"Leaving then?" said Mrs. Granger.

"Oh yes Mum! Harry will be there after two days!" said hermione. She was packing to go to Burrow.

"Oh I see. So you're going for Harry I assume?" said Mrs. Granger smiling. She turned to her mother and smiled,

"No... Maybe... Oh mom I want to tell you everything."

"Well I always knew. So has Ron asked you out?"

"Noooo. I don't know what he is thinking and wanting. We haven't reach there but maybe...this year... Im really looking forward..."

"So you really like him!?"

"Y-yes Mom. He-he is the most amazing friend and he makes me laugh so much. There is never a dull moment with him. He-he makes me alive. I don't know...how...when...it happened. I just know I have fallen in L-love with him. He melts my heart. Some days I just feel like pulling him and giving him a big kiss... "

" Oh I don't want the details. But you behave there okay. And be good. Now let's put your trunk in the car. Dad is ready to leave. "

As they drove off to Burrow, they decided not to stay long. They parked their car and was greeted by Mr. Weasley and joined by Mrs. Weasley but they insisted to leave as it was getting dark. She couldn't see Ron waiting outside. But as her parents were leaving, Ginny came out to meet her. Mrs. Weasley gave her a tight hug and told her to join in as dinner was almost ready.

"I have got a surprise waiting for you!" said Ginny. Thinking it might have something to do with Ron she entered the house to see Ron's back and his face facing Fleur who was teaching him to say Hello in French.

"Ron! Hermione is here!" said Ginny.

Instantly he turned around with a smile and came towards her with a grin expecting to get a hug from Hermione. He held his hands up but Hermione gave him a stony look and said

"What the bloody hell she is doing here!?" looking pointedly at Ron.

Ron looked disappointed. He put his arms down and said "Well nice to see you too." his smile turning cold. Just then Mrs. Weasley told them to come for dinner. Fleur greeted hermione and said "well 'e 'ad been waiting for long to see you"

She smiled and gave an angry look at Ron. After dinner Ginny and Hermione went to their room and started talking.

"Bill introduced us to her. Told us they got engaged. I thought she would be nice and all, but she is soo full of herself. I simply can't stand her. Was waiting to see you for so long hermione."

"I can't believe she is here! Look at Ron! Oh Ginny, hes crazy for her. He asked her out. I can't stand it. I can't stand Ron with her. Look at him. Throughout the dinner he kept looking at her. I'm gone."

"Don't be stupid Hermione. Nobody likes her in our house."

"Except Ron"

"Well yes. And she sort of talks to him. So you know she can show Bill she's friendly with us." Just then Ron enters,

"There you are! I was looking for you Hermione. What's up? Why are you angry on me. You didn't even hug me." said Ron

"Why do you want her hug!?" Ginny winked at hermione.

"Errr, well...we are friends Ginny." said Ron awkwardly.

"So!?"

"Stop bothering me, alright. Come on hermione. Let's go in my room."

Hermione got up and turned to Ginny and smiled to her and left the room. As they entered Ron's room, hermione closed the door and gave him a tight hug and then let go. Ron was blushing.

" Oh Errr I was kidding. It's okay if you don't want... "

" Oh but I want to!" giving him a smile which he returned with a grin.

"But why were you angry on me!?"

"Oh well, look at the way you were looking at Fleur. Ron she's your brother fiancée, you can't ogle her like that."

"Whaa... I don't ogle...well she's pretty, I-I sort of forget. But you're right. I probably shouldn't do that. But mum and Ginny hate her. They can't stand her. So usually I am the one who has to talk to her. Fred and George aren't here. Bill is working. "

" Well I will tell Ginny to talk to her so that you don't have to. " she said with a smile. Just then Ginny knocked on their door." Dumbledore is here! "

They immediately ran down and saw Dumbledore along with Order members discussing Harry. They were standing at the foot of the stairs.

" I will get him myself. I sent him a letter already. Will bring him here Molly after two days." said Dumbledore.

"Ah! Mr. Weasley and Ms Granger. Good to see you. Is Harry doing alright!?"

"Uhmm yes. He-he doesn't say much Professor." said Hermione.

"Ah but ofcourse, he has been through a terrible loss."

"Yes well and he haven't even talked to us about it." said Hermione.

"Ah yes. I will be picking him on day after tomorrow. I have afew task to do with him and then I will drop him here."

"Can we join to pick him?" said Ron. Dumbledore looked at both of them through his half moon spectacles as if scrutinizing them, smiled and said

"I require his assistance alone, however I request you both to take good care of him while here."

Ron and Hermione exchanged a look.

"What do you think!?" said Ron

"Oh I don't know."

"Do you think it has something to do with the Prophecy!?"

"Could be. But nobody knows what was inside it." said Hermione.

" Maybe Dumbledore knows about it. And Harry is needed cause he is part of the Prophecy. "

" I'm scared Ron! " she took his hand into hers." What if the Prophecy is true. What if he is the chosen One"

"Nothing you can do Hermione" gripping her back. "But I reckon he is. How many times had he escaped You Know Who."

"Oh don't say that! I can't bear to see him face V-voldemort! What if..."

"Dont say it Hermione! We-we will be there to protect him. Okay. He already suffered enough." They both turned to see everyone when they noticed Dumbledore was still looking at them. Both of them immediately joined them all at the table.

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"Come on hermione! It will be fun!" said Ron.

"Oh but I don't know how to play Quidditch." as Ron went to get a broomstick for Hermione.

"Better than him ogling at Fleur" said Ginny from the corner of her mouth.

"Hermione can play from my side, Ginny and Ron you're the other team." said Harry.

"I really don't fancy flying." said Hermione.

"How about Ron gives you a ride so you get familiar to it while I try on the Firebolt. I never really tried it." said Ginny winking at Hermione.

"Here you can try Ginny. Be careful with the acceleration though." said Harry.

"Come on Hermione, let me help you out abit with the flying. Come on, mount on it. I'm holding you from the back." Ron put his arm around her waist and held her tight. They were awfully close. He gave it an acceleration and they flew off.

"Aaaahhh Ron! Slow down! I-Im not use to dangling in air on just a broomstick." He stopped mid way in air.

"Errr you okay?"

"Yea. How do you turn the broomstick!?" said Hermione.

"Well you move its tail to what direction you want to move with an acceleration. Like this." said Ron and turning left slowly. Just then Ginny swished past them on the Firebolt.

"catch me if youuu caaaaaa..." said Ginny. Ron accelerated towards her.

"Ron No! I'm scared! Noooooo..."

And Ron was zooming fast towards Ginny laughing. In a panic hermione turned towards Ron and held him tight. "Noooooo... RON! Put me down!" and so Ginny and Ron played hide and seek for a while. Hermione had closed her eyes. After afew minutes everything stopped. She opened her eyes to see herself on the ground and hanging onto Ron who was grinning at her.

"Hermione! It's okay. I would not have let you fall. You just missed the whole fun!" still grinning at her. Harry was smirking. She realised she was still hanging onto Ron. She immediately let go of him.

"I can't play like this. I can barely stay in air."

"Oh come on, you will get a hang of it." said Ron. They convinced her to stay. She was playing poorly. She kept letting the ball past her. After they finished, Ginny said

"you can thank me later." from the corner of the mouth. Hermione smiled at her. Ginny deliberately did it so that Ron and Hermione could get close to each other.

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"But what does he want me for?" asked Neville nervously, as though he was expecting detention.

"No idea," said Harry, which was not entirely true, though he had no proof yet that his hunch was correct. "Listen," he added, seized by a sudden brain wave, "let's go under the Invisibility Cloak, then we might get a good look at Malfoy on the way, see what he's up to."

As they left the compartment Ron said

"What do you reckon he called Harry and Neville for?"

"Could be anything. Oh I hope he comes back soon and doesn't waste his time of Malfoy!" said Hermione.

"I wish the lunch trolley hurry up!" said Ron. Hermione cast an angry look at him. Luna was watching them with a smile. She said "You look great Ron. Really handsome this year."

"Oh Errr thanks Luna." said Ron shyly.

"I bet alot of girls will notice you this year. Have you liked any girl yet!?" casting a smile towards hermione and looking at him.

Ron also looked at hermione and said "Oh err I'm...not sure..so how's Quibbler coming along!?"

"Quite good actually!" she smiled to herself and started reading the magazine.

"Well I'm so tireeaaadd... I'm going to take a nap" said Ron yawning, and lay down on the seat.

"Ron! Ouch, you're laying down on me."

"Why don't you move towards the seat and sit next to Luna!"

"Why don't you move there!?"

"What you want me to lie down on Luna."

"Well I'm not moving."

"then Im also lying down here." and he kept his head on hermione lap and she melted. She let him put his head on her lap and started smiling. Luna was looking at her with a smile. Just then the compartment door open. Ron sat up immediately "What the lunch trolley is here?"

"Oh no. Ermm hi. You're friends with Harry right. Is he really the chosen One. Can you tell us about it?"

"Errmm we can't actually. We are his best friends and promised we won't tell anyone. And I suggest you don't ask us and tell your friends also not to ask about it" said hermione and pointing out the people who had started to form a group waiting to hear the story.

Ron went up and close the door. "what was that all about!?"

"Well they probably wanted to know about the whole ministry adventure. And whether Harry is the Chosen One or not."

Ron looked for a moment and said "If anyone else comes in, I'm going to tell the Prophecy was wrong, I'm the Chosen One."

Hermione and Luna started laughing. Then Luna said "Well you're certainly the Chosen One for someone." Hermione blushed. Before he could say anything the door opened again and this time Parvati and Lavender entered.

" Hi! "said Parvati." We thought to meet you and Harry. Listen is he the Chosen One? " said Lavender.

" No! I am! " said Ron now sniggering. Lavender turned to look angrily towards Ron. Apparently she wasn't talking to him. But as she turned her anger turned into a smile.

"Oohh Hi Ron! Did you get a haircut? You look handsome!" said Lavender. Hermione attention instantly diverted to Lavender. What is she doing? She is doing that flirty thing to Ron which she does to other boys.

"Oh err, I don't know. I think my Mum did the cut." said Ron. Just then she got up and came and sat next to Ron. Putting her hand in his hair and tugging one of hair and putting behind his ears.

"They look really nice. I always like ginger hairsl"

Ron panicked. He moved towards Hermione and turned to her and mouthed" Help me! "

Ofcourse! No matter how many girls get interested in him, he isn't interested in them at all. After all he only notices me. She put her arms around Ron from back and made him sit upright and said to Lavender" If you're done with checking his hairs, can you go back to the seat. Ron is leaning on me and I'm getting squished. "

Lavender got up, threw a look at Parvati and then turned to look at hermione with a smile." so, is he? "

" I don't know Parvati. Prophet exaggerates you know and nobody heard the Prophecy. "

" So there is a Prophecy about him?" said Parvati.

"Dont know! Nobody heard it. Maybe it was maybe it wasn't. We have no idea!" said Hermione. Just then the lunch trolley came.

"Oh good! I'm starving!" said Ron.

"I'm buying them. What do you want!?" said hermione.

"whatever you're eating. And oh a chocolate frog too." Just then Parvati and Lavender got up too. Lavender said bye to Ron by batting her eye lashes and left their compartment. Ron got up to join hermione in the lunch trolley.

"Is she mad!? Going on about my hairs. Mental that one!" said ron. Hermione was smiling.

"Well they are good. I always liked your hairs too." said Hermione, now putting her hands into Ron's hair. He didn't protest. "Better than mine!"

"Really!? I love your hairs. It sort of, makes you, you." said Ron now tugging one of the curls of her hairs and putting it behind hermione ears. "See! It kinda makes you, you." he now looked into hermione eyes. She was looking at his hairs and smiling. Then she looked up into his eyes. They both locked eyes into each other.

"Are you paying for all these!?" said the trolley woman. They both jumped back from each other. Hermione payed and sat back to her seat. Ron joined her. Both her silent.

"Well that was certainly more entertaining than the magazine. Anyways I'm going to go look for Ginny. Have fun!" and Luna went off from their compartment.

"What's up with her!? She's acting all wierd." said Ron

Hermione was smiling. Then she said "she likes you Ron!"

"What!? Me!? Errr how do you know!?"

"Well she told me last year. But she is over you now."

"Errr Thank God!" now eating his chocolate frog.

"Ron! Why-why do you hate all this stuff. Is it that b-bad!?"

"uhmmm. I don't know. I think you should be into this when you have a girl to do all this. Err right!?"

"So you don't have any girl you like!?" said hermione nervously. Ron paused. Had he ever liked a girl that way. I mean ofcourse he liked Fleur but never imagined doing all this stuff with her. He had only thought of one girl ever and that was hermione. Last year he was almost about to kiss her. And had kissed her on cheek. He also never minded holding her hands or hugging her. But he knew Hermione would never like him that way. She also never liked Harry that way so why would she like him. She is probably going to like someone like Viktor. But she never went to Bulgaria to visit him. Maybe she doesn't like him.

"Uhmmm I meant if I have a girl. You know, which girl would like to uhmm date me. So it's no use liking someone if that girl isn't into you. I mean Harry is all famous and all, so girls like him. And we'll you're so beautiful and brightest witch of our school, who wouldn't like you. " just then hermione took his hand into hers and smiled. A smile Ron had never seen." And uhmmm so I doubt any girl would like me. "

" Oh Ron...you're amazing! You are! I... "

Just then the compartment door opened and Ginny and Neville came inside. Ginny raised her eyebrow finding Ron and Hermione so close to each other and holding hands. She smiled at her. Hermione immediately moved away from Ron. They started telling the whole story about Slughorn and how Harry went to check on something. They all started discussing it. The train stopped, both of them started doing their Prefect duties. They wondered where Harry could be but took out his trunk and went towards the Hall in carriages keeping a look out at Harry. They still couldn't find him in Great Hall. Although Harry had always been with them on the train ride but this was the first time he wasn't and both of them kind of enjoyed it.

Harry had spotted Ron and Hermione, sped along the benches toward them, and forced his way in between them.

"Where've you — blimey, what've you done to your face?" said Ron, goggling at him along with everyone else in the vicinity.