Disclaimer: I'm not getting any money for writing this story. I don't want any money, I just want reviews. Everything belongs to JKR except the plot. *mine* : )

A/N: I had fun writing this chapter you guys. Lots of DRAMA, DRAMA, DRAMA!!! And also there's some big, BIG, BIG foreshadowing in this chapter. Once you read it it'll be pretty obvious what I'm hinting at. Well, I hope you enjoy, and don't forget to review!

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Chapter Three - Weak in the Knees

The Weasley's had to go back to The Leaky Cauldron three times before everyone had remembered everything they needed. They were running extremely late and were in danger of missing the train. By the time they got to King's Cross, they only had ten minutes to get everyone a trolley and to get through the barrier to Platform 9 & 3/4. It was a hurried goodbye as Harry, Ron, Ginny, and Hermione said goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley before getting on the train.

Harry met Neville and Luna at the station, and they made their way back to the usual compartment in the very back. Hermione, Ron, and Ginny, however, had to meet up with the new Prefects in the front of the train, since Hermione was Head Girl, and Ron and Ginny were Prefects. When they made their way back to the compartment a half an hour later, Hermione slid open the compartment door and beamed around at Harry and Neville inside. She already had her Hogwarts uniform on, with her Head Girl badge pinned just above the Gryffindor emblem on her robes. It was glistening in the light that filled the cabin.

"Hey guys!" She said with a smile.

"Hey...what's new?" Harry asked as Hermione moved aside so Ron and Ginny could come in and sit down.

"Well...I was kind of surprised on who they picked to be this year's new Prefects...but...you wouldn't believe who got Head Boy..." Hermione's smile faded a bit.

"Not Malfoy?" Harry asked desperately.

Hermione didn't respond for a few seconds and then she burst into a smile.

"Nope! Ernie Macmillan got Head Boy."

"Oh Herm, don't scare me like that!" Neville gasped.

Hermione laughed and sat down in between Luna and Ron.

"Malfoy's been eyeing Head Boy for years and he didn't get it. The beginning of this year has been wonderful." Ginny said dreamily and scooted over closer to Harry.

Harry reached over and grabbed Ginny's hand and Ginny giggled. Luna snorted loudly at how corny they were being and pulled the Quibbler out of her trunk and began reading it.

Hermione watched the two lovebirds cuddle and she felt a pang in her stomach. She was sitting next to Ron, she could easily reach over and grab his hand too.

...But he was going out with Lavender, of course...

Neville, who still had a crush on Ginny watched Harry and Ginny with a trembling lip. He sniffled and his eyes were watering up.

Ron saw Neville starting to break down, and instead of comforting him, "Oh Neville, get over it."

"W-what?" Neville stuttered.

"You need to find another girl to like." Ron stated rudely.

Hermione looked up at Ron and glared at him to make him shut up but he was staring determinedly at Neville.

"I'm not going to stop liking her just because she has a...boyfriend." Neville whispered so Ginny and Harry wouldn't hear.

"Well you're odd." Ron replied.

"What exactly is odd?" Hermione snapped at Ron.

"Well Neville needs to get over Ginny!" He blurted. Ginny glanced up at the sound of her name and realized what was going on.

Neville looked over at Ron and you could tell by his face that he was hurt.

"Oh, Neville, really...I didn't--" Ron tried to apologize.

"Don't even start with me, Weasley." Neville threatened and stood up and left the compartment, slamming the door behind him and shattering the glass that was in the window pane of the door.

Everyone was staring at Ron, shocked at what he said, especially with Neville sitting right there at the time. Hermione was fuming, she was staring at Ron, opening and closing her mouth as if trying to find which insult to throw at him.

"Reparo..." Harry whispered and waved his wand; the glass was fixed.

"Ron you can be so rude sometimes!" Hermione finally broke the ice.

"Well, so be it! I was only telling the truth!" Ron yelled.

"You didn't have to say it! You need to learn to hold your tongue!"

"At least I have the decency to hold my tongue most the time! Unlike you who hisses at us and bosses us around and what not."

"Fine, if you feel that way, then leave!" Hermione yelled. "Go on! Go find your girlfriend, if you like her so much better...just GO AWAY!"

With that, Hermione buried her head in her arms. Ron didn't move and was still looking over at Hermione. He got up, grabbed his things and made his way out of the cabin, looking for Lavender.

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When they got to Hogwarts, Hermione didn't talk to anyone the whole way up. She sat alone in the front carriage with Ernie, since they were Head Boy and Girl. Harry and Ginny sat together in a carriage with Ron and Lavender. They all sat at the same end of the Gryffindor table but nobody spoke to one another during Dumbledore's usual speech and the sorting. Afterwards, Hermione led the first years and all the rest of the Gryffindors up to the common room.

"Hobbit feet!" Hermione said the password loudly. The portrait swung open and everyone else went ahead up to their dormitories while Hermione explained everything the first years needed to know.

That night, Hermione sat in the common room, highlighting all her classes on her schedule and reading the first couple of chapters in her new books. She was already making a study sheet for her N.E.W.T.S at the end of the year.

The rest of the Gryffindor seventh years sat by the fire on the two best couches and were laughing loudly all night. Hermione's patience was running low and she was getting very annoyed with them, especially Ron who kept throwing dirty looks at her.

During one particular moment when they were all laughing loudly, Hermione couldn't concentrate on her books. She slammed the book she was reading and stood up.

"Will you please keep it down? I'm Head Girl and I'll take away ten points from you for disruption if I have to!" She said above them.

Lavender rolled her eyes at Hermione and said, "Herm, you need to loosen up, classes don't even start until tomorrow, ok?" She paused to throw her long hair behind her shoulders with a flick of her hand and looked up at Hermione again. "You know...I've just noticed...if you'll let me do your hair, it could look really great, it not being bushy and all..."

Hermione was furious. "If I wanted your help I would have asked for it thank you very much! Now if you don't mind...people are trying to work here!" She sat back down at her table without another glance at them.

Lavender looked around the common room and saw that the only person trying to "work" was Hermione; everyone else was just hanging out just as they were. Lavender turned back to Ron and held his hand.

"Oh, she's just PMSing that's all. She'll be back to her bossy self in a few days...she's normally not this bad you know." Lavender giggled and kissed Ron on the cheek. They all went back to talking while Hermione silently fumed. I am not PMSing! And I'm not bossy! She gathered her materials and shoved them in her bag and ran up the girl's dormitory stairs.

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Hermione's dreams were extremely odd that night. She was sitting in an empty room holding something in her hands. She was holding it very close to her, as if she were protecting it. Footsteps are echoing from the outside the room and they grow louder and louder. Hermione sees the person's feet standing next to her but she doesn't look up to see who it is. They lend out a hand to help her up. Hermione hesitates but eventually takes their hand, still clutching the object in her other hand. She looks up to her visitor but there is a bright light behind the person to where all she could see was the person's shadow. Her visitor puts their hands on her shoulders and slowly turns her around. They move her hair off the back of her neck and clasps a necklace around her neck. They turn Hermione back around and puts their hands on her hands. They open up her palm and take the object out of Hermione's hand...it is a glass ornament of a pink heart. Hermione puts her hand up to her chest and feels the long, cold chain that is the necklace; she runs her fingers down the chain's length and feels the charm hanging off of it. It's the little round ball that was on the necklace that Mrs. Weasley gave to Ron; she was wearing Ron's necklace. The bright light dims and Hermione sees who her visitor is.

Ron is holding her glass heart in his palm but when she looks into his eyes, he drops it and it breaks into several large pieces.

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Hermione woke up in the middle of the night, shaking. She looked around her curtains and saw that all the other girls were fast asleep; it must be late into the night. She lay back down in her bed and stared up at the ceiling, thinking about her dream. She had been holding something...Ron put his necklace on her and took the thing she was holding from her; it was a pink, glass heart, and Ron dropped it and broke it...

Hermione shook her head, slipped on her robe, and tiptoed out of the girl's dormitories. She made her way down the stairs and into the common room, which was empty. She walked over to one of the windows and pushed it open. The sky outside was a purple tinted pink by the coming sunrise. Hermione sat up on the edge of the windowsill watching the lake until she leaned her head up against the open window and fell back asleep.

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"Herm...wake up..." Someone was shaking her. "'Mione, come on, breakfast is over, classes are going to start in twenty minutes." It was Ron. "Hermione, classes are starting soon--"

Hermione woke with a start and sat up quickly. Someone had moved her from the windowsill to the couch by the fire. She looked up at Ron pleadingly. "Classes?! But...I haven't eaten, I'm not dressed, I haven't read the first chapters of all my books! I'm ruined! I can't do this! I can't go!" She kept saying.

Ron put his hands on her shoulders, "Don't worry about it, I brought some toast up for you, I'm sure you can get dressed quickly, and you can read the first chapters at lunch today. I'm sure you'll be fine." He smiled and took out a napkin with a few pieces of toast wrapped in it and handed it to Hermione.

Hermione took the napkin reluctantly, staring up at Ron. I thought we were in a fight...

Ron smiled and walked off, leaving Hermione to get up and get ready for class. But when he walked off out of the portrait hole, Hermione felt butterflies in her stomach. She didn't know why though. She stood up off the couch and took one last look at Ron walking off, she couldn't help but feel week in the knees...she was developing a crush for Ron...even if he was dating Lavender.

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A few weeks passed and it was their second weekend after classes started. Today just happened to be Hermione's birthday and she couldn't help but be excited. She was finally seventeen! She decided not to remind anyone that it was her birthday. They had been distant from her the past couple of days, so she assumed that they were planning a surprise party or figuring out what they should get her. Hermione was excited for what all her friends would do for her; she knew that's what they were up to...

But the day passed, no one, not even a birthday card from her parents, wished her a happy birthday. Curfew came, and everyone was inside Gryffindor Tower, and yet no one had even acknowledged her birthday. When Ginny and Lavender got up to go to bed, and Harry and Ron got up as well to go to bed themselves, that's when Hermione realized that they weren't going to do anything for her. She held back tears and slowly started walking to the girl's dorms herself. When someone stopped her and said "happy birthday."

Hermione turned around, hardly daring to believe it; but the person was Neville. She forced a smile and turned back around.

"It is your birthday isn't it?" Neville asked. Hermione nodded her head and kept walking. Neville ran up beside her to stand next to her. "I forgot...but I'll get you a present. Tell me what you want and I'll get it for you."

Hermione stopped and looked Neville in the eye. He forgot... she thought angrily. He bloody forgot! Her lip trembled and a tear came flowing down her cheek. She shook her head and ran up the steps leaving Neville behind. She slammed the door and jumped onto her bed, ripping the curtains around her bed so no one could see her. She tried to stifle her sobs, but she couldn't help it. Even when the girls in the dorm heard her crying, no one even bothered to ask what was wrong...It was the one sure sign that all of Hermione's friends were forgetting all about her.

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A/N: So what did you think? I'd like to know!

Thanks to my reviewers! You guys are AWESOME!

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Raine an Frodo - I'm glad you love my story! And you were my first reviewer ever so you are just awesomest of the awesome! lol, I actually used to be a Harry/Hermione shipper, and I'll probably write a H/Hr fic one day, it's just this Ron/Herm story came to me when I thought of a story to write. The do fight all the time, but that's only cuz they're so close, I think. Well, keep reviewing! You're awesome!

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SarahLou - Grr, stupid servers. My story is very angsty, I like angst! : ) It's going to be like that for a little while, but the story will get better. Hermione is going to have a tough time in the next couple of chapters, but she's going to take some pretty drastic measures to get her man! (by using magic and no magic...you'll see if you keep reading!)

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GryffindorGoddess28 - I can't tell you what the inscription means!!! That'd ruin the story! Why don't you try to guess what it means? Moohaha! ; )

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Susan D - Ron will stop dating Lavender once he realizes what she's REALLY like...

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magicteen - Just wait! Ron will ditch Lavender in due time...

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Yamile - Thanks! I feel so bad for Hermione, too. I'm going to update pretty often so please keep reading...AND REVIEWING!!! : )

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Thanks you guys! Check back soon for chapter four. It will be called "A Different Perspective". It's a VERY important chapter to the plot. I'm sure you guys will love it! It's one of my favorites so far! PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!