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AN – lol sorry bout that had the urge to confuse ppl including myself. Wey! I succeeded. Ok anyway yey lol all rhymed. FOCOUS! Sigh Sorry I'm in one of those moods I just ate a pop tart that may be the reason lol. OK we're on to the 8th chapter now woohoo I'm so pleased. It's going great and I'm glad y'all are enjoying it still. So here you go read on.
Hermione raced up the stairs taking them two at a time desperate to get there as soon as she possibly could. Harry was close behind her just as desperate.
They turned the corner and yelled the password to the fat lady. Who was most annoyed at the noise as her and some of her friends from other paintings were enjoying a nice relaxing, QUIET, yoga session.
She looked at them with a dreamy yet angry expression on her face. "You're far to tense" she scolded them "you need to learn how to relax"
"WE DON'T HAVE TIME" Hermione yelled at her impatiently
"Erm we're late for our own yoga session" Harry improvised "Exam stress and stuff. You know?"
"AH yes why didn't you say so come along come along" she said swinging open to allow them entrance "And don't forget your breathing exercises they are very important" she added as an afterthought.
"RON" Hermione yelled as soon as she was through and standing in the common room.
"RON WHERE ARE YOU MATE?"
"RON? RON? RON?" Hermione raced up the stairs to see if he was up on the landing or talking to one of the girls. He wasn't.
"Harry what are we gonna do we've missed him"
"Hermione relax. Breathe. Breathing is good"
"RON WON'T BE BREATHING SOON IF WE DON'T HURRY UP," she yelled. She didn't mean to get angry with Harry but she was getting frustrated. Time was running out.
"I'll what?" Ron asked peering over the side of the common room sofa. He'd been sitting right back so Hermione hadn't been able to see him as she'd made her way down the stairs.
"You'll erm . . . well what I meant was . . . you see it's like this" Hermione faltered. She'd had everything she wanted to say pre planned in her mind but now she had to say it, it was gone.
"Ron there's something we need to tell you" Harry said sitting down next to him.
"It's really important," Hermione said sitting down on his other side glad that Harry had taken charge.
"You may have noticed that me and Hermione haven't really been around much lately and when we have been well we've been kinda distracted"
Ron raised his eyebrows at him "You have? You don't say," he said sarcastically
"Well we had a really good reason for it" Hermione said stepping in.
"And I just can't wait to hear it" Ron said getting up "Later. Right now Neville's waiting for me in the entrance hall. You know that little Hogsmeade visit is today. I guess you've had to much on your mind to remember something I've said to you though"
He made his way to the portrait hole.
"Ron this is important" Harry called after him
He didn't turn round.
"Ron please just listen to us we need to talk to you"
He kept walking.
"Ron you're being unfair we have something really important to tell you and your not listening"
Ron stopped. Hermione sighed relieved.
"I'm being unfair? I'm the unfair one? Coz you know the way I see it it's the other way round. I know what your gonna say and frankly I'm uninterested. I mean did you think I wasn't gonna figure it out for myself? You're off together alone for days at a time and any spare time in between. You sit together whispering at the back of the classrooms about something you clearly don't want me to know. The rare times you were with me you were distracted completely and whispered things when you thought I wasn't listening. I know the deal so save it."
"Ron we're really sorry mate but can't we just explain? We thought we were being careful we didn't want you to find out this way. Well we didn't really want you to find out at all to be honest"
"YOU WEREN'T EVEN GONNA TELL ME?" Ron yelled
"We we're hoping we wouldn't have to" Hermione whispered.
"I don't believe you two" Ron said shocked.
"Ron its not like we planned this"
"Oh rite it just happened I suppose. Well you didn't wanna tell me so don't I'm going."
He carried on walking towards the portrait hole.
"Ron you can't still be set on going to Hogsmeade after what we just . . . didn't talk about" Hermione said.
"And why not?" he asked he was at the portrait hole now and about to go through it when Hermione lost it.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHY NOT? RONALD WEASLEY I'M NOT ABOUT TO LET YOU GO OFF KNOWING YOUR GONNA DIE FOR THE SAKE OFF ONE MEESLEY HOGSMEADE VISIT!"
Ron turned around again. "Excuse me?"
"I agree mate. I'm not gonna let you go walking off in to danger either"
"What do you mean knowing I was gonna die?"
"Ron don't play dumb it really doesn't suit you" Hermione growled at him
"I'm not what are you talking about?" They both looked at him as if he'd gone mad. "Someone better start explaining"
"Ron we just talked about this." Hermione sighed
"Were we having the same conversation then coz all I recall from that is you guys finally coming clean about your feelings for each other"
"See thank you I knew we . . . WHAT?" Hermione had begun her 'see I was right and you were wrong' reply when she realized what he had said.
"Our what?" Harry asked just as surprised at the conversation they had apparently been having.
"You two you were saying about how you were always off alone together and everything I thought you were telling me you were like together or something" Ron's face was rapidly going as red as his hair.
"Ron you fool" Harry laughed "Me and Hermione. No chance."
"Yeah Ron come on . . . Hey what do you mean no chance?" Hermione asked turning on Harry.
"Sorry Hermione" Harry said laughing again "but you're not my type and anyway will you focus?"
Hermione turned to face Ron again "Why would you think me and Harry were anything but friends I mean you can't have those kind of feelings for friends"
"Yes you can" he whispered more to himself than anyone else. "I dunno that's just the impression I got I mean everything you did was so secretive and together I thought if it was anything else I'd be involved"
"Ron you were involved. More than you know"
Ron looked at her sitting back down on the sofa. "What did you mean I'm gonna die?"
"Ron I'm really sorry but you know when I was reading about guiding lights?"
Ron nodded in comprehension.
"Well it was coz I met mine. I told you they only come to you when something terrible has happened or is about to happen that isn't supposed to. Well that thing involved you"
"Ron we both had warnings that something terrible was gonna happen to you so we were doing research in to everyone in the school to see if anything weird was in the documents and we found out about you and Malfoy being friends"
"And it was taking far to long so we decided to stick with you was the best way to protect you but then you went to Hogsmeade without us"
"I haven't even left yet" Ron said he had been listening intently as the story was passed from Harry to Hermione as they took it in turns to tell it and was quite confused by the last part.
"We were sent in to the future," Hermione said as if it were obvious.
"And you and Neville were attacked by Voldemort" Harry continued ignoring Ron's shudder as he said 'the name' "and there was this big fight kinda thing with me you and Neville against Voldemort and then he went to kill Neville and you jumped in front of him and saved him"
"You died Ron" Hermione finished tears rolling down her cheeks at the memory of it "You died saving Neville's life"
Ron sat in shocked silence. After a minute or so he jumped up from where he was sitting and rushed to the portrait hole.
"RON WHERE ARE YOU GOING?" Hermione yelled shocked that he would even consider still going after all that they had told him. "Don't you believe us?"
Ron turned again at the portrait hole "Yes I believe you but Neville's still gone to Hogsmeade" he replied.
"I thought you told him to wait" Harry said
"I did but I said if I wasn't down by the time Dean and Seamus left that he should go with them and I would catch up"
"Ron if you leave you'll die" Hermione said pleading with him to stay.
"If I don't Neville will" and with that he was gone racing down the stairs after Neville.
"Harry what do we do. He'll die"
"We need to get him to stay"
"HOW?"
"But I'm not in any pain now - my life is finally on track, I'm in no immediate danger I have the best friends ever and . . . "
" . . . You're in love with one of them" Helena finished.
"But I'm not in any pain over it" she said defensively
"Yet"
Hermione rushed for the portrait hole and down the stairs after Ron.
"Hermione?" Harry was confused but followed her anyway. The look in her eyes had told him she had a plan.
Ron was running out the entrance as they made their way after him.
Hermione stopped knowing she wouldn't catch him and shouted. "RON I LOVE YOU"
"Hermione?" Ron was just as shocked as Harry he turned to look at her. She ran down the rest of the stairs and stood in front of him.
"You heard me Weasley." She smiled "I love you"
Ron looked at her the expression of shock was replaced with pure happiness.
"Can I have that in writing?" he asked
Hermione rolled her eyes. Placing her hand behind his head she pulled him in for a kiss. Harry who'd been right behind her turned round smiling to himself.
"Its about time" he whispered to himself.
Ron pulled away his eyes gleaming. He was so happy. Then his smile faded.
"Bond doesn't get the girl till the end of the movie" he said and rushed out the door
"What's he talking about?" Hermione asked turning on Harry she was sure her plan was going to work.
"I have no idea" he shrugged. 'Why did I let Ron watch the Bond movie marathon with me?' he asked himself
"RON MATE" he yelled out the door. Ron was already speeding his way to Hogsmeade.
"DON'T TRY AND TALK ME OUT OF THIS IF SAVING NEVILLE IS WHAT I HAVE TO DO I HAVE TO DO IT!"
"WE UNDERSTAND" Harry yelled back
"We do?" Hermione asked elbowing him in the ribs.
"Yes we do" he replied "WER'E COMING WITH YOU" he yelled at Ron. Ron smiled and nodded and the three of them ran their way to Hogsmeade.
Ron hoping he wasn't too late.
Harry hoping he'd made the right decision.
Hermione hoping things would play out differently.
They were walking directly in to danger. They all hoped they'd walk back out.
AN – taaaa daaaaa another chapter up. Wew. Yey Ron the hero he's so brave lol sigh. And yey Ron Hermione kissing how sweet. More of that to come! Tell me what y'all though I'm never sure how well the stuff works lol so if ya like it let me know. Thank you lots.