A/NHey! Sorry it took me sooooooo long to get this chappie up! I'm sure you all were on the edge of your seats waiting for this. Just joking! Anway, I've been really busy with school and whatnot and just kept putting off doing this, but here it is! Enjoy!
DisclaimerI do not own Harry Potter or anything related to Harry Potter...the great magnificent splendid wonderful excellent J.K. Rowling does!
Hermione woke up long before anyone else in the dormitory the next morning. She decided to get up and go for an early morning walk to try to clear her mind a bit before she had to go to class. She felt considerably better than she had the previous night, although not looking forward to all her classes with Ron.
Ron woke up bright and early. Everybody else in the dormitory was still asleep, Neville snoring loudly. He decided he would slip out of the room to go for a walk, perhaps around the grounds, to try and figure out what he was going to do. Before leaving, he sat in front of the fire in the common room to warm up.
Hermione came down the stairs. She saw Ron and felt a twinge of disgust towards him. "Hermione..." he said. She tried to stay calm, and not lose her head. "Yes?" she said impatiently. "Hermione, can I talk to you?" How nice, now he wants to talk. she said to her self. "Oh really? you want to talk to me do you? Why don't you go talk to Lavender, and snog her while you're at it!" Hermione spat out furiously. "What the bloody hell is that supposed to mean? Do you really think I WANTED to kiss her on the train yesterday? Because I didn't! She just came at me!" Ron shot back. He was standing up now. "Oh yeah Ron, I could really tell you didn't want to be there. You looked SO miserable." "I'm sorry Hermione. The only reason I went to find her is because I was going to break up with her, but then she bloody jumped on me and started snogging me and I didn't know how to make her stop!" Ron said, apologetically. "Didn't know how to make her stop? That's rich! I can't believe I'm hearing this! Didn't know how to make her stop! hmpf." And with that she stormed out of the portrait hole with nothing but a glower back at Ron.
Ron just stood there, looking both angry and sad, like he'd just lost one of the most important things he'd ever had in his life, and like it would take more than magic to get it back. He headed back up to the dormitory and lay on his bed, too upset to do anything else.
Meanwhile, Hermione went out onto the grounds and down to the lake, where she sat down on a rock to think. Maybe I'm getting a little carried away. But still, Ron is mental! If he does love me, then why in the world is he doing this? I just want to crawl under this rock and stay there. What am I doing? I'm Hermione Granger! I've got to hold my head high and be strong! This isn't like me at all. Though they say love does do funny things to you....She sighed and continued to stare out into the beautiful, peaceful lake.
"Ron, Ron! What are you doing? Hello? Are you awake or what?" Ron was staring up into the face of his best friend, Harry. Along with three other faces as well, although he hadn't noticed any of them until they started yelling at him. "Oh, hello Harry." looks to his left Hello Neville, Dean, Seamus. Nice day isn't it?" he said somewhat sarcastically. "Um..Ron? Are you okay? You seem a little...off..." Harry said. "Yeah mate, you've been sort of mumbling for a while now. We thought you'd gone mental." Neville said, with a sharp elbow in his ribs from Dean. Ron frowned and said, "Hermione hates me." Then he launched into the story of what had taken place in the common room earlier. When he was done, there was silence. Then from Seamus; "Ouch mate, I'm sorry about that." "Girls are so strange..." Neville said with a thoughtful look about him. "Maybe I should talk to her. Try to set things straight you know?" Harry added. "Thanks mate, but I think I've got to handle this on my own." Ron replied. Harry looked at him with concen, and Ron said with a half hearted smile, "I'm okay, really. I'll be fine." Then they headed down to breakfast.
Hermione was already there. When she saw the boys coming towards her, she turned back around and ignored them. Harry sat down next to her, with Ron next to him, and the other three boys on the other side of Ron. "Good morning, Hermione." Harry said, smiling at her. "I suppose so. I assume you've heard about the incident in the common room then?" she said glumly. "As a matter of fact, I have." Hermione sighed. Harry tried to get them to join him in a conversation, but neither of them seemed to want to talk. "You two are hopeless." Harry said under his breath. Nobody seemed to notice the new teacher sitting up at the staff table, who was looking inquisitively at Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Nobody that is, except Harry. They locked eyes for a moment, and there was a feeling of safety and almost happiness within Harry. The next thing they knew, breakfast was over and the timetables were being handed out by Professor McGonagall.
A/NHope you liked it! This chapter was kind of hard to write...hope its good! Now stop wasting time and review!!!! :-)
