Ron awoke in a cold sweat the next morning, the images of his dreams still fresh in his mind. Dreams? Dreams are nice, good, peaceful. These were nightmares. One of his worst fears. He had seen it in two different ways.

He pulled on a bathing suit underneath his clothing.

'Come on Hermione. Wake up. You can't die. You just can't.' rang through his head.

He shook his head, trying to stop thinking about it.

'Of course I do. He's the complete opposite of you!'

Ron tried even harder to keep that one out of his head, but the image of Malfoy and Hermione snogging kept coming back to him. He shoved the gillyweed into his pocket and left his dorm.

"Hey mate, you ready?" Harry said as he walked up to him.

Ron glared at him.

"Ron, what's wrong? You nervous?"

"Just leave me alone Harry." he said, pushing past him and out of the portrait hole.

He walked through the halls, people wishing him luck as he passed, but he ignored them. He was still haunted by his nightmares.

"Mr. Weasley, you're going to be late!" McGonagall yelled from across the hall.

Ron was pulled out of his thoughts and looked at her. He nodded, then ran out of the doors, heading to the lake. He took his place on the dock, next to Draco, and threw off his shirt and pants. He took the gillyweed out of his pocket and shoved it into his mouth.

"Get ready… Go!" Dumbledore yelled.

They all jumped into the water and took off.

Ron swam in a different direction than all the other champions. He searched through the long weeds for the longest time. He could've swore he saw things pass him in the weeds. He just passed it off as other champions and kept looking.

It had felt like forever since Ron had jumped in the lake. He was sure the hour was almost up. He caught a glimpse of two figures floating and went towards it.

Hermione and Crabbe were still chained to the bottom of the lake. As Ron moved closer, their eyes opened and they started to thrash around. They were losing air. Fast.

Ron kicked harder towards them. He stuck out his wand, but it slipped and fell to the bottom of the lake. He swam after it. Right when he grabbed it, there was a flash of light above his head. He went back up, but all three were gone.

He swam to the surface to see Malfoy helping Hermione onto the dock. Anger boiled up inside him. He quickly swam to the dock and pulled himself onto it, trying to catch his breath. Someone wrapped a towel around him. He looked up to see Hermione, clad in her sopping school uniform.

He took off the towel and gave it back.

"I don't want you to freeze." he said.

"I'll go get you a towel." she said, hurrying off.

She returned moments later and draped a towel over his shoulders.

"Thanks."

"No problem. Are you okay?"

"I'd be more worried about you than me."

"The winner of this task, for saving two people, is Draco Malfoy!" Dumbledore's voice yelled.

Cheers erupted around the lake. Draco smiled and waved from a few feet away.

"In second place is Viktor Krum!"

More cheering.

"In last, we have Ron Weasley."

There was dead silence around the lake. Hermione squeezed Ron's hand and he gave her a half smile.

As they walked back up to the castle, Malfoy walked up to them.

"Hey Hermione, want to be with a real champion?" he asked coolly, glancing at Ron.

"I am with a real champion. He's going to win, not you."

"I'll take that as a yes."

Malfoy grabbed her hand and started dragging her towards the castle. Ron grabbed her other wrist.

"Don't even think about it Malfoy."

Malfoy jerked her forward and Ron's hand slipped. Malfoy quickly put his arm around Hermione's waist and proceeded to the castle. Ron ran after them, then Malfoy sent a curse at him.

"Petrificus Totalus!"

Ron dodged it, but they had made it into the castle. He ran in to see a crowd of people huddled around. He made his way through to see…

"Hermione?"

She was holding Malfoy's hand. By choice.

"What?" she snapped.

"Wh-what are you doing?"

She rolled her eyes and looked at him as though it was obvious. Malfoy turned to her and they gazed into each others eyes. Then he leaned in and snogged her…. She didn't stop him.

He felt like he was right back in one of his dreams. They broke apart and smiled at each other. Ron couldn't take it anymore.

"Now you've done it Malfoy!" Ron yelled.

Ron ran forward and punched him right in the face. Malfoy fell to the ground whimpering. He fell to his knees and punched him harder. Hermione grabbed Ron's arm.

"Stop it! Stop hurting my Draco!"

Ron froze at her words. She pushed him off of Draco, then helped him up.

"Are you okay sweetie?" Hermione said to him sweetly.

Ron ran back to Gryffindor tower. When he entered the common room, he kicked a pillow that was lying on the floor.

He missed her already.

Poor Ron :( I have the final results on the poll! The next story I'll be posting is… Hermione loses her memory! Thanks to all who voted!

Also, I'm sorry this is up so late. For some reason, it wouldn't let me log into fanfiction :/

On another note, I think a really good Romione song is Jump Then Fall by Taylor Swift :)