~~~~~~~~~~~~~HOGWARTS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Ron sat on his bed and looked around. The dormitory was empty. Then he remembered: they must be in class. He made his way quickly to Potions which would be the subject his class would be in right now. He knocked on the door.

A young, jubilant man of around his 20s opened up. He had dark black hair and two little blue eyes.

"Hello, how may I help you?" he asked.

"Um, I just came back from my student-teacher program and I've come to class. I'm Ron," Ron said.

"Oh, yes, Albus told me you were coming. Come in, I'm Mr. Himms," Mr. Himms greeted. Ron walked in and seated himself next to Lavender Brown.

"Hey! What are you guys learning?" Ron asked as he leaned closer to her so he could read her notes.

"We're learning how to make Veritsareum. It's so hard! Will you help me?" pleaded Lavender.

"Um, okay, I guess," Ron replied.

The potion took 30 minutes to make. Mr. Himms was much nicer than Snape. He walked around and helped the students out. Neville actually got the potion right. But he was so happy, he accidentally knocked a bottle of frog legs into the potion and it exploded all over him. He had to be taken to the Hospital Wing by Seamus and Dean. The Slytherins, who were paired up with Gryffindor for potions, were laughing hysterically.

"Done!" exclaimed Ron as he put in a strand of unicorn hair.

"Excellent! Mr. Weasley and Miss Brown have done it! Excellent! Now, you will test it out on each other. Have fun! You may use the room to the right of us for privacy," Mr Himms said as he pointed to the right. Ron and Lavender got up and headed to the other dungeon room.

"Okay, ladies first," Ron said. Lavender took a sip. "Um, okay, who do you have a crush on?" he asked. That was the only thing on his mind at the moment, Hermione, his crush.

"You," Lavender replied.

"What?" Ron asked, appalled.

"I like you, Ron," replied Lavender. Ron blushed. Poor her, she was sure to figure out sooner or later about him and Hermione.

"Um, okay," Ron said. He muttered a spell and Lavender was back to normal. "Your turn," he said dejectedly.

"Yay!" cried Lavender. Ron took a sip. "Okay, who do you like?"

"Hermione," Ron replied. Lavender stood there, rooted to the spot. Tears welled in her eyes. She tried to hold them back, but she couldn't. So many years she waited to tell him. She had been planning to tell him today, since Hermione and Harry weren't around. But what would he say? He would surely turn her down. She muttered the spell to release Ron and fled from the room.

"Lavender?" Ron asked as he looked around. Then it hit him. "She must've asked me who I like! Oh, darn it!" he cried as he ran out of the room after Lavender leaving the Veritsareum behind.

"Hello?" asked Mr. Himms as he walked into the room where Ron and Lavender had been moments ago. "Mr. Weasley? Miss Brown?" When no one answered he took the Veritsareum and headed out of the room.

Ron found Lavender outside near the lake. Her arms embraced her knees and her head was buried. Ron walked up to her slowly and sat down by her.

"Um, hi," he said, uncertain of what to say. Lavender raised her head and looked at him.

"Hey," she said as she turned her head the other way.

"I'm sorry," Ron said. What else could he say?

"It's not your fault. I mean I should've realized. You know, I'm happy for you two," Lavender said. She slowly turned her head back to look at him.

Ron lowered his lips unto hers. Lavender sat still.

"Sorry it couldn't work out," he said. Then Ron quickly got up and left Lavender to stare out at the lake and the horizon.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~MINERVA, HERMIONE, AND BLAISE~~~~~~~~~~~

They had just finished dinner and Hermione and Blaise were playing chess while Minerva corrected tests.

"Granger?" asked Blaise.

"Ya?"

"Has anyone ever died in your family?"

"Um, not anyone that I can remember. No, not yet."

"Oh."

"Why?"

"Um, well, my mum died the day before I started my 1st year at Hogwarts," Blaise spilled.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" she exclaimed. Blaise looked away from the chess board.

"I've never really been myself since. I mean she was always there. When my dad tried to force me to join the Death Eaters when I was really young, she always told him to leave me alone. She always stuck up for me. But now with her gone, I'm afraid I'm going to turn against everything she ever taught me," Blaise said.

"Why? She's always with you, you know. It's said when someone dies they look over their beloved like guardian angels. Don't worry, you won't let her down. You're not a death eater yet, are you?" Hermione asked, a bit frightened.

"No, I'm not," Blaise reassured her.

"Oh, good. See, you haven't gone against her wish yet. Just keep remembering what she said to you and follow her instructions and you'll be fine," Hermione said.

"Thanks, Granger. I guess not all Gryffindors are horrid," Blaise said. Then he said to himself," I love you, mum."

His little silver diary floated down into his hands. The title read: Keep believing!

Then Blaise disappeared and the note appeared in Minerva's hand.

"Well, now it's just me and you," Minerva said. Hermione looked up and smiled.

"Can I help you grade, Professor? I've always wanted to!" Hermione asked.

"Sure, Hermione," Minerva said. She handed Hermione the tests, a red pen, and her grading system, and left to bed.

"Ron likes me, I helped a Slytherin, and I get to grade tests. Life can't get better when you're away from home," Hermione told herself as she smiled once again.

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I'm soo sorry it took forever to update! The power got cut off and my internet fuse got burned or something. They said they would fix it soon, but it took forever! I was stuck without internet for almost a week! Eek! Anyways, thanks for being patient! Poor Ron, poor Lavender! **sobs** Anyways, onto the reviews:

Smileyface1314-Pokey pokey! Thanks for the review!

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ILUVRONWEASLEY-I'm afraid of needles too! I hate them! I give the nurses such hard times! Lol! Yes, poor harry! But don't worry, the fight wont last long…Thanks for the review! And thanks for always reviewing!

 

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