And voila!! This is the final chapter of The Lovebugs. I hope you enjoy it!
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Chapter 5The night Ron kissed Hermione, he slept the best he had in years. In fact, he also slept the longest he had in years. Everyone else from his dorm was already in the Great Hall eating breakfast. Harry was going to wake Ron up, but when he saw him sleeping with that silly grin on his face, he left him there. Ron's mind just kept replaying the moment with Hermione over and over in his dreams, and he was enjoying every bit of it.
But consciousness was slowly creeping in on Ron, and although he felt that he could have lived in his little dream world forever, he had to wake up sooner or later. He stretched his arms a little and opened his eyes slowly.
"YAHHH!"
Ron let out a mighty yell and swung his head foward. It collided into Hermione's forehead with a tremendous bang.
"Whaa, whaaat?" Ron started, a little disoriented from sleep. He rubbed his forehead and blinked several times. Hermione was perched on the side of his bed, laughing so hard that tears were coming from her eyes. She doubled over, clutching her stomach.
"You...should have...seen...your face!!!!" she managed to say while taking in gasps of air.
Apparently, Hermione had thought it would be funny if she crept into Ron's room and woke him up in the oh-so-polite way he had woken her up in the common room, days ago.
Ron was trying his best to look upset. But it was extremely hard not to laugh as well. Hermione looked really hilarious. Ron pressed his lips together and blew out his cheeks in an attempt to muffle a laugh. Hermione was calming down a little now, but as soon as she looked over and saw Ron's face, she bursted out laughing again. This time, Ron didn't try to hold it in anymore. He started laughing too.
If someone had walked into the room at this moment, they would have thought they had both gone mad.
After about five minutes of hysteria, Ron and Hermione's faces were pink, and they were gasping for air. Hermione was clutching a cramp in her side. Suddenly their eyes met, and it grew deathly silent. They just realized that they were both in Ron's bed, with Ron still in pajamas. And of course there was the fact that they had shared a kiss the night before. Lucky for them, their faces were already pink, so there was no blushing to hide.
There was an embarrassed pause. Hermione's eyes traveled nervously from her hands, to the floor, and then to the wall. "You hungry?" she said a little awkwardly.
At the mention of hunger, Ron thought of food, and his stomach involuntarily growled. Hermione laughed. "I'll take that as a yes. I'll let you get dressed and then we can go eat. I haven't eaten either yet. Meet me down in the common room." She smiled and got up, and left his dorm.
Ron got up out of his bed and went into the bathroom to brush his teeth. He thought about the previous night. It was so amazing. He only wished it could have lasted longer. Lavender and Pavarti had burst into the room, interrupting their moment, making stupid kissy faces and saying, 'Ooooooh', 'I knew it!' and other callow remarks. Ron had only grinned at Hermione before he left the room. She just had a look of pure happiness on her face, and her eyes were sparkling.
After his teeth were minty-fresh, he got his robes on and brushed his hair. He walked down to the common room, happy to be seeing Hermione again. He noticed she was the only one in the room. Everyone else was probably still finishing up their breakfast. Hermione had her back towards him, looking peacefully out the window and humming a little to herself. Ron felt the urge to just go up and kiss her right then. Was he allowed to do that now? He'd never had a girlfriend before, and he wasn't sure about any of those girlfriend-boyfriend rules. This was all new to him.
But as he walked closer to her, he was overwhelmed with the sweet smell of her, and the warmth that she radiated. He wrapped his arms around her middle and buried his head against her neck. It just felt so right and natural, to be close to her.
She turned in his arms and looked up into his eyes. She couldn't believe the turn of events that had happened in such a short amount of time. They had gone from incessant bickering to complete adoration of each other in a matter of hours. Not that it bothered her, she was perfectly fine with adoring Ron. And she knew they would still have their swotty little fights. Nothing would ever stop those. She smiled at her thoughts and leaned forward, kissing Ron lightly on the lips.
"It finally worked!" came a loud shout from across the room.
Ron and Hermione quickly broke their kiss and stared in the direction of the voice. Fred and George had emerged from behind a large chair. "Were you spying?" Ron started, angrily, but Hermione interrupted. "What worked?" she looked suspiciously at the twins, her hands now intertwined with Ron's.
"The Lovebugs! They're our newest invention! They started with you and Ron, and they worked!" Fred stated happily.
Ron gave Hermione a look of bewilderment. Then the portrait hole opened, and Harry walked in. He saw Ron and Hermione's joined hands, and raised his eyebrows slightly.
George, oblivious to Harry's entrance, smiled at Ron's confusion and continued, "Well, it started with us trying to figure out a way to make the spell where you fall in love with the first person you see, because that would be so much fun to use on people. He stopped there and grinned at Fred. The ideas that those two came up with...they loved to cause chaos. "But we stumbled across a sort-of fate spell during our research. We experimented for a while and came up with a totally different, new spell that can bring people together. People who are destined to be together." he finished, and looked at Fred.
"Isn't that right Gred?"
"Certainly, Forge."
"It was extremely difficult spell to do on the bugs, so these are our only two so far," he said, talking about the two bugs that had zoomed in and were now circling around Ron and Hermione. "At first, we accidently made the bugs fall in love with each other!" He gave Fred another look and they both laughed a little, most likely remembering when that had happened. "But we got it all worked out. We'll eventually sell them in pairs, once we get our store open. We'll be rich!" said George in a matter-of-fact kind of way.
Then Fred said, "These two were the tester ones. We know the fate part of them worked though. Everyone knows you two have liked each other since forever." he said, them smiled. "Except for you yourselves of course. So they definitely got the right people together. You were too oblivious to actually get yourselves together. They did the job well, eh George?" George nodded his head up and down.
Realization dawned on Ron. Everything seemed to become clear now. The bugs flying around in Ron and Hermione's bed, that led them into the common room, together and alone. The bug on Hermione's shoulder that Ron had brushed off before he almost kissed her. The bug that bit him and led him to the closet where Hermione was trapped with the Slytherin. It all made sense!
Ron looked at Hermione, who was also deep in thought, most likely thinking the same things.
Harry smiled to himself. He remembered how seeing the bug in the doorway led him to the idea to push Ron and Hermione in the closet. To make them apologize. Fred and George were geniuses!
Fred pulled out a jar from deep in his robes. "So I guess our job here is done!" The bugs flew into the jar, and he put a cap filled with tiny holes onto it. Finally noticing Harry, he said, "C'mon Harry, George, I think we should leave these two aloneeee." he finished dramatically. He dragged George and Harry up the boy's staircase, shooting knowing looks at Ron, grinning and winking. Ron could read the expression in his eyes. Atta-boy, use the Weasley charm..."
The tips of his ears were quite red, but he turned and faced Hermione again. Their hands were still joined.
Hermione let out a breath and rolled her eyes. "Can you believe those two?" She grinned a little.
"Just remind me to thank them one day." Ron said, right before he leaned in to kiss her again.
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THE END!
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