In Dreams

Chapter 10

"Ron! Ron, wake up! Are you okay, Ron?"

Ron blearily opened his eyes. For some unknown reason he was still alive. Hermione's sweet, distraught face still loomed over his.

"Say something, Ron?" pleaded Hermione.

Ron was confused. Maybe she hadn't heard him the first time. So some how he managed to say it louder this time despite the intense pain. "I said I love you, Hermione."

Hermione started to turn several shades of pink. She tried to hide the smile that had sprung to her lips. Ron started to get a little angry. Here he was dying and she was getting all embarrassed about this. It was either that or she was making fun of him. Maybe she didn't return his feelings and here he was admitting he liked her before he died. Of all the....

It was then that he heard two people start laughing. He knew those laughs as he had been on the receiving end of them for his entire life.

Fred and George stepped out from behind Ginny. Fred said, "I think the blugger hit you a little too hard, mate."

Blugger, Ron thought confused? It was then that he started to look around and noticed a blue sky above him. Wincingly, he looked around and saw that he was surrounded by his Quidditch team and a host of others from his house and school.

Ron closed his eyes. The thought of what he had admitted a mere few moments ago burned inside of him to such a degree that he was sure his face and ears were a dark shade of pink. He wished he really was dead and that this was in fact all a dream.