Not smart enough
"Get up you prat we're going to be late."
"Ok ok Ron I'm up already." Harry snarled.
The two of them had stayed up way to late talking the night before and then neither one of them had slept very well. Ron's mood was tempered by the fact that he would be seeing Hermione again in a couple of hours. Harry on the other hand was just going to number 12 to see Lupin and so he was less than thrilled with the fact that Ron's travel plans were making him get up so early.
"Mum made us some sandwiches last night so we could eat on the go." Ron called as Harry ran into the loo.
Harry showered quickly and then helped Ron get his trunk downstairs. They both were going to number 12 then Ron was getting an Auror escort to Hermione's house. Ron had thought it a bit much and told them he could just get a taxi in London but the Order had insisted. They wolfed their food down and then Floo'd over to number 12 where they both found out they were an hour early. Ron had been in such a hurry to get to Hermione's he had gotten the time wrong. Lupin though had made them a big breakfast so they had a second breakfast and got a chance to talk.
It had been nice to get a chance to talk to Lupin, he seemed to be doing a lot better and had even bought himself some new clothes. So all in all they were having a fantastic morning when Tonks tripped over the welcome mat and set old Mrs. Blacks picture off. The next fifteen minutes or so of screaming and wailing weren't so nice.
"Smooth there Tonks." Ron said grinning at her.
"Wotcher Harry, Ron"
Both Harry and Ron had smiled at the standard Tonks greeting.
"When Mad-Eye gets here we can take you over to Hermione's."
"Thanks Tonks though I hate you have to go to the trouble."
"It's no trouble Ron, we have to do a shift watching the Grangers anyway so it's literally on the way."
"Thanks anyway."
There was silence for a moment when Tonks asked "So Ron have you ever been to Hermione's house before?"
"Nope I wanted to go before but I only got to go pick up Harry."
Harry laughed "Sorry it was a burden to come get me."
"You know what I mean git."
Tonks laughed at them both "So are you nervous about going to stay there?"
"Nope, why would I be."
"Well I was just thinking that staying in her house with her family might be stressful. Sometimes fathers can get a bit protective."
Ron's mouth hung open and he stared off into space a bit.
Bloody hell her Dad is going to be there. How could I not have thought of that? He'll kill me if I touch her the wrong way. Oh Merlin I should have just said no. I am going to do something wrong for certain.
Ron had paled and both Harry and Tonks were openly laughing at him.
"Don't worry Ron I was just taking the mickey a bit. The Grangers seem to like you a lot."
"Of course that was before you started dating Hermione." Harry added failing to keep the laughter down.
At That point Moody arrived and got them moving. Ron told Harry he would see him back at the Burrow in a few days and to stay out of trouble. They both laughed at that and then laughed even more when Moody said them staying out of trouble was like Tonks staying out of a pub. They went out had got into a car that Ron had never seen before and he started to ask where they had gotten it then he decided he really didn't want to know.
The drive through London was enlightening to Ron. He saw things he knew his dad would kill to see and he tried to remember them all but knew he would forget all of them as soon as he saw Hermione. After a while they seemed to pull into a slightly wooded area and stopped at a fence. Tonks rolled her window down and told the gate who it was and the gate let them in.
"I thought Muggles didn't have magic." Ron wondered out loud.
"It's not magic, it's some kind of Muggle machine." Tonks replied over her shoulder.
"Wicked, dad is going to love that."
Moody and Tonks got a good chuckle out of that as they drove up the driveway. After a minute or so the pulled up in front of the house and Moody and Tonks started to get out.
"You mean Hermione live's here?
"Yep so get your trunk lover boy." Tonks teased.
It took a minute or so to get his trunk out of the boot of the car and pulled it up to the door. Ron knocked on the door and tried not to look around at the very large house. He was just starting to think that he would have to knock again when the door flew open. His smile at seeing Hermione died on his lips as he noticed Hermione's eyes were blazing. She reached out,getting a fist full ofhis jumper and yanked him inside.
"Of all the reckless, irresponsible, childish things I have ever seen you do Ronald Weasley this takes the cake. How can you be as thick as you are and still walk around? I'm surprised you haven't accidentally killed yourself in some sort of horrible eating accident. Honestly there are time you make me wonder how I could have fallen for such an unthinking prat"
She had stopped ranting for a moment then put her hands on her hips and looked him in the eyes.
"So what do you have to say for yourself?"