Hermione sat up that night looking around hoping that everyone was asleep. Slowly she slipped out of her bed and crept down the stairs. Ginny followed her into the common room. "Where are you going?" Ginny asked. At the words Hermione screamed and leapt two feet into the air.
"That scared the crap out of me!" Hermione said in a hushed tone.
"Sorry… What are you doing?" Ginny asked. Even though the answer was clear she still enjoyed torturing Hermione, forcing her to create yet another excuse.
"Well…" Hermione began. Ginny could she Hermione forcing her head to wrap around one excuse and stick to it. "I was just going to read in front of the fire." She said directly after the thought popped into her mind. Her eyes widened when Ginny smiled. "I mean… I was going for a walk." Hermione said.
"Which one is it?" Ginny asked still smiling. Hermione threw her a what are you talking about look "Well," Ginny began "are you taking a walk or reading a book?" Hermione immediately realized that she was caught and sighed.
"Fine." She said quietly "I'm going to see Ron. He said he would meet me down here." Hermione sighed again as Ginny just smiled and shook her head.
"You know that it was completely obvious right?"
"Yeah, I thought that I might be able to get you to, you know…" Hermione glanced at the staircase leading towards the girls dormitory.
"Oh! I see. Yeah sure." Ginny giggled as she walked towards the spiralled staircase that led her to her bed. "Night Hermione. Goodnight Ron. Ginny said as she ascended the stairs. Hermione flung around and faced the red-headed boy.
"Hi." she said. Though the darkness hid her already scarlet face, Ron knew that she was blushing. She always blushed when she saw him these days. Ron didn't say anything. He just slowly walked towards her. Hermione backed into a wall, feeling the cold bricks on her back made her gasp. Quickly her gasp was quieted by Ron's mouth…
The next morning came with the sun shining directly onto Ginny's bed. "What the… Stupid sun!" Ginny mumbled as she got out of bed and quickly got changed into her uniform. Before everyone else awoke Ginny noticed that Hermione was not in bed. Meaning Hermione did not spend the night in her own bed. Ginny quickly ran down the stairs into the common room. She saw Ron and Hermione curled up under a blanket together. They were both dressed, but their hair was extremely messed up. "Hermione!" Ginny whispered urgently into her ear. Hermione groaned and turned into Ron. "Wake up Hermione!" Ginny said a little louder.
"What?" Hermione hissed at Ginny. Ron woke up and glared at Ginny.
"Fine! I don't care if everyone sees that you two spent the night together… Hi Oliver…" Ginny trailed off and looked right into his hazel eyes and got immediately lost.
"Morning Ginny… Whoa! Ron, Hermione! I mean I knew but I didn't think it was… whoa!" Oliver just looked shocked when he noticed the two of them lying on the ground in a compromising position.
"Morning Oliver…." Ron said calmly. "What are you doing back here this year?"
"Well… I wanted to come back for a semester, to see if the Quidditch team was doing alright…" Oliver didn't look anyone in the eye as he answered. Giving Ginny the idea that perhaps that wasn't the truth. Slowly everyone entered the common room seeing Ron and Hermione together. There was a lot of giggling and chuckling. After a while everyone had left the common room but that was when the rumours started. It didn't take to long before the entire school had known and both Ron and Hermione had to talk to professor McGonagall. It was a very unusual day for everyone.
It was lunchtime before Ginny saw Hermione. In between she saw Oliver wandering the halls, talking to the many ghosts that lived within the walls of Hogwarts. Nothing added up. What the hell is he doing here? I know it has nothing to do with Quidditch… I don't get it… Ginny walked the halls lost in thought. She wasn't even paying attention on where she was going. She was so lost in her thoughts that she walked right into him…
