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Chapter 3: Hermione Arrives

Hermione sent another letter saying that she would arrive at the Weasleys' house this weekend. That meant she would have two more weeks there until school started again. She said she didn't know exactly when she would be arriving, because she had to go to her parents house first and they wanted to drive her to the Weasleys'.

Everyone was exited, especially Harry, Ron, and Ginny. Ron was a bit nervous though. He kept thinking things like 'What if Hermione is mad at me?' Ginny cleaned her room until it was completely spotless and perfect, because Hermione would be staying with her.

Finally the day came when Hermione was supposed to arrive. Everyone got up and had breakfast, and as they were putting the dishes in the sink they heard a car coming down the road. Everyone went outside to greet Hermione. The car pulled into the Weasleys' small driveway. Hermione got out, grinning happily.

"Hello everybody!" she called, half walking, half running towards them. Everyone smiled at her.

"Hi, Harry! How have you been?" she said, giving him a hug.

"Hi, Ginny!" she said to Ginny, hugging her too.

"Hi, Fred! Hi, George!" she said, hugging them both at the same time.

Hermione skipped past Ron and greeted Percy, Bill, and Charlie. She shook all their hands.

Then she got to Ron's parents. She shook Mr. Weasley's hand and gave Mrs. Weasley a hug.

"Thank you so much for letting me stay here for the rest of the summer." she said.

Then Hermione walked back to Ron. She looked up at him.

"Hi, Ron. How are you?" she said carefully, looking into his blue eyes. In them, she could see a mixture of anger and something else. She couldn't decide what it was.

"Hi. I'm okay, considering my best friend lied to me." Ron said, looking at the ground.

"Ron, I'm so sorry. I really am. Are you mad at me?" she asked quietly, desperately hoping he wasn't mad. Ron sighed, and Hermione saw his mouth curve into a very small smile.

"No, Hermione. I'm not mad at you. It's not really your fault I was being so thick."

"Thanks, Ron." Hermione said, smiling. Then she put her arms around him and gave him his hug, too. Ron froze and tensed up because he had not expected it, but soon he relaxed and hugged Hermione back.

They both closed their eyes and stood there enjoying each others company. Suddenly Ron noticed how long they had been hugging without realizing it and he let go of Hermione and backed away. 'This is so awkward, say something!' Ron's head was screaming.

"Ummm." Ron was turning pink as he stood there trying to think of something to say.

"Shall we go inside?" Hermione suggested, also blushing.

"Yeah." Ron said, sighing with relief.

They walked back to the Burrow, both thinking the same thing: 'Why do I have to like you?! You of all people?!'

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