Ch 16- His Jersey

A/N: Sorry! I'm a horrible, horrible person! I'll try as hard as I can to update sooner! You have to admit though, I'm better than some people who take months to update right? Forgive me!

"Shh! Ok! Come on!"

"Got the radio?"

"Yup!"

"Whipped Cream?"

"Check!"

"Ready? One, two, three…"

"GOO!"

The boys had crept in on the sleeping girls with a blasting radio and twenty-five cans of whipped cream. The girls screamed and ran around the room, using each other as body guards, as the boys chased them sending whipped cream everywhere as the radio played.

So she said what's the problem baby
What's the problem I don't know
Well maybe I'm in love (love)
think about it every time
I think about it
can't stop thinking 'bout it

How much longer will it take to cure this
just to cure it cause I can't ignore it if it's love (love)
makes me wanna turn around and face me but I don't know nothing 'bout love

come on, come on
turn a little faster
come on, come on
the world will follow after
come on, come on
cause everybody's after love

So I said I'm a snowball running
running down out into the spring that's coming all this love
melting under blue skies
belting out sunlight
shimmering love

Well baby I surrender
to the strawberry ice cream
never ever end of all this love
Well I didn't mean to do it

But there's no escaping your love

These lines of lightning
mean we're never alone,
never alone, no, no

Come on, Come on
move a little closer
Come on, Come on
I want to hear you whisper
Come on, Come on
settle down inside my love

Come on, come on
jump a little higher
Come on, come on
if you feel a little lighter
Come on, come on
We were once
upon a time in love

We're accidentally in love
Accidentally in love

Accidentally in love

Accidentally in love

Accidentally in love

Accidentally in love

Accidentally in love

Accidentally in love

Accidentally

I'm In Love, I'm in Love,
I'm in Love, I'm in Love,
I'm in Love, I'm in Love,
Accidentally

I'm In Love, I'm in Love,
I'm in Love, I'm in Love,
I'm in Love, I'm in Love,
Accidentally

Come on, come on
spin a little tighter
come on, come on
and the world's a little brighter
come on, come on
just get yourself inside her

Love ...I'm in love

Harry was now at Ginny's heels spraying whipped cream all over the back of her red pajamas. Ginny shrieked as Harry caught her and sprayed whipped cream all over her.
Meanwhile, Ron had Hermione pinned to the ground and was spraying whipped cream all over her face while she screamed bloody murder.
"Ron!" She screamed!
"What?" He said and squirted whipped cream directly in her mouth before she could answer. He laughed at the shocked expression on her face. Then she swallowed and said,
"You shouldn't have made me do this." She then sat straight up, grabbed Ron's shoulder and flipped over. Ron who hadn't been prepared for this blinked once or twice trying to figure out how Hermione now had him pinned to the floor.
"Bloody hell!" he breathed, "When did you become so freakishly strong?
Hermione giggled and began spraying whipped cream all over Ron's head.
"Hermione!" he pleaded.
"What? What was that Ron? I didn't hear you!" Hermione said sarcastically then squirted whipped cream in his mouth just as he did to her.
"I haf ta sneeze!" he said through his mouthful. Hermione immediately jumped off and he grabbed her arm with his whipped cream covered hand and pulled her back down to the ground. He swallowed and said,
"Just kidding!"
"Uh! You little sneak!" Hermione said, not believing she actually fell for it. Ron grabbed the abandoned whipped cream can and pinned her down again. He went to resume his spraying when he found that it was empty. He shook it again and tried. Still, it didn't work. Hermione, noticing Ron was unarmed stopped in her struggle to get free and laughed as he stared puzzlingly at the can. Then he tossed the empty canister carelessly to the side and grinned at Hermione who laughed harder.
"What's so funny?" he asked her.
"It's just- haha- you should- ha – look at yourself! Haha, your absolutely covered in whipped cream!"
She reached a clean hand up and swiped it across the top of his head. She brought her hand back down revealing the handful of whipped cream she had just wiped off his head.
"Me?" he laughed, "Look at you!"
She looked at her whipped cream covered hand and then wiped it down the front of his shirt and laughed at his shocked reaction.
"You think I'm unarmed," Ron said smiling mischievously, "But I've still got these!" he said holding his hand in front of him and wiggle his fingers. Hermione stopped laughing abruptly and her eyes became as wide as galleons as she stared at his hands.
"You know," Ron said moving his hands closer to her ribs, "I wonder if there's a place you're not ticklish!" Hermione whimpered. He moved his fingers to the top of her stomach, just close enough so he wasn't touching her and then made to tickle her. Hermione flinched.
"I didn't even touch you yet!" Ron laughed. Hermione trying to escape before he did touch her. She didn't get very far though, considering Ron was sitting on her waist. Ron began tickling her sides and she squirmed and kicked and laughed. She was laughing so hard she wasn't even making any noise. Ron decided to let her catch her breath.
"Alright…what do you want me to do this time?" She said between deep breaths. Ron put on a pathetic hurt face and a sarcastic hurt voice.
"Muah?" he said clutching his heart. "I'm offended that you think I would do something so…low!" Hermione laughed at him before raising an eyebrow. He looked behind him on each side as if making sure it was he, she was inquiring to. She laughed.
"Alirght, alright, there is something I want you to do, but I want you to promise that if you do it, you're doing it because you want to do it, not because you think you have to, ok?
"Ok."
"Promise?"
"Yeah, I promise but, Ron?
"Yeah?"
"Do you…um…think you can…you know…get off me?"
"Oh! Yeah! Sorry." Ron said jumping up, his ear turning redder by the second. Hermione sat up.
"Ok, what is it you want me to do?"
"Oh, right, be right back." Ron turned and ran up the boy's stairs. Hermione frowned, but waited patiently. She looked around the room.
Harry and Ginny- both equally covered in whipped cream were sitting on the couch squirting whipped cream in each others mouth. Lavender was creating a whipped cream clown face on Dean, and everyone else seemed to have disappeared. Just then, Ron came back holding something behind his back. Hermione narrowed her eyes questioningly and smiled.
"Now remember!" Ron warned, "I only want you to wear this if you want to! Ok?"
"Alright! Alright!" Hermione said holding her hands up in surrender. Ron pulled a jersey of some sort out from behind his back.
"McGonagall gave everyone on the Quidditch team these," he said unfolded it. It was a large red, short sleeved jersey, with a gold collar and two gold stripes around each of the sleeves. On the front was a picture of the Gryffindor lion symbol. "And well," Ron continued, his ear a violent shade of cherry, turning it for Hermione to see the back. Across the top in gold gleaming letters read, 'WEASLEY', and below that, it sported a large, gold, square number 8. "I was wondering if…you'd wear it to the game toight." He finished, his face now a nice shade of red. He handed the jersey to Hermione, who took it. She ran her fingers over the word 'WEASLEY' claiming her, his. She flung her arms around his neck.
"Oh Ron! I'd love to!"
"Really?" He said returning the sticky hug.
"Of course!" she said pulling away. She looked down at her front and pulled her shirt to keep it from clinging to her sticky body.
"Yuck!" she said. Ron laughed. "Let's clean this up, shall we?" she asked him. "Scourgify!" she shouted, and instantly, the entire common room was clean. They however, were still full of whipped cream. Hermione looked down at her self, as did Ron to himself. "I think I'm gonna go take a shower." She said.
"Yeah, me too." He agreed. He stood up and offered Hermione his hand who accepted it. She stood there awkwardly for a moment then Ron spoke.

"Hey…Do you wanna go for a walk around the lake after you're done with your shower?"

Hermione smiled. "Sure." Then she ran up the girls stairs. Ron, feeling awfully giddy this morning skipped to the boys bathroom. Then he stopped dead in his tracks.
"The game!" he said aloud, to no one in particular. "Shit!" he cursed to himself. This is great, just greatHe thought to himself and banged his head on the frame of the bathroom door. Perfect, I'm going to go out there and make a fool out of myself and then she'll be so ashamed she won't want to wear the stupid jersey. Why do I have to be so bad at Quidditch? We have to win this one! If we loose, we loose the Quidditch cup! Those Slytherians are right, I can't save a thing. If it hadn't been for Harry and everyone else, we wouldn't have even made it this far. Ron moaned and closed the bathroom door, planning on taking a very, long shower.
Ginny, who must have walked upstairs while Hermione was with Ron, opened the bathroom door with wet hair and a towel on, just as Hermione entered their dorm. As Hermione came bounding into the room, Ginny stopped her.

"Whoa! Hermione why all the excitement?" Hermione turned around.

"Look! Look! Look!" she squealed bouncing up and down holding Ron's jersey in front of her. "He wants me to wear it to the game today!" Ginny laughed.

"Wow, I didn't know my brother had a sensitive side to him."

"I didn't either until recently…" Hermione said thoughtfully. Then she snapped out of her pensive mode and squealed again.

"Eek! I'm so excited! I can't wait for the game tonight!"

"Wow Hermione, I've never seen you like this!" Hermione thought this over. Ginny was right, she was never like this. Ron made her act so…unlike herself…or maybe…maybe he made her act more like herself. Her real self. The Hermione who wants to have fun and dance and skip! He did this to her.

"Is that a good thing?" she asked Ginny who smiled and nodded. Hermione gave her a wide toothy grin.

"It's all your brothers fault!" Then she skipped off to the bathroom. Ginny laughed and then went to her dresser to pick an outfit to wear.

Hermione literally peeled her sticky clothes off and got into the shower. After washing her hair several, several times, (for she had whipped cream in her hair) she turned off the water and wrapped a towel around herself. She combed her hair and then went into her dorm to find something to wear. She looked out the window. She decided on a pair of faded blue jeans and a light blue t-shirt, as it was a nice day- warm enough for a t-shirt, but comfortable enough for pants. As Hermione skipped down the stairs, she once again met Ginny.

"Where're you going?" Ginny asked her.

"Downstairs. Ron and I are going for a walk by the lake."

"Oh." Ginny said, her voice falling as she bit her lip.

"What? What's wrong?" asked Hermione worriedly.

"Nothing! Nothing…it's just, well, I ran into Ron down in the common room…literally…" Ginny added as an afterthough, rolling her eyes. "Well, he's…he's not feeling too good about the match tonight."

"Why not?" Hermione asked, wondering if he regreted giving her the jersey after all.

"Well…he's gotten some better since last year…but he still isn't the greatest keeper in the world…"

"Oh…" Hermione said relived, then realizing how Ron must be feeling, bit her lip like Ginny had. "Well…he can't be that bad…can he?" she asked Ginny hopefully. Ginny gave her a forced smile.

"Eh…No?" she tried. "And those stupid Slytherians and their song…" Ginny said. Hermione could have swore she heard Ginny cursing under her breath. "I just hope he does well. If we win this, we win the Quidditch cup!" Ginny stated. Hermione thought for a moment.

"I'll think of something. But right now, I have a walk to take! See ya later Gin!" Hermione then continued making her way downstairs, to find a moping Ron, on the couch with his head in his hands. She sat down next to him.

"You're going to be great!" Hermione assured him, giving his back a little pet.

"Yeah…right…" Ron said miserably. Hermione felt horrible. She had to do something. "You don't have to wear the jersey, Hermione, it's probably cursed…" Hermione couldn't help but laugh. Ron's shoulders drooped lower.

"Ron! I'm sorry I laughed, but that is the most absurd thing I have ever heard you say! I have made up my mind, and I am going to wear that jersey, you are going to do great, and even if you don't I am still going to wear that jersey!" She said sternly. "Now, are you going to take me for a walk or not?" Ron laughed. "You never change…come on." Hermione smiled. Ron was right, she hadn't changed, he just brought the more fun loving side out of her. And she was glad.

They climbed out of the portrait hole and headed for the oak doors. As they walked out of them onto the grounds, Ron casually slipped his hand over Hermione's and laced their fingers. Hermione looked at their hands and smiled. She then looked at him, who was obviously looking anywhere but at her. As they neared the lake, they ran into, yes, the one and only, Draco Malfoy…and his cronies of course.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Granger and Weasley…"

"Well spotted!" Hermione said sourly. Malfoy's eyes the traveled to their linked hands. He smiled evilly.

"So we're an item now are we?"

"So what?" Hermione said acidly, Ron scowling at Malfoy and holding a slightly tighter hold on Hermione's hand.

"Gee Weasley, I thought even you could do better than a mudblood!" That was it. It was the last string. The final cord. Ron, not even taking the time to get out his wand lunged on Malfoy and knocked him to the ground. Crabbe and Goyle merely stood there, waiting for instruction from Malfoy on what to do.

"Ron!" Hermione shouted. But it was too late. Ron grabbed Malfoy by the collar of his shirt, pinning him down to the ground and pulled out his wand. He pointed it directly at Malfoy.

"Ron! Don't! Please!" Hermione begged. She could care less about Malfoy, she just didn't want Ron to be expelled and have it be all her fault. Ron relaxed a bit, but only for a moment. Then he tightened his grip on Malfoy's collar, his wand still pointing at him and shook him. Hermione had never in all her life seen Ron so angry and upset.

"DON'T YOU EVER CALL HER THAT AGAIN! SHE'S BETTER THAN YOU'LL EVER BE! AND IF I EVER FIND OUT THAT YOU SAID OR DID SOMETHING TO HURT HER AGAIN, YOU'LL HAVE ME TO DEAL WITH! GOT IT?" Malfoy whimpered and nodded his head. Ron let go of his collar with one last shove into the ground and stood up. Ron grabbed Hermione's hand and marched her off toward the lake while Malfoy and his 'guards' scampered off towards the castle.

Hermione and Ron walked in silence until they reached the lake and sat down on a bench. Hermione didn't really know what to say and settled with a small,

"Thanks." Ron just nodded as he stared out at the calm lake. He sighed.

"What's wrong?" Hermione asked him.

"Nothing…I just really have to beat him now." Ron said narrowing his eyes out at the lake. Hermione sighed too. She had to do something for him. She desperately searched through her brain for something hat she could do, but nothing came.

"Come on, let's head back, it's lunch time and we missed breakfast. I'm starved." Hermione giggled.

"Are you always hungry?" she asked Ron. He shrugged innocently.

"I'm a growing boy!" Hermione just rolled her eyes and laughed as he put an arm around her shoulder and they headed back to the castle. She shivered slightly, still getting that tingly feeling when ever Ron touched her. Then she got it. I know what I can do for him! She thought. She came back to reality though when Ron squeezed her shoulder slightly.

"I have a surprise for you after the game tonight." She looked up at him. He just looked at the blue sky and smiled.

"Really?" she said, "What would that be?"

"Well it wouldn't be a surprise if I told you know would it?" Hermione pouted.

"No. I guess not." Ron smiled and pulled her closer. "Can you give me a hint?" she asked with puppy eyes. Ron groaned.

"Aw, come on you can't use the wounded puppy face, that's cheating!"

"I didn't realize we were playing a game!" she mocked. Ron snorted.

"'Mione, we're always playing a game." And he kissed her on the top of her head. Hermione smiled to herself.

SEE AUTHOR'S NOTE!

A/N: Hey everyone! I need to think of a new title, considering that my original plan of Harry and Ginny making Ron and Hermione admit their feelings to each other, kinda turned into a whole new one. So if you have ANY ideas, PLEASE tell me! And to give credit I got the idea for the song from a R/Hr music video I saw. You can see it by typing the address below, then scrolling down and clicking 'Accidentally in Love' underneath 'View the Video'. Check it out! I thought it was cute! http: 'Accidentally in Love' by 'Counting Crows', sung for the movie, 'Shrek 2'.