Telling Ron
Chapter 21: Notes
Author's Note: Oh my God! Thanks for all the reviews! I love you guys! I'll comment on the lateness of this chapter at the end.
The next morning, Ginny woke to find a note next to her pillow. She opened it and read it over. It said:
G raceful as a swan
I ncredible strength and passion
N everending devotion to her loved ones
N ame that fills my heart with happiness
Y ou complete me
Your black-haired friend
She read it over again and furrowed her brow in confusion. This was very...strange for Harry to do. She sat up and saw Hermione's bed was empty. She left her room and reached Ron's room at the same time Harry stepped out. He was also holding a note. She hadn't written him one. They looked at each other and switched notes silently. His read:
H eavenly green eyes
A stonishingly caring heart
R arely hurts a soul
R eaches out to those in need
Y ou complete me
The youngest Weasley
Ginny snorted. This was very interesting. She grinned at the puzzled look on Harry's face.
"Who did this?" Harry asked. Ginny thought about it. Hermione could've written something ten times better than this so she was out of the picture. Ron couldn't write anything half as good as this and wouldn't do anything like it anyway. She thought back to yesterday and the mistletoe incident. There was her answer.
"Fred and George."
"Fred and George? Wouldn't they have realized we would show each other?" Ginny shook her head.
"They knew I liked you before," she said looking down embarrassed. He smiled at her and she continued. "Plus they don't know that we have a close relationship. They probably figured I'd get all excited and keep it to myself, wondering if you liked me."
Harry laughed. "Well they'll be even more surprised when they find out that they don't need to do this than they were with Ron and Hermione." Ginny laughed too.
"So they're trying to set us up since they couldn't set them up."
"Should we tell them the truth?" Ginny shook her head.
"I think we should let them keep going for awhile. We have two more weeks here. Let's give them a bit of fun." She looked at Harry, amusement in her eyes. Hermione came up the stairs then.
"Morning. What are you doing?"
Ginny handed her the notes and she read them. She looked up at the pair curiously when she finished, a smile at her lips.
"What is this?" You didn't do this did you?"
"No actually we think it was Fred and George."
"Why would they do this?" Ginny explained about the mistletoe incident and Hermione laughed.
"They couldn't set up Ron and me so instead they're setting up you two. That's hilarious. Are you going to tell them?"
"No, we want to see what else they were going to do. It wouldn't be any fun if we stopped them now." They laughed and Hermione went to her room to get dressed.
"Where's Ron?" Ginny asked as they went downstairs.
"He's still asleep. You should see him though. He looks horrible. He's got bruises everywhere and a black eye." Harry shook his head at what Ron had gone through.
"Poor thing," Ginny said sadly. Harry nodded and they sat down to eat breakfast.
After Hermione dressed she went into Ron's room. She gingerly sat down on his bed and he breathed out slowly, still asleep. Hermione felt tears coming to her eyes and tried to hold them back. She looked down at his black eye and the blue and purple bruises on his chest that were uncovered by his blanket. He had a long purple line on his forehead where there had been a cut before Mrs.Weasley had used a spell to remove it. She lightly touched his cheek and her hand trembled. He stretched out his legs and opened his eyes. He looked at her and smiled.
"Hi love."
"Hi Ron," she whispered.
"Why are you crying?" he asked taking her hand. That did it. The tears spilled over and she sobbed. He stared at her in surprise and pulled her down to lay next to him. He put the blanket over her and snuggled next to her as best he could without bothering his bruises too much. He kissed her forehead and put his arm on her waist. She had her hands over her face as she continued to cry.
"What is it love? Did someone do something to you?"
She shook her head. "It's what they did to you."
He looked at her confused. "It's alright Hermione. I'm going to be fine."
She put her hand on his cheek and nodded. "I know you'll be fine. But Ron this just shows how easily any of us could be kidnapped. Harry could easily be taken by a deatheater and taken to Voldemort-" Ron winced slightly, though he was getting used to hearing the name-"You could easily be taken, Ginny, any of us." She sobbed again and a fresh stream of tears rolled down her face.
"Hermione, please love, it'll be alright."
"No it won't Ron! Do you know how lucky we were after the incident at the Ministry? Harry came face to face with Voldemort, you were attacked by the brain, Ginny injured herself, Neville and Luna came out alright but anything could have happened. If any of you had been killed....I...I." Ron pulled her into a tight hug despite the pain it put on his body. He knew that she said was right. Any of them could have been killed by one of the deatheaters. He remembered how worried he was after Hermione had been struck across the chest by the deatheater. She could have died. A tear ran down his cheek and he squeezed Hermione tighter. If anything happened to her, he didn't know what he would do with himself. Could he live without her? He wasn't sure.
"Ron, I love you so much. More than life itself. If you ever d...if you ever died...I know I would die too. You are my source of happiness in life and I couldn't go on without you."
Ron swallowed hard and fought back his tears.
"I feel the same," he whispered. She pulled away slightly to look at his face. She gently ran her finger over the line on his forehead and he kissed her wet lips. They gave each other short gentle kisses and she put her hand on the back of his head where there were no bruises. Harry stepped in the doorway and jumped in surprise. He didn't know Hermione would be there. She pulled away form Ron's lips and looked at Harry. Ron turned and smiled at him.
"Hi Harry," Hermione said standing up.
"Hi," he answered taking a small step into the room. "Are you okay?"
"Yes, I'm alright. I love you Harry," she said kissing him on the cheek. He looked at her curiously as she left the room. Ron sat up and sighed.
"What happened mate? You two have a fight?"
Ron shook his head. He told a little of what they had talked about and Harry felt awful. He had had guilty feelings ever since they went to the Ministry at putting his friends in danger. Then he thought about Ginny. That was the second time she had been in danger from Voldemort. He realized that he could never let them come if he had to face danger like that again. If any of them died he would forever know it was his fault and he couldn't bear it.
"That does it," he said rummaging around his trunk for clothes.
"What does it?" Ron asked standing up.
"I'm going alone from now on. If I ever have to do something like that again, none of you are coming. I'm not putting you lot in danger like that anymore."
"Come on Harry, you don't let us come, we come ourselves."
"Yes but I don't stop you guys."
"Harry we come because we want to. We care about you and want to help. We'll be there whether you want us to or not."
"No Ron! You aren't coming anymore!" Harry pulled his shirt over his body roughly and stormed out of the room. Ron made to run after him but his legs were stiff and painful. He sat back down and put his head in his hands.
Harry ran outside and continued until he reached a tree at least half a mile away from the Burrow. He kicked it forcefully and regretted it instantly. He grabbed his foot in pain and sat down heavily. His mind was racing and he closed his eyes to calm himself.
Ginny came out of the lavatory, her hair sopping wet from her shower. She peeked in Ron's room as she headed to her own and saw the depressed look on his face.
"Are you feeling okay, Ron? Do you need help?"
He looked at her sadly and she came in and sat on Harry's bed.
"What is it?" He told her what had happened and she stood up quickly.
"Where is he? Where did he go?" Ron shrugged.
"Well I have to go find him! Who knows what he'll do when he's upset like that!"
"Hang on. I'll come too."
"Well hurry up!" He stood up as fast as he could but he had a horrible back ache. Pity filled her at the sight of his bruised body and she helped him up and helped him get a shirt on. She left the room momentarily so he could put pants on. He came out and they went downstairs to look for Harry. They checked the entire house but he was no where to be found. Ron became tired of walking and sat in the living room while Ginny looked around the house outside. Hermione came in the living rom and sat next to Ron. She could tell he was worried about something.
"What's wrong?" He explained the story again and finished as Ginny came back in the house.
"You didn't find him, did you?" Ron asked. She shook her head and sat in a chair next to them.
"Don't worry, he'll come back soon. I'm sure he's outside someone a little away form the house." Hermione patted Ginny's knee and a tear rolled down Ginny's face.
"I wish he would talk to someone instead of run away. At least we would know where he was," Ginny said softly. Suddenly, Lupin came out of the fireplace. Hermione grabbed Ron's arm and he winced. Ginny jumped like she had heard an explosion.
"Hello!" he said happily. "Why the long faces?" He looked at them curiously. Ron relayed the story again and Lupin nodded knowingly.
"James did the same thing when he was upset. Harry'll turn up soon. He just needs to think for awhile."
"But is it safe for him to be alone where we don't know where he is?" Ginny asked.
"He'll be fine. Just let him have his space. By the way Ron, I'm sorry about what happened to you. Your mother told me when she invited me to come to dinner tonight. Tonks will be joining us as well."
"Are you going to stay until Christmas?" Giny asked excitedly, momentarily forgetting about the missing Harry.
"No, no I'm only staying for dinner. I will, however, come for dinner on Christmas eve and stay the night for Christmas morning."
"Oh good!" Hermione said.
"I also hear that there is a new couple among us," Lupin said smiling.
Hermione blushed and Ron turned a color that made his face very odd looking with his wounds.
"Congratulations. I'm very happy for you both."
"Thank you," Hermione said, looking at Ron happily. He took her hand and smiled back.
"And does Ginny have anyone special in her life?" Lupin asked her. Ginny blushed slightly and answered, "No I don't." Hermione grinned at her and Ginny tried not to laugh.
"That's alright. You have plenty of time," Lupin smiled at her and stood. "I'll go greet your mother. See you at dinner."
Hermione went to the kitchen to make a pot of tea and Ginny set up the chess board to play with Ron. He beat her easily since she thought about Harry while she was playing.
Author's Note: I would have gone farther but I promised to put up this chapter today and if I went on I may not of been able to finish it by tonight. Sorry the chapter wasn't up earlier but today was my friends birthday and I had to take him his gift. Then I had to work on homework and my friend came over so I couldn't finish the chapter until about 8 tonight. So most of you will probably end up reading this chapter on Monday (tomorrow). Sorry for the delay but I'll try to update the next chapter tomorow after school to make up for it. Sorry there was more sadness this chapter. I have certain parts of the story planned out but things like this come to me while I'm writing and end up taking up a lot of chapter space. Hope you guys liked it!
Also, I need one more gift idea. What should Hermione give Harry? I've been racking my brain but I can't think of anything besides a book. Se always gives him books so I've been trying to think of something else. Any ideas?
Individuals:
'Mione Weasley: Glad you liked the chapter! I'm so sorry your dog ran away! That's awful! I'll definately update ASAP to make you feel better!
hP fAn Fo LyFe: Thank you, Meg! I'm working on stuff to bug Malfoy with. Hope I don't sound stupid but what does Imao mean? I've seen it before but haven't figured out what it means. Yep, Ron's the best!
annskers: Thank you that's really flattering! I've already figured out when the twins'll find out about H/G but it won't be until a little later. (Not too later). They'll continue doing things to set them up.
PuppyDog_eyes: Yeah, thanks for the watch idea. It was a good one!
KrisKG: Thanks! Glad you liked it! I've planned when the twins find out about them and it won't be for a little bit longer, not too long though. And thanks, I've been trying to keep everyone in character.
GinnyPotter: Thanks!
Lily106: Thank you! They are really cute! The twins won't literally kick Malfoy's ass but they will bother him through Ron and the others.
Lissa: Lol, no it wasn't Voldemort. I don't think he'll be making an appearance in the story. You'll find out the gifts soon!
Amaya: Yep, I update as soon as I can. I plan to update tomorrow too if I can. Actually I was thinking about locking them in a room, lol!
brat: I know, I'm sorry! I updated as soon as I could! I make plans on when to update but it doesn't always work out.
Joots: Thanks! I post as fast as I can. This was a pretty fast update too. Glad oyu liked what I did with the last chapter. Hope you liked this one too. I do love the twins. They're so fun to write!
Chapter 21: Notes
Author's Note: Oh my God! Thanks for all the reviews! I love you guys! I'll comment on the lateness of this chapter at the end.
The next morning, Ginny woke to find a note next to her pillow. She opened it and read it over. It said:
G raceful as a swan
I ncredible strength and passion
N everending devotion to her loved ones
N ame that fills my heart with happiness
Y ou complete me
Your black-haired friend
She read it over again and furrowed her brow in confusion. This was very...strange for Harry to do. She sat up and saw Hermione's bed was empty. She left her room and reached Ron's room at the same time Harry stepped out. He was also holding a note. She hadn't written him one. They looked at each other and switched notes silently. His read:
H eavenly green eyes
A stonishingly caring heart
R arely hurts a soul
R eaches out to those in need
Y ou complete me
The youngest Weasley
Ginny snorted. This was very interesting. She grinned at the puzzled look on Harry's face.
"Who did this?" Harry asked. Ginny thought about it. Hermione could've written something ten times better than this so she was out of the picture. Ron couldn't write anything half as good as this and wouldn't do anything like it anyway. She thought back to yesterday and the mistletoe incident. There was her answer.
"Fred and George."
"Fred and George? Wouldn't they have realized we would show each other?" Ginny shook her head.
"They knew I liked you before," she said looking down embarrassed. He smiled at her and she continued. "Plus they don't know that we have a close relationship. They probably figured I'd get all excited and keep it to myself, wondering if you liked me."
Harry laughed. "Well they'll be even more surprised when they find out that they don't need to do this than they were with Ron and Hermione." Ginny laughed too.
"So they're trying to set us up since they couldn't set them up."
"Should we tell them the truth?" Ginny shook her head.
"I think we should let them keep going for awhile. We have two more weeks here. Let's give them a bit of fun." She looked at Harry, amusement in her eyes. Hermione came up the stairs then.
"Morning. What are you doing?"
Ginny handed her the notes and she read them. She looked up at the pair curiously when she finished, a smile at her lips.
"What is this?" You didn't do this did you?"
"No actually we think it was Fred and George."
"Why would they do this?" Ginny explained about the mistletoe incident and Hermione laughed.
"They couldn't set up Ron and me so instead they're setting up you two. That's hilarious. Are you going to tell them?"
"No, we want to see what else they were going to do. It wouldn't be any fun if we stopped them now." They laughed and Hermione went to her room to get dressed.
"Where's Ron?" Ginny asked as they went downstairs.
"He's still asleep. You should see him though. He looks horrible. He's got bruises everywhere and a black eye." Harry shook his head at what Ron had gone through.
"Poor thing," Ginny said sadly. Harry nodded and they sat down to eat breakfast.
After Hermione dressed she went into Ron's room. She gingerly sat down on his bed and he breathed out slowly, still asleep. Hermione felt tears coming to her eyes and tried to hold them back. She looked down at his black eye and the blue and purple bruises on his chest that were uncovered by his blanket. He had a long purple line on his forehead where there had been a cut before Mrs.Weasley had used a spell to remove it. She lightly touched his cheek and her hand trembled. He stretched out his legs and opened his eyes. He looked at her and smiled.
"Hi love."
"Hi Ron," she whispered.
"Why are you crying?" he asked taking her hand. That did it. The tears spilled over and she sobbed. He stared at her in surprise and pulled her down to lay next to him. He put the blanket over her and snuggled next to her as best he could without bothering his bruises too much. He kissed her forehead and put his arm on her waist. She had her hands over her face as she continued to cry.
"What is it love? Did someone do something to you?"
She shook her head. "It's what they did to you."
He looked at her confused. "It's alright Hermione. I'm going to be fine."
She put her hand on his cheek and nodded. "I know you'll be fine. But Ron this just shows how easily any of us could be kidnapped. Harry could easily be taken by a deatheater and taken to Voldemort-" Ron winced slightly, though he was getting used to hearing the name-"You could easily be taken, Ginny, any of us." She sobbed again and a fresh stream of tears rolled down her face.
"Hermione, please love, it'll be alright."
"No it won't Ron! Do you know how lucky we were after the incident at the Ministry? Harry came face to face with Voldemort, you were attacked by the brain, Ginny injured herself, Neville and Luna came out alright but anything could have happened. If any of you had been killed....I...I." Ron pulled her into a tight hug despite the pain it put on his body. He knew that she said was right. Any of them could have been killed by one of the deatheaters. He remembered how worried he was after Hermione had been struck across the chest by the deatheater. She could have died. A tear ran down his cheek and he squeezed Hermione tighter. If anything happened to her, he didn't know what he would do with himself. Could he live without her? He wasn't sure.
"Ron, I love you so much. More than life itself. If you ever d...if you ever died...I know I would die too. You are my source of happiness in life and I couldn't go on without you."
Ron swallowed hard and fought back his tears.
"I feel the same," he whispered. She pulled away slightly to look at his face. She gently ran her finger over the line on his forehead and he kissed her wet lips. They gave each other short gentle kisses and she put her hand on the back of his head where there were no bruises. Harry stepped in the doorway and jumped in surprise. He didn't know Hermione would be there. She pulled away form Ron's lips and looked at Harry. Ron turned and smiled at him.
"Hi Harry," Hermione said standing up.
"Hi," he answered taking a small step into the room. "Are you okay?"
"Yes, I'm alright. I love you Harry," she said kissing him on the cheek. He looked at her curiously as she left the room. Ron sat up and sighed.
"What happened mate? You two have a fight?"
Ron shook his head. He told a little of what they had talked about and Harry felt awful. He had had guilty feelings ever since they went to the Ministry at putting his friends in danger. Then he thought about Ginny. That was the second time she had been in danger from Voldemort. He realized that he could never let them come if he had to face danger like that again. If any of them died he would forever know it was his fault and he couldn't bear it.
"That does it," he said rummaging around his trunk for clothes.
"What does it?" Ron asked standing up.
"I'm going alone from now on. If I ever have to do something like that again, none of you are coming. I'm not putting you lot in danger like that anymore."
"Come on Harry, you don't let us come, we come ourselves."
"Yes but I don't stop you guys."
"Harry we come because we want to. We care about you and want to help. We'll be there whether you want us to or not."
"No Ron! You aren't coming anymore!" Harry pulled his shirt over his body roughly and stormed out of the room. Ron made to run after him but his legs were stiff and painful. He sat back down and put his head in his hands.
Harry ran outside and continued until he reached a tree at least half a mile away from the Burrow. He kicked it forcefully and regretted it instantly. He grabbed his foot in pain and sat down heavily. His mind was racing and he closed his eyes to calm himself.
Ginny came out of the lavatory, her hair sopping wet from her shower. She peeked in Ron's room as she headed to her own and saw the depressed look on his face.
"Are you feeling okay, Ron? Do you need help?"
He looked at her sadly and she came in and sat on Harry's bed.
"What is it?" He told her what had happened and she stood up quickly.
"Where is he? Where did he go?" Ron shrugged.
"Well I have to go find him! Who knows what he'll do when he's upset like that!"
"Hang on. I'll come too."
"Well hurry up!" He stood up as fast as he could but he had a horrible back ache. Pity filled her at the sight of his bruised body and she helped him up and helped him get a shirt on. She left the room momentarily so he could put pants on. He came out and they went downstairs to look for Harry. They checked the entire house but he was no where to be found. Ron became tired of walking and sat in the living room while Ginny looked around the house outside. Hermione came in the living rom and sat next to Ron. She could tell he was worried about something.
"What's wrong?" He explained the story again and finished as Ginny came back in the house.
"You didn't find him, did you?" Ron asked. She shook her head and sat in a chair next to them.
"Don't worry, he'll come back soon. I'm sure he's outside someone a little away form the house." Hermione patted Ginny's knee and a tear rolled down Ginny's face.
"I wish he would talk to someone instead of run away. At least we would know where he was," Ginny said softly. Suddenly, Lupin came out of the fireplace. Hermione grabbed Ron's arm and he winced. Ginny jumped like she had heard an explosion.
"Hello!" he said happily. "Why the long faces?" He looked at them curiously. Ron relayed the story again and Lupin nodded knowingly.
"James did the same thing when he was upset. Harry'll turn up soon. He just needs to think for awhile."
"But is it safe for him to be alone where we don't know where he is?" Ginny asked.
"He'll be fine. Just let him have his space. By the way Ron, I'm sorry about what happened to you. Your mother told me when she invited me to come to dinner tonight. Tonks will be joining us as well."
"Are you going to stay until Christmas?" Giny asked excitedly, momentarily forgetting about the missing Harry.
"No, no I'm only staying for dinner. I will, however, come for dinner on Christmas eve and stay the night for Christmas morning."
"Oh good!" Hermione said.
"I also hear that there is a new couple among us," Lupin said smiling.
Hermione blushed and Ron turned a color that made his face very odd looking with his wounds.
"Congratulations. I'm very happy for you both."
"Thank you," Hermione said, looking at Ron happily. He took her hand and smiled back.
"And does Ginny have anyone special in her life?" Lupin asked her. Ginny blushed slightly and answered, "No I don't." Hermione grinned at her and Ginny tried not to laugh.
"That's alright. You have plenty of time," Lupin smiled at her and stood. "I'll go greet your mother. See you at dinner."
Hermione went to the kitchen to make a pot of tea and Ginny set up the chess board to play with Ron. He beat her easily since she thought about Harry while she was playing.
Author's Note: I would have gone farther but I promised to put up this chapter today and if I went on I may not of been able to finish it by tonight. Sorry the chapter wasn't up earlier but today was my friends birthday and I had to take him his gift. Then I had to work on homework and my friend came over so I couldn't finish the chapter until about 8 tonight. So most of you will probably end up reading this chapter on Monday (tomorrow). Sorry for the delay but I'll try to update the next chapter tomorow after school to make up for it. Sorry there was more sadness this chapter. I have certain parts of the story planned out but things like this come to me while I'm writing and end up taking up a lot of chapter space. Hope you guys liked it!
Also, I need one more gift idea. What should Hermione give Harry? I've been racking my brain but I can't think of anything besides a book. Se always gives him books so I've been trying to think of something else. Any ideas?
Individuals:
'Mione Weasley: Glad you liked the chapter! I'm so sorry your dog ran away! That's awful! I'll definately update ASAP to make you feel better!
hP fAn Fo LyFe: Thank you, Meg! I'm working on stuff to bug Malfoy with. Hope I don't sound stupid but what does Imao mean? I've seen it before but haven't figured out what it means. Yep, Ron's the best!
annskers: Thank you that's really flattering! I've already figured out when the twins'll find out about H/G but it won't be until a little later. (Not too later). They'll continue doing things to set them up.
PuppyDog_eyes: Yeah, thanks for the watch idea. It was a good one!
KrisKG: Thanks! Glad you liked it! I've planned when the twins find out about them and it won't be for a little bit longer, not too long though. And thanks, I've been trying to keep everyone in character.
GinnyPotter: Thanks!
Lily106: Thank you! They are really cute! The twins won't literally kick Malfoy's ass but they will bother him through Ron and the others.
Lissa: Lol, no it wasn't Voldemort. I don't think he'll be making an appearance in the story. You'll find out the gifts soon!
Amaya: Yep, I update as soon as I can. I plan to update tomorrow too if I can. Actually I was thinking about locking them in a room, lol!
brat: I know, I'm sorry! I updated as soon as I could! I make plans on when to update but it doesn't always work out.
Joots: Thanks! I post as fast as I can. This was a pretty fast update too. Glad oyu liked what I did with the last chapter. Hope you liked this one too. I do love the twins. They're so fun to write!