As Harry woke, he grabbed the Tylenol and water, threw on some clothes, and went to the common room. No one was there. He sat on one of the chairs, and leaned his head back.
**Another day is going by, I'm thinking about you all the time. But you're out there and I'm here waiting. And I wrote this letter in my head, cause so many things left unsaid. But now you're gone, and I can't think straight. This could be the one last chance to make you understand. I'd do anything just to hold you in my arms. To try to make you laugh. Somehow I can't put you in the past. I'd do anything just to fall asleep with you. Will you remember me?**
His feelings for Ginny were more intense than for any he could remember. But, with Ron as her older brother, could it ever work out? He decided he would have to wait, and ask Ron when the time was right.
~*~
Ron woke up the next morning. The sun was flooding into the room. He covered his head with his blankets and rolled over. He slowly brought the blanket down and rest the hem on his chest. He thought about the night before. His head was pounding. He looked to his right and saw some water and Tylenol. Those girls are amazing! He thought to himself. He looked to the rest of the boys beds, empty. He looked to his clock. 2 o'clock. He should get ready and go find the others. He got up and started to sing to himself as he got ready.
**Open up my eyes, floods with daylight. Another sleepless night turns colour black and white. Will all the things I've said, there is just regret, repeating in my head. Hands into a fist, static in my head, now I'm standing face to face with loneliness. What did I expect? Did I see forever in you?**
His thoughts drifted to Hermione and Draco. He loved her, and now someone else had taken her. He was furious. Why did he not tell her sooner. Did I see forever in you? He did, he wanted to be Hermione forever. But it was too late. He made his way to the common room. None of them were there. Just down the hall he whispered the password to Hermione's portrait. There he found his friends.
"Good morning sleepy head!" He heard Ginny.
"Have a good sleep?" Hermione giggled.
"Thought you'd never join us!" Harry laughed.
"Ah, great sleep." He yawned, stretched and scratched his messed up hair.
"We should go again soon!" Hermione said to the group.
"TONIGHT!" Ginny exclaimed.
"NO!" The boys said in unison, their heads still pounding.
"Where's Draco?" Ron looked to Hermione.
"I don't know. Haven't seen him since last night. Maybe I should go and find him." With that she was off. As she walked she sang under her breath.
**I want love, but it's impossible. A girl like me, so irresponsible. A girl like me is dead in places, other girls feel liberated. I can't love, shot full of holes. Don't feel nothing, I just feel cold. Don't feel nothing, just old scars. Toughening up around my heart. But I want love, just a different kind. I want love won't break me down. Won't brick me up, won't fence me in.**
She thought to herself as she walked. Maybe it wasn't Draco she should be with. I want love, just a different kind. She wanted Draco as a friend, but she wanted someone else as a boyfriend. Ron. She continued to think as she walked to the grounds. She found him by the lake.
"Have a good night?" He asked as she sat beside him.
"It was GREAT! But I have LOADS of homework to do!" She whined. "Stupid teachers have to ruin everything!" She smiled at him.
He sneered back at her. I had been thinking of how he was to break up with her all night. He thought no hanging back, he would do it good, so she would hate him again. He couldn't handle the thought of her and Ron. The puppy eyes they make at each other. He got up and stood in front of her.
**Lots of knots, lot of snags, lot of holes, lot of cracks, lot of snags. Lot of naggin' old hags, lot of fools, lot of fool scum bags. Oh it's such a drag, what a chore... oh your wounds are full of salt. Everything's a stress and what's more, well it's all somebody's fault.**
"And guess who's fault it is? Yours!" He spat at her. "Hey! Get over it!" He finished the song as he yelled at her. He looked to her face, there were tears in her eyes. She stood and looked him straight in the eyes. He was beginning to feel badly for what he had done.
"Is that right?" She said to him. She pushed him back so the was sitting on the ground.
**You looked like a star from the first time. You served me my drink, you said you liked my face, so I asked you your name. You were just a guy when I found you. You'd been beat around and landed at my feet. I picked you off of your knees. But YOU stepped on my life! Dug your teeth in, tore out my soul and threw me back again, darling you used me. You stepped on my life. You used me, twisted the knife, into my back, into my life. Darling you sue me, you stepped on my life.**
With that she turned and walked away from him. She walked as tall as she could, even though tears were rolling down her face. What had she done? She thought about it as she walked to her common room. She went out with Draco Malfoy! She had never really thought about it. But now that she was thinking about it, that was not a part of her summer promise to be nicer to people. She was a little too nice with Draco. And she love Ron. She stopped dead in her tracks as the thought flew through her head. She love Ron. She didn't dismiss it this time, the like the idea of it. She stopped crying and gave the password to get into her room. Only Ginny was there.
"WHAT DID HE DO TO YOU!" She yelled as she saw Hermione's red eyes. She ran over and hugged her.
"We broke up. Well, he broke up with me. Oh well." She said sitting on the sofa and telling Ginny everything.
"What a little creep!" Ginny exclaimed at the end of the story.
"It's alright."
"Because, now you and my brother can hook up!"
Hermione was so surprised. Was it really that obvious?
"But, like he wants me." She said to Ginny, slumping the whole thing off, not denying it.
"AH! So you DO want him! I'll bet he wants you too!" Ginny giggled, bouncing on the sofa.
"That's enough Ginny! I'm going to my room. I'll talk to you later!" She walked to her room and put on her CD player. She put on her favourite song.
**Stand up sit down baby. Gonna be a formal dress down hay day. How bout you and me we go downtown. How bout you and me we go get wasted, ya lets get wasted.**
She thought about Ron a lot, then she drifted off to sleep, and dreamed of their life together.
~*~
The next week past with a lot of threats from the boys to Draco for what he did to Hermione. They went back to the way they had been, joking and laughing as they always did. Hermione ignored Draco whenever he was around, and thought of Ron all the time. The next Saturday they decided to sneak out of the castle and go to the club again.
Songs of this Chapter:
I'd Do Anything - Simple Plan
Three Simple Words - Finch
I Want Love - Elton John
Get Over It - Ok Go
You Stepped On My Life - Philosopher Kings
The First - Tegan and Sara
**Another day is going by, I'm thinking about you all the time. But you're out there and I'm here waiting. And I wrote this letter in my head, cause so many things left unsaid. But now you're gone, and I can't think straight. This could be the one last chance to make you understand. I'd do anything just to hold you in my arms. To try to make you laugh. Somehow I can't put you in the past. I'd do anything just to fall asleep with you. Will you remember me?**
His feelings for Ginny were more intense than for any he could remember. But, with Ron as her older brother, could it ever work out? He decided he would have to wait, and ask Ron when the time was right.
~*~
Ron woke up the next morning. The sun was flooding into the room. He covered his head with his blankets and rolled over. He slowly brought the blanket down and rest the hem on his chest. He thought about the night before. His head was pounding. He looked to his right and saw some water and Tylenol. Those girls are amazing! He thought to himself. He looked to the rest of the boys beds, empty. He looked to his clock. 2 o'clock. He should get ready and go find the others. He got up and started to sing to himself as he got ready.
**Open up my eyes, floods with daylight. Another sleepless night turns colour black and white. Will all the things I've said, there is just regret, repeating in my head. Hands into a fist, static in my head, now I'm standing face to face with loneliness. What did I expect? Did I see forever in you?**
His thoughts drifted to Hermione and Draco. He loved her, and now someone else had taken her. He was furious. Why did he not tell her sooner. Did I see forever in you? He did, he wanted to be Hermione forever. But it was too late. He made his way to the common room. None of them were there. Just down the hall he whispered the password to Hermione's portrait. There he found his friends.
"Good morning sleepy head!" He heard Ginny.
"Have a good sleep?" Hermione giggled.
"Thought you'd never join us!" Harry laughed.
"Ah, great sleep." He yawned, stretched and scratched his messed up hair.
"We should go again soon!" Hermione said to the group.
"TONIGHT!" Ginny exclaimed.
"NO!" The boys said in unison, their heads still pounding.
"Where's Draco?" Ron looked to Hermione.
"I don't know. Haven't seen him since last night. Maybe I should go and find him." With that she was off. As she walked she sang under her breath.
**I want love, but it's impossible. A girl like me, so irresponsible. A girl like me is dead in places, other girls feel liberated. I can't love, shot full of holes. Don't feel nothing, I just feel cold. Don't feel nothing, just old scars. Toughening up around my heart. But I want love, just a different kind. I want love won't break me down. Won't brick me up, won't fence me in.**
She thought to herself as she walked. Maybe it wasn't Draco she should be with. I want love, just a different kind. She wanted Draco as a friend, but she wanted someone else as a boyfriend. Ron. She continued to think as she walked to the grounds. She found him by the lake.
"Have a good night?" He asked as she sat beside him.
"It was GREAT! But I have LOADS of homework to do!" She whined. "Stupid teachers have to ruin everything!" She smiled at him.
He sneered back at her. I had been thinking of how he was to break up with her all night. He thought no hanging back, he would do it good, so she would hate him again. He couldn't handle the thought of her and Ron. The puppy eyes they make at each other. He got up and stood in front of her.
**Lots of knots, lot of snags, lot of holes, lot of cracks, lot of snags. Lot of naggin' old hags, lot of fools, lot of fool scum bags. Oh it's such a drag, what a chore... oh your wounds are full of salt. Everything's a stress and what's more, well it's all somebody's fault.**
"And guess who's fault it is? Yours!" He spat at her. "Hey! Get over it!" He finished the song as he yelled at her. He looked to her face, there were tears in her eyes. She stood and looked him straight in the eyes. He was beginning to feel badly for what he had done.
"Is that right?" She said to him. She pushed him back so the was sitting on the ground.
**You looked like a star from the first time. You served me my drink, you said you liked my face, so I asked you your name. You were just a guy when I found you. You'd been beat around and landed at my feet. I picked you off of your knees. But YOU stepped on my life! Dug your teeth in, tore out my soul and threw me back again, darling you used me. You stepped on my life. You used me, twisted the knife, into my back, into my life. Darling you sue me, you stepped on my life.**
With that she turned and walked away from him. She walked as tall as she could, even though tears were rolling down her face. What had she done? She thought about it as she walked to her common room. She went out with Draco Malfoy! She had never really thought about it. But now that she was thinking about it, that was not a part of her summer promise to be nicer to people. She was a little too nice with Draco. And she love Ron. She stopped dead in her tracks as the thought flew through her head. She love Ron. She didn't dismiss it this time, the like the idea of it. She stopped crying and gave the password to get into her room. Only Ginny was there.
"WHAT DID HE DO TO YOU!" She yelled as she saw Hermione's red eyes. She ran over and hugged her.
"We broke up. Well, he broke up with me. Oh well." She said sitting on the sofa and telling Ginny everything.
"What a little creep!" Ginny exclaimed at the end of the story.
"It's alright."
"Because, now you and my brother can hook up!"
Hermione was so surprised. Was it really that obvious?
"But, like he wants me." She said to Ginny, slumping the whole thing off, not denying it.
"AH! So you DO want him! I'll bet he wants you too!" Ginny giggled, bouncing on the sofa.
"That's enough Ginny! I'm going to my room. I'll talk to you later!" She walked to her room and put on her CD player. She put on her favourite song.
**Stand up sit down baby. Gonna be a formal dress down hay day. How bout you and me we go downtown. How bout you and me we go get wasted, ya lets get wasted.**
She thought about Ron a lot, then she drifted off to sleep, and dreamed of their life together.
~*~
The next week past with a lot of threats from the boys to Draco for what he did to Hermione. They went back to the way they had been, joking and laughing as they always did. Hermione ignored Draco whenever he was around, and thought of Ron all the time. The next Saturday they decided to sneak out of the castle and go to the club again.
Songs of this Chapter:
I'd Do Anything - Simple Plan
Three Simple Words - Finch
I Want Love - Elton John
Get Over It - Ok Go
You Stepped On My Life - Philosopher Kings
The First - Tegan and Sara