Ron noticed Hermione seemed to be avoiding him lately. It was odd, he kept on catching her staring at him. After four days of this, Ron finally got fed up with her. He sent her an owl, telling her to meet him in the chamber. She agreed, though rather reluctantly Ron noticed. But he had been noticing a lot of things about her lately. Like the way her smile lit up her face. Or how she crinkled her nose when she was reading. Ron mentally shook himself. This was Hermione he was thinking about. His friend. She was a bossy, know-it-all who…who was so sexy Ron couldn't deny his feelings. Damn.
Ron paced back and forth in the chamber Thursday night, waiting for Hermione. Finally, he heard the trampoline's springs and Hermione's footsteps echoing through the chamber, coming closer. She entered the room and avoided Ron's eyes. "What did you want to talk about?" she asked, breaking the awkward silence.
Ron took a deep breath, then stopped, searching for the right words. "What do you do," he began, feeling his ears go red. "If you realize you like someone you're close to, as more than just a friend. What if you like them a lot and you don't know how or what to tell them? What if you're afraid they won't like you back like that, or they won't talk to you again?" He sat down on one of the couches in front of the fire. Hermione sat down next to him and answered. "I would tell this person how you feel. I know I would want to know if someone liked me like that. It would be risking a friendship, but it's a risk you need to take." She looked at him and saw him gazing intently at her. He quickly turned his head, and she understood what he was talking about. She moved his head so he was looking at her once again, and she kissed him.
They sank deeper and deeper into their kiss, now laying on the couch. Ron murmured into Hermione's mouth, "Lets move to someplace more comfortable," and she followed him as he led her into the mouth of the statue of Salazar Slytherin.
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Harry got back to the Gryffindor common room after quid ditch practice and looked for Ron and Hermione. When he couldn't find them, he shrugged and started to do his homework. They were probably in the library studying. His thoughts turned back to his homework and to Cho. He had given her her invitation on Tuesday. She promised to come and hugged him as a thank you. Then she had gone back to her group of friends and he hurried to a transfiguration lesson, catching the jealous sounds of Cho's friends as she told them about the party. He thought about Cho until he realized it was ten o'clock. Still no Ron or Hermione. HE went over to ask Ginny if she had seen either one of them, but she said she hadn't. They continued talking for an hour, however. At eleven o'clock, they headed for their dormitories, leaving the common room empty except for a group of seventh years preparing for an exam in potions the next day.
Harry walked up the stairs, thinking about Cho again. He was so deep in thought that he didn't even notice Ron's empty bed, or the mysterious disappearance of him and Hermione that evening.
Ron paced back and forth in the chamber Thursday night, waiting for Hermione. Finally, he heard the trampoline's springs and Hermione's footsteps echoing through the chamber, coming closer. She entered the room and avoided Ron's eyes. "What did you want to talk about?" she asked, breaking the awkward silence.
Ron took a deep breath, then stopped, searching for the right words. "What do you do," he began, feeling his ears go red. "If you realize you like someone you're close to, as more than just a friend. What if you like them a lot and you don't know how or what to tell them? What if you're afraid they won't like you back like that, or they won't talk to you again?" He sat down on one of the couches in front of the fire. Hermione sat down next to him and answered. "I would tell this person how you feel. I know I would want to know if someone liked me like that. It would be risking a friendship, but it's a risk you need to take." She looked at him and saw him gazing intently at her. He quickly turned his head, and she understood what he was talking about. She moved his head so he was looking at her once again, and she kissed him.
They sank deeper and deeper into their kiss, now laying on the couch. Ron murmured into Hermione's mouth, "Lets move to someplace more comfortable," and she followed him as he led her into the mouth of the statue of Salazar Slytherin.
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Harry got back to the Gryffindor common room after quid ditch practice and looked for Ron and Hermione. When he couldn't find them, he shrugged and started to do his homework. They were probably in the library studying. His thoughts turned back to his homework and to Cho. He had given her her invitation on Tuesday. She promised to come and hugged him as a thank you. Then she had gone back to her group of friends and he hurried to a transfiguration lesson, catching the jealous sounds of Cho's friends as she told them about the party. He thought about Cho until he realized it was ten o'clock. Still no Ron or Hermione. HE went over to ask Ginny if she had seen either one of them, but she said she hadn't. They continued talking for an hour, however. At eleven o'clock, they headed for their dormitories, leaving the common room empty except for a group of seventh years preparing for an exam in potions the next day.
Harry walked up the stairs, thinking about Cho again. He was so deep in thought that he didn't even notice Ron's empty bed, or the mysterious disappearance of him and Hermione that evening.