Author's Note: I had a few grammar mistakes in Chapter 1. Sorry about that,
if any of the misplaced words confused you. Leeds Castle, the castle that
Hermione and Ginny visited is an actual castle that exists in Kent. The
things I described that it featured, such as the large garden inside, are
false. I made them up, to make it sound more magical.
Summary: Ron talks to Hermione about everything, with Ginny and Harry's
help.
Rating: PG
Two Year Waiting List
By happythoughts
Chapter 2
~*~*~*~
It wasn't until late in the night when Ron returned to Hermione's house. He had walked around Hogsmeade Village the entire afternoon, muttering to himself, not noticing all of the passersby's staring at him with curious faces.
He apparated straight into Hermione's room where both of them slept. Quietly, he crept next to her on the bed. For a few moments, he stared at Hermione sleeping peacefully. He suddenly felt guilty for yelling at her earlier that day. She had probably been very confused at his abrupt outburst.
You have been best friends for nine years. You have been together for two of those years. Not a lot of people can say that they've had a relationship with their best friend and made it through. Maybe it really is time to get married-
Are you crazy? Hold on a second, Ron! Are you bloody mad? You can't get married. You're too young. Plus, can you imagine what your life would be like if you did? One person to be with the rest of your life! Pure torture, I say.
You're going to have to get married sometime in your life.
Not true.
You love Hermione. Who else would be better to marry?
These thoughts were only a handful of how much Ron thought about the whole marriage thing that night. He was still up at 7 o'clock AM when Hermione's alarm woke up, signaling for her to get ready for work. Pretending that he was still sleeping, he felt Hermione give him a kiss on the cheek and whisper, "I'm sorry about the letter."
Ron stayed in bed for another hour, waiting until Hermione left to go downstairs. When he was pretty sure she had left, he made his way downstairs also. Before he entered the kitchen, he heard two people talking softly.
"Okay, I'll talk to him today about it and explain everything."
"Are you sure you don't want me to come with you?"
Ron walked into the kitchen, clearing his throat. Ginny and Harry were sitting at the table, looking up at him cautiously.
"Come with her to where?" he asked Harry.
"Hi, Ron, how are you?" Ginny asked him nonchalantly.
"What did you want to talk to me about, Ginny?" Ron asked, ignoring her greeting.
"I'm going to Diagon Alley today. Want to come with?" Ginny asked him politely.
So that's how she's going to be, eh?
"I'm not playing these games with you, Gin. Stop avoiding my questions," Ron said, getting angrier by the second.
"I will, but only if you come with me to Diagon Alley," Ginny said coolly.
"Only if you tell me what you two are talking about," Ron said coolly back, even though he knew exactly what they had been discussing.
"I'll tell you, if you come with me," Ginny stressed.
Ron hesitated. "You promise?"
Ginny nodded.
Ron nodded his head at Harry. "What are you doing today?"
Harry shrugged his shoulders and said, "Don't know. Want me to tag along?"
"Whatever."
"Okay good!" Ginny and exclaimed, finally satisfied. "Have some breakfast, Ron. Be ready at 9:30."
~*~*~*~
Hermione gathered up all of her papers and stuck them in a drawer of her desk. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the clock on the wall read six o'clock. Her shift was finally over. Days at the Department of the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures were long whenever she only had to look at files. Today went especially longer than usual because she had been thinking about getting home and talking to Ron.
She made sure she had everything she needed before she left. She locked her office door and began to walk down the halls leading to a safe place to apparate from.
She arrived in her backyard. Her mind was swimming with words to say to Ron. She couldn't imagine what Ron had thought when he had read the letter. She could just see his confused face, turning red in seconds.
Taking one large, deep breath, and holding her head high, Hermione opened the backdoor and stepped into the kitchen. She looked around confidently and then her face fell.
There was no one there.
Feeling a bit disgruntled, she walked through the kitchen into the living room and fell onto a chair, exhausted.
"Hullo."
Hermione shrieked. Ron was sitting somewhat gloomily on the steps leading upstairs. Hermione took a shaky breath.
"Hi, Ron. How are you?"
"Okay. You?" He stood up and walked over to a couch that faced Hermione, and sat down.
"I'm . fine, thanks," Hermione replied.
The two of them sat in an uneasy silence for a while. To Hermione's surprise, Ron said something first.
"Listen, about yesterday."
"Yes.yes. I guess I need to explain myself," Hermione said.
"No, let me talk first," Ron said firmly, "When I read that letter . I was really confused. I didn't even know you signed some list when you and Ginny went to Leeds. I started panicking, and when you came home, I just snapped. I'm sorry."
Hermione's heart melted. How could Ron apologize for something that he didn't even do?
"Oh Ron, don't be sorry. I should have told you I had signed it. Ginny and I just thought it would be a funny thing to do. I totally forgot about it until yesterday. Forgive me?"
Ron gave a small smile and said, "Of course. Come here."
He held out his arms. Hermione's heart leapt and she gratefully jumped into his arms and snuggled against him.
"I'm still really sorry I snapped at you. It's just . you know I'm not ready for that kind of commitment," Ron said quietly.
"I know, Ron. I'm perfectly okay with that," Hermione said truthfully.
She leaned up and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "I'm going to go change and then we can go eat dinner. That is . if that's okay with you. I know how you don't like it when I don't ask you first if you feel like eating," she said teasingly to him.
Ron nudged her in the ribs. "Go get changed."
Hermione laughed and ran upstairs, ecstatic that she had cleared things up with Ron. She wasn't even upset that he wasn't ready for marriage. They loved each other, and that's all that mattered.
~*~*~*~
When Ron heard Hermione's bedroom door shut, he jumped off the couch.
He whispered, "Okay guys, come out now."
He heard one loud "Oof!" and "Harry, get off me! I'm stuck!"
Ron groaned and walked over to the closet door, preparing himself for what he was going to see. He pulled open the door and laughed as Ginny and Harry fell out, onto the floor in a tangle.
Ginny and Harry jumped up and brushed themselves off.
Ginny gave Ron an annoyed look. "You didn't tell us that the closet was that small, Ron."
"I was practically suffocating in there, mate! And it gave me bad memories of my old cupboard at the Dursley's," Harry said with a shudder.
Ron grinned. "So, could you hear our conversation well?" he whispered.
Ginny's face lit up. "Yes! Gosh, Ron, you were great!"
"Yeah, she definitely bought it," Harry added.
Ron couldn't stop grinning. "You think so?"
Ginny and Harry nodded eagerly.
"So you're really going to propose to her?" Ginny asked him excitedly.
Ron nodded, and smiled saying, "Yeah. I am. Tomorrow night when I take her out to dinner."
Ginny screamed excitedly and threw her arms around Ron, kissing his cheek. "Oh, Ron! That's fantastic! I'm so excited for you!"
Ron was startled, but happy all the same.
"Calm down, Gin. She's right upstairs you know," Harry said quietly.
"Sorry, it's just so exciting!" Ginny said happily.
"What is?"
Ron, Ginny, and Harry all froze at once.
Hermione's face stared down at them from the stairs.
Bloody hell, Ron thought to himself. She changed really fast.
"Er." he started to say.
"We were--," Harry started.
"We were just talking about, uh-," Ginny began.
"Good job, Ginny!" Ron bellowed.
Harry and Ginny both stared at him, the same exact expressions on their face. It seemed to Ron that they were trying to say telepathically, "What the hell are you doing?."
"Well, I might as well tell her now. Hermione, I was planning to take you out tomorrow to dinner. You know, we haven't been out in awhile and all so I thought it would be nice," Ron said, trying to sound exasperated. "I was going to surprise you and everything, but Ginny ruined it."
He threw Ginny a fake, yet disgruntled and warning look.
He turned back to Hermione and saw her eyes were full of tears. "Oh Ron! That's so kind!"
"Yeah well."
Hermione came over to him and gave him a big kiss on the lips. "We can still go out, even though it's not a surprise! It's the thought that counts!"
Ron's heartbeat started calming down. He wrapped his arms around Hermione and gave Ginny and Harry a thumbs up sign from the back of her. Ginny mouthed a "Sorry!" to him.
"Well, Ginny and I are going to go take a walk around the neighborhood. We'll be back soon," Harry said.
Hermione turned around and said happily, "See you!"
When the two of them left, Hermione turned back to Ron. She stared at him and said, "Ron, you are the greatest. Getting over the whole marriage thing so fast and then planning on taking me to dinner tomorrow. It's so wonderful of you."
I wouldn't have been over the marriage thing so fast if it weren't for Ginny and Harry's convincing, Ron thought to himself.
"Yeah, well, you've been working so hard I thought you deserved it," Ron said to her.
"Oh Ron."
Hermione pressed her lips against Ron's again and this time, it was much more gentle and passionate. Ron pressed his hands against Hermione's back, pulling her closer to him. She gave out a moan and she pressed herself against him. Ron opened her mouth and felt her tongue against his. He grunted and left her mouth and placed his lips on her neck. Hermione sighed and placed her hands in his hair, running them throughout it.
"Ron."
"Mmm?"
"Let's go upstairs."
Ron looked at her with surprised eyes and was turned on when he saw her eyes glinting mischievously. He grinned and leaned down and picked Hermione up, carrying her all the way up the stairs to the room.
That night, Ron and Hermione were lost in a world that they had never explored before. They never knew that they could be even closer to each other than they already were, in a matter of seconds.
~*~*~*~
Ron stood in front of his mirror the next day. He stared at his reflection for a few moments. He then began to prepare on how he was going to ask Hermione that night.
"W-will you marry me? No. Not like that."
"I love you. Marry me. Please?"
"Hey, you better marry me."
"Oh this is bloody useless."
Ron stuck his hand through his hair, clearly frustrated. He put on his jacket, and checked the side pocket, where the ring was. Taking a deep breath, he went for the door.
"RON! Are you ready yet?" he heard Hermione yell from below the stairs.
"I'm coming down right now!" he yelled back to her.
When he reached the landing, he caught his breath when he saw Hermione. She looked lovely in a dark pink dress that went down to her knees. It fit tightly around her, almost a little too tightly, but Ron loved it all the same.
"Y-you look lovely," Ron complimented her.
Hermione blushed. "Thank you, Ron. You look handsome as well."
Ron grinned.
"All right you two, have fun tonight!" Ginny said, as she came down the stairs with Harry in tow.
"Yes, enjoy yourselves," Harry added. "What time do you think you two will be back?"
Ron hesitated. "Er.12?"
"Yes, that seems like a good time," Hermione agreed. "We'll see you two later then."
"Bye Hermione!" Ginny said tearfully.
Ron took a good look at Ginny and saw that she was about to cry with happiness. Harry had a knowing smirk on his face. Wow, way to be subtle about this, Ron thought to himself.
"Why are you two staring at me like that?" Hermione asked them. "Ginny, are you crying?"
"It's just that . you look so beautiful!" Ginny cried.
Hermione laughed. "Well, thank you Ginny. But Ron and I better go before we miss our reservations."
Ron watched as Hermione headed for the door. He turned towards Harry and Ginny and gave them a warning look before following after her, but the two of them just whispered "Good luck!" and followed him to the door.
Ron walked out to where Hermione was standing, behind a tree, getting ready to apparate.
"Ready?" she asked him.
Ron merely grunted. He was too nervous.
He had told her earlier that day that they were going to go to Diagon Alley for their date, though he hadn't told her where. He merely told her to apparate onto the steps of Gringotts, and he would take her to the surprise place.
When they appeared on the steps, Ron took her hand and they started walking.
"Ron, I'm so glad that we did this. We really haven't been out on our own for quite some time," Hermione said wistfully.
Ron, his stomach full of butterflies, simply nodded and squeezed Hermione's hand. Hermione lay her head on his shoulder.
"Oh! Ron, are we going to where I think we're going?" Hermione squealed.
"Maybe ." Ron answered.
Hermione was right. Ron led her to the restaurant where they had had their very first date. It was called Arthur and Gwen. Ron and Hermione had not been able to go on a date when they were at Hogwarts, so when Hermione had come to visit during the summer one week, Ron had decided to take her here for their first date.
"Ron! This is so wonderful! I haven't been back here since," Hermione exclaimed.
"Me neither," Ron replied.
He opened the door for Hermione and stepped inside after her. Approaching the person standing in the entrance, he said, "Reservations for two? Weasley?"
The wizard looked down at his sheet and nodded. "Ah yes, Veesley," he said with an accent. "Come, follow me."
He led them to a table near a window. Ron pulled out Hermione's chair for her, and she graciously sat down.
"Oh, Ron, this is wonderful. But it is a bit chilly, could you lend me your jacket?" Hermione asked him politely, shivering a bit.
"Sure--," Ron started. But then he felt the ring inside of it. "Er.NO!"
Hermione looked at him in surprise. "Why not?"
Ron started sweating. "Be-because! Because then I'd be cold, silly."
Hermione looked at him, puzzled, and said, "Okay."
They sat in an awkward silence, reading their menus. Suddenly, Ron heard a familiar voice say Hermione's name.
"'ermione?"
The two of them looked up.
Ron silently cursed. Oh great timing.
Hermione gasped.
"Viktor?"
~*~*~*~
A/N: Teehee. I had to do it. Find out next chapter what Ron is going to do about his dilemma. Now how is he going to propose to her?
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Two Year Waiting List
By happythoughts
Chapter 2
~*~*~*~
It wasn't until late in the night when Ron returned to Hermione's house. He had walked around Hogsmeade Village the entire afternoon, muttering to himself, not noticing all of the passersby's staring at him with curious faces.
He apparated straight into Hermione's room where both of them slept. Quietly, he crept next to her on the bed. For a few moments, he stared at Hermione sleeping peacefully. He suddenly felt guilty for yelling at her earlier that day. She had probably been very confused at his abrupt outburst.
You have been best friends for nine years. You have been together for two of those years. Not a lot of people can say that they've had a relationship with their best friend and made it through. Maybe it really is time to get married-
Are you crazy? Hold on a second, Ron! Are you bloody mad? You can't get married. You're too young. Plus, can you imagine what your life would be like if you did? One person to be with the rest of your life! Pure torture, I say.
You're going to have to get married sometime in your life.
Not true.
You love Hermione. Who else would be better to marry?
These thoughts were only a handful of how much Ron thought about the whole marriage thing that night. He was still up at 7 o'clock AM when Hermione's alarm woke up, signaling for her to get ready for work. Pretending that he was still sleeping, he felt Hermione give him a kiss on the cheek and whisper, "I'm sorry about the letter."
Ron stayed in bed for another hour, waiting until Hermione left to go downstairs. When he was pretty sure she had left, he made his way downstairs also. Before he entered the kitchen, he heard two people talking softly.
"Okay, I'll talk to him today about it and explain everything."
"Are you sure you don't want me to come with you?"
Ron walked into the kitchen, clearing his throat. Ginny and Harry were sitting at the table, looking up at him cautiously.
"Come with her to where?" he asked Harry.
"Hi, Ron, how are you?" Ginny asked him nonchalantly.
"What did you want to talk to me about, Ginny?" Ron asked, ignoring her greeting.
"I'm going to Diagon Alley today. Want to come with?" Ginny asked him politely.
So that's how she's going to be, eh?
"I'm not playing these games with you, Gin. Stop avoiding my questions," Ron said, getting angrier by the second.
"I will, but only if you come with me to Diagon Alley," Ginny said coolly.
"Only if you tell me what you two are talking about," Ron said coolly back, even though he knew exactly what they had been discussing.
"I'll tell you, if you come with me," Ginny stressed.
Ron hesitated. "You promise?"
Ginny nodded.
Ron nodded his head at Harry. "What are you doing today?"
Harry shrugged his shoulders and said, "Don't know. Want me to tag along?"
"Whatever."
"Okay good!" Ginny and exclaimed, finally satisfied. "Have some breakfast, Ron. Be ready at 9:30."
~*~*~*~
Hermione gathered up all of her papers and stuck them in a drawer of her desk. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the clock on the wall read six o'clock. Her shift was finally over. Days at the Department of the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures were long whenever she only had to look at files. Today went especially longer than usual because she had been thinking about getting home and talking to Ron.
She made sure she had everything she needed before she left. She locked her office door and began to walk down the halls leading to a safe place to apparate from.
She arrived in her backyard. Her mind was swimming with words to say to Ron. She couldn't imagine what Ron had thought when he had read the letter. She could just see his confused face, turning red in seconds.
Taking one large, deep breath, and holding her head high, Hermione opened the backdoor and stepped into the kitchen. She looked around confidently and then her face fell.
There was no one there.
Feeling a bit disgruntled, she walked through the kitchen into the living room and fell onto a chair, exhausted.
"Hullo."
Hermione shrieked. Ron was sitting somewhat gloomily on the steps leading upstairs. Hermione took a shaky breath.
"Hi, Ron. How are you?"
"Okay. You?" He stood up and walked over to a couch that faced Hermione, and sat down.
"I'm . fine, thanks," Hermione replied.
The two of them sat in an uneasy silence for a while. To Hermione's surprise, Ron said something first.
"Listen, about yesterday."
"Yes.yes. I guess I need to explain myself," Hermione said.
"No, let me talk first," Ron said firmly, "When I read that letter . I was really confused. I didn't even know you signed some list when you and Ginny went to Leeds. I started panicking, and when you came home, I just snapped. I'm sorry."
Hermione's heart melted. How could Ron apologize for something that he didn't even do?
"Oh Ron, don't be sorry. I should have told you I had signed it. Ginny and I just thought it would be a funny thing to do. I totally forgot about it until yesterday. Forgive me?"
Ron gave a small smile and said, "Of course. Come here."
He held out his arms. Hermione's heart leapt and she gratefully jumped into his arms and snuggled against him.
"I'm still really sorry I snapped at you. It's just . you know I'm not ready for that kind of commitment," Ron said quietly.
"I know, Ron. I'm perfectly okay with that," Hermione said truthfully.
She leaned up and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "I'm going to go change and then we can go eat dinner. That is . if that's okay with you. I know how you don't like it when I don't ask you first if you feel like eating," she said teasingly to him.
Ron nudged her in the ribs. "Go get changed."
Hermione laughed and ran upstairs, ecstatic that she had cleared things up with Ron. She wasn't even upset that he wasn't ready for marriage. They loved each other, and that's all that mattered.
~*~*~*~
When Ron heard Hermione's bedroom door shut, he jumped off the couch.
He whispered, "Okay guys, come out now."
He heard one loud "Oof!" and "Harry, get off me! I'm stuck!"
Ron groaned and walked over to the closet door, preparing himself for what he was going to see. He pulled open the door and laughed as Ginny and Harry fell out, onto the floor in a tangle.
Ginny and Harry jumped up and brushed themselves off.
Ginny gave Ron an annoyed look. "You didn't tell us that the closet was that small, Ron."
"I was practically suffocating in there, mate! And it gave me bad memories of my old cupboard at the Dursley's," Harry said with a shudder.
Ron grinned. "So, could you hear our conversation well?" he whispered.
Ginny's face lit up. "Yes! Gosh, Ron, you were great!"
"Yeah, she definitely bought it," Harry added.
Ron couldn't stop grinning. "You think so?"
Ginny and Harry nodded eagerly.
"So you're really going to propose to her?" Ginny asked him excitedly.
Ron nodded, and smiled saying, "Yeah. I am. Tomorrow night when I take her out to dinner."
Ginny screamed excitedly and threw her arms around Ron, kissing his cheek. "Oh, Ron! That's fantastic! I'm so excited for you!"
Ron was startled, but happy all the same.
"Calm down, Gin. She's right upstairs you know," Harry said quietly.
"Sorry, it's just so exciting!" Ginny said happily.
"What is?"
Ron, Ginny, and Harry all froze at once.
Hermione's face stared down at them from the stairs.
Bloody hell, Ron thought to himself. She changed really fast.
"Er." he started to say.
"We were--," Harry started.
"We were just talking about, uh-," Ginny began.
"Good job, Ginny!" Ron bellowed.
Harry and Ginny both stared at him, the same exact expressions on their face. It seemed to Ron that they were trying to say telepathically, "What the hell are you doing?."
"Well, I might as well tell her now. Hermione, I was planning to take you out tomorrow to dinner. You know, we haven't been out in awhile and all so I thought it would be nice," Ron said, trying to sound exasperated. "I was going to surprise you and everything, but Ginny ruined it."
He threw Ginny a fake, yet disgruntled and warning look.
He turned back to Hermione and saw her eyes were full of tears. "Oh Ron! That's so kind!"
"Yeah well."
Hermione came over to him and gave him a big kiss on the lips. "We can still go out, even though it's not a surprise! It's the thought that counts!"
Ron's heartbeat started calming down. He wrapped his arms around Hermione and gave Ginny and Harry a thumbs up sign from the back of her. Ginny mouthed a "Sorry!" to him.
"Well, Ginny and I are going to go take a walk around the neighborhood. We'll be back soon," Harry said.
Hermione turned around and said happily, "See you!"
When the two of them left, Hermione turned back to Ron. She stared at him and said, "Ron, you are the greatest. Getting over the whole marriage thing so fast and then planning on taking me to dinner tomorrow. It's so wonderful of you."
I wouldn't have been over the marriage thing so fast if it weren't for Ginny and Harry's convincing, Ron thought to himself.
"Yeah, well, you've been working so hard I thought you deserved it," Ron said to her.
"Oh Ron."
Hermione pressed her lips against Ron's again and this time, it was much more gentle and passionate. Ron pressed his hands against Hermione's back, pulling her closer to him. She gave out a moan and she pressed herself against him. Ron opened her mouth and felt her tongue against his. He grunted and left her mouth and placed his lips on her neck. Hermione sighed and placed her hands in his hair, running them throughout it.
"Ron."
"Mmm?"
"Let's go upstairs."
Ron looked at her with surprised eyes and was turned on when he saw her eyes glinting mischievously. He grinned and leaned down and picked Hermione up, carrying her all the way up the stairs to the room.
That night, Ron and Hermione were lost in a world that they had never explored before. They never knew that they could be even closer to each other than they already were, in a matter of seconds.
~*~*~*~
Ron stood in front of his mirror the next day. He stared at his reflection for a few moments. He then began to prepare on how he was going to ask Hermione that night.
"W-will you marry me? No. Not like that."
"I love you. Marry me. Please?"
"Hey, you better marry me."
"Oh this is bloody useless."
Ron stuck his hand through his hair, clearly frustrated. He put on his jacket, and checked the side pocket, where the ring was. Taking a deep breath, he went for the door.
"RON! Are you ready yet?" he heard Hermione yell from below the stairs.
"I'm coming down right now!" he yelled back to her.
When he reached the landing, he caught his breath when he saw Hermione. She looked lovely in a dark pink dress that went down to her knees. It fit tightly around her, almost a little too tightly, but Ron loved it all the same.
"Y-you look lovely," Ron complimented her.
Hermione blushed. "Thank you, Ron. You look handsome as well."
Ron grinned.
"All right you two, have fun tonight!" Ginny said, as she came down the stairs with Harry in tow.
"Yes, enjoy yourselves," Harry added. "What time do you think you two will be back?"
Ron hesitated. "Er.12?"
"Yes, that seems like a good time," Hermione agreed. "We'll see you two later then."
"Bye Hermione!" Ginny said tearfully.
Ron took a good look at Ginny and saw that she was about to cry with happiness. Harry had a knowing smirk on his face. Wow, way to be subtle about this, Ron thought to himself.
"Why are you two staring at me like that?" Hermione asked them. "Ginny, are you crying?"
"It's just that . you look so beautiful!" Ginny cried.
Hermione laughed. "Well, thank you Ginny. But Ron and I better go before we miss our reservations."
Ron watched as Hermione headed for the door. He turned towards Harry and Ginny and gave them a warning look before following after her, but the two of them just whispered "Good luck!" and followed him to the door.
Ron walked out to where Hermione was standing, behind a tree, getting ready to apparate.
"Ready?" she asked him.
Ron merely grunted. He was too nervous.
He had told her earlier that day that they were going to go to Diagon Alley for their date, though he hadn't told her where. He merely told her to apparate onto the steps of Gringotts, and he would take her to the surprise place.
When they appeared on the steps, Ron took her hand and they started walking.
"Ron, I'm so glad that we did this. We really haven't been out on our own for quite some time," Hermione said wistfully.
Ron, his stomach full of butterflies, simply nodded and squeezed Hermione's hand. Hermione lay her head on his shoulder.
"Oh! Ron, are we going to where I think we're going?" Hermione squealed.
"Maybe ." Ron answered.
Hermione was right. Ron led her to the restaurant where they had had their very first date. It was called Arthur and Gwen. Ron and Hermione had not been able to go on a date when they were at Hogwarts, so when Hermione had come to visit during the summer one week, Ron had decided to take her here for their first date.
"Ron! This is so wonderful! I haven't been back here since," Hermione exclaimed.
"Me neither," Ron replied.
He opened the door for Hermione and stepped inside after her. Approaching the person standing in the entrance, he said, "Reservations for two? Weasley?"
The wizard looked down at his sheet and nodded. "Ah yes, Veesley," he said with an accent. "Come, follow me."
He led them to a table near a window. Ron pulled out Hermione's chair for her, and she graciously sat down.
"Oh, Ron, this is wonderful. But it is a bit chilly, could you lend me your jacket?" Hermione asked him politely, shivering a bit.
"Sure--," Ron started. But then he felt the ring inside of it. "Er.NO!"
Hermione looked at him in surprise. "Why not?"
Ron started sweating. "Be-because! Because then I'd be cold, silly."
Hermione looked at him, puzzled, and said, "Okay."
They sat in an awkward silence, reading their menus. Suddenly, Ron heard a familiar voice say Hermione's name.
"'ermione?"
The two of them looked up.
Ron silently cursed. Oh great timing.
Hermione gasped.
"Viktor?"
~*~*~*~
A/N: Teehee. I had to do it. Find out next chapter what Ron is going to do about his dilemma. Now how is he going to propose to her?
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