A/N: finally chapter 2. I'm sooooo sorry it's taken me this long to update. With school starting on Friday I've been trying to prepare for that. I also had to go back and add some stuff to this chapter. Hope you enjoy
disclaimer: I'm not J.K. Rowling. Never have been and never will be.
"So, where to from here?" said Ron, squinting as they stepped out the front doors of the castle.
"How about under the keeper goals?" Hermione said pointing. She thought he was up to something and if her instinct was right she wanted this day to be memorable for both of them. "What's more memorable than a picnic on the quiddich pitch." she thought now following Ron across the beautiful Hogwarts grounds.
"Excellent. Oh before I forget these," he said reaching into the basket and pulling out the tulips, "are for you." Ron grinned at his cleverness. When he saw Hermione's face light up at the sight of the flowers his grin turned into a full smile, teeth and all.
Hermione gently took the lovely flowers from him. "Oh Ron! Thank you!" she squealed burying her face in the petals. Her stomach was doing flips. She couldn't believe he had just given her flowers, maybe this day was going to go better than she thought. "How did you know these are my favorites?"
"Don't be mad, but Ginny told me. I wanted them to be a surprise and I thought it would be kind of obvious if I came up to you and said 'Oh, by the way Hermione, do you mind telling me your favorite flower so I can surprise you with them tomorrow.'" he said glad to see that see was so excited about such a small, kind gesture. "Maybe she really does feel the same way about me as I do about her." he thought.
"Awwww. That's so sweet!" she said smiling. "Is this real? It seems like I've dreamed it so many times but never expected it to really happen. This will literally be a dream come true if he kisses me and ask me to be his girlfriend." she thought her heart racing as she thought to what MIGHT lie ahead in the already blissful day.
When they got to the pitch, Hermione felt her stomach begin to flutter. She had always wanted to be with Ron, hopefully today was that day. She couldn't help but let out a small giggle when she saw the blanket Ron was laying out for them to sit on.
"What?" he said, standing. The blanket before them on the ground was none other then one of Ron's many Chudley Canon blankets. "Oh. The blanket," he said laughing along with her, "it was the only one I had thatcould be used like this." He sat back down on the blanket and motioned for Hermione to join him.
"Well, well, well."said a voice off to Ron's right. Ron groaned. "Not now," he thought, "this cannot be happening" "If it isn't the Weasel and the Mudblood out on a little date." said Draco Malfoy smirking.
"DON'T CALL HER THAT!" Ron yelled, pulling out his wand as he got to his feet to face Malfoy.
"Ron, don't do anything your going to regret." Hermione said, looking up to Ron then looking at Draco.
"Yeah Weasel! Listen to your little girlfriend." Malfoy spat out the last word like he had just eaten dirt. "How could he date filth like her? Though all I have to say is finally! I mean, they've only liked each other for like, ever." Draco said to himself.
"What are you doing here?" Ron asked Malfoy, his face now a brilliant shade of red. "Go away!" Ron yelled in his head. "You are not going to mess this up for me."
"Nothing. Just walking the grounds. Can't I do that without being almost jinxed?" said Draco.
"Go and no one gets hurt." said Ron staring at him and lowering his wand.
"Fine," Draco sighed, admitting defeat, "but I'd watch my back if you and THAT are going to be together. Malfoy turned and walked off toward the castle, leaving them alone onece again.
"Can you believe Malfoy thinks we're dating?" Hermione said looking up at Ron kind of shocked. Was it that obvious to everyone?
Ron sat back down, putting his wand back in his pocket "It's now or never." he told himself. "Uhhhh...about that Hermione. I...ummmmmm. This was so much easier in my dreams." he said now looking at her hoping he wasn't sounding stupid. "She's so much smarter than me. What am I thinking?" he thought.
"What was easier?" she said, eyeing him nervously.
"Hermione, I think I l-lo-love you. No, I know I love you. I've liked you FOREVER but when you went to the Yule Ball with Krum, it made me realize how much you mean to me. I was such a prat no to notice before that." he said waiting to see her reaction. Hermione looked at him, shocked. Then she grinned. She couldn't believe he had just told her all this. "FINALLY!" her head was screaming; her heart racing.
"I love you too." she wispered to the ground.
"What!" said Ron looking at Hermione with a smile on his face.
"I love you too." she said loud enough this time for him to hear. I just can't believe you took this long."
"Huh?" thought Ron. "Am I that slow? I'm such an idiot!"
"When you asked me to the ball," Hermione continued, "I was so excited. I wanted to scream 'yes' at the top of my lungs. Then I remembered that I had already agreed to go with Vicktor. I started that fight with you so you wouldn't see how upset I was at myself for not holding out hope that you would come around." She looked at him her eyes brimming with tears.
"Oh Hermione!" he said, grabbing her hand and lacing his fingers through her's. "If only I hadn't been so stupid. I couldn't even see what was right in front of my own face."
Hermione's heart was now pounding in her chest. She had only dreamed of this day forever and now that it finally happened she didn't want it to end.
"You weren't being stupid, you were being a guy who didn't want to lose one of his best friends for something more." she said squeezing his hand.
"Hermione, would you be my ummmm..." he said looking into her beautiful brown eyes.
"Your what?" she said giving him a playful grin.
"My girlfriend?" he said. Why had that been so hard?
"I thought you would never ask." she said beaming. "I would be honored to be your girlfriend, under one condition."
A/N: There's chapter 2. I decided to keep the scene with Draco. It fit better. Hope everyone enjoyed it. I had a blast writing it. I'll put chapter 3 up soon so your not left with to much of a cliffhanger. I'm so mean for doing that. Well you know what to do. Just push that little button and leave me a few lines of what you think.