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Chapter 12
"Ron! Hurry up! We're going to be late!" boomed Mr. Weasley's voice from the stairs.
"I'm coming, I'm coming," he said while hopping around in attempt to put his sock on. "Hold your hippo-aragh! Oomph." He lost his balance and toppled sideways onto the floor.
Ow...
He sat up and rubbed his head gingerly where his head had made harsh contact with the floor; he could feel a small bump beginning to form. Oh joy. He resumed putting his sock on. After accomplishing this difficult task, he reached over to where his shoes lay – and it was a considerable distance from him. Grunt... Erg... Oh this is pointless. "Accio shoes!" One sneaker flew into Ron's outstretched hand; the other collided roughly – and rather painfully – with his head, and on the exact spot where he had fallen moments earlier.
"God damnit!" I'm being beaten to death by my house and my own shoe. How pathetic is this?
After both shoes had been put on and laced, he stood, grabbed his trunk and Pigwidgeon's cage and made his way down the stairs.
"Come along, Ron, dear," Mrs. Weasley ushered, taking Ron's belongings and placing them into the trunk of a car. Ron noticed that they were from the Ministry. They don't know about Voldemort yet, do they? Man, last thing we need is another uproar like we had two years ago. Or another Umbridge. Shudder. He got into the car and was seated comfortably between the door and Hermione. Her leg brushed "casually" up against his. He felt his ears turning red. He turned his head to look at her; she winked.
This is definitely going to be an interesting year.
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"Bye Mum, bye Dad," Ron said, giving his parents hugs goodbye.
"Bye Ron, have a good year. And be careful," Mrs. Weasley added, kissing her son.
Why? Why does she insist on kissing me in public? What did I do to deserve such a cruel punishment?
"Bye son. Have fun," said Mr. Weasley, clapping a hand on Ron's shoulder.
Ron, Ginny, and Hermione gave their final good-byes and climbed up onto the Hogwarts Express. They began the search for a compartment. Ginny ended up leaving them and sat with her friends, a group of girls who, in Ron's opinion, were overly excited and insanely giggly.
Ron and Hermione found a compartment a little way further down the train.
"Well," said Ron looking around at the vast space, "a compartment all to ourselves." He raised his eyebrows in a suggestive manner.
"Ron!" she giggled. "We can't! Not here!"
"Oh come on! A few simple charms, no one will know." He looked at her with puppy-dog eyes.
"No," she said firmly. Ron could tell she was trying to suppress laughter, however.
"Fine, fine." He walked over to a seat by the window and sat down.
But it's so tempting...
Hermione nuzzled closer into Ron, her head resting on his shoulder.
How dare you put your head upon my shoulder when I can't even get a kiss out of you! The rudeness. Sheesh!
He turned a little to get more comfortable and proceeded to wrap his arms around her, holding her close.
She's so warm, and her hair smells so good... like... lilies.
A pleasant smile crept across his face.
"Ron?" she asked.
"Yeah?"
"What do you think this year's going to be like? Without Harry, I mean."
"I – I don't know." What could he possibly say? "A little different I suppose."
She looked up at him. He could see the sadness and pain in her eyes.
"It'll be okay Hermione." He wrapped his arms tighter around her, as if he was protecting her. Her hands moved to hold his arms. "I promise."
A/N's: they're finally on their way to hogwarts! About ruddy time! Hahaha! Yup.
well, it is with great sorrow i write this. i'm going to take a break with the story and work on it a bit. i started writing it on a whim, and i'm kina at a loss of direction. i have chapters written, but it's not really making any sence at the moment. i'm contemplating reposting the story as well; change some stuff around, attempt to make the chapters longer. (cough val cough) ; ) i have written a one-shot that i will most likely be posting soon - before i leave for vacation at least, and i have a lil parody that my friend wrote a while ago and she said i could post it, so i might so that as well. i'm sry to those of you who enjoy reading my story, but i really need to fix it up; get my direction back. i hope you can bear with me on this while i revise my story. i have a LiveJournal account that you can check out in the meantime, let you know where i'm at in the writing process. i might even give snippets of the story. = O lol. the account is under my homepage, there's a link that you can just click on. again, i'm REALLY sry. i have go in search for my muses now; i have the feeling that they ran off with my marbles and are having an affair with them. )= / lol. and now for the thank yous.
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