A/N: HEY Y'ALL! I have soooo many new reviewers! I am soooo happy! Thank all of you soooo much… you don't know how much it means to go into you email and see like 5 fanfic review alerts in it! Its nice to know people are reading my story and also some of the reviews are so nice! It surprises me when people say I am really good and they love my story… I just thought I would try something new and write… I never expected people to think I was any good at it! Lol so yeah THANK YOU! Also I now know that this is going to be 8 chapters total and there WILL BE A SEQUEL! Check out my xanga site (there is a link in my profile under my website thing) for any updates on a release date! Okay here are some shout outs to my chapter 4 reviewers!
Darkmystery922: hey Dana! Thanks so much for both of your reviews! As you can probably tell, the chapters are coming along MUCH faster now that I don't have school to worry about! Thanks a bunch!
Hopewellgirl: hey Katie! It will get WAY more romantic in this chapter! I mean MAJOR FLUFF! I know… hopeless romantic here too! Thanks for the reviews… keep 'em coming!
Mysteriouscharm: hi there! You are new to my story and I appreciate the review a lot! Sorry, I like the mad Harry too, but this chapter is the end to the anger… it's high time for Harry to be accepting… I think we have Ginny to thank for that though…
Travellerhoo: another new person! YAY! Thank you much for the review… and hope you stick with me! I hope you like this part… this is my fave chapter so far!
Little Miss Ice Princess: wow Cai… you are VERY lucky… if you hadn't reviewed the other day you would have been one of those points down people getting yelled at! Lol yeah so thanks a bunch for the reviews… FINALLY! Now I just need Katie and Nora to do the same… yeah… thanks
Katie: FINALLY! You are soooo lucky that I didn't upload this sooner! Haha! I vould haff laughed at you very very lots! Hehe… Bulgarian haha yeah! Oh yeah and don't forget: Vhere Vere Vee? Hahahahahaha lmao! Thanx much!
I noticed some people have this story on their favorite stories list but don't review… thanks for having it on your favorites but if you could just take the time to review it would really make me HAPPY!
Also some of you people cough Nora cough haven't been reviewing… GRRR TO YOU ALL! (Please note that I personally know these people and am allowed to get angry with them! The rest of you can have a cookie!
BTW: guess who makes his first appearance in this chapter? His birthday was June 5th… any clues? Read on to find out!
CHAPTER 5- Shopping With the Enemy and Wheezing With the Weasleys
After a delicious breakfast, Harry, Hermione, and the Weasleys gathered around the fireplace.
"Now, in order to make sure that no one gets lost," Mrs. Weasley said while looking at Harry out of the corner of her eye, "we are going to travel in pairs. Who's first?"
Molly looked at Ron, then Harry, and Hermione spoke up, "Me and Ron will go." And before anyone had a chance to protest, Hermione grabbed Ron's arm and pulled him into the fireplace, taking care to grab a big handful of floo powder.
They squeezed together and Hermione said "Diagon Alley" while Ron held her tight against him so she wouldn't hit into the walls of the fireplaces.
Hermione pulled herself closer to Ron and shut her eyes as fireplaces whirled past her. As sudden as the start was the stop. Instantly Ron and Hermione found themselves in the fireplace of the Leaky Cauldron.
"Uh… you can let go now, Mione…" Muttered a red-eared Ron. Hermione quickly stopped hugging Ron as he helped her out of the fireplace.
Moments later Harry and Ginny showed up and Ron glared at his once best friend now holding his sister. Hermione got Ron's attention when her skirt flew up due to the opening of the door and both were still blushing when Molly and Arthur arrived
Hermione, Ron, Harry, and Ginny were walking down the packed Main Street of Diagon Alley. Molly was getting their school things while the four of them were doing some shopping of their own.
"You guys mind if I go to the bookstore? I'd really like to find a few new books to read…" Hermione said, as they got closer to Flourish and Blotts.
Upon looking at Hermione's excited face, Ron couldn't deep her there just because of Harry. "Alright, if you must… we're going to come get you in fifteen minutes though." He said and Hermione hugged him, dodged Harry, said "Bye" to Ginny, and ran off to the bookstore, her favorite store in the world.
The books were beautiful, all shiny and new. Hermione couldn't wait to find the one she wanted. The new-book crack and scent as one opened the cover and the feel of the thick, parchment paper or thin, fancy paper was making her ache for a wonderful new book.
"Hmm…" Hermione searched shelf after shelf, row after row, aisle after aisle, accumulating two books but still searching for the perfect one.
Then, she found it. The very last copy in the whole store. She had to have it! She hurried over to the book and reached out her hand. "The-"
"History and Study of Dragons Though the Ages." She tried to hold on to the book but its scaly cover was too slippery. She looked up at the person who took her book and scowled. Draco Malfoy.
"Something wrong, Mudblood?" He asked in mock concern, "I was just looking for the perfect book… and I think I just found it." He smirked at her angry expression.
"You give that here, Malfoy! I had it first and you know it!" She yelled, he was so infuriating sometimes. Hermione usually wouldn't lose her temper like this, even with Malfoy, but this was different, this was a BOOK! "Give it here or I'll…"
"Or you'll what?" He said, daring her to do something.
"Or I'll have to kick your bloody arse!" Ron was standing at the end of the aisle only ten feet away from Malfoy and he was pissed. He glared at Malfoy, pure hatred gleaming in his eyes. Hermione felt a flutter in her stomach as she watched Ron defend her.
"Oh look," Malfoy started, his eyes mimicking Ron's in hatred, "The Mudblood's boyfriend has come to save her from mean old Malfoy! You really think you could beat me up, Weasel?"
"Is that fear I hear in your voice, Malfoy?" Hermione said bravely, now that Ron was there she felt that she could do anything (A/N sorry to interrupt but that was SO CORNY!), "Oh my, not scared of me and Ron now, are you?"
He looked at Hermione, smirked, and threw her the book. "I already ordered that anyway, I'll make sure Father picks it up later…" And with that he pushed past Ron and left the store.
Hermione looked at Ron with love in her eyes as he walked toward her. She held in a gasp as he reached out and brushed a stray hair from her face. This is not a dream, she thought, for once, it's not a dream! And then she smiled.
"You alright?" Ron asked flashing her a smile to mimic the one on her face.
"'Course I am," She said playfully punching his shoulder, "that was really sweet of you, Ron."
The way she said that made Ron flush. The love in her voice, that look in her eyes, he had to tell her, and he had to tell her now.
"Mione-"
"Ron about what Malfoy said…"
"That's what I'm-"
"That was really mean of him, picking on you like that…"
"Yeah Mione I-"
"You didn't even do anything!"
"Mione, you don't understand I-"
"Honestly, he is such a prat!"
"He was right about something!" Ron finally got Hermione's attention.
"And what would that be?" She snapped in her anger at Malfoy.
"I love you… and I wish I was your boyfriend…" He said softly and Hermione couldn't hold in her gasp this time. She looked lovingly at Ron and raised a shaking hand.
"Oh, Ron," She said slowly and softly, resting her hand on his shoulder and moving closer to him, "I love you too…"
As she said she loved him, Ron closed the gap between them. He held her close to him as The History and Study of Dragons Through the Ages fell and hit the floor with a soft thud.
Hermione snaked her arms around Ron's neck and stood on her tiptoes desperately trying to be tall enough to reach Ron's sweet lips. As she was stretching to her limits, she felt Ron's hands move to her hips and gently lift her into a kiss.
After a few minutes of bliss, Hermione noticed that she was making out with Ron in the middle of Flourish and Blotts. She gently pulled away and licked her puffy lips. Ron set her feet on the ground and moved his hands to her lover back and held her tightly to him. She nuzzled up to his chest and closed her eyes.
"Mmm…" She sighed against him then looked up at Ron, a new look in her eyes, a look of deep and undying love.
"So, will you be my girlfriend then?" Ron asked finally separating from her, and amused smile on his face.
"Of course!" Hermione laughed and she looked down at her scattered books exasperatedly, "I didn't realize I dropped those two, wow, I've never been so clumsy with books."
Ron laughed and picked the books up for her. "Let's check out, Harry and Ginny are waiting for us in the Leaky Cauldron."
Walking out of the bookstore, Ron took Hermione's hand and squeezed as she scooted closer to him. They walked like this, hand in hand, all the way to the Leaky Cauldron.
Upon entering the Leaky Cauldron, Hermione grasped Ron's arm so as not to get lost in the large crowd. They walked to the back corner of the large room and were shocked at what they saw.
Ginny and Harry were sitting there at a secluded table, snogging their hearts out. Wow, Hermione thought, Ron is going to murder Harry if I don't do something! And fast!
Just then, Ginny opened her eyes in horror as Ron's face contorted with rage.
"Uh…" She said as Harry looked up with a yelp, "Ron, there's something you should know… Dean and I never really hit it off and, well, me and Harry, Harry and I, well-"
"We're together." Harry said leaving the stuttering Ginny at a loss for words.
Ron's lip twitched and he forced a smile on his face as Hermione muttered, "He cares a lot for her, Ron… we may be arguing with him but he loves Ginny, and she loves him."
"That's terrific!" Hermione said cheerfully, looking brightly at Ginny then nodding her head toward Ron, "You know Ron is happy for you… he's just being the old over-protective big brother."
"Yeah…" Ginny said, finally stating to relax, "I think you two have some explaining to do, too…" Ginny stared at Hermione and Ron's interlocked fingers, then up to their blushing faces.
"Oh… right… uh…" Hermione stuttered. Ron opened his mouth as if the speak, but all that came out was a small squeak. Hermione rolled her eyes at Ron's feeble attempt at speech and turned back to Ginny. "Ginny, me and Ron, well, we're a couple now."
Ginny beamed at Hermione, Harry actually smiled at her for once, and Ron spoke. "I love you!" He said thankful that she told his sister what was going on. Everyone laughed at this outburst and they all started talking, even Harry.
"But, honestly Hermione, my brother?" Ginny frowned at her friend after hearing the events of the bookstore. "Of all people, you snog my brother."
Hermione blushed and flashed Ginny an innocent smile. They were waiting for Harry and Ron to stop 'rekindling their friendship' and it was getting quite boring.
"If we're going to check out Fred and George's shop, we need to go… NOW!" Ginny said with a sigh as Harry and Ron started punching each other in the shoulder.
"Come on Hun…" Hermione said and Ron stopped and looked at her and smiled. He walked over to Hermione and hugged her.
"Let's go Harry." He said and he and Hermione walked out of the inn and onto the crowded street heading toward a big sign reading 'Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes'. As they walked along, people jumped out of the way because Ron and Hermione weren't watching where they were going, they were too busy exploring the depths of each others mouth with their energetic tongues.
"You two are very busy over there," Fred said laughing as Ron and Hermione continued snogging and ran into the wall next to the door Fred had just emerged from, "You are going to scare away our customers!"
Hermione broke the kiss to tell Fred to shut up and leave them alone when Ron's mouth traveled down to her neck and she moaned making Fred roll his eyes.
Ron finally took his lips from her now-red neck and looked down into her eyes. He was holding her up against the wall and she was almost eye level with him and he leaned forward and gently kissed her lips.
"Mmm…" Hermione moaned as she licked her lips then stared seductively at him. He growled and, at the sound of Fred's angry grunt, picked Hermione up to take her into the store. She wrapped her legs around him and snaked her arms around his neck.
"I can't believe I've lasted this long without you!" She whispered to him, gently nibbling on his ear and making him laugh.
"Thank you!" Fred spat angrily and then George came walking toward the open door.
"So, you two finally got together…" The twins started laughing as Ron walked on to get away from them, "Hey! WAIT! DON'T GO IN- there!"
It was too late. Ron walked on and he and Hermione gasped. Molly and Arthur were standing by the counter talking to none other than Albus Dumbledore.
The three adults looked up and Molly gasped as Hermione unwrapped her legs from Ron's waist and he set her back on solid ground.
"Uh…" Ron started this time Hermione was the one who squeaked. She held Ron's hand as Dumbledore smiled cheerfully at them and Arthur looked thoroughly confused.
Harry and Ginny could be heard talking to Fred and George in the dead silence that now enveloped the store.
"Good day Miss Granger, Mr. Weasley," Dumbledore said warmly, "I expect the two of you are ready for prefect duties this year… maybe this year you will work on your tasks together…"
Hermione opened her mouth to reply but again all that could be heard was a squeak. She quickly closed her mouth and gulped.
Suddenly Molly smiled and ran up to Hermione. She embraced Hermione in a huge hug and sighed.
"We've all been waiting for this to happen!" Molly said as she beamed lovingly at Hermione. Hermione looked at Ron, confused and disoriented.
"Mum?" Ron inquired, making Molly release the bewildered Hermione, "Uh… what are you talking about… you've 'been waiting a long time for this'?"
"Oh, Ron, we knew you two would get together sooner or later… oh you guys are so CUTE!" She smiled at them and Ron looked strangely at her.
Molly looked at them again and her eyes shined as she beamed at Ron and Hermione. She scurried back over to her husband and said 'good bye' to Dumbledore.
"Well," She said pulling her confused husband along with her. "We'll be going now. We just wanted to make sure the twins got here all right…"
They hurried out as Harry, Ginny, and the twins walked in.
"I'd best be going also," Dumbledore said walking toward the now-large group and excusing himself from the store with a small wink at Hermione and Ron.
"That was so weird!" Ron said as soon as Dumbledore was gone. He looked down at Hermione and she nodded and Ron noticed her wide eyes and guilty look. "You know, we didn't do anything wrong." He said looking concerned.
"I know…" She said unsteadily, "I just… I just didn't want your mum and dad to be mad at me… us… and Professor Dumbledore too…" She trailed off and looked away. Ron thought about what she said as Fred and George walked to the counter and started organizing some papers.
Ron finally stopped his thoughts and reached out to Hermione. She jumped as Ron embraced her lovingly from behind. He leaned down and whispered in her ear, "You know, we still have a half hour before we have to meet Mum and Dad… we could leave these books here and pick them up before we leave… go spend some time… together… alone…"
Hermione giggled as Ron purred in her ear and Fred looked up at them.
"Will you two please stop the PDA's? We are going to have customers soon!" He said almost begging Ron and Hermione to stop.
"Can I keep these here until we have to leave then?" Hermione asked, pointing to the bag of books Ron had set by his feet.
"Sure." Fred said in a monotone voice and Ron handed the bag to George who placed it behind the counter.
"You guys aren't going to check out the shop?" George said with a fake pout. He smiled then and said, "You know, if you want somewhere to snog, I'd suggest Fortescue's… it's couples' cones day and you'd fit right in." He gave them a funny look and laughed as Harry sprouted a raccoon tail after trying a piece of candy Ginny gave him.
Ron laughed at Harry as he and Hermione walked out of the store. Ginny winked at Hermione after Harry's tail disappeared and everyone but Ginny looked at her strangely when she busted out laughing.
A/N: So how did you like the 'I love you' chapter? Tell me in a review! Please and thank you in advance!
Now I have a few things to tell and ask you… 1) The next chapter is titled 'A Date in Diagon' and it is of course Ron and Hermione's date in Diagon Alley… I am not gonna say any more titles cuz I may end up changing them… 2) I am making a sequel… and I want some suggestions on what to call it… I want it to end with –ation so it rhymes… 3) Will you read my sequel when I post it? 4) For those of you who read my one-shot, 'A KNOCK IN THE NIGHT' do you want the prequel to be lemony (which I will probly make limey cuz I don't know about the graphic stuff… I don't think I could write the graphic stuff…) I got a review saying to make it lemony and I don't know if all of you would like that… it would make the prequel rating R or M if you will so I don't know if everyone is in to that stuff…
Send me your answers in your review or you can email me… sibes1113(at)yahoo(dot)com
What makes a story change from PG 13 to R? Just wondering cuz I don't really have ANY sense of ratings for stories and I don't want to make my story too… well… R-ish and still say it's PG 13… just tell me if you can… It is MUCH APPRECIATED!
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Sibes