Reclaiming the lost.
"Hey Harry you got a second?"
Harry looked up to see Ron coming into the sixth year dorms "Sure, what's going on?"
"This thing between you, me and Hermione has got to get back to normal. I'm tired of it and to be honest I don't even care what happened anymore. We haven't really talked in weeks and Hermione punched Lavender in McGonagall's class. It's just gone too far."
"Yeah Ron it has, for my part I'm sorry it happened and it definitely won't happen again."
Ron looked at Harry and smiled "Mates?"
"We always have been you bloody prat even when we both forgot it."
Ron walked over and stuck his hand out. Harry knocked it out of the way and hugged Ron before he knew what had happened.
"Just so you know Harry this doesn't mean I want to hug you instead of Hermione."
Harry laughed 'Well yeah I didn't think it did besides I have someone to hug of my own you know." Harry got quiet for a second "I know you have been talking to Ginny while we were acting like idiots but I wanted to tell you that she and I have gotten serious lately."
Ron looked at Harry sharply "How serious are you talking here Harry?"
"Not as serious as you seem to be thinking Ron but I am having some pretty strong feeling for her."
"Well that's understandable Weasley's are hard to resist." Ron smirked
"You know mate I don't think you are going to be smirking when Hermione gets back from McGonagall's office."
"You mean she's not back yet?"
"Nope and she going to be in a right state when she gets back."
"Your right there mate, well I better get in the shower before she gets back."
"How is your Directed Studies training going?"
"Pretty well though tiring, how about your training?"
Harry looked at Ron for a moment "You know about my training?"
"Well yeah Harry I mean if they are training me and Neville I know they are training you. I bet though it's not in the same things."
"You remember when you said I didn't have to fight the Death Eaters all by myself?"
"Sure do"
"Well it seems as if Dumbledore has come around to that sort of thinking. They have been working with me on Occlumency and Legilimency. I have also been training in learning some stealth spells and of course some combat spells though nothing like what you and Neville have been working on."
Harry sort of got quiet for a moment and then continued speaking looking at the ground.
"Ron I think they are planning on using you and Neville as shock troops to help me get to Voldemort."
Ron laughed "Of course they are but since I plan on being there when you face him it's ok with me. They are using all of us Harry but what choice do they have?"
"So you don't mind?"
"Not really it just saves me the trouble of having to follow you when you go after him."
Harry smiled at him "I don't deserve a friend like you."
"No you don't but if you chuck me a chocolate frog we'll call it even."
'Lupin told me that Moody said you were the best fighter he's ever seen."
Ron laughed "Well maybe so but did Moody also say he doesn't think I can get the N.E.W.T.'s in potions or transfiguration?"
"You still are having trouble in those classes?"
"Just like always, imagine if I am the first Shapeshifter not to get an O in Transfiguration."
"Maybe you could get extra credit for turning into a lion and not eating the reviewer."
At that both of them burst into laughter.
"Ron why haven't you ever beaten me in Defense against the Dark Arts classes?"
"I don't really know Harry it's not for lack of trying."
"Hey I'm going to shower after that you want to go down to the common room and play some chess?"
"Sure thing mate it's been to long since I've lost a chess game to you."
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The door to the Gryffindor common room burst open and Hermione rushed inside. Her face was flushed and her hair was flying all over the place. She took a quick look around the room and threw her books on to one of the couches. Running up to Seamus she snarled "Where.Is.He?"
Seamus looked up at her fearfully and pointed to the boys dorms.
Hermione ran up the stairs faster than anyone there had ever seen her run before. She ran into the sixth years dorm to find Harry sitting on his bed.
"Where is he Harry?" she snarled again.
"He's in the shower Hermione so you will just have to wait." he replied trying not to laugh.
She turned and walked into the showers leaving Harry with a stunned look on his face.
Ron had just gotten out of the shower and wrapped his towel around his waist when Hermione burst into the showers.
"What the bloody hell are you.." was all he got out before she interrupted him.
Hermione grabbed his hand and looked at him. "You can come down to the common room with me or I can bind you and levitate you down." she said looking him in the eyes as if daring him to say no. After a moment or two of silence she started to drag him out of the showers and headed for the common room.
Harry was holding his sides and trying not to laugh out loud when Hermione called over her shoulder "You better get down here as well Mr. Potter."
Harry followed them downstairs where it seemed that the entire population of Gryffindor tower had gathered to watch the upcoming fight.
As soon as she had Ron standing in the middle of the common room Hermione whirled around on him.
"I just spent two hours listening to how disappointed Professor McGonagall was in me and how Prefects weren't supposed to go around hitting their fellow classmates. I also have two weeks detention, two weeks because of you. So I want you to listen to me Mr. just because I'm tall and cute and can turn into a lion I don't have to be reasonable. This is how things are going to be from now on. Your mine, that's right mine and no one is going to ruin that. You're my boyfriend and you're going to start acting like it. Not only that but you're going to accept both mine and Harry's apologies and from now on we are going to solve our problems by talking to each other instead of one of us running off and going feral for weeks on end. Now have I made myself clear?"
Ron just stared at her for a minute and then slowly pulled her to him and with a smile that almost seemed to go from ear to ear kisser her. Slowly at first but with a rapidly increasing passion that seemed to set all of Ron's nerve endings on fire, when he heard Ginny's voice call out over the silence.
"I'm really glad your back together Hermione but could you please not snog my almost naked brother in the common room?"
Hermione took a step back confused for a moment. Her heart was racing and her face felt hot then she noticed that Ron was only wearing a towel. Then her heart really started to race and she felt herself getting even warmer in the face.
Oh great Merlin he's almost naked
Hermione took a couple of steps back as Ron grinned at her.
"Oh and before you think I'm done with you Mr. Quidditch star you are going to make up with Harry right here and now as well.
"Please tell me they aren't going to have to make up the same way." Seamus cracked.
The entire Gryffindor common room erupted in laughter
Harry spoke up 'Ron and I already made up and no not in the way they did either you prat."
Hermione walked over to Lavender "I'm very sorry Lavender, Professor McGonagall explained to me that it was like scratching Ron's back and I totally over reacted. Please forgive me?"
Lavender laughed "It's ok Hermione I know you have been under a lot of stress lately. I'm sorry I didn't think about what I was doing."
"Well yes I have been under a bit of stress but that's no excuse. I should have known better."
"Hermione I'm not a prefect or anything but maybe those first and second year girls shouldn't be looking at Ron in that towel." Then she dropped her voice a bit lower "it might also be a good idea not to let those seventh year girls keep looking either but for different reasons."
Hermione whirled around on Ron. "Are you still down here in a towel? Don't you have any shame, go get dressed and hurry up."
"Oh yeah it's close to dinner time." Ron said starting for the stairs.
"We're not going to dinner."
"Not going to dinner?" he replied sounding like she said he wasn't getting a birthday present.
"No we aren't."
"Well then where are we going?"
"Oh hurry up and get dressed we're going to the Astronomy tower."
As soon as she said it she realized she had let everyone in the common room know she was planning to go snog her boyfriend senseless. However before she could say anything people started to clap and cheer.
Ginny walked over to her with a frown on her face.
"Hermione are you planning on taking advantage of my innocent big brother?"
Hermione just smiled back at Ginny. "As often as possible Ginny, as often as possible."