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Chapter 5 Are things going well??

He waited outside the door. He could hear Hermione walk around the room and finish off the things she still hadn't done. "She's so beautiful," he thought. "No way, she would never go out with a guy like me. I should be glad just to be friends with her. I know that she's too good for me, but still I like her so much." He felt a big lump in his stomach.

Then he heard that Hermione unlocking the door to the bathroom. He rose up, and when she opened the door, he looked straight into her eyes. He felt that his ears were going red.

"Hi," she said. Ron thought of giving her a hug, but finally he decided not to do it. He said "Hello, 'Mione," and went into the bathroom.

When he got in, he became mad at himself. "Why do I have to act like a complete moron around her" Why can't I just act normal"" He knew that it was normal, but it wasn't so comforting. He finished his morning ritual and went into the kitchen. Hermione and Mom were sitting there. He sat down at the table and started eating. He tried to find a decent theme for a conversation, but he couldn't find any. He was just sitting there and looking at Hermione.

After something that felt like an eternity Ginny also came. She sat down beside Ron and ended the awkward silence. Now when they weren't alone anymore, the conversation went much smoother. "Thanks, Gin" he thought.

The breakfast was finished and Hermione and Ron went up to their room together with Ginny. Ginny and Hermione talked about their friends and stuff like that. But Ron didn't bother, he just enjoyed sitting beside Hermione and hear her voice. Suddenly Ginny said, "But I think that I have to leave for a while." "What the..." Ron thought. He knew perfectly well that Ginny had finished her homework the first week after vacation started. But he didn't say anything.

"Ehh" then it's just us then," he said, and regretted it about a second after it came out. "Sorry," he said.

"Sorry?" Hermione said. "For what?"

"Uhh... ehh... nothing" he said. He felt the crimson colour coming up not only at his ears, but also all over his whole face.

The awkward silence was stopped by Hermione who said, "How about us two taking a walk?" "Yes, yes, yes," he thought. "She wants to take a walk with me!!"

They went out of the house and over to the little green hill where Ron and the other Weasleys used to practice quidditch.

"Do you have a place where you use to sit and just think"" Hermione asked. Ron searched his mind. Yes he had such a place. But he had never showed it to anyone else. "Yes," he said. "Do you want to see it? " He asked before he thought "She wouldn't ask if she didn't want to.?"

"Yes of course I want to," she said.

Ron felt like he was in the Seventh Heaven, walking there next to the most beautiful, and at the same time the smartest pupil at Hogwarts. "Do you think that I should do something with my hair?" she asked.

"No, don't do anything to it," he said, "I like those curls so much." "Did I say that loud?" He thought. "No I haven't." He assured himself.

They went to a little hilltop, with a big tree and a flat stone. This was Ron's thinking place.

"Oh, what a view!" Hermione said.

"Yup," Ron said. "This is the place I use to sit, when I need some time for myself."

"Let's sit down," she said. And they did. Ron felt the warmth of her beside him. "My hands are cold," Hermione said. Ron took them in his hands, and yes they were cold. It was so good to hold her hands in his. He wished that this moment would last forever.

"There's something I have to tell you," Hermione said.

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