Chapter 27: Stupid Conversations and a Promise

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Ron's POV

I ran from the Room of Requirement to the only place where Harry would go if something this bad happened, to the spot where he performed his patronus in the third year. That spot always reminded him of his father and Sirius. When I was several feet away, I stopped to catch my breath and walked over to him.

"Hey mate!" I said. He slowly turned his head. It was easy to see that he was upset.

"Hey" he replied in a depressed voice.

"I know you're upset," I began, but he cut me off.

"UPSET! WHY WOULD I BE UPSET!!!" people began to stare. I sat down next to him and stared out into the lake.

"Do you think she's mad at me?" Harry asked. I was surprised because I was the one who usually asked the stupid questions, but he corrected himself before I could say anything.

"I mean, do you think that she's ever going to forgive me, I mean (laugh), I acted like she said that she was a Death Eater or something. Does she hate me? Did I make her cry?" he continued to ask a bunch of questions until she began to ramble off, and then hyperventilate. I never knew that he would be so distraught. He stopped talking and looked deeply into the lake again. "Besides you she's my best friend. What if she leaves us? What if she never wants to be our friend, or worse? I couldn't imagine it. But what if she turns out to be her father's daughter? Would we have to kill her or something?"

Before he could say anything else, I interrupted him. "Dude, look at what she's done in the past. No matter what she's gonna always be our friend. It doesn't matter that her father is You-Know-Who, I wasn't going to tell you, but I just came from the room of requirement. She was crying and all she was saying was that she would never forgive herself if anything happened to you, even if she had nothing to do with it, even if she had to kill her father herself. She is still and always will be to me, and should be to you, Hermione Granger" OK, so I lied a little. Who could blame me for trying to get me friends to be friends again? I looked at him, he began to tear, which was something that I hadn't seen since Sirius's funeral. "Harry (he looked at me) you're a good friend, and one that I know she would never want to lose" He smiled.

"Thanks mate." He got up and looked around.

"What're you doin'?" I asked

"I don't know. Y'know what, I think I'm gonna go to her. Do you think that she's still in the Room of Requirement?"

Hermione didn't know this, but I noticed Malfoy behind the couch, but didn't say anything.

"Maybe you should try the Astronomy Tower. It's the first place where I would have gone if I wanted to be alone."

"Thanks. I'll see you at dinner" he said before he rushed off towards the castle. I stood up and went to Hagrid's hut. When I got there, he wasn't there, so I went to the Gryffindor Tower. When I got there, there was a large commotion.

"What's going on?" I asked Seamus.

"The Minister will be leaving on Sunday, exactly one week, and there's going to be a dance! Thank god I'm not a prefect, though." He said.

"Why?" I asked.

"Oh, well, because he's the minister and"

"I meant why you're happy that you're not a prefect. Oh, and before I forget, guess what"

"What?"

"Hermione's better and will be coming back really soon."

I didn't expect it, but a large smile came to his face. Everyone in Gryffindor loved Hermione and were the only people who didn't believe anything that Parvati and Lavender said, except for some of the other girls.

"THAT'S GREAT! How is she?"

"She's doing great. It turns out that it was just a side affect from the potion that spilled on her during detention. Can you believe that that idiot Snape didn't properly tell Pomphrey what the potion was for or whatever! He is such a git! She just cant handle any stress, so we have to make sure that everyone leaves her alone and there are no more untrue rumors, or any rumors, are spread about her or anything. She's apparently in a delicate state at the moment because of the potion." I said, just as Dumbledore told me and Harry.

"Kay, sure. Oh, and about the prefect thing, their dance partners will be assigned, I feel sorry for the poor blokes, wait, aren't you a prefect?"

"Yeah, oh well, maybe Hermione will be mine, I mean, are they gonna stick me with a Slytherin or something? HA!" I laughed at the though of me going to a dance with a Slytherin, I would probably kill myself.

"Yeah, Dumbledore would have to be off his rocker to do that!" he said.

"Well, I have a ton of homework that I have to get started on that's due tomorrow." I said as I made my way to the stairs, silently hoping that Harry hadn't found Hermione and Malfoy.

I still couldn't see why she would actually give that arrogant bastard a chance, but I trust her, even though I was going to spy on him. I could never trust him, he's probably only being nice to her to warm up to her father or something. I will not let her get hurt!