Chapter 3
Ron
"Oi, Harry, is that…Hermione!" Ron burst out suddenly, Harry jumped.
"O ya, is she…crying?" Harry inquired quizzically.
"Yup, and who knows why?" Ron remarked, he pushed aside his chair, and rushed towards the sobbing Hermione.
"H-Hermione?" Ron stumbled, touching Hermione's hand, which hung out over the edge of the table.
"G-go away- o, Ron." Hermione said as she peeked out from her folded arms. She flung her arms around him and hugged him senseless. Ron patted her back awkwardly; he was hardly treated like this by her.
"D-Draco and I…we're…"she began to sob hysterically; Ron kept on patting her back, not saying anything, just listening.
"W-We're calling the stupid w-wedding off!" Hermione burst out, heads turned to watch the crazy sobbing girl. Harry gave them a glare, and they turned around and suspiciously, they all stared at the plant that was planted quite close to where Hermione was.
"W-What? Why?" Ron asked his eyebrows furrowed, but inside was celebrating like crazy.
"I, I…don't love him." She replied softly, she then froze and let go of Ron.
"Y-You don't?" Ron gasped; his heart was pounding so badly he wondered if Hermione could feel it.
She shook her head slightly, and sat without movement.
"B-But, if you don't love him…who do you love?" Ron asked finally. Staring into her eyes, she turned away and said nothing.
"Who do you love?" Ron repeated, she got up and ran out of the glass doors at the sound of his words, watery tears trickled down her cheeks.
"Hermione!" Ron yelled, chasing after her, but he could feel a tight grip on his arm.
"Don't you dare follow her Weasley." He could recognize that voice, it was Malfoy, and he was angry.
"What do you want?" Ron snapped back angrily, tossing off the hand on his arm.
"You're not going to get Hermione while I'm alive." He responded coldly. Ron gave him a glare.
"Then I might just have to kill you!" Ron spat furiously, pushing his face up against Malfoy's.
"Hold up you two!" they heard somebody retort lividly. The enraged enemies turned to see Harry who had stood ground.
"Go jump off a cliff Potter!" Malfoy threatened fuming.
"I'd only do that if you were announced immortal Malfoy." Harry snapped back sarcastically.
"Obrigesco!" Harry shouted throwing out his wand, and all of the muggles froze in movement.
"Good, now that all the blasted muggles are out of the way…let me at him Harry!" Ron urged, tossing his full body weight at Draco. But before he could Harry stepped in the way between the two enemies, causing Ron and Harry to ram together in a collision.
"Ron! Gerroff' me!" Harry howled, his ankle throbbing with Ron's body weight against it.