CHAPTER 2
SO CLOSE
Their first week at Hogwarts flew by and as they got into their second week everyone had reaquainted themselves properly and they were back to how things used to be between them all, Ron and Hermione bickering and Harry trying to make them stop. Harry and Ron were getting very excited though, as they would be playing in the first Quidditch match of the year, against Ravenclaw. Ron who was captain of the team and was also the teams Keeper, was not eating his breakfast, and was sitting in his seat concentrating, staring at the table in front of him trying to work out some new Quidditch plays that they could use against Ravenclaw to win. Afterall he was the captain and he wanted to show that he was just as good as Oliver Wood.
''Ron'' Harry called, waving his hand in front of his friends face. ''Eat your breakfast mate, the match isn't until tomorrow, forget about it.''
Ron didn't say anything, it looked as though he didn't even take in what Harry had just siad. So Hermione tried to coax her extremely stubborn friend to eat his breakfast, as she knew what Ron was like when he was hungry.
''Come on Ron you have to eat.'' Hermione started gently. Ron didnt' look up. '' You know how you get when you've missed a meal'' she said, getting more and more frustrated.
''OH FOR GOODNESS SAKE RON, STOP IGNORING ME!'' she shouted at him, causing several people to look up, including Ron.
''JUST SHUT UP HERMIONE.'' he shouted back. ''WHO ASKED YOU ANYWAY?''
And with that she ran up to her room crying her eyes out. Leaving Ron feeling very embarrassed. And Harry feeling very shocked, it wasn't like Hermione to just run off. She usually just shouted back at Ron only even louder than he had shouted.
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The next day Harry and Ron played brilliantly in their Quidditch match although Hermione didn't go to watch it as she and Ron still weren't talking. Gryffindor had beaten Ravenclaw by 190 points to 60. Harry however had ended up in the Hospital wing after making a spectacular and dangerous dive to catch the snitch (which he did.)
To celebrate the beginning of a new year in school, all of the students in the school were allowed into Hogsmeade after the Quidditch match. Ron offered to stay behind to keep Harry company, as it was kind of his fault Harry was there in the first place. As the dive Harry carried out in order to catch the golden snitch was one of Rons new ideas, but Ginny told him to go, and that she'd be more than happy to look after Harry because, secretly she wanted to spend more time alone with her boyfriend. So Ron started to walk up to the Gryffindor common room to change out of his dirty, sweaty Quidditch robes.
When he reached the common room though, he was surprised, not because it was unusually empty, but because he saw that Hermione was sitting on a chair in front of the fire, not reading as she usually likes to do in front of the fire but crying her eyes out.
''Whats the matter?'' he said softly to her, completely forgetting about their row.
''Whats the mater!'' she sobbed. ''Whats the matter! You are the matter Ronald Weasley, you and your big mouth.''
Thats when he remembered their row and he went up to Hermione and wiped away her tears softly with his finger and said. ''Look Mione, I am really sorry, It's just that I was really nervous that day and I just snapped. I'm so sorry if I upset you.''
''Mione'' she repeated, ''thats new'' she said giggling. ''You've never called me that before.''
Ron looked away and blushed. He didn't mean to call her that, and she was right he had never called her that before, it was either Hermione or Herm, never Mione. He could feel his ears burning and he hoped she didn't notice.
He hugged Hermione and said ''I'm sorry can we be friends now? I hate fighting with you.''
''Sure'' she replied shakily and she looked up at him.
And for a moment her dark brown, soulful eyes stared into his intense blue ones. And she felt closer to him than she ever had before. She looked down at his soft full lips and she imagined what it would feel like to kiss them, she realised that she had been staring at his lips for too long so she looked at at him and gave him a small smile. She then leant in closer to him and her lips were almost touching his, when they both heard the portrait of the fat lady swing open and they jumped back from each other so fast you would've thought that they had both just received electric shocks.
It was Harry and Ginny, they had come into the common room in the hopes of being alone with each other for a bit.
''What are you doing here?'' said Harry.
''We could ask you the same thing'' replied Ron quickly
''Well,'' started Harry '' Madam Pomfrey said that I was ready to leave and that I was lucky that I didn't do myself a more serious injury, so me and Ginny thought that we would come up here for a while and umm................talk, yeah talk for a while.''
''Oh'' said Hermione she had been so close to Ron and now she couldn't even look at him after what she had nearly done.
''I see you two have made up then'' Ginny said
''What, Oh yeah'' Ron said casually, although Harry noticed that his friend was blushing slightly.
''Well if you lot don't mind I think I'll go to the, the Library'' finished Hermione, and with that she left very hurridly.
''Yeah I better go and take a shower I suppose, I'm filthy'' Ron said as he was walking out of the common room to go to the bathroom.
So that left Harry and Ginny alone in the Gryffindor common room as they had hoped. Until Colin Creevy came in with his new girlfriend and they seated themselves on Harry and Ginny's favourite couch by the fire, and started kissing.
''URRRRGGGGGGGHHHHH'' Harry said to Ginny quietly and then noticing the disappointed look on her face he said softly to her, ''you want to come up to my room for a bit?''
''What?''
''Nothing funny, I swear its just so that we can be alone together honest'' soothed Harry noticing the worried look on Ginnys face.
''Promise?'' she asked in a small voice.
''Of course Gin, I would never force you to do anything you didn't want to do.''
''O.K then'' she replied.
And they headed up the stairs to Harrys dorm room that he shared and they went in and shut the door quietly behind them.
(A.N - Please reveiw and I will post another Chapter I have written it already I just want some reveiws to let me know what you guys think of it so far. Please reveiw.)
SO CLOSE
Their first week at Hogwarts flew by and as they got into their second week everyone had reaquainted themselves properly and they were back to how things used to be between them all, Ron and Hermione bickering and Harry trying to make them stop. Harry and Ron were getting very excited though, as they would be playing in the first Quidditch match of the year, against Ravenclaw. Ron who was captain of the team and was also the teams Keeper, was not eating his breakfast, and was sitting in his seat concentrating, staring at the table in front of him trying to work out some new Quidditch plays that they could use against Ravenclaw to win. Afterall he was the captain and he wanted to show that he was just as good as Oliver Wood.
''Ron'' Harry called, waving his hand in front of his friends face. ''Eat your breakfast mate, the match isn't until tomorrow, forget about it.''
Ron didn't say anything, it looked as though he didn't even take in what Harry had just siad. So Hermione tried to coax her extremely stubborn friend to eat his breakfast, as she knew what Ron was like when he was hungry.
''Come on Ron you have to eat.'' Hermione started gently. Ron didnt' look up. '' You know how you get when you've missed a meal'' she said, getting more and more frustrated.
''OH FOR GOODNESS SAKE RON, STOP IGNORING ME!'' she shouted at him, causing several people to look up, including Ron.
''JUST SHUT UP HERMIONE.'' he shouted back. ''WHO ASKED YOU ANYWAY?''
And with that she ran up to her room crying her eyes out. Leaving Ron feeling very embarrassed. And Harry feeling very shocked, it wasn't like Hermione to just run off. She usually just shouted back at Ron only even louder than he had shouted.
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The next day Harry and Ron played brilliantly in their Quidditch match although Hermione didn't go to watch it as she and Ron still weren't talking. Gryffindor had beaten Ravenclaw by 190 points to 60. Harry however had ended up in the Hospital wing after making a spectacular and dangerous dive to catch the snitch (which he did.)
To celebrate the beginning of a new year in school, all of the students in the school were allowed into Hogsmeade after the Quidditch match. Ron offered to stay behind to keep Harry company, as it was kind of his fault Harry was there in the first place. As the dive Harry carried out in order to catch the golden snitch was one of Rons new ideas, but Ginny told him to go, and that she'd be more than happy to look after Harry because, secretly she wanted to spend more time alone with her boyfriend. So Ron started to walk up to the Gryffindor common room to change out of his dirty, sweaty Quidditch robes.
When he reached the common room though, he was surprised, not because it was unusually empty, but because he saw that Hermione was sitting on a chair in front of the fire, not reading as she usually likes to do in front of the fire but crying her eyes out.
''Whats the matter?'' he said softly to her, completely forgetting about their row.
''Whats the mater!'' she sobbed. ''Whats the matter! You are the matter Ronald Weasley, you and your big mouth.''
Thats when he remembered their row and he went up to Hermione and wiped away her tears softly with his finger and said. ''Look Mione, I am really sorry, It's just that I was really nervous that day and I just snapped. I'm so sorry if I upset you.''
''Mione'' she repeated, ''thats new'' she said giggling. ''You've never called me that before.''
Ron looked away and blushed. He didn't mean to call her that, and she was right he had never called her that before, it was either Hermione or Herm, never Mione. He could feel his ears burning and he hoped she didn't notice.
He hugged Hermione and said ''I'm sorry can we be friends now? I hate fighting with you.''
''Sure'' she replied shakily and she looked up at him.
And for a moment her dark brown, soulful eyes stared into his intense blue ones. And she felt closer to him than she ever had before. She looked down at his soft full lips and she imagined what it would feel like to kiss them, she realised that she had been staring at his lips for too long so she looked at at him and gave him a small smile. She then leant in closer to him and her lips were almost touching his, when they both heard the portrait of the fat lady swing open and they jumped back from each other so fast you would've thought that they had both just received electric shocks.
It was Harry and Ginny, they had come into the common room in the hopes of being alone with each other for a bit.
''What are you doing here?'' said Harry.
''We could ask you the same thing'' replied Ron quickly
''Well,'' started Harry '' Madam Pomfrey said that I was ready to leave and that I was lucky that I didn't do myself a more serious injury, so me and Ginny thought that we would come up here for a while and umm................talk, yeah talk for a while.''
''Oh'' said Hermione she had been so close to Ron and now she couldn't even look at him after what she had nearly done.
''I see you two have made up then'' Ginny said
''What, Oh yeah'' Ron said casually, although Harry noticed that his friend was blushing slightly.
''Well if you lot don't mind I think I'll go to the, the Library'' finished Hermione, and with that she left very hurridly.
''Yeah I better go and take a shower I suppose, I'm filthy'' Ron said as he was walking out of the common room to go to the bathroom.
So that left Harry and Ginny alone in the Gryffindor common room as they had hoped. Until Colin Creevy came in with his new girlfriend and they seated themselves on Harry and Ginny's favourite couch by the fire, and started kissing.
''URRRRGGGGGGGHHHHH'' Harry said to Ginny quietly and then noticing the disappointed look on her face he said softly to her, ''you want to come up to my room for a bit?''
''What?''
''Nothing funny, I swear its just so that we can be alone together honest'' soothed Harry noticing the worried look on Ginnys face.
''Promise?'' she asked in a small voice.
''Of course Gin, I would never force you to do anything you didn't want to do.''
''O.K then'' she replied.
And they headed up the stairs to Harrys dorm room that he shared and they went in and shut the door quietly behind them.
(A.N - Please reveiw and I will post another Chapter I have written it already I just want some reveiws to let me know what you guys think of it so far. Please reveiw.)