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Chapter 4

He folded the paper and went downstairs. Ginny, Fred, and George were still at the dining table and they all smirked at him.

"Letter from your girlfriend?" teased Fred who was making kissing noises.

Ron ignored Fred's taunt and put the paper in the owl's beak and flew away.

Three days later….

Hermione got out of bed at 8:00 to meet Ron and Victor at Leaky Cauldron. She got dressed in her denim skirt and her pink t-shirt. Then, she brushed her teeth, washed her face, and brushed her brown, untamed bushy hair. Finally, she applied a little makeup. She grabbed her purse and her wand. Hermione had lied to her parents and said that she will be going to her friend's house by the Knight Bus. But she did not lie about going by the Knight Bus. She exited from her house and walked up on the sidewalk. She held up her wand and a deafening 'BANG' was echoed throughout the neighborhood and the dogs started to bark frantically. And the blinding light formed from the thin air. A triple decked purple bus suddenly appeared on the street near her. The door opened and a man who seemed to have a serious acne problem came out. Then, he started to say something without looking at the passenger.

"Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step on board, and we can take you anywhere you want to go. My name is Stan Shunpike, and I will be your conductor this morning."

"Hi Stan! Good to see you again!" greeted Hermione cheerfully.

"Oh, 'i 'ermione it's good to see you too." said Stan with a smile.

"So where to?" asked Stan.

"Leaky Cauldron please." answered Hermione.

"That'll be eleven Sickles." Hermione reached down to her purse and her hand scavenged for Sickles. She stuffed it into Stan's hand and she walked up on to the bus and saw Ernie, the bus driver.

"Hi Ernie!" said Hermione.

She heard a mumble which sounded like 'hi' and walked away choosing a seat to sit in. Then she heard a man's voice from the back.

"Oi, Hermoaw-nee!"
She looked up and saw Victor Krum in the back seat. She noticed that he looked more mature and muscular since the last time that she saw him. Hermione waved at him and started walking over to him. Emotions were swimming in her head.

'Oh my goodness! He looks so, so muscular and manly since that I last saw him.' thought Hermione in her mind. She sat in the seat besides him and said,

"I see you have improved on saying my name." and Victor grinned and said.

"I 'ave been practicing saying your name since last summer. Hermione gave a guilty grin because of the fact that he cared so much for her and she just slammed it into his face.

"But I still 'ave to keep practicing." said Victor casually.

Before, Hermione realized what was happening, her lips were passionately covered by Victor's lips. She was enjoying it for a second but Hermione violently pulled away and stood up. She felt her blood draining from her face. Hermione touched her lip and thought of what had just happened to her. And then she said to Victor,

"What are you doing?"

"I-I still love you." said Victor pleadingly.

Hermione didn't say anything for a second. And she opened to say something but Victor stood up (who was really tall now) and embraced her in a romantic manner, rubbing her back sensually and said in a soft voice,

"Just forget about that man and stay vith me."

Then, Hermione whimpered. Victor slowly pulled away and asked her,

"Voz wrong?"

"Please Victor, I still love you but as a friend. I love Ron now." said Hermione in a low voice. But Victor still didn't remember who Ron was so he asked her,

"So who is this Ron?"

"Don't you remember who he is? He is the red haired Hogwarts student who asked you for your autograph last year before you left for Drumstrang." Victor thought for a moment and he widened his eyes and loudly said,

"That weakling? How is he better than me?"

"Victor, please. I love him and he is not a weakling. Promise me that you won't hurt him when you meet Ron." said Hermione in a serious voice. Victor glared at her but she glared him back and said with bitterness,

"I understand."

Hermione spent rest of the bus ride, staring outside, and not talking or looking at Victor. But he had a monstrous urge to kiss her and caress her slender body but resisted the temptation.

Ron: at the burrows

Ron woke up early and got dressed into his tight, black t-shirt which showed the outline of his tight abs (a/n: drools). And he changed into his snug jeans. He brushed his teeth and his hair and washed his face with icy cold water which felt like someone slapped him hoard on the face. He went down stairs and no one was there. He grabbed a blueberry muffin from a basket on the table and he nibbled into it lazily. Ron saw an owl order catalogue sitting on top of the counter and skimmed through it, looking in the gifts section. Then, he came across "eternity rings".

ETERNITY RINGS

THESE RINGS ARE KNOWN TO BE ENCHANTED BY A POWERFUL BONDING CHARM MAKING YOU AND YOUR SPECIAL SOMEONE TO BE TOGETHER FOREVER. THESE RINGS COMES IN A PAIR ARE MADE OF PURE PATRONEUM (RESEMBLES SILVER BUT YOU WILL NEVER HAVE TO POLISH. IT IS AS HARD AS A DIMOND BUT IT CAN NOT BE DESTROYED OR CHANGE THE SHAPE OF THE METAL BY ANY MEANS OF HEAT)

ORDER NOW TO GET A GALLEON OWL-IN-REBATE!

PRICE: 4 GALLEONS

Ron looked at the two shimmering rings in the image and he pictured Hermione's angelic smile. He rummaged through his pockets and found two galleons. He ran upstairs quietly as he can and looked for two more galleons. He looked through his drawers, under his bed, and his trunk and managed to find some sickles and a lot of knots. He counted them up and they were worth two galleons and had a little leftover. Ron stuffed the extra coins into his pocket. He wrote down the information on the order form with a quill. Ron dropped the money into the envelope provided and put it into Pig's small beak. He saw him fly away, oppress by the weight of the coins. He looked at the clock and it was 6:00. Drowsiness suddenly haunted and him and collapsed on his bed.

Ron was being kissed by Hermione on the cheek but for some reason, the kiss felt like a bird pecking him. He opened his eyes and saw Pig pecking him with his beak and a package that was as big as him sat aside the owl. Ron flung his arm at Pig so he would stop bothering him. Then, he bolted up and looked at the clock. It was 8:30. He grabbed the package and ran downstairs. Mr. and Mrs. were in the kitchen.

"Morning Mum, Dad." said Ron without looking at them and went straight under the fireplace, took a pinch of shimmering, gray powder said clearly "LEAKY CAULDRON." He went spinning in green flames and landed in Leaky Cauldron. It was the same old tiny, grubby-looking pub that he remembers. He didn't see any sign of Hermione or Krum so he bought a bottle of butterbeer. And he sat down at one of the empty tables near the entrance. He sipped his bottle and looked up every time a person came in. Then, he looked up and saw Lavender Brown. She glanced around as if she was looking for someone. She saw Ron sitting alone near the entrance and walked over to him. Ron straightened up and put on a friendly grin. Lavender waved at him and said,

"Hi Ron!"

"Hi." said Ron monotonously.

"So what are you doing here?" asked Lavender curiously.

"I'm waiting for uh…friend." said Ron who looked embarrassed.

"Waiting for Hermione right?" Lavender said rather sadly.

Ron turned red and said "Kind of."

"Listen Ron, I-I liked for a very long time." suddenly said Lavender who was leaning towards him. Ron looked as if he had been stunned and took a few seconds for the words to sink into his brain. He leaned back trying to keep the distance from her and Ron muttered,

"Um…"

He felt the wall touch his back and Lavender continued to come closer to Ron. Before he realized, her soft lip was caressing his. At that moment, someone entered the pub but he didn't bother to look. Then a familiar voice rang throughout the pub.

"RONALD WEASLEY!" Ron immediately separated his lip and saw Hermione on verge of tears.

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