All Because Of A Bet
It's Too Early

"Sometimes, I feel the fear of uncertainty stinging clear.
And I can't help but ask myself how much I'll let the fear
take the wheel and steer.
It's driven me before,
and it seems to have a vague,
haunting mass appeal.
But lately I'm beginning to find I
should be the one behind the wheel.

Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there
with open arms and open eyes. yeah.
Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there,
I'll be there."

(Incubus - Drive)


"Ron!"
What? Who's there?... I thought as I emerged into consciousness once again. "Hermione?"
"Yes Ron, I'll always be here for you."
I scrunched up my eyebrows in confusion, trying to focus on the blurry images that surrounded me. "Huh?"
"I love you Ron, with all my heart."
"Hermione, is that you?"
"Yes Ron, Of course it's me silly!" Fred replied in a girly tone, flipping his non - existent hair over his shoulder with a huff.
"You're not 'Mione."
He rolled his eyes before pulling me quickly off the floor. "Guess he isn't getting smarter, ay George?"
"Right you are! You disappoint us, dear brother."
"What happened to me?"
"You hit your head, you dolt!" George sighed, sneaking a glance at his twin, which sent them both into hysterics. The door slammed open loudly and Hermione emerged, mumbling to herself in frustration.
"Fredrick, put him down this instant!"
He looked at Hermione dumbly and snickered. "I'm not holding him."
"You know what I mean! Lay down Ron."
"Why?"
"Lay down, Ronald!"
"We'll just let ourselves out." Fred and George walked out the door, passing me a wink as they went by.
Hermione kneeled down beside me and reached into the bucket. I waited for few minutes, finally deciding to ask what she was doing. Before I could even open my mouth to say something though, she pulled out a cold rag and pressed it to my forehead gently.
"Cold!"
"Oh stop whining. It will help the swelling."
I settled down once more as she dipped the rag back into the water and back to my forehead again. The cold rushed relief to my throbbing head and I sighed in happiness.
"Thanks Hermione."
"Ron, you should really learn to be more careful more often. You're always falling or tripping. Just look out next time."
I blushed instantly and turned away to hide my reddening face. "I know."
"Well, I'm done. Up you go. You need to go to sleep."
"Are you sure? I feel fine."
"Here, I'll walk you up to be sure." She replied, taking my hand and hoisting me up the stairs and into my bedroom.
I pulled up the covers, ready to get in, but stopped suddenly and smiled to myself. "Hermione?"
"Yes?"
"Thanks." I said as I reached up and kissed her on the cheek. She reddened quickly and coughed. "Well, I better be going."
"Goodnight, Hermione."
"Goodnight." And with that she left, leaving me to toss and turn with muddled thoughts about the wonderful brown - haired witch downstairs.

The sun hit my eyes harshly from my window causing me to reach up and shield them from the piercing light. I groaned inwardly and rolled over on my side, pulling the blankets over my head. Darn sun. Darn morning. It was way too early to get up. I waited only a few minutes before deciding that I just wasn't going to get enough sleep now and I cursed slightly, willing myself out of bed and into the kitchen.
"Morning, Ron." I yawned, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes, and smiled up at her.
"It's too early."
She rolled her eyes and handed me a (much needed) cup of coffee. "I love the mornings."
"You wouldn't say that if you got as much sleep as I did last night."
"Why didn't you sleep?" She asked worriedly as she slipped a comforting hand over mine.
"Tossing and turning. I'm fine though."
"Well next time you hit your head, I'm giving you a Dreamless Sleep Potion." She laughed, her eyes dancing vividly and shining brightly.
"Nasty. Anyway, what's on the agenda today? Ooh! That rhymed!"
"You can be so weird sometimes! Anyway, we are meeting Ginny's boyfriend this afternoon. I thought you of all people would something like remember that."
My anger rose at the thought of some bloke hanging all over my sister and I clenched my fists tightly. "He's in for a joyful evening."
"Ron! Don't you dare do anything to him, at least not until after we know who he is."
"Fine!"
"Good." She smiled, reaching up and kissing me on the cheek before walking away with a smirk plastered to her expression. I pressed my hand up against my face and smiled. Hermione Granger just kissed me on the cheek!


A/N - This chapter is sort of a continuation (Did I spell that right?) of the last chapter and the end is the beginning of the next. Hope ya liked it. I know my chapters are short and I'm really sorry about that, but you should be happy to know there will be a lot. So all in all, it will still be the same length in a way. Am I making any sense? Hopefully to you, because I'm confusing myself! Anywho! Review, review! Bad or good, it doesn't matter, as long as you don't make me cry. He he. :)

RedMary9790 – I'm really happy you like it so far! Keep reading and thanks!

StNanook – Heh, heh. I really like the whole fork thing also. I've never actually had the food flinging off part happen to me, but I like forks. I'm not crazy though, I promise!

Bhekie – I love the songs a lot too! I've never actually had a story with songs, but I like the whole idea of it, so I decided to try it out.

TheDaughterOfKings – I really liked the other story too! But I wanted to have this same story line and the other was way too rushed for me. Then one night, I had some burst of inspiration and poof! I came out with this version. Thanks for reading my stuff, it means a lot. By the way, I read your Lord of the Rings story. I haven't actually seen all the movies, but your story was great!

- The Wind