Hey, peeps! Yes, me again! I know, some of you will be getting sick of me and how pointless half of these chapters are…but, as I said, I'm only writing this for your entertainment…okay, maybe a bit for me too. Songs in italics!Thankful and You Found Me By Kelly Clarkson
Chapter 21
Ron's POV
I stood there, in the reception room, and began feeling exceptionally dizzy. Why the heck did girls have to do that? Well, Boys too. That's why Krum left Hermione in the beginning of 6th year. Why do these people keep thinking that they're doing us a favor by doing this!
Okay, maybe Krum did do us a favor, but I asked Parvati to marry me! I loved Parvati! I don't love Hermione anymore. I know I said I did the night I told her about Parvati and I, but I don't anymore!
"Ron, you okay?" I heard a voice behind me. I turned, and saw Harry.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I replied, not really ready yet to share my horrible news.
Suddenly, I spotted Hermione, Cassidy, Katie and Lindsay all filling their plates with food and congratulating Krum and Carlotta.
I made up my mind in a fraction of a second. I weaved my way over to Hermione, and pulled her aside quickly.
"Hermione, can I talk to you?" I asked, holding her forearm tightly so that she couldn't runaway.
"Why?" She asked coolly.
"Hermione, please!" I pleaded, and put on a desperate look.
"Oh, fine. I give you 5 minutes." She said, putting down her plate on the table where the other girls were sitting.
I pulled her through the doors out to the stadium. Then, through the stadium to a small room from where the players came at the beginning of a quidditch game.
"Hermione, I-?" I started, but she cut me off.
"Why do you feel the need to do this to me!" She exclaimed, and I just stood there, bewildered.
"Hermione-!" I tried again, but-
"Ron, you told me you loved me. You said you'd come back for me when you could! You said you would come back and marry me! And then you met her." She hissed, as though Parvati's name was too horrible to say aloud.
"Hermione, that's not fair! I couldn't just pull up my whole life for you! I fell in love with Parvati! But-!" She cut me off again. Darn that girl and her inability to keep her mouth shut! Darn my unexplainable attachment to her!
"Oh, not fair is it! I'll give you something that's-!" This time, I cut her off.
I grabbed her around the waist and leaned toward her. She looked frozen with shock. I leaned over her face, and kissed her deeply. I could feel her anger melting below me. I pulled her body close to me, still kissing her. I could feel her fingers suddenly wrap themselves into my hair. I pulled my lips away from hers, and knew she was disappointed.
"Not fair." She ended lamely.
"Parvati broke up with me. Seemed to feel that we were a better couple." I grinned apologetically.
"Don't worry, I forgive you." She whispered, kissing me. I kissed her back again.
Eventually, we made our way back to the reception. We must not have been gone very long, though, because people were still eating. We walked over to the table where Katie, Harry, Lindsay, and Cassidy were sitting, watching a slideshow on Krum and Carlotta's lives.
They gave us a questioning look when we sat down.
"Where's Parvati?" Katie asked, but a bit less coolly then I had expected.
"Dumped me." I said, not looking the least bit hurt, and putting my arm resolutely around Hermione's shoulder. Hermione beamed and nodded at Katie, Harry, Lindsay, and Cassi.
Cassi burst into tears, and Lindsay hugged her, but looked close to tears herself. Cassidy ran over to Hermione and I, and wrapped her arms around us.
"Mum! Dad!" She sobbed, and sat down in between us for the rest of the meal.
After the slideshow, dancing began. Krum and Carlotta went out to the dance floor first. They spun slowly around the floor to the first song-of course, a slow one.
You know my soul
You know everything about me there's to know
You know my heart
How to make me stop and how to make me go
You should know I love everything about you
Thankful so thankful
A few more couples stood and danced also. I looked over at Hermione, and held out my hand. She nodded, and took it. I led her out past Katie and Harry, past Cassidy and Linds who had both found a nice boy to dance with.
You know my thoughts
Before I open up my mouth and try to speak
You know my dreams
Must be listening when I'm talking in my sleep
I hope you know
I love having you around me don't you know
We stopped, and I wrapped my arms around her waist, pulling her close. She put her arms around my neck and dropped her head onto my shoulder. We moved steadily around the dance floor. I felt oddly free, as if I had been locked in a cage the past 16 years.
That I'm thankful for the blessing
And the lessons that I've learned with you
By my side
That I'm thankful for the love
That you keep bringing in my life
Don't you know that I'm thankful for the moment?
When I'm down you always know how to make me smile
Thankful moments and the joy you're bringing to my life
Hermione tilted her head up so that her lips were right next to my ear, and whispered:
"Ron, I love you."
"I love you too, Hermione." I smiled, remembering one night, 17 years ago, when I wouldn't leave a certain beautiful girl alone, and had resulted in the beautiful young 16-year-old dancing a few feet away from me with Victor Krum's nephew.
For the lessons that I've learned
With you I'm never alone
Thankful so thankful
Thankful for the blessing
And the lessons that I've learned with you
By my side
That I'm thankful for the love
That you keep bringing in my life
In my life
Thankful so thankful…
The song faded into nothingness, and Hermione and I broke away as people began clapping. Krum and Carlotta smiled at each other, and kissed. A few whistles, and then another song began to play. It sounded pretty close…I turned, and to my surprise, I saw Lindsay, Cassidy, Fred, George, Angelina and Alicia up on a large stage. Fred was playing the keyboard, George the drums, Cassidy and Lindsay the guitar, and Alicia and Angelina singing.
Is this a dream? If it is
Please don't wake me from this high
I've become comfortably numb
Until you opened up my eyes
Lindsay and Cassidy began singing too.
To what it's like
When everything's right
I can't believe
You found me when no one else was looking
How did you know just where I would be?
Yeah, you broke through all of my confusion
The ups and the downs
And you still didn't leave
I guess that you saw what nobody could see
You found me
You found me
Hermione was mouthing the words to the song as we rotted around. I remembered the Yule Ball we went to shortly after we found out Hermione was pregnant. This was the first song that had played.
So, here we are
That's pretty far
When you think of where we've been
No going back
I'm fading out
All that has faded me within
You're by my side
Now everything's fine
Hermione looked as though all her dreams had come true. She kept picking her head up off my shoulder and looking at me as though to make sure I was still there.
And I was hiding
Til you came along
And showed me where I belong
You found me
You found me
The song ended, and dessert was served. Nobody seemed to want to stop dancing, but we did.
The party went well into 1:00 the next morning, and Krum and Carlotta made sure that there was a room for the toddlers who needed to sleep so that the parents could stay if they wanted. Harry and Katie stayed, but Fred, George, Alicia, and Angelinahad to take theirkids home. Many other parents left too, but there were still a fair few people left.
Finally, at 2:30am, Hermione and Katie put their foot down and said we had to leave.
"Bye, Krum, it was nice to see you again." I said, shaking his hand. I also shook Carlotta's hand, and then waited until the others had said good-bye also.
"Well, that was fun!" Lindsay said as we walked out to the car.
"Only because you got to dance with a really cute Bulgarian guy!" Cassidy exclaimed, grinning.
"Well, you did too!" Said Lindsay, trying and failing to look offended.
"Yeah, well…" Cassidy trailed off, going red.
"Looks like my little tomboy's growing up!" Hermione said, pretending to wipe a tear from her eye.
Cassidy grinned and rolled her eyes. We drove around, and dropped Katie and Harry off. Then, Hermione let Cassi say god-bye to me, and then left her in the car while she came up the walk to my house to say good-bye to me.
"Bye, Ron." She kissed me.
"Bye. I'm glad we got everything worked out." I replied, and kissed her back. I watched her walk back down to the car and drive away, talking to Cassidy, before I went inside and dropped down on my bed, falling instantly asleep.
Woohoo! I'm soooooooooo glad I finally got that chapter over with! Can you tell I'm eager to get this story over with? I hope you people review, because I've been very god about updating-this is the 3rd chapter I've posted in 2 days! Well, I'm finally back to normal, because this chapter was 6 pages long!
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