The Can't-Live-Without-Each-Other Kind of Love

Chapter 3: We Can't

By Sara Lynn

Most young adults don't spend their evenings in. Ron and Hermione almost always did. They preferred it that way. They both had laid-back personalities that made hanging out with the comforts at home (and the one you love) much more appealing than grinding against strangers at a club. This evening they were having fun muggle style. Hermione ran to a movie store to pick out some movies she knew Ron would enjoy. They were supposed to have a marathon, but got bored after only two and a half movies and three bowls of popcorn.

"That girl in that movie was a lot like you." Ron called to Hermione, who was in the kitchen cleaning the popcorn bowls and glasses they had used.

"Which movie and which girl?" Hermione called back, very intrigued.

"Juliet." This caused Hermione to leave her from her prized dishware. She came back into the living room and looked Ron straight in the eyes. He was talking about one of the most romantic and beautiful characters to ever have been created.

"Are you serious?" She asked him, with her hands on her hips, a dish towel in one of her hands.

"Naaah, she's way too nice to be like you. Never mind." Ron said with his lopsided grin that made Hermione's stomach do weird things.

"Ronald Weasley. You red headed bastard…." Hermione began as she ran towards him with the towel. When she reached the slightly frightened red head at the couch, she gave him a good whack in the shoulder with the towel.

"Ouch! You witch!" Ron would not let her get away with that. Towels are painful! He pulled his female friend down on the couch with him by grabbing onto the towel forcefully. She was only on top of him for a second, however because he flipped them over so he was in control. He waggled his eyebrows at her in a jokingly suggestive way. This was so obviously the moment where they would finally share a kiss. But the way Ron waggled his eyebrows at her reminded her too much of Hogwarts and Harry and the fun they all had there- she felt like Harry should be with them. She didn't mean that sexually, she most definitely did NOT want a ménage a trois (1) to develop, but she missed her other best friend. She looked Ron in the eyes and said, "Can you please get off me?" Ron obeyed but he was extremely confused, he gave her a peculiar glance as she began pacing their living room with her hands on her forehead.

"Mione…can I ask what in Merlin's name that was about?"

"We CAN'T Ron!." Hermione stopped her pacing and looked at him, hot tears dripping down her face.

"Whoa whoa whoa. Can't what?"

"We can't be having fun. It isn't right. Our best friend is in a horrible state right now Ron. I can't imagine being him right now. The way he left things with Ginny a-and with you and me. I would dying if I knew I was in a damn mental institute when the one that I love doesn't know how much I really do love them and when my best friends thing I am the biggest arse on the planet. I know we can't communicate with Harry just yet but until we can I don't want him to think we've forgotten about him, because I sure as hell have not forgotten about him." Ron sighed and looked at Hermione. He half agreed with her. He truly didn't want Harry to think that they had forgotten him either, But what he really wanted was to kiss her- and he knew Harry would approve of that if of anything.

"Harry would want us to live our lives." He said simply. "But I do agree with you, I don't want him thinking that he's out of our lives. We'll get to see him soon love. Until then we'll keep the fun at a minimum." He said with a wink.

"It means a lot to me that you're not trying to pick a fight right now." Hermione said grinning.

"Yeah well, Potter knows that's part of our fun. It's what we do. We fight."

AN…So how was it my dears? Keep your lovely reviews coming. A few of you asked about Harry and Ginny and the mirror. Basically Harry had not acknowledged any feelings for Ginny even to himself. And the mirror hinted that Ginny was the one for him, so he figured he might as well tell her. More on that later though…this isn't a HPGW story though so it will be minimal. All my chapter stories are 5 chapters long. So 2 more chapters (: I know HP&HBP comes out in two hours but I hope you'll continue to read my fanfic, as well as others. Thanks!

1. ménage a trois is French for threesome (: