A/N: Okay this chapter is mostly Hermione/Ron. They'll be a lot of
Harry/Draco in the next chapter. But I had to have Ron talk to Hermione,
and let them sort out a few things or so. So yeah! ;__;
*******************************************************
Ron stood outside the girl's dormitory, waiting for Hermione to wake up. Usually, it was Hermione who would wake up first. With what happened yesterday, Ron wasn't quite sure whether she would come out of her room at all. He sighed and fidgeted on his spot. For the past half hour while he stood just a few centimetres away from Hermione's room, he tried to think of things to say to her. But with his mind completely buzzing from the silence, he failed to do any thinking at all. The door suddenly flung open; it caught Ron off guard, making him fall backwards and land on his bum.
Lavender stepped out of the room and noticed Ron.
"What are you doing here?" Lavender giggled, twirling a piece of her hair.
Ron scowled and got up, rubbing his backside.
"Is Hermione still asleep?"
"Oh," Lavender's smile disappeared. "You're here for her?"
"Well yeah."
"She's still in bed, I doubt she's asleep. In fact, no one in the dorm got much sleep last night, with all her sobbing and all. I'd tell her to shut up, but she would have just ignored me and continue bawling."
Ron looked past her shoulders, and noticed Hermione had drawn the curtains around her bed. He could hear a choked sob.
"I'm going in," Ron said at once.
Lavender blocked his way, with her eyebrows narrowed she asked, "Why? She just wants attention."
"What are you talking about?" Ron said through gritted teeth.
"You should have seen the way she kept trying to catch Harry's attention. She's been doing it for quite a while. He didn't even notice anything though. Maybe if she stopped living in the library, she might be able to notice how no one's interested in her."
Ron scowled; she was lucky he didn't have his wand with him.
"Shut up!"
"It's true though."
"Oh go paint your nails or something."
Ron violently shoved past her and walked inside.
"Your not supposed to go in there," Lavender snapped.
"Like I said," Ron said walking up to her. "Go paint your nails."
With that, he shut the door in her face, locking it as well.
Hermione drew back the curtains, and noticed Ron standing there.
"Ron?" Hermione spoke.
"H-Hermione!" Ron said, startled.
Hermione looked at him quizzically, "What are you doing here?"
Ron ran a hand through his hair, ruffling it up. He shoved his hands in his pockets, taking a deep breath.
"I don't know," Ron said coolly. "What are you doing here?"
Hermione rolled her eyes, "This is a girl's dorm, your not supposed to be in here."
"I know, I just-I wanted to talk to you is all."
"About what?"
"You."
Hermione looked down at the floor, "You know about my feelings for Harry huh?"
"I sort of walked in on you guys while you were talking. I didn't do it on purpose, it was by accident," Ron added hastily, noticing Hermione's glare.
Hermione turned the other way; tears were beginning to sting her eyes.
"There's nothing to say about that," Hermione said harshly.
Ron walked over and cautiously sat on her bed, "You don't mind do you?"
Hermione shook her head, rubbing her eyes. She did not want to cry in front of Ron, but tears kept threatening to come down. Listening to anything that has to do with Harry left her feeling so hopeless. But there was another feeling she could not describe. It left her a ray of light, knowing that all along there was someone else.
"Hey, it's okay, you still have the rest of your life to find someone else," Ron said noticing the sad glint in her brown eyes.
"I know," Hermione whispered.
Ron glanced around the room, taking a deep breath. Trying to clear his mind off and have it focus on what he was about to tell Hermione.
"I know you still have feelings for Harry," Ron said quietly. "And I know this isn't the right time for me to be telling you this, but I just can't keep it in anymore."
"Go on," Hermione said.
Why does Ron look so nervous? Hermione thought. What if.........
"I like you Hermione, more then a friend," Ron admitted.
Hermione was shocked.
"I-I don't know-," Hermione started to stammer.
"I know you still like Harry. I bet it'll take you a while to stop liking a guy like him. But I had to tell you, I've been keeping it in for far too long," Ron said cutting in. He took a shuddering breath. "I've liked you for the longest time, I just couldn't string the words together to tell you."
"Ron," Hermione said weakly, not fighting her tears anymore "Your so stupid!"
Ron blinked in surprise. Out of all the reactions he thought he might have received. This was defiantly not one of them.
"Err-what?"
"You, oh!" Hermione said exasperated.
Then there was the deadly silence Ron dreaded. Hermione kept looking at him, but Ron was too scared to meet her gaze.
"I liked you too but you were too thick to notice anything. I gave up on you for a while, knowing that it was getting me nowhere. I tried pushing thoughts about you away, by keeping myself busy with schoolwork. That didn't work too well. And then I thought if I tried falling for someone else, maybe I'll have a better chance with a new guy, and forget about my feelings for you," Hermione explained.
"So you decided to like Harry?" Ron asked, surprised at what he just heard.
"Yeah," Hermione said softly.
"Did you really give up on me?"
Hermione sighed, "As much as I thought I should, I never did."
Ron grinned, "So you still like me?"
"Apparently," Hermione blushed.
Ron's grin got even wider. When he woke up today, he felt like running straight to the Great Hall for breakfast, then having to face Hermione and admit his feelings. He was very glad he got enough courage go to Hermione instead.
"Hermione?" Ron asked.
Hermione looked at him, face still a bit flushed. The feeling of knowing Ron likes her as well, was overwhelming.
"Do you want to be my girlfriend?"
Hermione's breath got caught in her throat. Her heart was pounding like mad now, and butterflies started fluttering about in her stomach.
"You don't care that I may still have feelings for Harry?"
"Do you?" Ron frowned.
"Well it only has been a day. I can't get over him in just a few seconds."
"Fine," Ron sad in a dejected tone.
"But I would love to be your girlfriend, I want to be. I have strong feelings for you that I never could ignore."
"Really?"
"Yup!"
Hermione held Ron's hand and smiled warmly at him.
"So you're my girlfriend now?"
"Yeah," Hermione said, she just couldn't stop smiling.
"Great!" Ron exclaimed. "Okay, I'm a bit behind Potions, how about helping me out?"
"Sure, just let me get ready. I was a bit silly to cry over him wasn't I?"
"Not at all! Now go get ready so we can go snog in the library."
"Wha-!"
Ron clamped a hand over her mouth," Come now darling, go get dressed."
Hermione whacked Ron on his arm and giggled.
"Like I said, your such a idiot."
"But I'm a adorable idiot."
"Sadly I agree," Hermione said.
A/N: Okay! Remember to review and tell me what you thought about this chapter. For those who don't know yet, I won't be able to update next Friday, for I will be at camp. I don't think I'll be able to update earlier either. So while I'm at camp, I'll be writing the next chapter, and I'll update on Sunday. So far, I've only written the first sentence for Chapter 15.
Remember to leave your email address if you want to be emailed once I update!
*******************************************************
Ron stood outside the girl's dormitory, waiting for Hermione to wake up. Usually, it was Hermione who would wake up first. With what happened yesterday, Ron wasn't quite sure whether she would come out of her room at all. He sighed and fidgeted on his spot. For the past half hour while he stood just a few centimetres away from Hermione's room, he tried to think of things to say to her. But with his mind completely buzzing from the silence, he failed to do any thinking at all. The door suddenly flung open; it caught Ron off guard, making him fall backwards and land on his bum.
Lavender stepped out of the room and noticed Ron.
"What are you doing here?" Lavender giggled, twirling a piece of her hair.
Ron scowled and got up, rubbing his backside.
"Is Hermione still asleep?"
"Oh," Lavender's smile disappeared. "You're here for her?"
"Well yeah."
"She's still in bed, I doubt she's asleep. In fact, no one in the dorm got much sleep last night, with all her sobbing and all. I'd tell her to shut up, but she would have just ignored me and continue bawling."
Ron looked past her shoulders, and noticed Hermione had drawn the curtains around her bed. He could hear a choked sob.
"I'm going in," Ron said at once.
Lavender blocked his way, with her eyebrows narrowed she asked, "Why? She just wants attention."
"What are you talking about?" Ron said through gritted teeth.
"You should have seen the way she kept trying to catch Harry's attention. She's been doing it for quite a while. He didn't even notice anything though. Maybe if she stopped living in the library, she might be able to notice how no one's interested in her."
Ron scowled; she was lucky he didn't have his wand with him.
"Shut up!"
"It's true though."
"Oh go paint your nails or something."
Ron violently shoved past her and walked inside.
"Your not supposed to go in there," Lavender snapped.
"Like I said," Ron said walking up to her. "Go paint your nails."
With that, he shut the door in her face, locking it as well.
Hermione drew back the curtains, and noticed Ron standing there.
"Ron?" Hermione spoke.
"H-Hermione!" Ron said, startled.
Hermione looked at him quizzically, "What are you doing here?"
Ron ran a hand through his hair, ruffling it up. He shoved his hands in his pockets, taking a deep breath.
"I don't know," Ron said coolly. "What are you doing here?"
Hermione rolled her eyes, "This is a girl's dorm, your not supposed to be in here."
"I know, I just-I wanted to talk to you is all."
"About what?"
"You."
Hermione looked down at the floor, "You know about my feelings for Harry huh?"
"I sort of walked in on you guys while you were talking. I didn't do it on purpose, it was by accident," Ron added hastily, noticing Hermione's glare.
Hermione turned the other way; tears were beginning to sting her eyes.
"There's nothing to say about that," Hermione said harshly.
Ron walked over and cautiously sat on her bed, "You don't mind do you?"
Hermione shook her head, rubbing her eyes. She did not want to cry in front of Ron, but tears kept threatening to come down. Listening to anything that has to do with Harry left her feeling so hopeless. But there was another feeling she could not describe. It left her a ray of light, knowing that all along there was someone else.
"Hey, it's okay, you still have the rest of your life to find someone else," Ron said noticing the sad glint in her brown eyes.
"I know," Hermione whispered.
Ron glanced around the room, taking a deep breath. Trying to clear his mind off and have it focus on what he was about to tell Hermione.
"I know you still have feelings for Harry," Ron said quietly. "And I know this isn't the right time for me to be telling you this, but I just can't keep it in anymore."
"Go on," Hermione said.
Why does Ron look so nervous? Hermione thought. What if.........
"I like you Hermione, more then a friend," Ron admitted.
Hermione was shocked.
"I-I don't know-," Hermione started to stammer.
"I know you still like Harry. I bet it'll take you a while to stop liking a guy like him. But I had to tell you, I've been keeping it in for far too long," Ron said cutting in. He took a shuddering breath. "I've liked you for the longest time, I just couldn't string the words together to tell you."
"Ron," Hermione said weakly, not fighting her tears anymore "Your so stupid!"
Ron blinked in surprise. Out of all the reactions he thought he might have received. This was defiantly not one of them.
"Err-what?"
"You, oh!" Hermione said exasperated.
Then there was the deadly silence Ron dreaded. Hermione kept looking at him, but Ron was too scared to meet her gaze.
"I liked you too but you were too thick to notice anything. I gave up on you for a while, knowing that it was getting me nowhere. I tried pushing thoughts about you away, by keeping myself busy with schoolwork. That didn't work too well. And then I thought if I tried falling for someone else, maybe I'll have a better chance with a new guy, and forget about my feelings for you," Hermione explained.
"So you decided to like Harry?" Ron asked, surprised at what he just heard.
"Yeah," Hermione said softly.
"Did you really give up on me?"
Hermione sighed, "As much as I thought I should, I never did."
Ron grinned, "So you still like me?"
"Apparently," Hermione blushed.
Ron's grin got even wider. When he woke up today, he felt like running straight to the Great Hall for breakfast, then having to face Hermione and admit his feelings. He was very glad he got enough courage go to Hermione instead.
"Hermione?" Ron asked.
Hermione looked at him, face still a bit flushed. The feeling of knowing Ron likes her as well, was overwhelming.
"Do you want to be my girlfriend?"
Hermione's breath got caught in her throat. Her heart was pounding like mad now, and butterflies started fluttering about in her stomach.
"You don't care that I may still have feelings for Harry?"
"Do you?" Ron frowned.
"Well it only has been a day. I can't get over him in just a few seconds."
"Fine," Ron sad in a dejected tone.
"But I would love to be your girlfriend, I want to be. I have strong feelings for you that I never could ignore."
"Really?"
"Yup!"
Hermione held Ron's hand and smiled warmly at him.
"So you're my girlfriend now?"
"Yeah," Hermione said, she just couldn't stop smiling.
"Great!" Ron exclaimed. "Okay, I'm a bit behind Potions, how about helping me out?"
"Sure, just let me get ready. I was a bit silly to cry over him wasn't I?"
"Not at all! Now go get ready so we can go snog in the library."
"Wha-!"
Ron clamped a hand over her mouth," Come now darling, go get dressed."
Hermione whacked Ron on his arm and giggled.
"Like I said, your such a idiot."
"But I'm a adorable idiot."
"Sadly I agree," Hermione said.
A/N: Okay! Remember to review and tell me what you thought about this chapter. For those who don't know yet, I won't be able to update next Friday, for I will be at camp. I don't think I'll be able to update earlier either. So while I'm at camp, I'll be writing the next chapter, and I'll update on Sunday. So far, I've only written the first sentence for Chapter 15.
Remember to leave your email address if you want to be emailed once I update!