Hello!
Thank you so much to everyone who reviewed! It really means alot to me.
I need your help. I dont know if I should end the story here and start a new one or continue with this one. I dont really like how this one ended, I think it went too fast, but I'm kind of at a writers block as how to continue it so any thoughts or sugestions would be much appriciated.
I would also like to thank all those who offered to be my beta reader, cause lord knows I need one, but at the moment my sister ofered to be mine. NOw, shes not that great of a speller either so if I still get reviews saying my spelling is shit than I'll be more than happy to have one of you nice people out there to be my beta reader if any one is still willing. :)
Well, I think i've ranted enough so on with the story!
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The rays form the sun managed to sneek into the motel room as dawn approached. Harry turned over on his side facing away from the horrid daylight and faced Ron's bed, attempting to save a few more minutes of sleep before he had to wake.
Not happening.
Harry let out a sigh and opened his eyes. Blinked once or twice and held his breath.
Ron's bed was empty.
Now, loggically thinking, this could mean anything. The most obvious one is that he went for breakfest.
Only his bed was made.
Now, loggically thinking, THIS could mean anything. Ron may have simply made his bed before he went to breakfest if that, is in fact, where he is.
Fffttt. That'll be the day.
No. What this ment was that Ron never came home last night.
Harry bolted from his bed and went straight to Ginny's room in his pajamas. Quite similar to Rons. Harry took a glance at his watch and noticed it was already 9:00. To him, he had slept in. To a Weasley, you could get your head bitten off if you try on wake one at such an"'un-godley hour of the day." As quoted by Ron.
Still. He had to find out. This was important.
Weasley or no Weasley.
He raised his hand to knock on Ginny's door when it suddenly burst open and Ginny appeared, clad in her pajamas as well. A pair of sweat shorts and an overly large t-shirt which looked suspiciously like Rons.
"Harry!" Ginny said shocked, putting her hand to her heart. "You gave me a fright! What are you doing here?" She hadn't expected to find him outside her door. He didn't have a chance to answer before she cut him off "It doesn't matter." She said, waving her hand dissmissivley in the air. "I'm going to get breakfest, wanna come?"
She must of had the same problem with the bloody sun as he did.
"Ron didn't didn't come back last night." He blurted. Ginny blinked.
"Now that you mention it, Hermione didn't either. You think they killed each other" She teased Harry let out an audible graon. "Gin! This is improtant! What if something happneed to them?"
"Relax Harry. Their big kids. They can manag-."
"They forgot their wands." Harry, producing two wands from his pocket, interrupted her.
"Oh?" Ginny reached for Ron's wands and examined it carefully. "So they have."
"Ginny!"
"Sorry." She said, the corner of her mouth curving upward. "Why do you have Hermione's anyway?"
"I dont really know why hers was in my room. I'm thinking that when we first booked the rooms, Hermione thought that it was the room you and her would be sharing and left her wand in there when she moved all her stuff over to this room. Naturally, Rons was already in our room." Ginny nodded.
"Seems plausable. Anyway, Hermione was really upset last night and probally forgot to grab it when they went for Pizza."
"So upset she forgot her wand? Hermione never forgets her wand." When Ginny didn't respond to his question Harry look at her and noticed she was giving him the look. That secretive, curious, startled, I-Know-Something- You-Don't-And-Am-Debating-How-Much-I-Can-Tell-You look.
Harry hated that look.
"What?" He prodded.
Realizing that they were still standing in the middle of the hall with the door open, Ginny ushered Harry into her room. "She told me everything Harry." she said in a rush "The thing is, she didn't get to the part where she makes me promise not to tell anyone or my life is forfite. Ron busted into our room last night before she could. I dont know if she wants it kept a secret or not..."
"Was it Krum?" Harry asked suddenly.
Sure, Ron was the one completly head over heals in love with Hermione, but that didn't mean Harry didn't care. She was his best friend too.
Ginny's shoulders sagged as she sat at the end of Hermiones bed. It was the only made one in the room. She nodded her head and Harry sat down beside her.
"Gods." was all he said.
"I know."
"What are we supose to do know?"
Ginny shrugged. "Maybe they did kill eachother...."
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Ron had felt confussed when she was re-telling her story through broken sobs and tears, and on the side of the road, in the middle of the night no less.
He should have felt anger towards Krum, and he did, but she had told him everything and he was completley at a loss for words. She told him everything from what she was waering to what Krum was wearing, to the actual 'why' krum had done what he did.
She was in love with him.
Ron almost stopped breathing.
After telling this part of the story she must have read his expression wrong because at the moment she turned on him and began to jab him with her finger. "See!? Does it help any? NO! It juts make matters worse!" Ron grabbed her hand to make her stop, he wouldn't admit it but she was freakishly strong. HE gave her a funny looked when she stopped and glanced at him.
"Why me?" He had whispered and it was Hermiones turn to freeze and be at a loss for words.
What the hell was that supose to mean? Why him? Was he completly daft?
It took her a moment to form the answer in her head, but she responded to his question., even if she thought the answer was quite obvious.
"Because you get me." She had responded in the same tone. "when nobody understands, you come and you take a chance. You never let me down. Your always there no matter what" Ron was still holding on to her wrist but she didn't seem to notice. "....Because....becasue your my best friend."
It only took him a nano second to make up his mind and kiss her.
Partly to shut her up but mostly because he wanted to do that since....well, he couldn't remember but for a long time now anyway.
needless to say she was shocked and had stood there. Not responding.
Ron had pulled back reluctantly and offered to go look for the keys when Hermione had suddenly grabbed him around the neck, pulling him down to her level and kissed him back. He, however, did respond.
After they seperated, breathless and blushing, the pressed their forheads against the other for support. Hermiones arms around his neck and his around her waist. "Are we an us?" Hermione had asked quietly after catching her breath slightly. Ron smirked and gave her another quick kiss.
"I would like nothing more." Hermione broke out into a huge grin and closed the distance between them for a third time.
After a car had passed and honked at them, they broke away, both crimson, and decided it was time to head back. Shortly after realizing they both forgot their wands and spending 30 minutes to look for the car keys manually in the dark, they decided to sit on the hood of the car and take a break instead.
Holding hands, they talked in much the same way they did Hermione's first night back to the Burrow, only this time Hermione was a lot more open, and at some point Hermione had fallen asleep on Ron. He didn't mind though. The weather was warm, the stars were out and Hermione was with him. He prayed that no passing car would stop and ask if they needed help because, seriously, he didn't want any.
She had woken shortly after dawn and they both decided that it would be a good idea to start walking. There was no way they would locate the keys even if it was light. There was too much bush. Ron remembered seeing a gas station. He couldn't remeber how far back it was but he didn't think it was far.
He was wrong.
It may not have been far by vechical, but it was by foot. They had walked for close to three hourse before anything that could be considered a building appeared and thankfully it had a phone. They had mentally kicked themselves over and over during their walk for forgetting their wands. Ron figured Harry would be worried sick about them and that Ginny probally didn't really care.
Thats not right. Ginny cared, she just didn't get worried that easily. Maybe if they had been missing for a day or two, than she would worry but not if they were gone for one night. after all, the twins used to disapear for whole weekends at a time.
Hermione was curently sitting on the steps of the gas station/resturant when Ron came out with two water bottles in his hands.
"Thank god!" Hermione had said, downing half the bottle in one go.
"Thirsty?" Ron teased. She rolled her eyes. "He said the phones out back."He hooked his thumb over his shoulder and Hermione nodded. They made their way to the back of the building where, sure enough, a pay phone was located.
"What an odd place to put a phone." Hermione had remakred and Ron just shrugged. He still didn't have this 'tellyphone' bisness down yet so he wasn't going to concern himself with the locations of them.
"Do you know the number?" He asked and hoped she did because he sure as hell didn't.
"Of course. Remorized it the moment we got our rooms." He smiled at her. Figures.
"Yes, hi. I would like to make a call to room...." Hermione put her hand ove the reciever. "Ron, what room? Yours?"
"Nope, yours. Harry's most likely there pacing with worry while Ginnys in the bath." Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Room 06 please. Thank you......Hi Harry, it me..." Hermione pulled the phone away form her ear as Harry yelled questions into the phone like 'Are you alright, where are you, where's Ron, what happened', and the like. "Harry! Calm down and listin." Hermione was saying, trying to shut him up "let me talk to Ginny..............shes in the bath!?" Hermione raised an eyes brow in Ron direction and he winked at her. "Never mind than. Were at a gas station called 'Ben's Gas and Grill'...........you remember where that is!? Great because I dont think I could have told you if you asked.............the car? uh.......................No we did not total it! We lost the keys is all...........its a long story...........Ron? Yes hes alive. What kind of question is that?..............uh-huh.... Alright. See you shortly than and thank you!. Bye." She hung up the phoned and tuned to Ron who had a muffin in his mouth and his hand extended out with one for her. She accepted it and they re-positioned themselves on the front steps.
"So?" Ron asked, mouth full of food.
"He's calling a taxi." Ron wasn't quite sure what a taxi was but didn't bother asking. "He and Ginny are checking out of the motel and coming along with the taxi, where we will than proceded to go to the car and look for the keys, find them and hopefully head on home." She turned to him and flashed him a smile.
"What? Not liking my little vacation?" Ron asked playfully, nudging her in the side.
"Ron. We spent one night at the worst hotel i've ever seen, that is not a vacation.Besides, your mother must be sick with worry." Ron gave an uneasy laugh.
"Eh, hee. She only really gets worried for the first couple hours or so. Than she turns into a lunatic. Stark raving mad, she is."
Hermione leaned her head against his shoudler and sighed.
"I'm sorry. If it wasn't for me you wouldn't be in trouble."
"Come on now 'Mione, dont start blaiming yourself for this too. This was totally my fault. I could have planned it out better. To tell you the truth, I only thought of it that afternoon while eating lunch before we went to go get Ginny." Hermione tilted her head slightly to look at him.
"Really?"
"Mm,hmm. I owled Harry right away and gave him a warning that I would be comming. I doubted I had to wait for a reply for him to tell me it was okay." He wrapped his arm around her and gave her a small squeeze. "Don't worry about it. I can handle my mum."
They were both sat in silence as they ate their muffins and watched the traffic trickle by
"Ron?" Hermione asked suddenly. Ron grunted that he was listeneing.
"Do we tell Harry and Ginny about us? I mean, Harry is our best friend and Ginny's your sister, so I dont see a reason not to, but I just dont want to make Harry feel like the third wheel and have Ginny feeling left out or anything. I know how it feels, being the only girl between the three of us, but--"
"Not only do you read too much you also worry too much." Ron interupted with a laugh "Harry will understnd and i'll be damned if Ginny doesn't poke a little fun at us. Besides," he added as an after thought "I do believe that Gred and Forge had a pot going and if i'm not mistaken, thats where all of Harry's adn Ginny's money disapeared to." Hermione let a smile escape to her lips and they waited for Ginny and Harry teh rest of the time in silence.
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One by one they piled out of the car and began to locate their bags.
"Good luck mate." Harry said, giving Ron a quick pat on the back as he passed him to get his bag from the trunk. Ron let out a groan.
"Can I have your room if you die?" Ginny asked, a teasing smile playing on her lips.
"Lets have a little faith in me at least. You guys are supose to be my friends." Hermione gave him a quick kiss on the cheek as she passed him with her belongings.
"It was nice while it lasted." she said over her shoulder as Harry and Ginny started laughing. Ron let out another audible sigh just as his mother appeared in the doorway of the Burrow. Ams crossed over her chest and not looking very pleased to say the least.
"Hello Mrs.Weasly!" Hermione said cheerfully as she passed the older Women.
"Mrs.Weasly." Harry nodded follwing Hermione.
"Hi mum." Ginny said, giving her mother a quick kiss on the cheek as she, too, followed the others.
Once inside, the thrre of them made thir way to their assigned rooms.
"You dont think he'll get into too much trouble will he?" Hermione asked, only now becomming worried as they made their way up the stairs.
"Nah. Rons usually good at talking his way out of situation with her. Mum wont admit it but I think Rons her favorite. Next to me of course." She added. Harry laughed.
"Well, i'm going to go to the twins room to unpack. I'll guess I'll see you all later than." Both girls smiled and waved.
"I'd be careful Harry. Ron found a few surprises when he packed the rest of their stuff up earlier this week. I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't find them all." Hermione warned as she headed for her room.
"Dont worry" He asured her, taking careful steps further along the hallway towards the twins room. "I will"
Hermione entered her room with a smile on her face. It felt good to smile again.
"Hermione?"
Hermione looked up and saw Ginny standing in the doorway.
"Come on in Ginny, I dont bite." Ginny smiled and enterd her room.
"I dont really know what happened between you and Ron last night but I just wanted to say that I'm happy for you. I'm gald your alright now." Hermione smiled.
"Me too." she sad as she gave Ginny a quick hug "That means alot to me."
During the car ride home nobody really talked about what happend between Ron and Hermione. Harry and Ginny had put two-and-two together to figure out that they were finally together they just didn't know the behind the scenes on how it happened or if the subjest of Krum even came up. They didn't really push it though. Hermione was smiling. Not a forced one, like she had been giving for a while now, but an actual genuine smile, and they didn't want to ruin that.
"So..." She began, clapping her hands togher. "You and Ron are actauly together or are you playing a mean, sick, cruel joke on Harry and me? " Hermione laughed but nodded her head anyway. "Yah. we are." Ginny let out a loud 'Whoop'. One very similar to Rons when he found out he could have the car.
Must be a Weasley thing.
Ginny settled down upon seeing Hermione's confused look. "I'm so gald I have your apporval." She said warily. Ginny laughed.
"No, no. Its nothing like that. Although I am happy for you I just...have to go and....talk to Forge. Yah. I'll see you later kay?" Hermione rolled her eyes and wondered how many people had actuly contributed to this 'pot' Fred and geoge appearently had set up.
"Bye." Ginny bounded out of the room, a huge smile very evidant on her face as she called Harry's name.
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"The facts, though they may be interesting, are totally irrelevant."
"But mum," Ron tried before Mrs.Weasley interupted him again
"Do you know how worried I was!? Honestly, I thought you knew better than to pull a stunt like this. I never thought that twins had such an influance on you, i'll have to give them little talk the next time I see them-"
"But mum-" he attempted again
"No buts Ronald."
"But Hermione was smiling! And I brought Harry!"
"With out Dumbledors consent I might add!"
"But if I didn't go than I would have never goten 'Mione to talk ot me! Shes not upset anymore mum. Didn't you notice her smiling?" Ron tried, his last attempt before his mum hexed him.
"...Yes...yes she was..." Mrs.Weasly stopped and looked at her son "Alright" she began, Ron looked hopeful. "Your off the hook this time but if you ever pull a stunt like that again, you better pray to someone and hope that your fathers home at the time." Ron let out a breath he had been holding. that had been close. "Now get in the house and un-pack." Mrs.Weasley added, swating him in the head again.
"Yes mum." He said, rubbing the spot. Mrs. Weasley headed towads the house leaving Ron to get his bags, mumbling something about teenagers being two- year-olds with horomones and wheels.
"Need a hand?"
Ron looked up and noticed Harry standing above him. "Sure. Take this." He said, shoving a large bag into his hands. "Its Ginny's. She forgot it." Harry nodded.
"So..." He began.
"I kissed her." Harry stopped. He didn't think Ron woud be so out-spoken about it. He was quite taken aback , he was hoping for at least a little blushing. Ron looked up when Harry didn't respond "Thats what you wanted to know, is it not?" Harry nodded dumbly. Ron turned around and leaned against the trunk for support. "She was telling me about, you kow, Krum, and had confessed that she actually had feelings for me. I dont know if she ment to or was just so upset she wasn't really thinking about what she was saying, but she told me none the less." A goofy grin appeared on Rons face "Than she stared jabbing me in the chest with her finger, which really hurt," He added, rubbing the spot for effect "So I kissed her." Ron finished his story with a shug. As if things were really that easy. Harry wondered how long they had been bickering at eachother before anything had actauly happened.
Harry supposed it didn't matter and was happy for them, besides, if he wasn't mistaken, He and Ginny put their money together for this month in the twins 'pot'. What had they called it? Oh yeah, 'Ron's a stupid, blind, dumb, git pot'
"About time." Was all Harry said while trying to hide a smile.
Ron smiled at his best friend. "Sod off." he said jokingly, giving him a pucnh in the arm.
Harry laughed. "Lets get these things inside, I think your mum was making us snacks."
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The rest of the day went by fairly quickly. Mrs.Weasley had fussed over Hermione and Harry the whole time. Ginny beat Harry in 6 out of 7 chess matches, and he only won that once because he had help from both Ron and Hermione.
Harry had long since retired up to his room, something about wanting to write a letter to Black and Lupin and Ginny was busy helping her mum by being her manikin. Mrs.Weasly thought it would be good idea to start on school robes so Ginny had been voluntold for the job.
Ron was sitting outside on the picnic table in the back of his house, the weather had been exceptionaly warm all day and only just started to cool down so he was taking a break from the noise in the house, realxing in the dying heat.
"Can you believe that theres only three weeks untill school starts?" Ron spoke.
"How did you know I was there?" Hermione asked commig up from behind him. Ron smiled.
"I could always tell when you were around. You just didn't know it." Hermione took a seat on the bench beside Ron, who imediently took her hand in his. Hermione leaned back against him for support.
"'How long have you been out here?" She asked.
"A bit." They were silent for a while, watching the sun set. The earth appeared to be on fire as the sun drifted slowly behind the horizion.
"Talk to me." She said. Ron smiled.
"About?"
"Anything."
"Anything?" An evil smile appeared on Rons lips.
"Anything but quiditch."
"You know me too well." Ron smiled. "Alright. How about a story?" Hermione nodded her agreement "Well once upon a time, there was this guy. This guy was your typical, average guy. He had great freinds, a great family and he was, surprisingly, passing all his classes in school. Now, one day, this guy fell fast and hard for this more than above average girl who excelled in everything she did. This guy thought that he never had a chance with her, after all, he was only average, there was nothing special about him, but ever since the moment he had spotted this girl he had been walking around with little wings on his shoes and when she was around, his stomach always felt like it was filled with the butterflies."
Hermione let a small giggle escape her lips "And what happened next?" Hermione asked, interupting his story.
"Shh, i'm getting there. Anyway, this guy and girl happened to be the best of friends, although you wouldn't think that with they way thay fight, but even with them being so close, this guy couldn't tell her how he felt because he still thought he wasn't good enough for her. One day, something happened to the above average girl that made the average guy very angry. To make an already short story shoter, they had talked things over, using the word 'talked' in very loose terms, and like all sotries beginning with 'once upon a time' everything had a happy ending. The guy, of couse, got the girl and quite fankly, he couldn't be happier." Ron squezzed Hermione closer towards him.
Hermione turned slightly in his arms so she could face him."Really?" she asked.
"Really."
As the last lights of the day disapeared behind the horizion, Hermione kissed him.
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Thank you so much to everyone who reviewed! It really means alot to me.
I need your help. I dont know if I should end the story here and start a new one or continue with this one. I dont really like how this one ended, I think it went too fast, but I'm kind of at a writers block as how to continue it so any thoughts or sugestions would be much appriciated.
I would also like to thank all those who offered to be my beta reader, cause lord knows I need one, but at the moment my sister ofered to be mine. NOw, shes not that great of a speller either so if I still get reviews saying my spelling is shit than I'll be more than happy to have one of you nice people out there to be my beta reader if any one is still willing. :)
Well, I think i've ranted enough so on with the story!
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The rays form the sun managed to sneek into the motel room as dawn approached. Harry turned over on his side facing away from the horrid daylight and faced Ron's bed, attempting to save a few more minutes of sleep before he had to wake.
Not happening.
Harry let out a sigh and opened his eyes. Blinked once or twice and held his breath.
Ron's bed was empty.
Now, loggically thinking, this could mean anything. The most obvious one is that he went for breakfest.
Only his bed was made.
Now, loggically thinking, THIS could mean anything. Ron may have simply made his bed before he went to breakfest if that, is in fact, where he is.
Fffttt. That'll be the day.
No. What this ment was that Ron never came home last night.
Harry bolted from his bed and went straight to Ginny's room in his pajamas. Quite similar to Rons. Harry took a glance at his watch and noticed it was already 9:00. To him, he had slept in. To a Weasley, you could get your head bitten off if you try on wake one at such an"'un-godley hour of the day." As quoted by Ron.
Still. He had to find out. This was important.
Weasley or no Weasley.
He raised his hand to knock on Ginny's door when it suddenly burst open and Ginny appeared, clad in her pajamas as well. A pair of sweat shorts and an overly large t-shirt which looked suspiciously like Rons.
"Harry!" Ginny said shocked, putting her hand to her heart. "You gave me a fright! What are you doing here?" She hadn't expected to find him outside her door. He didn't have a chance to answer before she cut him off "It doesn't matter." She said, waving her hand dissmissivley in the air. "I'm going to get breakfest, wanna come?"
She must of had the same problem with the bloody sun as he did.
"Ron didn't didn't come back last night." He blurted. Ginny blinked.
"Now that you mention it, Hermione didn't either. You think they killed each other" She teased Harry let out an audible graon. "Gin! This is improtant! What if something happneed to them?"
"Relax Harry. Their big kids. They can manag-."
"They forgot their wands." Harry, producing two wands from his pocket, interrupted her.
"Oh?" Ginny reached for Ron's wands and examined it carefully. "So they have."
"Ginny!"
"Sorry." She said, the corner of her mouth curving upward. "Why do you have Hermione's anyway?"
"I dont really know why hers was in my room. I'm thinking that when we first booked the rooms, Hermione thought that it was the room you and her would be sharing and left her wand in there when she moved all her stuff over to this room. Naturally, Rons was already in our room." Ginny nodded.
"Seems plausable. Anyway, Hermione was really upset last night and probally forgot to grab it when they went for Pizza."
"So upset she forgot her wand? Hermione never forgets her wand." When Ginny didn't respond to his question Harry look at her and noticed she was giving him the look. That secretive, curious, startled, I-Know-Something- You-Don't-And-Am-Debating-How-Much-I-Can-Tell-You look.
Harry hated that look.
"What?" He prodded.
Realizing that they were still standing in the middle of the hall with the door open, Ginny ushered Harry into her room. "She told me everything Harry." she said in a rush "The thing is, she didn't get to the part where she makes me promise not to tell anyone or my life is forfite. Ron busted into our room last night before she could. I dont know if she wants it kept a secret or not..."
"Was it Krum?" Harry asked suddenly.
Sure, Ron was the one completly head over heals in love with Hermione, but that didn't mean Harry didn't care. She was his best friend too.
Ginny's shoulders sagged as she sat at the end of Hermiones bed. It was the only made one in the room. She nodded her head and Harry sat down beside her.
"Gods." was all he said.
"I know."
"What are we supose to do know?"
Ginny shrugged. "Maybe they did kill eachother...."
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Ron had felt confussed when she was re-telling her story through broken sobs and tears, and on the side of the road, in the middle of the night no less.
He should have felt anger towards Krum, and he did, but she had told him everything and he was completley at a loss for words. She told him everything from what she was waering to what Krum was wearing, to the actual 'why' krum had done what he did.
She was in love with him.
Ron almost stopped breathing.
After telling this part of the story she must have read his expression wrong because at the moment she turned on him and began to jab him with her finger. "See!? Does it help any? NO! It juts make matters worse!" Ron grabbed her hand to make her stop, he wouldn't admit it but she was freakishly strong. HE gave her a funny looked when she stopped and glanced at him.
"Why me?" He had whispered and it was Hermiones turn to freeze and be at a loss for words.
What the hell was that supose to mean? Why him? Was he completly daft?
It took her a moment to form the answer in her head, but she responded to his question., even if she thought the answer was quite obvious.
"Because you get me." She had responded in the same tone. "when nobody understands, you come and you take a chance. You never let me down. Your always there no matter what" Ron was still holding on to her wrist but she didn't seem to notice. "....Because....becasue your my best friend."
It only took him a nano second to make up his mind and kiss her.
Partly to shut her up but mostly because he wanted to do that since....well, he couldn't remember but for a long time now anyway.
needless to say she was shocked and had stood there. Not responding.
Ron had pulled back reluctantly and offered to go look for the keys when Hermione had suddenly grabbed him around the neck, pulling him down to her level and kissed him back. He, however, did respond.
After they seperated, breathless and blushing, the pressed their forheads against the other for support. Hermiones arms around his neck and his around her waist. "Are we an us?" Hermione had asked quietly after catching her breath slightly. Ron smirked and gave her another quick kiss.
"I would like nothing more." Hermione broke out into a huge grin and closed the distance between them for a third time.
After a car had passed and honked at them, they broke away, both crimson, and decided it was time to head back. Shortly after realizing they both forgot their wands and spending 30 minutes to look for the car keys manually in the dark, they decided to sit on the hood of the car and take a break instead.
Holding hands, they talked in much the same way they did Hermione's first night back to the Burrow, only this time Hermione was a lot more open, and at some point Hermione had fallen asleep on Ron. He didn't mind though. The weather was warm, the stars were out and Hermione was with him. He prayed that no passing car would stop and ask if they needed help because, seriously, he didn't want any.
She had woken shortly after dawn and they both decided that it would be a good idea to start walking. There was no way they would locate the keys even if it was light. There was too much bush. Ron remembered seeing a gas station. He couldn't remeber how far back it was but he didn't think it was far.
He was wrong.
It may not have been far by vechical, but it was by foot. They had walked for close to three hourse before anything that could be considered a building appeared and thankfully it had a phone. They had mentally kicked themselves over and over during their walk for forgetting their wands. Ron figured Harry would be worried sick about them and that Ginny probally didn't really care.
Thats not right. Ginny cared, she just didn't get worried that easily. Maybe if they had been missing for a day or two, than she would worry but not if they were gone for one night. after all, the twins used to disapear for whole weekends at a time.
Hermione was curently sitting on the steps of the gas station/resturant when Ron came out with two water bottles in his hands.
"Thank god!" Hermione had said, downing half the bottle in one go.
"Thirsty?" Ron teased. She rolled her eyes. "He said the phones out back."He hooked his thumb over his shoulder and Hermione nodded. They made their way to the back of the building where, sure enough, a pay phone was located.
"What an odd place to put a phone." Hermione had remakred and Ron just shrugged. He still didn't have this 'tellyphone' bisness down yet so he wasn't going to concern himself with the locations of them.
"Do you know the number?" He asked and hoped she did because he sure as hell didn't.
"Of course. Remorized it the moment we got our rooms." He smiled at her. Figures.
"Yes, hi. I would like to make a call to room...." Hermione put her hand ove the reciever. "Ron, what room? Yours?"
"Nope, yours. Harry's most likely there pacing with worry while Ginnys in the bath." Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Room 06 please. Thank you......Hi Harry, it me..." Hermione pulled the phone away form her ear as Harry yelled questions into the phone like 'Are you alright, where are you, where's Ron, what happened', and the like. "Harry! Calm down and listin." Hermione was saying, trying to shut him up "let me talk to Ginny..............shes in the bath!?" Hermione raised an eyes brow in Ron direction and he winked at her. "Never mind than. Were at a gas station called 'Ben's Gas and Grill'...........you remember where that is!? Great because I dont think I could have told you if you asked.............the car? uh.......................No we did not total it! We lost the keys is all...........its a long story...........Ron? Yes hes alive. What kind of question is that?..............uh-huh.... Alright. See you shortly than and thank you!. Bye." She hung up the phoned and tuned to Ron who had a muffin in his mouth and his hand extended out with one for her. She accepted it and they re-positioned themselves on the front steps.
"So?" Ron asked, mouth full of food.
"He's calling a taxi." Ron wasn't quite sure what a taxi was but didn't bother asking. "He and Ginny are checking out of the motel and coming along with the taxi, where we will than proceded to go to the car and look for the keys, find them and hopefully head on home." She turned to him and flashed him a smile.
"What? Not liking my little vacation?" Ron asked playfully, nudging her in the side.
"Ron. We spent one night at the worst hotel i've ever seen, that is not a vacation.Besides, your mother must be sick with worry." Ron gave an uneasy laugh.
"Eh, hee. She only really gets worried for the first couple hours or so. Than she turns into a lunatic. Stark raving mad, she is."
Hermione leaned her head against his shoudler and sighed.
"I'm sorry. If it wasn't for me you wouldn't be in trouble."
"Come on now 'Mione, dont start blaiming yourself for this too. This was totally my fault. I could have planned it out better. To tell you the truth, I only thought of it that afternoon while eating lunch before we went to go get Ginny." Hermione tilted her head slightly to look at him.
"Really?"
"Mm,hmm. I owled Harry right away and gave him a warning that I would be comming. I doubted I had to wait for a reply for him to tell me it was okay." He wrapped his arm around her and gave her a small squeeze. "Don't worry about it. I can handle my mum."
They were both sat in silence as they ate their muffins and watched the traffic trickle by
"Ron?" Hermione asked suddenly. Ron grunted that he was listeneing.
"Do we tell Harry and Ginny about us? I mean, Harry is our best friend and Ginny's your sister, so I dont see a reason not to, but I just dont want to make Harry feel like the third wheel and have Ginny feeling left out or anything. I know how it feels, being the only girl between the three of us, but--"
"Not only do you read too much you also worry too much." Ron interupted with a laugh "Harry will understnd and i'll be damned if Ginny doesn't poke a little fun at us. Besides," he added as an after thought "I do believe that Gred and Forge had a pot going and if i'm not mistaken, thats where all of Harry's adn Ginny's money disapeared to." Hermione let a smile escape to her lips and they waited for Ginny and Harry teh rest of the time in silence.
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One by one they piled out of the car and began to locate their bags.
"Good luck mate." Harry said, giving Ron a quick pat on the back as he passed him to get his bag from the trunk. Ron let out a groan.
"Can I have your room if you die?" Ginny asked, a teasing smile playing on her lips.
"Lets have a little faith in me at least. You guys are supose to be my friends." Hermione gave him a quick kiss on the cheek as she passed him with her belongings.
"It was nice while it lasted." she said over her shoulder as Harry and Ginny started laughing. Ron let out another audible sigh just as his mother appeared in the doorway of the Burrow. Ams crossed over her chest and not looking very pleased to say the least.
"Hello Mrs.Weasly!" Hermione said cheerfully as she passed the older Women.
"Mrs.Weasly." Harry nodded follwing Hermione.
"Hi mum." Ginny said, giving her mother a quick kiss on the cheek as she, too, followed the others.
Once inside, the thrre of them made thir way to their assigned rooms.
"You dont think he'll get into too much trouble will he?" Hermione asked, only now becomming worried as they made their way up the stairs.
"Nah. Rons usually good at talking his way out of situation with her. Mum wont admit it but I think Rons her favorite. Next to me of course." She added. Harry laughed.
"Well, i'm going to go to the twins room to unpack. I'll guess I'll see you all later than." Both girls smiled and waved.
"I'd be careful Harry. Ron found a few surprises when he packed the rest of their stuff up earlier this week. I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't find them all." Hermione warned as she headed for her room.
"Dont worry" He asured her, taking careful steps further along the hallway towards the twins room. "I will"
Hermione entered her room with a smile on her face. It felt good to smile again.
"Hermione?"
Hermione looked up and saw Ginny standing in the doorway.
"Come on in Ginny, I dont bite." Ginny smiled and enterd her room.
"I dont really know what happened between you and Ron last night but I just wanted to say that I'm happy for you. I'm gald your alright now." Hermione smiled.
"Me too." she sad as she gave Ginny a quick hug "That means alot to me."
During the car ride home nobody really talked about what happend between Ron and Hermione. Harry and Ginny had put two-and-two together to figure out that they were finally together they just didn't know the behind the scenes on how it happened or if the subjest of Krum even came up. They didn't really push it though. Hermione was smiling. Not a forced one, like she had been giving for a while now, but an actual genuine smile, and they didn't want to ruin that.
"So..." She began, clapping her hands togher. "You and Ron are actauly together or are you playing a mean, sick, cruel joke on Harry and me? " Hermione laughed but nodded her head anyway. "Yah. we are." Ginny let out a loud 'Whoop'. One very similar to Rons when he found out he could have the car.
Must be a Weasley thing.
Ginny settled down upon seeing Hermione's confused look. "I'm so gald I have your apporval." She said warily. Ginny laughed.
"No, no. Its nothing like that. Although I am happy for you I just...have to go and....talk to Forge. Yah. I'll see you later kay?" Hermione rolled her eyes and wondered how many people had actuly contributed to this 'pot' Fred and geoge appearently had set up.
"Bye." Ginny bounded out of the room, a huge smile very evidant on her face as she called Harry's name.
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"The facts, though they may be interesting, are totally irrelevant."
"But mum," Ron tried before Mrs.Weasley interupted him again
"Do you know how worried I was!? Honestly, I thought you knew better than to pull a stunt like this. I never thought that twins had such an influance on you, i'll have to give them little talk the next time I see them-"
"But mum-" he attempted again
"No buts Ronald."
"But Hermione was smiling! And I brought Harry!"
"With out Dumbledors consent I might add!"
"But if I didn't go than I would have never goten 'Mione to talk ot me! Shes not upset anymore mum. Didn't you notice her smiling?" Ron tried, his last attempt before his mum hexed him.
"...Yes...yes she was..." Mrs.Weasly stopped and looked at her son "Alright" she began, Ron looked hopeful. "Your off the hook this time but if you ever pull a stunt like that again, you better pray to someone and hope that your fathers home at the time." Ron let out a breath he had been holding. that had been close. "Now get in the house and un-pack." Mrs.Weasley added, swating him in the head again.
"Yes mum." He said, rubbing the spot. Mrs. Weasley headed towads the house leaving Ron to get his bags, mumbling something about teenagers being two- year-olds with horomones and wheels.
"Need a hand?"
Ron looked up and noticed Harry standing above him. "Sure. Take this." He said, shoving a large bag into his hands. "Its Ginny's. She forgot it." Harry nodded.
"So..." He began.
"I kissed her." Harry stopped. He didn't think Ron woud be so out-spoken about it. He was quite taken aback , he was hoping for at least a little blushing. Ron looked up when Harry didn't respond "Thats what you wanted to know, is it not?" Harry nodded dumbly. Ron turned around and leaned against the trunk for support. "She was telling me about, you kow, Krum, and had confessed that she actually had feelings for me. I dont know if she ment to or was just so upset she wasn't really thinking about what she was saying, but she told me none the less." A goofy grin appeared on Rons face "Than she stared jabbing me in the chest with her finger, which really hurt," He added, rubbing the spot for effect "So I kissed her." Ron finished his story with a shug. As if things were really that easy. Harry wondered how long they had been bickering at eachother before anything had actauly happened.
Harry supposed it didn't matter and was happy for them, besides, if he wasn't mistaken, He and Ginny put their money together for this month in the twins 'pot'. What had they called it? Oh yeah, 'Ron's a stupid, blind, dumb, git pot'
"About time." Was all Harry said while trying to hide a smile.
Ron smiled at his best friend. "Sod off." he said jokingly, giving him a pucnh in the arm.
Harry laughed. "Lets get these things inside, I think your mum was making us snacks."
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The rest of the day went by fairly quickly. Mrs.Weasley had fussed over Hermione and Harry the whole time. Ginny beat Harry in 6 out of 7 chess matches, and he only won that once because he had help from both Ron and Hermione.
Harry had long since retired up to his room, something about wanting to write a letter to Black and Lupin and Ginny was busy helping her mum by being her manikin. Mrs.Weasly thought it would be good idea to start on school robes so Ginny had been voluntold for the job.
Ron was sitting outside on the picnic table in the back of his house, the weather had been exceptionaly warm all day and only just started to cool down so he was taking a break from the noise in the house, realxing in the dying heat.
"Can you believe that theres only three weeks untill school starts?" Ron spoke.
"How did you know I was there?" Hermione asked commig up from behind him. Ron smiled.
"I could always tell when you were around. You just didn't know it." Hermione took a seat on the bench beside Ron, who imediently took her hand in his. Hermione leaned back against him for support.
"'How long have you been out here?" She asked.
"A bit." They were silent for a while, watching the sun set. The earth appeared to be on fire as the sun drifted slowly behind the horizion.
"Talk to me." She said. Ron smiled.
"About?"
"Anything."
"Anything?" An evil smile appeared on Rons lips.
"Anything but quiditch."
"You know me too well." Ron smiled. "Alright. How about a story?" Hermione nodded her agreement "Well once upon a time, there was this guy. This guy was your typical, average guy. He had great freinds, a great family and he was, surprisingly, passing all his classes in school. Now, one day, this guy fell fast and hard for this more than above average girl who excelled in everything she did. This guy thought that he never had a chance with her, after all, he was only average, there was nothing special about him, but ever since the moment he had spotted this girl he had been walking around with little wings on his shoes and when she was around, his stomach always felt like it was filled with the butterflies."
Hermione let a small giggle escape her lips "And what happened next?" Hermione asked, interupting his story.
"Shh, i'm getting there. Anyway, this guy and girl happened to be the best of friends, although you wouldn't think that with they way thay fight, but even with them being so close, this guy couldn't tell her how he felt because he still thought he wasn't good enough for her. One day, something happened to the above average girl that made the average guy very angry. To make an already short story shoter, they had talked things over, using the word 'talked' in very loose terms, and like all sotries beginning with 'once upon a time' everything had a happy ending. The guy, of couse, got the girl and quite fankly, he couldn't be happier." Ron squezzed Hermione closer towards him.
Hermione turned slightly in his arms so she could face him."Really?" she asked.
"Really."
As the last lights of the day disapeared behind the horizion, Hermione kissed him.
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