In Her Eyes

Madammarauder

Ch11: Feeling Better

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"Ron?" Hermione gasped, squatting down next to him as if nothing had happened. Hermione then froze and gave a silent gasp when she spotted tears filling Ron's eyes. Ron just shook his head, trying to fight back the tears. He then jumped up, and turned to run up the steps to the dormitory.

"Ron, stop!"Hermione exclaimed in rage. Ron did as he was told, and stopped in his tracks. Now, Hermione could see the tears falling down his face. He turned his head, and looked over his shoulder.

"What?" He asked coldly, with both rage, and pain in his voice. This time, tears moistened Hermione's eyes.

"Ron, nothing happened." Hermione said, choking back tears. She then tried to take a step toward Ron, but he took a step back.

"NO!"Ron screamed. This time, hurt diffidently rang in his voice, "You and Malfoy were down there playing tonsil hockey! DON'T TELL ME THAT NOTHING HAPPENED!" He then furiously brushed the new tears that were filling his eyes away. Some curious people were now poking their heads out of their dormitories to watch and listen to Hermione and Ron argue.

For days, between Hermione and Ron, you could almost cut the tension in the air with a knife. Whenever they would have class together, they would sit far apart so that they wouldn't have to work together. When they did this, Harry would alternate sitting with the two of them. But, the truth was Hermione couldn't stand not talking to Ron. So, she would, every once and a while, try to say something nice, or walk a little closer to him, but he would just give her an evil glare, and go back to ignoring her.

Now, Malfoy was a different story. At night, he and Hermione would walk down the empty corridors, an awkward silence would stay with them the whole night. Every once and a while, Malfoy, and sometimes Hermione would open their mouths to say something, but no noise came out except nervous stutters. There was obviously still some feeling between the two of them.

Finally, there was Harry. Poor, poor Harry. He had no idea whose side to choose, ( Not that he should have had to). Ron obviously had the right to be upset because Hermione "Betrayed him" as Ron so many times had said. But, on the other hand, Hermione had the right to kiss anyone she chooses. Finally, Harry had dealt with enough.

"Stop it, the both of you!" Harry exclaimed, annoyance clearly ringing in his voice. He was holding back a furious Hermione with his right arm, and a raging Ron with his left arm. Harry, Hermione, and Ron were standing in the center of the Common Room, arguing just like the night they had when the whole situation first started. And, just like that horrible night, people were scampering about the Common Room to get a better look at the argument

"No!" Ron screamed, not really answering Harry, but trying to talk to Hermione, "I want to know why you were flirting with . . . with . . . IT this morning! You were just trying to make me jealous, weren't you? Huh, were you?"

"Ron, you PRAT! We weren't flirting, Ron! We had to talk about the schedule that had been altered." Hermione said, taking a step away from Harry, and brushed a strand of hair from her face. Ron just gave a snort of disbelief.

Hermione wasn't satisfied with his reply when she dropped her jaw, and she threw her arms up in anger. "Ron, as much as I know that you don't believe me, I have a job to do with Malfoy. And, just to get it clear, nothing has happened between the two of us sense that night. So, you can just keep on ignoring me, but I just want to let you know that there is nothing in the world that means more to me than our friendship." With that, she turned to leave Ron awestruck.

Ron realized that it was not the right move. So, without thinking, he ran after Hermione, and grabbed her forearm, and swung her around. When he had done so, Hermione was definitely surprised. Ron pulled her closer to his body, causing her to look up into his eyes. Once she was pushed all the way against his body, he brushed the remaining hair out of her face so that he could see her eyes clearly. Then, without another word, he lowered down and gently kissed her on the lips. He didn't kiss her as Malfoy had, but it was a very gentle, and sweet kiss. Once Ron finally pulled away, he instantly looked at her eyes. Trying to sense how she had liked it. Just as he had hoped for, she was absolutely beaming. Her eyes were glimmering as if she was watching a load of fireworks going off in the sky.

Everyone in the Common Room had frozen when Ron kissed Hermione. It was just the perfect moment. Harry was almost beaming as much as Hermione had been. This was because he knew that Hermione and Ron wouldn't be bickering anymore, and he wouldn't have to choose sides. Harry just watched the moments pass as Hermione and Ron just stood there, staring at each other. Finally, Hermione grabbed Ron's hand with a grin, and pulled him out of the Common Room.

Harry sat in front of the crackling fireplace that was now dying with a load of books, quills, and pieces of parchment lying on his lap. He had just finished the last of his Potions essay, and was about to start on his Charms assignment. He gave a large, lazy yawn, and shifted all of the materials to one side of his lap so that he could lift his hand to see what time it was. It was 11:20. Harry gave a silent gasp. Hermione and Ron had left the Common Room hand in hand at about seven o'clock. What could they possibly be doing for about three hours? Harry thought to himself. Could Hermione have been faking the excitement, and when she was out with Ron maybe she knocked him unconscious, drug him into the lake, and let the Giant Squid take it from there? Then, Harry slapped himself in the face to try to get him back to reality. Suddenly, Harry almost jumped out of his skin when Ron came skipping happily into the Common Room. Harry jumped up immediately, all of the books, quills, and pieces of parchment falling off of his lap. Crookshanks, who had been cuddling up in the chair next to Harry, and when Harry jumped up, Crookshanks was so startled that she flew off of the seat, and hissed angrily at Harry, scampering across the room, and out of sight. Harry seemed to not have noticed as he rushed over to the Ron who was absolutely glowing.

"What happened? Why were you two gone so long?" Harry asked, stepping in front of Ron. Ron just grinned, and walked over to the couch where he sat down without a word. Harry, once again, raced after him. "Tell me!" Harry begged, sitting next to Ron.

Ron finally talked, "Hermione and I are officially dating now." Harry gasped, absolutely stunned from the news. But, he still wondered what they were doing for so long.

"Really?" Harry asked in disbelief. Ron just smiled and grinned. "So, do I really need to know what you two were doing for three hours?" Harry asked with a smirk. Ron laughed.

"The first thing Hermione and I did was we went by the lake where if you were looking from the castle you couldn't see us. Then, we just talked for about an hour and a half." When Ron said this, Harry just snorted. "No, really!" Ron said, play-punching Harry in the arm. " As I was saying... Then we actually made out for about thirty minutes. And let me tell you, I know why Malfoy and Hermione were so into it. She is a really good kisser!" Ron said, in a complete daze as he remembered kissing Hermione.

"Okay . . . " Harry said with a disgusted look on his face, putting his hand in front of Ron's face to silence him. "Please, I am not exactly comfortable talking about my two best friends snogging."

"Right," Ron said, coming back to reality, " Then, she had to leave to go to Head Girl patrolling. But, as she was leaving, I caught up to her and asked her if she would go out with me. She just beamed and said yes." Ron said with a grin that stretched from ear to ear.

"Well," Harry said, smiling at his friend's expression, "I am happy for the two of you, but I am more happy for me because I won't have to listen to the two of you bitch at each other any more." Harry said with another yawn. Ron's smile suddenly went away.

"I'm sorry, mate." Ron said, his voice filled with concern, "I didn't ever think about how you felt when Hermione and I were fighting. It must have been awful to have to choose sides."

"That's fine" Harry said. Then he smiled and added, "But, now it is gonna be weird watching the two of my best friends being all touchy-feelyall the time." Ron just rolled his eyes, and punched Harry in the arm again.

"Well," Ron said with a long yawn, " I am gonna hit the sack. Come join me if you want." With that Ron stood up, and started to walk toward the steps. Harry jumped up and followed him. Then he said in a sexy, feminine voice, " Oh, Ronny. I have always been waiting for you to say that to me. But, don't worry, I won't tell Hermione."

Ron just laughed, and went into the dormitory, Harry following.

A/n: I hoped you like this chapter.! And just to clear things up...I AM SO NOT FINISHED WITH THE STORY YET! Okay, so, please review!