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A/N School, school and school ! I am so busy that I can't do anything these days! I finally sat down to write a few more sentences. This chapter is gonna be shorter. If you like Spanish soaps, you'll like this. Joking! (I hate Spanish soaps!!!) Okay, write reviews and please no flames! : )

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The Go Must Show On

Chapter 4 : Hermione

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Ron somehow managed to finish the show. It was a little bit harder than usual - everyone wanted to know who are the people he hugged and who is the man he wasn't so happy to see again. He just told them they were his old friends and there's nothing much to talk about. Although they didn't believe him, they knew the Show ended and they needed to go home.

Ron couldn't wait to see their backs , because there were so many unanswered questions in his mind. Before he tried to ask Harry, Hermione and Draco how did they all got together, Hermione started to talk :

"Oh, it is really really great to see you again! I had no idea you work in a Muggle club ! What did you do all these years? You could at least call me, you know! How are Bill, Percy and Charley? Did Fred and George become famous with their joke shops ? How is Ginny? Since when have you become an entertainer? " She stopped to take a breath, and Ron used it to interrupt her:

"Okay, okay, Mione! I'll answer to all your questions if you just let me. " he smiled ,and Hermione blushed. She really got carried away!

"Charley is still in Romania working with dragons. He says it is his passion and that he'll never leave that job. Bill is here and there. Nobody can catch him! Except his wife. Yeah, he's married. Fred and George..... A story for itself. Crazy and funny like always. They own the most famous prank/joke shops. It is strange you haven't heard how popular they've become. Percy is in Ministry of Magic. He's almost a minister... ! And Ginny , well, she is the only person that changed a lot. You won't believe but she is actually at Hogwarts. She teaches Divination. And she's very good ad it. It seems like she really has that eye professor Trelawney talked about so many times... " Ron smiled at Harry.

He tried not to concentrate on Malfoy and Hermione. They looked suspicious to him - oh, did he just put her hand in his? God! - He yearned to know what was going on, but Hermione asked him first. Ron took a deep breath.

"Okay, I know this will certainly sound very stupid to you, but in the first few months after Hogwarts I didn't want to contact you two because I felt embarrassed. I didn't want you to think I was so lonely and I couldn't live without anyone in my life. "

"Yeah, yeah, I know, but that's how I felt." He quickly added when saw Harry's and Hermione's scowling faces. Draco didn't make a move - he was just listening. Ron wondered why did he have such a - normal - expression on his face! There was no sign of the smirks he remembered so well . A completely normal young man was sitting across him, and if he didn't look the same Ron saw him last time, he would think this was somebody else!

"A year passed by, there was no sign of you. Almost two years passed by and I saw a small article in Daily Prophet about you, Harry. Famous hairdresser, ha? Chicks love ya!" Ron grinned.
Harry replied with a grin: "After I saw this tonight, I can freely say that chicks love you too, Ron!"

"Kind of. Anyway, I was convinced you made new lives. Who would remember me now? It's true I didn't hear anything about you, Mione , but I guessed you found a job aswell. I tried to get one, too, but didn't have a lot of success. Ginny suggested to find some Muggle jobs. I had to go to some Muggle classes to know how they live ,what they do, which is their way of working.....Lots of stuff! It was hard, but I made it."

Hermione muttered : " I told you to study Muggles at Hogwarts, but you wouldn't listen ...... "

"Yep, I know, but I learned a lot this way, too . So I first became a milkman -don't laugh, Harry!- then a postman , and after a while I went to some audition, and the people accepted me to work in one lame night club. I talked jokes, everyone thought I was good, I got better job, and soon became a very popular club-guy. " His ears went red. Even Draco remembered they used to go red when they were kids. Some things just stay for entire life.

"I guess we know the rest of the story. When you became popular, you forgot about your pals and now, after so many years, if they are still your friends, they are going to forgive you. Right?" Draco spoke for the first time.

Ron didn't feel very comfortable. Hermione answered instead of him:

"Yeah, that would be pretty much it. I suppose you are burning to know how did we all go to this club tonight. "

Ron nodded and curiously looked at her.

"The story's long, but I'll make it shorter. First of all, you see, Draco and I are ..... together." Hermione didn't want to stop here, but she had to see his eyes. They were wide open.

"So..... it's true, then?" he said weakly, but there was no sign he cared about it.

"True? What do you mean by that?" Draco asked.

"It's not that I knew, or heard, or anything- I just guessed. I saw how you were looking at her, and all. You have to be really dumb not to see when people are ..... in love. But before Hermione finishes the whole story, I would just like to ask how did you two get together? I mean, you hated each other. I am not trying to be rude, because we're adults now, and I see you've changed a lot Malf- Draco , you know, but I could never thing you could actually love somebody! Now I am convinced that miracles happen. " Ron finished.

His head was still buzzing . How could THEY be together??? Although this wasn't Evil-Draco he used to know , Ron still couldn't believe Hermione and him had a relationship. It would be the same you'd say that Snape was with McGonagall - they just wasn't the right pair!

"I understand you can't accept it right now. I couldn't do that myself either when I saw them this evening." Harry softly said and continued " Yeah, we didn't make a deal to come here , we simply met. We had no idea you were the Big R. See what faith can do?" Harry chuckled.

"Strange, really. We're meeting after four years, not thinking about each other!" Hermione nodded.

"And Ron why have you never told us you could sing like that? That was absolutely wonderful! " Harry exclaimed, when he remembered why was he so astonished.
Ron gave Hermione a quick look before he answered:
"Well, thanks. Um, I guess I never sang because I didn't want you to hear me. If you want to ask me why, I 'll tell you right now: There's no reason, at all!"
"But it was wonderful. It really was." Hermione answered.
"Ron, what about your love life? " Harry asked a question Hermione longed to hear the answer.

"Don't mention it! It is really messed up." He wanted to change the subject, but Hermione didn't let him.

"Why? What can be so messed up ? You have girlfriend or you don't, I don't see the complication."

"I was married." Ron shortly replied.

"Oh!"

"The guy is actually divorced! Congratulations, you are so much progressive than us." Draco said with a grin.

"Now I see why you talked all those marriage jokes. "Harry said.

"So, Ron, is there any chance we could hear what happened?" Hermione tenderly asked.

Ron was silent was some time and then deeply sighed.

"We were married for a year maybe. Her name was Anne. Such an usual name for such unusual girl. When Anne and I met, we thought we loved each other. Everything was great- I was happy, she was happy. It seemed like we had great fun. And then it happened. The real reason of our wedding was her ..... pregnancy. I really liked Anne, and all, but I wasn't prepared for marriage. Neither was she. Anyway, her parents didn't want to hear for abortion, so it seems like we were made to get married. At the beginning it was bearable, but it later became awful. We fought a lot - till the baby was born. That's when Anne and I felt some strange connection to her. Yes, it was a girl. A beautiful little girl. People thought we were in love again just because they would see us smiled when we would go out with her. But, it wasn't true. We were going farther and farther from each other. Anyway, I was sick of everything, so was she, and it was obvious that we were going to divorce. But, our daughter was the problem. We both loved her more than everything and neither of us was willing to let her go. There was a trial and..... and...... " Ron stopped there, but Hermione, Harry and Draco understood what happen. Anne got the girl. They felt sorry for him. It all sounded like a sad life-story. But, how did he manage to be so happy on the stage when he had all those worries? It seemed that Ron Weasley became stronger than they couldn't dream he could be.

"I am sorry, Ron. I really am." Hermione whispered, while Draco and Harry were slowly nodding.

"Nah. You shouldn't be. I mean, life goes on, right?" He said.

"Yeah, but it needs time. And, by the way, what's the name of your little girl?" Hermione asked.
Ron looked like he wasn't prepared to answer .But why? Hermione thought It was perfectly normal question!

He mumbled something in his chin and turned his head away.

"What did you say, Ron? I didn't quite hear you."

Ron felt his head buzzing louder than ever , but he looked her straight in her chocolate- brown eyes and answered:

"I said that that her name was Hermione."
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