Peanut

Ron woke up a few hours later, it was now 8.30am. He wiped his eyes with the palms of his hands and got out of bed and walked over to his wardrobe to get his clothes out for the day. He opened the doors and found no clothes there, What the hell? He thought. Then suddenly he remembered earlier that morning, down in the Common Room. Hoping that everyone was down at breakfast, he walked back down to the Common Room and found his clothes lying there, where he left them. Just as he was about to put on his school shirt, he heard a stiffled laugh.

''What happened to you? What are your clothes doing down here, you bloody idiot?' Harry asked smirking. Ron rolled his eyes and continued to put on his school clothes. Where's my tie? He thought to himself, looking around. Harry walked up to him with tie in hand.

Ron woke up a few hours later, it was now 8.30am. He wiped his eyes with the palms of his hands and got out of bed and walked over to his wardrobe to get his clothes out for the day. He opened the doors and found no clothes there, He thought. Then suddenly he remembered earlier that morning, down in the Common Room. Hoping that everyone was down at breakfast, he walked back down to the Common Room and found his clothes lying there, where he left them. Just as he was about to put on his school shirt, he heard a stiffled laugh.''What happened to you? What are your clothes doing down here, you bloody idiot?' Harry asked smirking. Ron rolled his eyes and continued to put on his school clothes. He thought to himself, looking around. Harry walked up to him with tie in hand.

'This what you looking for?' he asked. Ron snatched it off him,

'Thanks mate'

'So... Gonna tell me what happened?'

'No'

'Why?'

'Cause I said.'

'Stop being so stubborn.'

'Piss off, I'm not stubborn.'

'Are so.'

'Am not.'

'Are so.'

'Fine, I give up. I'm not gonna win. I was down here earlier with Hermione ok?'

Harry's eyes lit up. They were down here... Together. And didn't wake up the house with their bickering. I knew it, its happened. And... Wait a moment; I haven't seen Hermione all morning. Jesus, Ron's a go'er!

Ron continued as he walked over to the mirror and tried to flatten his hair.

'I was down here cause I couldn't sleep, and Hermione came down here too although she fell and she's really hurt. She like whacked her knee out of place, it's not a pretty sight. She'll be out of the Hospital Wing pretty soon. Anyways, I took her to the Hospital Wing and I used my thermal shirt to hold the knee straight.'

'Oh shit, well we'll go see her soon eh? Ok, so enlighten me... Why did you have to do a stripe tease first to get off your thermal when you could have just as easily used your school shirt?' Harry asked, laughing to himself. Ron decided not to answer that, instead his stomach answered back.

Harry and Ron walked down to the Great Hall, Ron's stomach still growling loudly. They walked over and sat down at the Gryffindor table, Ron piling the food onto his plate; bacon, egg, sausage, tomato, toast etc. Harry rolled his eyes at him.

'Do you chew what you put in your mouth at all?' He joked, grabbing a piece of toast and plum jam. Ron looked up and raised his eyebrow and smirked,

'Nope, I like to swallow all of it.' Ron winked then licked the tomato sauce of his lips. Harry dropped his fork in shock; he was amazed that Ron would say something like that. Ron had turned into a randy bastard and Harry wanted to know the cause of it.
'Erm, Ron mate. Are you feeling alright? Are you feeling ancy or what? What's goin-' He was stopped short of his sentence when the owls started flowing in with the morning deliveries. Hedwig dropped the usual Daily Prophet and a letter from Lupin. Pig dropped a letter down onto Ron's unfinished breakfast plate. Ron growled and grabbed the letter from Pig then let him go.

'Fucking bird. Can never get anything right.' He looked at the writing on the envelope. It was neat and fancy writing, his name written perfectly. He opened the envelope and unrolled the parchment;

Dear Ron,

Do you mind coming down to the Hospital Wing to see me? It's not important, so no need to worry. :- )
Thanks Ron.
Love,
Hermione xo

Ron rolled up the letter and shoved it in his cloak pocket. He got up from his seat, grabbed his bag and headed toward the door. Leaving Harry sitting there, still wondering what's gotten into him lately.

Ron ran up the stairs to the Hospital Wing, thoughts running through his head; she put a kiss and hugs and 'Love' at the end. She wants to see me. She only asked me to see her, not Harry. He grinned to himself and pushed the doors open, he saw Hermione sitting on her bed, her knee wrapped up in bandages. Hermione looked up from the book she was reading and smiled,

'Hey you, thanks for coming. Where's Harry?'

'Oh sorry, did you want him here? I'll go get him.' He tried to not let his disappointment show.

'No' she said too quickly, 'No... It's ok. I just want to see you.'

'Oh,' Ron's heart lifted, 'What did you want to see me for?'

'Nothing major, I just wanted to see you, and I wanted to say thankyou again for bringing me down here this morning. Did you get enough sleep afterwards?'

'Yeh, I did actually. I got a few more hours. How are you feeling, can you walk?'

'Loads better. I just got to keep my leg in this bloody thing for a few days, no biggie. I can walk, but not properly. I can't bend my knee'

'Have you got something to use to help you get round the school?' he asked curiously.

'Yeh, I have. They are called crutches. A muggle invention, I had them when I broke my foot in Primary School.'

'Right. Well... I'm gonna help you get around the school until your leg is back to normal.'

'Ron you don't have to do that, honestly. I'm perfectly capable.'

'Are you allowed today off to rest?' he asked ignoring her last comment.

'No...' Ron raised an eyebrow, Hermione sighed and continued, 'Ok yes, I'm allowed to have it off, but I can't afford to. Do you realise how far behind I will be?'

'Hermione Jane, you are taking today off classes to rest and that is final. Got it?' Ron threatened. He called her by her first two names, something he never did. She knew he was serious about this. She nodded back to answer.

'Yes Sir. And... Don't call me Hermione Jane; it's what my parents call me when I'm in trouble at home.'

'Oh, Hermione gets in trouble at home? That can't be possible.'

'Oh shut ya pie hole would ya? I'm a normal 17 year old girl; of course I get into trouble. What I get into trouble for is for me to know, and you to find out.' She winked then turned back to her book.

The last bell rang for the day. Classes started piling out from every classroom in the castle. Ron shut his History of Magic books and shoved them in his bag then raced back to the Common Room. When he walked in he saw Ginny and Hermione all sitting on the chairs round a table. He walked over to them and sat across from Hermione.

'Hey Ron, How was class?' Hermione asked, looking up from the parchment she was writing on. Her knee was out straight under the table. Ron sighed, put down his things on the table and stretched out his arms.

'It was like any other school day - A living hell.'

Hermione laughed softly, 'At least you learnt something today. I was stuck here all day, I was so bored. I read through all of my school books and I sorted all my school work out correctly.'

'Yeh, no wonder you were bored... Listen to what you got up to on your day off.' Ron retorted.

Hermione glared at him but didn't answer back. Ron opened his school bag to get out his Potions homework; he piled it all on the table. He closed his eyes and pushed it all away from himself.

'I hate Snape; the old git has got us doing 125 questions for homework. Oh, Hermione, I almost forgot,' he reached over into his bag again and pulled out a large pile of notes, 'I know you were all pissed cause you couldn't go to class today. So I took the liberty to write notes for you in all our classes.' He handed over the large pile to her.

Ginny stared at Ron with mouth wide open. Hermione was absolutely amazed. I can't believe he did this. He never pays attention in class. She leant over and pulled the pile of notes towards her. They were all ordered correctly and neatly written for her.
Ron chuckled at their faces,
'You know I am able to pay attention I'm class. Cant have the smartest witch in the school lagging behind can we?' Hermione smiled widely. She still couldn't get it through her head that he did this. That he would do this for her.
'Thanks so much Ron. You are such a champ!' Ron nodded his head slightly and winked - making a little noise with his mouth.
Ginny looked round the Common Room, looking for Harry. Ron obviously could see she was looking for him and answered her unasked question.

'He went for a walk to clear his head, well that's what he told me. In double Potions just before lunch, Snape was at time worse then ever. Then in History of Magic, he told Professor Binns he wasn't feeling well and left the room.'
Ginny looked concerned. So did Hermione. They were both looking round for him now. Ginny got up from the lounge and walked over to the window to look. But she couldn't see him.
'I'm going to look for him. You guys stay here, I need to talk to him alone.' She smiled weakly and walked out.

Ron and Hermione looked at each other and shrugged. They both knew that Harry would come round sooner or later. After knowing him for 7 years, you got to know what he does when he gets all moody. Ron looked away quickly when he caught Hermione's eye.
He felt something hit him on the head, he looked around on the ground and found a scrunched up piece of paper. He picked it up and un-ravelled it.
Ron,
you're the best. Thankyou.
Love always and forever,
Hermione
xoxo

Ron looked up and grinned at Hermione,
'No worries Peanut.'
Peanut? Hermione thought.

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Thankyou to my first reviwer; Dany Granger Weasley! Hugs right back at ya! XD Your a champ!!