Disclaimer ~ I don't own the characters. Only the plot!
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Hermione slammed her book shut. "I'm right here Ron Weasley. If you need something just ask me instead of asking Harry to ask me. It's getting old really fast."
"Well, excuse me, Your majesty." Ron said sarcastically as he feigned a bow.
Harry sighed. They had been going at it for over a week now. He just couldn't understand how half the time they got along brilliantly and the other half they were at each other's throats. "Hermione, will you just pass him the knotgrass?"
"No," Hermione answered stubbornly, "If he wants it he can ask like a normal person."
Ron's face began to redden. "Are you implying that I'm not a normal person?"
"No Ron I don't think that's what she meant-" Harry began trying to get the two to stop fighting.
"If the wand fits then use it!" Hermione screamed at Ron.
Malfoy watched from the other side of the room, sniggering at the arguing couple. Snape turned to the shouting voices and stormed over, his robes flowing freely behind him. "That is enough from the both of you! Detention tonight."
Ron groaned and Hermione sighed as she turned back to her cauldron stirring at it.
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Hermione met Ron in the common room before detention, or rather bumped into him. "Watch where you're going." He said grumpily as he pushed past her out of the common room. She sighed and rolled her eyes following him down the hall.
Ron walked into the potions room, and Hermione was only a few feet behind. They sat at opposite sides of the room, waiting for Snape to arrive.
Sfter a few minutes he entered the room and stood in front. "Well?" He asked looking back and forth between the two students. They exchanged confused glances before getting out of their seats and joining him in the front. "I don't know what has gotten into the both of you, nor do I want to. However, as long as your little arguments keep disturbing my class, you'll be back frequently."
"We're sorry, Profess-"
"Shut up, girl. Why must you always interrupt me?" Hermione turned away and stifled her sobs. She hated being yelled at. Contrary to how many times she's been yelled at by Snape, each time hurt her a little more.
"She was just trying to apologize." Ron snapped at him. Snape immediately turned his stare from Hermione to Ron. A squeak escaped his lips, "I want the two of you to start cleaning out the potions closet." He pointed towards a small door in the corner. "I will be back in exactly an hour."
Hermione turned to Ron wiping the tears out of her eyes. She mouthed, "Thank You," As Snape retreated from the room.
Hermione followed Ron into the small room. He had to bend down lower so he could get through the door, while she barely made it standing up. Upon entering the room they had to make a double-take. From the outside of the classroom, the room looked small, but the inside was charmed to be at least twice as big as a classroom.
Ron began work quickly while Hermione pulled out her wand. She muttered a spell and found that it was impossible to use magic in the gigantic room. "We're supposed to do all of this in one hour without magic?"
Ron growled as he lifted up a box.
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After what Hermione guessed was an hour she turned to Ron. She laughed when she looked at him. His hair was a mess, there was dirt on his face, and his clothes were looking especially shabby, even shabbier than usual.
He turned to her, "And just what is so funny?" He asked angrily, not seeing anything funny at all.
She shrugged her shoulders and took a step closer to him. She touched her finger to his nose and gave it a wipe. "There was dirt on your nose." She laughed.
"That's not funny."
"Oh, come on lighten up!"
He looked over at her and a smile spread across his face. "Lighten up?" He asked taking a step closer to her. "You need to lighten up." He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him.
"Thanks for what you did back there."
"It was nothing." He said lifting his head with pride. They stood in silence for a few minutes before Hermione looked up at him.
"Why are we always fighting?"
He shrugged his shoulders, "Hasn't it always been like that?"
She nodded her head, "We fight more than we get along."
"Yeah but isn't the part where we make up a lot of fun?" He asked grinning evilly. He leaned down and kissed her lips.
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Hermione slammed her book shut. "I'm right here Ron Weasley. If you need something just ask me instead of asking Harry to ask me. It's getting old really fast."
"Well, excuse me, Your majesty." Ron said sarcastically as he feigned a bow.
Harry sighed. They had been going at it for over a week now. He just couldn't understand how half the time they got along brilliantly and the other half they were at each other's throats. "Hermione, will you just pass him the knotgrass?"
"No," Hermione answered stubbornly, "If he wants it he can ask like a normal person."
Ron's face began to redden. "Are you implying that I'm not a normal person?"
"No Ron I don't think that's what she meant-" Harry began trying to get the two to stop fighting.
"If the wand fits then use it!" Hermione screamed at Ron.
Malfoy watched from the other side of the room, sniggering at the arguing couple. Snape turned to the shouting voices and stormed over, his robes flowing freely behind him. "That is enough from the both of you! Detention tonight."
Ron groaned and Hermione sighed as she turned back to her cauldron stirring at it.
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Hermione met Ron in the common room before detention, or rather bumped into him. "Watch where you're going." He said grumpily as he pushed past her out of the common room. She sighed and rolled her eyes following him down the hall.
Ron walked into the potions room, and Hermione was only a few feet behind. They sat at opposite sides of the room, waiting for Snape to arrive.
Sfter a few minutes he entered the room and stood in front. "Well?" He asked looking back and forth between the two students. They exchanged confused glances before getting out of their seats and joining him in the front. "I don't know what has gotten into the both of you, nor do I want to. However, as long as your little arguments keep disturbing my class, you'll be back frequently."
"We're sorry, Profess-"
"Shut up, girl. Why must you always interrupt me?" Hermione turned away and stifled her sobs. She hated being yelled at. Contrary to how many times she's been yelled at by Snape, each time hurt her a little more.
"She was just trying to apologize." Ron snapped at him. Snape immediately turned his stare from Hermione to Ron. A squeak escaped his lips, "I want the two of you to start cleaning out the potions closet." He pointed towards a small door in the corner. "I will be back in exactly an hour."
Hermione turned to Ron wiping the tears out of her eyes. She mouthed, "Thank You," As Snape retreated from the room.
Hermione followed Ron into the small room. He had to bend down lower so he could get through the door, while she barely made it standing up. Upon entering the room they had to make a double-take. From the outside of the classroom, the room looked small, but the inside was charmed to be at least twice as big as a classroom.
Ron began work quickly while Hermione pulled out her wand. She muttered a spell and found that it was impossible to use magic in the gigantic room. "We're supposed to do all of this in one hour without magic?"
Ron growled as he lifted up a box.
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After what Hermione guessed was an hour she turned to Ron. She laughed when she looked at him. His hair was a mess, there was dirt on his face, and his clothes were looking especially shabby, even shabbier than usual.
He turned to her, "And just what is so funny?" He asked angrily, not seeing anything funny at all.
She shrugged her shoulders and took a step closer to him. She touched her finger to his nose and gave it a wipe. "There was dirt on your nose." She laughed.
"That's not funny."
"Oh, come on lighten up!"
He looked over at her and a smile spread across his face. "Lighten up?" He asked taking a step closer to her. "You need to lighten up." He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him.
"Thanks for what you did back there."
"It was nothing." He said lifting his head with pride. They stood in silence for a few minutes before Hermione looked up at him.
"Why are we always fighting?"
He shrugged his shoulders, "Hasn't it always been like that?"
She nodded her head, "We fight more than we get along."
"Yeah but isn't the part where we make up a lot of fun?" He asked grinning evilly. He leaned down and kissed her lips.
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