Hey guys *  sry it took me a little while to update *angel face* you know you love me!

It took me awhile to figure out what to do after those cliffhangers that I left to screw myself into the ground *disgusted with self*

Eedoe – I totally agree. Ginny with anybody besides harry is messed up

THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY WHO LIKED HERMIONES LITTLE SLIP OF THE TONUGE – jedi amoira, brunette_babe, celle eedoe, and she-who-can-be-named-but-prefers-not-to-be THANKS SO MUCH !

 Hermione stared at Ron, slightly fearfully.  "I – I didn't mean for – it – to, to uh…" Hermione trailed off, looking down at the carpet, and waited for Ron's reply.

Ron, however, was thinking so hard his eyes started to blur.  'Ok. She just sort of admitted that she liked me. What am I going to do? Think Weasley.  You've been through so much with this girl.  She's gorgeous…wait, you know she wouldn't like you to judge her based on that alone…ah screw it, she's gorgeous and that's just an added plus.  But it's something more than that….it's like…her … I'm not sure how to describe it, but something other than her looks and my experiences with her.  Own it up, Weasley. You like her and you know it.'

Ron took at deep breath, and exhaled.  He turned to Hermione, and tilted her chin up with his fingers.  He peered soulfully into her eyes.  "I love you, Hermione.  I've loved you since I first met you.  I love everything about you, and I can't think of a time when I didn't love you.  I know that I haven't seemed at all like I have feelings for you, but that's because I've been trying to keep them hidden from everybody, from you, from myself, even.  I love you, Hermione Granger, and I always will."

Ron dropped his hands from Hermione's face, and leaned in gently to cover her mouth with his own.  He let his lips linger on hers for several seconds, before he pulled back awkwardly and looked at Hermione, apparently telling her with his eyes that it was her turn to pour out her heart to him.

Hermione stared at him, then touched her own mouth with the very tips of her fingers, and then slowly moved her fingers to Ron's mouth.  Then she uttered a soft kind of scream and ran up the staircase to the girls' dormitory.

 Ron stared after her; then he tore every single sheet of paper lying on the common room table into shreds.

**meanwhile**

Harry stared in anticipation at Ginny, waiting for her confession.  Ginny wrung her hands, and stood up.  Harry followed the suit, looking confused.  "Ginny? What's wrong?  Did I say something wrong?"  Harry tried to glance at her face, anxious.

'What am I doing?  Hermione made me promise.  If I tell Harry, not only am I letting Hermione down, I'm letting myself down…I can't believe I was even thinking of telling him…' Ginny began chewing on her nails, unaware of Harry hurrying after her as she circled the lake.  'What am I going to do now?! I cant just promise him something and then just…NOT give it to him…that's cruel.  But so is spilling Hermione's secret…'

Suddenly, Harry grabbed Ginny's waist and swung her around to him.  He ended up 2 inches away from Ginny's worried, drawn and anxious face.  The worried ness dropped away from Ginny's face as she realized how close she was to his face.

Harry, too, had realized just how close Ginny was to him.  He could smell her shampoo, and could feel her heart beat, connected to his in rhythm.  His breath caught in his throat, and heard hers catch in her throat as well.  The stillness in the air was thick, and air was the only thing between them.

****girls' dormitory****

'What…what…happened…I don't understand, I thought…but…'  Hermione was nervously reorganizing her already organized O.W.L. Charms notes.  They had already been alphabetized, but now Hermione was cross-checking them and magicking on little colored labels.  All of a sudden, Hermione burst out in tears and flung herself down onto the coverlet of her four-poster, as Lavender and Parvati watched, fascinated but afraid.

SORRY IT WAS SO SHORT!! My cousin Dot is visiting me this week, and im full of angry-ness and tears.  I felt like wreaking havoc in my poor characters' lives *muahahahahha * yes I know you all  hate me :D  read and review and I wont have to kill you TOO