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Awoooooooo! Welcome back dear readers to another addition to Obliviously Correct as I recall we left with Neville and Luna getting together, Ginny admitting her feelings to Harry, Harry sorting them out, Hermione and Ron are due to go camping and everyone seems to be betting on everyone. What happens when the stakes get raised and another couple of Weasleys are sucked the vortex of bets? Enjoy
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Chapter 14: Secrets
Hermione's POV
I paced around the common room wringing my hands with concern, more than once I had gotten up to check my hair. Once I was satisfied that my hair was fine, I started fussing over my blouse and skirt.
"Ginny, are you sure about this I don't want to give the wrong impression you know" Ginny rolled her eyes yet again.
"For gods sake Hermione will you sit down and stop worrying the skirt is fine if anything showing a little more leg won't harm" the ginger girl grumbled a little stretching out on the floor in front of the fire.
"But what if he thinks I'm you know" I blushed.
"A slapper?" Ginny offered. I nodded with a frown.
"Showing a bit of leg is not going to make him think that, if you leap on him and try to take his trousers off I think that might make him think that though" I was still unconvinced.
"Maybe I should wear jeans" Ginny sighed.
"Look your ready now stop panicking I'm sure he's going to think you look alright look give me a second" Ginny pulled on the skirt slightly causing it to go a little shorter the skirt was already past my knees and heading dangerously close to my thigh.
"Ginny!" I yelped blushing.
"Perfect, the thing about boys is you have to give the impression your showing them something without actually showing them anything" Ginny grinned.
"I feel exposed Ginny" I replied.
Right on cue the portrait door opened spilling a rather happy looking Harry into the common room; he spotted Ginny and wandered over pulling her into a hug. Ginny blushed and forced him onto the sofa next to him.
"Blimey Hermione, bit adventurous today are you?" Harry asked wiggling his eyebrows.
I blushed and swatted at him.
Ginny grinned looking very content and rather pleased with herself.
"So what's put you in such a good mood Harry?" Ginny asked looking at him with adoring eyes.
"I just made a bet with Fred that I can't possible lose." He gloated.
Ginny thought for a second.
"Fred as in my brother Fred?" Harry nodded.
"You've lost" Ginny stated matter of factly.
"What?" Harry blinked shocked.
"If its Fred or George they will make sure you can't win Harry" He smiled.
"Ahh but what if I was to tell you that Fred bet me that George wouldn't convince Katie Bell to date him before he got Angelina Johnson to date Fred." Harry grinned proudly.
"I don't like it when those two bet against each other usually they have a plan already set up, something's not right" Ginny observed. They had little time to brood on this however as Ron stumbled through the portrait hole looking lost and confused.
"Ready Mione…WOW!" He exclaimed looking stunned. He seemed to be having a hard time keeping his eyes on my face and I noticed him glancing at my legs every few seconds. I blushed and grinned at him. He noticed and busied himself with his bag.
"Yes I'm ready Ron" I smiled and moved towards the portrait hole.
"Have fun you two" Harry called.
Ginny winked at me and I suddenly felt very self conscious.
Ron closed the portrait hole behind him and motioned for us to go.
There was a silence as we left the corridor and it was he who was the first to break it.
"So erm your wearing a skirt then" he was obviously stalling for a topic that didn't involve my legs.
"Yes" I answered not knowing what else to say.
"Nice" he muttered blushing
"I mean not hairy like mine" He grinned cracking a joke; I giggled more out of nerves than anything else.
The ice being broken Ron and I discussed the odd coupling of Luna and Neville.
"I never knew he liked her so much" I said for the umpteenth time.
"I know he told me and Harry but we never thought he'd actually do anything about it, it was a bloody shock I can tell you"
It took little time for us to pitch the tent up and as usual when encountered by magic I was intrigued at the size inside the tent compared to the outside.
Very misleading I thought to myself.
Ron took a seat at the table and looked at me.
"Fancy a game of chess?" he asked grinning wickedly.
"Nope, you'll win and you know it how about we tell each other secrets" I grinned. Ron looked shocked knowing this was what girls did on sleepovers usually but agreed to it nevertheless.
"Ok do you want to go first or me?" I asked thinking hard.
"Um you go first" he offered looking slightly bewildered.
"Ok, erm what was your first impression of me" I asked curiously.
Ron's ears went red.
"Well I thought you were rather nosey and bossy. You also seemed vey full of yourself but at the same time harmless."
I was a little hurt by his words but I knew he was just telling me the truth and if I was honest to myself then I probably already knew what I was like.
"Ok your turn"
Ron thought for a second before asking his question.
"So why were you so bossy and uptight when we first met then?" I flinched slightly.
"I didn't really know how to make friends to be honest; I thought if I impressed everyone then they'd want to be friends with me." I blushed shyly.
"Are you telling me you never had a friend before Hogwarts?" he asked incredulously. I nodded sadly.
"I was picked on a lot, because I liked to read and other kids were more interested in computer games or make up and looking nice" I think Ron was more concerned with my past than he was about what computer games were.
"That's awful" he said looking sympathetic.
"I got used to it in the end; they used to throw eggs at me though sometimes, in fact I think that's how I gave away I was a witch to Hogwarts. A few boys were chasing me home one day throwing eggs at me and the packet exploded in their hands" I finished glumly.
"Ahh well you have friends now" he smiled warming me inside.
"Besides I didn't really have many friends before here, I used to go down to the village and the boys used to tease me because I had a crush on a girl down there" He flushed slightly.
"She was called Rosy, really pretty girl with long blonde hair." He said almost wistfully. I felt a sudden pang of jealousy that was completely unjustified really.
"Did you ever kiss her?" I asked my mouth dry.
"Just once" He admitted. My heart sank like a rock.
"Well it was more because Fred pushed me into her and we kind of accidently kissed, I cursed him for a week for that one. It was my first kiss"
I felt a little better but at the same time rather strange, I had never asked Ron about his past before Hogwarts before.
I never knew he had friends before here but then he must have done.
"So when was you first kiss?" he asked bluntly.
I turned away flushing.
"I've erm never really kissed anyone to be honest" Don't make yourself sound like a loser I thought angrily to myself.
"Nothing wrong with that you probably just haven't met the right bloke yet" he said his ears turning pink.
I smiled gently.
"Why can't you be sweet like this more often?" I asked.
He grinned cheekily.
"Got to uphold my reputation now haven't I" I laughed.
"So in public I'm going to argue with you" he joked lightly I chuckled.
"Only if I get to argue back" We talked long into the night and when the rain fell decided to turn in, Ron covered me in an extra blanket thinking I didn't notice. I couldn't help but smile and wonder if he did in fact like me or if he was just being friendly.
"Night Hermione" he grunted.
"Night Ron" I felt something changing but I had yet to see any change. But I had one night before Ginny pestered me for details, that's if she hadn't melted in Harry's arms.
At times Ron could be such a gentleman and others he could be and uncouth savage. But either way I had come to realise I loved him. And I knew two things, one that I had to prove to him I did and second that the tent needed fixing for there was a leak near my head. Regardless of this problem I fell into a heavy sleep right next to Ron.
Awoooooooo! I had trouble writing this one, never really got into the female mind well no problem because next POV is our favourite duo Fred and George! Night for now dear readers REVIEW!