A/N - not too much happens in this chapter...a couple get together is all really....which couple? Well, let's just say: Its ABOUT TIME! ANTyways, on with the story...
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Ch 3 - One couple down, two to go
The next afternoon almost everyone was gone: Percy and Mr. Weasley off at work, the twins in their 'laboratory' as they had chosen to call their room, Mrs. Weasley....well...she was home but...no one knew where to say she was really, because one second she'd be in the kitchen, then next, she's gone.
The four girls were in the living room on the couch talking. Lori was talking about one of the pranks she had pulled on Snape before Mel had come to Hogwarts. Ginny and Hermione had just...never known about it. "So...basically, to sum it all up it involved a rigged bucket of water, a bottle of coconut scented shampoo, and matching conditioner, and Snape saying gosh knows what in about 10 different languages. Most likely about a thousand obscenities." As Melanie and Ginny laughed at the thought and Hermione chided her, Lori noticed her youngest cousin standing near the bottom of the staircase, where only she could see him.
Lori raised her eyebrows at him and saw him mouth "I need to talk to you." The other three girls had gone on talking, thinking Lori was still listening, so she decided now was the best time to mouth back "What for?!" Thus ensued a mouthed conversation between cousins.
"I just do! Please?"
Lori looked at him with a 'come on! Tell me something here!' look on her face, she mouthed just that "Come on, Ron! Tell me something!"
"I can't! Not without you doing something to make it obvious to the other three!"
Lori sighed and rolled her eyes, standing she said "I'll be back in a sec." And she left with her brother and, so they didn't have to go ALL the way upstairs to his room, Lori shoved him into hers. She was clearly not mouthing now "What was that all about?"
Ron said nothing.
"Oh. Great! You made me stop my conversation for something and you won't tell me what it is? This is just great!" She sighed and plopped down on her bed next to where she had shoved him.
"I'll tell you if you shut it for a minute."
Lori sat quietly, looking at him. After about a minute she said "Well? I'm waiting."
"Its about Hermione."
Lori's impatient-ness quickly turned into an odd kind of excitement "Well....what about her?"
"I was wondering if you had any ideas on what I should do about the whole......" He hesitated before decided on the word "Situation."
Lori grinned in a way not unlike Fred and George. "Situation?" She repeated "Is that what your calling it now? Well! I say you've got two options."
"Well, I'm all ears."
"First option would be to just tell her."
"I can't do that......I've tried."
This only made the girl grin wider, which sort of scared Ron. "Well...then......" She trailed off
"Well then what?" Ron asked, knowing he was most likely regret having asked.
"You could be really spontaneous and just go back downstair and KISS HER! How's that sound?" She said the whole thing with an excited sarcasm.
Ron's eyes had widened and he said "I.....think I'll take the first option."
Lori's smile faded a bit "Awww! Come on Ronniekins!" She said, putting an arm around his shoulders.
Ron glared at her for the use of the annoying nickname she and the twins had come up with for him a few years back. Lori just grinned at his annoyance.
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Later that day, around 5 or so, Lori and Melanie were upstairs in Lori's room, Ginny and Molly were in town, Arthur and Percy were still at work, the twins were still working on only they knew what and Hermione was in the living room curled up on the couch reading Brain Dead by a Muggle author whose name was Eileen Dreyer. Ron came downstairs from his room into the living room. He and Harry had been talking and he decided he was going to do it. He really was this time.
As he entered the living room he was Hermione "Hey Hermione."
The bushy haired girl looked up from her book and smiled "Hi Ron."
He sat down next to her. "Whatcha doing?"
"Reading."
"Like always?"
"Ron! I'm not always reading!"
"Calm down. I didn't mean anything by it."
"Sorry..."
He shook his head "Its fine."
She marked her place in her book and set it on the table and smiled "Was there something you wanted to talk to me about?"
"Yeah...kind of..."
"Ok, well, what is it?"
Ron stayed silent.
"Come on Ron, you can tell me anything."
"Easier said than done I'm afraid."
Hermione frowned "Why?"
"Well...its just....different..."
"We're friends aren't we? You can tell me anything."
"Its not that....its that I–umm–well...you see..."
"Yes?"
"I wanted to know if..."
This is it! This is it! I know this is it! She thought. "Ron, come on...what is it?"
"Iwantedtoknowifyouwouldgooutwithme."
To Hermione the rushed sentence sounded like exactly what it was: a bunch of mumbo-jumbo. "What?"
Ron sighed "I–I wanted to know if–if you would–err–umm–"
"Ron, come on, out with it already!"
"Go out with me."
"What?" She was confused now, thinking he was demanding it of her.
"I wanted to know if you would–go out with me."
Hermione's face held pure shock.
"'Mione?"
She said nothing, still shocked.
Ron evidently took her silence as a no and started to say "Its alright if you don't...but I'd really like it if you would–"
She snapped out of her trance like state and smiled "Yes."
"Answer–" He cut himself off, hearing what she said "Wha-what?"
"I said yes, Ron. Yes."
Now it was Ron's turn to be shocked. His eyes were wide as he stared at her. "Wha–? Are you...serious?"
Hermione smiled, she couldn't resist what she was about to say "No, I'm Hermione, but seriously."
Ron grinned and then they both laughed. "Did you get that from Lori?"
She nodded "Yeah, I couldn't resist. No one else ever asked if I was serious." She grinned.
"You really don't need to start hanging out with her you know? She's like Fred and George. And I mean exactaly like them."
"Yeah...I know. But I can't help but be friends with her."
"But you can't do anything other than scold the twins?"
"Well...I do scold her. Just as much, if not more than the twins but..." She shrugged.
"You are truly one of a kind Hermione Granger."
"And so are you, Ronald Weasley."
"Don't call me that!"
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Ch 3 - One couple down, two to go
The next afternoon almost everyone was gone: Percy and Mr. Weasley off at work, the twins in their 'laboratory' as they had chosen to call their room, Mrs. Weasley....well...she was home but...no one knew where to say she was really, because one second she'd be in the kitchen, then next, she's gone.
The four girls were in the living room on the couch talking. Lori was talking about one of the pranks she had pulled on Snape before Mel had come to Hogwarts. Ginny and Hermione had just...never known about it. "So...basically, to sum it all up it involved a rigged bucket of water, a bottle of coconut scented shampoo, and matching conditioner, and Snape saying gosh knows what in about 10 different languages. Most likely about a thousand obscenities." As Melanie and Ginny laughed at the thought and Hermione chided her, Lori noticed her youngest cousin standing near the bottom of the staircase, where only she could see him.
Lori raised her eyebrows at him and saw him mouth "I need to talk to you." The other three girls had gone on talking, thinking Lori was still listening, so she decided now was the best time to mouth back "What for?!" Thus ensued a mouthed conversation between cousins.
"I just do! Please?"
Lori looked at him with a 'come on! Tell me something here!' look on her face, she mouthed just that "Come on, Ron! Tell me something!"
"I can't! Not without you doing something to make it obvious to the other three!"
Lori sighed and rolled her eyes, standing she said "I'll be back in a sec." And she left with her brother and, so they didn't have to go ALL the way upstairs to his room, Lori shoved him into hers. She was clearly not mouthing now "What was that all about?"
Ron said nothing.
"Oh. Great! You made me stop my conversation for something and you won't tell me what it is? This is just great!" She sighed and plopped down on her bed next to where she had shoved him.
"I'll tell you if you shut it for a minute."
Lori sat quietly, looking at him. After about a minute she said "Well? I'm waiting."
"Its about Hermione."
Lori's impatient-ness quickly turned into an odd kind of excitement "Well....what about her?"
"I was wondering if you had any ideas on what I should do about the whole......" He hesitated before decided on the word "Situation."
Lori grinned in a way not unlike Fred and George. "Situation?" She repeated "Is that what your calling it now? Well! I say you've got two options."
"Well, I'm all ears."
"First option would be to just tell her."
"I can't do that......I've tried."
This only made the girl grin wider, which sort of scared Ron. "Well...then......" She trailed off
"Well then what?" Ron asked, knowing he was most likely regret having asked.
"You could be really spontaneous and just go back downstair and KISS HER! How's that sound?" She said the whole thing with an excited sarcasm.
Ron's eyes had widened and he said "I.....think I'll take the first option."
Lori's smile faded a bit "Awww! Come on Ronniekins!" She said, putting an arm around his shoulders.
Ron glared at her for the use of the annoying nickname she and the twins had come up with for him a few years back. Lori just grinned at his annoyance.
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Later that day, around 5 or so, Lori and Melanie were upstairs in Lori's room, Ginny and Molly were in town, Arthur and Percy were still at work, the twins were still working on only they knew what and Hermione was in the living room curled up on the couch reading Brain Dead by a Muggle author whose name was Eileen Dreyer. Ron came downstairs from his room into the living room. He and Harry had been talking and he decided he was going to do it. He really was this time.
As he entered the living room he was Hermione "Hey Hermione."
The bushy haired girl looked up from her book and smiled "Hi Ron."
He sat down next to her. "Whatcha doing?"
"Reading."
"Like always?"
"Ron! I'm not always reading!"
"Calm down. I didn't mean anything by it."
"Sorry..."
He shook his head "Its fine."
She marked her place in her book and set it on the table and smiled "Was there something you wanted to talk to me about?"
"Yeah...kind of..."
"Ok, well, what is it?"
Ron stayed silent.
"Come on Ron, you can tell me anything."
"Easier said than done I'm afraid."
Hermione frowned "Why?"
"Well...its just....different..."
"We're friends aren't we? You can tell me anything."
"Its not that....its that I–umm–well...you see..."
"Yes?"
"I wanted to know if..."
This is it! This is it! I know this is it! She thought. "Ron, come on...what is it?"
"Iwantedtoknowifyouwouldgooutwithme."
To Hermione the rushed sentence sounded like exactly what it was: a bunch of mumbo-jumbo. "What?"
Ron sighed "I–I wanted to know if–if you would–err–umm–"
"Ron, come on, out with it already!"
"Go out with me."
"What?" She was confused now, thinking he was demanding it of her.
"I wanted to know if you would–go out with me."
Hermione's face held pure shock.
"'Mione?"
She said nothing, still shocked.
Ron evidently took her silence as a no and started to say "Its alright if you don't...but I'd really like it if you would–"
She snapped out of her trance like state and smiled "Yes."
"Answer–" He cut himself off, hearing what she said "Wha-what?"
"I said yes, Ron. Yes."
Now it was Ron's turn to be shocked. His eyes were wide as he stared at her. "Wha–? Are you...serious?"
Hermione smiled, she couldn't resist what she was about to say "No, I'm Hermione, but seriously."
Ron grinned and then they both laughed. "Did you get that from Lori?"
She nodded "Yeah, I couldn't resist. No one else ever asked if I was serious." She grinned.
"You really don't need to start hanging out with her you know? She's like Fred and George. And I mean exactaly like them."
"Yeah...I know. But I can't help but be friends with her."
"But you can't do anything other than scold the twins?"
"Well...I do scold her. Just as much, if not more than the twins but..." She shrugged.
"You are truly one of a kind Hermione Granger."
"And so are you, Ronald Weasley."
"Don't call me that!"
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