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The next few days were a blur of activity. There were only a few days left until Bill's wedding and Hermione still hadn't picked out a dress.
"Let's go, we need to go find you a dress today! This is our last oppertunity!" Ginny said to Hermione the day before the wedding.
"Okay, okay!"
They spent hours going up and down Diagon Alley trying to find Hermione some nice dress robes. After a few hours, they both agreed on a long, pale blue dress robe. It had a v-neck and peasents sleeves.
"Hermione, you look gorgeous!" Ginny exclaimed.
"You really think so?" Hermione asked.
"Yes, let's go. We need to figure out how to wear our hair," Ginny said pulling Hermione up to the cashier.
Hermione paid for her robes and Ginny and Hermione made their way back to the Burrow. They experimented with many different styles. Ginny decided that she would wear her hair in a up-do. Her style was a bun made of small curls and she would wear baby's breath in it. Hermione decided to wear her hair in ringlets which would be pulled back in a half-pony tail with a match pale blue clip. They both went to sleep early and got a good night's rest.
"Hermione! Wake up! We need to get ready!" Ginny said tickling Hermione.
"Okay, I'm up, I'm up!" Hermione said getting up. She hopped into the shower and began the labourious task of straightening then curling her hair. That took most of the morning and 3 jars of Sleek-eeze. Hermione changed into her robes and made her way downstairs. Ron was waiting for her at the bottom of the stairs. When Ron saw Hermione, he gasped.
"Wow, Hermione...you look faboulous!" Ron said.
"Thanks. You look very handsome," Hermione said looking at Ron in his black tux with silver tux and cummerbund.
"Hermione?" Fleur exclaimed.
"Fleur!" Hermione said giving Fleur a hug! "Vous semblez merveilleux! Félicitations!"
Fleur laughed, "Merci. I've been living with Bill for the past one and a half years so my english has improved drastically. Oh, I would like to introduce you to my mother, father and my little sister,"
"Nice to meet you," Hermione said. She was shocked when she turned to look at Fleur's little sister. The last time she saw her was at the Triwizard's tournament and she had just been a little girl then. She had grown up into the spitting image of her sister.
"Hermione, we'd better get going," Ron said motion to the time.
"Okay Ron. We'll see you at the church, okay? Congratulations!" Hermione said giving Fleur a last hug.
When Ron and Hermione, and the rest of the Weasleys walked into the church, they couldn't believe how beautiful it was. There were fairies flying all over the place, there were white roses and baby's breath everywhere, and there were red rose petals leading all the way up the alter. Hermione grabbed a seat in the groom side next to Harry and Ginny and Ron took his place next to his other brothers to serve as a groomsman. It was a beautiful wedding and Ron made a very heartfelt toast at the reception. Once the party really got going, Ron joined Hermione on the dance floor and they danced the night away.
"This was a perfect night," Hermione said while slow dancing with Ron.
"Yeah," Ron said looking over at Bill and Fleur dance, "They really love each other,"
"Yeah, they do," Hermione said looking at the happy couple.
"I'm hot, let's go outside for a bit," Ron said leading Hermione into the garden.
"It's a beautiful night," Hermione said looking up at the stars. Hermione had always found stars fansinating. Ron didn't respond so Hermione looked over at Ron and found him staring at her, "What's the matter?"
"Nothing," Ron said looking up at the stars.
Hermione looked down into her lap and couldn't help but think "This is so romantic,". She knew that even though Ron asked to Bill's wedding, it wasn't anything offical and that she shouldn't get ahead of herself.
"Hermione?..."
"Yes, Ron?"
"Nevermind..."
Hermione sighed and said "I'm a bit chilly...I think I'm going to head back in,"
"Okay," Ron said getting up and walking back inside with her.
Hermione was again let down by Ron. "Why didn't he kiss me? Was is me?". Hermione had a fitful night of sleep and looked like the living dead the next morning. Hermione tried to forget the fact that Ron was leaving in a month and tried to enjoy herself at the Burrow.
Over the next month, Ron and Hermione flirted but he never asked her out and she didn't want to be the one to make the first move. It then came time for Ron to leave for the Auror's Acadamy. It pained Hermione to see Ron leave again but nevertheless, Hermione put on a brave face when she, Harry, and the rest of the Weasleys went to King's Cross to see Ron off.
"Come on! We've got to leave if we want Ron to make his train!" Mrs. Weasley said, "GINNY! Come on! We're going to be late!"
"Okay, mum! Coming!" Ginny yelled down the stairs. A few seconds later, she came down.
"Okay, let's go,"
Everyone lined up a the fireplace, grabbed some Floo powder, and one by one, they yelled "KING'S CROSS!" and with a whoosh they were gone. Everyone was somber as Ron made his way around his family giving everyone a hug. When he got to Hermione, he looked at her tenderly and gave her a quick hug without saying anything. This had both shocked and hurt Hermione. She didn't know what kind of good-bye she was expecting but it was definately more than a quick hug...it definately involved the words "good bye" and "I'll miss you". Ron walked towards the train, Hermione had to follow him to see what was up.
"Ron, stop! I need to talk to you!"
Ron turned around and waited for Hermione to catch up.
"Good-bye. I'll miss you," Hermione said once she reached him.
"Me, too," Ron said and turned around and started walking towards the train.
"That's it? You aren't even going to say the words? Is it me? Was it something I said? What makes me so undeserving of your farewell? Do you hate me? Do you care about me less than your family and Harry? WHAT IS IT???" Hermione yelled following Ron.
Ron stopped and turned around. "Hermione. Did it ever occur to you that it was to painful for me to say good-bye to you? That maybe I care more about you? That maybe saying good-bye to you would be like ripping out my own heart?"
Hermione stopped dead in her tracks. "Why didn't you say any of this before?"
"Why? Just so we could go out for a month then have to go saying good-bye after having dated for a month? Trust me, Hermione...it was better this way," Ron said turning around getting on the train.
"It didn't have to be good-bye," Hermione whispered. Hermione stood on the platform, with tears flowing down her face, as she watched the train rip Ron away from her life.
Hermione was miserable. She found an internship at St. Mungo's and dutifully went to work everyday but what her co-workers didn't know was she cried herself to sleep every night. Ron sent her regular owls, at least 3 times a week, but she never responded to him. It was too painful. In every letter, Ron would write that he still cared about her and that he never meant to hurt her. She found this very hard to believe. Christmas rolled around and the Weasleys invited her to come by Christmas Eve or Christmas Morning, whichever suited her better. Hermione dreaded going but she had promised Ginny that she would. She just hoped that Ron wouldn't be there. It had been almost 5 months since she last saw him and she was still heartbroken. On Christmas morning, Hermione opened presents with hr parents and then headed over to the Weasley.
knock knock
Hermione knocked on the Burrow's door and waited for someone to open the door. Ginny came to the door and opened it.
"Hermione! Merry Christmas! Come inside! You must be freezing!"
"Thanks, Ginny. Merry Christmas,"
Hermione took off her coat and boots and walked into the kitchen where Ginny offered her some hot apple cider.
"Thanks. I suppose everyone's in the lving room?"
"Yeah, you should go in and say hi,"
Hermione nodded and walked into the living room.
"Merry Christmas, everyone!" Hermione said cheerfully.
"Merry Christmas, Hermione!" everyone replied.
Hermione looked around the room and saw Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Fred and George, Charlie, Bill and Fleur, and Percy. Hermione was about to go sit down next to Mrs. Weasley when Ron came down the stairs. Their eyes met and there was an akward silence and a hush fell upon the room.
"Merry Christmas, Hermione," Ron said quietly.
"Merry Christmas, Ron," Hermione said. She broke eye contact and went back into the kitchen.
"Is something wrong?" Ginny asked when Hermione can back into the kitchen.
"No....actually, I'm a bit tired. Would you mind if I just went upstairs and laid down for a bit?" Hermione asked.
"Not at all. You can go use my room," Ginny said.
"Thanks,"
Hermione walked up to Ginny's room and ploped down onto the bed. "Why can't I just forget about him?" she thought angrily to herself.