Chapter two

Izzy filled up with excitement. Not noticing Ginny, Ashley, Hermione, and Keri witnessed the whole thing. When she did come around to noticing she didn't care. She pulled Fred by the arm and they made their way upstairs.

Ginny and Ashley starting whispering immediately...

"Did you see that?" Ginny asked Ashley

"of course i did" Ashley replied

they both laughed.

Hermione looked from Ashley to Ginny and just shook her head and smiled.

Back upstairs Ron was pacing his room he really wanted to find out what it was he really said. And he wanted to know what Hermione was thinking!

Even further upstairs Izzy and Fred, and, Ade and George were busy snogging.

Hermione made her way into Ron's room. Ron being startled stumbled on his words, "erm...eh...hey"

"Hello Ron" Hermione looked Ron straight in the eye.

"You know Ron I've been thinking" she finished

"yeah?" Ron said uneasily

"about what you said in the burrow"

"which was what?" Ron asked with a puzzled yet nervous impression on his face

"basically that you liked me allot" Replied hermione with a gulp

"oh.."

"Well i like you too," Hermione said quickly and left the room.

Ron swallowed loudly, and felt his ears turning red. He sat nervously on rug for a while, and finally sighed. He was glad Hermione liked him, because he liked her more than she knew.

Just then Ginny came running in, "Hey Ron!…...ehh, whadda you look so happy about?"

Ron smirked, "Oh, nothing."

Ginny raised an eyebrow, "Hmmm, well anyway, you got a letter from Harry, so here." She tossed Ron the envelope and dashed out the doorway. Ron tore open the letter, and pulled out a piece of parchment.

Ron,

How's it going? I haven't heard from you all summer. I'm getting a bit fed up, the Dursley's are as rotten as ever and I cant take much more of this!

Harry

Ron sighed and took out a quill and a piece of parchment…he wrote:

Harry,

Sorry about the Dursley's, I really can't tell you much, Dumbledore's orders, Well George and Fred are doing plenty of snogging…They found two girls up…ahh where we are….and Hermione… well I'll tell you when you get here.

Ron

That evening Izzy and Ade, burst abruptly into their bedroom looking rather flushed, ready to tell their tale.

"Well you two look rather cheerful," Hermione said with a smirk.

Izzy giggled, "Well you look equally delighted yourself!"

Hermione felt her cheeks flush.

"So what's that all about?" Ade questioned.

"Erm….nothing," She quavered.

"A likely story" Izzy teased.

Hermione contemplated for a moment, thinking cleverly to herself…then shrugged and said, "You spill, then I'll spill"

Ron struggled with Pigwidgeon then quickly fell backward at the sound of a loud SNAP!

"Ah-ha we've got him again George!" Fred commented

"Shut-up you two!" Ron retorted

"So any news with you and Hermione?" George questioned with a sly grin overcoming his face.

"What makes that any of your business?" Ron shot

"Well we could do this the easy way or the hard way mate." Fred finished

Ginny, Elise, Ashley, and Keri all sat around the fire in the filthy living room.

Ginny and Ashley were whispering in the corner.

Although Elise frankly didn't care what they were talking about. She couldn't wait to meet Harry her great-grandfather favored him so much and she thought they would get along great.

Keri sitting closely to the fire couldn't stop day dreaming about Ron.

Their thoughts were soon broken when the sound of three giggling girls entered.

"I cant believe you two actually snogged the twins" Hermione said laughing

Ginny looked at the twin girls in disgust, " YOU WHAT?" she squealed.

A wry expression came over the twins faces, "What about yourself Hermione," Izzy retorted.

"Yeah! been doing an snogging yourself lately?" Ade added.

Ginny shrieked with excitement, "With who!"

"R…" Ade began.

"Nooo!….I mean, nothing…never mind" Hermione broke in.

The twins chuckled to themselves, shrugged and left the room.

As Ade and Izzy were leaving the room, they bumped into Fred and George.

"Oh, hello Fred…George," Izzy began, finished by her sister.

Tonks walked past and giggled, "Having fun are you?"

Fred and George smirked and escorted their lady friends down to the kitchen for dinner.

As everyone was leaving the living room, heading down for dinner, Hermione cornered Ron near the fireplace.

Ron felt his ears turn a brilliant shade of red.

"Erm… we need to talk," Hermione spoke softly

Ron felt flustered.

"I've been thinking and I do really like you Ron." Hermione finished

"Oh" Ron said

"Is that all you have to say Ron?"

"No Hermione I just don't know how to respond, I mean I've liked you for awhile and yea it just comes as a bit of a shock you would …erm… return the feelings."

"Well, I do"

With that Ron and Hermione look deeply into each others eyes. Hermione thought to herself, should I? Will he?, but with her final thought Ron leaned in a kissed her softly on the lips. It was now Hermione's turn to change shades of color. They both walked downstairs with a little hop in their step.

When Hermione and Ron reached the kitchen, the two sets of twins looked up immediately, knowing that the advice they had given earlier may have just paid off. Hermione winked at Aida and Izzy, and Ron gave Fred and George a brotherly nudge.

Ginny gagged jokingly, making the other girls giggle, save for Keri that is…who was sulkily re-arranging her mashed potatoes.

The next morning Ron awoke with a start to great commotion coming from downstairs. Groggily he stood up and sauntered over to the mirror, where he began running his fingers through his hair, trying to smooth it out "If I could just get this stupid piece of hair to lie flat, then maybe Hermione…" His thoughts were interrupted by two loud "Cracks"

"Whaddyadoing?" George burst.

Once again Ron had fallen over, startled at his brothers' sudden entrances.

"What the bloody hell was that for!" Ron shot.

Fred and George ignored the comment, "Sooo, did anything happen between you and someone special we know?" Fred asked with a smirk.

Ron hadn't heard a word of it, he had dashed down the stairs to see what the commotion was all about.

Once again the portrait was screaming insults. Tonks flushed, and was bent over on the floor picking up umbrellas and putting them into their container.

"SIRIUS!……..REMUS!" Mrs. Weasley bellowed. "GET OVER HERE AND SHUT THIS WOMAN UP!"

Sirius and Remus came running from the other room, and once again forced the curtains closed. Ron stood there dumbstruck. Seeing the look on Ron's face, Sirius elaborated,

"That Ron…is my dear old mother."

-- to be continued--