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Again, tears were going to start. I love my reviewers. I'm sorry, but I've gotten a lot of reviewers now, so I can't write personal little note things anymore. Wow, 26 reviews. I feel so special! Sorry I haven't updated in awhile, I've been having awful awful headaches that won't go away no matter what medicine I use. I've been getting them at least twice a day. In fact, I've got one now, so excuse the grammar and spelling errors. Thank you again sooooooooo much for your reviews, you are all positively...DANDY! I'm going to try and do personal notes in the next one, which is sort of stupid, I ought to do them now cuz there are less of you, and there might be more afterwards. But, as I said, I have a major headache and this lovely little paragraph and this chapter are all I can do. If I feel better after writing this, I might give you another chapter for not updating in like, what two days? Now I really think this chapter is tons and tons of fluff, but don't worry, those of who wanted more suspense, there's a bit of suspense in later chapters...well, sort of anyway. Hmm...more descriptive? I thought I was doing okay in that department, but I'll try to add more description if you like. Emotion...I'm not really sure what you mean by that, but I'll try to fix that too. Anyway, I'm sure not many people read this "essay" that I wrote and skipped straight to the story, so here it is, the story! :-P (Oy...chapter eight already! My head is spinning from the excitement...oh wait no, that's just the headache.) P.S. The thing keeps getting messed up when I write it, and I can't fix it! Sorry!

A week had gone by since Ron and Hermione had been dating. She still felt a little shy around

him, and blushed fiercely whenever they kissed. Ron didn't mind at all though, he really was

incredibly sweet to her, always doing nice things, and planning surprises for Hermione. As

some people said, it was a match made in Heaven. One night, Hermione was in the common

room curled up in her favorite big, comfy armchair, reading and drinking what Ron could tell

right away was coffee.

'That girl and her coffee!' he thought. Hermione's coffee fetish had always amused him to no

end. He decided to sneak up to her, and since she was so engrossed in her book, she didn't

notice Ron approaching her. When he was right in front of her, he jumped onto the armchair

and hugged her while yelling "I LOVE YOU MIONE!!!" as loud as he could. Ron scared

Hermione horribly, and she let out a surprised squeak and dropped her (thankfully) empty cup

of coffee, falling off the chair when Ron let her go. All heads had already turned their way

from Ron's yell, and they were all laughing, as did Hermione, though she was, yet again,

blushing. She tried to give Ron a kiss, but she couldn't reach him unless he lowered himself to

height, but he refused to do so, giving her a look that told plainly told Hermione she was

completely on her own. Then Hermione had an idea. She scrambled back onto the armchair

and stood so she was above him. Then she leaned down and kissed Ron. Just as he was

about to deepen the kiss, she pulled away blushing. Suddenly, Hermione just started randomly

laughing, jumped off the armchair, and ran up to her dormitory locking it, leaving a very

bewildered Ron behind. He grabbed his broomstick from his dorm and flew up to Hermione's.

He banged on the door, but she wouldn't open it, no matter how many times he knocked. He

used Alohomora, and went inside. There was Hermione, sitting on her bed, swinging her

crossed legs, sticking out her tongue, and waggling moose ears at him.

"Hermione Granger, you look like a five year old! What happened to the serious, no fun

allowed Mione that we've all grown to love?" Ron joked. Hermione smiled.

"She found you, stupid." Hermione jumped off the bed and ran over to Ron, throwing her arms

around him. Ron was a little shocked, to say the least.

"What was that for?" he muttered quietly.

"For being the absolute perfect boyfriend," she mumbled back. They let go of each other.

"You know," Ron said, raising his eyebrows. "Being the perfect boyfriend can really be hard

work. I think I deserve a reward."

"Hmm," Hermione said thoughtfully. "How can I ever repay you?"

Ron laughed and sat down on her bed.

"Now why couldn't you have done that in the common room?" Hermione leaned over and

kissed him.

"That was a good way to pay me back, but actually, I had something else in mind," Ron told her

seriously.

"Okay, shoot," Hermione replied.

"Well, remember when the whole school had to watch A Walk to Remember for that Muggle

Appreciation Day or whatnot?" he asked.

"Oh of course, didn't you just fall in love with that movie?" Hermione said.

"Yeah, well, that little play they performed in the movie...Hogwarts is going to be doing a

production of it. Dumbledore found the script."

"Oh, that's fantastic! I can't wait to watch it!" Hermione said excitedly.

"Yes, well, the Professors have decided that anyone who wants to try out can, not just the

Muggle Studies classes. And if you do try out, and you get in, they give you extra credit for the

class that you're doing the worst in. Hermione, I'm failing Potions. Anyway, you have to try out

in pairs...so basically, I'm asking you to try out with me," Ron finished and looked at Hermione

whose face was now very pale.

"Oh, well...what about Harry? Can't he try out with you?" she asked.

"I would try out with Harry, but he's going with Ginny, and the rest of Gryffindor is all paired up

as well, and no offense to the other houses, but I'd much rather go with you than with any of

them."

"But Ron, you know about my stage fright don't you? And that I can't and don't sing in front of

people?" she said nervously.

"Oh, right. Sorry, I forgot about that." Ron's face fell as he said it. It made Hermione feel very

very guilty. She sighed inwardly. Stupid conscience.

"All right, I'll do it," she told Ron. He looked up.

"What?"

"I'll try out with you."

Ron's face lit up with a grin. He picked her up and kissed her for quite a long time.

"You, Hermione Granger, are the sweetest, kindest, most generous, good-hearted person I

have ever had the fortune to meet!" Ron said to her when they broke apart. Hermione lauged.

"You forgot most beautiful. Just kidding." She stuck out her tongue at him. "I just hope you

can find me some sort of spell to help me get over my stage fright."

"It's the least I can do," Ron said.

"I was just kidding Ron, there is no such spell, I should know, I've looked."

Ron laughed. "Okay then. Thank you so much for this Mione, I love you with all my

heart...and my liver!"

Hermione's eyes twinkled. "What, not your appendix too?"

Ron grinned. "Yes, of couse, my appendix as well," he chuckled, and kissed her cheek. "I've

got to run though, Harry decided to be incredibly stupid and schedule a midnight Quidditch

practice. Stupid prat."

"Yes, it's my turn to do rounds tonight with Ernie Macmillan." They said their goodbyes and ran

off in different directions, Ron thinking of how stupid Harry was, and Hermione wondering if

she would make it through the auditions. She wasn't worried about the actual parts thought.

She knew she wasn't going to actually get into the play. This was a little bit of a relief, and she

searched the common room for Ernie until she found him, and they scrambled out of the portrait

hole and into the halls of Hogwarts.

I didn't like the ending I wrote to this chapter, it's sort of dragged on, but I couldn't make it fit, so I had to do that. I couldn't resist, I had to use AWTR in here, I loved the song Mandy Moore sang when they did that little play. What was it called? Something like Tommy "The Gun" Thornton right? Or wrong? If anyone finds out, could you please tell me? I drew a bit of Hermione's character out of my own. I would be terrified if anyone ever asked me to audition with, but I too, have a very guilty conscience. The thought of being on stage with tons and tons of people watching you...no offense to people who like to act, but the thought certainly doesn't appeal to me. Anyhow, I hope you liked this chapter, and I hope you review! Because reviews are fun to read! I know I keep pestering, even though a lot of you DO review but...review more! :-D. (There's your smiley!) Next chapter shall come soon...I hope.