Chapter XXVI
Ron was not at the common room when they got in.
"Where's Ron?" Hermione asked.
"I don't know, Hermione. I left him at the stairs. I thought he was here. I'll take a look at the bedroom". Harry left her in front of the fireplace.
"Why Ron is not here? He saw me leaving with Malfoy. What does that mean?" Her face was showing a total confusion.
"Hermione".
She turned. It was Ginny. "Hi".
"What happened?"
"Where's Ron?"
"I don't know. I don't see him since lunch. Hermione, did you. did you fight again? I thought you."
"No, we didn't, but I wished we had".
Ginny understood nothing. "Why? Is he not talking to you again?"
"I don't know. I know nothing". She looked at Ginny. Her eyes were full of despair. "What's happening to your brother?"
"I don't."
"He's not there either". Harry stopped at Ginny's side.
"Where is he?" Hermione was about to cry.
"I'll. I'll look for him".
They saw Harry leaving the common room.
"Hermione, what is so important? Do you have something to tell him?"
"I. I thought I had. I thought he'll be here waiting for me, asking for explanations, yelling at me, whatever. Why. why he's not here? What does it mean, Ginny?"
"Hermione, what happened?"
She could not stay there anymore. Hermione left to the dormitories without saying a word to Ginny.
"Hermione!" Ginny followed her. "Hermione, wait!" She caught her at the door. "What's that all about? I don't understand".
"Your. your brother, he just. he doesn't care about me anymore". Tears rolled over her face.
"Are you crazy, Hermione? He loves you. You're the most important thing to him".
"No, I'm not".
"How can you say that?"
"He let me. he let me leave with Malfoy without saying a word. Only Harry tried to stop me. Only Harry went to help me. Ron doesn't care. "
"Oh, my God! I thought. I thought it was a mistake".
"You thought what was a mistake, Ginny?"
"What your classmates were telling us. That you and Malfoy left Hagrid's class together and went towards the quidditch field by yourselves only. I told them it could only be a mistake, but what you said just now."
Hermione lowered her eyes. "Yes, Ginny, it's true".
"But why?"
Hermione opened the door. "Come in. I'll tell you everything this time". Hermione entered the bedroom. Ginny entered after her and closed the door.
Ron was not at the common room when they got in.
"Where's Ron?" Hermione asked.
"I don't know, Hermione. I left him at the stairs. I thought he was here. I'll take a look at the bedroom". Harry left her in front of the fireplace.
"Why Ron is not here? He saw me leaving with Malfoy. What does that mean?" Her face was showing a total confusion.
"Hermione".
She turned. It was Ginny. "Hi".
"What happened?"
"Where's Ron?"
"I don't know. I don't see him since lunch. Hermione, did you. did you fight again? I thought you."
"No, we didn't, but I wished we had".
Ginny understood nothing. "Why? Is he not talking to you again?"
"I don't know. I know nothing". She looked at Ginny. Her eyes were full of despair. "What's happening to your brother?"
"I don't."
"He's not there either". Harry stopped at Ginny's side.
"Where is he?" Hermione was about to cry.
"I'll. I'll look for him".
They saw Harry leaving the common room.
"Hermione, what is so important? Do you have something to tell him?"
"I. I thought I had. I thought he'll be here waiting for me, asking for explanations, yelling at me, whatever. Why. why he's not here? What does it mean, Ginny?"
"Hermione, what happened?"
She could not stay there anymore. Hermione left to the dormitories without saying a word to Ginny.
"Hermione!" Ginny followed her. "Hermione, wait!" She caught her at the door. "What's that all about? I don't understand".
"Your. your brother, he just. he doesn't care about me anymore". Tears rolled over her face.
"Are you crazy, Hermione? He loves you. You're the most important thing to him".
"No, I'm not".
"How can you say that?"
"He let me. he let me leave with Malfoy without saying a word. Only Harry tried to stop me. Only Harry went to help me. Ron doesn't care. "
"Oh, my God! I thought. I thought it was a mistake".
"You thought what was a mistake, Ginny?"
"What your classmates were telling us. That you and Malfoy left Hagrid's class together and went towards the quidditch field by yourselves only. I told them it could only be a mistake, but what you said just now."
Hermione lowered her eyes. "Yes, Ginny, it's true".
"But why?"
Hermione opened the door. "Come in. I'll tell you everything this time". Hermione entered the bedroom. Ginny entered after her and closed the door.