Ch.6 "A break and a betrothal"
Harry sat at the TV watching the Wizard Weekly News for the updates on the Aurors progress. Suddenly, Ron rushed in, jumped over the top of the couch, grabbed the remote and switched it to the world cup quidditch match.
"RON! I was watching something important!" Harry yelled.
"What could POSSIBLY be more important than the world cup match?" Ron replied, eyes glued to the TV set.
"How about the capture of the last remaining deatheaters?" Harry offered sarcastically.
"Nah" Ron said off-handedly.
Harry grabbed the remote and switched it back to the news, smacking Ron in the back of the head. Ron looked at Harry astonished and grabbed the remote back flipping it back to the match. When Harry went to grab it again, Ron threw up his hand to keep the remote out of Harry's reach but it slipped and went flying across the living room floor. It landed with a loud thump. Harry and Ron shot each other evil grins and with a yell, they both jumped for the remote tackling each other to the floor. While on the floor, Ron threw Harry off him and reached for the remote. Suddenly a loud crack was heard.
"OWWW!" Ron screamed. Harry realized that when he had rolled over to tackle Ron again, he must have elbowed Ron in the face.
"Harry! Harry, you broke, HOLY MERLIN! You broke my nose!" Ron shouted angrily. Harry was dumfounded.
"What did you do that for!?" Ron spat out hands over his nose.
"I, I didn't mean to Ron" Harry replied trying very hard not to laugh. Ron walked up to Harry and punched him in the eye.
"Bloody hell! What was that for?" Harry yelled.
"You broke my nose."
"I know that and I would do it again too!" This started a full-fledged fistfight. Just then, Hermione walked from her bedroom into the living room, picked up the remote and sat on the couch.
"Harry, Ron, could you please move? You're blocking the TV," she asked calmly switching it to Witchtime ((its like Lifetime)). They stopped suddenly, Harry's hands clenched tightly around Ron's neck and Ron's fist closed tightly in Harry's hair.
"Oh sure Hermione, sorry" they replied, and they began to move out of the way but paused realizing what Hermione had done. Both boys grinned evilly at the girl snuggled up on the couch. Letting go of each other, they leaped onto Hermione and started tickling her. Hermione squealed with laughter. The war was on.
Sometime after the tickle fight, Ron lying on the floor, Harry leaning against the wall and Hermione on the couch, legs over one side, Ron leaped up and broke the silence.
"Lavender! I have a date with Lavender!" he shouted and ran to his room. Hermione stared at Harry's black and blue eye.
"What?" Harry asked
"Your eye"
"My eye? What's wrong with my eye?"
"Look in the mirror" she replied and pointed to the bathroom. Harry walked in and stood in horror at the sight of his swollen bruised eye.
"I didn't know it was that bad! RONALD WEASLEY look at my eye! I mean honestly," Harry shouted into Ron's room. Ron came out and smiled.
"Serves you right" Ron replied
"What do you mean 'serves you right'?"
"You broke my bloody nose Harry that's what! And I mean bloody literally"
"Your nose stopped bleeding at least half an hour ago, by the way it was an accident," Harry said calmly.
"Excuse me Harry but I have to pick up Lavender. With my BROKEN NOSE!" Ron shouted and headed for the door. Hermione stopped Ron before he went out of the door.
"Ron, come here if you please," she said. Ron came over and looked down at Hermione to see what she wanted. Hermione brought out her wand and lightly tapped his nose whispering a spell under her breath.
"Now you can go," Hermione said and walked back to her room. Ron felt his nose. It was fixed!
"Thank you Hermione!" Ron called as he walked out the door.
"Finally!" Harry said and ran into Hermione's room, jumped on her bed and landed sprawled out on his back. Hermione looked at him over the top of her book with an eyebrow raised.
"Do you need something?" she asked confused.
"Just you" Harry replied, but seeing the look on Hermione's face, he added "but not in that way."
Hermione smiled and patted a spot on the bed next to her. He crawled under the covers and wrapped his arm around Hermione's shoulders.
"What are you reading?" Harry asked.
"A book"
"Obviously"
"Romeo and Juliet" she replied and sighed.
"What's that?"
"It's a story written by Shakespeare. About this boy, 'Romeo' who falls in love with this girl named 'Juliet'. However, their families have hated each other for years, so they have to keep their love a secret. Romeo and Juliet make a plan to run away together so Juliet does not have to marry this other man named Paris, but something in the plan goes wrong and Romeo ends up thinking Juliet is dead, so he kills himself. When Juliet finds out Romeo is dead, she kills herself so she won't have to live without her beloved Romeo."
"They both die? Well that sucks."
"No, no it's very romantic."
"So, if I wanted to do something romantic for you I could go kill myself and you'd be happy?"
"Harry" Hermione sighed.
"What?"
"You're completely missing the point, you are imposs-" Hermione tried to finish but Harry placed his finger against her lips.
"Shh, can I ask you to do me a favor?" Harry asked looking Hermione in the eye.
"Yes."
"Will you, hold on for one moment please?''
"Okay" Hermione replied very confused. Harry sprinted into his room and grabbed something off his dresser. He came back and sat on the edge of Hermione's bed.
"Can you do me another favor?"
"What do I have to do?" Hermione sighed impatiently.
"Be my wife" he said holding up a black velvet box with a beautiful diamond ring with a silver band in it. Hermione's eyes filled with tears and her cheeks turned red.
"Y-yes Harry, I will" she sniffed and let Harry put the ring on her. Harry took Hermione's hand in his and they lay back against the pillows. Harry leaned over and placed a soft kiss against Hermione's lips and they soon fell asleep. A few hours later, Ron came home and stepping into the living room called for his two best friends but didn't get an answer. He checked the rest of the rooms in the house coming last to Hermione's room where he found the two asleep in her bed, hands entwined. Suddenly he noticed the ring on Hermione's finger and smiled.
"Congratulations" he whispered and closed the door softly behind him.
A/N: this is one of those warm and tingly endings isn't it? Hehee.
Harry sat at the TV watching the Wizard Weekly News for the updates on the Aurors progress. Suddenly, Ron rushed in, jumped over the top of the couch, grabbed the remote and switched it to the world cup quidditch match.
"RON! I was watching something important!" Harry yelled.
"What could POSSIBLY be more important than the world cup match?" Ron replied, eyes glued to the TV set.
"How about the capture of the last remaining deatheaters?" Harry offered sarcastically.
"Nah" Ron said off-handedly.
Harry grabbed the remote and switched it back to the news, smacking Ron in the back of the head. Ron looked at Harry astonished and grabbed the remote back flipping it back to the match. When Harry went to grab it again, Ron threw up his hand to keep the remote out of Harry's reach but it slipped and went flying across the living room floor. It landed with a loud thump. Harry and Ron shot each other evil grins and with a yell, they both jumped for the remote tackling each other to the floor. While on the floor, Ron threw Harry off him and reached for the remote. Suddenly a loud crack was heard.
"OWWW!" Ron screamed. Harry realized that when he had rolled over to tackle Ron again, he must have elbowed Ron in the face.
"Harry! Harry, you broke, HOLY MERLIN! You broke my nose!" Ron shouted angrily. Harry was dumfounded.
"What did you do that for!?" Ron spat out hands over his nose.
"I, I didn't mean to Ron" Harry replied trying very hard not to laugh. Ron walked up to Harry and punched him in the eye.
"Bloody hell! What was that for?" Harry yelled.
"You broke my nose."
"I know that and I would do it again too!" This started a full-fledged fistfight. Just then, Hermione walked from her bedroom into the living room, picked up the remote and sat on the couch.
"Harry, Ron, could you please move? You're blocking the TV," she asked calmly switching it to Witchtime ((its like Lifetime)). They stopped suddenly, Harry's hands clenched tightly around Ron's neck and Ron's fist closed tightly in Harry's hair.
"Oh sure Hermione, sorry" they replied, and they began to move out of the way but paused realizing what Hermione had done. Both boys grinned evilly at the girl snuggled up on the couch. Letting go of each other, they leaped onto Hermione and started tickling her. Hermione squealed with laughter. The war was on.
Sometime after the tickle fight, Ron lying on the floor, Harry leaning against the wall and Hermione on the couch, legs over one side, Ron leaped up and broke the silence.
"Lavender! I have a date with Lavender!" he shouted and ran to his room. Hermione stared at Harry's black and blue eye.
"What?" Harry asked
"Your eye"
"My eye? What's wrong with my eye?"
"Look in the mirror" she replied and pointed to the bathroom. Harry walked in and stood in horror at the sight of his swollen bruised eye.
"I didn't know it was that bad! RONALD WEASLEY look at my eye! I mean honestly," Harry shouted into Ron's room. Ron came out and smiled.
"Serves you right" Ron replied
"What do you mean 'serves you right'?"
"You broke my bloody nose Harry that's what! And I mean bloody literally"
"Your nose stopped bleeding at least half an hour ago, by the way it was an accident," Harry said calmly.
"Excuse me Harry but I have to pick up Lavender. With my BROKEN NOSE!" Ron shouted and headed for the door. Hermione stopped Ron before he went out of the door.
"Ron, come here if you please," she said. Ron came over and looked down at Hermione to see what she wanted. Hermione brought out her wand and lightly tapped his nose whispering a spell under her breath.
"Now you can go," Hermione said and walked back to her room. Ron felt his nose. It was fixed!
"Thank you Hermione!" Ron called as he walked out the door.
"Finally!" Harry said and ran into Hermione's room, jumped on her bed and landed sprawled out on his back. Hermione looked at him over the top of her book with an eyebrow raised.
"Do you need something?" she asked confused.
"Just you" Harry replied, but seeing the look on Hermione's face, he added "but not in that way."
Hermione smiled and patted a spot on the bed next to her. He crawled under the covers and wrapped his arm around Hermione's shoulders.
"What are you reading?" Harry asked.
"A book"
"Obviously"
"Romeo and Juliet" she replied and sighed.
"What's that?"
"It's a story written by Shakespeare. About this boy, 'Romeo' who falls in love with this girl named 'Juliet'. However, their families have hated each other for years, so they have to keep their love a secret. Romeo and Juliet make a plan to run away together so Juliet does not have to marry this other man named Paris, but something in the plan goes wrong and Romeo ends up thinking Juliet is dead, so he kills himself. When Juliet finds out Romeo is dead, she kills herself so she won't have to live without her beloved Romeo."
"They both die? Well that sucks."
"No, no it's very romantic."
"So, if I wanted to do something romantic for you I could go kill myself and you'd be happy?"
"Harry" Hermione sighed.
"What?"
"You're completely missing the point, you are imposs-" Hermione tried to finish but Harry placed his finger against her lips.
"Shh, can I ask you to do me a favor?" Harry asked looking Hermione in the eye.
"Yes."
"Will you, hold on for one moment please?''
"Okay" Hermione replied very confused. Harry sprinted into his room and grabbed something off his dresser. He came back and sat on the edge of Hermione's bed.
"Can you do me another favor?"
"What do I have to do?" Hermione sighed impatiently.
"Be my wife" he said holding up a black velvet box with a beautiful diamond ring with a silver band in it. Hermione's eyes filled with tears and her cheeks turned red.
"Y-yes Harry, I will" she sniffed and let Harry put the ring on her. Harry took Hermione's hand in his and they lay back against the pillows. Harry leaned over and placed a soft kiss against Hermione's lips and they soon fell asleep. A few hours later, Ron came home and stepping into the living room called for his two best friends but didn't get an answer. He checked the rest of the rooms in the house coming last to Hermione's room where he found the two asleep in her bed, hands entwined. Suddenly he noticed the ring on Hermione's finger and smiled.
"Congratulations" he whispered and closed the door softly behind him.
A/N: this is one of those warm and tingly endings isn't it? Hehee.