiphany; there was a battle raging on overhead of them. Today could be their last day on earth. He had to tell Hermione how he felt, and hang the consequences. But how to start?

"Uh, Hermione."

"Yes," she replied looking at him."

"I need to tell you something, but I'm not sure how you'll take it."

"Just tell me Ron. I promise I won't get mad at you."

"All right then…I love you. I've loved you since the day we met back in 5th grade. I think you are the prettiest, smartest, nicest, funniest person I've ever met and I…Hermione, what's wrong," he finished, as he noticed that Hermione had tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Oh Ron, it's just that, I feel the same way!"

Ron's face lit up and he took Hermione in his arms and kissed her for what felt like hours, but was really only a few seconds.

"Best kiss of my life," Ron whispered in Hermione's ear.

"Hmmm…Remind me how I did it again," she murmured back. After a few minutes they broke apart, smiling, and continued to read.

When they broke apart Hermione said, "Should we tell Harry? It might make things awkward for him."

"He's dating my baby sister; I'm okay with things being a little awkward for him."

"Ron," Hermione laughed, "You really are horrible."

"Still Ron, we really should try and keep this a secret for a while."

"Fine," he said with a slight frown on his face, "you know I can't deny you anything."

"I know," she said with a grin, and she kissed him again.

Later on the battle is raging around them and people are dieing right and left. Ron, Hermione, and Harry are discussing the location of the diadem when suddenly Ron says, "Wait! The house elves!"

Harry looks at him kind of funny and says, "What about them?"

"Well, they're still in the castle. We should tell them to run. I mean, we don't want another Doby. We can't force them to die for us."

Hermione, forgetting their whole secrecy plan, ran up and kissed him for the third time that evening.

"I take it back, that was the best kiss of my life," Ron said. Hermione just smiled and slapped him on the shoulder.

And the rest, they say, is history.

They closed the book and sat in silence for a minute, thinking. Finally Hermione broke the silence by saying, "I think we should pay a little visit to our friend Rita Skeeter."