Telling Ron
Chapter 23: Sleepover
Author's Note:Thank you so much for the reviews! They were really great! Thanks for Harry's gift ideas, I've decided on one. Again, this isn't a great chapter but the Christmas chapter will be good.
Over the next few days, Fred and George continued to 'set up' Harry and Ginny. They were each sent another poem that was equally as bad as the others. The twins would make them stand together wherever they were and sit on the couch next to each other. Harry and Ginny didn't mind at all. They got to spend a lot of time together, Ron didn't know what was going on, and the twins felt like they were helping them into a relationship. It was all Hermione could do to not to laugh at what Fred and George were doing. Ron noticed things were a bit odd but figured it was his imagination.
The night before Christmas Eve, the twins, Ron, Hermione, Harry, and Ginny decided to have a sleepover in the living room. They set up sleeping bags and blankets on the floor and sat around in a circle.
"What should we do?" Ginny asked. Fred and George looked at each other and nodded.
"Truth or Dare," they said simultaneously. Hermione giggled.
"Where did you two learn Truth or Drare?"
"We have our ways," George said, grinning.
"What's Truth or Dare?" Ron asked. Harry explained it to him and Ginny.
"Sounds like fun!" she said.
"Alright, who's first?" Fred asked rubbing his hands together. Hermione raised her hand. He pointed at her like they were in a classroom. She cleared her throat and sat up straighter.
"Fred, truth or dare?" He thought about it and raised his eyebrow at her.
"Truth. Let's see what you can come up with." She smirked at him.
"What was really happening with you and Angelina Johnson?" Fred's mouth opened slightly and he looked at her impressed.
"Good one. Alright if you really want to know. Angelina and I had a bit of a relationship our sixth year but it didn't work out. We're still friends though." Hermione nodded.
"What kind of relationship?" Fred smirked.
"Well, I took her to the Yule Ball, as you know, we had a fabulous time, we snogged outside, we went out for awhile, and decided to just be friends."
"That easily?"
"It was more like a fling I guess. I still care about her. We just don't want to date." Hermione smiled at him.
"Alright. Your turn." Fred smiled evilly and looked around at them. His eyes landed on Harry and Harry leaned back slightly.
"Harry, truth or dare?" Harry sighed but grinned. "Dare." Fred smiled at his twin.
"I dare you to snog Ginny for two minutes. On the lips, right here."
Hermione started coughing to cover her amusement as Ginny's eyes widened. Ron looked at Fred strangely. Harry smiled down at his feet then looked up at Ginny.
"Why are you making them kiss?" Ron asked.
"Just for a bit of fun. Or do you want to snog her?" Ron shook his head quickly.
"Ready guys?" Fred asked looking at his watch. They moved to the middle of the circle and put their faces close to each other, pretending to be embarrassed.
"3, 2, 1, go!" Fred pointed to them and they touched lips. The others watched, all with smiles on their faces while Ron tried to avoid looking. They continued to massage each others lips, fighting the urge to touch the others face or hand. For them, the kiss didn't last long enough. At the end of two minutes, Fred announced that time was up. Ron let out a sigh of relief. The twins smiled proudly. Harry and Ginny pulled away and looked into each others eyes. Ginny had felt something different from him. They had had great snogs before but she felt something more...passionate and loving in his touch. He longed to take her face and give her the most powerful kiss he could muster but he had to sit back down in his place. She sat down too but kept her eyes on him.
"Harry, it's your turn," Hermione said. Harry looked around at them, pondering who to ask.
"George. Truth or dare?" George smiled widely at him.
"Oh let's go with dare." Harry smiled back.
"I dare you to sing to us opera style. And I expect a good performance." The others laughed and George just shrugged. He stood up and closed the door. He put a silencing charm on the room so he wouldn't wake the rest of the house. He moved to the back of the living room and cleared his throat. He began to sing nonsense words in a deep voice and walked around the room, gesturing and puffing his chest out. It was the funniest thing the others had ever seen in their lives and he soon had them rolling around on the floor. He finally finished and gave a giant bow. They clapped as enthusiastically as they could but a few of them were having difficulty breathing. After calming down a bit, they reformed their circle and George chose Ron.
"Truth." He didn't want to have to do anything to bother his body, though his bruises were healing well.
"How long have you liked Hermione? And I mean before you two became a couple. Don't lie now. I know it's been a long time," George said teasingly. Ron turned red and Hermione gave George a small smile. She had wondered that herself.
"Um...I don't know...I guess it's been since a little before fourth year," he said nervously. "I thought I was going a bit mad but realized how I felt something for you when Krum took you to the ball. " He looked at his feet and Hermione grinned. She knew he had been jealous about it. He didn't really think she was 'fraternizing with the enemy'.
"Aw, Ronnie. That was so cute," Fred said, pretending to swoon. Ron threw a pillow at his face but he dodged it.
"Just kidding with you little brother. Don't have to get hostile." Fred winked at him and Ron tried to cover his smile. He looked at Hermione and blushed. She laughed.
By this time, it was two in the morning. Everyone was getting sleepy and decided it was time for bed. Fred claimed the couch for himself and George took the floor near him. Ginny layed as close to Harry as possible without causing suspicion. They smiled at each other and Ginny blew him a kiss when no one was looking.
Hermione returned from brushing her teeth, her parents are dentists after all, and Ron motioned for her to come next to him where he had set up her bed. She layed in her blankets and Ron took her hand. They were in a corner of the room so they could talk quietly without disturbing the others.
"How long have you liked me Hermione?" She laughed.
"We aren't playing anymore." He made his puppy face and she giggled.
"I don't know. I guess since third year. I was mad at you a lot but I still had feelings for you." He squeezed her hand.
"I understand." She rolled her eyes.
"I guess we wasted a lot of time, huh?" he said. She nodded and he lightly touched her lips with his.
"You know what I miss about Hogwarts?" he asked. She looked at him confused. Then she understood.
"Closets." He grinned at her and kissed her again, harder this time.
"Do you think your Mum will be mad if she sees us?" she whispered. He shrugged.
"We've got separate blankets and we're in a room with my brothers, my sister, and our best friend. It'd be kind of hard to do anything. Besides, we're only holding hands."
"Alright." She still wasn't sure but the extreme comfort she felt overpowered her worry. They soon fell into a peaceful sleep.
Nearby, Ginny watched as Ron and Hermione slept happily next to each other. She looked at Harry to find him watching her, like he always seemed to be. He gave her a warm smile and she returned it. His eyes traveled up to his best friends in the corner and he laughed to himself. He looked back at Ginny and saw the envy in her eyes. She sighed and closed her eyes. He continued to watch her and made a decision. It was time to tel people. They'd kept it secret long enough. Fred and George wanted them together anyway and Hermione already knew. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley would be happy about it and even though Ron might not like it, he'd get used to it. He had a girlfriend and Harry deserved one too. He decided to talk to Ginny about it tomorrow if he had a chance. Tomorrow was Christmas Eve and they would be cleaning and decorating the house. Then in the evening, Tonks and Lupin were coming for dinner. Harry felt excited about Christmas with the Weasley's and his friends. He happily fell asleep, temporarily forgetting about the problem with Ginny.
Author's Note: Ok, next chapter is Christmas Eve and the next one will be Christmas (unless I come up with something else.) I need your opinion about something. Do you guys want me to continue the story after Christmas when they go back to Hogwarts? I'd like to and I've come up with some ideas to continue with. If I do continue, I'll probably make an end to 'Telling Ron' and make the next part a separate story with a new name but it will be continuing this story. 'Telling Ron' doesn't really fit this story anymore so I think a new title is necesary. I'll probably make the next part PG-13, just to be safe. It doesn't mean its going to get more sexual or anything, I just think it'd be better to be PG-13. The next part won't be quite as fluffy but it will still have some of course. If I use my new ideas, it will have fluff, romance, humor, action, angst, etc. What do you guys think? Should I do this? Let me know ok? Thanks!
Individuals: (These are ones from Chapter 21 that were put in after I updated Chapter 22 and reviews from Chapter 22. Some of you may have two responses.)
PiNkRiBbOn13dancegirl: Thanks, but yours were good too!
BlueDragon34: Thank you! It's a cool idea but I'm not sure if they would have anything like that. Thanks though!
hP fAn Fo LyFe: Oh, okay, I get it. I agree, freakishly hot! Have you seen any of the early PoA movie pictures? If you go to www.mugglenet.com they have pictures and Ron looks really good in one of them! Glad you liked the chapter!
Mione Weasley: I'm glad you've seen your dog! That's really great! I hope by now you found him. If not, I'm sorry. Hope the chapter made you feel a little better. : )
Samantha: Thanks!
thekecmaster: Yeah, I probably will have Lupin figure it out. That's a good idea. You know, I actually thought of a watch like that for Harry and it's probably the gift I'm going to go with!
Manga-lunatic: Thank you, that's really nice of you!
hP fAn Fo LyFe: Thank you! Hope you liked it!
amber: Lol, that's really flattering but J.K has such good ideas and an amazing imagination, I don't think I even compare! But thank you for the compliment! He hits Ron because he and Harry both knocked him out earlier in the story and he had to get revenge, of course. He couldn't let them get away with that! He's a Malfoy, nobody beats him, etc.
Kagome19: Thanks! You're right, it's always nice to hear again! Yeah, Ron will get something Quidditch related but I wanted Hermione to give him something special.
thec00lgirl6790: I know, the chapter wasn't that great. I don't think I'll really be adding more fluff, but I'll still have some in it. Like I said earlier, if I continue this, it'll be PG-13 but I'm not changing the rating of this part of the story.
angelface58: Thanks, I'm going as fast as possible!
Lily106: Glad you liked it! There's always the possibility of more fights with Malfoy but there are other things to bother him besides fist fights!
HermioneClone: Thank you! I'm hurrying!
Chapter 23: Sleepover
Author's Note:Thank you so much for the reviews! They were really great! Thanks for Harry's gift ideas, I've decided on one. Again, this isn't a great chapter but the Christmas chapter will be good.
Over the next few days, Fred and George continued to 'set up' Harry and Ginny. They were each sent another poem that was equally as bad as the others. The twins would make them stand together wherever they were and sit on the couch next to each other. Harry and Ginny didn't mind at all. They got to spend a lot of time together, Ron didn't know what was going on, and the twins felt like they were helping them into a relationship. It was all Hermione could do to not to laugh at what Fred and George were doing. Ron noticed things were a bit odd but figured it was his imagination.
The night before Christmas Eve, the twins, Ron, Hermione, Harry, and Ginny decided to have a sleepover in the living room. They set up sleeping bags and blankets on the floor and sat around in a circle.
"What should we do?" Ginny asked. Fred and George looked at each other and nodded.
"Truth or Dare," they said simultaneously. Hermione giggled.
"Where did you two learn Truth or Drare?"
"We have our ways," George said, grinning.
"What's Truth or Dare?" Ron asked. Harry explained it to him and Ginny.
"Sounds like fun!" she said.
"Alright, who's first?" Fred asked rubbing his hands together. Hermione raised her hand. He pointed at her like they were in a classroom. She cleared her throat and sat up straighter.
"Fred, truth or dare?" He thought about it and raised his eyebrow at her.
"Truth. Let's see what you can come up with." She smirked at him.
"What was really happening with you and Angelina Johnson?" Fred's mouth opened slightly and he looked at her impressed.
"Good one. Alright if you really want to know. Angelina and I had a bit of a relationship our sixth year but it didn't work out. We're still friends though." Hermione nodded.
"What kind of relationship?" Fred smirked.
"Well, I took her to the Yule Ball, as you know, we had a fabulous time, we snogged outside, we went out for awhile, and decided to just be friends."
"That easily?"
"It was more like a fling I guess. I still care about her. We just don't want to date." Hermione smiled at him.
"Alright. Your turn." Fred smiled evilly and looked around at them. His eyes landed on Harry and Harry leaned back slightly.
"Harry, truth or dare?" Harry sighed but grinned. "Dare." Fred smiled at his twin.
"I dare you to snog Ginny for two minutes. On the lips, right here."
Hermione started coughing to cover her amusement as Ginny's eyes widened. Ron looked at Fred strangely. Harry smiled down at his feet then looked up at Ginny.
"Why are you making them kiss?" Ron asked.
"Just for a bit of fun. Or do you want to snog her?" Ron shook his head quickly.
"Ready guys?" Fred asked looking at his watch. They moved to the middle of the circle and put their faces close to each other, pretending to be embarrassed.
"3, 2, 1, go!" Fred pointed to them and they touched lips. The others watched, all with smiles on their faces while Ron tried to avoid looking. They continued to massage each others lips, fighting the urge to touch the others face or hand. For them, the kiss didn't last long enough. At the end of two minutes, Fred announced that time was up. Ron let out a sigh of relief. The twins smiled proudly. Harry and Ginny pulled away and looked into each others eyes. Ginny had felt something different from him. They had had great snogs before but she felt something more...passionate and loving in his touch. He longed to take her face and give her the most powerful kiss he could muster but he had to sit back down in his place. She sat down too but kept her eyes on him.
"Harry, it's your turn," Hermione said. Harry looked around at them, pondering who to ask.
"George. Truth or dare?" George smiled widely at him.
"Oh let's go with dare." Harry smiled back.
"I dare you to sing to us opera style. And I expect a good performance." The others laughed and George just shrugged. He stood up and closed the door. He put a silencing charm on the room so he wouldn't wake the rest of the house. He moved to the back of the living room and cleared his throat. He began to sing nonsense words in a deep voice and walked around the room, gesturing and puffing his chest out. It was the funniest thing the others had ever seen in their lives and he soon had them rolling around on the floor. He finally finished and gave a giant bow. They clapped as enthusiastically as they could but a few of them were having difficulty breathing. After calming down a bit, they reformed their circle and George chose Ron.
"Truth." He didn't want to have to do anything to bother his body, though his bruises were healing well.
"How long have you liked Hermione? And I mean before you two became a couple. Don't lie now. I know it's been a long time," George said teasingly. Ron turned red and Hermione gave George a small smile. She had wondered that herself.
"Um...I don't know...I guess it's been since a little before fourth year," he said nervously. "I thought I was going a bit mad but realized how I felt something for you when Krum took you to the ball. " He looked at his feet and Hermione grinned. She knew he had been jealous about it. He didn't really think she was 'fraternizing with the enemy'.
"Aw, Ronnie. That was so cute," Fred said, pretending to swoon. Ron threw a pillow at his face but he dodged it.
"Just kidding with you little brother. Don't have to get hostile." Fred winked at him and Ron tried to cover his smile. He looked at Hermione and blushed. She laughed.
By this time, it was two in the morning. Everyone was getting sleepy and decided it was time for bed. Fred claimed the couch for himself and George took the floor near him. Ginny layed as close to Harry as possible without causing suspicion. They smiled at each other and Ginny blew him a kiss when no one was looking.
Hermione returned from brushing her teeth, her parents are dentists after all, and Ron motioned for her to come next to him where he had set up her bed. She layed in her blankets and Ron took her hand. They were in a corner of the room so they could talk quietly without disturbing the others.
"How long have you liked me Hermione?" She laughed.
"We aren't playing anymore." He made his puppy face and she giggled.
"I don't know. I guess since third year. I was mad at you a lot but I still had feelings for you." He squeezed her hand.
"I understand." She rolled her eyes.
"I guess we wasted a lot of time, huh?" he said. She nodded and he lightly touched her lips with his.
"You know what I miss about Hogwarts?" he asked. She looked at him confused. Then she understood.
"Closets." He grinned at her and kissed her again, harder this time.
"Do you think your Mum will be mad if she sees us?" she whispered. He shrugged.
"We've got separate blankets and we're in a room with my brothers, my sister, and our best friend. It'd be kind of hard to do anything. Besides, we're only holding hands."
"Alright." She still wasn't sure but the extreme comfort she felt overpowered her worry. They soon fell into a peaceful sleep.
Nearby, Ginny watched as Ron and Hermione slept happily next to each other. She looked at Harry to find him watching her, like he always seemed to be. He gave her a warm smile and she returned it. His eyes traveled up to his best friends in the corner and he laughed to himself. He looked back at Ginny and saw the envy in her eyes. She sighed and closed her eyes. He continued to watch her and made a decision. It was time to tel people. They'd kept it secret long enough. Fred and George wanted them together anyway and Hermione already knew. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley would be happy about it and even though Ron might not like it, he'd get used to it. He had a girlfriend and Harry deserved one too. He decided to talk to Ginny about it tomorrow if he had a chance. Tomorrow was Christmas Eve and they would be cleaning and decorating the house. Then in the evening, Tonks and Lupin were coming for dinner. Harry felt excited about Christmas with the Weasley's and his friends. He happily fell asleep, temporarily forgetting about the problem with Ginny.
Author's Note: Ok, next chapter is Christmas Eve and the next one will be Christmas (unless I come up with something else.) I need your opinion about something. Do you guys want me to continue the story after Christmas when they go back to Hogwarts? I'd like to and I've come up with some ideas to continue with. If I do continue, I'll probably make an end to 'Telling Ron' and make the next part a separate story with a new name but it will be continuing this story. 'Telling Ron' doesn't really fit this story anymore so I think a new title is necesary. I'll probably make the next part PG-13, just to be safe. It doesn't mean its going to get more sexual or anything, I just think it'd be better to be PG-13. The next part won't be quite as fluffy but it will still have some of course. If I use my new ideas, it will have fluff, romance, humor, action, angst, etc. What do you guys think? Should I do this? Let me know ok? Thanks!
Individuals: (These are ones from Chapter 21 that were put in after I updated Chapter 22 and reviews from Chapter 22. Some of you may have two responses.)
PiNkRiBbOn13dancegirl: Thanks, but yours were good too!
BlueDragon34: Thank you! It's a cool idea but I'm not sure if they would have anything like that. Thanks though!
hP fAn Fo LyFe: Oh, okay, I get it. I agree, freakishly hot! Have you seen any of the early PoA movie pictures? If you go to www.mugglenet.com they have pictures and Ron looks really good in one of them! Glad you liked the chapter!
Mione Weasley: I'm glad you've seen your dog! That's really great! I hope by now you found him. If not, I'm sorry. Hope the chapter made you feel a little better. : )
Samantha: Thanks!
thekecmaster: Yeah, I probably will have Lupin figure it out. That's a good idea. You know, I actually thought of a watch like that for Harry and it's probably the gift I'm going to go with!
Manga-lunatic: Thank you, that's really nice of you!
hP fAn Fo LyFe: Thank you! Hope you liked it!
amber: Lol, that's really flattering but J.K has such good ideas and an amazing imagination, I don't think I even compare! But thank you for the compliment! He hits Ron because he and Harry both knocked him out earlier in the story and he had to get revenge, of course. He couldn't let them get away with that! He's a Malfoy, nobody beats him, etc.
Kagome19: Thanks! You're right, it's always nice to hear again! Yeah, Ron will get something Quidditch related but I wanted Hermione to give him something special.
thec00lgirl6790: I know, the chapter wasn't that great. I don't think I'll really be adding more fluff, but I'll still have some in it. Like I said earlier, if I continue this, it'll be PG-13 but I'm not changing the rating of this part of the story.
angelface58: Thanks, I'm going as fast as possible!
Lily106: Glad you liked it! There's always the possibility of more fights with Malfoy but there are other things to bother him besides fist fights!
HermioneClone: Thank you! I'm hurrying!