"Who is it?" Ron demanded.
"Never mind."
"Come on, you can tell me," he pleaded. "You don't trust me to keep it a secret, do you?"
She looked at his pouting face. "Of course I trust you! Ron, we've been best friends since we were eleven. We've gone through so much together. Of course I trust you. I just.. can't tell you this. I'm sorry." She had an idea Ron still thought she didn't trust him.
"Can I guess, then?"
She laughed quietly at his persistence and at the enthusiastic look on his face. "Ok, I suppose."
He counted off on his fingers, "Not Harry, not Krum… Who else?" He thought for a moment. "Me!" He was, of course, only joking, but when he named himself he noticed Hermione caught her breath stared straight ahead, with a slightly pink tint showing in her cheeks.
Hermione swallowed. "What would you say if.. if it was you?"
Ron studied her face for a minute. "I'd say.." He considered his response. "I'd say, I really like you too Hermione. A lot." His face burned red.
She stared at him. "You do?"
"Yeah, I do."
She smiled, "Well, you guessed right. It's you. I like you."
"And I really like you too, Hermione. A lot."
She laughed, "Yes, I figured you did when you said it the first time." She considered this a while, then added "though I don't really know why you would."
"Because!"
"You need a better reason than that, Ron!" she teased.
"Because, it's you."
"Oh. Alright then. I suppose that works." She smiled at him.
"I just don't know why it took me so long to realize that," he said as he moved forwards to hold her, and kissed her on the forehead.
"Well, you were worth the wait," she said as she relaxed in his arms.
THE END
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"Never mind."
"Come on, you can tell me," he pleaded. "You don't trust me to keep it a secret, do you?"
She looked at his pouting face. "Of course I trust you! Ron, we've been best friends since we were eleven. We've gone through so much together. Of course I trust you. I just.. can't tell you this. I'm sorry." She had an idea Ron still thought she didn't trust him.
"Can I guess, then?"
She laughed quietly at his persistence and at the enthusiastic look on his face. "Ok, I suppose."
He counted off on his fingers, "Not Harry, not Krum… Who else?" He thought for a moment. "Me!" He was, of course, only joking, but when he named himself he noticed Hermione caught her breath stared straight ahead, with a slightly pink tint showing in her cheeks.
Hermione swallowed. "What would you say if.. if it was you?"
Ron studied her face for a minute. "I'd say.." He considered his response. "I'd say, I really like you too Hermione. A lot." His face burned red.
She stared at him. "You do?"
"Yeah, I do."
She smiled, "Well, you guessed right. It's you. I like you."
"And I really like you too, Hermione. A lot."
She laughed, "Yes, I figured you did when you said it the first time." She considered this a while, then added "though I don't really know why you would."
"Because!"
"You need a better reason than that, Ron!" she teased.
"Because, it's you."
"Oh. Alright then. I suppose that works." She smiled at him.
"I just don't know why it took me so long to realize that," he said as he moved forwards to hold her, and kissed her on the forehead.
"Well, you were worth the wait," she said as she relaxed in his arms.
THE END
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