Grimmauld: thanks for the review! I also like ron-hermione lots, but I
really do think that harry and ginny are so cute together! Just wait, ok? I
think you'll love the story even more!
Chapter XXII
As Ron had said, it was not easy to Harry and Ginny to face the whole school at Monday morning. Hermione and Ron were already at the table, looking at the entrance anxiously. Harry and Ginny were hands in hands when they got in, but their faces were really blushed. Everybody at the other tables was staring at them, some surprised, some with jeering faces. The Slytherin table was the noisiest of all, with students whistling and laughing, like they had heard a great joke. Harry and Ginny sat in front of Ron and Hermione.
"Don't worry. They will stop that really soon, you'll see" Ron said. Harry and Ginny smiled.
The breakfast was over. Harry left first with Ginny, as they wanted to say goodbye till lunch. Hermione and Ron rose a few minutes later.
"Ron, may I. ask you something?"
"Sure, Hermione" he answered, but he didn't get why she was so formal.
'Who are you in love with?" she asked quickly and in a lower voice, and blushed right after that.
"What?"
"You heard me, I know you did"
He was looking at her, but Hermione was avoiding his eyes. "I'm in love with nobody, you know that".
"I know what I heard you say yesterday".
"Hermione, I'm sure I didn't say anything about that".
"It was really subtle, but I got it".
"So you should tell me what I said cause I myself didn't get it."
"You said that you don't think anymore that Trelawney is an old fraud".
Finally Ron understood. His ears started to get red.
"So, without noticing, you told me why you were, or still are, so upset. You have a broken heart, don't you?" Now she was looking at him, her eyes begging for an answer.
"Look, Hermione, I. hum-hum. I. you see. it's not that, I mean." he started to get lost in his own words.
"Ron, you can tell me. Are we friends or not?" She forced a smile.
Ron wished he could have courage to say everything, everything that was on his mind. "Some things we can't say to anyone, sometimes we can't say even to ourselves". He lowered his eyes. "I'm sorry, Hermione, but I can tell you nothing, and I hope you don't ask me that again, if, as you said, you're my friend".
Hermione didn't have any arguments to deal with that answer, but one thing was true: he was in love with someone and that girl was making him suffer. She turned her face to the wall, pretending she had seen something interesting in that, but only to hide the tears that must be shining in her eyes.
Harry was waiting for Ron at the top of the stairs. Ron said goodbye to Hermione and turned his back at her. She never thought that knowing Ron's in love with someone could hurt her more than what Malfoy's done to her. She went to class, drying her eyes.
After a few days, only Draco and his friends were still talking about Ginny and Harry. The rest of the school got used to it. Mrs. Weasley sent a letter telling that she and the other Weasleys were really happy for their relationship. Harry felt really relieved because of that. Ron and Hermione were getting along well, as they used to do. She never asked about the girl again, although she was dying inside to know who she was. Ron was considering himself lucky because he didn't see Hermione and Malfoy together again and because they were ok with each other. But all the school was happy too. At the next weekend, the third years' and above will be allowed to go to Hogsmeade.
Chapter XXII
As Ron had said, it was not easy to Harry and Ginny to face the whole school at Monday morning. Hermione and Ron were already at the table, looking at the entrance anxiously. Harry and Ginny were hands in hands when they got in, but their faces were really blushed. Everybody at the other tables was staring at them, some surprised, some with jeering faces. The Slytherin table was the noisiest of all, with students whistling and laughing, like they had heard a great joke. Harry and Ginny sat in front of Ron and Hermione.
"Don't worry. They will stop that really soon, you'll see" Ron said. Harry and Ginny smiled.
The breakfast was over. Harry left first with Ginny, as they wanted to say goodbye till lunch. Hermione and Ron rose a few minutes later.
"Ron, may I. ask you something?"
"Sure, Hermione" he answered, but he didn't get why she was so formal.
'Who are you in love with?" she asked quickly and in a lower voice, and blushed right after that.
"What?"
"You heard me, I know you did"
He was looking at her, but Hermione was avoiding his eyes. "I'm in love with nobody, you know that".
"I know what I heard you say yesterday".
"Hermione, I'm sure I didn't say anything about that".
"It was really subtle, but I got it".
"So you should tell me what I said cause I myself didn't get it."
"You said that you don't think anymore that Trelawney is an old fraud".
Finally Ron understood. His ears started to get red.
"So, without noticing, you told me why you were, or still are, so upset. You have a broken heart, don't you?" Now she was looking at him, her eyes begging for an answer.
"Look, Hermione, I. hum-hum. I. you see. it's not that, I mean." he started to get lost in his own words.
"Ron, you can tell me. Are we friends or not?" She forced a smile.
Ron wished he could have courage to say everything, everything that was on his mind. "Some things we can't say to anyone, sometimes we can't say even to ourselves". He lowered his eyes. "I'm sorry, Hermione, but I can tell you nothing, and I hope you don't ask me that again, if, as you said, you're my friend".
Hermione didn't have any arguments to deal with that answer, but one thing was true: he was in love with someone and that girl was making him suffer. She turned her face to the wall, pretending she had seen something interesting in that, but only to hide the tears that must be shining in her eyes.
Harry was waiting for Ron at the top of the stairs. Ron said goodbye to Hermione and turned his back at her. She never thought that knowing Ron's in love with someone could hurt her more than what Malfoy's done to her. She went to class, drying her eyes.
After a few days, only Draco and his friends were still talking about Ginny and Harry. The rest of the school got used to it. Mrs. Weasley sent a letter telling that she and the other Weasleys were really happy for their relationship. Harry felt really relieved because of that. Ron and Hermione were getting along well, as they used to do. She never asked about the girl again, although she was dying inside to know who she was. Ron was considering himself lucky because he didn't see Hermione and Malfoy together again and because they were ok with each other. But all the school was happy too. At the next weekend, the third years' and above will be allowed to go to Hogsmeade.