Telling Ron
Chapter Two: The Lost Moment
Author's Note: Ok, on ff.net my name is michelleywelley and on checkmated.com I'm michellemybell. This story isn't on checkmated yet for some reason but hopefully it will be soon. I just thought I'd mention that because on the first chapter I had two different author names. Yeah, so anyway thanks for the people who have reviewed so far! I haven't had that many yet and I was going to wait longer to update but I'm so excited that a few people like it that I'm updating now! By the way quotes are shown by " ", and thoughts in someones head are shown by ' '. Hope you enjoy the next chapter! Here we go!
Hermione woke up at six o'clock the next morning. She remembered her conversation with Harry the night before and knew she would never get back to sleep. Slowly, she rose out of bed and dressed herself without much attention to what she put on.
She was extremely worried about what she was going to say to Ron today. 'Maybe I shouldn't do it today....or ever,' she thought sighing. She could just picture herself confessing her love to Ron and him giving her that look he gets when looking at a crazy person. 'He'll think I'm mad, he'll think I need to join Lockhart at St.Mungo's and our friendship will be ruined forever! But what if he says he likes me too?' She began to feel ill and thought maybe she would skip breakfast and go to the library and pretend to study. She grabbed her bag, stuffed a couple of books in it, and walked down the stairs to the common room.
"Hey Hermione, you're just in time! We were just about to go down to breakfast," Ginny called to her. She stood next to Ron and Harry who were in the middle of a Quidditch conversation. ("Ron, Ginny will not flash the other team to distract them.")
"You're right, I won't," Ginny said to them over her shoulder. "Now let's go!"
They walked through the portrait hole towards the Great Hall. Ginny was telling Harry a better plan for the next Quidditch game (Ginny had become a chaser that year and Harry was the new team captain) and Hermione followed, lost in thought.
"What are you thinking about?" Ron asked, nudging Hermione's shoulder with his own. Hermione blushed after his touch.
"Oh, you know...schoolwork and stuff," she answered.
"Hermione it's Saturday! Don't think about schoolwork!" He said shaking his head. "The weekends are for relaxing the mind and pretending schoolwork doesn't exist."
"Don't you pretend schoolwork doesn't exist all week?" She said.
"Yes."
"You really shouldn't neglect your homework the way you do."
Ron shrugged. "I get it done."
"Just barely and usually with my help."
Ron's eyes narrowed. "I can do my homework by myself."
"But you don't. You always want to copy mine or ask me for all the answers."
"I...well you're...you're smart and know the right answers so I ask you for help!" Ron's ears were turning red.
"Well if you would study then maybe you would know the right answers too!"
Ron and Hermione stood facing each other angrily when Harry tapped Ron on the shoulder.
"Uh, guys we're here."
Everyone was staring at them. Well, not everyone but a good portion of the Great Hall were waiting for the argument to continue. Hermione's face turned red and she hurried to sit next to Ginny at the Gryffindor table. Ron went and sat as far away from Hermione as he could, grumbling to himself along the way.
"Why did she do that?" Ron asked angrily to Harry as they sat down. "All I said was Saturday was a day to not think about school and what does she do? She starts lecturing me about homework!"
"I don't know mate," Harry said back to him. "Maybe she's stressed about something."
"Well it doesn't mesn she can take it out on me! I mean okay maybe I should work a little harder at school and study more....but still!"
Down the table, Hermione sat with her head in her hands. 'Why, why, why did I do that? I just couldn't keep my mouth shut.'
"Hermione are you okay?" Ginny asked.
"I don't know....what's wrong with me?"
"Maybe you're just tired. Why don't you go take a nap?"
Sleep sounded wonderful at the moment. "Yes, thats a good idea. I'll see you later." Hermione stood from the table and began walking to the doors when a cold voice spoke to her.
"Problems with the weasel?" Draco Malfoy asked, walking towards her.
"Look Malfoy, I'm not in the mood today."
"Oh doesn't little Ronnie like you back?" Draco said in a baby voice.
"Malfoy get the hell away from her!" Ron came towards them quickly.
"Ah heres the weasel himself. But why are you defending her? I thought you and the mudblood were fighting?"
As soon as the word 'mudblood' left his mouth, Ron punched him in the face. Draco fell over backwards, landing hard on the floor. Ron was ready to continue but Hermione grabbed his arm.
"No, Ron stop! He isn't worth getting in trouble for!"
"Well you are!" Ron answered as Malfoy stood and punched Ron in the stomach. Ron doubled over and Malfoy brought his fist upwards into Ron's face, knocking him over. He jumped on Ron and they began wrestling on the floor. Harry came running over and Hermione yelled, "Harry do something!"
Harry jumped on Malfoy, pullung him off of Ron and yelled, "Stun him!"
Hermione pulled out her wand and said the spell. Malfoy fell back on the floor unconscious. Hermione rushed over to Ron who sat up wiping the blood off his lip.
"Ron are you alright? Oh why do you let Malfoy get to you like that?" She was on the verge of tears.
"Mr. Weasley! What in the world do you think you are doing fighting another student in the middle of breakfast?!" Professor McGonagall came rushing over to them furious. She saw Malfoy lying there and her eyes bugged out. "We must get him to the hospital wing at once! Mr. Weasley are you seriously injured?" Ron shook his head. "Then please go straight to Gryffindor Tower and wait for me to come and give you your punishment. Go now!"
Ron rose from the floor and headed out of the Great Hall. Hermione ran up and began walking next to him.
"Ron are you alright? Does anything hurt? You're limping! Oh Ron-"
"Hermione please! Stop it! I'm okay!" He said annoyed and began pulling on the banister to hoist himself up the stairs, his leg obviously in pain. Hermione gently put her arm around him to help him up. He was resistant at first but finaly allowed his weight into her a little bit. They reached the portrait of the Fat Lady and told her the password before she could question them about Ron's look. Hermione led him over to the couch and he gingerly sat down, leaning his head against the back. She went to get hot water and soap for his cuts and brought it over to him.
"Um I need to clean these for you first so...." Hermione slowly reached up for his face and finally put her hand on his chin, holding it gently. They could feel the heat radiating between them and Hermione shakily began cleaning the cuts on his face. Ron winced slightly as it stung. Finally, Hermione said a spell to take away the cuts and he had no visible signs of a fight.
"You should probably go see Madame Pomfrey about your leg later," she said softly to him.
"Hermione...I meant what I said back there....about you being worth getting in trouble for," Ron said.
Hermione wasn't expecting that answer from him. She had heard him say it but didn't think he would talk about it with her.
"Thank you," she said looking up at him. He had grown so handsome since last year. He had strong cheek bones and a well defined jaw line. He wasn't even that skinny and lanky since he'd been doing Quidditch so much. His eyes were so beatiful she thought she might get lost in them.
"Hermione I..." Ron began as they leaned closer to each other. Their faces only inches apart, they began closing there eyes when all of a sudden the portrait hole opened and Harry walked in. They quickly pulled away from each other.
"You okay Ron?" Harry asked. Hermione sighed. The moment was lost. They were so close.... Hermione stood up and went upstairs to her dorm.
"Did I interupt something?" Harry asked and Ron flopped back against the couch groaning.
A/N: Sorry guys but I couldn't make it end that quickly! I promise I'll have the next chapter up soon! I don't know how many chapters I'm going to have in this story but there should be at least two more. Thanks!
Chapter Two: The Lost Moment
Author's Note: Ok, on ff.net my name is michelleywelley and on checkmated.com I'm michellemybell. This story isn't on checkmated yet for some reason but hopefully it will be soon. I just thought I'd mention that because on the first chapter I had two different author names. Yeah, so anyway thanks for the people who have reviewed so far! I haven't had that many yet and I was going to wait longer to update but I'm so excited that a few people like it that I'm updating now! By the way quotes are shown by " ", and thoughts in someones head are shown by ' '. Hope you enjoy the next chapter! Here we go!
Hermione woke up at six o'clock the next morning. She remembered her conversation with Harry the night before and knew she would never get back to sleep. Slowly, she rose out of bed and dressed herself without much attention to what she put on.
She was extremely worried about what she was going to say to Ron today. 'Maybe I shouldn't do it today....or ever,' she thought sighing. She could just picture herself confessing her love to Ron and him giving her that look he gets when looking at a crazy person. 'He'll think I'm mad, he'll think I need to join Lockhart at St.Mungo's and our friendship will be ruined forever! But what if he says he likes me too?' She began to feel ill and thought maybe she would skip breakfast and go to the library and pretend to study. She grabbed her bag, stuffed a couple of books in it, and walked down the stairs to the common room.
"Hey Hermione, you're just in time! We were just about to go down to breakfast," Ginny called to her. She stood next to Ron and Harry who were in the middle of a Quidditch conversation. ("Ron, Ginny will not flash the other team to distract them.")
"You're right, I won't," Ginny said to them over her shoulder. "Now let's go!"
They walked through the portrait hole towards the Great Hall. Ginny was telling Harry a better plan for the next Quidditch game (Ginny had become a chaser that year and Harry was the new team captain) and Hermione followed, lost in thought.
"What are you thinking about?" Ron asked, nudging Hermione's shoulder with his own. Hermione blushed after his touch.
"Oh, you know...schoolwork and stuff," she answered.
"Hermione it's Saturday! Don't think about schoolwork!" He said shaking his head. "The weekends are for relaxing the mind and pretending schoolwork doesn't exist."
"Don't you pretend schoolwork doesn't exist all week?" She said.
"Yes."
"You really shouldn't neglect your homework the way you do."
Ron shrugged. "I get it done."
"Just barely and usually with my help."
Ron's eyes narrowed. "I can do my homework by myself."
"But you don't. You always want to copy mine or ask me for all the answers."
"I...well you're...you're smart and know the right answers so I ask you for help!" Ron's ears were turning red.
"Well if you would study then maybe you would know the right answers too!"
Ron and Hermione stood facing each other angrily when Harry tapped Ron on the shoulder.
"Uh, guys we're here."
Everyone was staring at them. Well, not everyone but a good portion of the Great Hall were waiting for the argument to continue. Hermione's face turned red and she hurried to sit next to Ginny at the Gryffindor table. Ron went and sat as far away from Hermione as he could, grumbling to himself along the way.
"Why did she do that?" Ron asked angrily to Harry as they sat down. "All I said was Saturday was a day to not think about school and what does she do? She starts lecturing me about homework!"
"I don't know mate," Harry said back to him. "Maybe she's stressed about something."
"Well it doesn't mesn she can take it out on me! I mean okay maybe I should work a little harder at school and study more....but still!"
Down the table, Hermione sat with her head in her hands. 'Why, why, why did I do that? I just couldn't keep my mouth shut.'
"Hermione are you okay?" Ginny asked.
"I don't know....what's wrong with me?"
"Maybe you're just tired. Why don't you go take a nap?"
Sleep sounded wonderful at the moment. "Yes, thats a good idea. I'll see you later." Hermione stood from the table and began walking to the doors when a cold voice spoke to her.
"Problems with the weasel?" Draco Malfoy asked, walking towards her.
"Look Malfoy, I'm not in the mood today."
"Oh doesn't little Ronnie like you back?" Draco said in a baby voice.
"Malfoy get the hell away from her!" Ron came towards them quickly.
"Ah heres the weasel himself. But why are you defending her? I thought you and the mudblood were fighting?"
As soon as the word 'mudblood' left his mouth, Ron punched him in the face. Draco fell over backwards, landing hard on the floor. Ron was ready to continue but Hermione grabbed his arm.
"No, Ron stop! He isn't worth getting in trouble for!"
"Well you are!" Ron answered as Malfoy stood and punched Ron in the stomach. Ron doubled over and Malfoy brought his fist upwards into Ron's face, knocking him over. He jumped on Ron and they began wrestling on the floor. Harry came running over and Hermione yelled, "Harry do something!"
Harry jumped on Malfoy, pullung him off of Ron and yelled, "Stun him!"
Hermione pulled out her wand and said the spell. Malfoy fell back on the floor unconscious. Hermione rushed over to Ron who sat up wiping the blood off his lip.
"Ron are you alright? Oh why do you let Malfoy get to you like that?" She was on the verge of tears.
"Mr. Weasley! What in the world do you think you are doing fighting another student in the middle of breakfast?!" Professor McGonagall came rushing over to them furious. She saw Malfoy lying there and her eyes bugged out. "We must get him to the hospital wing at once! Mr. Weasley are you seriously injured?" Ron shook his head. "Then please go straight to Gryffindor Tower and wait for me to come and give you your punishment. Go now!"
Ron rose from the floor and headed out of the Great Hall. Hermione ran up and began walking next to him.
"Ron are you alright? Does anything hurt? You're limping! Oh Ron-"
"Hermione please! Stop it! I'm okay!" He said annoyed and began pulling on the banister to hoist himself up the stairs, his leg obviously in pain. Hermione gently put her arm around him to help him up. He was resistant at first but finaly allowed his weight into her a little bit. They reached the portrait of the Fat Lady and told her the password before she could question them about Ron's look. Hermione led him over to the couch and he gingerly sat down, leaning his head against the back. She went to get hot water and soap for his cuts and brought it over to him.
"Um I need to clean these for you first so...." Hermione slowly reached up for his face and finally put her hand on his chin, holding it gently. They could feel the heat radiating between them and Hermione shakily began cleaning the cuts on his face. Ron winced slightly as it stung. Finally, Hermione said a spell to take away the cuts and he had no visible signs of a fight.
"You should probably go see Madame Pomfrey about your leg later," she said softly to him.
"Hermione...I meant what I said back there....about you being worth getting in trouble for," Ron said.
Hermione wasn't expecting that answer from him. She had heard him say it but didn't think he would talk about it with her.
"Thank you," she said looking up at him. He had grown so handsome since last year. He had strong cheek bones and a well defined jaw line. He wasn't even that skinny and lanky since he'd been doing Quidditch so much. His eyes were so beatiful she thought she might get lost in them.
"Hermione I..." Ron began as they leaned closer to each other. Their faces only inches apart, they began closing there eyes when all of a sudden the portrait hole opened and Harry walked in. They quickly pulled away from each other.
"You okay Ron?" Harry asked. Hermione sighed. The moment was lost. They were so close.... Hermione stood up and went upstairs to her dorm.
"Did I interupt something?" Harry asked and Ron flopped back against the couch groaning.
A/N: Sorry guys but I couldn't make it end that quickly! I promise I'll have the next chapter up soon! I don't know how many chapters I'm going to have in this story but there should be at least two more. Thanks!