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Chapter Four: An admission

Disclaimer: I don't own any of this, not the characters, not the settings. JK Rowling has created a wonderful world that can inspire even the uncreative, like me, to come and play. I only hope I remain true to the wonderful characters she has created.

Hermione was absolutely taken aback when she received another letter the very next day. This one was very long. That evening, after a painstaking process, Hermione had finally translated the letter. It said:

Hermione,

Now that you have solved the code I feel that I have to come clean about this with you. Please forgive me for not coming right out and telling the truth to your face. The truth is that I do not feel worthy of loving you, but I still do. I have to admit my feelings because they are tearing me up inside. I will understand if you do not return my feelings. In fact, I would be surprised if you did. I hope I do not ruin our friendship through this action. Please forgive my cowardice in this matter. Yours forever if you want me.

Ron

"It's Ron?" Hermione could hardly believe her eyes. "He went through all of the trouble to devise a code for me? He doesn't feel worthy of me? Why?" Hermione immediately began to worry that she may have done something to make him feel unworthy. She decided to fix the situation by writing a letter of her own.

A/N: I realize that the letter sounds awfully formal to be coming from Ron. I would think that he wrote and rewrote the letter a million times before he ever even came up with the right code to use for his plan. Also, he avoided contractions because it would look weird in the code. So that's why the letter was painfully formal. As for the shortness of the chapter, all I can do is apoligize. I promise the next one will be long and in fact, it is the conclusion to our story!