Hey…this is one of my fav songs on Johnny Lang's Long Time Coming Album, called Touch. I swear, it's the sweetest song :-) and, besides, it seems to fit Ron and Hermione perfectly. I also just figured out how to play the intro…if you want the tabs, ask in a review or suchness :-)

Ron Weasley was a seventeen-year-old Gryffindor student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He was supposed to be studying for his N.E.W.T. exams, but his mind was wandering far from Potions and Charms…

When I was only just a friend to you

All I wanted to do was get to know you better

Now I wanna give my heart to you

Tell me do you feel like I do when we're together

Ron moved his eyes without turning his head and looked at one of his best friends, Hermione Granger. God, she was pretty, even with that bushy hair. She was helping him and his other friend, Harry, study, but right now she seemed to be doing a bit of reading on her own.

Cause I come alive with your touch

Your touch it always sets me free

I can't get quite enough

Too much of you is what I need

Yes I know you're the one

Cause your love has come alive in me

Every now and then Ron got a miraculous chance to hold her hand…well, he liked to call it holding her hand. In reality (a world that Ron didn't frequent often) it was only when their fingers brushed while she was passing him a book, or the potatoes, or a spare quill she was lending him. Ron shook himself slightly and directed his eyes back to his notes – well, hers, she had taken them for him. Actually, for him and Harry. Does she like me like I like her? Ron wondered. She doesn't give any indications…but that doesn't mean anything…

Tell me am I out of line

Tell me if I'm wasting time I don't mind

Giving my love to you

I can't help it baby

If I asked you would you say I do

No, no, won't think about that…marriage…the thought crept into Ron's mind though, as hard as he tried to block it out. He was an adult now, he had had his birthday over the summer like the others. People in the Muggle world usually waited a bit longer to get married, but Hermione was a witch, and it was acceptable to marry at seventeen (well, seventeen in a half) in the Wizarding world. Adrenaline ran through Ron's body just at the thought of proposing to Hermione, picturing himself asking her…imagining what her face would hopefully look like if he did ask…

Cause I come alive with your touch

Your touch it always sets me free

No I can't get enough

Too much of you is what I need

Now I know you're the one

Cause love has come alive in me yeah

Ron always opened up around Hermione (and Harry, to be fair), but he obviously didn't feel about Harry the way he felt about Hermione. He laughed at himself. Why couldn't he tell her? They had been through plenty together…the Stone in the first year, the Department of Mysteries in fifth, and everything in between and after. She would probably understand. Or did she know already? She was always helping Harry on his girl troubles, and was very smart at that stuff. If she knew, though, why wasn't she saying anything? Was she pleased, or – God forbid – embarrassed? But this was stupid. Ron was leaping to conclusions.

Tell me why do I always have to tell you how I feel

Can't you see you're the only one, the only thing

That ever meant something to me

And I need your touch

To come alive

He would tell her. That was it, he'd tell her. His hands started shaking. Stop that, he snapped at himself.

"What?"

Oops. He had said that aloud. "Nothing," he said quickly, giving Hermione what he hoped was a casual grin.

Nothing else is like the way you make me come alive

Well, how do you like it? Sweet? Silly? Stupid? This is my first hand at Ron/Hermione. It does make you wonder though, about the books, whether they do feel for each other. I think they are going to turn out in three different ways:

a) Ron likes Hermione but she doesn't quite feel that way for him

b) Hermione thinks Ron likes her but was never sure and she likes him back or

c) Ron thinks he likes Hermione but really looks more on her like a sister.

I suppose I'll have to wait until book seven to see, though. Or maybe Rowling will just leave their relationship to fanfiction writers! (oh the horror of it all!) Think, only one more to go after the HBP! I'm exited! – and my friends think I'm pathetic –