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Scenario Four - Kiss and Make Up

"Who's idea was it to come up here again?" Ron moaned as he and Hermione reached the top of the hill.

"I believe it was yours, Ron," Hermione said, raising an eyebrow.

"I didn't know we'd have to climb a million miles to get here." Ron mumbled as they approached the old fence that separated them from the Shrieking Shack in the distance. They stared up at it for a moment, gazing at the black and crumbling building.

"It is rather interesting though," Hermione said thoughtfully

"Yeah," Ron agreed. "Be brilliant if we could see what was inside too."

"Mmm," Hermione muttered vaguely.

"Maybe..." Ron said, kneeling down and measuring the width of the wire fence, "maybe we could slip in really fast, and-"

"Honestly, Ron, are you that daft?" Hermione said in an exasperated voice. "We'd get in loads of trouble."

Ron looked up at her with a look of disbelief. "And who would catch us, Hermione? The ghosts?"

"There are no ghosts either, Ron."

"How d'you know?"

"They're just a bunch of stories."

"You don't know that," Ron said standing up again.

"Well, you don't know that there are," Hermione shot back, folding her arms across her chest.

"Just because you haven't read it in a book-"

"Oh, don't even start Ron-"

"-you automatically assume they're not real."

"Don't get all huffy with me-"

"I'm huffy?!"

"- just because I think you've had another stupid idea."

"Another stupid idea? Well, sorry, Ms. Know-it -all. I apologize for being such an arse in your presence."

"Don't swear, Ron,"

"What, I can't even talk now? Is that it?"

"Oh, just stop it!" Hermione shouted, throwing up her hands. Ron stopped in surprise, mouth open but his arguments halted.

"Please," Hermione said weakly. "Can we...let's...let's just stop, alright? Let's just stop fighting."

She fell quiet and turned back to the Shack, wiping quickly at her eyes. Ron however, couldn't take his eyes off her. In all their fights, neither of them had suggested stopping. They just went on until one would agree with the other. It was strange that here, in the snow, in Hogsmeade, that Hermione would speak up. Now feeling bad, Ron wanted to do something to make her feel better. But before he could, she spoke up.

"D'you want to move a bit closer?" she asked hesitantly.

"I-I'm fine here," Ron said, the thrill of the Shack diminishing as he calculated his next move.

"You sure?" She asked. "I'll go with you. I mean, if you really want to go in there."

"No. No I'm fine." Ron said, moving over to her. She looked up at him curiously, wondering why he was suddenly next to her...and why her heart had begun to beat so fast.

And just as quickly as she wondered, Ron gave her the answer, as he quickly and swiftly gave her a kiss on the cheek.

"Thanks for asking though," Ron said, a slow and nervous grin spreading across his lips. Lips that left a lovely warm spot on Hermione's now blushing cheek. She smiled back up at him.

"C'mon," he said quietly, "I reckon it's time to be heading back."

Hermione nodded deftly, resisting the urge to touch the spot on her face.

And as they walked back down to the village in silence, Hermione began to wonder again. She wondered what had made Ron do that? She wondered why she suddenly felt like she could fly. And she wondered if she would ever be able to return that favor.

A/n: Which she apparently does...if you caught the pre-Quiddtich kiss in Book 5. ::winks:: Nice little tie in, don't you think? ; )

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