Chapter 26

Once Upon My Memories

Hermione and Ginny nearly skipped into the shed out of excitement, and looked behind smiling at the boys who trudged behind grudgingly dreading the girls seeing perhaps their most embarrassing moments, when they were young and talking about the girls themselves. Ginny turned around when they got to the pensieve and said to the boys, "All right then, you first."

"What? Why?" Ron said turning the slightest shade of red and reminding Hermione instantly of his younger self.

"Simply because, Hermione and I have memories that are, best saved for last."

"Exactly," Hermione added in agreement, "Now hand over those memories."

Harry reluctantly pointed his wand to his head thinking of all of the moments involving Hermione, Ginny, and Ron. He pulled out a whisper thin strand of memory and put it in the pensieve. Ron did the same and the girls smiled, anticipating what they would see with great excitement.

"All right then, let's get this over with." Ron said, and he grabbed Hermione's hand, and pulled her into the pensieve, Harry and Ginny followed close behind.

They arrived in hogsmeade, it was snowing yet they couldn't feel the cold wind.

"Whose memory is this?" Hermione asked, looking around for anybody.

Ron cleared his throat and looked straight ahead, there third year Ron and Hermione were walking awkwardly together down the street alone for the first time in there trip to hogsmeade.

Hermione smiled widely,"I remember this trip."

"Well, I don't so shh," Ginny said, and Harry agreed.

"It's cold isn't it?" Ron said awkwardly.

"Yeah, it really is." Hermione replied, looking anywhere but at him.

"So," they both said, then laughed shyly.

"Oh you too where so in love," Ginny laughed.

Ron and Hermione blushed, and smiled at each other, Ron gave her a small kiss on the cheek, and she smiled again wider, he was finally hers.

"So do you want to go to the joke shop?" Ron asked Hermione spotting it.

"Yeah!" Hermione said enthusiastically glad for a change of the awkwardness.

Ron and Hermione walked briskly to the joke shop, and entered it breathing hard, several of there class mates were there and looked at them knowingly smiling.

"Hey Ron...Hermione.Are you two finally..." Dean said nudging Ron when he said Hermione's name.

"Oh hey Dean!" Ron interupted loudly, "How...How are you?" He finished awkwardly glancing around at everyone who had turned to look at him.

Hermione gave him a confused glance but smiled and turned to look a strangely colored deck of cards. Ron pulled Dean aside and whispered fiercely, "What are you playing at?!"

"What?" smirked Dean, "You told me you wanted to..."

"Shhhhh!" Ron said pushing him farther away from Hermione, "Just keep quiet okay!"

"Yes, sir" Dean laughed, saluting him.

Ron rolled his eyes and returned to Hermione, "So, erm, what are you looking at?"

Hermione who had been leaning over the small basket full of cards, turned around so quickly that her face nearly collided with his, their cheeks brushing slightly. Ron turned red neck to ears, and Hermione blushed perfusely.

"I, erm, found a deck of, erm, cards here."

"Oh do you want them?" Ron asked, trying to break the awkwardness.

"Oh Ron you don't have to..."

"No really, it's fine, it won't be that expensive."

She smiled flattered, "Oh, well thank you Ron."

"Sure, just...don't tell Dean."

Hermione laughed, "All right?" she said confused.

"I always wondered what that was about?"the older Hermione asked,leaning against Ron's chest.

"Trust me you don't want to know." he smiled.

"Well, I do." Harry smirked.

"You already..."

"I want to know too." Ginny added with finality.

Ron rolled his eyes, and the memory changed as if on queue to the boys dormitory, Dean, Neville, Ron, Seamus, and Harry sat there in a circle around the fire.

"Come on, me mum used to do it all the time with me cousin!" Seamus insisted.

"Are you crazy, not only are your mother and cousin muggles, but Seamus they're girls!!" Ron stated defiantly.

Dean laughed, shaking his head.

"What?! It's not like we'll turn into girls or something."

"Come on guys, it could be fun." Neville said.

Harry shook his head then said, "Fine, but nobody tells anybody about anything. Ron..."

"What? I'm not gonna tell anybody!"

"Just don't tell Hermione. Because you always want to tell her everything!"

"That's not true!"

"Yeah, mate it is." Harry agreed, smirking at Ron.

"You did?" Hermione crooned kissing Ron on the cheek.

"Well, yeah," he said looking proud of himself, " I mean, I did care about you...even if I didn't act like it."

She smiled and hugged him again. Ginny and Harry exchanged a glance and rolled their eyes.

"Well then here we go," Seamus said,"Truth or dare."

"You played Truth or Dare?" Ginny laughed.

Harry shuffled, "I told you not to show them this one!" he snapped at Ron.

Dean went first, "Truth."

"Do you fancy Lavender Brown?"

Younger Ron made a gagging sound, and Dean turned red he looked down and said quietly, "Yeah."

All of the boys laughed and Harry mimicked him saying in a baby voice, "Yeah."

"Shut up!" Dean said throwing a pillow at him.

"Ok , Ron next."

Ron sobbered up immediatly and began shaking his head, "Wait, no, no, no, no, we're not going in order!"

"Why don't we just ask the obvious?"Neville laughed, "Just to hear it from him."

"Yeah lets," Harry said sitting up straighter and mimicking a girl by crossing his legs gracefully. All of the boys roared with laughed and fell back. Younger Ron thought he was safe and relaxed a bit.

"All right then, Ron." Dean said.

"Ah no," Ron said shaking his head and turning red.

"Ronald Billius Weasley," Harry said, "Would you fancy taking Hermione alone to Hogsmeade..."

"Stop mate," Ron said turning red but smiling despite himself.

"And holding her tightly," Neville added dramatically.

"And kissing her passionately," Dean said putting a blanket over his head like a bonnet and making kissing faces.

"You guys are mad!" Ron said turning scarlet.

"Well?!" Harry said, "Answer the question."

"Do I have to?" Ron said, sinking back against the bed.

"It's either that or the dare." Seamus said.

"Well, what's the dare?"

"I think it's fair to say the dare is to snog Hermione." Neville laughed.

"No, that would ruin everything!" Ron said loudly, as the boys began to chorus a song of two lovers.

"And though they had not met, their souls were bound till their day of death!" Dean sang opera like.

"Fine!" Ron shouted silencing everyone who had now turned red in the face from laughter, he sat back quietly and said, "I...I-I would."

"Awwwwwwwww!" All the boys said together.

"Shut up!" Ron said but laughed, throwing a small every flavoured bean at Dean.

"Well then, it's war." Dean said picking up the bean.

And everyone began to throw them at each other.

"Well, I think Ron and I are done here. Ron can you help me find my books up in your room?"

He seemed almost eager and said, "Sure let's go!"

They disappeared and Ginny and Harry smirked at each other then Ginny smiled, " I think I've lost my books too."

Harry smiled deviously and said, "Well then, let's go find them."

And they disappeared to find Ginnys "books" in the shed behind the Burrow.

All right I cut it short this time, because I plan on making an extremely entertaining chapter next,so bare with me okay?