DiSCLAiMER: Man, I wished I owned this. (Doesn't mean I do, people.)

Last Chapter Summary: Draco gets sweet revenge and Hermione gets angry!

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From the Bottom of My Broken Heart

She didn't even know where she was going. She just wanted to get as far away from that MALFOY ferret as possible! It didn't phase her that she had just collided with one of her best friends, Harry. Her mood did a complete 360 (A/N: Shouldn't it be 180? So she would be facing a different way...?) and she was just glad to see one of her best friend's again.

"Hermione! I was just looking for you," Harry said looking rather pleased.

"Well you found me," Hermione said looking around, "where's Ronald?"

"He..." Harry hesitated, "he has something to show you."

"Is this the whole secret that you two wouldn't tell me?" She asked rather interestedly.

"Yes," they were almost at the other end of the train, "Hermione, I can understand why you wouldn't want to, just be careful with him. Don't hurt him."

"Hurt him? What are you leading me into? Am I going to wrestle him?" Hermione laughed at her own joke, Harry didn't

He led to her down to the very last compartment.

"Have an open mind." He said before leaving her.

"Well I am head girl," she called out after him, but he was already too far away.

She started at the compartment door in front of her, she thought it would be polite to knock, but then again if it was Ron in there he would tease her for being so formal. She compromised. She knocked while opening the door herself.

She gasped audibly as she gazed in. Ron was standing in the middle of the compartment rather nervously with the dress robes that the twins bought for him. He had a single red rose in his hand. The compartment had been bewitched so there was a misty appeal to it. The benches had been transfigured into comfortable, white, leather couches. White candles were charmed to float around them in the air. The soft light that was emitted from the candles gave the room such a romantic aura.

"Hermione," he said timidly.

"Ron, I," Hermione began, "what is this?" She motioned around the room.

"It's for you, Hermione, this is the secret that I've been keeping, that we've, me and Harry, have been trying to keep from you."

"The secret is that you studied hard enough this summer to be able to charm and transfigure a room into looking like this? Cause, frankly, Ronald, I'm impressed," she gave a small smile.

He laughed slightly and took a deep breath before continuing, "No, Hermione... its just that. I've had these.... feelings for you... ever since 4th year. Ever since that idiot, Krum, came... I just... I saw how much you meant to me. I knew I couldn't do anything because of your relationship with him. But when you owled Harry and Me about...about you two breaking up, I... I saw my chance. I was so disheartened when you owled to say that you wouldn't be coming to stay with us at Grimmauld Place. I've been waiting all summer to tell you that... to tell you that..."

"What, Ron, go on," she urged him, she was sitting on the edge of the leather couch.

He smiled at her and sat down next to her. "I want to be with you Hermione. I need to be with you." He took her hands in his.

He looked at her reproachfully. Her face was unreadable.

She was lost in thought again. Ron wanted her to be his girlfriend. He wanted to be with her. She wasn't completely over her break up with Krum. She made her decision a long time ago that she would try her best to move on with her life. She looked up into Ron's brown eyes. They slowly changed to a gray-ish blue. Cold, yet inviting. Like those eyes were hiding something. Wait a minute, those weren't Ron's eyes. She shook her head back and forth to rid her mind of the image. Who's eyes was she thinking of? She was sure that she had seen them before... Hermione! Focus! She looked back up into Ron's brown eyes. She smiled.

She kissed him on the lips instead of a formal answer. As she pulled away, she saw him grinning. He kissed her back passionately.

This kiss confirmed Ron and Hermione as a couple. She was happy she could move on from the past, she trusted her broken heart not to be shattered even further with her best friend. She had known him for almost 7 years. She had seen him through his worst, and he had always remained a descent person. She smiled again to herself as they broke away from the kiss and cuddled together. She was now going out with her best friend. What was the worst thing that could happen?

"I love you, Hermione."

"...I—"

Author's Note: I love cliffhangers =D So it is that Hermione and Ron are now an official Hogwarts couple (THIS IS BIG!) Is this who Hermione falls in love with? Keep reading! 3