Disclaimer: All characters in this story belong to JK Rowling
Summary: This is the 3rd chapter of Only
the Lonely. Harry and Ginny haven't
seen Ron and Hermione since the party/dance started and are very worried. They find out what happened to them here.
Chapter 3, A Broken Promise
"Any luck
finding Hermione?" asked Harry, "because I didn't find Ron."
"I didn't
find her, I looked everywhere. Oh
Harry, I'm so worried," said Ginny.
"It's okay,
we will find them," Harry said and gave her a hug.
They went
and got their coats and left the pub. Outside the wind whipped at their faces. They tried running to the castle, but they kept getting thrown
off course. After 30 minutes they
finally reached the castle. Their feet
were numb and they were out of breath. They reached the Gryffindor common room, and walked in. After asking everyone if they had seen Ron
or Hermione they got the same response from everyone. "No, sorry."
"I guess I
will check Hermione's dorm," said Ginny, and she walked up the staircase.
Harry
walked up to the boys' dorm, praying Ron would be there. He opened the door and his eyes searched the
room. They stopped at Ron's bed, whose
curtains were pulled shut. "Ron, are
you in there? Ron?" When no one answered he pulled open the curtains. There sat Ron with his knees up to his chin,
staring at nothing. Harry breathed a
sigh of relief and sat on Ron's bed. "Ron, I'm glad you are here. Ginny and I were really worried, we didn't
see you and Hermione during the whole dance. Where were you?"
Ron didn't
answer for a couple of minutes. Then he
sighed, looked up at Harry's troubled face and said, "I kissed another girl."
Harry stood
up, shocked, staring at Ron's guilty face. "You…WHAT?? You kissed…" he started pacing the room, "I can't believe
this, why? Does Hermione know? What happened?"
"Harry,
you've got to understand me. I didn't
mean for this to happen. Just let me
expl-"
"Go ahead
then, explain," interrupted Harry, his green eyes flashing.
Ron sighed
and started his story. "Hermione was in
the bathroom, and I was sitting at a table. This girl, I swear she was a veela, walked up to me and asked me to
dance. I guess I said yes, because
before I knew it, I was on the dance floor. We danced to quite a lot of songs."
"Didn't
Hermione see you?" asked Harry.
"I'm
getting to that. But anyway, the girl
offered me a drink and I took it. Then,
it just happened, I… I kissed her," moaned Ron.
Now it was
Harry's turn to talk. "Ron, do you even
know her name? I bet Hermione did see
you. You must've hurt her really bad. Don't you remembering promising to me that you would never hurt
her…ever?"
When Ron
and Hermione told Harry they were going out, Harry talked to Ron privately and
made him promise that he would never hurt her, because he couldn't bear to see
her hurt.
"I know
Harry, and I am sorry. It was beyond my control, she was a veela! Just please,
help me."
Harry
continued to pace the room and thought of what to do. Finally, he told Ron he would talk to Hermione. And he left the room and headed to
Hermione's Head Girl room. There he
found Hermione in Ginny's arms, crying. When she saw Harry, she tried brushing the tears away, but they kept
coming. "May I interrupt?" asked Harry
uncertainly.
"What do
you need, Harry?" asked Ginny.
Whispering,
he said, "I need to talk to you privately."
Ginny left
the room with him and they found two seats in the common room away from
everyone.
"Did
Hermione see Ron?" whispered Harry.
"Yeah, she did,
I don't understand, why would Ron do this?"
"Listen, he
told me that the girl was a veela…" and he told her the whole story.
They sat
there for quite sometime until Ginny said, "I have to go talk to Ron. "She got out of her chair and walked up to Ron's
room. She opened the door and walked
in. But she stopped dead in her tracks
when she saw the scene that met her eyes.
ARRRG!! Another cliff hanger? What did Ginny see? Well I guess you'll just have to find out. Don't worry, chapter 4 will definitely be up soon. :-D Enjoy waiting! :-P