Harry had just told the two girls, Hermione and Ginny that Ron had passed away. Until then, they had thought either the boys were both dead or both lost and too stubborn to ask for directions. Oh how Hermione wished she had been right in thinking the latter one. Ron had always been her bestfriend, just like Harry and although they argued more than anything else, she missed him- arguing and all. The well known saying 'You don't know what you've got until it's gone' came to her mind and she reproached herself for having taken Ron's friendship and presence for granted but what she regreted the most was not geting to say goodbye.
"Hermione, there are some details I have to fill you in about Ron's death." he said softly trying not to terrify the bushy brown- haired girl with tears running down face.
"What esle could there possibly be?" she asked, he voice thick with tears.
"Before the whole battle began that day, I took you for a walk. Do you remember that?" he asked and recieved a nod in reply. " I had a reason to take you out there, I had something to tell you. Ron knew about it, he was trying to get me to gather my courage and tell you. So when I was about to spill, the light appeared. I couldn't find you anywhere. I looked while I fought and ran from area to area of the grounds. I saw so many bodies and so many duels. I thought you might be dead, no one had seen you. Then I crossed Ron..." he paused " I thought he had been knocked down, he seemed fine, tired, but fine. He was really scared, we talked and I noticed he was losing alot of blood, he had some cuts and such. He was afrais of dying, afraid of being alone. I tried to heal him" his voice cracked and a few tears rolled down his cheeks. " I tried to heal him but it didn't work. He kept bleeding. He made me promis to tell you what I hadn't been able to yet and we said our goodbyes. He also said that he loved us and to tell everyone goodbye from him."
"Oh Harry." she leaned her body up against his and cried on his shoulder " I can't believe he's gone"
"Neither can I " Harry whispered back crying as well.
They stayed like that until both of their tears had subsided. Holding each other well into the night. HArry thought Hermione had fallen asleep. he was wrong, as he found out when she suddenly said his name.
"What is it 'Mione" he asked and she smiled at hearing that nickname the one only he could use.
"Are you going to keep your promis to Ron?" she asked curiously. He sighed contently.
"Yes I am, for many reasons, it was his dying wish, the time seems right and above all, I still want to." he answered.
"OK" she said snuggling her head further into his shoulder. ' Oh I wonder if it really has to do with me. Maybe the kiss. When will he tell me' These thoughts were running throught Hermione's mind.
"Hermione, can I tell you something that I've been keeping to myself for way to long?" he asked carefully.
"Sure Harry" she said taking her head off his shoulder, leaving it cold without her touch, and looking into his eyes expectantly.
"Well Hermione. I have been thinking over the thousand ways I could tell you this. And how I truly hope you don't hate me for this or anything but i really hope, and I don't know why I really took this long to tell you but I -" she cut him off.
"Harry you're rambling" she giggled lightly "just tell me it can't be that hard, I'm your bestfriend, I won't hate you, I won't be mad. Just spit it out." sh elaughed again and looked at him again.
" OK lets try this again. I've been thinking over the thousand ways I could tell you this and this is most likely the best there is" he gestured to their surroundings.The stars shinning brightly and the full moon lightling the tower enough to see each other. "This is perfect and even more so because You're here with me. I know i've been gone for a long time but I've never gone one day with out thinking about your beautiful smile and you amazing personality. There are so many things I still need to tell you but this is the most important one. Hermione, pretty much all year I've been seeing you in a different light. I've felt this way for longer than I even know. What i'm trying to say, 'Mione, is that... I love you" He smiled sweetly at her, waiting for her response.
"Oh my gosh Harry, I lo- I'm dating Seamus" she said with a fresh wave of tears. She quickly got up and went for the door. "For all it's worth Harry, I feel the same." and then she was gone.
Harry walked back to Gryffindor Tower only to realize he didn't know the password. He laid down near the wall on the side of the hall. He settled in, he was accustomed to sleeping on the hard ground because of his 'wonderful vacation on a huge island'.
Sleep overtook him he dreamed all night, different scenarios of him telling Hermione how he felt, none of which he remembered in the morning. He woke up to Lavender's blond hair tickling his face, her eyes looking deeply at him obviously glad he was awake and also she looked like she was trying no to laugh.
"Ahhhhhhhhh" he screamed when he first opened his eyes.
"Harry! Calm down" she told him loudly
"What did you do that for?" he asked implying staring at him while he was sleeping.
"I dunno. Just wondering what happened with you and Hermione?" she asked
"I told her how I feel about her. I love her and she told me she's with Seamus" he looked down sadly.
Hermione had been thinking about Harry's confession. She was still in love with him but she didn't know if he was stable. He might have run away after he killed Voldemort, how would she know. Besides she had Seamus, a boy who loved her, stuck by her and helped her through her grief. Seamus - he was handsome ' not as much as Harry' a voice in her head said. She loved him more than anything 'No you KNOW you love Harry more' the voice said. 'By the way Hermione' the voice said again ' you're late in meeting your oh-so-precious Seamus'. Hermione promptly told the voice to shut up and got dressed and went down to the Common Room. There she found Harry walking in through the portrait hole he saw her and gave her a small, sad smile he continued walking to the boys dormitory and she ran to the Great Hall to meet up with Seamus.
"Hey Hermione" he said as she arrived. "what took you so long?" he asked while chewing some sausages.
That got to her, tears started to roll down her cheeks and she turned and left wailing under her breath "Just like Ron". She ran out of the school onto the destructed grounds and all the way to the lake. Once there she began to run around. The feeling of loss gone and replaced by a different emotion, anger, Rage.
' How dare he? ' she mentally yelled ' Is he trying to replace my two bestfriends?' "Does he have no respect for the dead?" she yelled out loud. 'Seamus is a horrible, disrespectful, idiot, jerk, prat, little evil Cockr-" she was cut off by a male voice clearing his throat.
" 'Mione?" she turned around to the voice she hadn't expected to come after her.
"Seamus!" she was not happy with him " How dare you call me that. Are you daft? You know I don't let anyone call me that anymore" she yelled at him.
"But he's back Hermione you don't have to put anything aside as memory with him anymore" he said unwisely.
"THAT'S NOT THE POINT! FIRST, YOU CHEW AND SPEAK AT THE SAME TIME. JUST LIKE RON. THEN, YOU CALL ME " 'MIONE". JUST LIKE HARRY! ARE YOU TRYING TO REPLACE THEM BOTH OR SOMETHING?" she yelled, she knew deep down inside that she was just looking for a reason to break up with Seamus, that she wasn't fully happy.
"HERMIONE WHERE IN MERLIN'S NAME DID YOU GET THAT FROM?I AM NOT TRYING TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT. YOU'RE CRAZY IF YOU THINK I WANT TO ACT LIKE THEM. ONE'S APPARENTLY DEAD AND THE OTHER WAS MISSING FOR MONTHS, WHY WOULD I WANT TO TEND UP LIKE THAT?" He seemed to realize what he had said because his face lost all traces of color and he clapped a hand over his mouth. A muffled voice said " Oh my gosh Hermione, i didn't-" but it was cut off.
"HOW DARE YOU TALK LIKE THAT! WE ARE SO OVER SEAMUS FINNIGAN, I NEVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN." Hermione yelled as angry tears sprung to her eyes and threatened to fall down. She ran off up into the castle and Seamus well, he was too shocked to even move for two hours.
Hermione walked calmly into the Common Room, not angry anymore. She was much more calm and she realized she just needed to get out of that relationship. She wanted Harry, she loved Harry. And she knew she had to tell him. Thats why she came up smiling instead of crying like she had been earlier. She entered the common room and looked around. Nope he wasn't there. She walked up to his dormitory, looked around and was about to leave when she spotted a foot sticking out from under the curtains of his four-poster bed. She walked over to it and pulled apart the hangings.
"Harry" she said clearly and cheerily. "you awake?"
"Um hum" was the reply from Harry, his face still in his pillow. He then turned around and looked up at her "what is it Hermione? Come to tell me about your great date with Seamus?"
"No actually" she started "we broke up" seeing his confused face she elaborated " I broke up with him. You come first in my life." she smiled hoping he understood what she meant.
"Why would that matter? I'm your bestfriend and he's your boyfriends we aren't even competing or anything." he said kind of sadly.
"No see that, my dear, is where you're wrong. You aren't just my bestfriend, you're more to me. I love you Harry" she said with another smile.
"And you broke up with him?" he asked to make sure, he was now sitting up and a grin spread accross his face when she nodded. "Oh thank god" he exclaimed and put a hand over hers.
" Harry?" she asked
"yes, 'Mione"
"What does this mean?"
"I hope it means you want to be my girlfriend" he laughed happily. She giggled
"Is that an offer, Mr Potter?" she asked with a big smile
"Definetly" he said with nothing but honesty and nervosity.
"Well then, I accept." she blushed and looked him straight in the eye "I love you, " 'and I'm glad I promissed never to forget you' she added in her mind.
"I love you too" he said and he leaned foward she followed suit and their lips met, for the first time. It started slowly, one small peck and they smiled at each other, then a longer series of longer kisses.
He smiled upon the scene he was watching, "wow" he said "now thats love", he turned around hoping that Ginny would be forgiving and that nothing would get in the way of Harry and Hermione's romance. He remembered hearing Lily exclaim to James, " just like us". Sirius had only smiled claiming to have known all along. Ron took another look at his bestfriends, " have a nice life mates, I'm ok."
A/N I had to put in more Ron in my story because everybody loves Ron. laughs