Hogwarts love lives Part 2 - Ron and Hermione
Hermione sat up sighing. She gently picked her wand up off the bedside table and muttered 'lumos' careful to make sure the curtains around her four poster bed were closed so that she didn't wake the other girls. She'd been back at Hogwarts for a week now and she already had plenty of homework. Sighing again, she opened her Arithmancy book and started reading.
A few minutes later she shut the book and pushed it to the end of the bed. She brought her knees up to her chest and hugged her legs, resting her chin on her knees. A tear rolled slowly down Hermione's cheek and she hurriedly wiped it away. She jumped up from her bed and went over to the window brushing her hair from her eyes. She sat on the window seat, gazing at the moon. Suddenly, she turned round hearing a noise. Lavender had just sat up.
"Hermione, what are you doing?" she asked sleepily.
"Nothing, I just couldn't sleep, that's all," Hermione answered and walked back over to her bed. Lavender came over and sat down next to Hermione. Spotting a tear on her friend's cheek, she put her arms around her.
"What's up Hermione?" she asked gently. Hermione's tears fell faster. "Come on, you can tell me,"
"Oh, it's nothing. I'm just being stupid," Hermione said, wiping her cheeks furiously.
"It's not nothing, Hermione, you're crying. Here, come on; let's go to the common room. We don't want to wake everyone up. Come on," Lavender said and guided Hermione down the stairs to the chairs by the fire. "Tell me Hermione," she coaxed.
"It's Ron,"
"What's he done?" Lavender demanded.
"It's not so much what he's done. Not really. It's he's so...infuriating. But, I really like him. I like him so much Lavender that it hurts," Hermione sobbed. Lavender hugged her.
"If that's how you feel, you should tell him,"
"No way, I can't do that!"
"Why not?"
"Because...oh I don't know. I just can't,"
"Yes you can,"
"I'm going back to bed," Hermione said standing up.
"Wait..." Lavender said. Suddenly, there was a movement on the stairs to the boys dormitory - Ron appeared, wearing maroon pyjamas that were too small for him. Hermione groaned.
"This is just what I need," she muttered under her breath.
"What's going on? Are you two ok?" Ron asked, yawning.
"I'll...err...just leave you to it, yeah," Lavender said dashing to the stairs.
"Lavender!" Hermione shouted, but Lavender ignored her and ran up the stairs. Hermione sighed and flopped back down into her chair.
"You ok?" Ron asked again, sitting opposite her.
"I'm fine," Hermione snapped.
"So why are you crying?"
"I'm not," she said wiping her eyes.
"Are too,"
"Just leave it Ron,"
"Ok, but you know you can talk to me,"
"Yeah,"
"Night then," Ron said and stood up. When he got to the bottom of the stairs Hermione stopped him. "What?" he asked her.
"Can you come back? I need to tell you something," she told him. Ron walked back to his seat.
"What's up?"
"Ok, this is going to sound totally crazy and everything but here goes. I really like you,"
"No duh! You're one of my best friends. I'd be really worried if you didn't like me," Ron said getting up again.
"No, just sit down Ron. I mean that I like you like you, not just like you,"
"Oh," Ron said, going scarlet. He stood up quickly. "I've got to go," he said, rushing up the stairs as Hermione burst into tears.
"I knew I shouldn't have done that," she said to herself.
*****
When Hermione went to breakfast the next morning, Harry told her that Ron had already had breakfast and left.
"He seemed keen to go. And to avoid you. Have you fallen out again?" Harry asked.
"I don't know. I think I've blown it, Harry," Hermione said wearily.
"Why?"
"Oh, I don't want to talk about it,"
"Ok, hi Ginny," Harry said greeting his girlfriend before she sat down.
"What's with Hermione Ginny said to Harry tucking a lock of bright red hair behind her ear.
"I think she's had a row with Ron," Harry whispered back handing her the sugar. Hermione suddenly dropped her spoon in her bowl and stood up.
"I've got to go to the library, I'll see you later," she said grabbing her school bag and leaving.
In the library she found Ron sitting with a Quidditch book open on his lap.
"Hi," she said softly. Ron looked up and turned beetroot. "Can I sit down?"
"Whatever," Ron replied shortly.
"Ron, I didn't mean to freak you out last night, I just...I don't know, I just had to tell you. Thanks for not telling Harry," she finished lamely. Ron put his book down.
"I only freaked out because I kinda like you too but I didn't think you'd ever like me in that way and I just couldn't handle it.
"Oh,"
"I just want you to know that we can't let this affect our friendship,"
"Well that's exactly what I had in mind," Hermione said with a mischievous grin.
"What?"
"In a good way. I want us to be more that just friends Ron. You and me. How about it?"
"Seriously?"
"Seriously," Hermione confirmed. She leaned towards him and kissed him gently. He kissed her back passionately
"This is a school library, not a teenage make-out party! Out! Now!" Madam Pince, the school librarian, shrieked. They broke apart grinning. As they left the library, Ron took Hermione's hand in his own and gave it a quick squeeze. Hermione answered with a little squeeze of her own and together they walked hand-in-hand to Transfiguration.
"Urrgh! Granger and Weasley!" Pansy Parkinson shrieked "That is sick even for you, Granger,"
"Oh, shut up Pansy and save everyone a headache," Hermione retorted.
"Get off!" Pansy shrieked at her friend, who was the only thing keeping her from launching herself at Hermione.
"Get over yourself," Ron said smiling at Hermione. She smiled back and they burst out laughing as Malfoy tried to jinx them, but accidentally turned Pansy into a weasel. "Suit's you Pansy," Ron said and burst into a fresh peal of laughter.
Hermione sat up sighing. She gently picked her wand up off the bedside table and muttered 'lumos' careful to make sure the curtains around her four poster bed were closed so that she didn't wake the other girls. She'd been back at Hogwarts for a week now and she already had plenty of homework. Sighing again, she opened her Arithmancy book and started reading.
A few minutes later she shut the book and pushed it to the end of the bed. She brought her knees up to her chest and hugged her legs, resting her chin on her knees. A tear rolled slowly down Hermione's cheek and she hurriedly wiped it away. She jumped up from her bed and went over to the window brushing her hair from her eyes. She sat on the window seat, gazing at the moon. Suddenly, she turned round hearing a noise. Lavender had just sat up.
"Hermione, what are you doing?" she asked sleepily.
"Nothing, I just couldn't sleep, that's all," Hermione answered and walked back over to her bed. Lavender came over and sat down next to Hermione. Spotting a tear on her friend's cheek, she put her arms around her.
"What's up Hermione?" she asked gently. Hermione's tears fell faster. "Come on, you can tell me,"
"Oh, it's nothing. I'm just being stupid," Hermione said, wiping her cheeks furiously.
"It's not nothing, Hermione, you're crying. Here, come on; let's go to the common room. We don't want to wake everyone up. Come on," Lavender said and guided Hermione down the stairs to the chairs by the fire. "Tell me Hermione," she coaxed.
"It's Ron,"
"What's he done?" Lavender demanded.
"It's not so much what he's done. Not really. It's he's so...infuriating. But, I really like him. I like him so much Lavender that it hurts," Hermione sobbed. Lavender hugged her.
"If that's how you feel, you should tell him,"
"No way, I can't do that!"
"Why not?"
"Because...oh I don't know. I just can't,"
"Yes you can,"
"I'm going back to bed," Hermione said standing up.
"Wait..." Lavender said. Suddenly, there was a movement on the stairs to the boys dormitory - Ron appeared, wearing maroon pyjamas that were too small for him. Hermione groaned.
"This is just what I need," she muttered under her breath.
"What's going on? Are you two ok?" Ron asked, yawning.
"I'll...err...just leave you to it, yeah," Lavender said dashing to the stairs.
"Lavender!" Hermione shouted, but Lavender ignored her and ran up the stairs. Hermione sighed and flopped back down into her chair.
"You ok?" Ron asked again, sitting opposite her.
"I'm fine," Hermione snapped.
"So why are you crying?"
"I'm not," she said wiping her eyes.
"Are too,"
"Just leave it Ron,"
"Ok, but you know you can talk to me,"
"Yeah,"
"Night then," Ron said and stood up. When he got to the bottom of the stairs Hermione stopped him. "What?" he asked her.
"Can you come back? I need to tell you something," she told him. Ron walked back to his seat.
"What's up?"
"Ok, this is going to sound totally crazy and everything but here goes. I really like you,"
"No duh! You're one of my best friends. I'd be really worried if you didn't like me," Ron said getting up again.
"No, just sit down Ron. I mean that I like you like you, not just like you,"
"Oh," Ron said, going scarlet. He stood up quickly. "I've got to go," he said, rushing up the stairs as Hermione burst into tears.
"I knew I shouldn't have done that," she said to herself.
*****
When Hermione went to breakfast the next morning, Harry told her that Ron had already had breakfast and left.
"He seemed keen to go. And to avoid you. Have you fallen out again?" Harry asked.
"I don't know. I think I've blown it, Harry," Hermione said wearily.
"Why?"
"Oh, I don't want to talk about it,"
"Ok, hi Ginny," Harry said greeting his girlfriend before she sat down.
"What's with Hermione Ginny said to Harry tucking a lock of bright red hair behind her ear.
"I think she's had a row with Ron," Harry whispered back handing her the sugar. Hermione suddenly dropped her spoon in her bowl and stood up.
"I've got to go to the library, I'll see you later," she said grabbing her school bag and leaving.
In the library she found Ron sitting with a Quidditch book open on his lap.
"Hi," she said softly. Ron looked up and turned beetroot. "Can I sit down?"
"Whatever," Ron replied shortly.
"Ron, I didn't mean to freak you out last night, I just...I don't know, I just had to tell you. Thanks for not telling Harry," she finished lamely. Ron put his book down.
"I only freaked out because I kinda like you too but I didn't think you'd ever like me in that way and I just couldn't handle it.
"Oh,"
"I just want you to know that we can't let this affect our friendship,"
"Well that's exactly what I had in mind," Hermione said with a mischievous grin.
"What?"
"In a good way. I want us to be more that just friends Ron. You and me. How about it?"
"Seriously?"
"Seriously," Hermione confirmed. She leaned towards him and kissed him gently. He kissed her back passionately
"This is a school library, not a teenage make-out party! Out! Now!" Madam Pince, the school librarian, shrieked. They broke apart grinning. As they left the library, Ron took Hermione's hand in his own and gave it a quick squeeze. Hermione answered with a little squeeze of her own and together they walked hand-in-hand to Transfiguration.
"Urrgh! Granger and Weasley!" Pansy Parkinson shrieked "That is sick even for you, Granger,"
"Oh, shut up Pansy and save everyone a headache," Hermione retorted.
"Get off!" Pansy shrieked at her friend, who was the only thing keeping her from launching herself at Hermione.
"Get over yourself," Ron said smiling at Hermione. She smiled back and they burst out laughing as Malfoy tried to jinx them, but accidentally turned Pansy into a weasel. "Suit's you Pansy," Ron said and burst into a fresh peal of laughter.