Friends

" 'Mione…?"

"Ron!"

Said teenager turned red as Hermione jumped onto his bed, almost sobbing with relief.

"What's… what's going on?"

Ron winced as Hermione relayed to him a painfully excruciating story of him having swallowed a love potion and declared his love for Romilda Vane.

"Bloody - "

"Don't curse, Ronald. It's rude."

The two sat in an awkward silence for a beat, and then at the same time,

"Ron,"

"Hermione,"

"Oh, sorry, go ahead."

"Well… are you still mad at me? Because I'm sorry, I really am, its just - "

"… No."

"What?"

"I'm not mad."

"Oh… so are we friends again?"

Hermione smiled a bit sadly and said quietly, "Yes, we're friends again."

A/N: Missing moment from HBP, but I didn't do it justice. Oh well. Read and review!!

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