Chapter 8

"Ties of friendship"

A/N~ Two chappies in one day! I'm on a role! Here you have it! ^_^

Ron woke up, he was lying in the Hogwarts infirmary. He tried to get up.

"Ugh!" he yelled, he was in excruciating pain.

"Oh, good morning dearie" said Madam Promfey.

"Good Morning?"

"Why yes, you were out cold all day yesterday"

"I was?"

"Yes" He tried to get up again.

"Oh I forgot to tell you, you have two broken ribs, I could have fixed it but you had to be conscious for it to work." she got out her wand. "OSEAMENTA INFRAGMANTORA"

"That feels better" Ron said relieved.

"I think you should stay here a while, the bones were mended but that doesn't mean you aren't gonna be sore for a while." She got out some of his clothes, apparently someone had brought them "Here, take these and go take a shower over there" she said pointing at the bathroom. "Here you go Malfoy" she gave him an anti-hurt potion.

"YUCK! This is DISGUSTING!"

"What were you expecting, lemonade? If you want to heal you have to drink it!"

"Fine!" he chugged the potion "Can I go now?!" "Yes! GO!" she said irritated. She sighed.

Malfoy left the room. Ron came out of the shower. He was walking slowly, Mme. Promfey was right it did hurt after he was healed.

"How long do I need to stay?"

"About two days"

"ok"

"Go to bed you need to rest"

"he umm." he said getting onto the bed "you wouldn't happen to know if I got into trouble for this?"

"No, apparently not. The witnesses denied everything and said that you had fallen off something." she chuckled "besides, that Harry told me he deserved it . I can see why!"

"I'm hungry"

"Right it's lunch time"

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Ron was reading a comic book Mme. Promfey had given him.

'Knock, Knock'

"Hello, can I come in?"

"yea" Ron said, still reading the comic book.

"hey Ron" said a very shy voice.

"Hermione!"

"Ron I came here to thank you for."

"Actually, I was gonna tell you something that day but."

"What was it?"

"I wanted to say that I. umm. That I was sorry. for being such a jerk to you"

"Yea, about that, I'm sorry too I guess I should have congratulated you."

"Its ok. I just want to be friends again"

"Of course!" she said jumping on the side of his bed giving him a big hug.

"Aaaarrrrggghhhhh!!!!!! Too tight, too tight!!!"

"Sorry!"

"Ouch" he rubbed his sore spot.

They were face to face. He smiled. They were closely leaning in.
'KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK'
They flew off in opposite directions in a split second.

"Hey bro! You awake?" yelled Fred from outside.

"Yea"-said Ron, blushing a deep scarlet.

Fred and George came in.

"Hey Ron lets go! We're throwing a socked Malfoy good party!" George said happily.

"Yea there'll be exploding toilet seats and everything!"

"Guys I have to stay here 'til Tuesday."

"There go the toilet seats!" George sighed "Oh well"

"Ok then"

"Bye and oh yea! We took your broomstick up to your room yesterday"

"Yea brilliant broomstick!" They both left the room.

"Well I should get going too"

"Wait!"

Hermione stopped and waited.

"Meet me next to the Gryffindor tower at 4:30 am on Wednesday"

"WHAT?!"

"trust me, 4:30"

"Umm.. ok" she said "see you"

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After lots of visits from Harry Ginny and tons of Gryffindors he didn't know, Ron got out of the infirmary.

"Bye Mme. Promfey!"

"Bye Ron!"

It was Tuesday. He had classes to go to, homework to finish and a little planning with Harry.

"So you want to borrow my cloak and map?" Harry asked.

"Yea"

"what for?" Harry asked slyly, he knew why because he had overheard Hermione and Ginny talking, but he wanted to make Ron say why.

"I'm going to, well I umm, I'm meeting 'Mione at 4:30 Am and I don't want to get caught."

"Ooo Ron's gotta Date" Harry said teasing.

"Very funny, so can I borrow them?"

"Yea sure"
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