Harry Potter – Matchmaker

 Chapter Four

Author - Becka

Rating - PG

Keywords – Ron/Hermione, Hermione POV/Ron POV

Category – Angst/Romance

Spoilers – Book One, Movie 2

Archive – Anywhere, just tell me where it's going.

Disclaimer – They unfortunately don't belong to me :-( I'm just speeding up the process the J.K Rowling started but is yet to finish in the canon...

Author's Notes – The chapter you've all been waiting for is finished!!!

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Ron

"So what happened?"

I practically jumped on Harry as he walked back into the boy's dormitory ten minutes after he had left.

"You should invite her to the dance."

"Why? What did she say?"
"Just trust me, okay. She isn't planning on rejecting you anytime soon."

"Brilliant!"

That's when I thought of the thing that was interfering with my dream coming true.

"Harry, I don't have a dress robe. And I can't ask Mum to buy me one after she bought me a new wand."

"I'll send money to your parents, asking them to buy us one each."

"No. I can't expect you to pay for it."

"If this is the only thing holding you back, then I'm buying it. No arguments."

"Thanks!"

"Anytime."

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Hermione

I just found out about the dance from Ginny. Maybe Ron was thinking of asking me to go with him, maybe that was what Harry was talking about.

When Ginny first approached me about the dance I wondered what she would think about me liking her brother. Would she still like me? I guess she would, but you never know what would happen.

"Erm...Hermione? Could I...ask you...ask you something?"

 I looked up from my potions homework and saw Ron in front of me.

"Sure" I said, motioning for him to sit beside me.

"Have...have you heard about the dance?"

He spoke very quickly and looked around everywhere but my eyes.

"Yeah, Ginny just told me about it."

"Well I...erm...was wondering if you would like to...I mean if you haven't already been asked...um...if you'd like to come to the dance with me?"

He blushed fiercely, and stared at the ground.

I couldn't believe it. After all the times I had dreamed how this would happen it now seemed surreal.

He started fidgeting awkwardly and then stood up.

"Just forget I said anything about it." he said walking quickly towards the boy's dormitory.

I stood and went after him. As I reached him I grabbed hold of his shoulder and turned him around

"I'd love to go with you."

"You sure? I mean, you're not just saying that are you?"

"Of course not.  I didn't reply straight away because I couldn't believe you'd asked me."

"Why didn't believe it? Did you think it was a joke? Because it wasn't..."

"I didn't think that...I just went into a kind of temporary shock."

"So you'll come with me...And not just as friends or anything?"

"I wouldn't miss it, and you'd be my date."

He heaved a sigh of relief, and finally met my eyes.

"Did Harry say anything about me when he came to see you?"

"Yeah. He was really cryptic at first, but he told me that you fancied me. I...I almost kissed him for telling me you know, because...because I fancy you too."

He grinned. I loved it when he did that, and found myself smiling back. I decided to do something that I had wanted to do for a long time now.

"Do you remember last year when I saw you and Harry for the first time after being Petrified?"

"How could I forget? I missed you terribly."

"Well I asked Harry why he thought why it felt awkward when I went to hug you too, and what he said made perfect sense...He said that because I was guarding the fact that I liked you more than a friend so closely, that I thought that even hugging you in public may give it away... And I've been kicking myself ever since that I didn't."

"Me too. I kept saying to myself that I should've ignored the awkwardness and hugged you anyway."

I moved closer to him, and opened my arms slightly.

"Maybe we should try again."

"I don't have a problem with that." he said wrapping me up in an embrace.

I leant into him. I couldn't believe that after all this time I was in his arms, and that it wasn't a hug of friendship, but love.

"I'm so proud of you," I whispered, "You faced a giant spider to find out what Petrified me, and were even prepared to face the thing that did."

"You should've seen me with the spiders though, I was terrified. I couldn't even talk without squeaking."

"You were braver than I would've been around that many spiders."

"Hermione?"

"Yeah?"

"Welcome back."

"Thankyou."

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Ron

I was finally hugging her. I was ecstatic. That's when I heard Fred.

"Awww, look at that George. Our ickle Ronnikins is all grown up."

I pulled away from Hermione and glared at them, feeling my cheeks burning.

"At least I have a date for the dance."

Fred and George looked at each other, and then around the room.

"Well, I'll give you one thing-" George said.

"At least we like you-" Fred continued, looking at Hermione.

"You can be a bit uptight sometimes, but you're alright for a female version of Percy."

I glared at them again, and Hermione just smirked.

"We were wondering when you both were going to realise that you liked each other." They continued.

"You knew!?" Hermione and I said in unison.

"How could we not? All you to ever do is either stare at each other or talk about each other."

We were that obvious?" Hermione said.

"Yep, you just never seemed to notice the other one doing exactly the same as you were."

Hermione and I were silent.

"Well, we have stuff to do, so we better go. See you two lovebirds later."

I didn't glare at them this time. Instead I just smiled.

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Harry

I turned back up the stairs after I saw what had happened. I had finally helped them realise that the other one like them. They'd finally be happy, and true to themselves again.

I smiled. What else would a friend want for their two best friends? Now if I could only take my own advice and invite Ginny to the dance...

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End Of Story

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