I Miss You

Chapter 12

Okay, so I decided not to change things. I really, really have some brill ideas for the sequel, though... not letting anything else on except CHILDREN.

I've said too much.

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Ron sat down next to Harry at breakfast looking distinctly grumpy.

"Ey, Ron, haven't seen you in a while, what's up?"

It had been two weeks since Hermione had come back to Hogwarts, and everything had all but returned to normal. Neither Hermione nor Harry had mentioned to anyone- not even Ron- a thing that had happened the night that Hermione had come back. Of course, they both suspected that Dumbledore knew something (he does "make a point to know everything that goes on in this school"), but as he wasn't saying anything they weren't going to bring it up.

Ron glared at Harry and Hermione. "Luna's mad at me."

At further questioning looks, Ron said in a rush, "I-forgot-today-was-her-birthday."

Hermione's jaw dropped. "YOU FORGOT TODAY WAS HER BIRTHDAY?"

Ron glared some more before responding. "I sent her flowers and I think that she'll-"He stopped abruptly because the post had arrived. "Oh, boy, the post!"

"Looks like you've got a parcel, Ron," Harry said, and Hermione grinned knowingly. When she received a questioned look from Harry, she did nothing but grin.

"Great, a parcel. But it's not from Mum... I wonder who it is from. Okay, I'll just open it, then," Ron said, more to himself then anyone else. Hermione looked close to bursting into hysterics, but she refrained.

Ron opened the parcel, dumping the contents out onto the table. Hermione burst into hysterical fits of laughter, Harry grinned, and Ron stared with his mouth open. "It's my flowers!" he cried.

Hermione was weak from the laughter by then. "You thought... you... you thought that..." She burst into more laughter, and Harry couldn't help laughing along. "You thought that you could buy her flowers and everything would be better?"

Ron looked furious. "Girls like flowers!"

Hermione had tears in her eyes by then. "Hey, Pavarti, Lavender! Ron sent Luna flowers because she was mad at him and he thought everything would be okay!" she yelled down the table.

Pavarti and Lavender started laughing, and told the entire girl Gryffindors. The table was laughing by now, and Ron was coloring by now. Somebody yelled, "Oi, Ron, take a look in the package, there's going to be a note that tells you exactly where you can shove it!"

There was.

Ron was mad.

By then the hall had started emptying out for classes, and before Hermione left for Arithmacy, she leaned over to him quickly and said, "Ronald, you can't buy affection." She turned and left.

"Bad luck, man," Harry said, clapping him on the shoulder and leaving as well.

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Author's Note: I'm not going to be home all weekend, so I did it know. Er. That's it. A bit of happiness today. Because the last 3 or so chapters have been so blah. Yup. Okay, review, my little fiends!

Oh, and this very scene was inspired by my brilliant (not) math teacher who did the exact same thing with his girlfriend BECAUSE HE FORGOT HER BIRTHDAY. He's been dating her for years. They moved here together.

Yes, I know. -rolls eyes-

P.S. Sorry so short!