There For You
Chapter 5: Loads of Homework
Author's Note: Sorry this took a week to get out but I had two projects due this week and my uncle came for Thanksgiving and I've had errands to run in my car!!! Yep, I got my license!!! Yay! I can drive myself to ballet now and to Taco Bell (I went there on Tuesday) and the store! Anyway, sorry t took awhile and I know what some of you will say. I know that I update faster than most authors but I don't like going a week without updating. But here it is! It's very fluffy at the end! Enjoy!
Ron slept in the next morning. He finally rolled out of bed and hastily dressed himself. He went down to the common room to find Harry and Ginny talking happily to each other on the couch hand in hand. Ginny was looking up at Harry adoringly and he smiled down at her. Ron cleared his throat and wrinkled his nose a bit. It still bothered him a little to see his best friend with his sister. Harry noticed him and sat up a little straighter.
"Hey Ron, look," Harry said pointing to the D.A. sign. Ron walked over to it and his eyes widened in shock. Every single space was filled on the sign up sheet. Ron skimmed the lists over. He didn't know most of the people but it was great to see so much enthusiasm.
"Wow Harry!"
"I know. I had no idea so many people would be interested. I'm going to have my hands full." Ron nodded in agreement. Harry relaxed back into the couch and turned his head to Ginny. Ron spotted Hermione sitting at the table and sat beside her. He kissed her cheek softly.
"What're you doing Love?" She turned to him momentarily and pecked him on the lips.
"Studying." She went back to her work and Ron leaned back.
"You been studying long?"
"A couple hours."
"When will you be done?"
"I don't know."
"By the time Quidditch practice is over? We're meeting from two to four." (I don't know how long they practice. If anyone knows, tell me.)
"I'm not sure," she answered.
"Do you have that much?"
"The same amount that you have."
"I'll do mine tomorrow. We don't have too much." She raised her eyebrow.
"Oh really? We have work in every class. Maybe you should get a head start on it." Ron shrugged nonchalantly. She rolled her eyes.
"We also have N.E.W.T.S. next year you know. There's loads to study for that."
"They're a year away Hermione! No need to start now."
"Yes, because preparing in advance is such a terrible thing to do." He nodded.
"Yep, it's too early."
"Well I'm going to anyway. You should too but whatever."
"But have you had breakfast?" She nodded. He sighed. He looked back at Harry to ask if he had eaten but found the pair kissing each other softly.
"Oi! Harry!" Harry opened one eye at Ron.
"Breakfast?" Harry held up a finger and gave Ginny one more, longer kiss. Ron looked away disgustedly. He checked back a moment later to see if they were done and stood. Harry took Ginny's hand and they headed to the portrait hole. Ron kissed the top of Hermione's head.
"Sure you don't want to come?" She nodded and gave him a small smile. He shrugged and followed the others to the Great Hall. As soon as they sat down, Neville came to them and began talking excitedly.
"Professor Lupin is coming tonight! He'll be here by dinner!" Harry's jaw dropped.
"I forgot it was today! Excellent!"
"Can't wait to see him!" Ron added. "Plus it'll be nice getting rid of McGonagall. It's horrible having her for two classes!" Harry nodded in agreement. Ginny smiled at Harry. She knew it would be wonderful for him to have more of a father figure to talk to since Sirius was gone. Ron wasn't a very good substitute. Parvati and Lavender heard them talking about Lupin nearby and scooted down to them.
"I'm not sure I'm comfortable having him teach here again. He is a werewolf after all. What if he isn't safe?" Parvati asked. Anger spread on Harry and Ron's faces.
"There's nothing wrong with being a werewolf! He's perfectly safe! He has a potion to take that makes him calm when he changes!" Harry exclaimed. Parvati raised her eyebrows in surprise.
"Sorry," she snapped. "I didn't realize you were so close to him."
"Yeah, we know him really well!" Ron told her. "He's the best Defense teacher we've had and we're lucky he's coming back!"
"Well, I suppose that's a matter of opinion," she said coolly. Ron narrowed his eyes at her. She stared right back at him.
"Look Lavender. Seamus is here. Let's go talk to him. Hopefully he won't yell at us." They scooted down to where Seamus and Dean were seated and made a point of being nice to him.
"Ruddy girls," Ron muttered. Ginny pursed her lips and glared at him.
"Excuse me? I'm sure Hermione would be very interested to hear you said that." His eyes widened in fear. He shook his head furiously.
"Don't tell Hermione! I didn't mean it towards you two."
"Sure." Ron still looked scared and Ginny chuckled. Ron was so easily blackmailed.
"Shut it you two," Harry said. "You don't think people will give him trouble because of third year do you? Snape did tell all the Slytherins he was a werewolf."
"Well, hopefully it will only be the Slytherins. I think once he's back everyone else will see that he's all right and there's nothing to worry about. Obviously Malfoy will be a pain but that's to be expected," Ginny answered. Harry nodded though he still wasn't sure. He looked around.
"Speaking of an ass, where is Malfoy?" Ron and Ginny checked the Slytherin table but he was nowhere to be seen. Ron grinned maliciously.
"Bet his hair's still purple. I really am a genius."
"No the twins are the geniuses. You just made a good color choice. How long do you think it will last?" Ginny said. Ron shrugged.
"I'll owl Fred and George and ask. Hopefully it lasts a week." They laughed and finished eating. They went back to the common room where Hermione was still vigorously working. She was quickly scribbling down notes from a book.
"You hand will fall off eventually," Ron joked. She grunted and continued writing. Ron shook his head.
"You'll become a workaholic if you aren't careful." She glanced up at him and said, "Ha, ha."
"By the way, Lupin's coming tonight," he told Hermione.
"I know. Dumbledore announced it this morning while you lot were sleeping."
"Oh," he said momentarily disappointed that he hadn't told her first. He quickly recovered.
"Exciting huh?" She nodded and smiled at him.
"It'll be really wonderful having him around again."
"You close to being done?" He asked. She shook her head and went back to her book. Ron scowled. He turned to Harry.
"Chess?" Harry looked at Ginny.
"How about we play against you. Perhaps if we work together, we'll finally beat you." Ron shook his head proudly.
"I can beat the two of you. I'll show you. Come on." They set up the board and played until it was time for Quidditch practice. Ron narrowly beat them but he won nonetheless. Harry laughed at the dejected look on Ginny's face.
"We'll get him next time. Come on, time for practice." They said good-bye to Hermione and headed to the locker rooms.
It was one of their best practices yet. Harry watched his team from the side for a bit. Ron could block every attempted goal form the chasers except when Ginny went. She always got it past him. Quidditch talent really ran in the Weasley family. Harry had a really good feeling they were going to beat Slytherin. The game was next Saturday but he knew they could win if they played tomorrow. Harry practiced catching the Snitch a few times and finally ended it.
"Excellent job everyone! We're done!" The team landed and made their way to the showers.
"Wow Ginny! You did really great out there! And you too Ron! You saved all of them! Well, except Ginny's," Harry told them as they walked together.
"Yeah, when did you get so good?" Ron asked Ginny. She shrugged.
"I don't know. When did you get so good? You didn't play like that last year."
"Maybe it's having Harry as captain. I don't feel so nervous. Angelina right scared me to death when we practiced," he said thoughtfully. "I hope Hermione's done studying. We haven't been to a closet for ages!" Ginny giggled and Harry shook his head in amusement. Ron thought the closet was the best thing ever created. They changed out of their Quidditch clothes and headed back to Gryffindor Tower. Hermione was surrounded by more books, charts, and parchment than when they had left her.
"Where did all this come from?" Ron asked her in amazement. "This wasn't here before!"
"I went to the library for a bit while you were gone and found some great books!" she said motioning to her large collection. Ron stared at her like she was crazy.
"Maybe they could help you out at St.Mungo's. I'm sure Lockhart would be happy for some company," he told her. Hermione did a double take. She had imagined him saying that when she was thinking about telling him she liked him. (Remember her comment in chapter 2? Reread if you don't.) Ron noticed her surprise at his comment.
"You ok? I was only kidding." She nodded quickly.
"Yes, I'm fine. I've got more to do so I'll just keep working." Ron scoffed.
"Haven't you studied enough? You've been at it all day! Let's do something else!"
"No, I have loads more to do. I'm sure you can find something to keep yourself occupied until dinner." He looked back at Harry and Ginny sitting together on the couch again and turned to give Hermione his puppy face but she wasn't looking at him anymore. He frowned. Neville and Dean were playing Exploding Snap nearby so he joined them.
"Where's Seamus?" The boys shrugged.
"He was abducted by Parvati and Lavender but Parvati came in and went upstairs a while ago so he must be with Lavender," Dean answered. Ron nodded and they started a new game. An hour later, the boys were done playing and Hermione was still hard at work. Ron had no idea what she could possibly still be working on. He went over to her and sat down.
"Aren't you finished yet?" She shook her head. Ron was fed up. He stood and bent down to her. He took her arm and lifted her body over his shoulder. She gasped as he stood up straight.
"Ron what on earth are you doing?! Put me down! I'm not done yet!"
"Well it's time for a break! We're going somewhere where there aren't any books and no room to study!"
"Ron if you don't put me down right now I'm going to.I'll.well I'll think of something and you won't like it!" Ron rolled his eyes though she couldn't see his face as her head was behind him. He walked over to the portrait hole while Hermione continued to protest on his shoulder. Harry and Ginny chuckled as they left.
"What would you do if I did that to you?" Harry asked.
"Well, I'm not a workaholic so I don't think you would ever need to," she laughed. Harry shrugged.
"You might get stressed out when it comes time to take your O.W.L.S."
"Well if I get like Hermione then you have my permission to carry me away."
"Alright," he answered and kissed her lightly. She reached up to his face and pulled him down to her. There were only a few people in the common room, mostly first years, and they cleared out when they saw the couple on the sofa. A few girls were giggling furiously as they left. Harry heard them but was a bit preoccupied to be annoyed at them. The pair continued to kiss and they felt all worries about anything at all leave them. They only thought about each other and the feeling of being so close.
After a few minutes of protest, Hermione finally gave up and let Ron carry her wherever he was taking her. Soon though, she knew where they were going. She recognized the corridor from visiting it so much in second year and the times she and Ron had visited it. They were heading to the closet by Moaning Myrtle's lavatory.
"We're going to the closet aren't we?"
"Yep!" Ron opened the door and jumped back in surprise, nearly dropping Hermione. She heard a shriek behind her and wondered what was going on. Ron was backing away and apologizing to someone.
"Ron, what is it?" she asked. He turned around and walked away as fast as he could while still holding Hermione. She looked in the closet to find Lavender and Seamus already in there. They both had shocked expressions on their faces and Hermione's eyes widened. She gave them an apologetic look before Ron turned a corner. He set her down when they were out of sight of the other two. Hermione looked up and him and started laughing. Ron slowly broke into a smile and was soon laughing too.
"Bloody hell, did you see them? I've never seen Lavender's hair so crazy! And talk about lipstick on someone! He'll have to shower just to get it all off!" Ron exclaimed. Hermione nodded and tried to catch her breath.
"I certainly hope we don't look like that!"
"She must use a tube every day! How can you get so much lipstick on you?" Ron asked in bewilderment. Hermione shrugged. They calmed down and Ron took her hand.
"Come on, there are other closets in this school."
"Ron really, I have more to do and dinner will start soon."
"We have half an hour and we haven't been to a closet for a long time and I want to go! Harry and Ginny have the couch so we have to go elsewhere." He gave her the puppy face and she sighed.
"Alright, let's go." He smiled and pulled her away. They found an empty one and closed the door, making sure to lock it.
After fifteen minutes of snogging, they stopped for air. As they calmed, Ron leaned against the wall and Hermione leaned on him, his arms holding her close to him.
"Why did you give me that look earlier when I mentioned St. Mungo's?" he asked. She blushed.
"Well, before we got together, I was thinking about telling you I fancied you. I was afraid you would think I was crazy though and that I needed to go to St. Mungo's with Professor Lockhart so it startled me when you said that." Ron laughed.
"That's pretty weird. But why would I think that about you liking me?" She shrugged.
"I don't know. I was just afraid you would think I was insane for loving my best friend or something."
"Well no, not because you love your best friend. More because you love me." Hermione turned around confused.
"What does that mean?"
"I'm glad you love me and everything but I don't really understand why you do."
"You don't understand why I love you?" He shook his head and stared at the ground. She laughed at him.
"It's not funny!" he exclaimed. She shook her head, a smile still on her face.
"Yes it is! Why wouldn't I love you?"
"Well when you compare me to Krum or most other guys, I'm not that special or good at anything so I don't know what you see in me."
"Ron I don't base my love for people on their talent! I base it on what's inside them! I don't love Harry because he's famous. I love him because of who he is. And I love everything about you! Remember when we were sitting in the common room one night and you were asleep? Then Crookshanks jumped on me and I woke you up?" He thought for a moment and nodded.
"Well, when you were sleeping, and drooling I might add, I was watching you the entire time. According to Harry I was staring fondly at you and your drool and it was time for me to tell you my feelings. And you know what I said? I told him that I love the way you defend everyone and your flaming red hair and I wish I could give you a kiss somewhere other than your cheek! I know it sounds silly but that's what I said."
"So you love defensive red heads? Why aren't you with Percy or one of the twins?" Hermione sighed.
"Because Ron, I love more than just your hair. I love the way you love everyone else. I love how you would do anything for you friends and family without a thought to your own well being. I love your spirit, your enthusiasm, you sense of humor, everything. Your temper's a bit annoying but I can live with that," she laughed. "And I love your smile," she touched his face, "And your freckles."
"Splattergroit," he corrected, a small smile at his lips.
"Oh I'm sorry, your splattergroit. I really do love your hair though," she said and ran her fingers through it. "I love the feeling I get when I'm around you and the love you have for me. You make me feel like the specialist girl in the world. I wouldn't trade you for any Quidditch player or any famous people. You're the one that I want. You're actually quite good at Quidditch now." She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed his lips. He kissed her back and squeezed her tight.
"And I love how stupid you are sometimes. Why do you love me?" she mocked and shook her head. "Of all the questions to ask me. I can't believe you didn't already know that." Ron shrugged.
"My brain's not near as big as yours. These things have to be explained to me."
"Oh shut up, you are smart. You just don't use your full potential. Do you feel better now?" He nodded and grinned at her.
"Take that Vicky." She playfully pushed him and he laughed.
"So why do you love me?" she asked. He thought for a moment.
"Someone has to help me with my homework," he said quickly and kissed her before she could comment.
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Chapter 5: Loads of Homework
Author's Note: Sorry this took a week to get out but I had two projects due this week and my uncle came for Thanksgiving and I've had errands to run in my car!!! Yep, I got my license!!! Yay! I can drive myself to ballet now and to Taco Bell (I went there on Tuesday) and the store! Anyway, sorry t took awhile and I know what some of you will say. I know that I update faster than most authors but I don't like going a week without updating. But here it is! It's very fluffy at the end! Enjoy!
Ron slept in the next morning. He finally rolled out of bed and hastily dressed himself. He went down to the common room to find Harry and Ginny talking happily to each other on the couch hand in hand. Ginny was looking up at Harry adoringly and he smiled down at her. Ron cleared his throat and wrinkled his nose a bit. It still bothered him a little to see his best friend with his sister. Harry noticed him and sat up a little straighter.
"Hey Ron, look," Harry said pointing to the D.A. sign. Ron walked over to it and his eyes widened in shock. Every single space was filled on the sign up sheet. Ron skimmed the lists over. He didn't know most of the people but it was great to see so much enthusiasm.
"Wow Harry!"
"I know. I had no idea so many people would be interested. I'm going to have my hands full." Ron nodded in agreement. Harry relaxed back into the couch and turned his head to Ginny. Ron spotted Hermione sitting at the table and sat beside her. He kissed her cheek softly.
"What're you doing Love?" She turned to him momentarily and pecked him on the lips.
"Studying." She went back to her work and Ron leaned back.
"You been studying long?"
"A couple hours."
"When will you be done?"
"I don't know."
"By the time Quidditch practice is over? We're meeting from two to four." (I don't know how long they practice. If anyone knows, tell me.)
"I'm not sure," she answered.
"Do you have that much?"
"The same amount that you have."
"I'll do mine tomorrow. We don't have too much." She raised her eyebrow.
"Oh really? We have work in every class. Maybe you should get a head start on it." Ron shrugged nonchalantly. She rolled her eyes.
"We also have N.E.W.T.S. next year you know. There's loads to study for that."
"They're a year away Hermione! No need to start now."
"Yes, because preparing in advance is such a terrible thing to do." He nodded.
"Yep, it's too early."
"Well I'm going to anyway. You should too but whatever."
"But have you had breakfast?" She nodded. He sighed. He looked back at Harry to ask if he had eaten but found the pair kissing each other softly.
"Oi! Harry!" Harry opened one eye at Ron.
"Breakfast?" Harry held up a finger and gave Ginny one more, longer kiss. Ron looked away disgustedly. He checked back a moment later to see if they were done and stood. Harry took Ginny's hand and they headed to the portrait hole. Ron kissed the top of Hermione's head.
"Sure you don't want to come?" She nodded and gave him a small smile. He shrugged and followed the others to the Great Hall. As soon as they sat down, Neville came to them and began talking excitedly.
"Professor Lupin is coming tonight! He'll be here by dinner!" Harry's jaw dropped.
"I forgot it was today! Excellent!"
"Can't wait to see him!" Ron added. "Plus it'll be nice getting rid of McGonagall. It's horrible having her for two classes!" Harry nodded in agreement. Ginny smiled at Harry. She knew it would be wonderful for him to have more of a father figure to talk to since Sirius was gone. Ron wasn't a very good substitute. Parvati and Lavender heard them talking about Lupin nearby and scooted down to them.
"I'm not sure I'm comfortable having him teach here again. He is a werewolf after all. What if he isn't safe?" Parvati asked. Anger spread on Harry and Ron's faces.
"There's nothing wrong with being a werewolf! He's perfectly safe! He has a potion to take that makes him calm when he changes!" Harry exclaimed. Parvati raised her eyebrows in surprise.
"Sorry," she snapped. "I didn't realize you were so close to him."
"Yeah, we know him really well!" Ron told her. "He's the best Defense teacher we've had and we're lucky he's coming back!"
"Well, I suppose that's a matter of opinion," she said coolly. Ron narrowed his eyes at her. She stared right back at him.
"Look Lavender. Seamus is here. Let's go talk to him. Hopefully he won't yell at us." They scooted down to where Seamus and Dean were seated and made a point of being nice to him.
"Ruddy girls," Ron muttered. Ginny pursed her lips and glared at him.
"Excuse me? I'm sure Hermione would be very interested to hear you said that." His eyes widened in fear. He shook his head furiously.
"Don't tell Hermione! I didn't mean it towards you two."
"Sure." Ron still looked scared and Ginny chuckled. Ron was so easily blackmailed.
"Shut it you two," Harry said. "You don't think people will give him trouble because of third year do you? Snape did tell all the Slytherins he was a werewolf."
"Well, hopefully it will only be the Slytherins. I think once he's back everyone else will see that he's all right and there's nothing to worry about. Obviously Malfoy will be a pain but that's to be expected," Ginny answered. Harry nodded though he still wasn't sure. He looked around.
"Speaking of an ass, where is Malfoy?" Ron and Ginny checked the Slytherin table but he was nowhere to be seen. Ron grinned maliciously.
"Bet his hair's still purple. I really am a genius."
"No the twins are the geniuses. You just made a good color choice. How long do you think it will last?" Ginny said. Ron shrugged.
"I'll owl Fred and George and ask. Hopefully it lasts a week." They laughed and finished eating. They went back to the common room where Hermione was still vigorously working. She was quickly scribbling down notes from a book.
"You hand will fall off eventually," Ron joked. She grunted and continued writing. Ron shook his head.
"You'll become a workaholic if you aren't careful." She glanced up at him and said, "Ha, ha."
"By the way, Lupin's coming tonight," he told Hermione.
"I know. Dumbledore announced it this morning while you lot were sleeping."
"Oh," he said momentarily disappointed that he hadn't told her first. He quickly recovered.
"Exciting huh?" She nodded and smiled at him.
"It'll be really wonderful having him around again."
"You close to being done?" He asked. She shook her head and went back to her book. Ron scowled. He turned to Harry.
"Chess?" Harry looked at Ginny.
"How about we play against you. Perhaps if we work together, we'll finally beat you." Ron shook his head proudly.
"I can beat the two of you. I'll show you. Come on." They set up the board and played until it was time for Quidditch practice. Ron narrowly beat them but he won nonetheless. Harry laughed at the dejected look on Ginny's face.
"We'll get him next time. Come on, time for practice." They said good-bye to Hermione and headed to the locker rooms.
It was one of their best practices yet. Harry watched his team from the side for a bit. Ron could block every attempted goal form the chasers except when Ginny went. She always got it past him. Quidditch talent really ran in the Weasley family. Harry had a really good feeling they were going to beat Slytherin. The game was next Saturday but he knew they could win if they played tomorrow. Harry practiced catching the Snitch a few times and finally ended it.
"Excellent job everyone! We're done!" The team landed and made their way to the showers.
"Wow Ginny! You did really great out there! And you too Ron! You saved all of them! Well, except Ginny's," Harry told them as they walked together.
"Yeah, when did you get so good?" Ron asked Ginny. She shrugged.
"I don't know. When did you get so good? You didn't play like that last year."
"Maybe it's having Harry as captain. I don't feel so nervous. Angelina right scared me to death when we practiced," he said thoughtfully. "I hope Hermione's done studying. We haven't been to a closet for ages!" Ginny giggled and Harry shook his head in amusement. Ron thought the closet was the best thing ever created. They changed out of their Quidditch clothes and headed back to Gryffindor Tower. Hermione was surrounded by more books, charts, and parchment than when they had left her.
"Where did all this come from?" Ron asked her in amazement. "This wasn't here before!"
"I went to the library for a bit while you were gone and found some great books!" she said motioning to her large collection. Ron stared at her like she was crazy.
"Maybe they could help you out at St.Mungo's. I'm sure Lockhart would be happy for some company," he told her. Hermione did a double take. She had imagined him saying that when she was thinking about telling him she liked him. (Remember her comment in chapter 2? Reread if you don't.) Ron noticed her surprise at his comment.
"You ok? I was only kidding." She nodded quickly.
"Yes, I'm fine. I've got more to do so I'll just keep working." Ron scoffed.
"Haven't you studied enough? You've been at it all day! Let's do something else!"
"No, I have loads more to do. I'm sure you can find something to keep yourself occupied until dinner." He looked back at Harry and Ginny sitting together on the couch again and turned to give Hermione his puppy face but she wasn't looking at him anymore. He frowned. Neville and Dean were playing Exploding Snap nearby so he joined them.
"Where's Seamus?" The boys shrugged.
"He was abducted by Parvati and Lavender but Parvati came in and went upstairs a while ago so he must be with Lavender," Dean answered. Ron nodded and they started a new game. An hour later, the boys were done playing and Hermione was still hard at work. Ron had no idea what she could possibly still be working on. He went over to her and sat down.
"Aren't you finished yet?" She shook her head. Ron was fed up. He stood and bent down to her. He took her arm and lifted her body over his shoulder. She gasped as he stood up straight.
"Ron what on earth are you doing?! Put me down! I'm not done yet!"
"Well it's time for a break! We're going somewhere where there aren't any books and no room to study!"
"Ron if you don't put me down right now I'm going to.I'll.well I'll think of something and you won't like it!" Ron rolled his eyes though she couldn't see his face as her head was behind him. He walked over to the portrait hole while Hermione continued to protest on his shoulder. Harry and Ginny chuckled as they left.
"What would you do if I did that to you?" Harry asked.
"Well, I'm not a workaholic so I don't think you would ever need to," she laughed. Harry shrugged.
"You might get stressed out when it comes time to take your O.W.L.S."
"Well if I get like Hermione then you have my permission to carry me away."
"Alright," he answered and kissed her lightly. She reached up to his face and pulled him down to her. There were only a few people in the common room, mostly first years, and they cleared out when they saw the couple on the sofa. A few girls were giggling furiously as they left. Harry heard them but was a bit preoccupied to be annoyed at them. The pair continued to kiss and they felt all worries about anything at all leave them. They only thought about each other and the feeling of being so close.
After a few minutes of protest, Hermione finally gave up and let Ron carry her wherever he was taking her. Soon though, she knew where they were going. She recognized the corridor from visiting it so much in second year and the times she and Ron had visited it. They were heading to the closet by Moaning Myrtle's lavatory.
"We're going to the closet aren't we?"
"Yep!" Ron opened the door and jumped back in surprise, nearly dropping Hermione. She heard a shriek behind her and wondered what was going on. Ron was backing away and apologizing to someone.
"Ron, what is it?" she asked. He turned around and walked away as fast as he could while still holding Hermione. She looked in the closet to find Lavender and Seamus already in there. They both had shocked expressions on their faces and Hermione's eyes widened. She gave them an apologetic look before Ron turned a corner. He set her down when they were out of sight of the other two. Hermione looked up and him and started laughing. Ron slowly broke into a smile and was soon laughing too.
"Bloody hell, did you see them? I've never seen Lavender's hair so crazy! And talk about lipstick on someone! He'll have to shower just to get it all off!" Ron exclaimed. Hermione nodded and tried to catch her breath.
"I certainly hope we don't look like that!"
"She must use a tube every day! How can you get so much lipstick on you?" Ron asked in bewilderment. Hermione shrugged. They calmed down and Ron took her hand.
"Come on, there are other closets in this school."
"Ron really, I have more to do and dinner will start soon."
"We have half an hour and we haven't been to a closet for a long time and I want to go! Harry and Ginny have the couch so we have to go elsewhere." He gave her the puppy face and she sighed.
"Alright, let's go." He smiled and pulled her away. They found an empty one and closed the door, making sure to lock it.
After fifteen minutes of snogging, they stopped for air. As they calmed, Ron leaned against the wall and Hermione leaned on him, his arms holding her close to him.
"Why did you give me that look earlier when I mentioned St. Mungo's?" he asked. She blushed.
"Well, before we got together, I was thinking about telling you I fancied you. I was afraid you would think I was crazy though and that I needed to go to St. Mungo's with Professor Lockhart so it startled me when you said that." Ron laughed.
"That's pretty weird. But why would I think that about you liking me?" She shrugged.
"I don't know. I was just afraid you would think I was insane for loving my best friend or something."
"Well no, not because you love your best friend. More because you love me." Hermione turned around confused.
"What does that mean?"
"I'm glad you love me and everything but I don't really understand why you do."
"You don't understand why I love you?" He shook his head and stared at the ground. She laughed at him.
"It's not funny!" he exclaimed. She shook her head, a smile still on her face.
"Yes it is! Why wouldn't I love you?"
"Well when you compare me to Krum or most other guys, I'm not that special or good at anything so I don't know what you see in me."
"Ron I don't base my love for people on their talent! I base it on what's inside them! I don't love Harry because he's famous. I love him because of who he is. And I love everything about you! Remember when we were sitting in the common room one night and you were asleep? Then Crookshanks jumped on me and I woke you up?" He thought for a moment and nodded.
"Well, when you were sleeping, and drooling I might add, I was watching you the entire time. According to Harry I was staring fondly at you and your drool and it was time for me to tell you my feelings. And you know what I said? I told him that I love the way you defend everyone and your flaming red hair and I wish I could give you a kiss somewhere other than your cheek! I know it sounds silly but that's what I said."
"So you love defensive red heads? Why aren't you with Percy or one of the twins?" Hermione sighed.
"Because Ron, I love more than just your hair. I love the way you love everyone else. I love how you would do anything for you friends and family without a thought to your own well being. I love your spirit, your enthusiasm, you sense of humor, everything. Your temper's a bit annoying but I can live with that," she laughed. "And I love your smile," she touched his face, "And your freckles."
"Splattergroit," he corrected, a small smile at his lips.
"Oh I'm sorry, your splattergroit. I really do love your hair though," she said and ran her fingers through it. "I love the feeling I get when I'm around you and the love you have for me. You make me feel like the specialist girl in the world. I wouldn't trade you for any Quidditch player or any famous people. You're the one that I want. You're actually quite good at Quidditch now." She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed his lips. He kissed her back and squeezed her tight.
"And I love how stupid you are sometimes. Why do you love me?" she mocked and shook her head. "Of all the questions to ask me. I can't believe you didn't already know that." Ron shrugged.
"My brain's not near as big as yours. These things have to be explained to me."
"Oh shut up, you are smart. You just don't use your full potential. Do you feel better now?" He nodded and grinned at her.
"Take that Vicky." She playfully pushed him and he laughed.
"So why do you love me?" she asked. He thought for a moment.
"Someone has to help me with my homework," he said quickly and kissed her before she could comment.
Author's Note: Ok, Lupin will come next chapter. And I know Ron did the kiss her before she can talk thing in another chapter but I think it's funny when he does. That made me feel all warm and bubbly inside. Ah fluff. It's so awesome! Yay!
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