Follow up to "A Story With A Disappointing Ending." It's not absolutely crucial to read that one first, but it is a definite help. Originally it was just going to be it's own fic without tying into my other one, but it just seemed to fit so nicely, so here it is.

Summary: What happens to Ron and Hermione after the uneventful incident (sounds like an oxymoron, doesn't it)? Fluffy goodness? Or yet another Disappointing Ending? Neither? Read to find out!

Oh, and I own as much of this as I will have after I'm done paying back my student loans. Current bank balance: $3,000 (alright, not even that much...I'm being optimistic). Loans per year: $20,000. You do the math.

Ron followed Hermione as she headed back to the common room. Damn he wished he weren't such a pansy. She had been 2 inches from his face and he couldn't do it! He had been so sure she was about to tell him that she felt more than just friendship that he had decided to let her do it and save him the potential embarrassment. (A/N.....how thoughtful of him...really...). She even had her arm around him! That was a sure sign, he had thought. But nooo, she had to open the door instead!

"Damn," he said aloud, not realizing it.

"What?" Hermione asked, turning slightly.

"Err, nothing," he replied unconvincingly. Hermione said nothing, but continued down the hall. They soon reached the portrait of the fat lady, who was snoring quite soundly.

"Oh no!" Hermione exclaimed quietly (well as quietly as an exclamation can be, anyways). Ron, in an attempt to be helpful, started poking the fat lady's foot trying to wake her.

"Hey there, wake up you," he said. Unfortunately, she remained asleep.

"Oh Ron, what are we going to do! What if Filch catches us? We need to get inside." Ron decided it was safer not to point out that Hermione had just stated the painfully blatantly obvious.

"Well, I do have an idea, but it could backfire...really bad... if we get caught," he said, uncertainly.

"What is it?"

Ron reached into his robes and pulled out a small package. Hermione's eyes widened as she read the label.

"Ron, do you know how much trouble we could get into if we were caught?"

"Yeah, I do, but I don't really see any other way. It can't fail to wake her up, or at least have somebody in the common room poke their head out the portrait hole to see what's going on, that's for sure."

"Alright, but this could be really bad..." Hermione said as Ron began to open the WWW Big Bang firework. (A/N WWW Weasley Wizard Wheezes in case you incredibly intelligent people couldn't for some bizarre reason figure that out. Lee, really, I can't believe you didn't know that! But I digress...)

After it was free of its packaging, Ron placed the firework on the ground a small distance away. "Incendio," he said, pointing his wand toward it. The fuse caught and flared brightly for a moment, and then...

Nothing. Nadda. Zip. Zilch. Zero. You get the idea.

"It's a dud?" Ron screamed, forgetting their current situation. "I can't believe the nerve of those two! Those, those...! I can't believe Fred and George gave me a DUD!"

"RON, be quiet." It was too late.

"What is all this noise about?" a voice came from behind them. To their immense relief, it was only the fat lady, who had finally woken up.

"Sorry," Hermione said quickly, "but you were asleep, and we've been waiting to get in for ages." She looked at the portrait as sweetly and innocently as she could. The fat lady seemed to buy it because she said nothing else on the subject.

"Password?"

"Jabberwocky," Hermione answered. The portrait swung open, and Hermione climbed in. Ron was just following her, and that was when the fireworks went off.

Hehe, you have to love cliffhangers! Never fear, though, there's more coming...but I can be encouraged to have it come faster if you, oh glorious readers, review. You don't even have to tell me what you thought. Even just the work review is fine. I just want to know that people are reading it. And if you review for me, I'll review for you! I swear!

Oh, and the password "Jabberwocky" is borrowed from Lewis Carroll's poem by the same name, which can be found

Sorry it's so short, but I don't have time to write more, and I really wanted to get it up!