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the characters in my Fic. Read and Review please!
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Ron and Hermione worked for around a few more hours, then they realized that it was well past the time for them to have been back.
"Oh no! If we get caught we might get detention!" Hermione worried.
"Well, it's no problem for me, I don't have some squeaky-clean perfect-student reputation to uphold, but they'll never leave me alone!" He replied. Hermione stared quizzically at Ron.
"Oh, I mean my brothers! Fred and George! Not to mention Harry, Ginny and half of anyone else that we know." Hermione was completely confused
"What do you mean?" Ron looked at her as though it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Uhhh. 'Mione, it's an hour past when students are supposed to be back in their dormitories."
"So?" She looked at Ron, who was starting to turn as red as his hair.
"Think about it Herm, We --uhhh-went off together. and.erm. Nobody knows why. and they'll think we." Ron turned crimson and tried to avoid Hermione's gaze.
"People already think that we're. you know. going out. erm." Hermione finally figured out what he was saying and started to blush too.
"Oh. I never thought of it like that."
'Course not. You don't have any feelings for me, so why would you presume people would think that? Ron said to himself in his head sadly.
"Well, that's just not true, but umm. wouldn't the longer we are gone mean more trouble? And, after all, you DO have your cauldron and homework, and I've helped you before, so we have proof of what we were doing. I hate saying that, it makes me feel like I was sneaking out here to make out or something." She scowled slightly.
"I mean, it's not like we were even thinking of doing anything like that! I certainly don't feel that way about you." She looked at Ron and saw his face fall for a second, then it automatically resumed looking placid and calm. On the inside, though, Ron felt like Hermione had hit him with a ten-pound sack of bricks. On top of that, he felt humiliated, and he knew it would get worse, no matter how legitimate their reasons were.
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Hermione felt a little bad about lying to Ron. She really did feel something for him, but she wasn't sure what. They gathered their stuff and slipped out of the library as quietly and quickly as they could. They stayed in the shadows and checked around corners and behind doors before they continued.
I feel like I'm caught in a bad romance novel, all this sneaking around at night afraid that someone would catch us and people would think the worst. We are in the sixth year, and Hermione knew that a lot of the people in her school had. become a lot more intimate lately. It is just a little exciting, though! She thought with a small smile before she followed Ron into the hall that led to the Gryffindore dormitories. They whispered the password to the Fat Lady and practically jumped into the common room.
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"That was close!" Ron exclaimed as they slumped into two chairs to calm down. Hermione glared at him, and Ron remembered that they didn't want to wake anyone up. "Sorry." He said softly.
"What? I didn't catch that, speak louder than that Ron!" Hermione said playfully and smiled at him.
"That was really close, I was sure we were going to get caught and everyone would think that we were." His ears turned bright red, shortly followed by the rest of his face. Thank god that the only light comes from the fireplace! He thought darkly.
"How do you feel? My mouth is dry and I'm getting a bit warm after all that running around and being quiet at the same time. I feel sort of like I've been in a desert," she said dryly, "But it seems I finally made it to water." She laughed again. She had a beautiful laugh.
I wish I could tell her that. He thought to himself. But I know how she feels about me, it would just embarrass me more, besides, she's too good for me. Well, sort of, I guess that she's not all that much more special than me, just smarter. And prettier. Wait! Of COURSE she's prettier than me, I'm not pretty! I'm a BOY! Boys aren't pretty! He started too laugh out loud at his stupid thought, then strangled the sound halfway out of his mouth. He definitely did not want everyone to wake up and find him here. He shuddered. I'd never see the end of it! Fred and George would have a field day!
"Well, I'm just glad that no-one saw us. I would be so embarrassed, especially if I got a detention because of it!" She looked relieved, like she had just realized that they were safe now.
"Honestly Hermione, it's really not the end of the world to get one detention!" He laughed at her, feeling for all the world like she really was his girlfriend and they had just returned from kissing in a deserted classroom. It was a nice, warm feeling.
"It is a big deal or me! It would be on my record forever! Not to mention I'd be embarrassed in front of my teachers and the headmaster." She argued at him, but she yawned, and It spoiled the effect.
"Well, we should go to bed. I'm really glad no-one saw us or anything."
"Me too 'Mione. That would have been hell! Fred and George would destroy me!" They turned to head up to the girl and boy's dorms, but Hermione stopped.
"Hey, Ron, about what I said, I umm. never mind. Brrr!" She shivered. It feels so cold in here! Not normal cold, like. it's menacing feeling, almost." Ron nodded. "I felt it too. Well. 'night."
"Goodnight." She walked up the stairs and Ron remembered what she had started to say. " .About what I said, I umm. never mind." He thought for a while, but he was tired and was soon snoring along in a sort of symphony with the other boys around him.
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((A/N- Hey! Did you hate it, love it, feel compulsed to spontaneously burst into flames over it? And I mean the REAL flames AND angry hate mail ones. Btw, I hid two little jokes in here, I wonder if anyone can find em? A piece of cyber- chocolate goes the people who can! (Just this chapter though!) well, please review, I have an idea for a plot, and I LOVE talking to people!))
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Ron and Hermione worked for around a few more hours, then they realized that it was well past the time for them to have been back.
"Oh no! If we get caught we might get detention!" Hermione worried.
"Well, it's no problem for me, I don't have some squeaky-clean perfect-student reputation to uphold, but they'll never leave me alone!" He replied. Hermione stared quizzically at Ron.
"Oh, I mean my brothers! Fred and George! Not to mention Harry, Ginny and half of anyone else that we know." Hermione was completely confused
"What do you mean?" Ron looked at her as though it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Uhhh. 'Mione, it's an hour past when students are supposed to be back in their dormitories."
"So?" She looked at Ron, who was starting to turn as red as his hair.
"Think about it Herm, We --uhhh-went off together. and.erm. Nobody knows why. and they'll think we." Ron turned crimson and tried to avoid Hermione's gaze.
"People already think that we're. you know. going out. erm." Hermione finally figured out what he was saying and started to blush too.
"Oh. I never thought of it like that."
'Course not. You don't have any feelings for me, so why would you presume people would think that? Ron said to himself in his head sadly.
"Well, that's just not true, but umm. wouldn't the longer we are gone mean more trouble? And, after all, you DO have your cauldron and homework, and I've helped you before, so we have proof of what we were doing. I hate saying that, it makes me feel like I was sneaking out here to make out or something." She scowled slightly.
"I mean, it's not like we were even thinking of doing anything like that! I certainly don't feel that way about you." She looked at Ron and saw his face fall for a second, then it automatically resumed looking placid and calm. On the inside, though, Ron felt like Hermione had hit him with a ten-pound sack of bricks. On top of that, he felt humiliated, and he knew it would get worse, no matter how legitimate their reasons were.
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Hermione felt a little bad about lying to Ron. She really did feel something for him, but she wasn't sure what. They gathered their stuff and slipped out of the library as quietly and quickly as they could. They stayed in the shadows and checked around corners and behind doors before they continued.
I feel like I'm caught in a bad romance novel, all this sneaking around at night afraid that someone would catch us and people would think the worst. We are in the sixth year, and Hermione knew that a lot of the people in her school had. become a lot more intimate lately. It is just a little exciting, though! She thought with a small smile before she followed Ron into the hall that led to the Gryffindore dormitories. They whispered the password to the Fat Lady and practically jumped into the common room.
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"That was close!" Ron exclaimed as they slumped into two chairs to calm down. Hermione glared at him, and Ron remembered that they didn't want to wake anyone up. "Sorry." He said softly.
"What? I didn't catch that, speak louder than that Ron!" Hermione said playfully and smiled at him.
"That was really close, I was sure we were going to get caught and everyone would think that we were." His ears turned bright red, shortly followed by the rest of his face. Thank god that the only light comes from the fireplace! He thought darkly.
"How do you feel? My mouth is dry and I'm getting a bit warm after all that running around and being quiet at the same time. I feel sort of like I've been in a desert," she said dryly, "But it seems I finally made it to water." She laughed again. She had a beautiful laugh.
I wish I could tell her that. He thought to himself. But I know how she feels about me, it would just embarrass me more, besides, she's too good for me. Well, sort of, I guess that she's not all that much more special than me, just smarter. And prettier. Wait! Of COURSE she's prettier than me, I'm not pretty! I'm a BOY! Boys aren't pretty! He started too laugh out loud at his stupid thought, then strangled the sound halfway out of his mouth. He definitely did not want everyone to wake up and find him here. He shuddered. I'd never see the end of it! Fred and George would have a field day!
"Well, I'm just glad that no-one saw us. I would be so embarrassed, especially if I got a detention because of it!" She looked relieved, like she had just realized that they were safe now.
"Honestly Hermione, it's really not the end of the world to get one detention!" He laughed at her, feeling for all the world like she really was his girlfriend and they had just returned from kissing in a deserted classroom. It was a nice, warm feeling.
"It is a big deal or me! It would be on my record forever! Not to mention I'd be embarrassed in front of my teachers and the headmaster." She argued at him, but she yawned, and It spoiled the effect.
"Well, we should go to bed. I'm really glad no-one saw us or anything."
"Me too 'Mione. That would have been hell! Fred and George would destroy me!" They turned to head up to the girl and boy's dorms, but Hermione stopped.
"Hey, Ron, about what I said, I umm. never mind. Brrr!" She shivered. It feels so cold in here! Not normal cold, like. it's menacing feeling, almost." Ron nodded. "I felt it too. Well. 'night."
"Goodnight." She walked up the stairs and Ron remembered what she had started to say. " .About what I said, I umm. never mind." He thought for a while, but he was tired and was soon snoring along in a sort of symphony with the other boys around him.
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((A/N- Hey! Did you hate it, love it, feel compulsed to spontaneously burst into flames over it? And I mean the REAL flames AND angry hate mail ones. Btw, I hid two little jokes in here, I wonder if anyone can find em? A piece of cyber- chocolate goes the people who can! (Just this chapter though!) well, please review, I have an idea for a plot, and I LOVE talking to people!))