Disclaimer- I swapped my macadamia nuts with a squirrel for some smores and now we are eating quite happily. I think he may be the nuttier who left the lollypop sticks because he says he just not some brainwork done. Poor thing still can't remember what he has been doing for the last year, much less that I only own the plot of this story. He really aut to stop eating the fermented nuts I think there going to his head.
Chapter 8In Which Ron Gets His First Kiss
Or
The Emotional Spans of Ron, Hermione, and a Mirror
Terry had insisted on walking 'Hermione' back to her common room because they had to talk about Head people business. Ron was only able to live through the traumatic experience of having a guy hug him when he left 'her' at the portrait of the fat lady by thinking of Quidditch…
Hermione was in such a strut after meeting Ron that she had stormed all the way to the common room muttering rude things about Ron and Quidditch, making passersby stare at her funny. When she got to the tower she stormed about looking for Ron's copies of the textbooks and when she had gathered all of his stuff together, she angrily went back to the common room and dropped it on a table making many of the people around her jump. She flipped thought his tattered Potions book like some mad creature ready to strike at the slightest movement, looking for the importance of newts tail in healing potions. She scrawled down notes on a spare bit of parchment loudly, and soon many of the people moved to the other side of the room for fear that 'Ron' was about to attack someone. Still in her heated state, occasionally muttering something like, "What is the point of the ruddy sport anyways" or "He is a right Pratt, honestly wait till I get back in my own body, he will pay," She finished another perfect Hermione essay. Then, she pulled out her wand to practice the appearance changing charm that they where suppose to learn. With the sight of 'Ron' taking out his wand the reminder of the people departed from the common room. Hermione's anger made the couch she was trying to turn an aqua color a rather sick shade of green.
The portrait door swung open revealing 'Hermione' with a disgusted look smeared across her face. Ron cringed when he realized that no one was in the common room, but Hermione and he realized for the first time in his life that he looked right frightening when he was angry. Ron gulped, despite his best efforts to be brave. Ok, so maybe their Quidditch conversation hadn't gone over so well, he thought. He stood their not sure what to say to her, and she continued to ignore him and turn furniture around the common room to different colors and back again to their original state. Ron decided to escape from the terror of Hermione.
He headed to the boys staircases, and as he put his foot on the first step, when Hermione harshly whispered, "Wrong staircase, and don't think you are going up to the girls dorm, unless it is to get me my notes and books, because you have to meet Victor in 7 minutes," She finished without so much as looking at Ron and turned the lamp on the other side of the room a violent shade of purple. Ron took his foot off the bottom stair thinking, Hermione is right scary some times, I mean she knew what I was doing and she wasn't even looking up.
"Hermione, do I really have to see him?"
"I am surprised you aren't dieing to go meet him, I mean he is such a good Quidditch player. I am sure you would enjoy having a flying lesson, after all you seem so enthusiastic on giving me one," Hermione spat. Ron was not use to Hermione twisting her words in such a cruel matter, in fact the last time he recalled she had done so was when they where fighting in 4th year. Ron decided that he better exit before one of the color changing spells that Hermione was doing hit him.
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Ginny had been sitting one of the top steps (ease dropping yet again) and decided it was time to carry out another part of her plan. After Ron had left she went downstairs and sat down next to 'Ron'.
"Ron, this has got to stop," Ginny said. Hermione paused hand poised to do a spell and gave her a questioning look.
"What has got to stop, I am studying!"
"Isn't it obvious?" Ginny said.
"No," Hermione pouted.
"Look you are never going to make her yours if you keep blowing up at her because you are jealous of some bloke that actually can tell her his feelings," Ginny said matter-a-factly.
"Who would I want to make mine?" Hermione said putting down her wand. Ron had never mentioned that he fancied anyone, but then it wasn't exactly what they usually talked about. Still though, he should have told his best mate before his sister right? Not that we are best mates any more, she thought.
Ginny laughed, pretending that Ron had actually told her that he fancied someone, "Don't play dumb with me. You can't stop talking about how much you fancy her whenever she walked out of the room, you are always in a daze thinking about her, and Harry even caught you saying her name in your sleep. I think the whole school knows except her." Hermione was totally befuddled, who could this mysterious girl be that had captured Ron's every thought? She was probably some extremely pretty girl, and she couldn't be a Slitherin, which narrowed it down a bit.
Hermione decided to take a stab in the dark, "Oh, sorry you are talking about Parvati right?"
"Ron, of course not! You have said it a million times, Parvati doesn't hold a candle to Hermione," Hermione's mouth dropped open, her face heated; Ronald Weasley her trouble causing former best mate, whose body she was stuck in fancied her? What was the world coming to? This couldn't be true, Ginny must be wrong!
The look on 'Ron's' face was priceless for Ginny and it took all of Ginny will to not fall to the ground laughing. But she remained composed and said, "Ron is something wrong, I mean you are in a tiff with her, but it's not the end of the world." All of what Ginny was saying to Hermione was too much for her, and combined with her own thoughts, it was near unbearable.
She quickly stammered, "Ginny I forgot about something, I have to go," and ran from the room. She found herself in the library before long and found that she could see straight down on the Quidditch pitch from where she sat at her favorite table adjacent to her normal spot. Hermione's head sunk down to the table. If she had thought yesterday was bad, today was horrible. If it was true that Ron fancied her then why was he always getting in rows with her, and always saying such abusing words. She looked up at the Quidditch pitch and saw 2 small figures together, one was Ron.
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After narrowly escaping Hermione, Ron was forced to meet Krum or be completely embarrassed when Hermione asked Malfoy out. Eventually Ron decided to brave the date with Krum, and found himself on the Quidditch pitch. The late September winds had picked up and the sun was about to set, making Ron curse himself for forgetting Hermione's cloak and curse Hermione forever buying this stupid skirt. He noticed Krum in one of the stands with a basket next to him. When Krum saw Ron he brightened, Ron gulped. Krum got onto his broom and rode down to meet Ron.
"Hermione, you look fabulous today. I was afraid you wouldn't come," Krum said, his eyes glancing down from 'Hermione's' face for a bit to her chest and Ron crossed his arms over his chest. Ron angrily thought 'Krum better keep his randy eyes of my boobs'. "Is that a new shirt," Krum asked.
Without thinking Ron said, "Of course not I have warn it 5 times since school started," after saying it he realized that he had in fact had counted the times Hermione had warn this shirt and well every other shirt.
"Oh, yes you are right," Krum said and Ron thought 'duh I am right, I am Hermione after all, oops I mean Ron!' "I realized that we would be missing dinner so I brought us a picnic to eat while we talk," Ron's mood brightened, Yes food! The two walked down to the grounds (rather too close for Ron's comfort) and Krum spread out a cloth for them to eat on. He handed Ron a platter of spaghetti, which happened to be Hermione's favorite food. The two ate in relative silence, except for an occasional belch from Ron. Krum then produced chocolate cake that was both Ron and Hermione's favorite that he devoured even more quickly.
"Hermione, your cold, let me warm you up," Krum said drawing a horrified Ron to him and putting his arm around him. Ron looked around to see if there was anyone to save him but their wasn't. Her realized that that it would be almost romantic at this very place if Krum were a bird. There was a beautiful sunset over the lake and the autumn trees where bright with yellows, oranges and reds.
"Look Hermione I know that you afraid of what teachers might think, but you are the most responsible person in the entire school. Please give me a chance," Krum said looking into Ron's eyes his voice full of emotion.
Ron turned away and said in a rather flat tone; "I don't think I am ready for a relationship right now."
"I am sorry to hear that, but there is something that I just have to know," Krum said, turning Ron to face him and closed his eyes pressing his lips against Ron's. For a few seconds Ron didn't realize what was happening, but then he understood, 'Bloody hell Krum is kissing me ew!' Ron stood up abruptly ending the kiss and Krum's eyes opened, which had a glazed expression in them.
"Bloody hell! What was that for?!?!" Ron said whirling around and marching off to the castle, oh great so he got is first kiss and it was with some nobhead, erlack some nobhead that is male! Ron shuddered again, he was probably scarred for life, and he really needed to go scrub his mouth. He found himself shut way in the girls bathroom scrubbing his lips a bit later, they were beginning to go a bit numb, but he still wasn't sure that they where completely decontaminated. After one started to bleed he decided that they had been scrubbed enough and decided to brush is teeth, just for good measure.
That's when Ginny found him; as if his evening hadn't been traumatic enough he was now being dug out from the bathroom by his sister, Parvati and Lavender.
"Oh my god! Ginny just told us you had a date with Victor and that is why you and Ron had a row!" Lavender squealed.
"How did it go? Oh, this is so exiting!" Parvati said bouncing on the balls of her feet.
"You know what this calls for girls?" Lavender said grinning from ear to ear.
"Sleepover! You can tell us all the details you have to see the new eye shadow I got it is simply to die for!"
"Don't forget pedicures and makeup; Hermione we could give you a whole new look!"
"I just got the latest issue of Witches Weekly, they have this whole article on Eric Jr. I can't believe he is so hot," Ginny put in.
"Ginny you must show us, I completely lost my copy," Lavender said.
"I will be back in just a second, I got to get Witches Weekly and grab my nighty," Ginny said darting from the room. Ginny was smirking like some mad hatter; Ron was in for the ride of his life. Besides torturing her brother, Ginny was going to casually drop that Hermione fancied him. Ron, who was a little slow at processing, began to realized that he was going to be with three girls getting a makeover and gossiping about guys which frankly scared him more than trying to fight a dragon bare handed.
"I am back," Ginny yelled jumping on to the only bed that was not completely surrounded with pictures, posters, and news clippings of buff men, and instead was barricaded with books and bits of parchment.
"So Hermione what happened on this date?" Lavender said as she brushed her hair.
"Ummmmm well first we met at the Quidditch field, and then we had a picnic over by the lake, and then we talked." Ron said trying not to remember the scarring incident.
"Hermione you seem downcast, I think you need a total make over, and then we can get down to all the details!" Parvati said dragging over a large box, Lavender and Ginny joined her.
"Girls I will do the hair, I just learned this new straightening charm," Ginny said trying to remove Hermione's hair tie.
"Ok, so was it Romantic?"
"Did you get a kiss?"
"It saw …err…. I …err… he…um… he kissed me," Ron gulped.
"Awww," "Is he a good kisser?" "What did you do?" "How far did you get?" chorused Lavender and Parvati, as Ginny held back her laughter for what seemed the hundredth time that day.
"Definitely not a good kisser," Ron shuddered.
"Poor Hermione, tell us how it happened."
"Well… the sun was just setting, and he asked if I would date him ("that's so sweet"), and I told him that I wasn't ready for a relationship. Then he just starts kissing me. He had no right! So I got up and left him," Ron said heatedly.
"I bet Ron is a better kisser," Parvati said, somewhat out of the blue. Ron skyrocketed out of his chair as Ginny finally got Hermione's hair tie untangled and the hair went everywhere. Everyone was quite astounded by Hermione's sudden movement.
"What? I am just curious. I know that you guys also want to know," Parvati said.
"I will pass on that," Ginny snorted.
"Of course Ron is a better kisser," Ron said, Krum's kissing was bloody disgusting.
"Hermione, how do you know, did you kiss him?" Lavender said, her eyes going wide.
"No!" Ron said hastily.
"But she wants too," Ginny added with a smirk. Then covering her mouth as though see has let some big secret slip she said, "Hermione, I am so sorry I forgot they didn't know that you fancied him." Ron eyes widened to the size of galleons, his former best mate, head girl, smartest person in the entire school, whose body he was stuck in fancied him? What was the world coming to; after all she seemed to have taken no interest in him what so ever. Parvati and Lavender both gasped at the new gossip. Ginny then added, "Please don't tell anyone!"
"Its ok Hermione," Parvati said reddening, "I fancy him too, I mean who couldn't he is so built and I just want to run my hands through his hair." It was Ron's turn to turn red, who blushed like a schoolgirl.
"Erlack, this is my brother we are talking about here, and it is getting bloody disturbing. Can we please talk about someone else? Like that sexy Eric Jr.?"(Ron made a face)
"Ginny I have to see that article you were telling me about," Lavender said.
"Here it is," Ginny said throwing over a magazine and added, "Parvati where is that eye shadow I think it is time for us to make Hermione irresistible." Before Ron knew what was going on Ginny was trying to perform a hair-straightening spell, with only limited success and Parvati rapidly applied makeup to 'his' face. Soon Lavender joined in and began to do Hermione's nails.
"Hermione, you really have to take better care of your nails, their all chipped and chewed," Lavender exclaimed. When Ginny had finally finished with the hair, she began sifting through a closet and finally produced a rather skimpy outfit that they where all surprised Hermione even owned. In an hour the three girls had transformed 'Hermione' from a conservatively dressed, bushy haired, girl to a pin straight haired Barbie doll (N/A do they have Barbie's over in England?). The three pushed Ron in front of the mirror and his jaw dropped.
The mirror said, "Not quite your usual, but the red is your best color. Goes quite well with the foliage, NOT THAT I EVER GET TO SEE THE FALL FOLIAGE, BEING TRAPED IN THIS BATHROOM. I COULD HAVE BEEN A POKET MIRROR AND COULD HAVE RUN FREE AND WILD BUT NO I HAD TO BE HERE. TALK ABOUT A DEPRESSING LIFE I HAVENT EVEN SEEN A MALE IN 2 DECADES, NOT SINCE THEY PUT THAT BLOODY CHARM ON THE STEPS, BEFORE THEN AT LEAST I SAW A LAD ONCE IN A WHILE, LIKE THAT JAMES POTTER AND HIS FRIENDS ALWAYS CAME IN TO SAY HI TO GOOD OLD ME, BUT NOT ANY MORE, ONLY PEOPLE WHO COME IN WANT ME TO TELL THEM THAT THEY ARE THE FAIREST THING IN THE LAND. WELL DID IT EVER OCCURE TO THEM THAT THEY WEREN'T? I AM A MIRROR AND I HAVE FEELINGS YOU KNOW, AND STILL NO ONE TELLS ME I AM PRETTY!" said the mirror in a loud tearful voice as the sink drain under it started to gurgle and the mirror added in a melancholy voice," For dear sakes girl shut your mouth, your acting like you never saw a talking mirror!" Ron shut his mouth but was surprised to realize that he preferred Hermione's wholesome look.
"Hermione, want to go downstairs and see if you can pick up some lads," Parvati said, and Ron's jaw dropped once more. "Just kidding, just kidding, I already know you wont do it," Parvati grinned.
"Its Ginny's turn for a makeover now," Lavender exclaimed and so the night went on until the girls fell asleep (Ginny in a sleeping bag on the floor).
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Hermione, returned from the library, and her and Harry worked on homework together, for lack of something better to do. Hermione had decided that Ron couldn't have possibly liked her and that Ginny was just bantering on like she had been for the last few weeks about her and Ron fancying each other. However, Ginny had planted a seed of possibility in Hermione's that was subliminally taking root and growing.
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N/A- tear, tear, so sorry it took ages for me to write, but I have been busy and have now become ill. Too bad I don't own anyone in the story… then I would be rich and famous and wouldn't have to go to school. Sigh… my sense of humor is really dieing here I mean half of the chapter was me making fun of jabbering girls yes pretty lame I know. Although I do like the mirror, bit of a mix between the fat lady and Mertle I think I shall add more of her. Anyways I shall stop blabbering.
Reviewers-
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Thehalfbloodprincess- well I guess this chapter can be a Christmas present then and the last one a very late Christmas present. I love that quote! I hate that Harry! You know Ron is a really great character…
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