Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Harry Potter; JK Rowling does.
"Ron, just stay with me for tonight. I just want to be close to you before you have to leave." He nodded.
"Of course, 'Mione."
She pulled the covers up over them and laid her head on his chest.
Hermione soon fell asleep to Ron's heart beating. When Ron was sure that Hermione was asleep he let himself drift off as well.
The next thing she knew, Ron was shaking her awake.
"Hermione! Get up! I have to leave now." He told her as she was opening her eyes.
"What?" She asked rubbing the sleep from her eyes. "You're leaving already?"
He nodded. "I'm sorry love. I'll owl you, I promise. God, I'm going to miss you so much." He sighed lightly kissing her temple.
"I'm going to miss you too…" She stretched and looked down. "You've already packed?" She asked seeing his suitcase on the floor.
"I wanted to let you sleep a little longer, so I went and packed early this morning." She blew a breath out, causing a couple of loose strands of hair to blow off her face. He smiled at her.
"I don't want you to go. I know you have to; but I refuse to pretend that I'm okay with my best mate leaving for three months, cause I'm NOT!" she said stubbornly crossing her arms. "It's just not fair; what if you get hurt? What if you forget me? I don't want to lose you!" She commented, tears running down her flushed cheeks. She knew that she was acting juvenile, but she didn't care; she was losing Ron. She didn't want to know life without him.
He sat down beside her again and kissed her nose. "I could NEVER forget you; you're my life."
He stood up. "I best be catching the train. I'll be back soon, I promise." She nodded.
"Alright Ronald. Bye, I'll miss you." She stood up and hugged him one last time. When she pulled away, he disapparated.
'I shouldn't have let go…' She thought to herself.
TWO MONTHS LATER
Hermione, Ginny, and Harry were all sitting around Harry's house talking. Harry actually got Hermione to laugh by doing an impression of Ginny when she saw Harry at the Burrow the summer before second year. Harry and Ginny were glad that Hermione laughed; ever since Ron had left she barely smiled and NEVER laughed.
The smile quickly disappeared when Harry started to talk about Hogwarts quiddich. Uh oh…he didn't realize what word came out of his mouth until he had said it. He knew Hermione was going to react.
Hermione's bottom lip started to tremble and she ran up to Ron's bedroom crying.
Once she had ran off, the room was pretty quiet. Harry and Ginny sat on the couch not knowing what to do about the situation.
"Why doesn't she just go and visit him?" Harry asked through the sudden silence.
"I reckon it's because she doesn't want him to know how much she's missed him." He nodded.
"I understand her situation though. Poor Hermione; I couldn't even begin to think of my life without you for three whole months. I wish he'd come home and just ask her!"
Harry wrinkled his nose in confusion. "Ask what?"
"To marry him, of course."
Harry nodded. "I agree." Ginny leaned against his arm and sighed.
Later that week, Mrs. Weasley had asked Harry, Hermione, and Ginny over to dinner. All was going well until Mrs. Weasley asked Hermione to do something.
"Hermione? Would you mind running up to Ron's room and grabbing the photo album on his desk? I want to show you a picture of Ronald that you would just love…" Harry and Ginny looked at one another then at Hermione.
"Uh, yea…sure Mrs. Weasley…" She nodded swallowing hard and headed for the stairs.
With every stair her heart started to beat a little faster. 'Why me? Why did she have to ask me to get it?' She wondered. When she saw his door, her breath caught in her throat.
"I can do this…I can!" She told herself while trying to swallow back her tears.
She stood outside his door staring at her hand on his doorknob for a couple of seconds. She cleared her throat and opened the door.
She looked inside after opening the door and saw that someone else was already in the room.
A man was sitting on Ron's bed looking out of the window opposite of her.
"RON?"