Disclaimer: I (once again) STILL OWN NOTHING, the only things I own are the four little girls, the plot, and our dear Ronnie's story.

Chapter 3: Time to Dance

"What?"

"Hermione?"

"Ronnie.... I don't think that's how the story ends." Kacie said looking up at Ron with her big blue eyes seemingly confused . Everyone was looking at him curiously, some shocked, others trying to surpress a laugh (Fred and George of course). Harry's jaw had dropped and Ginny's eyes grew to twice their normal size. Fred and George were trying their best not to fall on the ground laughing while Bill and Charlie looked rather impressed. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley along with Mr. and Mrs. Granger looked absoloutly shocked, eyes wide and mouths dropped. McGonagall looked completely taken aback but Lupin and Tonks had small smiles. Crystal and Jessica were giggling and Tracey and Kacie looked confused. Then there was Dumbledore... showing no emotions at all, acting as though Ron hadn't said anything out of the ordinary.

But Hermione and Ron... it seemed someone had taken a bucket of red paint and poured it on each of them. You could barely tell were Ron's hair started and his skin ended. They both were looking each other dead in the eye until Ron suddenly got up (after placing Kacie on the ground of course) and ran towards the house.

"Ronnie! Come back!" Kacie called and she put her hands on her hips and looked quit upset. The group was then silent for a while watching him enter the house.

"Well come on then Kace, I think Ronnie needs us." Tracey suddenly said as she hoisted herself off of Bill's lap and took Kacie's hand in hers.

"I don't think so ladies." Bill said reaching out and pulling Tracey and Kacie back down to the ground.

"Excuse me William, but my sister and I have some busy-ness to get to." Tracey said and her and Kacie stood up once more and took hands again. They then began to walk back towards the house.

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Ron didn't know why he had said it or how it had escaped his lips. Sure, he had been thinking it but it was pure accident that he had actually said it. He hadn't meant to at all, and he deffinitly didn't want Hermione to hear it. But no, the entire party had heard him say his deepest secret. He had said that he loved Hermione... he had just gone out and said it without a second thought. How could he have been so stupid! Then, to make himself look like even more of a git, he ran away. Now he lie on his bed listening to the ghoul throw stuff around upstairs. From the sound of it, the ghoul was just as upset as he was.

"Will you pipe down up there you stupid prat!" Ron suddenly shouted at the ceiling. All of a sudden there was a loud crash in the attic but after that the ghoul stayed pretty quiet.

"Why am I such an idiot? How on earth could I be so stupid! I said that I loved her right in front of everybody! Now she must hate me. What if she doesn't want to be my friend anymore? What if she's liked Harry all along and now thinks that I'm trying to ruin our entire friendship? But what about Krum, he's her boyfriend. What if she tells him? Oh God what am I going to do?" Ron said to himself.

"I know, I'll just lock myself in my room and not come out ever again. I won't go back to Hogwarts either, I'll just stay here." He said. Suddenly, his thoughts and conversation with himself were disrupted by a little knock on his door.

"Go away!" He shouted.

"Ronnie." He heard two little girls say from behind the door.

"Girls, please leave me alone, I don't feel very good." Ron lied.

"Oh please Ronald! Open this door before we come in there and make you!" Tracey said angrily. Even though this didn't make sense Ron decided to obe and he got off of his bed and opened the door to see his two cousins standing in the hallway, hand in hand.

"Now if you don't mind Ronald, we'd like to speak to you about your behavior this evening." Tracey said in a very classy tone as she and Kacie walked past him into the room.

"I like what you've done with the place, very orange." Tracey then said even though the last time Tracey and Kacie had been up here was when they were a year old and his mum decided to give them a tour of the house. Ron would have laughed if he didn't feel so miserable.

"Alright ladies, what have you got to say to me?" Ron asked them as he sat down on his bed. The two girls stood in front of him as they both put their hands on their hips.

"Well Ronald, we would like to talk about your story." Tracey began.

"And how you ran out after you finished." Kacie said.

"That was very rude of you."

"You didn't even let us clap."

"And that is very bad."

"So would you please tell us why you acted this way Ronnie." Kacie finished.

"Look girls, I said something I really shouldn't have. I mean, I embaressed myself and I embaressed Hermione too. I really shouldn't have said what I did." Ron explained.

"What did you say that was so bad?" Kacie asked.

"You heard me Kace, I said that I loved Hermione." Ron told her.

"Well is it true?" Tracey then asked him. Ron didn't speak for a long time. Two pairs of big blue eyes stared at him awaiting their answer. He was thinking it over in his head. He should just tell them the truth- afterall they were only four years old and plus, they were his cousins. But then again, being only four years old would make them lieable to go and tell everybody.

"Yes." He finally said.

"It's true?" Kacie asked and Ron nodded.

"Then why did you run out? If it's true then why did you think it was so bad?" Tracey then asked.

"Well, me and Hermione have been friends forever and I thought that she would be angry with me." Ron told them.

"How long have you loved her for?" Kacie asked.

"I dunno. Probably since I was 12." Ron told them honestly.

"Right. Lets see here, you're 17 now so that means..." Tracey said as she pocked her little pink tounge in between her lips and attempted to count on her fingers.

"We haven't learned to take away big numbers yet." Kacie then said.

"It's five years." Ron told her.

"Oh." Both girls said at the same time. Kacie then began to wander around the room looking at all of Ron's things as Tracey stood talking to him.

"So you've loved Hermione for five whole entire years and you've never even kissed her!" Tracey said shocked.

"Tracey it's not that simple."

"Of course it is Ronald. You love her, nothing should stop you from telling her that!" Tracey said flinging her arms in the air to express her point more.

"Tracey, come on now, get real-"

"I am being real Ronald Weasley, you love her and you've never even let her know how you feel. You've never even kissed her! You've never even told her that you loved her even though it's been five whole years!" Tracey said her thin, freckled arms flying everywhere.

"You don't understand Trace, I don't even know if she feels the same way about me!" Ron said to her defensively.

"Then why don't you just ask her?" Kacie suddenly spoke up. Ron lifted his focus from Tracey's narrowed eyes to see Kacie standing in the doorway looking up at Hermione.

Ron's mouth fell open and his ears turned a terrible shade of red as he quickly stood up and Tracey stepped out of his way.

"Ya Ron, why don't you just ask her?" Hermione said looking at him through glassy eyes.

"I will." He said and began to walk closer to her as the two little girls walked over to each other and stood in the center of the room holding hands again.

"Well?" Hermione said smiling slightly.

"Hermione Granger, I love you, and always have-" Ron started to say as he took her hands in his own.

"But I thought you said you only loved her for five years!"Tracey suddenly said. Ron looked back slightly and smiled.

"Sorry. I've loved you for five years, but it seems like forever. Now all I want to know is if you feel the same." He said focusing on her hands. Hermione then let go of one of his hands and placed her fingers underneath his chin and lifted it until he looked into her eyes.

"Yes Ron Weasley, I love you." Hermione said quietly. For awhile they simply stared into each other's eyes.

"Well kiss her already Ronnie!" Kacie suddenly said and Hermione laughed and Ron smiled. Hermione then wrapped her arms around his neck and he put his around her waist and their eyes began to close as they leaned into each other and were suddenly consumed by one anothers love. Their lips connected for minutes, hours, day, weeks, monthes, years even... or at least that's how long it seemed to them. When they finally did part Ron smiled and took Hermione's hand in his and they left the room and began to walk downstairs.

"Geez, five whole years." Tracey said.

"Ronnie's such a pocastanato." Kacie said.

"What's a pocastanato?" Tracey asked looking curiously at her sister.

"I dunno I heard mummy call daddy that once when he was working in his office past his bedtime." She explained.

"Oh."

"I guess our little Ronnie's all grown up now." Kacie said with a sigh and a smile.

"Kace, promise me that you'll never let me go five whole years without telling someone that I love them." Tracey said.

"Only if you do the same to me!" Kacie said.

"Promise."

"Me too." Kacie said and they began to walk towards the stairs.

"Hey Kacie," Tracey suddenly said before they began to walk down.

"What?"

"I love you."

"I love you too."

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"Be quiet everyone here they come!" Mrs. Weasley said in a hushed voice as Ron and Hermione walked out in to the back yard hand in hand.

"They're holding hands, that's a good thing right?" Crystal asked Charlie who stood next to her.

"Ya, it is." Harry answered her. The main concern of everybody at the party was not what Hermione and Ron were going to do, but what Harry was going to do. They were afraid that he might be angry because it was just another burden to him. They didn't know what to do or what to think.

Hermione and Ron ignored everybody around them except for one person. They walked right over to Harry.

"We won't do anything about it, if you don't want us to." Hermione said.

"Oh come on, you two love each other." Harry said.

"But we love you more mate." Ron said. Harry looked at the both of them.

"You deserve each other. I couldn't live with myself if I was the reason you two weren't together. Believe it or not, I love you guys too and that means I love to see you happy." Harry told them. Hermione wiped away a tear that had fallen down her cheek.

"Thanks Harry." Ron said smiling.

"Ya, ya just no kissing or lovey dovey stuff while I'm around alright?" Harry said trying to lighten up the moment. It worked for they all laughed.

"Promise." They said and laughed along with everybody else.

"Alright everybody, Dumbledore has to leave in a couple minutes so lets take a picture and he requests that we dance to at least one song." Mrs. Weasley suddenly announced and everybody nodded.

"Ok, everybody over here. Ron, Harry, Hermione, Ginny, Fred, and George you stand in the front. Bill and Charlie you stand to the left of them and Lupin and Tonks stand over to the right of them. Minerva, Albus, Gregory(Mr. Granger), Danielle(Mrs. Granger), and Arthur you should stand in the back but leave a spot for me. Ok, Crissy, Jesse, Tr- Wait a minute! Where are Tracey and Kacie?!" Mrs. Weasley said. Everybody began to look around.

"There they are!" Fred suddenly said as the two girls came skipping out of the house.

"Oh, thank God." Mrs. Weasley sighed deeply and told the girls to sit down in the front along with Crystal and Jessica. They did as she said and Mrs. Weasley took out a camera and placed it on a stand. She set the timer for ten seconds and she then ran over and stood by her husband. Then there was a sudden flash and a puff of smoke as the camera took the picture. Everybody then moved around and began talking again. Mrs. Weasley then sent the camera back into the house and she took Hermione over to the side.

"Hermione dear, first of all I would just like to say congradulations. You're a wonderful girl and I'm so glad Ronald picked you." Mrs. Weasley said sweetly.

"Thank you Mrs. Weasley." Hermione replied smiling.

"Alright, now I have a question for you. How do you work this thing? Arthur brought it home the other day and I have no idea how to work it!" Mrs. Weasley said and she pointed to a muggle stereo. Hermione then went over to it and turned on the radio and turned up the volume. She found a station that was coming in clear and a woman was talking.

"Well this next song is for all you lovebirds out there tonight. So take your loved one by the hand and hold them close. Enjoy." She said soothingly and a slow song began to play. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley began to dance and so did Mr. and Mrs. Granger. Lupin asked Tonks to dance and Dumbledore asked McGonagall.

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"Excuse me my lady, might I have this dance?" Ron asked Hermione as he bowed before her. She laughed and curtseyed.

"Of course you may my kind sir." She said and she wrapped her arms around his neck and he placed his around her waist.

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"Excuse me miss, but I couldn't help but notice you from over there and I was wondering-" Harry started to say as he approached Ginny.

"Oh shut up and dance with me Harry." She laughed and took his hands and put them on her waist and she placed hers around his shoulders.

"Hey, watch yourself Potter!" Ron suddenly said as he and Hermione danced over to them.

"I'll tell you what, I get to dance with her and you two get to kiss in front of me one time. Sound fair?" Harry offered.

"That works." Ron said and they danced away from them again.

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"Excuse me my little princess but would you care to dance?" Charlie asked Crystal.

"Why of course my handsom prince." She said and he held her hands and bent over slightly as they danced.

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"Jesse, would you like to dance?" Bill asked his little cousin.

"Yes I would." She giggled and he took her hands and they began to dance at a fast tempo that didn't match the song.

"You're goofy Bill!" She exclaimed laughing.

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"Tracey," George said as he offered her his hand.

"George," She said as she placed her hand in his. He then picked her up and she put one arm behind his neck and held his hand in hers and held it out to the side. George began to spin around with her and he would occasionally dip her and she would giggle.

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"Well it looks like you and me are the only one's without dance partners." Fred said to Kacie.

"That's ok, we don't need them. We've got each other!" Kacie told him.

"That's very true. Lets show them up!" Fred then said and pointed at his twin and her twin.

"Ya!" She said and Fred picked her up and held her in the same position as George held Tracey. Fred and Kacie then began to tango.

There was always a lot of magic going on at the Burrow, but that night was the most magical by far.

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"Ron," Hermione said as they danced.

"Ya 'Mione." He said looking into her eyes.

"I loved your story."

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I hope you enjoyed! I'm sorry if Mr. and Mrs.Granger's real names are mentioned in the book. I just made them up since I didn't know! R&R!

Chapter 4 coming soon!