A/N: Thanks for the reviews! All this is gonna be fluffy mush between Hermione and Ron! After all, this is under the two characters 'Ron and Hermione'!

By the way, this is a week after Ginny left, and she'll be back in this chapter at Hermiones' house.

Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns Harry Potter.

~*~ Hermiones' POV ~*~

I woke up, and heard running. Without grabbing my robe, I rushed to the door and opened it. I saw my mum and dad running around. "WHAT IS GOING ON!?" I yelled, waking everybody else up. "Baby, we're going to have to leave for America! It's a huge business trip, and neither one of us can miss it. We're taking Sean with us, so don't worry! We won't be able to take you to the station, but you already know how to drive and you've got your license so you can drive everybody, right?" Mum replied. (A/N: I know Hermione isn't supposed to be sixteen till September 18th like JK said, but this is MY story!!! XD )

"Yea mum, I can. But it's 5:15 am, I'm going back to bed. See ya next summer." Hermione said and closed her door.

About two hours later, I woke up again, didn't bother putting my robe on and left. Leaving me in nothing but a spaghetti string tank top and short shorts, revealing my stomach. I went downstairs and saw only Ron was awake.

~*~ Authors POV ~*~

'Oh no, she HAD to come down looking like THAT! It's bad enough I can't get that kiss out of my mind, but this? This it too much for teenage guy.' Ron thought.

"You ok?" She asked. "Huh? Oh yea." He replied. "Wanna go for a walk?" She asked. "Yea sure." They walked around the grounds in silence, until Hermione finally spoke, "It's been some summer, huh?" "Yeah. Very interesting. Hey Hermione, what would you do if I threw you in the pool?" "I won't reveal to you what I would do," She answered. "Oh, ok." He said and picked her up, she shrieked. He threw her in. She swam up. "You are so dead!" She yelled. He offered a hand; she took it, pulled him in and laughed. He swam up and she dunked him. He chased her around in the pool till he had her cornered. Her chest was heaving with each breath she took and he got so close, their noses almost touched. "You, Hermione, are a bad girl!" He said. She giggled. "Come on, let's get dried up." She said.

When they got back in, everybody else was awake and got wide-eyed when they saw their friends soaked. "What happened?" Harry asked. "He threw me in the pool, so I pulled him in." Hermione answered casually and walked upstairs.

An hour later, they all got bored. And at that moment Ginny appeared in the fireplace. "Hewwo!" She said sounding like a baby. "I thought you were gonna be at the Burrow?" Fred asked. "I didn't say I was going to be at the Burrow ALL summer long." Ginny said. She turned red when her eyes locked with Harrys'. 'Great,' He thought. 'She's got that schoolgirl crush again.' "Go take her trunk upstairs, Harry." Ron said. "Yes, your highness." Harry said as he took Ginnys' trunk upstairs, followed by Ginny.

"Ron, can I talk to you for a second?" Hermione asked. "OK," He said as they walked upstairs and into Hermiones' room. "What did you want to talk about?" Ron asked when she closed and locked the door. She hesitated for a while, till she said, "This," And kissed him. It was only a peck, but then they locked eyes and all feelings they had burst. Ron pulled Hermione closer to him and kissed her. She deepened the kiss and wrapped her arms around his neck. Then a sudden thought hit her, Is she doing this only because he's cute? Is this only a summer fling? Do two best friends usually lock themselves in a bedroom just to KISS? No, she thought as she broke the kiss. She turned her back towards him. "What was that?" Ron asked, a little breathless. "A mistake," She answered and opened the door. "I shouldn't have kissed you," She said and walked out, leaving Ron confused and heart broken. They both missed the warmth of each other's lips, and the warmth of their arms around each other. Hermiones' phone rang and she answered it, Ron finally came downstairs. Hermione suddenly looked ticked off. "Angel, I don't know what you want, but you and I USED to be best friends and USED to call each other on the phone, but when I started going to a different school, YOU got mad at me and said things I never thought anybody was capable of saying, so don't call my house again!" She said and dropped the receiver. "Angel? She called you!?" Ginny shrieked. She met Angel one time and hated her with a passion. "OK! WHO IS ANGEL!?" Everybody except Ginny and Hermione yelled in unison. "A slimy grimy little bloody b-" Ginny was about to say something, but her brothers cut her off pretending to be Percy. "Virginia Weasley! Do NOT cuss. You should be ashamed of yourself!" They all said in unison. "Haha! I wasn't going to cuss. I was going to say 'brat', not the other word." Ginny giggled. A sudden thought hit Hermione. "Gin, can I talk to you?" "Sure."

The two girls went outside. "How did the surgery go?" Hermione asked. Ginny looked ecstatic. "I don't have cancer! The tumor was the only part that had cancer!" Ginny squealed. "Really?" Hermione asked. There was a POP and Stacy appeared. "Ginny! I heard the great news!" She said. At this point, everybody was outside. "I know!" Ginny said. "But. There's something I need to tell you. It's about the Dark Lord. Can I talk to you in privet?" She muttered. Everybody looked at each other in confusion. "OK." Ginny said and she followed Stacy further into the yard.

"Voldemort has a daughter. Did you know that?" Stacy asked. "No. Why are you telling me?" Ginny replied. "Because Cylia Riddle came to visit me. And a couple days ago I caught her snooping around in your medical files." Stacy answered. "That's crazy! Why would she do that?" Ginny exclaimed. "I don't know. But I just thought you should know." Stacy said. And with a POP she disappeared. Ginny shook her head and ran up to the group. "OK! We're going to The Leaky Cauldron for drinks!" Hermione said. "WHY!?"

"Ginny, you tell 'em." Hermione said. "Um. You see. The reason I went back to the Burrow was to errrrm.get surgery." Ginny said slowly. "She had cancer, but the tumor was removed leaving her CANCER FREE!" Hermione squealed. "YOU HAD CANCER!?" The guys shouted. "Oh hush. I don't now! SO LETS CELEBRATE!" Ginny said.

They all used Floo powder to get to the Leaky Cauldron and were welcomed by Tom the innkeeper. "Um. Do you have any butterbeer?" Hermione asked. Tom nodded. "OK! Six butterbeers." Hermione ordered. They sat down and talked about Quidditch when a snobby voice was heard. "Aw come on Draco. Don't you want to date me?" She asked. "No," Was Dracos' reply. "I'll be right back." Hermione said and stood up. The pub was just about empty, so Angel Simmons saw Hermione. Angel grabbed Hermiones' arm tightly. "What do we have here? Who knew pathetic little Hermione was a witch." She snarled. "Go to hell. And let me go!" Hermione spat. Angel let go. "What happened to your bushy hair? Took too much house room up?" Angel sneered. "Aw. That's all you can do for an insult?" Hermione laughed. Angel hissed something only loud enough for Hermione to hear, "I hope your baby brother dies,"

Angel stood up and walked away but Hermione grabbed Angels' arm and punched her nose so hard it broke. Hermione clutched her fist because it hurt her, too. "WHY YOU LITTLE MUDBLOOD!" Angel screamed. Hermione was about to make another move until somebody wrapped his or her arms around her waist and pulled her back to her seat. "Do you usually punch that hard?" Oliver Wood asked. "When somebody says that they wish my baby brother would die, yes." Hermione answered. Ginny, Ron, Fred, George and Harry were still in shock. "Quit staring." Hermione hissed. "Hermione I wanna say something to you outside. Hermione and I will be back in a few minutes." Ron said as he grabbed Hermiones' arms and walked out.

"What are you doing?" Hermione asked when they walked outside. Ron didn't say anything, he just continued to pull her towards the ice cream parlor. "This," He said and roughly pulled her forward and kissed her. She tried to pull back but he placed one hand behind her head and held her secure. She stopped trying to pull back, but refused to kiss him back. She just tensed. Ron slowly pulled back and Hermione looked down. "Hey, you know as well as I do that when we kiss its wonderful," Ron said as he cupped her chin and lifted her face. Their eyes locked again, and Hermione couldn't take it. She pushed Ron against the wall. "Kissing you does feel wonderful," Hermione said and she closed the gap between them. She snaked her arms around his neck as he wrapped his arms around her waist. The continued to kiss until Ron pulled back. "That was wrong. I shouldn't have kissed you and you shouldn't have kissed me." He said as he ran off. Hermione looked at his retreating back. Hermione ran back to The Leaky Cauldron and walked up to Ginny, Fred and George.

"Tell me why your brother is a complete idiot!" She demanded. "What happened?" Fred asked. At that moment Ron walked in and Hermione glared at him. "What happened?" Fred repeated. "I'll tell you what happened-" Hermione was cut off when Ron put his hand over her mouth. "Don't tell them!" He said. She bit his hand hard. "OW!" He exclaimed. "As I was saying, he's a idiot!" Hermione said and took a long gulp of butterbeer. "We know that." Fred muttered. "What Fred means is; WHAT DID HE DO THAT TICKED YOU OFF!?" Oliver asked. "OH!" Hermione grinned evilly. "Don't tell them Hermione." Ron said. "Perfect blackmail." Hermione murmured. "I'll tell you if he ticks me off again." Hermione said.

~*~ Nighttime ~*~

Hermione couldn't sleep. She couldn't stop thinking about the five kisses her and Ron had shared over the summer. She sighed and grabbed her robe. She heard movements downstairs and saw Ron. "Boo!" She hissed as he jumped a foot in the air. Hermione snickered. "That was mean," He pouted. She laughed. "Yea, well you're mean." She said. "Couldn't sleep?" He asked. "I wonder why," She muttered. "Right." She said. "Why not?" He asked. Oh great, she thought, What am I supposed to tell him now? "Like you'd care," She muttered. "I do care. Come on. You can't still be mad about that little kiss." He said. "Little!? It wasn't little and you know it!" She said. "Yes it was. You and I are best friends, nothing more. We're just both dealing with hormones." He said. "Hormones!? WHY DO YOU FOOLISH GUYS BLAME EVERYTHING ON HORMONES?!" She exclaimed. "Quiet! You'll wake everybody up. And I don't blame EVERYTHING on hormones. Here lately I've been blaming everything on you being irresistible!" He slipped. He didn't mean to say that. "W-what?" She sputtered. "Nothing." He said. Hermione walked up to and put her and cupped Rons' chin and looked into his eyes. "Look me straight in the eye and tell me you don't want to be more than 'just friends'" She said. He tried to look away from her, but found that he couldn't. He couldn't lie to her. He couldn't stand the tense moment any longer. He grabbed her arm and kissed her. She kissed back. She pulled back after a little while. "If you want that, make up your mind. Because I am not going to turn my feelings on and off for you, Ron." She said and walked out.

She had the affect on him she was wishing for. He wanted to be with her. Now more than ever. She went to her room and closed her door. She lied down for about five minutes until her door opened. She pretended to be asleep. He sat down on her bed. "I know your awake, Hermione so stop pretending to be asleep." He said. She groaned. "What?" She said as she sat up. Before she could do or say anything he kissed her. (A/N: Lot's of kissing in this chapter, huh?) They stopped kissing desperate for air. "Ron, what is this? What is this that we have? Friendship or more?" She asked. "More, and you know it." He said with a grin. "That's the answer I was wanting." She said grinning. She leaned in and kissed him again. "Now let me get my beauty sleep!" Hermione snapped, smiling. "Yes, your majesty." He said and walked out of her room smiling. She shoved he head in her pillow and grinned.

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A/N: There it is! OK! R/R! And next chapter I'll show what happened to Christina!

Oh yeah, whom should Christina get together with? I can't think of anybody! She's twenty years old, by the way.

Ciao, Natalie