Title: Ron's Question
Rated: G
Summary: Harry has been receiving love letters from a secret admirer. Now, he gets to see his admirer for the first time. Well, not really the first time.
Disclaimer: Read chapter 1-5. lol
Author's Note: Here's the 8th chapter! We hope you will enjoy it. The 9th one is coming real, real soon!
"Yum, food." Ron said snaking on a chicken leg, during lunch.
"Yes, Ron, food." Hermione said.
"I've got to get going." Harry said. "We had practice before the game verses Slytherin. Great!"
"Bye, Harry." Ron and Hermione said in turn.
"Hermione." Ron said as Harry left the Great Hall. "Can I ask you something?"
"Sure." Hermione said chewing on her sandwich.
"Um…would you – would you be my uh girlfriend?" Ron stuttered.
"Wow, Ron. Um…I don't know if I can. I only look at you as a friend, I'm sorry." Hermione left and headed to the quidditch pitch to talk to Harry. Ron couldn't eat anything else. Ginny walked up to him, "What the matter?"
"I just asked Hermione to be my girlfriend."
"RON!" Ginny said. " She's for Harry! She like him and he likes her!"
"Sure, rub it in."
"I'm sorry. What'd she say?"
"No."
"Oh, Ron. I'm so sorry. I didn't know."
"Yeah, you didn't." Ginny could tell that Ron was really bummed.
"Lets go to the quidditch pitch. Maybe that will cheer you up!" Ron and Ginny headed up to the quidditch pitch.
Meanwhile…
"HARRY!" Hermione yelled during his practice. "HARRY!"
"HARRY!" Fred yelled.
"YOUR GIRLFRIEND WANTS YOU!" George yelled. Harry landed on the ground and took Hermione to on of the seats to talk.
"What's the matter? Is something wrong?" A concerned Harry said.
"Ron asked me to be his girlfriend." Hermione said.
"Oh. What did you say?"
"No. I told him that I see him as a friend. Nothing more than that."
"What about me?"
"What do you think?" Hermione asked giving Harry a little, gentile, kiss on the lips.
"Oh…Harry and Hermione kissin' in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes love…" Fred and George started to sing.
"He talked to me last night." Harry said over Fred and George singing.
"...then comes a baby in a baby carriage!!!" Read and George finished the song and flew back to their practice.
"What'd he say?" Hermione asked.
" He said he wanted to ask you to be his girlfriend and if it was ok with me."
"And?"
"I told him it was ok."
"HARRY! You know I like you! Not Ron! Why'd you say that?"
"He said he wouldn't and he couldn't ask you. So, I figured I still had a chance with you."
"Ok, fine. We'll talk about this later. You need to practice."
"Well, actually, the game is about to start. Wish me luck."
"Good luck." Hermione said kissing him on the cheek. Everyone filled up the stands to watch the game. Ginny was sitting between Ron and Hermione.
"Good Afternoon!" Lee Jordan said into the microphone. "Today's game is Slytherin verses Gryffindor!"
"Alright." Madam Hooch said to the quidditch players. "You all know the drill. I want a nice fair game…from all of you. Got it? Good luck."
"Madam Hooch through the quaffle." Lee Jordan said. "It is taken immediately by Angelina Johnson of Gryffindor. Wow! She's zooming by those Slytherins! Come on, come on. Yes! GRYFFINDOR SCORES!" Lee hit the key under the Gryffindor sign, now, saying that Gryffindor has 10 points, so far. "The Slytherin captain, Marcus Flint, has the quaffle. No! Slytherin scores 10 points." Lee hit the Slytherin side for 10 points. "Great Gryffindor! 10 Points! Wait – was that the snitch?" Harry races towards the snitch with Malfoy, by his side, trying to push him off his broom. But that didn't work.
"GO, HARRY!" Hermione screamed as he passed by her. "YEAH!!!!!!!!!!" All of a sudden a bludger flew by. Harry just got out of the way. It hit Malfoy and he fell off his broom. Harry, now, had a better chance to catch the snitch. 'Almost there.' Harry thought. 'Just a few more inches.'
"Harry Potter has caught the snitch!" Lee said. "That earns Gryffindor 150 points!" Madam Hooch blows her whistle, "GRYFFINDOR WINS!"
Later at dinner…
"Good job, Harry." Hermione said.
"Thanks, but I really think you should thank that bludger. If it wasn't for that, we probably would've lost."
"I doubt that." Ron said. "I think Malfoy's father is really mad!"
"Malfoy's exaggerating a little bit too much. He's fine but won't give up." Hermione said.
"A little!" Ron said. "Try a lot!"
"Are you talking to me now?"
"I guess."
"Please, don't be mad that I said no, Ron."
"I'm not. You said no to me and yes to Harry. Perfectly understandable."
"Ron –"
"I got to go. See ya." Ron said and left.
"Arg!" Hermione said. "He's never going to talk to me again!"
"Don't say that." Harry said kissing her on the cheek.