Chapter Four is here. I'm so sorry I haven't updated in awhile, but okay, on Friday night, my friend had a party, and then I slept over at her house for two days. I guess it was sort of a mini-vacation. OMG, I think I got lucky and only the nice people read my stories. Seriously! You're all so nice! I never have good luck like this, and I thought I was in an awful author, but hey, you like it, so it works for me. :-D
Today was the day. The wonderful blessed day. The day Hermione would actually be going to
Hogsmeade ALONE with Ron Weasley! She woke up at five and immediately started getting
ready. The first train into the village was scheduled for 11 that morning. Good. That gave her
six hours. She wanted to look perfect for today. Hermione took a long luxorious bath, and
then straightened her hair, putting it up into a perfect ponytail. She still didn't want to put any
makeup on, but decided the occasion at least called for lip gloss. Anyway, she could do
without makeup. People usually thought she was wearing it anyway. She had a natural blush,
and long dark eyelashes. For her outfit, she wore a beautiful new rose-colored cardigan with
zig zag designs at the top that her mother had sent alone with a pair of white mittens, scarf, and
headband ear muffs. (A/N: Sorry to interrupt, but I really do love the cardigan, so I thought I'd
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back to the story now!) She also had a camel colored coat that she had never worn before.
Hermione wore jeans and her white Keds. She walked downstairs with her outerwear in her
arms, and found a seat with Ginny and Harry at breakfast.
"Wow, you look nice," Ginny commented, raising her eyebrows.
"Yeah, Hermione, what's the occasion?" Harry grinned. "Going on a date today?"
Just as Hermione started to answer, the three heard a voice behind them.
"Hey Mione!" It was Ron. Hermione's face started to burn.
"Hi Ron," she answered.
"Listen Mione, I'm not hungry at all, and I know for a fact that you never eat breakfast anyway,
so do you wanna get going now? The train for Hogsmeade is due in ten minutes."
Ron didn't seem to have noticed Hermione's face reddening steadily, or Ginny's smile, and
Harry's snicker.
"Sure," Hermione said quickly, itching to get away from the couple sitting next to her, giving her
knowing smiles now. Ron and Hermione walked to the train and got on, ready to find an empty
compartment. As soon as bot were settled, neither could find anything to talk about. Another
of those annoying awkward silences plagued Hermione.
"Well, er...you look nice," Ron said, trying to make conversation.
Hermione pretended to be angry. "Do you mean to say I don't look ravishing every day?" Ron
threw one of his gloves at her. She threw a wool mitten back. He smiled and put the mitten on.
"Hey, gimme my mitten!" Hermione said as she threw his glove back at him.
"Nah, I like it, it's warm," he said, rubbing it agains his cheek. But then he gave it back because
they had reached the village. They got off the train and just started walking around. When they
walked past the Hogsmeade bookstore, Ron caught Hermione give it a longing look. He
chuckled quietly.
"Hey Mione, wanna go to the bookstore?" he asked, amused. Her eyes lit up, and she pulled
Ron inside with her. Ten minutes later, they emerged with Hermione carrying a bag holding six
new books. She sighed happily.
"Ron, would you like to get some coffee now? It would warm us up." Ron resisted the impulse
to laugh again. That was Hermione's other weakness-coffee. Nevertheless, he went along with
her. "Good idea, let's go."
They headed towards the Three Broomsticks when they heard a familiar voice
behind them.
"Well well well, if it isn't two lovebirds out on a date."
There you go, your cliffhanger. Well, it really isn't a cliffhanger since after I finish writing this, I'll do another chapter right away. You are so lucky. Just kidding. Hope you liked it, sorry about the shortness of it all. I went back to spacing, because a) I think it's easier to read myself, and b) It makes my story look longer. :) I am such a cheater. Oh well, reviewing is a pain, but pain is a part of life. Plus it makes me happy. Which makes me write. Which means you get more chapters. Actually, I could write the whole story right now if I wanted to, because I have it all done on a rough draft. But if I did that, it wouldn't be as much fun! So I suppose I can be kind and give you two chapters today, to make up for my chapter-less weekend. PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See, I'm begging, I'm pathetic, so you should review! Thank you! :-D The smileys are starting to bug me now. Make a note- no more smileys.
