"My Heart Will Go On" Chapter 16: Trouble Arises
*A/N: Sorry it took so long to get these chapters up. I've been busy with school, dance, & stuff like that, so....yeah. well...keep reviewing & enjoy the story!*
**************************************************************************** **
It appeared that Lavender got through to Seamus, because he apologized the next morning, & they were all friends again; well, at least they thought they were. Nobody noticed Ron's hateful glares at Hermione & Dean except for Dean. Dean knew better than to think that Ron wasn't jealous; he knew he was. January went by pretty well, until the last day of the month. Nobody was prepared for what happened that day.
Dean woke up, going to meet Hermione in her room, but saw someone standing at his doorway; it was Padma, Parvati's twin sister. "Hey Dean," she cooed sexily, leaning against the door frame. 'Luckily I already got dressed,' he thought to himself as he replied, "Hey Padma. Look, I need to go meet up with Hermione, so can you please get out of my way?" He went to walk by her, but she wouldn't let him. "Um...you need to stay up here," she replied, not letting him go down to Hermione's room. "Get out of my way Padma!" He shoved her out of the way, & walked down to Hermione's room, & gasped at what he saw. There was Ron, kissing Hermione! "What the bloody hell?!" Dean hissed in anger, running to Ron & throwing him off Hermione; he hit the wall, causing him a nose bleed. Hermione was crying, then she buried her head into Dean's shoulder. "He-he-tr-tried-to-oh Dean!" She was sobbing so hard now, so Dean lead her to her bed & turned to face Ron, who just got up. "You bloody prick! How dare you hurt Hermione like that! She's one of your best friends!" "She would be more than one of my best friends if it wasn't for you!" Ron yelled in rage, & jumped onto Dean. Dean punched him in the face & pinned him to the ground. Dean hissed, "If I ever catch you doing that to Hermione again, I swear you'll get more than a horrid nose bleed." Dean yelled "Disaperito!" & Ron vanished. "Where did he go?" Hermione whispered hoarsely. "Back to the Gryfinddor common room: where he belongs." "Oh Dean, thank you." She hugged him, but then a certain Padma was heard yelling, "Oo wait until I get my hands on him!" They quietly decided to go to the Gryfinddor common room to see what was happening, & ran there.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hermione couldn't believe he did that. He was supposed to be one of her best friends! 'At least Dean came when he did,' she thought to herself as they ran into the Gryfinddor common room & saw a horrid sight. Harry, Seamus, & Neville were shooting numerous curses & hexes at a pissed-off Ron as Parvati, Lavender, & Ginny were yelling at Ron for doing what he did, & Padma now starting to yell curses & hexes at Ron. "You were supposed to break them up!" she yelled. All cursing & yelling stopped, being replaced by gasps. Ron got up & walked up to Padma & hissed, "Well, you were supposed to keep him up there long enough so I could get the job done!" "Ronald Weasly! How could you?!" Hermione yelled, not being able to keep it in anymore, "Trying to break me & Dean apart?! You know better than that!" "What if I told you I did it out of love?" Ron whispered, walking up to Hermione. "Then I would slap you & tell you to fuck off!" She yelled, & did exactly that. She walked up to him, slapped him so hard that his face was red, & yelled, "Fuck off you red haired, long nosed git!" "How dare you!" Ron yelled, grabbing Hermione. His grip was getting tighter & tighter, until she fainted. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I'm gonna kill you!" Dean yelled, seeing Hermione's faint form on the ground where Ron dropped her. He yelled "Harmpeldinos!", but Neville, Harry, Seamus, Parvati, Ginny, & Lavender yelled out a hex at the same time at him. He was hit badly by so many hexes that he also fainted. Dean picked up Hermione & ran to the Hospital Wing, followed closely by Harry, Ginny, Seamus, Neville. & Lavender. Parvati was going to follow but was stopped by her twin. "Parvati, I didn't-." "I don't wanna hear your bloody excuses Padma. As of now, I don't have a twin after what you just did." She then ran out, leaving a horrid-struck Padma in the common room, cursing everything.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hermione woke up a couple hours later; it was already pass lunchtime. "Hermione!" Dean exclaimed in happiness & relief, "We were so worried about you!" He hugged her, but not too hard. She was happy to also see the smiling faces of Harry, Ginny, Seamus, Lavender, & Parvati. She then remembered what brought her here: Ron, hexes, Padma, being almost choked to death, passing out...Ron. "I'm gonna kill that miserable excuse for a bloody-nosed prat!" Hermione hissed in anger, trying to get up, but was still to weak, & sat back down. "Don't worry, we'll get back at those two," Harry said reassuringly. Seamus agreed, "Yeah. Once you get out of this damned Hospital Wing, we're going to make sure Ron pays for what he did to you." "Really?" "Of course 'Mione!" Lavender piped up. "We'll get back at those prats, one being my stupid, ignorant, poor excuse for a brother," Ginny said, getting a hateful expression on her face as she thought about Ron. Parvati, getting that same angry expression on her face, added, "& that two-timing, stupid excuse for a twin sister." Hermione saw everyone's angry expressions, so she tried to lighten up the mood. "Soooo......how many times has Madam Pomfrey tried to kick you guys out so far?" Dean smirked, & replied, "About a hundred times by now, but we wouldn't leave. When she shooed us out, we would sneak back in." They laughed, then they started talking about the Valentine's Ball that would be coming up the next month, until Madam Pomfrey saw that Hermione was awake, then checked up on her. A couple minutes later, Hermione was free to go, so they spent the rest of the day clowning around, until Lavender, Dean, & Hermione had to go to a meeting.
The three made it in time that the meeting began, & amazingly, the 6th year prefects were there; they were never there for their meetings, since they always had separate ones. Angelina stood up & called for everyone's attention. As soon as it was quiet, she began. "I have a few announcements to make. First of all, the 6th year prefects have decided to finish the planning of the cruise that's supposed to take place-." Cheers & moans could be heard amongst the 5th year prefects. "Secondly, we shall be preparing for the Valentine's Day Ball, with us *pointed to the Heads* & the 5th year prefects to set up. We need some ideas for a romantic dance for everyone to enjoy, so we could use everyone's ideas. So, let's hear 'em!" A lot of people started spatting out ideas, like a garden for people to go in, as they had at the Christmas Ball. Also, people wanted Muggle music again, since they loved it, & also have some wizard music playing, since mostly everyone was a wizard. There was also ideas of having little cupids flying around *not the real thing though* & fairies flying all around. Then, for everyone's outfits, people wanted to wear Muggle clothing to the dance, & everyone should go in a couple. By the end of the meeting, there were three full front-to-back pages of parchment with ideas. Lavender said she was going to go to the Gryfinddor common room to see Seamus & the others, but Hermione & Dean decided to stay. They made their way to one of the love seats & gazed into the fire, Hermione leaning into Dean & his arms wrapped around her waist, his head on her shoulder.
Hermione thought about everything that has happened to her so far. She was so lucky to have a guy like Dean there for her. She had to go through with trusting people, & she became fast friends with him. They just cliqued so easily! Then, there was the ordeal with Ron. At least he wasn't overly protective, but she always saw him giving Ron daggers, even before everything that happened that year. She never knew why he did that; all she was glad that she was his. By instinct, she grabbed hold of the necklace Dean gave her & held it like it would break. She then looked at her hand that she was holding her necklace with; it had the ring that Ron gave her for Christmas. Even though she was mad at him, she couldn't let go of his ring; she received it when he didn't do what he did. Then, she thought about her year so far. This, by far, had to be the most normal year she has had out of her years at Hogwarts, even though Voldemort was back in power. Actually, Harry hadn't mentioned anything about it all year, now that she thought about it. Now she was getting worried. 'What if he's hiding something?' she thought to herself.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dean felt so content having Hermione with him. He couldn't believe that he had her with him; it was a dream come true. Only a year ago, he wouldn't have thought this possible. She was just so beautiful. He had just saw her lift a hand to grasp the necklace he gave her for Christmas; he saw the ring that Ron gave her. He was shocked at seeing it. 'Why is Hermione still wearing his ring even though he tried to break us up?' he thought to himself. He pushed it though; she loved him, not Ron. Suddenly, Hermione went into a trance, then to violent shakes. "Hermione! Wake up!" Dean suddenly cried, getting up & laid her on the couch, so he could shake her awake. Little did he know, Hermione was somewhere else...somewhere in her mind.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Dean?" Hermione called out. Just a second ago, she was looking at the fire with Dean, & now she was in a dark place, so dark that she couldn't see 3 feet in front of her. Suddenly, she saw the ring that Ron gave her glow brightly, & she was pulled somewhere. She ended up in a bright room, but yet she felt a chill go through her body. She heard a sob, & saw Ron in black robes, looking at a casket. She walked up & called, "Ron? What's wrong?" He apparently couldn't hear her, because he said, "I wished you didn't have to do that. After all I put you through this year, you didn't have to do that. I'm so sorry, for doing the things I did to you." A single tear rolled down his cheek. He then reached down into the casket & grabbed the hold of a hand; it had a vivid orange gem in the middle of it. He then walked away, or more like, sulking away. She quickly ran to the casket, but too soon, she was pulled somewhere else. She looked down to see that the ring Harry gave her glowed brightly, & landed in a dark place, like a cave, with a lot of dead bodies in it. She walked through it & then saw Harry, very pale, black hair roused around, & emerald green eyes a little dull than usual. Hermione then heard high-pitched laughter; it sounded like Voldemort. She ran over to where Harry was at, & saw more of the scene. She saw Ron trying to fight Voldemort, Dean lying on the wall, to injured to get up, Parvati & Lavender knocked out, Ginny trying to comfort Harry, & surprisingly, herself also lying on the ground, near Dean. "You're not going to win Voldemort!" Ron yelled in rage, his wand out & ready. Voldemort laughed coldly & replied, "So, the young Weasly can actually say my name. How impressive. Now, its time to finish you off." "You're not taking me that easily Voldemort," Ron spatted out in anger, "You're gonna have to fit me first."During all of this, she saw herself starting to get up. "I don't have time for these games. Its time to say good-bye Weasly." He got his wand up & ready. "Noooooooo!" herself screamed. She ran in front of Voldemort as he yelled "Avada Keravada!" She leapt in front of Ron as the curse now hit her. "Hermione!" he cried, kneeling next to her. She was now cold. Dean ran over, who just got up. "Hermione!" he yelled, running to her. He looked at Ron, & saw his expression, & started crying. "Oh 'Mione," Dean whispered as Ron yelled a powerful hex at him. She caught a glimpse of Harry running over with Ginny following before she was, yet again, yanked somewhere else, having Dean's necklace glowing. Hermione ended up back at the place where she saw Ron, but this time, she saw Dean. "Oh Hermione," he whispered, "I could have saved you. I'm so sorry I didn't save you. I never even got to tell you how much I loved you. I love you Hermione, forever until I see you in the heavens." He leaned in & kissed her forehead, tears starting to fall. He then kneeled down in front of the casket & yelled, "Why did it have to be you?!" She started to cry as she was yanked back into consciousness.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dean was getting really worried; Hermione had been shaking for five minutes now, & he failed miserably at waking her up. Just as he was going to go run to Dumbledore, Hermione awoke. "Oh Hermione! I was so worried about you!" he exclaimed, relieved, as he hugged her. Suddenly, she pushed him away & said, "Don't do that Dean. I'll cause you so much pain!" "Hermione? What's wrong?" he asked, going to put his hands on her shoulders, but she ran & said, "Don't come near me!" He heard a door slam as he sat back on the couch, his head in his hands.
*A/N: Sorry it took so long to get these chapters up. I've been busy with school, dance, & stuff like that, so....yeah. well...keep reviewing & enjoy the story!*
**************************************************************************** **
It appeared that Lavender got through to Seamus, because he apologized the next morning, & they were all friends again; well, at least they thought they were. Nobody noticed Ron's hateful glares at Hermione & Dean except for Dean. Dean knew better than to think that Ron wasn't jealous; he knew he was. January went by pretty well, until the last day of the month. Nobody was prepared for what happened that day.
Dean woke up, going to meet Hermione in her room, but saw someone standing at his doorway; it was Padma, Parvati's twin sister. "Hey Dean," she cooed sexily, leaning against the door frame. 'Luckily I already got dressed,' he thought to himself as he replied, "Hey Padma. Look, I need to go meet up with Hermione, so can you please get out of my way?" He went to walk by her, but she wouldn't let him. "Um...you need to stay up here," she replied, not letting him go down to Hermione's room. "Get out of my way Padma!" He shoved her out of the way, & walked down to Hermione's room, & gasped at what he saw. There was Ron, kissing Hermione! "What the bloody hell?!" Dean hissed in anger, running to Ron & throwing him off Hermione; he hit the wall, causing him a nose bleed. Hermione was crying, then she buried her head into Dean's shoulder. "He-he-tr-tried-to-oh Dean!" She was sobbing so hard now, so Dean lead her to her bed & turned to face Ron, who just got up. "You bloody prick! How dare you hurt Hermione like that! She's one of your best friends!" "She would be more than one of my best friends if it wasn't for you!" Ron yelled in rage, & jumped onto Dean. Dean punched him in the face & pinned him to the ground. Dean hissed, "If I ever catch you doing that to Hermione again, I swear you'll get more than a horrid nose bleed." Dean yelled "Disaperito!" & Ron vanished. "Where did he go?" Hermione whispered hoarsely. "Back to the Gryfinddor common room: where he belongs." "Oh Dean, thank you." She hugged him, but then a certain Padma was heard yelling, "Oo wait until I get my hands on him!" They quietly decided to go to the Gryfinddor common room to see what was happening, & ran there.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hermione couldn't believe he did that. He was supposed to be one of her best friends! 'At least Dean came when he did,' she thought to herself as they ran into the Gryfinddor common room & saw a horrid sight. Harry, Seamus, & Neville were shooting numerous curses & hexes at a pissed-off Ron as Parvati, Lavender, & Ginny were yelling at Ron for doing what he did, & Padma now starting to yell curses & hexes at Ron. "You were supposed to break them up!" she yelled. All cursing & yelling stopped, being replaced by gasps. Ron got up & walked up to Padma & hissed, "Well, you were supposed to keep him up there long enough so I could get the job done!" "Ronald Weasly! How could you?!" Hermione yelled, not being able to keep it in anymore, "Trying to break me & Dean apart?! You know better than that!" "What if I told you I did it out of love?" Ron whispered, walking up to Hermione. "Then I would slap you & tell you to fuck off!" She yelled, & did exactly that. She walked up to him, slapped him so hard that his face was red, & yelled, "Fuck off you red haired, long nosed git!" "How dare you!" Ron yelled, grabbing Hermione. His grip was getting tighter & tighter, until she fainted. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I'm gonna kill you!" Dean yelled, seeing Hermione's faint form on the ground where Ron dropped her. He yelled "Harmpeldinos!", but Neville, Harry, Seamus, Parvati, Ginny, & Lavender yelled out a hex at the same time at him. He was hit badly by so many hexes that he also fainted. Dean picked up Hermione & ran to the Hospital Wing, followed closely by Harry, Ginny, Seamus, Neville. & Lavender. Parvati was going to follow but was stopped by her twin. "Parvati, I didn't-." "I don't wanna hear your bloody excuses Padma. As of now, I don't have a twin after what you just did." She then ran out, leaving a horrid-struck Padma in the common room, cursing everything.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hermione woke up a couple hours later; it was already pass lunchtime. "Hermione!" Dean exclaimed in happiness & relief, "We were so worried about you!" He hugged her, but not too hard. She was happy to also see the smiling faces of Harry, Ginny, Seamus, Lavender, & Parvati. She then remembered what brought her here: Ron, hexes, Padma, being almost choked to death, passing out...Ron. "I'm gonna kill that miserable excuse for a bloody-nosed prat!" Hermione hissed in anger, trying to get up, but was still to weak, & sat back down. "Don't worry, we'll get back at those two," Harry said reassuringly. Seamus agreed, "Yeah. Once you get out of this damned Hospital Wing, we're going to make sure Ron pays for what he did to you." "Really?" "Of course 'Mione!" Lavender piped up. "We'll get back at those prats, one being my stupid, ignorant, poor excuse for a brother," Ginny said, getting a hateful expression on her face as she thought about Ron. Parvati, getting that same angry expression on her face, added, "& that two-timing, stupid excuse for a twin sister." Hermione saw everyone's angry expressions, so she tried to lighten up the mood. "Soooo......how many times has Madam Pomfrey tried to kick you guys out so far?" Dean smirked, & replied, "About a hundred times by now, but we wouldn't leave. When she shooed us out, we would sneak back in." They laughed, then they started talking about the Valentine's Ball that would be coming up the next month, until Madam Pomfrey saw that Hermione was awake, then checked up on her. A couple minutes later, Hermione was free to go, so they spent the rest of the day clowning around, until Lavender, Dean, & Hermione had to go to a meeting.
The three made it in time that the meeting began, & amazingly, the 6th year prefects were there; they were never there for their meetings, since they always had separate ones. Angelina stood up & called for everyone's attention. As soon as it was quiet, she began. "I have a few announcements to make. First of all, the 6th year prefects have decided to finish the planning of the cruise that's supposed to take place-." Cheers & moans could be heard amongst the 5th year prefects. "Secondly, we shall be preparing for the Valentine's Day Ball, with us *pointed to the Heads* & the 5th year prefects to set up. We need some ideas for a romantic dance for everyone to enjoy, so we could use everyone's ideas. So, let's hear 'em!" A lot of people started spatting out ideas, like a garden for people to go in, as they had at the Christmas Ball. Also, people wanted Muggle music again, since they loved it, & also have some wizard music playing, since mostly everyone was a wizard. There was also ideas of having little cupids flying around *not the real thing though* & fairies flying all around. Then, for everyone's outfits, people wanted to wear Muggle clothing to the dance, & everyone should go in a couple. By the end of the meeting, there were three full front-to-back pages of parchment with ideas. Lavender said she was going to go to the Gryfinddor common room to see Seamus & the others, but Hermione & Dean decided to stay. They made their way to one of the love seats & gazed into the fire, Hermione leaning into Dean & his arms wrapped around her waist, his head on her shoulder.
Hermione thought about everything that has happened to her so far. She was so lucky to have a guy like Dean there for her. She had to go through with trusting people, & she became fast friends with him. They just cliqued so easily! Then, there was the ordeal with Ron. At least he wasn't overly protective, but she always saw him giving Ron daggers, even before everything that happened that year. She never knew why he did that; all she was glad that she was his. By instinct, she grabbed hold of the necklace Dean gave her & held it like it would break. She then looked at her hand that she was holding her necklace with; it had the ring that Ron gave her for Christmas. Even though she was mad at him, she couldn't let go of his ring; she received it when he didn't do what he did. Then, she thought about her year so far. This, by far, had to be the most normal year she has had out of her years at Hogwarts, even though Voldemort was back in power. Actually, Harry hadn't mentioned anything about it all year, now that she thought about it. Now she was getting worried. 'What if he's hiding something?' she thought to herself.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dean felt so content having Hermione with him. He couldn't believe that he had her with him; it was a dream come true. Only a year ago, he wouldn't have thought this possible. She was just so beautiful. He had just saw her lift a hand to grasp the necklace he gave her for Christmas; he saw the ring that Ron gave her. He was shocked at seeing it. 'Why is Hermione still wearing his ring even though he tried to break us up?' he thought to himself. He pushed it though; she loved him, not Ron. Suddenly, Hermione went into a trance, then to violent shakes. "Hermione! Wake up!" Dean suddenly cried, getting up & laid her on the couch, so he could shake her awake. Little did he know, Hermione was somewhere else...somewhere in her mind.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Dean?" Hermione called out. Just a second ago, she was looking at the fire with Dean, & now she was in a dark place, so dark that she couldn't see 3 feet in front of her. Suddenly, she saw the ring that Ron gave her glow brightly, & she was pulled somewhere. She ended up in a bright room, but yet she felt a chill go through her body. She heard a sob, & saw Ron in black robes, looking at a casket. She walked up & called, "Ron? What's wrong?" He apparently couldn't hear her, because he said, "I wished you didn't have to do that. After all I put you through this year, you didn't have to do that. I'm so sorry, for doing the things I did to you." A single tear rolled down his cheek. He then reached down into the casket & grabbed the hold of a hand; it had a vivid orange gem in the middle of it. He then walked away, or more like, sulking away. She quickly ran to the casket, but too soon, she was pulled somewhere else. She looked down to see that the ring Harry gave her glowed brightly, & landed in a dark place, like a cave, with a lot of dead bodies in it. She walked through it & then saw Harry, very pale, black hair roused around, & emerald green eyes a little dull than usual. Hermione then heard high-pitched laughter; it sounded like Voldemort. She ran over to where Harry was at, & saw more of the scene. She saw Ron trying to fight Voldemort, Dean lying on the wall, to injured to get up, Parvati & Lavender knocked out, Ginny trying to comfort Harry, & surprisingly, herself also lying on the ground, near Dean. "You're not going to win Voldemort!" Ron yelled in rage, his wand out & ready. Voldemort laughed coldly & replied, "So, the young Weasly can actually say my name. How impressive. Now, its time to finish you off." "You're not taking me that easily Voldemort," Ron spatted out in anger, "You're gonna have to fit me first."During all of this, she saw herself starting to get up. "I don't have time for these games. Its time to say good-bye Weasly." He got his wand up & ready. "Noooooooo!" herself screamed. She ran in front of Voldemort as he yelled "Avada Keravada!" She leapt in front of Ron as the curse now hit her. "Hermione!" he cried, kneeling next to her. She was now cold. Dean ran over, who just got up. "Hermione!" he yelled, running to her. He looked at Ron, & saw his expression, & started crying. "Oh 'Mione," Dean whispered as Ron yelled a powerful hex at him. She caught a glimpse of Harry running over with Ginny following before she was, yet again, yanked somewhere else, having Dean's necklace glowing. Hermione ended up back at the place where she saw Ron, but this time, she saw Dean. "Oh Hermione," he whispered, "I could have saved you. I'm so sorry I didn't save you. I never even got to tell you how much I loved you. I love you Hermione, forever until I see you in the heavens." He leaned in & kissed her forehead, tears starting to fall. He then kneeled down in front of the casket & yelled, "Why did it have to be you?!" She started to cry as she was yanked back into consciousness.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dean was getting really worried; Hermione had been shaking for five minutes now, & he failed miserably at waking her up. Just as he was going to go run to Dumbledore, Hermione awoke. "Oh Hermione! I was so worried about you!" he exclaimed, relieved, as he hugged her. Suddenly, she pushed him away & said, "Don't do that Dean. I'll cause you so much pain!" "Hermione? What's wrong?" he asked, going to put his hands on her shoulders, but she ran & said, "Don't come near me!" He heard a door slam as he sat back on the couch, his head in his hands.