A Dream Come True
Ron jumped from his bed, the color draining from his face, leaving his features a sick greenish shade. "H-hermione?" he finally sputtered, his face full of panic. Ron began to take in deep breaths to keep his emotions inside of him, not knowing how much Hermione had heard, he wanted to show her as little as possible. "I'm sorry." He said hurriedly as he pushed past Hermione and sprinted across the dormitory, down to the common room, and into the boy's restroom. "Ron, wait." Hermione shouted after him. "I'll see what happened to him. Oh and Hermione, I think it's best if you go into you own dormitory before some prefect comes along." "right." Hermione answered, and followed Harry out of the room. Right before entering her dorm. Hermione pulled Harry towards her. "be sure to tell Ron that I've something important tell him" she whispered. Harry nodded and ran into the common room. A few people had seen run into the boys toilet, so that's where the quest for Ron began, and abruptly ended. Harry found Ron in the restroom on the floor next to a toilet. Harry looked at him afraid he was going to be as sick as Ron had obviously been. "Ron?" Harry asked a hint of concern in his voice. Ron didn't answer. Instead, he sat up and leaned against the cool surface of the tile walls. "Could I be any stupider." he spat as he looked up at the ceiling, and then to Harry. "Ron...." Harry started. Ron still wasn't listening. " I should have known she would be there. I mean ,she always is isn't she. " Ron looked up at the ceiling once again, this time to hide the tears welling up in his eyes. Harry looked away uncomfortably, not knowing what to do or say. Then, a small knock on the door broke the silence. They heard the creaking of the door as someone walked in. "Ron? Harry? Are you in here?" At the sound of Hermione's voice, Ron straightened up and rubbed his eyes. "Hermione! this is a BOY'S toilet! What are you doing in here?" Harry's eyes were wide and worried, and kept darting towards the toilet where Ron sat. " I was looking for you. Where's Ron? I need to talk to him." Harry pointed to the spot where Ron was. Hermione walked over to Ron's corner. Then she gave Harry a "this is private" look. "heh heh. Oh. Right." he said and sidled a bit awkwardly out the door. "That's better!" Hermione turned to face Ron. "hey" she said. "hey." he replied, not looking up for fear she would see the remnants of tears in his eyes. 'what does she want?' he thought to himself. "why did you run away back there?" she asked. "you wouldn't understand." he mumbled. "Ron. You're not being fair. Talk to me!" An uncomfortable silence followed. "I was scared. Okay!?"
Ron was shaking now, and had turned a shade that matched his fiery red hair. "What were you afraid of?" Hermione's brow knitted into an intense look of concern. "Hermione, you're beautiful. Okay? You are the most intelligent person I've ever met! You've got a great personality and ... well...you're just amazing!" at this, Ron looked across the floor and began to study his shoes, while Hermione was blushing furiously. "You aren't answering my question Ron." She smiled at him patiently now, her face slowly melting into its original color. Ron sighed and looked up from his shoes into Hermione's chocolate brown eyes. 'she's got great eyes....' he mused "It's just that I can't take that kind of rejection. I know that you're too good of a friend to have a relationship with. And then there's Krum..."he trailed off. "KRUM!!" Hermione spat. "KRUM?!? Mr. Krum is the nastiest prat I've ever laid eyes on!" "Wha.." Ron started confusedly. "As soon as you left, he started making fun of you. Can you believe that?!? HE mad fun of YOU" Hermione leaned against the wall and slid to the floor next to Ron and let out a deep sigh. "The truth is Ron, I really like you." then she let out a little giggle at the hopeful look in Ron's eyes. " not just as 'a girl likes a friend' but as a 'girl likes a guy'." Ron's chin dropped and his eyes widened in disbelief. "r-r-r-really?" he stammered. Hermione just smiled and took Ron's hand as she picked herself up of the floor, taking him with her. Ron wanted this moment to last forever and took his time standing up. He never wanted to let go. "come ON Ron!" she said. But, to his great relief, Hermione didn't let go of his hand when he stood up. Instead, she held on all the way across the bathroom and kept on holding as he swung opened the door to the common room. Ron didn't give the look on Harry's face a second thought as he walked past. He was on top of the world and nothing could stop him now.