He stirred, nothing more. She ran her finger down his nose again and he crinkled it at her. She couldn't help but smile.
"You still angry with me?" he asked in a sleep thickened voice.
"No."
"You going to tell me who this guy is?"
She sighed and cuddled into him, "No, Ron, you'll have to figure that out on your own."
He sighed, grumbled a little, but snuggled as close as he could get to her. "Fine, have it your way. You can like this whoever he is as long as I get to sleep here with you."
She giggled softly, careful not to be too loud, she didn't want to wake the other girls. He'd been doing this all year, crawling into her bed at sometime during the night and snuggling with her. The first time he'd done it he'd woken her, told her no one could sleep with Neville's snoring and asked if he could sleep with her. Somehow he always managed to wake up before any of the other girls in her dormitory. They hadn't been caught all year.
She ran her finger down his nose again.
He smiled before saying in a slightly more awake voice, "I'm awake you know?"
"Your eyes are still closed."
"Because I'm half awake. I have every intention of going back to sleep."
She sighed in an exasperated tone before telling him, "Well, I'm all the way awake and I have every intention of getting up."
"No," he pouted as he tighten his hold on her, "you're nice and warm. Stay here with me."
She was half tempted to stay, but she was also awake, there was no way she'd be able to fall back asleep. He grumbled a little when she pulled out of his arms and gave him her pillow to hold on to. He smiled slightly as he snuggled up against it.
"It smells just like you." he whispered groggily before falling back asleep.
She stifled a giggle and watched him a moment to make sure he'd fallen asleep. Then she took a moment to wonder how he could think she'd like anyone but him. Shaking her head in confusion she grabbed a book and headed to the common room.
She stopped short when she realized someone else was already in there. The fire was low and it took her eyes a moment to adjust to the light. She smiled when she realized it was Willow who was seated by the fire reading.
"Hello," Hermione greeted so as not to startle the new girl as she entered the room.
"Hi," Willow greeted in the same sad tone she had used the day before. Hermione wondered what could have happened to Willow for her to be so depressed and distant and why the answer would be to send her to Hogworts. Before she could begin to ask she noticed the title of the book Willow was reading.
"Th-that's...that's, you're reading Hogworts, A History?" she asked Willow looking astonished.
Willow's gaze turned form the book to the girl in front of her, "I borrowed it from you. It was sitting at the end of your bed. I hope you don't mind."
"Mind?" Hermione asked gleefully, "Of course I don't mind. This... it's...I thought I was the only one!"
Hermione was so overjoyed she threw her arms around Willow and pulled her into a hug.
Willow lightly patted Hermione on the back and told her dully, but somewhat confused, "It'll be okay."
Note:
Hey. Sorry this chap is so short. The next one will be Willow's first day of classes and yes it will include Potions with Snape.
X-Lander- thanx for being my first reviewer.
Alienbeing- OMG! I love you. I could not for the life of me figure out what I was doing wrong and then you come along with your nice review and save my sanity. Thank you so very much. I'm a ditz when it comes to grammar, any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you again and seeing as you gave me the title for the third chap it is now dedicated to you.
Raystla- thanx for the review, not sure bout the Willow/Snape request though. I plan for there to be interaction but I also have this set between season six and seven, so Willow is still dealing with Tara's death and her melt down after. Not really feeling the whole she ready to move on vibe. Sorry. I do plan to hook up a lot of the Hogworts students though and reveal which Gryffindor is from a Watcher family.
And to everyone else, thanks.
