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Btw... I wanted to say 'yall' SO many times during this chapter, it was
hilarious. I can just see Ron or Harry going, "Come on, y'all!"
When Ron finally climbed out of the fireplace, people ran at him from all sides.
"Ron! Where'd you come from?"
"Ronald Weasly! Did you do that on purpose?"
"Ron! Where did you GO?"
"Ron, what happened?"
Ron sank to the ground, and his mother gasped.
"France. No. The Radison on Chou. I practically asked Hermione to marry me, and she didn't say a thing. Just sent me away." Ron answered each of the questions in a monotone as he stared at the wall in front of him.
"Oh, poor Ron!" Mrs. Weasly simpered.
"Yeah, poor Ron..." Fred stared at him as if he had grown an extra head.
"The Radison on Chou? That figures..." Mr. Weasly looked thoughtful. Percy looked scandalized.
"Was France pretty?" Ginny wanted to know.
"Yeah. Bloody brilliant." Ron said sarcastically.
"Well, you and your brothers just go to your room until dinner, okay?" Mrs. Weasly pulled Ron to his feet.
"I'm okay Mum, really." He mumbled.
On the elevator, nobody said anything. Not even Percy.
But Fred and George stared at him. Ron wondered if they were wishing they would have told Ron where to go. No, they were probably wishing they had thought of it first.
When they got into their room, Ron threw himself across his bed. Suddenly, Percy screamed.
"HEAD BOY! I've done it! Look, this owl's got my badge! Head Boy! Can you believe it?" Percy flashed his badge every which way. Fred, George, and Ron groaned at the same time. Percy ran from the room, and Fred slammed the door.
"I hope he forgot his key..." George muttered.
"Ron... what about Monica?" Fred said after a while.
"I don't like her!" Ron said into his pillow.
"Oh, okay. Just wondering."
"What was that hotel called again?" George asked offhandedly.
"The Radison on Chou. You know, the Radison ACHOO! I sneezed in the fireplace." Ron said, just incase they didn't know. Actually, the whole hotel probably knew what had happened by now.
"Oh... what exactly did you say to Hermione?" Fred wanted to know.
"Okay. I am going to say this ONE time. No more questions after this, okay? I told her that I met this brilliant girl here." Ron said, becoming even quieter into his pillow. It was hard to breathe, laying on a bed face down into a pillow, but Ron didn't move.
"Oh, that was REAL smart, Ron." George sneered.
"I'm not finished! Anyway, then I said that even though she was pretty, she wasn't Hermione. Not as pretty as Hermione, and not as smart. Then she told me to leave." Ron sat up straight. "Percy's back."
Percy began banging on the door.
"Okay, let's pretend we don't hear him. If we let him in, all we're going to hear is..."
"Ron! Fred! George! I'm Head Boy! You can't lock me out!" Percy screamed.
"Well, maybe he'll let us go somewhere now that he's not all uptight about wondering if he got Head Boy." George suggested hopefully.
"Yeah, and Ron's getting with Hermione." Fred said disdainfully.
Ron put his face into his pillow and screamed as loud as he could.
"Ron, Mum says we're leaving to go meet Bill and Charlie now." Ginny poked her head into the doorway of the boy's room. "Wow, its messy in here!" she commented, and then left.
Ron rolled off his bed, and left his room. The rest of his family were already in the lobby, waiting for him.
On the elevator, Ron tried not to think about Hermione. He hoped nobody would metion his little mishap in front of Bill and Charlie.
Finally, Ron walked over to the rest of his family. He tried not to notice the group of girls by the fireplace.
"We're meeting Bill and Charlie at the Egyptian Market Grill. We're going to walk, so lets leave now so we're not late." Mr. Weasly explained.
As they walked out of the hotel, Fred and George waved to the desk clerk guy.
"Lovely bloke, that Mr. Newscape!" George said with an entirely straight face.
If they walked very far, Ron didn't notice. Actually, they could have walked miles and Ron probably wouldn't of cared. At any rate, the Weasly's arrived at the Egyptian Market Grill before Bill and Charlie.
They walked inside, and sat at a large table to wait for Bill and Charlie.
Everyone seemed really quiet, and Ron felt like they were all staring at him. Ron was extremely relieved when his older brothers walked in.
"Bill! Charlie! How nice to see you!" Percy exclaimed as soon as he saw them.
"Oh Bill darling! Look how much you've grown!" Fred yelled, jumping up and pinching Bill's face.
"Charlie! Charles, dear, what a lovely shirt!" George exclaimed, pulling at them hem of Charlie's shirt.
"Gee, thanks." Charlie said, rolling his eyes.
All through dinner, Ron remainded silent...that is, until Ginny said, "Ooh, Ron! Show bill and Charlie your little Sneaky thing!"
"My what? Oh...the Sneakoscope..." Ron suddenly remembered that the Sneakoscope was in his pocket.
"You BOUGHT one of those things? Those things are rubbish! Tourist trash." Bill frowned. "Completely unreliable."
The Sneakoscope began to spin and lit up on the tabletop.
"I didn't buy it! Ryan gave it to me!" Ron glared.
Across the table, Fred and George were slipping dead beetles into Bill's soup.
It almost made Ron laugh.
"Okay, are you ready for our surprise?" Charlie said after a while.
"The Daily Prophet wants-"
"Actually, they only agreed after we kindly suggested through many, many owls-"
"To take our picture! We'll be on the front page!" Bill announced. The whole family looked thrilled. Ron tried to look mildly interested.
So, after dinner, Bill and Charlie marched everyone down to the pyramids where the photographers were waiting.
At first, Ron wondered why they'd want a picture in the pitch dark. But once they set everyone in a nice, happy group, one of the photographers put a nice, bright spell that left everyone squinting. Ron forced a smile through all 50 pictures the picture-happy photographer snapped. Ron could barely see Percy's bright, shining badge through all the dots swimming across his line of vision.
"This will be on tomorrow's edition." The photographer announced.
"Ooh, brilliant!" Ginny giggled.
"Wont matter what page its on, now that I've gone blind." Fred was blinking like mad.
The whole way back to hotel the family was bombarding Bill and Charlie with questions.
"What is it like at your job, Bill?"
"Why are you wearing your hair like that, Bill?"
"Are you staying at the hotel?"
This question caught Ron's attention.
"No, we're going back to our housing after we walk to the hotel with you all." Charlie explained.
"Arent you all leaving soon?" Bill asked.
"One more week. We're going back home next Friday." Mrs. Weasly explained.
It suddenly dawned on Ron that Monica, Maria, and Candice were leaving for France again on Monday. Fred and George seemed to be thinking the same thing, because they both frowned and started whispering to each other.
"Well dear, we'll be sure to meet up again before WE go home, okay?" Mrs. Weasly teased.
Home. Harry, Hermione, Hogwarts... they all could be associated with home. Had Hermione told Harry about what had happened? Would Ron tell Harry? What would happen when they went back to Hogwarts?
Bill and Charlie left for wherever they were staying. Ron wasn't really thinking too much into that at the moment.
As they walked into the hotel, the desk guy (whatever his real name was) waved again.
The whole family crowded onto the elevator. Mr. Weasly mentioned buying extra copies of the Daily Prophet to send to relatives and friends. Mrs. Weasly told everyone that could sight see tomorrow as long as they let her or Mr. Weasly know where they were going. Ron wondered when when she was going to add, "Oh, and Percy's going with you" but she didn't. She didn't even tell Fred and George they had to stay near the hotel, much less in Egypt. Ron wondered if they had gone mad.
Finally, the elevator stopped at the right floor. Percy opened the door to their room, and Ron brushed past the twins.
The twins headed for the showers. Ron headed for his bed. Percy headed for his Head Boy badge.
Ron rolled over so that he faced the wall. He just wished he could quit thinking about Hermione.
When Ron finally climbed out of the fireplace, people ran at him from all sides.
"Ron! Where'd you come from?"
"Ronald Weasly! Did you do that on purpose?"
"Ron! Where did you GO?"
"Ron, what happened?"
Ron sank to the ground, and his mother gasped.
"France. No. The Radison on Chou. I practically asked Hermione to marry me, and she didn't say a thing. Just sent me away." Ron answered each of the questions in a monotone as he stared at the wall in front of him.
"Oh, poor Ron!" Mrs. Weasly simpered.
"Yeah, poor Ron..." Fred stared at him as if he had grown an extra head.
"The Radison on Chou? That figures..." Mr. Weasly looked thoughtful. Percy looked scandalized.
"Was France pretty?" Ginny wanted to know.
"Yeah. Bloody brilliant." Ron said sarcastically.
"Well, you and your brothers just go to your room until dinner, okay?" Mrs. Weasly pulled Ron to his feet.
"I'm okay Mum, really." He mumbled.
On the elevator, nobody said anything. Not even Percy.
But Fred and George stared at him. Ron wondered if they were wishing they would have told Ron where to go. No, they were probably wishing they had thought of it first.
When they got into their room, Ron threw himself across his bed. Suddenly, Percy screamed.
"HEAD BOY! I've done it! Look, this owl's got my badge! Head Boy! Can you believe it?" Percy flashed his badge every which way. Fred, George, and Ron groaned at the same time. Percy ran from the room, and Fred slammed the door.
"I hope he forgot his key..." George muttered.
"Ron... what about Monica?" Fred said after a while.
"I don't like her!" Ron said into his pillow.
"Oh, okay. Just wondering."
"What was that hotel called again?" George asked offhandedly.
"The Radison on Chou. You know, the Radison ACHOO! I sneezed in the fireplace." Ron said, just incase they didn't know. Actually, the whole hotel probably knew what had happened by now.
"Oh... what exactly did you say to Hermione?" Fred wanted to know.
"Okay. I am going to say this ONE time. No more questions after this, okay? I told her that I met this brilliant girl here." Ron said, becoming even quieter into his pillow. It was hard to breathe, laying on a bed face down into a pillow, but Ron didn't move.
"Oh, that was REAL smart, Ron." George sneered.
"I'm not finished! Anyway, then I said that even though she was pretty, she wasn't Hermione. Not as pretty as Hermione, and not as smart. Then she told me to leave." Ron sat up straight. "Percy's back."
Percy began banging on the door.
"Okay, let's pretend we don't hear him. If we let him in, all we're going to hear is..."
"Ron! Fred! George! I'm Head Boy! You can't lock me out!" Percy screamed.
"Well, maybe he'll let us go somewhere now that he's not all uptight about wondering if he got Head Boy." George suggested hopefully.
"Yeah, and Ron's getting with Hermione." Fred said disdainfully.
Ron put his face into his pillow and screamed as loud as he could.
"Ron, Mum says we're leaving to go meet Bill and Charlie now." Ginny poked her head into the doorway of the boy's room. "Wow, its messy in here!" she commented, and then left.
Ron rolled off his bed, and left his room. The rest of his family were already in the lobby, waiting for him.
On the elevator, Ron tried not to think about Hermione. He hoped nobody would metion his little mishap in front of Bill and Charlie.
Finally, Ron walked over to the rest of his family. He tried not to notice the group of girls by the fireplace.
"We're meeting Bill and Charlie at the Egyptian Market Grill. We're going to walk, so lets leave now so we're not late." Mr. Weasly explained.
As they walked out of the hotel, Fred and George waved to the desk clerk guy.
"Lovely bloke, that Mr. Newscape!" George said with an entirely straight face.
If they walked very far, Ron didn't notice. Actually, they could have walked miles and Ron probably wouldn't of cared. At any rate, the Weasly's arrived at the Egyptian Market Grill before Bill and Charlie.
They walked inside, and sat at a large table to wait for Bill and Charlie.
Everyone seemed really quiet, and Ron felt like they were all staring at him. Ron was extremely relieved when his older brothers walked in.
"Bill! Charlie! How nice to see you!" Percy exclaimed as soon as he saw them.
"Oh Bill darling! Look how much you've grown!" Fred yelled, jumping up and pinching Bill's face.
"Charlie! Charles, dear, what a lovely shirt!" George exclaimed, pulling at them hem of Charlie's shirt.
"Gee, thanks." Charlie said, rolling his eyes.
All through dinner, Ron remainded silent...that is, until Ginny said, "Ooh, Ron! Show bill and Charlie your little Sneaky thing!"
"My what? Oh...the Sneakoscope..." Ron suddenly remembered that the Sneakoscope was in his pocket.
"You BOUGHT one of those things? Those things are rubbish! Tourist trash." Bill frowned. "Completely unreliable."
The Sneakoscope began to spin and lit up on the tabletop.
"I didn't buy it! Ryan gave it to me!" Ron glared.
Across the table, Fred and George were slipping dead beetles into Bill's soup.
It almost made Ron laugh.
"Okay, are you ready for our surprise?" Charlie said after a while.
"The Daily Prophet wants-"
"Actually, they only agreed after we kindly suggested through many, many owls-"
"To take our picture! We'll be on the front page!" Bill announced. The whole family looked thrilled. Ron tried to look mildly interested.
So, after dinner, Bill and Charlie marched everyone down to the pyramids where the photographers were waiting.
At first, Ron wondered why they'd want a picture in the pitch dark. But once they set everyone in a nice, happy group, one of the photographers put a nice, bright spell that left everyone squinting. Ron forced a smile through all 50 pictures the picture-happy photographer snapped. Ron could barely see Percy's bright, shining badge through all the dots swimming across his line of vision.
"This will be on tomorrow's edition." The photographer announced.
"Ooh, brilliant!" Ginny giggled.
"Wont matter what page its on, now that I've gone blind." Fred was blinking like mad.
The whole way back to hotel the family was bombarding Bill and Charlie with questions.
"What is it like at your job, Bill?"
"Why are you wearing your hair like that, Bill?"
"Are you staying at the hotel?"
This question caught Ron's attention.
"No, we're going back to our housing after we walk to the hotel with you all." Charlie explained.
"Arent you all leaving soon?" Bill asked.
"One more week. We're going back home next Friday." Mrs. Weasly explained.
It suddenly dawned on Ron that Monica, Maria, and Candice were leaving for France again on Monday. Fred and George seemed to be thinking the same thing, because they both frowned and started whispering to each other.
"Well dear, we'll be sure to meet up again before WE go home, okay?" Mrs. Weasly teased.
Home. Harry, Hermione, Hogwarts... they all could be associated with home. Had Hermione told Harry about what had happened? Would Ron tell Harry? What would happen when they went back to Hogwarts?
Bill and Charlie left for wherever they were staying. Ron wasn't really thinking too much into that at the moment.
As they walked into the hotel, the desk guy (whatever his real name was) waved again.
The whole family crowded onto the elevator. Mr. Weasly mentioned buying extra copies of the Daily Prophet to send to relatives and friends. Mrs. Weasly told everyone that could sight see tomorrow as long as they let her or Mr. Weasly know where they were going. Ron wondered when when she was going to add, "Oh, and Percy's going with you" but she didn't. She didn't even tell Fred and George they had to stay near the hotel, much less in Egypt. Ron wondered if they had gone mad.
Finally, the elevator stopped at the right floor. Percy opened the door to their room, and Ron brushed past the twins.
The twins headed for the showers. Ron headed for his bed. Percy headed for his Head Boy badge.
Ron rolled over so that he faced the wall. He just wished he could quit thinking about Hermione.