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A/N: Thanks soooooooo much to all my reviewers!!! I must admit I had a bit of trouble with this chapter at first but reading all those reviews really motivated me to finish it!! Please keep on reviewing! It means so much to me! Hope you all like this chapter! x0x0z I luv you all!!
Relief and Threats
Ron's POV
"Ron, there's something I have to tell you." said Hermione softly. She was wearing a long white robe left open on top of a baby blue silky night dress; her long beautiful hair was shining in the moonlight.
"Ron, I love you!" she whispered in his ear.
"I love you too, Hermione! I always have!" said Ron breathlessly. They leaned in closer and closer until---
"RON! Ron, wake up! Don't you have Potions in a half hour?" a girl's voice shouted.
Ron woke up with a start. "What? Who? Oh Ginny, it's just you." Ginny was hovering over him and Harry was standing behind her.
"Of course it's me, you great prat! I can't believe that you fell asleep here last night! Harry told me what happened with you and Hermione."
"Oh, did he?" Ron snapped angrily giving Harry a dirty look.
"Yes, he did! You can be a very large git sometimes, did you know that?" Ginny answered with a look of disgust on her face.
"So I've heard." Ron muttered.
"Well you'd best be getting ready for class, mate. Breakfast is almost over." stated Harry.
"Okay. Where's Hermione?" Ron questioned urgently.
"She left ages ago." Ginny said irritably, still looking at her brother with narrowed eyes.
"Oh, I see." Ron sighed.
"Well I've got to go get my books and be off to Transfiguration so I'll see you boys later." She cast one more less than nice look at Ron and then started to walk away mumbling something that sounded an awful lot like, "Boys!"
"Well, it doesn't look like you have time to change. Snape will have a fit if we're late for Potions and I am never cleaning up all the Hippogriff dung on the grounds with out magic for one of his detentions again!" said Harry.
"Yeah, okay. I'll just grab my books and we'll head down to the dungeons" replied Ron.
As they were walking to Potions, Ron asked Harry if he had talked to Hermione earlier.
"Well yes, I did see her this morning. She never mentioned the fight though. She was quite normal actually" said Harry.
"Oh, I see" said Ron. "What do you think that's all about?"
Harry shrugged. Hermione usually confided in Harry and vented to him whenever she and Ron had a row. This was very odd indeed.
Ron then looked at his watch and said, "Blimey! We're late Harry! We have to hurry up!"
So they ran as fast as their legs could carry them down to Potions. As they entered the room, they could tell that Snape, who was as venomous as ever, was not pleased!
"So the great Potter and his trusty sidekick Weasley decided to grace us with their presence." Snape snarled maliciously at them. "Let me see," he continued, "That will be 10 points each from Gryffindor and both of you shall see me after class so we can arrange your detentions. Now take your seats before I take some more precious points away from your house."
As they sat down in their usual spots, the Slytherins were snickering away, and Harry was looking darts at Snape but Ron wasn't really paying attention to their punishment at the moment. His eyes were at the back of Hermione who was oddly enough sitting with Lavender and Parvati. Hermione hadn't even turned her head to look at either of the boys since they ran into the room even though Snape basically singled them out and embarrassed them as usual in front of the entire class.
After Potions, Ron and Harry stayed back and arranged their detentions with Snape (they had to clean all the cauldrons that the seventh years had used for their very disgusting hair growth potions that night at 6:00) and then they hurried off to Transfiguration. Thankfully they made it just in time.
Professor McGonagall was showing them how to turn hats into rabbits. Hermione of course was the first to master it, looking extremely pleased with herself. "Even when she's smug she's beautiful" Ron thought. Unfortunately the rest of the class seemed to have quite a bit of trouble, therefore, everyone but Hermione had to do a full roll of parchment essay on the properties and wrist movements one needs to know and master when performing the task for homework that night.
As the Gryffindors headed out of the classroom to lunch, Ron was determined to talk to Hermione to try and patch things up with her.
"Hermione, wait!" he exclaimed. But she didn't seem to hear him. She was already gone. "Wow she's fast" Ron thought.
Hermione wasn't in the Great Hall for lunch either. "She must be avoiding me." Ron said to Harry.
"Don't worry, Ron. She'll come around" said Harry soothingly.
"I really miss her, Harry. And our fight was only last night! I can't take much more of this!" Ron moaned.
"Just give her some time to cool down." Harry told him.
"I don't just miss her because I'm in love with her. She's one of my best friends and I don't want to loose her. It doesn't even matter anymore about her going to see Krum; I just need her to be around me. I can handle being just her friend right now, as long as I'm with her." Ron said sadly.
"Well then why don't you apologize to her and tell her that you won't say anything bad about Krum anymore." Harry suggested.
"But she won't even speak to me! You know how stubborn she can be!" said Ron.
"Yeah, she's just about as stubborn as you are." Harry muttered under his breath.
"What am I going to do Harry?" said Ron, not hearing his remark.
"Just keep trying, mate. That's all you can do right now" said Harry.
"I guess I'll have to."
After lunch was Divination for Harry and Ron and Arithmancy for Hermione, so Ron couldn't talk to her all afternoon either.
Finally at the end of the day Ron hurried back to the common room to see if he could catch Hermione and talk to her there. Luckily, Hermione was talking with Lavender and Parvati on the way to the portrait hole.
"Hermione, wait! Can I talk to you for a second?" Ron called while trying to catch up with her.
"You already are." Hermione replied coldly though stopping to face him.
"I'll talk to you later, Hermione." said Lavender giving her a small wink and leaving with Parvati.
"Look we really need to talk" Ron breathed.
Hermione looked at him for a moment and then sighed. "Ron, I don't see what there is to talk about."
"Look Hermione, I'm sorry about what I said about Viktor. I was just a little upset when I found out that you went there instead of my house this summer."
"Because you were jealous." Hermione said simply.
"What do you mean jealous??" Ron snapped.
"You heard me." Hermione stated calmly.
"I was NOT jealous!" Ron said indignantly.
Hermione looked at him skeptically.
"Well, maybe just a little bit jealous." Ron muttered.
Hermione laughed lightly, shook her head and said, "Don't worry about it, Ron. I'm over it."
"Oh good!" said Ron relieved. "Well let's drop off our books and go down to dinner then, shall we? I'm starving!"
"Haha! Ronald, when aren't you thinking about your stomach?"
"Hmmm let me think... never!" said Ron laughing with her.
Hermione rolled her eyes but still smiled at him and followed him through the portrait hole.
"Thank God!" Ron thought. "I wouldn't be able to handle it if she never spoke to me again! I love her so much!! I still want to punch out Vicky though. Oh well, the point is she's speaking to me again and at least I get to spend an entire school year with MY 'Mione instead of just 2 weeks! HA!"
Hermione's POV
Hermione and Ron met up with Harry and the trio made there way down to dinner. Dinner was normal enough. Harry and Ron were discussing Quidditch techniques while Hermione and Ginny talked about the OWLs that Ginny had to take that year.
Hermione looked up at Ron for a moment and thought to herself, "Its better this way. I just wish that if he did fancy me, he would say something. But at least we aren't fighting anymore." Ron caught her eye and she smiled at him. He returned the smile, blushing a little bit.
After dinner, Ron and Harry said they'd meet up with Hermione after their detentions. Ginny had to go and talk to some girls in her year about some of their Transfiguration homework so Hermione walked out of the Great Hall alone to go back to the common room.
As she was walking up the first staircase, she heard a familiar voice behind her, "Hello, mudblood!" Hermione whipped around to see Draco Malfoy, the trio's enemy since first year, standing alone at the bottom of the staircase glaring at her.
Hermione rolled her eyes and said, "What do you want, Draco?"
"I think you know damn well what I want! It's yours, Potty, and the Weasel's fault that my father is in prison and you aren't going to get away with it!" Draco sneered, his voice shaking in anger as he was walking up to her.
"Draco, I really don't have neither the time nor the energy for this right now so will you please just do the whole world a favor and just shut your abnormally large mouth for a change?" Hermione said irritably.
Draco was now inches away from Hermione's face. "Mark my words Granger, you will pay! You and your little friends whom you love so dearly! I'd watch my back from now on if I were you! This is just the beginning! You've been warned!" Draco whispered venomously and walked away.
Hermione stood there watching him walk away, getting a hold of herself. Then she merely rolled her eyes and shook her head. She knew that Draco was full of it. But there was a little voice inside of her head that was a little worried about that evil look in his eye. He looked as if he had gone mad! If there hadn't been any students or teachers so close by, the little git probably would have attacked her. She made a mental note never to be alone with Draco Malfoy again.
A/N: Thanks soooooooo much to all my reviewers!!! I must admit I had a bit of trouble with this chapter at first but reading all those reviews really motivated me to finish it!! Please keep on reviewing! It means so much to me! Hope you all like this chapter! x0x0z I luv you all!!
Relief and Threats
Ron's POV
"Ron, there's something I have to tell you." said Hermione softly. She was wearing a long white robe left open on top of a baby blue silky night dress; her long beautiful hair was shining in the moonlight.
"Ron, I love you!" she whispered in his ear.
"I love you too, Hermione! I always have!" said Ron breathlessly. They leaned in closer and closer until---
"RON! Ron, wake up! Don't you have Potions in a half hour?" a girl's voice shouted.
Ron woke up with a start. "What? Who? Oh Ginny, it's just you." Ginny was hovering over him and Harry was standing behind her.
"Of course it's me, you great prat! I can't believe that you fell asleep here last night! Harry told me what happened with you and Hermione."
"Oh, did he?" Ron snapped angrily giving Harry a dirty look.
"Yes, he did! You can be a very large git sometimes, did you know that?" Ginny answered with a look of disgust on her face.
"So I've heard." Ron muttered.
"Well you'd best be getting ready for class, mate. Breakfast is almost over." stated Harry.
"Okay. Where's Hermione?" Ron questioned urgently.
"She left ages ago." Ginny said irritably, still looking at her brother with narrowed eyes.
"Oh, I see." Ron sighed.
"Well I've got to go get my books and be off to Transfiguration so I'll see you boys later." She cast one more less than nice look at Ron and then started to walk away mumbling something that sounded an awful lot like, "Boys!"
"Well, it doesn't look like you have time to change. Snape will have a fit if we're late for Potions and I am never cleaning up all the Hippogriff dung on the grounds with out magic for one of his detentions again!" said Harry.
"Yeah, okay. I'll just grab my books and we'll head down to the dungeons" replied Ron.
As they were walking to Potions, Ron asked Harry if he had talked to Hermione earlier.
"Well yes, I did see her this morning. She never mentioned the fight though. She was quite normal actually" said Harry.
"Oh, I see" said Ron. "What do you think that's all about?"
Harry shrugged. Hermione usually confided in Harry and vented to him whenever she and Ron had a row. This was very odd indeed.
Ron then looked at his watch and said, "Blimey! We're late Harry! We have to hurry up!"
So they ran as fast as their legs could carry them down to Potions. As they entered the room, they could tell that Snape, who was as venomous as ever, was not pleased!
"So the great Potter and his trusty sidekick Weasley decided to grace us with their presence." Snape snarled maliciously at them. "Let me see," he continued, "That will be 10 points each from Gryffindor and both of you shall see me after class so we can arrange your detentions. Now take your seats before I take some more precious points away from your house."
As they sat down in their usual spots, the Slytherins were snickering away, and Harry was looking darts at Snape but Ron wasn't really paying attention to their punishment at the moment. His eyes were at the back of Hermione who was oddly enough sitting with Lavender and Parvati. Hermione hadn't even turned her head to look at either of the boys since they ran into the room even though Snape basically singled them out and embarrassed them as usual in front of the entire class.
After Potions, Ron and Harry stayed back and arranged their detentions with Snape (they had to clean all the cauldrons that the seventh years had used for their very disgusting hair growth potions that night at 6:00) and then they hurried off to Transfiguration. Thankfully they made it just in time.
Professor McGonagall was showing them how to turn hats into rabbits. Hermione of course was the first to master it, looking extremely pleased with herself. "Even when she's smug she's beautiful" Ron thought. Unfortunately the rest of the class seemed to have quite a bit of trouble, therefore, everyone but Hermione had to do a full roll of parchment essay on the properties and wrist movements one needs to know and master when performing the task for homework that night.
As the Gryffindors headed out of the classroom to lunch, Ron was determined to talk to Hermione to try and patch things up with her.
"Hermione, wait!" he exclaimed. But she didn't seem to hear him. She was already gone. "Wow she's fast" Ron thought.
Hermione wasn't in the Great Hall for lunch either. "She must be avoiding me." Ron said to Harry.
"Don't worry, Ron. She'll come around" said Harry soothingly.
"I really miss her, Harry. And our fight was only last night! I can't take much more of this!" Ron moaned.
"Just give her some time to cool down." Harry told him.
"I don't just miss her because I'm in love with her. She's one of my best friends and I don't want to loose her. It doesn't even matter anymore about her going to see Krum; I just need her to be around me. I can handle being just her friend right now, as long as I'm with her." Ron said sadly.
"Well then why don't you apologize to her and tell her that you won't say anything bad about Krum anymore." Harry suggested.
"But she won't even speak to me! You know how stubborn she can be!" said Ron.
"Yeah, she's just about as stubborn as you are." Harry muttered under his breath.
"What am I going to do Harry?" said Ron, not hearing his remark.
"Just keep trying, mate. That's all you can do right now" said Harry.
"I guess I'll have to."
After lunch was Divination for Harry and Ron and Arithmancy for Hermione, so Ron couldn't talk to her all afternoon either.
Finally at the end of the day Ron hurried back to the common room to see if he could catch Hermione and talk to her there. Luckily, Hermione was talking with Lavender and Parvati on the way to the portrait hole.
"Hermione, wait! Can I talk to you for a second?" Ron called while trying to catch up with her.
"You already are." Hermione replied coldly though stopping to face him.
"I'll talk to you later, Hermione." said Lavender giving her a small wink and leaving with Parvati.
"Look we really need to talk" Ron breathed.
Hermione looked at him for a moment and then sighed. "Ron, I don't see what there is to talk about."
"Look Hermione, I'm sorry about what I said about Viktor. I was just a little upset when I found out that you went there instead of my house this summer."
"Because you were jealous." Hermione said simply.
"What do you mean jealous??" Ron snapped.
"You heard me." Hermione stated calmly.
"I was NOT jealous!" Ron said indignantly.
Hermione looked at him skeptically.
"Well, maybe just a little bit jealous." Ron muttered.
Hermione laughed lightly, shook her head and said, "Don't worry about it, Ron. I'm over it."
"Oh good!" said Ron relieved. "Well let's drop off our books and go down to dinner then, shall we? I'm starving!"
"Haha! Ronald, when aren't you thinking about your stomach?"
"Hmmm let me think... never!" said Ron laughing with her.
Hermione rolled her eyes but still smiled at him and followed him through the portrait hole.
"Thank God!" Ron thought. "I wouldn't be able to handle it if she never spoke to me again! I love her so much!! I still want to punch out Vicky though. Oh well, the point is she's speaking to me again and at least I get to spend an entire school year with MY 'Mione instead of just 2 weeks! HA!"
Hermione's POV
Hermione and Ron met up with Harry and the trio made there way down to dinner. Dinner was normal enough. Harry and Ron were discussing Quidditch techniques while Hermione and Ginny talked about the OWLs that Ginny had to take that year.
Hermione looked up at Ron for a moment and thought to herself, "Its better this way. I just wish that if he did fancy me, he would say something. But at least we aren't fighting anymore." Ron caught her eye and she smiled at him. He returned the smile, blushing a little bit.
After dinner, Ron and Harry said they'd meet up with Hermione after their detentions. Ginny had to go and talk to some girls in her year about some of their Transfiguration homework so Hermione walked out of the Great Hall alone to go back to the common room.
As she was walking up the first staircase, she heard a familiar voice behind her, "Hello, mudblood!" Hermione whipped around to see Draco Malfoy, the trio's enemy since first year, standing alone at the bottom of the staircase glaring at her.
Hermione rolled her eyes and said, "What do you want, Draco?"
"I think you know damn well what I want! It's yours, Potty, and the Weasel's fault that my father is in prison and you aren't going to get away with it!" Draco sneered, his voice shaking in anger as he was walking up to her.
"Draco, I really don't have neither the time nor the energy for this right now so will you please just do the whole world a favor and just shut your abnormally large mouth for a change?" Hermione said irritably.
Draco was now inches away from Hermione's face. "Mark my words Granger, you will pay! You and your little friends whom you love so dearly! I'd watch my back from now on if I were you! This is just the beginning! You've been warned!" Draco whispered venomously and walked away.
Hermione stood there watching him walk away, getting a hold of herself. Then she merely rolled her eyes and shook her head. She knew that Draco was full of it. But there was a little voice inside of her head that was a little worried about that evil look in his eye. He looked as if he had gone mad! If there hadn't been any students or teachers so close by, the little git probably would have attacked her. She made a mental note never to be alone with Draco Malfoy again.