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DISCLAIMER: I do not oown Harry Potter or any of the relative characters and Im not going to pretend that I do because it was the brilliant minds of J.K. Rowling and all her associates to do all the cool harry stuff and so yea......

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Ron fell onto his arse and looked at Hermione, shock all over his face.

" Your... your... EX-FIANCE?" he cried looking at her like she had gone

mad. At the moment though, Hermione seemed to be in her own little

world. Luke was dead and it was an accident... Maria said thast she

need her, she needed Maria, close with. But god.....Luke was dead.

It couldn't be true, and yet it was. Now it wasn't that she was in

love with Luke. No, that definitley was not it. She already knew that

she was still in love with Ron. It was more the fact that a good man,

a close friend and someone who she had known since she first ran away

from London, had been killed, and it was, so,so, unreal!

She rocked back and forth, clutching her knees. She had to do

something and get their quickly, Maria needed her. She couldn't let an

old friend all alone, especially when her friends husband had just

died! No matter how bad of a falling out they had... she never was as

mad as she had said she was... or acter for that matter.

Luke was dead and Maria was all alone in Venice. Hermione might need to

stay there for a while, what with the funeral plans and so on. But

Hermione also needed to be back here in two weeks for Ginny's wedding.

"Hermione, what do you mean ex-fiance,you were going to get, (gulp),

married?" Ron asked, breaking her train of thought's.

" No, I never intended for it to get that far Ron." she said and then

stood quickly.

" I have to pack, I have to get to Venice!" she cried, running to her

room.

Ron chased after her, still utterly confused and disturbed by

the fact that Hermione had almost gotten married. He followed her into

her room and watched from the doorway as she flung open her dresser

drawers and closet, tearing out clothes and throwing them into an open

duffle bag that she had pulled out from under the bed.

"Hermione, you can't go to Venice alone!!!" he cried, flinging his arms out.

She glared at him through her teary eyes.

" I did it once before Ronald Weasley and I can sure as hell do it

again!! What are you going to do Ron! Come with me!?!?" she said back

laughing at the idea of Ron in Italy.

She just couldn't picture him, especially in muggle Italy.

"AS A MATTER OF FACT, YES!" he shouted and took out his wand. Pointing

it at the bed he muttered a spell and his own duffle bag appeared with

a few of his shirts and a few pairs of pants.

Hermione stared open mouthed, he wouldn't... he hated travelling!

" I was being sarcastic Ron." she whispered looking down. " You hate

traveling." she stated, zipping up her bag.

" Well Im going with you Hermione Granger. You are not going alone to

a foriegn country, no matter who dies." he cried.

" Take my hand then and I will aparate you to Maria's apartement. She

said sighing, giving up. She was too grief stricken to argue with the

red head. To depressed to do anything about it.

Ron clasped her hand tightly and Hermione felt her stomach flutter and

her heart skipped a beat.

She looked deep into his eyes and then turned. Both of them

disappeared, now on their way to Venice.

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