Chapter 4
The Seeing Orb
"I don't feel anything for Harry- anymore." Hermione knew it was wrong to kiss Harry, but she supposed the "past" Hermione caught up with the present. She truly loved Ron.
"Hermione- I love you." Ron said.
"Oh, Ron." Hermione flung her arms around his neck and held him.
The two sat there holding each other for hours. Ron glanced over at the clock on his table.
"It's almost lunchtime." Ron said pecking Hermione's forehead. "I bet you're starving."
"No." Hermione said smiling. "I wanna stay here with you."
Ron smiled his playful-boyish smile. "And- what d'ya wanna do?"
Hermione smiled and kissed him with every single ounce of passion and love inside of her.
It had been almost an hour and the two were still having a bit of a "lesson" when two people walked in on them.
"Oi! Oi! They're really going for it, ehy Freddie?" George said walking into the dorm. "Blech."
"Wow. Our little brother's getting lucky." Fred pretended to wipe a fake tear. "He's just growing up so fast."
"Shut up!" Ron said his face completely flushed.
"Yeah, Fred! You shut it! I caught you in our dorms doing something very naughty with Alicia Spinnet before!" George teased.
"Really?" asked Hermione sounding interested. "And what might that something be?"
"Blimey! George, shut up! Your such a twit!" Fred yelled.
The twins left the room bickering as Ron and Hermione laughed.
"If Percy walked in here instead of Fred and George, he would've gone straight to mum!" Ron joked. Hermione smiled a fake smile. She still felt a little guilty about the article Rita Skeeter wrote about her and how Mrs. Weasley would react to what they were just doing.
"Yeah... You know what? I want you to see some pictures." Hermione said reaching into her robes. "Remember, they're Muggle pictures, so they won't move or anything." Mental. Ron thought. Hermione took out her wallet and handed him a little stack of pictures. A picture of Hermione's parents were on the top.
"You look just like your mom." Ron said smiling at her.
"Well, that's a first. Everyone things I look like my father."
"What's that? Right there?" He asked pointing to Mrs. Granger's neck.
"It's a locket." Hermione said. "My dad gave it to her. It can hold a tiny picture in it, and he put a picture of the both of them." Hermione grinned widely. "She always told me it was a symbol of love.
"And there's us in our first year. There's you- goodness, you've gotten taller, know that?"
Ron enjoyed looking at the pictures. One showed Hermione with her arm around Ron (Ron was blushing furiously).
After about half an hour of looking at pictures, Hermione got up and said to Ron, "Let's go down to lunch, shall we? I'm starving." Hermione grabbed Ron's hand and they walked down to the Great Hall, hand in hand.
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"Hey, Ron, would you like to come with me to Hogsmeade?" Hermione asked as they entered the Great Hall.
The crowd started buzzing, all looking at Ron and Hermione who were still holding hands.
"Sure." Ron said looking around. "Why are there so many people here, anyway?"
"Ron, it's Saturday. They can stay as long as they want."
Ron and Hermione ate side by site and didn't even seem to notice everyone staring. After finishing lunch, they quickly grabbed some money and were off to Hogsmeade.
The two were holding hands and Hermione's head was laying on Ron's shoulder. Something kept bugging him, though. He wanted to know something so badly.
"Herm, why'd you choose me-" Ron looked uneasy. "I mean- when you could've had the famous Harry Potter?"
Hermione stopped, let go of Ron's hand and stared into his eyes. "You think fame matters to me?" At first Ron thought she was going to slap him hard in the face, but then she said, "Harry's Harry. You're you. And I want you." She grabbed his hand again and walked on.
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"We're here." Ron said looking at his slow watch. "So, what did you want to get?"
"Can't tell you." Hermione said playfully.
"Oh, really?"
Hermione giggled and kissed him on the cheek. "Go ahead and do something. I'll be back in about ten minutes."
"Okay." Ron said giving her a slightly longer kiss on the mouth.
Ron started for Honeydukes. He had been running low on candy for a while now. Chocolate frogs! I've got to get some for Harry. Ron thought, then he remembered he was in a fight with him. He decided to buy some for himself and Hermione. Once he was done buying candy, he waited for Hermione.
"I'm done." Hermione said. "Let's go."
"What'd ya get?" Ron asked glancing at the bag Hermione was holding. It looked like two bowling balls.
"I'll show you later." Hermione said grinning.
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The sun was almost setting. They took a long time getting back because they would have some "lessons" every now and then.
They entered the Great Hall for dinner and once again, everyone stared. Some pointed looking shocked, Ron saw many people's jaws drop.
"Broke up with Potter, I see!" Pansy Parkinson yelled from the Slytherins. Hermione blushed.
"Broke up with- oh! That's right! Who would want to go out with you?" Ron yelled. Everyone but the Slytherin's roared with laughter, the Slytherin's hissed.
"Ron- where's Harry?" Hermione asked as she sat down and glanced over the Gryffindor table.
"I dunno." Ron said stiffly.
On cue, Harry walked into the Great Hall. Ron saw that people's faces from the other houses broke into sympathetic looks. They looked at him like he was a sick little puppy.
"Hey, Potter! Weasel stole your girlfriend!" yelled Malfoy. Harry glanced over to where Ron and Hermione were sitting and saw them sitting very close. He rolled his eyes and sat as far away as possible from Ron and Hermione and was extra careful to not make eye contact."
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"'Night, Hermione." Ron said kissing her.
"Here." Hermione said handing Ron what looked like a crystal ball, only much larger.
"What is it?" Ron asked almost dropping it because of it's heavy weight.
"You'll see." Hermione said smiling. "Just keep it by your bed tonight, okay?"
"'Course." Ron said giving Hermione a hug. "Sweet dreams."
Ron passed the empty common room and went up to his dormitory. He couldn't believe what had happened. Hermione and him were seeing each other and they made out quite a few times. He looked over and saw that Harry was asleep. He took the glass ball that Hermione had given him and laid it near his pillow.
"Ron?"
Ron jumped.
"Her-Herm? Where are you?" Ron asked looking around the room.
"In the glass ball, Ron." Hermione said.
"Oh." Ron said picking it up and feeling slightly stupid. Inside the ball was Hermione's beautiful face. "Wow- this is- this is great."
"It's called a Seeing Orb. I read about it in Recent Magical Inventions Part 7." Hermione paused, then smiled. "I guess I missed you."
Ron blushed. "I miss you, too, Herm. Today was really special. I love just holding you. I love it when you're near me. Herm, when you're with me, it feels like nothing else matters."
"You are so sweet." Hermione said. Ron noticed her eyes were flooded with tears, which she forced to stay put. "So what do you wanna do tomorrow?"
"Hmm.." Ron said beaming.
"Ron?" Hermione asked. "Do you- do you think I could lay with you tonight? I mist miss you and I wake up really early."
Ron smiled. "Of course."
Hermione snuck out of bed quietly into Ron's four-poster. She laid beside him and he rapped his arms around her. The two didn't really sleep that night. They just did a whole lot of kissing.
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