Chapter Three
Advice
When Hogsmede weekend came around, Ron was having an argument with Harry about not being able to go.
"I can't go, I have a lot of homework to finish before Monday." Ron said, getting frustrated.
"Why not? I know that you'd much rather be going to Zonko's than sitting here all cooped up doing homework.." Harry replied.
"Yea, I know. But I can't let this go anymore because if I do then I won't have any time for myself. If I just stay here and get it done when no one is here to bother me, then I will be able to get it done a lot faster." he said.
"But who are you expecting me to hang out with?" Harry asked.
"Don't worry, you have Hermione and Krum. And don't forget about Ginny." Ron said.
"Oh yea, that'll be a lot of fun." Harry said sarcastically.
"Just have fun and don't worry about me. Right now I just need to get my mind set around all this homework." Ron said, pointing over his shoulder to a large pile of books sitting on the table.
"Okay, I'll see ya later then. Oh, is there anything you want me to get for you?" he asked.
"Nah, I'll be fine. Bye." Ron said.
By the time that everyone left, Ron was already bored out of his mind. He got up and began pacing around the common room. He knew for a fact that he wasn't staying behind because of homework, he wasn't going because of Hermione and Krum. He didn't want to have to walk around Hogsmede with Krum following Hermione around everywhere she went, it would drive him crazy.
So instead he decided to go for a walk to try to cool off. As he was walking around the grounds outside, he heard someone call his name. He turned around to find none other than Luna Lovegood.
Great! he thought. Just what I need, Loony Luna.
"Hello Ronald." she said, looking at him through her large protruding eyes.
"Hey." he mumbled.
"Are you alright? It seems like something is bothering you." she asked.
"Everything's fine." he snapped.
"Oh, well sorry for bothering you. I just wanted to see if you were alright because it seemed like something was wrong." she said, sounding hurt.
"Well thanks for asking, I'm alright. Just a little tired." he said, feeling ashamed for being so short with her.
They stood in silence for several moments until it was broken by Luna.
"You're upset about Krum visiting, aren't you?" she asked out of nowhere.
"Wha-...I don't know what..." he sputtered.
"You're pissed because you like Hermione and you thought that you had a clear shot at her but then out of nowhere Krum decided to come and visit and it screwed everything up for you and that upset you even more. And now you're afraid that Hermione is starting to fall for Krum because he is around her all the time." she said simply.
"How?"
"Listen, all you need to do is go up to the poor girl and talk to her about your feelings. Trust me, she's probably just as confused as you are right now. You just need to find a way to get her on her own and you need to tell her how you really feel." she said. And she turned on her heel and walked away without another word.
Ron stood there utterly perplexed for several long minutes with his mouth hanging open.
He was completely lost and he wasn't sure what he should do, so he turned to the only person that he could think of that could help him out in a situation like this, and that person was his mother.
He decided that it was time to take some action. So he walked straight up to the Gryffindor common room, got out a sheaf of parchment, grabbed his quill and sat down to write to his mom.
He sat in silence for a while trying to decide how to start and how he would tell his mom that out of nowhere he has these strong feelings for Hermione.
As he finished he leaned back and reread his letter to his mother.
Dear Mom,
How are you doing? Me, pretty good. Actually I'm not doing very
well at all. And that is the reason why I am writing to you. I really need
your advice. This may seem kind of weird but I'm just going to come out
and say it.
The thing is that I really like Hermione, a lot. And everything was
going really well, I mean we talked about our feelings and everything but
I told her that I wasn't really ready for a relationship and she was fine
with that. But after a couple of weeks, out of nowhere, Victor Krum came
to visit and now he is following her around everywhere she goes and he
never leaves her alone.
But what I need your help with is that I need to find a way to get
her on her own and when and if I am able to do that then I won't know
what to say at all and that is something else that I would need your help
with. I know that all this may come as a shock to you, but if you could
please help me out with this then I would be really grateful.
Thanks Mom, I love you!
Love, your son,
Ronald
That's good enough. he thought She'll get the point.
So he sealed up the letter and walked upstairs to the boys dormitory to find Pig. As soon as he opened the door a small round feathery ball collided hard with his face.
"Arrgg...PIG." he yelled.
He looked up and saw Pig circling his head excitedly. He reached up and grabbed him by his tail feathers and jerked him down.
"Hold still you stupid feathery git." he said getting fully frustrated.
When he finally got his letter to his mom tied onto his leg, he went over to the window and tossed him out. Pig dropped a few feet before he was able to catch himself. Ron stood there and watched him fly off into the sunset.
Well, he thought, since there was nothing else to do then I guess I should start on my homework so that Harry won't come back and think that he lied to him.
So he walked down to the common room to work on his Potions and Transfiguration homework.
It took several days for his mother to write back, but as he was sitting in the Great Hall eating his breakfast, a large brown school owl swooped down over his head and dropped an envelope addressed from his mother on his plate of eggs and bacon.
Ron grabbed his mom's letter and ripped it open. It read:
Dear Ron,
I'm proud that you're finally doing something about this. I was really getting worried that you wouldn't do anything at all and I was almost to the point of telling you to do something myself.
Anyway, I am happy to tell you that I have some really good idea's on how you can get her alone. Now, before I tell you what you need to say to her, let me tell you how to get her away from Victor Krum. Oh my, I can't believe that he's actually there with you. Sorry.
Okay, what you need to do is tell Harry that he needs to go and talk to Krum and challenge him to a game of Quidditch and once they're outside, then you need to find Hermione.
Now, about what you're going to say to her. Once you get her on her own, the only advice that I have for what you need to say to her is that you just need to tell her how you really feel about her, try to make her understand your true feelings. If you need anything else, please just let me know right away and I will try to help you as much as I can. And I hope that this helped you at least a little bit.
Love always,
Mom
Ron was running up the marble staircase, pushing people out of the way. By the time that he reached the portrait of the Fat Lady, he was completely out of breath.
"Password?" she asked.
Ron tried to say the password but he could hardly breathe.
"Password?" she said irritably, "are you going to give me the password, or am I going to have to sit here all day long waiting on you hand and foot."
"Let me catch my breath, will ya?" Ron snapped.
"You don't have to get all snotty with..." she started, but Ron cut her off.
"Caput Draconis."
"Alright, but you better watch yourself. I don't have to let you in you know?" she inquired.
"Yea, yea whatever."
As he entered the common room, he stood there searching...YES. Harry was sitting in the corner playing cards with Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnigan, Ron ran up to them and they all greeted him and asked if he wanted to play.
"No thanks. Umm, Harry I really need to talk to you like, now." he said impatiently.
When Harry looked up at Ron, he could tell that something serious was wrong.
"Yea sure. Let's go upstairs to the dormitory." Harry said.
Seamus and Dean looked between the two of them suspiciously, as Harry and Ron walked up the staircase, but they continued to play cards.
As soon as Harry closed the door, he turned straight to Ron looking extremely worried.
"What's wrong? Is anyone hurt?" he said hurriedly.
"No, no, it's nothing like that. It's just that I wrote to my mom because I was getting really confused about everything." he started. Within 5 minutes, his story was told.
"Yea, sure. If you need me to get Krum away from Hermione, I'll definitely help. I'll talk to him on Saturday." Harry said.
"Thanks Harry, I really appreciate it, a lot." said Ron sounding relieved.
"No problem, I can promise you 15 to 20 minutes easy." Harry replied.
Yes! Ron thought. By Saturday, Krum will be history and me and Hermione will be together like it should be.
Author's Note: Please read and review, I still have a lot more chapters to put up but I need the reviews, because I don't want to post my entire story if no one likes it!