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A/N: A super short chapter....and i have 5 readers now!!!! : ) :: Elenrod, GaretFire, Cariel, Sadz89, and kathyhime85

Chapter 3

Hermione arrived home and dragged her oversized trunk up to her room. While she was going up the stairs, her mother asked her from the kitchen,

"Honey, do you want something to eat?"

"No thanks mum. I already ate something on the train." responded Hermione from the stairs.

She entered her room which included light blue painted walls, lavender plush carpet, one large vintage window which a pink laced curtain covered it letting in shades of light into the room. Most of the walls were covered with shelves full of giant, leather covered books. The bed lay in the center of the room with an indigo blanket covering it. Besides the bed was a wooden nightstand with a flower designed lamp and a pile of books which were mounted lazily. And an oak desk was leaning against the wall with a modern blue desk lamp sitting on top of the desk, collecting dust. There were three shelves lying on top of each other on the side. And a simple, wooden chair was hidden under the desk.

Hermione slammed her heavy trunk on the carpet and studied her room which she hadn't visited for ten months. Then, she noticed a large barn owl with an envelope clutched in his beak, sitting outside her window. She walked over and opened the window and the owl let himself into the room and dropped the envelope on Hermione's hand. She scanned it and it had Victor Krum's name on it. She sat down on her bed and took a deep breath. She ripped open the envelope and the letter said:

Dear Hermione,

As I have said in my previous letter, I wish to meet you and Ron at Leaky Cauldron. I want to set a date for our meeting that is convenient for both you and Ron. But I can't meet you throughout July and August because of Quidditch. I was thinking some time this week. Please respond as soon as possible.

Love,

Victor

Hermione stared at the letter for few minuets and she took out a parchment paper from her trunk and wrote:

Dear Ron,

I just got an owl from Victor and he said that he wanted to meet us sometime this week at Leaky Cauldron. When is a good time for you? Write back soon. And I love you.

Love,

Hermione

She folded the paper and put into the owl's beak and said to the owl

"Make sure you send this to Ron Weasley."

The owl hooted in comprehension and flew away. Hermione watched as he flew into the horizon until she could see no more of the owl. She looked into the sky and sighed very deeply. She started to unpack her things from her trunk.

Meanwhile, Ron was sitting in the dining chair in his kitchen with Ginny, Fred, and George talking about what the twins missed after they fled from Hogwarts. At that moment, they were talking about Umbridge.

"So, wait, Umbridge was attacked my centaurs?" said George in a pleased voice who was grinning very widely. And he glanced at Fred and he was grinning as well.

"Well, that's what I heard from Harry and Hermione." said Ron.

"So how did you and Hermione become a couple?" asked Fred teasingly.

By this question, Ron turned red and looked down on the dusty wooden floor avoiding all eye contacts.

"Umm…could we please not talk about this?" said Ron in a strangled voice.

"Oh…Come on Ron. Tell us about your love story. We promise we won't laugh." said George in a mocking voice.

"Oh yeah. We won't laugh." repeated Fred in the same kind of voice. Ginny was grinning at Ron, looking very hopeful.

Ginny, Fred, and George all stared at Ron. He felt a cold sweat rolling off his spine, making him jump in his seat. He opened his mouth to speak but he heard a distant owl screech outside. He walked over to the nearest window and saw a large barn owl soaring to the window clutching a small paper in its beak. It landed on the windowsill and handed the paper to Ron. He examined the paper and it said 'to Ron'. He noticed it was Hermione's neat handwriting but seemed a little jagged than usual and he knew something happened to her. He ran up to his room and leaned on the door. He took a deep breath and unfolded the paper. And he read 'Dear Ron…."

Ron, who was still leaning on the door, stared at the paper for moment. He took out a small piece of a parchment paper and wrote:

Dear Hermione,

Anytime is good for me. I can just go there by floo powder but your house is not on the floo network so you have to go there by car I guess. Well, I love you.

Love,

Ron

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