Chapter Nine

Confessions

A/N: This is the final chapter… Sorry for keeping you guys waiting. I never thought that it is sad— writing, typing and publishing the end of Unnoticed. I hope you'll like the last part and thank you to those who made their reviews about my story and thank you in advance to those who will give their reviews! Please read the other fanfics that I'll write… thank you again, guys! I love yeh! And again... sorry for the wrong grammars.

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"Hey Ron! Wake up! You almost crumpled your book."

"I… What!" said Ron, eyes wide open. He remembered that he felt asleep reading the book.

"I think we have to go down for breakfast. Hurry up," said Harry.

When they arrived in the Great Hall, Ginny was already there.

"Where's Fleur and Bill?" asked Ron as he and Harry sat down.

"Doing their stuff at Hagrid's hut. Bill's introducing her to Hagrid," said Ginny as she ate the pastries.

"Surely, Hagrid will be surprise that Fleur was with Bill and not with Ron," said Harry.

"There's Hermione!" Ginny pointed at her. Harry and Ron looked at Hermione. She looked happy. The two exchanged looks.

"Good morning, everyone," greeted Hermione brightly.

"Morning," replied Harry and Ginny. Ron just whispered it.

"So, you look so… err… happy," said Harry as they gazed at Hermione. Ron just decided to focus eating his cake.

"Yes, I am."

"Why? Did you just plan about your wedding with Vicky?" Ron asked her not knowing what he did, sounding slightly angry. He was surprised when Hermione smiled at him.

"Yes, you're right, Ron. And I'm planning to get you, Harry, as our best man and of course you, Ginny as my maid of honor."

Ron almost chocked.

"But I guess I wouldn't be getting married after graduating. I have to find a job first." Hermione was trying to fight the force of laughter when she saw Harry's and Ginny's reactions especially Ron's.

Hermione finished eating quickly.

"Harry, can I borrow Hedwig?" asked Hermione.

"Sure but why?" asked Harry eagerly. Hermione showed them an envelope.

"I'll give my reply to Viktor's owl. See you later!" Then she went away.

Harry looked at Ron, who was murdering his cake.

They were already having their Professor Snape's early sermon when Hermione arrived.

"Good morning, Professor, I'm sorry, I'm late." Then she sat beside Lavender Brown, in front of Harry and Ron.

"Five points from Gryffindor, Miss Granger," Then Professor Snape discussed their lesson for that day. Harry and Ron saw Hermione's eyes were sparkling.

"Now, I want you to group yourselves into three and do the potion."

Of course, it was the trio. Hermione insisted that she would just read the procedures and the two will perform it. She said that it would be perfect if she would do it.

"Oh, Hermione, you're so humble," said Ron sarcastically.

"Thanks." Then she smiled. Ron was off- guarded and then blushed.

Don't' smile at me like that!

But Harry and Ron found the potion hard to do. Hermione sighed and handed the book to Harry.

"I'll do it. Would you like to read the ingredients for me, Harry?"

"Oh, well, first you'll need the blood of a forest frog, leaves of mahogany and the skin of a skrewt."

"Okay. I have here the skin, the leaves. Oh, where's the blood?" Then Hermione saw it near Ron's. She pointed it.

"Kindly hand it to me, Ron." When Ron was about to give the bottle to Hermione, he saw a sparkling thing in her finger. She was wearing a ring.

That's the… Then he looked at Harry. They have the same thing running in their mind: Hermione was wearing Ron's gift for her.

"Hermione?" said Ron.

"Okay. It's bad that no one had performed the potion right so I'll give you another assignment to be handed next meeting," said Professor Snape. Ron just gazed at Hermione as she copied the writings on the board.

When they were dismissed, Hermione left them quick. "I have something to do."

"I have to clear things to her," said Ron as he followed Hermione. Harry followed Ron.

Ron and Harry saw Hermione being cornered by the Slytherins.

"So, you're having a victory party, aren't you, Granger?" said Pansy Parkinson.

Harry was about to move closer when Ron stopped him. They overheard Pansy.

"Leave it to me, Harry." Then he walked closer to the Slytherins and Hermione.

"Want to join?" asked Hermione imperturbably.

"Let's see what Weasley will do if he found you petrified, mudblood." It was Malfoy. He pointed his wand to Hermione.

"Cut it off, Malfoy!" Leave my girl alone!" a voice said seriously then Malfoy could feel the wand on his head.

Ron! What did he just said? My girl?

The other girls from Slytherin automatically giggled when they saw Ron, including Pansy. Hermione couldn't explain it but they all blushed every time they saw him.

"I'm scared, Weasley! I'm scared!" said Malfoy sarcastically but he felt nervous.

"Ron, don't do it." Hermione said. Ron pointed down his wand.

Malfoy laughed. "Taking directions from a mudblood? How pathetic!"

"Not all." Ron grinned then all of a sudden, Ron's fist reached Malfoy's face forcibly and made Malfoy lay on the floor. Like when he punched Malfoy before, everyone made an "Oh!" sound.

"What's happening here?" It was Professor McGonagall. Malfoy managed to stand up before McGonagall saw him.

"There you are, Malfoy. Professor Snape was looking for you. You'll find him in his office." Then Malfoy looked at Ron and Hermione who were now closer at each other, coldly.

"And all of you go to your next classes except for Weasley and Miss Granger. And you Potter, yes, you."

When it was only the four of them was left, Professor McGonagall looked at them.

"Explain now, Mr. Weasley. I did see Mr. Malfoy's nose bleeding. Don't tell me, it's because of one of the inventions of your twin brothers."

"No Professor. I punched him," said Ron proudly.

"And you, Potter, why didn't you stop Weasley from punching Malfoy?" Professor McGonagall turned to Harry who was there, just watching his best friend protecting his other best friend. He felt he was just like his godfather, Sirius and his father, James, was Ron, as he protects her mother Lily, who was Hermione.

"I wanted to see Malfoy bleeding, oh, sorry Professor," said Harry after he saw Professor McGonagall's reaction. "What I mean to say is it's a love situation, I can't enter with that."

"What do you mean, Potter?" Then she turned to Ron and Hermione.

"I was protecting my girlfriend." Ron answered, more proud in his voice. When Hermione noticed that Professor McGonagall was confused, she pointed the ring she was wearing. They saw her expression then said, "I… I'll take those reasons. Five points from Weasley for punching Malfoy and five from Potter for letting Weasley do it. That's ten points from Gryffindor." Then she left.

The trio laughed. Ron and Hermione looked at each other.

"I'll go ahead. See you later," said Harry. When Harry left them, Ron took Hermione's hand.

"Want to go to the lake?" asked Ron nervously.

"Of course," said Hermione, smiling sweetly to him.

"Do you have any idea how much you also mean to me, Ron?" said Hermione sweetly as they were left alone at the lake. "You were my match and the only one who's arguing with every opinion I have. No one dared to argue with me except you and that's the reason why I love you."

"I have no idea. I always thought that there's something between you and Vicky." Ron waited Hermione to correct him but she didn't. She was still smiling.

"And mind you," as Ron played Hermione's left hand, "Did you know Malfoy was aware of this and we're not? I swear I'll let Malfoy to punch me."

"Yeah, I couldn't imagine. Of all those who would notice it, Malfoy did. He's always cornering me and insisting that I'm hurt because you and Fleur were together, that you chose her over me. And he did see me crying when you announced Fleur would be—"

To Hermione's surprise, Ron squeezed her hand.

"You cried when I announced it? I'm so sorry," said Ron in a serious but concern way.

"Yes. But now I know everything, its okay. And I'm sorry for the slap that I gave you. It was your fault, well, it was also mine." Hermione smiled but faded when she saw Ron was staring at her.

"Ron?"

"Hermione, I… err… I love you," He said quickly but clear enough. They both blushed.

"I love you, too. I couldn't believe that it took us too long when Malfoy found out about—"

"Include there the whole Gryffindor House if you're trying to say that Malfoy noticed that you love each other."

Ron and Hermione jumped off when they heard Harry's voice. They turned and he was with Ginny.

"What do you mean?" asked Ron.

"I don't know when Malfoy noticed it," said Ginny brightly. "As far as our memories are concern, we've noticed it at Hogwarts Express. That time you two were obvious."

"And how could you say that?" asked Ron. Hermione blushed when she heard Ginny that the two of them were obvious.

"I can't believe that the cleverest girl in Hogwarts is as thick as my brother," said Ginny impatiently.

"Yeah," Harry nodded. "Remember before Malfoy went in our compartment? When you two agreed to stop us from teasing Ron, we had a quiet journey that time and I knew, you, Ron, noticed that Ginny and I were whispering. We're just concluding the fact that Hermione might be her future sister. And you thought that we didn't see you Hermione that you're looking at Ron? We did and you're reaction, it's so funny. You were disappointed that Ron didn't look at you."

Ron and Hermione turned scarlet. Ginny continued what Harry was saying.

"And mind you, you're staring at each other without noticing it. Then we began to keep an eye to the pair of you. I started calling Hermione sis for two reasons. First was what I told you and the main reason was to be used of calling you that because I knew that I'll call you that sooner or later. And the way you both reacted about Fleur and Viktor, I don't know why you two unnoticed it," said Ginny impatiently but smiling.

"And… and how did you say that the Gryffindors knew it? They're used of our arguments, aren't they?" asked Hermione, now as red as a tomato. It was Harry who answered.

"As we've observed and according to the Gryffindor students, you're arguing about Fleur and Viktor Krum last Christmas. Remember that fight?" Then Harry looked at Ginny and they re- enacted what Ron and Hermione did.

"Why can't you just be contented that I have Viktor, Ron!" said Ginny in a very Hermione way.

"And why can't you just be contented that I got Fleur!" said Harry in a very Ron way.

"What did you saw at that Vicky of yours? He's not good- looking if you ask me." Harry was already yelling.

"I'm not asking you! Fleur is a veela and that's why you're attracted to her! Why can't your eyes find someone, somewhere who's simpler than her?" Ginny shouted back.

"Don't talk about Fleur like that!" again, Harry yelled.

"Then stop insulting Viktor!"

Then Harry and Ginny laughed hard. Ron and Hermione wanted to Disapparate that time to lessen the embarrassment they were just absorbing.

"Now, can you blame them in thinking that there's something between you, two?" asked Harry, still laughing.

"When we were announcing to the entire House that they shouldn't tell what happened that time to the other Houses, you know what they're asking us? 'Are Ron and Hermione together?' 'Do they're both jealous about their partners?' and 'Are they having their love quarrel?'"

"And have you noticed, Ginny? The girls were hoping that you two were not together."

"Yeah, I'm also thinking about that. Every time Ron was passing in a group of girls, they're giggling and blushing. I wonder why," said Hermione as she remembered the giggling of the Slytherin girls.

"I think that's another thing you didn't notice about my brother. He's… well… growing handsome!"

"I bet I also noticed it. Thank you very much," said Hermione.

"And the way you both pulled your hands away when you accidentally committed the holding hands thing? It's so sweet," said Ginny giggling harder.

Ron and Hermione exchanged looks.

"And speaking of holding hands, I've noticed my beloved sister and my dearest best friend that you're holding hands."

This time, it was Harry and Ginny who blushed.

"Well, if you think that we're just keeping an eye on your love story, Ginny and I got… err… what you call a lovelife and I bet you didn't notice it."

"How could they? If they're just staring at each other without knowing it, how could they notice us?" said Ginny.

"Because that's love," said Hermione brightly.

"Yeah, it's love when you stare at each other unnoticeably," said Harry. Then they laughed.

They all went to the Great Hall carrying their vows of love for each other. Ron and Hermione promised that they'll be aware of the staring thing but didn't promise that they'll not argue anymore.

"Hermione, can I ask you something?" said Ron brightly. He and Hermione were in front of the girl's dormitory.

"Sure, what's it?"

"Why did you slap me when I kissed you?"

"Because I'm scared that you only did that because of pride," Hermione said sweetly.

"Another question, how about Vicky? I mean, Viktor?"

"He knew everything about my feelings for you but he didn't give up."

"And what are you saying a while ago? About the marrying thing?" asked Ron curiously.

"You wouldn't mind if I'll get Harry and Ginny for our wedding, would you?"

They both smiled and gave each other a goodnight kiss.

A/N: Have you guessed that there was something happening between Harry and Ginny? Bwahahaha… I really did it as a secret (I hope so). It was right there, from the start. Please still R&R… And I'm sorry if you're disappointed with the end of my story… I hate making endings… :D