Ron: Redemption, Hermione: Regret

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Hey everybody! Sorry about all those tm signs you saw in chapter 1, maybe it was my video acting up or maybe something screwed up, either way, I apologize for the disrupted reading. Enjoy!

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'Holy shit! ' Screamed Neville, to everyone's surprise.

Ron just groaned. How could this happen, he thought to himself as he kept on stabbing his treacle tart (???).

Hermione and Harry sat at the edge of the Gryffindor table with Ron and the rest, and Harry noticed Luna still looking at him creepily. He waved and got nudged in the ribs by an irritated Hermione. Parvati and Lavander were asking questions while Seamus and Neville looked at him emotionlessly (???), Dean was glaring at him and Ron just sat there, eating. After the feast, people stared at the H/H couple as they made their way into the common room.

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'Harry! That was brilliant! Everybody was convinced, it was a great act! I never thought that everybody was.' Hermione kept on talking.

Harry never noticed how beautiful she was; of course he fancied her but never looked at her in that sort of way. He took the risk and kissed her on the lips. Hermione reluctantly agreed to it and closed her eyes. Just then, the portrait hole opened.

It was Ron and Seamus.

Hermione gasped, regretting her kiss with Harry. She let go of Harry and tried to say hello to Ron and Seamus, but they just walked past her and up the stairs leading to the dormitories.

'Never mind him.' Said Harry foolishly.

'Your right,' said Hermione looking at the ground. 'The plan if off.' To this, Harry was shocked. 'We're a real couple now.'

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It has been a week since the Great Feast incident and everybody got quite used to the most popular boy in school date the smartest girl in school. Everybody except Ron.

It was a quiet evening at Hogwarts, the student were all outside enjoying the autumn breeze. Ron was sitting on the grass writing his Astronomy homework with Neville while Dean and Seamus were playing chess.

'It's getting annoying, Ron, you should do something,' said Neville, still looking at his homework but pointing at a kissing couple down near the lake. Dean dropped the piece he was going to play looking in shock at Neville and Seamus looked with weary eyes on Ron.

'I told you Neville,' said Ron, irritated. 'We don't speak of this anymore, I got over it. It's my problem now and I will deal with it.' Then there was an awkward silence, 'Thanks anyway, guys.'

And they all went back to what they were doing with smiles. But just then Professor Dumbledore came in and broke the silence.

'Mr.Weasley,' she said and Ron turned red. 'I need you in my office.'

'Don't rat us out, Weasley!' Yelled Dean as he reached the door.

Dumbledore gave him a smile and pushed the door open and as they started walking, the Headmaster started speaking.

'Mr.Weasley, I have a request for you, now don't start to speaking until I finish. The Aurors recently raided a Death Eater's house and found that, that,' he looked in front of him and sighed. 'That the Death Eater kept his daughter hidden from the world, he kept her in the basement, never telling her about the wizarding world and Muggle world alike and,' he paused again. 'Molested her for the past sixteen years, ever since she was born. I gladly took her in our school and provided her with everything she needed and she reluctantly agreed. But she doesn't seem to trust men. When I spoke to her earlier, she addressed Professor McGonagall and answered to her as well. I was insulted I guess but I would do the same in her place. And to take your mind off your recent problems,' Ron looked shocked. 'That's right Mr.Weasley, I know about Harry. Please, tell her that not all men are like her father and show her around, for example, be sweet to her. Do you accept? You can say no.'

Ron thought about it, if it would take his thoughts off Hermione, I guess he thought.

'I agree Professor, but tell me,' he kind of regretted he asked. 'How did you know about.?'

'Ah, Mr.Weasley, that's for me to know and you to find out. I expect you in the Transfiguration office first thing tomorrow morning, before sunrise.'

And to that he disappeared, leaving Ron befuddled.

'I wonder.Hey guys.' He waved at a group of students. It was Neville and Parvati were holding hand. Lavander leaning on Seamus and laughing at the same time about something Seamus said. Dean had his hand over Ginny's waist and her hand was over his shoulder.

Ron was jealous.

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Ron woke up the next morning and saw Harry sleeping, he was holding Hermione. It made him mad. But he ignored it. I don't care, he said to himself, they can do whatever they want.

As he went down the stairs he heard Neville and Parvati talking about plants. Ron laughed at himself.

'Hey Ron,' said Parvati as she let go of her plant. 'We were just.'

Ron interrupted her, 'its ok, Parvati, it doesn't matter to me I have to go to McGonagall's office now, something about a new student here at Hogwarts.'

'A new student,' said Neville. 'It's already two weeks into the year.'

'I know but I guess, bloody hell, I'm already late, well have fun later.

And Ron ran out of the common room at full speed. As he reached the Transfiguration office, he opened the door, there was shadow made by the early morning sun. He entered on his transfiguration teacher and a girl a little shorter than him, but she was in the shadow.

'Ah, Mr.Weasley, welcome, I hope Professor Dumbledore hasn't asked you to come this early,' she then turned to the girl. 'This is Ronald Weasley; he is the son of Mr.Weasley, the one who saved you.'

The girl came out of the shadow; she had messy but strait black hair with a white streak on the side, black eyes (!!!), gold earrings and a cute little face.

Ron wiped his dirty hand (from Quidditch), and took his hand out and blurted.

'H-hi, m-m-my name is i-is, Ronald W-w-weasley, call m-me Ron,' then he remembered what Dumbledore said: "be sweet to her", so he took a chance. 'I- I get nervous a-around pr-pr-pretty girls, s-sorry.'

They both shook hands.

'M-m-my name, name i-is.'

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