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A/N: ALRIGHTY! Again, I thank everyone for their reviews! And I thank greeneyes for beta-ing this chapter. If you get the chance, go read her story "Memory Lane". It's quite good. OK, onto the story!
Harry and Ginny heard someone coming from the girls' dorm. They looked up expectantly to see Ron, and Ron only, coming down the stairs. One side of his face was completely red and his eyes were wide.
"Ron! What happened?" Ginny asked, rushing over to his side.
He looked up at her, "she slapped me"
Ginny gasped, and Harry's face paled.
Ron shook his head, "why?" and with that he walked up the stairs to the boys' dorm.
Ginny sat down next to Harry and put her face in her hands, "what have we done?"
He put his arms around her, "Ginny it will be alright. Hermione must have had a valid reason. She's not daft, she doesn't go around slapping people."
Ginny nodded, "You're probably right". At that moment Hermione came down the stairs.
Ginny jumped up and ran over to her. Harry could see that her Weasley temper was starting to kick in. "why did you hit my brother?" she said, her voice wavering between a normal level and yelling.
"Because he's complete moron! That's why!" Hermione yelled, tears streaming down her face, hands shaking.
"How?" whispered Ginny, guiding Hermione over to where she and Harry were sitting.
"I've loved him for years! YEARS! And all that time he…he…he loved me too! But he never did anything about it. And now…now I have someone and all of the sudden he decides that it's the perfect time to pour out to me that…that I didn't need to lose my virginity to some guy I…I don't think I even love." She concluded, breaking down in sobs.
Harry and Ginny just sat there comforting Hermione until she seemed to get a hold of herself.
"You know, he didn't ruin my life." She forced a smile. "I still have Viktor".
"Hermione! You just said you didn't love him!"
Hermione looked shocked, "I did not!"
Harry nodded along with Ginny, "Yes you did"
Hermione held her face up, "I was just upset. I say things I don't mean when I'm upset."
"Hermione, Viktor DOES NOT deserve you! Ron does!"
Hermione turned sharply to Ginny, "Excuse me, but I believe that I can decide for myself who does and does not deserve me." Suddenly, an idea hit her. She smiled at Ginny. "Can you tell Ron in…15 minutes to get the Marauder's Map and find me?"
Ginny grinned brightly, "Yes. Yes, I can definitely do that!"
Hermione nodded, still not believing she was going to do this, "Thank you" and she left the common room.
*
Ginny and Harry watched her leave. Harry looked at Ginny, "I'm a bit confused. First, she hates Ron even though she loves him, then she says she loves Viktor and now she wants Ron to meet her somewhere?"
Ginny patted Harry, "You're not confused. That's exactly what just happened."
"Yes…but do you think she really wants to meet Ron to…meet him? Or if she's going to hurt him? Again?"
"Hermione isn't that mean! She would never do that to Ron, hopefully she knows that it would kill him!"
Harry nodded, "you're probably right." He looked at his watch and smiled at Ginny, "we have 10 minutes until we have to go tell Ron to find Hermione on the map."
Ginny looked around the common room and smiled up at Harry as he leaned down to kiss her. Ginny melted into his kiss, Harry truly was the most amazing person. Nothing could ruin this. Nothing.
*
10 minutes later, Ron was holding the Marauder's Map, standing out in the corridor. He tapped it, "I solemnly swear I am up to no good". The map revealed itself, and Ron searched frantically for Hermione. His heart was racing, he had to find her, he had to talk to her. This was the woman he loved. Then, in the same moment his heart rate jumped, he saw Hermione's name…in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom. With Viktor. And there definitely were not two dots. Ron, suddenly realizing the point of Hermione's scheme stormed back into the common room. He had to talk to his real friend, Harry. He looked for him…when he found him. He was sitting in a chair with his sister….snogging her to what seemed to be no end. "HARRY!" he yelled. Harry jumped away from Ginny, turned, saw him and gasped.
"Ron? Why aren't you with Hermione?"
He threw the map at Harry, who looked at it and gasped when he saw where she was. "Ron…I'm so sorry. We had no idea that she was going to do something like this. We thought she wanted to talk to you! If we had any idea…"
"WE?! WE?! Since when are you and Ginny a WE?!"
"Since…"
"And why the HELL didn't you tell me?!"
"We…"
"You know, Hermione is a witch but I thought that at least I would have ONE true friend left! So much for THAT!" He yelled starting up to the boys' dorm when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned, ready to beat the hell out of Harry when he saw it was his sister.
"Ron! Will you get a grip! Harry and I LOVE each other! I would think that YOU of all people would be able to understand what love feels like and how amazing it feels once you've found it! If you can't understand how happy Harry is with me, then YOU aren't the true friend!" she finished, her face now just as red as Ron's.
At that exact moment, Hermione walked in.
*
Hermione walked into the common room feeling pleased with herself. Ron had definitely seen and he was probably up in his room hurting just as much as she was. So much for that. When she walked into the common room she saw a pale faced Harry sitting on a chair, and Ginny and Ron facing each other, both completely red in the face. They all turned when they saw her come in.
"Uh…hi"
Hermione figured that Ron or Ginny would come up to her and start yelling, but Harry beat them to the punch.
"How COULD you have done that to him Hermione?" he was yelling, something Hermione had only seen him do once before at Malfoy. "You have hurt him beyond belief. He LOVES you, and you KNOW that you love him, but instead to get revenge you chose to rip his heart into a million pieces. I hope that at least you're pleased with yourself because you sure as hell have cause a lot of damage."
"I…"
"I really don't care Hermione. I really don't. I don't care if he hurt you! When you love someone it takes so much out of you, your whole life revolves around it! That's how it was with Ron! To TELL the person how you feel is…the most terrifying thing that you could ever imagine! What if they reject you? Hermione, you have done more than that to Ron…you've destroyed him". Harry finished and turned and walked back to his chair. Ron turned, nodded at Harry and walked up the stairs. Ginny turned, walked over to Harry and wrapped her arms around him and kissed him, which shocked Hermione beyond belief. When the two pulled apart, Ginny turned to Hermione.
"That's how Harry knows what Ron's feeling"
Hermione put her head down and walked up the stairs, all feelings of pleasure gone and in it's place, complete shame.
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A/N: ALRIGHTY! Again, I thank everyone for their reviews! And I thank greeneyes for beta-ing this chapter. If you get the chance, go read her story "Memory Lane". It's quite good. OK, onto the story!
Harry and Ginny heard someone coming from the girls' dorm. They looked up expectantly to see Ron, and Ron only, coming down the stairs. One side of his face was completely red and his eyes were wide.
"Ron! What happened?" Ginny asked, rushing over to his side.
He looked up at her, "she slapped me"
Ginny gasped, and Harry's face paled.
Ron shook his head, "why?" and with that he walked up the stairs to the boys' dorm.
Ginny sat down next to Harry and put her face in her hands, "what have we done?"
He put his arms around her, "Ginny it will be alright. Hermione must have had a valid reason. She's not daft, she doesn't go around slapping people."
Ginny nodded, "You're probably right". At that moment Hermione came down the stairs.
Ginny jumped up and ran over to her. Harry could see that her Weasley temper was starting to kick in. "why did you hit my brother?" she said, her voice wavering between a normal level and yelling.
"Because he's complete moron! That's why!" Hermione yelled, tears streaming down her face, hands shaking.
"How?" whispered Ginny, guiding Hermione over to where she and Harry were sitting.
"I've loved him for years! YEARS! And all that time he…he…he loved me too! But he never did anything about it. And now…now I have someone and all of the sudden he decides that it's the perfect time to pour out to me that…that I didn't need to lose my virginity to some guy I…I don't think I even love." She concluded, breaking down in sobs.
Harry and Ginny just sat there comforting Hermione until she seemed to get a hold of herself.
"You know, he didn't ruin my life." She forced a smile. "I still have Viktor".
"Hermione! You just said you didn't love him!"
Hermione looked shocked, "I did not!"
Harry nodded along with Ginny, "Yes you did"
Hermione held her face up, "I was just upset. I say things I don't mean when I'm upset."
"Hermione, Viktor DOES NOT deserve you! Ron does!"
Hermione turned sharply to Ginny, "Excuse me, but I believe that I can decide for myself who does and does not deserve me." Suddenly, an idea hit her. She smiled at Ginny. "Can you tell Ron in…15 minutes to get the Marauder's Map and find me?"
Ginny grinned brightly, "Yes. Yes, I can definitely do that!"
Hermione nodded, still not believing she was going to do this, "Thank you" and she left the common room.
*
Ginny and Harry watched her leave. Harry looked at Ginny, "I'm a bit confused. First, she hates Ron even though she loves him, then she says she loves Viktor and now she wants Ron to meet her somewhere?"
Ginny patted Harry, "You're not confused. That's exactly what just happened."
"Yes…but do you think she really wants to meet Ron to…meet him? Or if she's going to hurt him? Again?"
"Hermione isn't that mean! She would never do that to Ron, hopefully she knows that it would kill him!"
Harry nodded, "you're probably right." He looked at his watch and smiled at Ginny, "we have 10 minutes until we have to go tell Ron to find Hermione on the map."
Ginny looked around the common room and smiled up at Harry as he leaned down to kiss her. Ginny melted into his kiss, Harry truly was the most amazing person. Nothing could ruin this. Nothing.
*
10 minutes later, Ron was holding the Marauder's Map, standing out in the corridor. He tapped it, "I solemnly swear I am up to no good". The map revealed itself, and Ron searched frantically for Hermione. His heart was racing, he had to find her, he had to talk to her. This was the woman he loved. Then, in the same moment his heart rate jumped, he saw Hermione's name…in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom. With Viktor. And there definitely were not two dots. Ron, suddenly realizing the point of Hermione's scheme stormed back into the common room. He had to talk to his real friend, Harry. He looked for him…when he found him. He was sitting in a chair with his sister….snogging her to what seemed to be no end. "HARRY!" he yelled. Harry jumped away from Ginny, turned, saw him and gasped.
"Ron? Why aren't you with Hermione?"
He threw the map at Harry, who looked at it and gasped when he saw where she was. "Ron…I'm so sorry. We had no idea that she was going to do something like this. We thought she wanted to talk to you! If we had any idea…"
"WE?! WE?! Since when are you and Ginny a WE?!"
"Since…"
"And why the HELL didn't you tell me?!"
"We…"
"You know, Hermione is a witch but I thought that at least I would have ONE true friend left! So much for THAT!" He yelled starting up to the boys' dorm when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned, ready to beat the hell out of Harry when he saw it was his sister.
"Ron! Will you get a grip! Harry and I LOVE each other! I would think that YOU of all people would be able to understand what love feels like and how amazing it feels once you've found it! If you can't understand how happy Harry is with me, then YOU aren't the true friend!" she finished, her face now just as red as Ron's.
At that exact moment, Hermione walked in.
*
Hermione walked into the common room feeling pleased with herself. Ron had definitely seen and he was probably up in his room hurting just as much as she was. So much for that. When she walked into the common room she saw a pale faced Harry sitting on a chair, and Ginny and Ron facing each other, both completely red in the face. They all turned when they saw her come in.
"Uh…hi"
Hermione figured that Ron or Ginny would come up to her and start yelling, but Harry beat them to the punch.
"How COULD you have done that to him Hermione?" he was yelling, something Hermione had only seen him do once before at Malfoy. "You have hurt him beyond belief. He LOVES you, and you KNOW that you love him, but instead to get revenge you chose to rip his heart into a million pieces. I hope that at least you're pleased with yourself because you sure as hell have cause a lot of damage."
"I…"
"I really don't care Hermione. I really don't. I don't care if he hurt you! When you love someone it takes so much out of you, your whole life revolves around it! That's how it was with Ron! To TELL the person how you feel is…the most terrifying thing that you could ever imagine! What if they reject you? Hermione, you have done more than that to Ron…you've destroyed him". Harry finished and turned and walked back to his chair. Ron turned, nodded at Harry and walked up the stairs. Ginny turned, walked over to Harry and wrapped her arms around him and kissed him, which shocked Hermione beyond belief. When the two pulled apart, Ginny turned to Hermione.
"That's how Harry knows what Ron's feeling"
Hermione put her head down and walked up the stairs, all feelings of pleasure gone and in it's place, complete shame.
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