Hermione's eyes fluttered as she stirred in bed. She gave out a small
sigh as she stretched her arms above her head. Lying in bed she tried to
guess what time it was...9:30 maybe?
Then she realized...she got to go to the burrow this afternoon! Her eyes
opened wide when she realized she got to go visit the Weasley's today. She
had told her parents she went to the Weasley's to see Ginny, yeah right.
Well that's not completely untrue, Hermione tried to justify...she did like seeing Ginny, but it was her best friend Ron she was most interested in, and it had been that way for quite some time, ever since 3rd year she was aware of it, when the big black dog she knew now was Sirius Black pulled Ron through the opening in the Womping Willow she was afraid she might never see him again. The feelings had been there forever, since 1st year. But that was on the train to Hogwarts, and that was just a young crush...that crush had just bloomed to love these past years.
So she had tried to not think about him, suppress her feelings, he would never care about her the way she did for him. She was just his friend who nagged him about his studies...he hadn't even realized she was a girl until 4th year when he started asking everyone he could to the Yule Ball...that is everyone except her, not until it was too late. She was just a last resort to him. She didn't even like Viktor but she needed to find a way not to think about Ron, so she had agreed to Viktor's request.
She tried to cling to the hope that maybe Ron felt the same for her but as the years passed it seemed more unlikely that anything would ever happen if it hadn't yet.
Maybe he's just really shy, with the same emotional capacity as a bludger! She thought to herself She didn't want to ever have to give up hope on Ron. He had always been there for her as a friend... maybe one day her would come to think of her as more.
Hermione sat up in bed and began to think of all the things she needed to do before she left for the Wesley's. She had packed the night before, much to her parents dislike. They were told what was happening now in the wizarding world with the remerging of Voldemort and were most hesitant to let her ever go back. This had broken her heart the threat of never being able to see Ron or Harry in their world made her want to cry. How could she never get to ride the Hogwarts Express? Of never be able to go to Diagon Alley? But her parents had eventually come around and once again gave her permission to return. Hermione dressed in her better clothes and tried her best to tame her hair. She wanted desperately to look good for Ron when she saw him today. After breakfast she double checked all of her luggage and properly saying goodbye to her parents. She wouldn't see them until next summer.
Deciding the Weasley's wouldn't mind if she arrived a bit early, as well as her not wanting her parents changing their minds about her leaving, she stepped into the Granger fireplace to travel by floo powder. Mr. Weasley had connected the Granger fireplace to the Floo network the summer before.
"Bye Mum, bye Dad" She blew them a kiss and picked up a handful of floo powder.
"The Burrow!" and away she went, engulfed in green flames.
Well that's not completely untrue, Hermione tried to justify...she did like seeing Ginny, but it was her best friend Ron she was most interested in, and it had been that way for quite some time, ever since 3rd year she was aware of it, when the big black dog she knew now was Sirius Black pulled Ron through the opening in the Womping Willow she was afraid she might never see him again. The feelings had been there forever, since 1st year. But that was on the train to Hogwarts, and that was just a young crush...that crush had just bloomed to love these past years.
So she had tried to not think about him, suppress her feelings, he would never care about her the way she did for him. She was just his friend who nagged him about his studies...he hadn't even realized she was a girl until 4th year when he started asking everyone he could to the Yule Ball...that is everyone except her, not until it was too late. She was just a last resort to him. She didn't even like Viktor but she needed to find a way not to think about Ron, so she had agreed to Viktor's request.
She tried to cling to the hope that maybe Ron felt the same for her but as the years passed it seemed more unlikely that anything would ever happen if it hadn't yet.
Maybe he's just really shy, with the same emotional capacity as a bludger! She thought to herself She didn't want to ever have to give up hope on Ron. He had always been there for her as a friend... maybe one day her would come to think of her as more.
Hermione sat up in bed and began to think of all the things she needed to do before she left for the Wesley's. She had packed the night before, much to her parents dislike. They were told what was happening now in the wizarding world with the remerging of Voldemort and were most hesitant to let her ever go back. This had broken her heart the threat of never being able to see Ron or Harry in their world made her want to cry. How could she never get to ride the Hogwarts Express? Of never be able to go to Diagon Alley? But her parents had eventually come around and once again gave her permission to return. Hermione dressed in her better clothes and tried her best to tame her hair. She wanted desperately to look good for Ron when she saw him today. After breakfast she double checked all of her luggage and properly saying goodbye to her parents. She wouldn't see them until next summer.
Deciding the Weasley's wouldn't mind if she arrived a bit early, as well as her not wanting her parents changing their minds about her leaving, she stepped into the Granger fireplace to travel by floo powder. Mr. Weasley had connected the Granger fireplace to the Floo network the summer before.
"Bye Mum, bye Dad" She blew them a kiss and picked up a handful of floo powder.
"The Burrow!" and away she went, engulfed in green flames.