Chapter 3
"...And she said it was Roger Davies, I don't see what he's got that I don't have," Harry told his friends. Harry was glum and he was thankful to have friends as amazing as Ron and Hermione. They had brought him down to the common room when Seamus, Dean and Neville came up to the dormitory. They sat in their usual places in front of the warm, crackling flames in the fireplace. It was now 12:30. They hadn't finished any of their homework, but they listened all the way through. "Harry, you don't need Cho, you've got great friends right here. You're an amazing person; I think Cho made a mistake to dump you. If I were in her position, I certainly would not have," Hermione said sincerely. "Yeah!" exclaimed Ron. Harry thought for a moment about what Hermione said and then laughed, "Are you saying that you want to be my girlfriend, Ron?" Hermione giggled and Ron turned beet red in embarrassment. "No! I meant that–" "Ron, we know what you mean, we were just teasing you," Hermione rolled her eyes as Ron's ears now matched the colour of his hair. They all joked around with each other, happy to be in each other's company.
The fire was slowly dying out as he three friends stayed up a little later and cheered Harry up a little more. Soon after, Harry decided that he would go back up to his dormitory for some well-needed rest. Ron and Hermione stayed behind, both gazing into the fire without speaking for quite some time.
"'Mione... you love him don't you?" Ron murmured, breaking the silence in the room. Hermione, who was still gazing into the flames, as though hoping she would see Sirius' head popping in like he did in fifth year, opened her eyes wide at what Ron had just said. "I don't know what you mean," Hermione said, bewildered, but denying it nonetheless. "Don't be daft Hermione! Ginny and I realized it ages ago!" Ron exclaimed, "Don't deny your feelings for him, Hermione. Don't ever deny what you feel," Ron said.
Hermione, shocked at Ron's new-found intelligence, sighed and said, "Ron, you know me too well. I do love him. Since fifth year, I think. When he got back together with Cho, I felt that my heart broke into a million pieces." Hermione took a breath, then continued, "I don't want to sound horrible, believe me, I don't, but I couldn't help but feel happy when he announced that Cho broke up with him. Well, I confessed. That's what you wanted wasn't it?" Ron smiled his special goofy smile, and said, "That's exactly what I wanted. And just so we know, I won't go shooting my mouth off like I would imagine Lavender and Parvati would be doing right now. Hell, they'd wake up the whole castle!" Hermione giggled at the thought, and opened her mouth to say something when Ron started again.
"I won't tell Harry unless you want me to. In fact, the only person I want to tell is Ginny, just to confirm what she thinks," Hermione, at that moment, lunged herself at Ron, giving him a tight hug, "Thank you so much Ron, you don't know how much you helped me. I didn't know who to tell, I mean, I'd only confide in you and Harry, and I obviously couldn't tell Harry-"Ron cut her off and said, "That reminds me, when are you going to tell Harry? He deserves to know, 'Mione,"
Hermione bowed her head down and she realized that at this moment, there was no proof that Harry liked her back. She told Ron this and Ron said, "Well I guess we're going to have to change that aren't we? Meet me tomorrow here. Oh wait, since you're Head Girl, let's meet in your room at say, 7:30. I'll tell Ginny your news tomorrow and I'll bring her along," With that, Ron turned and left for his dormitory. When he was heading up the stairs, Hermione said, "And Ron, thanks for everything," Ron paused, turned, and said "No problem, Hermione. And remember, don't deny what you feel,"
A/N: Thanks for reading this far! I hope you really like this story. I'm slowly making my chapters longer, sorry if this one's not long enough.