(For some reason I'm doing this in Ron/Harry/Hermione's point of veiw.
*shrugs* I dunno)
Ron stared open-mouthed as Hermione and Harry relayed their earlier conversation with Draco.When they finished he didn't say anything. In fact, he didn't seem to be doing anything. Harry shifted uncomfortably. Hermione noticed Ron's face gowing from red.....to purplish....to bluish. "Harry!" she cried, leaping forward. She smacked Ron on the back, he hunched forward and started coughing harshly. He had stopped breathing.
When he finally stopped coughing and sat up, his face was still red, but no longer that red of no oxygen. Harry fidgeted once more; Ron was making him uncomfortable. "He...said...that?" Ron asked, finally choking out the words. Hermione bit her lip and looked at Harry, who only nodded. Ron drew in a shuddering breath and exhaled with his eyes closed. "Why?" he asked through gritted teeth. Hermione's mouth twitched. "We don't know....but, well, Ron...he IS Malfoy, after all.....I mean, you didn't think he was...well..." she fumbled for words, not finding any.
"...serious," Ron supplied dryly for her. "Well, I dunno...I mean, I didn't acctually think...but...I mean....I almost WANTED him to...because Ginny liked him so much..but...," he sighed, and shrugged. "I really don't know. What I DO know," he added with a glare to no one in particular, "is that we need to have a....talk," Something about the way he said it alarmed Harry and Hermione, but none of them wanted to confront him about it in his current state.
Hermione tried anyway. "Don't you think you could just, you know, let it go?" she asked timidly. Ron looked at her curiously, frighteningly calm. SHe shifted. "Well, I mean, now that we DON'T have to worry about him..and her...them..being together....can't we just go back to ignoring him, like we used to?" Ron shrugged lightly; Hermione sighed. It wasn't going anywhere and she knew it.
"I'll go visit Ginny tomorrow," Ron said abruptly. "You don't have to come," he added, walking away to his dorm. Harry sighed and shook his head at Ron's retreating back. "Well, at least she's got the necklace," he said with false cheerfulness. Hermione smiled half-heartedly. "You think...you think it'll work?" she asked. Harry sighed, and put his face in his hands. "I hope so....for Ron.....I hope so,"
Ron stared open-mouthed as Hermione and Harry relayed their earlier conversation with Draco.When they finished he didn't say anything. In fact, he didn't seem to be doing anything. Harry shifted uncomfortably. Hermione noticed Ron's face gowing from red.....to purplish....to bluish. "Harry!" she cried, leaping forward. She smacked Ron on the back, he hunched forward and started coughing harshly. He had stopped breathing.
When he finally stopped coughing and sat up, his face was still red, but no longer that red of no oxygen. Harry fidgeted once more; Ron was making him uncomfortable. "He...said...that?" Ron asked, finally choking out the words. Hermione bit her lip and looked at Harry, who only nodded. Ron drew in a shuddering breath and exhaled with his eyes closed. "Why?" he asked through gritted teeth. Hermione's mouth twitched. "We don't know....but, well, Ron...he IS Malfoy, after all.....I mean, you didn't think he was...well..." she fumbled for words, not finding any.
"...serious," Ron supplied dryly for her. "Well, I dunno...I mean, I didn't acctually think...but...I mean....I almost WANTED him to...because Ginny liked him so much..but...," he sighed, and shrugged. "I really don't know. What I DO know," he added with a glare to no one in particular, "is that we need to have a....talk," Something about the way he said it alarmed Harry and Hermione, but none of them wanted to confront him about it in his current state.
Hermione tried anyway. "Don't you think you could just, you know, let it go?" she asked timidly. Ron looked at her curiously, frighteningly calm. SHe shifted. "Well, I mean, now that we DON'T have to worry about him..and her...them..being together....can't we just go back to ignoring him, like we used to?" Ron shrugged lightly; Hermione sighed. It wasn't going anywhere and she knew it.
"I'll go visit Ginny tomorrow," Ron said abruptly. "You don't have to come," he added, walking away to his dorm. Harry sighed and shook his head at Ron's retreating back. "Well, at least she's got the necklace," he said with false cheerfulness. Hermione smiled half-heartedly. "You think...you think it'll work?" she asked. Harry sighed, and put his face in his hands. "I hope so....for Ron.....I hope so,"