~*Lean on Me*~

A Ron and Hermione story

(A/N) Hey guys ready for another post? Thought so! Anywho, I just wanted to say thanx to all you people who are actually reviewing my story and those who are just reading but not reviewing. I hope you all like this Chapter. It's really a quite funny Chapter and you'll all see why in the end. I think you'll see clues during the story to tell you what's actually going on, so be sharp. It's pretty obvious though.(No offence to those who don't see it at first. I'm not saying your stupid or something if you don't see it I'm just saying it's pretty obvious especially if you're the on writing the story! Well duh! But anywho...) So I just wanna say that there is I think one swear word but it isn't all that bad, okay! So don't flip! So anywho here we go... ~Love From Lizzie

(Discaimer) Okay none of these characters or any of these settings and BLAH BLAH BLAH belong to me! Blah blah blah you get the picture right? So I don't have to say the rest? Good cuz you know I hate to say it! Anywho on with the story.

Chapter 4: What?!

Ron Weasley found himself, standing at the edge of the Forbidden forest next to Hagrid's pumpkin patch. There was something wrong. He could feel it, but what was it?

The moon was shining brightly on the damp grass and the dark trees swayed gently in the light breeze. The stars however were not shining. "That's funny.," he thought to himself. "Where are the stars?"

"Ron!" he heard a little voice yelp behind him.

He turned around and came face to face with Hermione. "What are you doing out here?" he asked curiously.

"I came to find you, of course!" she said as if it were so obvious.

"Why?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I just can't get enough of you, you sexy man." she said flirtatiously standing against him. She took his arms and wrapped them around her waist and kissed him deeply. Ron could feel his heart race.

He could feel his face burn. His knees felt weak and his lips tingled where they had only just touched hers. Hermione Granger had just kissed him, Ron Weasley! The most beautiful girl in his year had just kissed him. How long he had waited for that, he hadn't the slightest idea. "Hermione?" he asked, deeply shocked.

"Yes, my sweetness?" she asked playfully.

"What's going on?" He asked, thinking he'd probably gone crazy or something.

"Why nothing! You were going to take me for a walk in the forest. It's not that hard to understand!" she answered rolling her shining brown eyes that Ron loved to stare in for hours at a time.

"Could you kiss me again?" he asked nervously wishing for more.

"Not yet. You have to wait for more later, my love." she winked, grabbing his hands and pulling him towards the eerie black trees.

"Why are we going for a walk in 'There'?" Ron asked remembering his last time in the forest with Grawp.

"Because it's exciting and so romantic!" she said longingly.

"Whatever you say." he said moving nervously forward.

"Hurry let's run!" she exclaimed.

"No I think I'd rather walk."

"No you won't, let's run!"

She grabbed his hand and took off in a sprint down the narrow winding forest path.

"Hermione are you feeling alright?" Ron asked suspiciously.

"I feel wonderful!" she said running faster.

"Can we slow down? We're going to trip and fall." he said straining to keep up with her, which was difficult even despite the fact that his legs were longer than hers.

"Do you always have to suck all the fun out of everything?" she sighed without the slightest sign of exhaustion.

"Hey I'm the one who always says that!"

She ran ever faster and Ron had to let go of her hand. He couldn't keep up with her anymore and now she was a good way ahead of him.

"Hermione, slow down!" Ron yelled worriedly.

"Catch me if you can?" she shouted before putting on another burst of speed.

"Hermione, no, wait up! I can't run that..." Ron looked around nervously. "Hermione?" She wasn't anywhere to be seen. "Hermione! Hermione, where are you?"

He heard a giggle he could have sworn had been whispered in his ear. He spun around in place but still couldn't see her anywhere. He started to panic and ran forward calling out her name. A little ways away he could see a bush rustling on the side of the path.

"Hermione? Is that you?" He asked stepping towards it cautiously. To his surprise out stepped a tall dark man of around 6 feet wearing a long black cloak that covered his head. He ripped it off to reveal Victor Krum's menacing face.

"Not exactly." Krum said mockingly.

"Krum!" Ron growled through gritted teeth.

"Yes zat vould be me." he answered smoothly.

Two other cloaked me stepped out of the thick trees just as Ron made a dodge for Krum, and grabbed Ron by the arms and slammed him against the nearest tree. Ron struggled against their grip but failed entirerly. Finally he gave up and instead began to sneer at Krum.

"Where's Hermione? What did you do with her?" he asked clenching his fists threateningly.

"Oh you mean my bride-to-be? Vell she's getting ready vor our vedding of course. Oh...I'm zorry I vorgot. You 'ave a little crush on 'er don't you." Krum grinned evilly. "Vell zorry. You don't 'ave any chance vitz 'er anymore. She eez in love vitz me!"

"She'd never marry you!" Ron shouted contorted with anger.

"Oh vouldn't she now. Ve'll I guess ve'll just 'ave to zee about zat!" he said rubbing his chin thoughtfully. "Stuff his mouth boys. I veally don't veel like 'earing heez poor peetifull vinning all zee vay zere."

Ron fought fitfully as the tallest dark figure shoved a piece of cloth into his mouth and drug him to the center of the forest.

As they arrived, Ron could see Hermione dressed like a princess, tied to a tree, and her mouth taped shut. Ron tried to call out to her forgetting his state and gagged himself.

"My queen, let us be married." Krum whispered as her walked over to her. She hung her head with hopelessness as a priest walked over to them.

"Let us begin." the priest stared with a voice that sounded strangely similar to Professor Flitwick's. "Do you, Victor Krum, take this woman to be your wife?"

"I do." Krum answered rubbing Hermione's cheek softly making her turn her face away revolted.

"And do you, Hermione Granger, take this man to be your husband?"

The guard nearest her ripped off her tape causing her to flinch with sharp pain. She turned her head slowly back to the priest and glared him in the eye. She turned her face to Krum, smiled and then unexpectedly spit in his face

"He's not a man; he's a monster! And I'd never marry him because I'm in love with Ron Weasley!"

Krum wiped his face slightly and slowly reached inside his robes. "Oh. Well in that case..."Krum shrugged calmly then whipped out his wand.

"You bastard!" Hermione whispered aghast at the wand raised readily above Krum's head.

Ron screamed through his stuff mouth and began to fight away the two towering men at either side of him. He threw punches and kicks at them and eventually tore off his mouthpiece. He gave a gasp just as Krum brought down his wand pointed directly at her heart.

"Avada Keedavra!" Krum screamed.

Hermione gave a small cry before the bright green light hit her directly in the chest.

"Hermione!" Ron screamed, his heart dropping dramatically. Hermione's eyes were wide with shock and her mouth was open in a silent shriek. She gently fell into a small lump on the groan almost as if she had passed out from fright.

"Noooooooooo!"

~*~

"Ron! Ron wake up! Ron it's alright! You're having a nightmare! Ron wake up! Ron!"

Ron opened his eyes, and saw nothing but white. He gave a small muffled yell and heard laughing in the distance.

Ron! You're tangled in you bed sheets, you idiot!" he could hear Harry say through his laughter.

"Oh." Ron mumbled then pulled the sheets of his head. "Oh shut up, Harry!" He smiled throwing his pillow at his head. Harry ducked and instead it landed on Neville's snoring face. Neville gave a muffled sort of snort and threw it off the bed.

"So what happened? What you dreamed? You were tossing and turning and had your head not been buried in your pillow you would have screamed aloud." Harry asked curiously.

"I, er, I dreamed that... Krum killed Hermione." Ron mumbled feeling his ears turn red. It was scary at the time but now t he said it aloud it sounded really stupid even to him.

"Wow. That's very interesting." Harry said sarcastically with a small yawn. "I guess it's because she wouldn't marry him because she loved you or something like that, huh?"

"Actually..." Ron started.

"You've got to be kidding me!" Harry laughed wide-eyed with amazement.

"What?" Ron asked quite confused.

"You fancy her, don't you?" Harry grinned, wiggling his eyebrows.

"I-I what? No I don't! I can't like Her-Hermione! She's...She's my f-friend!" Ron stumbled over the words clumsily.

"Alright then. Say what you want." Harry shrugged lying back down on his bed.

Ron adjusted his covers back to the way they were before he had fallen asleep and lay with his eyes open staring at the ceiling.

"I know I like her, and why shouldn't I. She's beautiful, she's smart, she's every guy's dream. But of course, I know she'd never feel the same way about me. She hates me! The only reason she even tries to be nice to me is because we are both friends with Harry. Besides that she'd never give me a second glance. And why should she? I'm not the type of guy she'd date any ways."

With that thought he fell into sleep for the second time that night. At least this time he didn't have another dream.

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(A/N) Hey guy's hope you liked it. You can really see that Ron and Hermione really do think alike. Both of them think the other wants nothing to do with them when really they feel the same way. I warn you before hand but this fact will start to get very aggravating as it goes on. I'm finally finished writing down the rest of this story in my tablet now all I have to do is type. I promise you this is a good thing! Read on to see a summary of the next Chapter.

(Summary of Ch.5) It's time to shop for Christmas in Hogsmede. Harry and Hermione wait at a new coffee shop while Ron shops for their presents. Ron wants to get Hermione something special that might maybe give her the hint of his feeling for her.

When he returns with his gifts at their table, Hermione is nowhere to be seen. Harry explains that she met up with an unexpected visitor and they are to meet them in a few hours.

What does Ron get for Hermione? Who is this unexpected visitor? What does he want with her? And what happens when Ron sees him make a move on the girl he has loved since he was 13?

Find out the next chapter, "Just Another Day at Hogsmede. Or is it?" Dun Dun Dun! hehe.

Special Thanx!

~VoiCeZWiThiN- Thank you! Thank You! First of all I'd like to thank... oh wait... oh sorry! Forgot where I was, for a moment there. But I'm back now! Hehe.

~RussellGrl15-Sorry about the whole name thing. I think I got it right this time. Anywho I know I love Ron too he just the sweetest made up person in this known universe. If only he were real...

~Princess Jennifer- Hey girl I hope you post again on your story really soon. I can't wait to see who won! Oh the anticipation is building up! I must know NOW! Oh and I have to know what Ron tells her. Well I know what he's gunna say but HOW!

~SisterBear58- Hey! I'm glad you like it! Review this chapter and I'll be more happier. Wait that doesn't sound right does it! Oh well! hehe.

~ And lastly, but not leastly, to all my friends on harrypotter.com who are reading this story. Love you guys and Thanx!

****Until next time...

~Love from Lizzie~

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