Chapter 10

Ron smiled to himself, the night had been wonderful. He and Hermione had kept lose to each other the whole night. He was rather surprised when Viktor Krum, the quiddich star had asked Hermione to dance and she had answered that she had already said no so many times you would think he would have gotten the point. Wow, she really wanted to be with him rather than a quiddich star?

"Hey you," Hermione smiled as she came up to him again.

"Hi,"

"Common," she dragged him off his seat and out to the dance floor.

"Seriously, I'm no good dancer," he looked a bit uncomfortable. "Just relax, and Harry told me you had a fun time dancing with McGonnagle," she teased.

"Harry is now officially the-boy-who-live-only-to-be-killed-by-his-best-mate," Ron declared as he placed a hand at Hermione' waist and held her hand in his other.

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"Ronald, I think it's time for bed," his mother told him, Harry, Hermione and Ginny when almost everyone else had left or headed to bed.

"Sure mum," he answered as he stifled a yawn.

"I think your mom is right Ron," Hermione smiled.

"Yeah, well good night then," Harry said as he took Ginny's hand and the two of them walked into the Burrow, leaving Hermione and Ron at a table all alone.

Ron got up from his seat. "So, I guess we should be heading to bed too?" he asked her. She nodded, "yes I need to get up early tomorrow. My parents are picking me up at 11," she said sadly.

"Bugger, I had totally forgotten you were going home... Promise me you'll wake me before you go home, I want to say goodbye," he told her shyly.

She stood up too, took his hand and entwined their fingers. "I promise."

They walked over the grass and inside the Burrow, to find the place in a strange silence. "Wow, people must be really tired," Ron said as they began to climb the stairs. "Then let us take advantage of it," Hermione said as she stopped, a step above him, making him almost walk into her.

"Ey?"

She leant against him, she was about as tall as he was now. Her lips meet his and captured his in a heated kiss.

"I liked that," he whispered when their lips parted.

"Me too," she answered with a teasing voice. "And dibs for the bathroom," she added.

"No fair," he pouted. That was one of the things he hated about the Burrow, they had always been many people there, but only one bathroom, and now with all the guests for the wedding it was impossible to have more than 15 minutes there anytime.

"If you're nice I might let you brush your teeth with me," she teased. She took his hand again and started to climb the rest of the stairs. When they were outside Ginny's room they stopped and snogged there for a bit, still enjoying to not haven anyone else around.

"Night 'Mione."

"Good night Ronald," she told him before giving him a peek on the lips.

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Ron woke up the next morning, the sun shining through the window and onto his face.

He suddenly became really awake. Hermione! What time was it?

He grasped for his wand, Merlin, he couldn't believe it!

It wasn't more than 07:12.

He turned round and tried to go back to sleep, but no, the one thing he trusted he would always be able to do, failed now. But it was first when he heard steps he really did get up. He didn't even bother to change from his pyjamas.

He slowly opened the door, not to wake Harry and stepped downstairs.

He looked into the kitchen, expecting to find his mother there, but no sight of her. He walked across the hall and popped his head into the living room to find Hermione curled up on the couch with a book in her lap.

When he stepped inside she looked up from her book and blushed a bit when she saw it was him.

He walked barefoot over the floor and sat down next to her, he put his arm around her waist and put her book down on the table in front of the couch.

"Good morning," he whispered into her hair.

"Good morning Ron," she answered him with a smile on her lips. She moved closer and gave him a brief kiss.

"Shouldn't you be upstairs packing?" he asked her.

"I didn't want to wake Ginny, and I have packed most of my stuff anyways," she answered him lightly.

"It seems like you can't wait to get out of here," Ron teased her.

"You know that's not the case Ronald, I love it here and you know that. I just like to be ahead of things."

"I'm just teasing Hermione, you shouldn't take everything I say so serious. In case, Harry wouldn't have been sleeping in his camp bed, he would be dead," he added, making her laugh a bit.

She snuggled closer to him, "yeah, well, you shouldn't be mean to your girlfriend," she winked at him.

"Oh, did you hear that George? Ickle Ronniekins has a girlfriend!"

"Yeah, it couldn't be Granger could it? 'Coz a redhead with frizzy hair wouldn't look good y'know" George answered his twin, pretending to not have seen Ron and Hermione on the couch.

"Oi! Stop it you two!" Ron said angry. The twins only laughed at their brother, finding his short temper to be in their advantage as always.

Hermione held Ron down to the couch as he began to get up, probably to do something to his brothers that wouldn't be done if she had something to say in the matter. And as Ron's girlfriend she found that she had something to say in the matter when they were teasing them both.

The twins turned around as soon as they smelled food, luckily Hermione thought.

"Ron, promise you'll write me," she asked him pleadingly when the twins had left.

"I promise 'Mione, if you promise to write me back," he gave her a kiss on the head.

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"Bye 'Mioen," he gave her a quick kiss.

"Goodbye Ronald," she gave him a hug. "Don't forget to write me," she whispered so only he could hear her.

"I won't forget 'Mione," he answered quiet. He let her out of his embrace and she walked to the car where her parents were waiting for her.

"Remember to owl me about shopping then!" he called after her. They had already planned to meet for shopping school supplies together. They would meet in Diagon Ally, maybe even invite Ginny and Harry along too.

Hermione got into the car and waved at him as her father started the car and began to drive awy from Ron.

She looked back until they turned to the left and the Burrow and Ron became hidden behind a hill.

She already missed him.

The whole week seemed like a dream to her, a distant dream that only existed in her head, but she knew it was true.

It was all true, Ronald Bilius Weasley were her boyfriend.

And she would attend her 7th school year with him at Hogwarts.

She sighted and thought about his smell, the smell that made her feel safe.

"So Hermione, tell me about everything," her mother had turned around and was now facing her. However she already knew her mother had sensed something already.

"It was wonderful, like a dream" was all she said.

Her mother smiled gleeful at her, oh, how wonderful it was to be young and in love.

A/N: What do you think? I think I managed just fine... Did use some time on this chapter thought, I just wasn't really pleased with how it turned out, but I hope I manage to save it before I posted it... Yeah, I've re-written this chapter some times...

Please review, it's what keeps me going =) and thanks to everyone who has already done so, I've noticed I've gotten lot's of response in different ways recently and that's the way I like it =D