Chapter 3: Caught in the act…
"Luna, can you please um... come over here please I want to talk to you" Ron said in a soft voice.
"Ok", Luna mumbled remembering to play it cool "Ron, may I ask what this is about?"
"In a minute, just wait until we get around this corner" he said whilst pulling her around the corner and glancing around it to make sure no one was looking.
"Ron, why do you look like you are trying to hide something?" Luna asked
"If it too embarrassing to do in fr-"
Ron placed his finger on her lips and said in a low hushed voice "shh, you don't need to worry, its just there is something I have wanted to do for a very long time and its this" he lent in to kiss and their lips joined and it seemed as if they were never going to part, Ron thought to him self.
"She is so delicate,
But she is so hot,
She is both"
For several minutes there lips did not part until Ron heard a distant voice say "oi! Ron, where are you, come on come out we need to g-" at this point Harry had walked around the corner and seen Ron and Luna snogging passionately "whoops sorry mate, didn't mean to intrude, I'll tell them that you are buying food for pig, gah, bye" Harry said trying not to laugh at what he had just seen and also trying to sound serious, he ran away looking for the others.
Ron stood there thinking about what had just happened, he look over at Luna who had a shocked yet happy face "wa-wa-what are y-you so h-a-ppy abo-ut?" Ron studdered.
"Well you just kissed me an-and I liked it and I just wanted to no if you wou-"
"Luna, Luna, Luna, this is a man's job and I must do it so would you go out with me?"
" Oh, Ronald, I would say yes but… Luna said with a little bit of giggle
" Waddaya mean but!" Ron said unready for the answer
"But seeing as you aren't a man, you cant ask me out" Luna said, whilst rolling on the floor almost having a fit and crying from laughter.
" Ha ha ha, very funny. But seriously, will you go out with me, Loony Lovegood?" Ron said with a big grin on his face.
"Oh well seeing as you put it that way" she said in a voice the meant the she was up to no good.
" Come on" Ron pleaded.
" But…oh…. if I must…. ok… ok. Ill…. do… it." Luna said, almost wetting herself.
"WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN" Ron yelled, but in a cheeky way.
" It means, my dearest Ronald, - it means - yes" she said, and then jumped into Ron's arms, but Ron being so amazed that he had just got the girl of his dreams forgot to catch her and she fell to the ground laughing.
"Opps, shit, I didn't mean to let you fall" Ron said in a worried voice.
"Oh, Ron, your so funny, now give me a hand up please".
Ron stood there his face looked full of misbelief , " I…. um…. really…. mean…. catch…. You…oh well, here give me your hand," he said, whilst pulling Luna up.
"Where did Harry say the others were?" Luna asked.
"There at The Leaky Cauldron, I think," Ron replied "Luna don't you have to go see you father?"
"Um…yeah I think he said meet him at Madame Malkins' after I got all of my books and supplies, why do you ask?" Luna said wondrously.
"Well it's because I wanted to know I would like to come have supper at my house and then we could go for a walk, if you know what I mean" Ron chuckled.
"Well if you say so…Won-Won," Luna said cheekily
"Oi! Don't you start that, I had a hard enough time trying to shut Lavender up," he said with a hint of annoyance in his voice.
"I swear on my mothers life if you call me Won-Won one more time, I will give you a pet name too…Loony" he added cheekily.
As they walked into The Leaky Cauldron, Ron heard a laugh that he recognised a little too quickly, it was Hermione's loud chuckle that Ron had heard. He only has a few seconds to brace himself for the worst moment of his life and WHAM there it hit him right in the chest "How's Luna" Hermione said with a wide smile on her face and then WHAM it hit him again " Harry told me he caught you in the act" Hermione cackled.
"Oh ha ha, your just jealous because you can't find true love, unlike me" Ron exclaimed.
"True love, ha you wouldn't know true love if it slapped you in the face" Hermione retorted.
"Oh really" As Ron said this he stormed over to Luna and gave her the most passionate kiss he had ever given a girl, and think about it, he went out with Lavender Brown and they were always snogging in the Gryffindor common room and as Ginny liked to say "they look like a pack of eels".
Harry was stunned all he could reply was "If you have to stoop that low just to piss Hermione off then you have iss-" before he could even finish the sentence WHAM Ron had punched Harry right in the nose.
"DON'T-EVER-TALK-ABOUT-MY-GIRLFRIEND-THAT-WAY-AGAIN" Ron bellowed.
"ALL RIGHT, but why did you have to punch me in the nose" Harry said trying not to burst out laughing.
"WHY, you know why, you insulted my girlfriend and me!" Ron yelled, not noticing the hint of sarcasm in Harry's voice.
"RON, I like the fact that you stuck up for me, but there is no good reason to punch your best friend in the nose" Luna interjected.
"Ok, ok, I won't overreact anymore but still it's a nasty thing to say" Ron mumbled defiantly.
"Ron, there is no point standing up to a woman who loves you, but at times also hates you" Hermione said.
"She loves me?" Ron questioned sarcastically.
"Hang on, no one asked me if I loved him" Luna said cheekily.
"Huh?" Ron questioned, looking very dumbfounded.
"Oh Ronald, darling you really are slow aren't you" Luna said.
"Oh Luna, why must you torment the boy so" Molly had appeared.
"Oh, sorry Mrs. Weasley, I didn't mean to be rude." Luna mumbled, whilst looking at the ground and her face turning a shade of bright red.
"Oh don't be silly, everyone who knows Ron knows that he is a klutz's and he tends to catch on slow," Molly said
"Very slow"
Fred added and then everyone in the pub started laughing and squealing, the squealing was mostly Hermione and Ginny and even a little bit of it was Harry, Ron had even joined in.
For several minutes the fun and excitement went on until they heard a loud and summoning cough. As Ron turned around he heard
"Oh papa, I am so glad to see you…how have yo u been…were your adventures fun…"
"What the" Ron thought to himself, as the voice babbled on. Once he had fully turned he saw a little girl who didn't even look older than 11, and then he noticed who this little girl was, it was Fleur Delacour's little sister Gabrielle. Ron could tell that she had lost her accent because he could understand every word she said, unlike Fleur.
"Ah papa vot are you doing ere, I thought zat you ver staying in France until next week" Fleur said.
"Ah my darling daughters, I ad the sudden urge to see my daughter and her fiancé so I decided to come and see them," the man replied in a joyful voice "and zat is why I am ere".
"I am afraid your lovely daughter has forgotten to mention your name to me in the past" Bill stated.
"Oh, please forgive me and my daughter and I for it's our family custom that the groom is not to know the brides fathers first name until the day they get married"
This time it was neither Fleur nor her father who spoke but it was her mother, as very attractive women and to Ron's dismay it looked she was the one who gave Fleur her Vella genes.
"Oh," Bill said, a little annoyed. "I guess that's ok, besides Fleur and I are getting married near the end of this summer, so that fine with me" he stated, a little more merrier.
"Well seeing that that is over, butterbeers are on me!" Harry yelled.
"Here, here" the pub echoed.
The next morning Ron awoke with his sheets, blankets and clothes soaked in some strange substance. After one sniff of the strange substance, he knew it was urine.
"Gross" Ron said aloud to himself "I'm getting out of these filthy clothes, I haven't pissed the bed in thirteen years, oh well guess I must have had too many butterbeers".
Just when Ron was getting out of his urine soaked boxers, Harry and Hermione rushed into the room and by the looks of there faces, after they saw Ron third leg Harry was going to explode, but Hermione was goggling Ron's third leg and Ron being really pissed off bellowed, "Bloody take a picture, it lasts longer!" Then Ron pulled his towel around him and ran out of the room
"Geese he has a big one don't he?" Hermione questioned.
"HERMIONE I DIDN'T NEED TO KNOW," Harry bellowed "I WASN'T LOOKING AT HIS CROUTCH".
"Sorry it's just… oh don't worry".
"I guess we shouldn't have put his hand in the warm bucket of water last night" Harry said in a calmer voice.
"Yeah, his room stinks, I think it was a big mistake even coming into his room last night, and putting his hand in the bucket" Hermione said, whilst looking out the door cautiously.
"But you have to admit it was funny to see him drenched in his own urine" Harry laughed "And to think it is my birthday in three days, and what does he do, he yells at .me" he added sarcastically
"I still can't believe you tricked me into filling up the bucket with water and putting Ron's ar- "IT WAS YOU!" Ron bellowed.
"Oh o… um… I can explain…shit…. run!
For several minutes Harry and Hermione were running around the house; hiding from Ron until Harry saw a shadow in the corner of his and then WHAM his face had collided with Ron's closed fist
"Ouch, why is it always me you hit" Harry yelped in pain
"Maybe, because you are always the mastermind behind all the evil plots against me!" Ron replied in the calmest voice he could
"Ron, I reckon you have it in for me don't you"
"Yes Harry, I have it in for you, even more then I have it in for Malfoy" Ron said sarcastically
"Well seeing that you two have kissed and made up, I am here to tell you Harry that Ginny is alone in the back yard" Hermione said, as she walked towards Ron handing him a letter "this came with the owls, somehow someone managed to get Pig, and send it to you"
"Strange… thanks for the letter anyway" Ron said after he snatched the letter out of Hermione's hand and ripped it open to reveal 2 short messages that read
Dear Mr Weasley and Ms Granger, I, Minevera McGonagallAward Mr Ronald Arthur Weasley and
Ms Hermione Elizabeth Granger The honour to be Head Boy and Head Girl at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. For the participation in this well know role both Ms Hermione Elizabeth Granger and Mr Ronald Arthur Weasley have been awarded Order of Merlin third class, if you accept this responsibility Send back a piece of parchment with your signature and a statement that your accept this role to be Head Boy and Head Girl At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Yours sincerelyProfessor Minerva McGonagall
Headmistress of Hogwarts
"'Mione, I think that you'll want to come here right about now" Ron exclaimed.
"Why" Hermione questioned.
"Oh, trust me I think you will want to hurry up and have a look at this letter".
"Which one?" Hermione asked, as she snatched the letter out of Ron's hand.
"Let's read that one first" Harry said pointing at the one still in the envelope.
"Ok" the Hermione and Ron agreed.
"I wonder what it says, I hope its more good news" Ron said.
"More?" Hermione questioned.
"You just wait 'Mione, its great news, but first let's open this letter" Ron said as he lunged at the letter and read the words aloud
Dear Harry,
I am the Head of House for Griffindor!
Hagrid.
"Hagrid is Head of House!" Harry spat out at Hermione and Ron.
"Yes! One thousand house points here we come!" Ron replied
"Oh no, do you think Hagrid will favour us?" Hermione anxiously said.
"Yes" Ron and Harry said in unison.
"Now back to what you wanted before Ron, what was it?" asked Hermione.
"Oh, yes, here, read this" replied Ron as he passed her the note from the headmistress.
"Head Boy and Head Girl! You can't be serious," bellowed Hermione
"Well it does say it on the note, doesn't it?" questioned Harry "If I were you I would probably send them a piece of parchment with my signature on it right about now."
"What? Oh, yes. Ron, fetch some parchment…quickly!" Hermione screeched.
Harry hadn't given his relationship with Ginny much thought; even though he cared for Ginny dearly, he didn't want her to be used against him because she was his girlfriend and there was also that fact that he is deeply in love with a little sixth-year who was named Elise Strathmore from Ravenclaw.
He hadn't noticed her until one day when he was waiting for Ginny out the front of her Transfiguration class, and then she popped out of the door and he saw her soft, brown, curly hair which the light reflected a beautiful brunette colour, her beautiful face was so… beautiful (not that it mattered to him at all because he believed beauty was on the inside) and when she smiled she had little dimples on each cheek and her soft little giggle was like a lullaby. All this he had managed to notice in about 37 seconds because Ginny came running though the door looking like she was about to burst out screaming.
"I still can't believe Hagrid is Head of House" Hermione said.
As Hermione said this, Ginny came walking down the stairs with a gloomiest look on her face, but it was nothing to worry about seeing as she looked like this ever since she and Harry split up.
"I have to do something about this even though I don't feal attracted to Ginny I still care for her, it must end now" Harry thought to himself.
So Harry jumped up and walked over to Ginny, and said in a worried voice "Look, Ginny, we need to talk".
"If we must" Ginny replied in a very depressed voice.
"Ginny you need to get over the fact that we will never be that close together again, I am sure that there are plenty more fish in the sea, don't worry I still want to be your friend to you and that will never change" Harry said softly.
"Harry you must understand you are the only fish in the sea for me, the ONLY fish," Ginny sulked "but I suppose that I am not your fish in this big blue sea".
"That's more like it Gin, I just want you to be happy but I am deeply sorry that you cannot be happy with me, but that is what is going to happen and nothing is going to change it" Harry sighed "Now I want you to turn that frown upside down."
"Harry, you're such an idiot," Ginny said with a half-hearted laugh.
"Well… do you want to come join the celebrations?" Harry questioned.
"Sure I'd like to have a little fun, for once" Ginny replied with a big cheesy grin on her face.
Ron and the others devised a plan to see how long it would take for Molly Weasley to find out the good news. Unfortunately, to their dismay the Headmistress had sent a letter to Molly Weasley 15 minutes after she had sent one to Ron and Hermione so Molly had stormed into the room looking very annoyed, but also very happy.
"Why didn't my little Head Boy and Head Girl tell me they were Head Boy and Head Girl, huh" Molly said she dragged them into her arms.
"Gerrof mum, I would have told you, but you really didn't give me much time to prepare for you and your overreacting actions" Ron said as he wrenched his mother off himself.
" I want you out of this house now, get in the backyard now, all of you, and don't come back inside until I tell you to" Molly said in a rushed voice.
"Mum you can't be serious, I only said that you overreact a little" Ron said in a worried tone.
"Out, get out now!" she yelled.
"Umm… Ms Weasley I don't know if Grimmauld place has a backyard" Harry said, in a curious voice.
"Ah, yes, Harry my dear, during this year I had found a door down in the basement which lead to the most ugly garden you will ever see in your life, but it had some of the most beautiful plants in it but it was infested with gnomes and pixies, mind you they seem like a easy bunch to remove from the garden, but if I might say so they are a troublesome lot" Molly said " we put the same enchantment on the garden as we did on the door."
"Oh, okay off we go then" Harry said, as he started to walk off and then he stopped right in the spot and said "Err…lead the way Ron".
"Ha, ok off we go, this way Harry" Ron said pointing the other way, opposite to which Harry was going.
"I wonder why she told us to come out here," Hermione said.
"She is probably making a feast to celebrate our achievements," Ron said as he pulled out a pack of Exploding Snap from his pocket "I'll play you Harry?"
"Yeah alright I got nothing else to do seeing as we are locked outside until your mum comes and gets us" Harry replied.
"That's if she comes and gets us you mean" Ron said angrily.
"Oh please Ronald, there is no way on earth that your mother is going to let the Griffindor Quidditch Captain and the new Head Boy and Head Girl starve like the dogs". Hermione retorted.
For several hours, Hermione laid there watching Harry and Ron play Exploding Snap and Wizard's Chess, until she heard the back door open with a loud creak.
"Mum said you can come in now." Ginny squeaked.
"Finally, I wonder what she has done," Ron said eagerly.
"Just around this corner and you will see" Hermione replied.
"This is a big walk even though it is only 20-" Ron was stopped by a loud gasp.
"What is so amazing" Ron said to Hermione.
But as he turned the corner he found out…
A/N: YAY! It's up! I hope you liked this chapter. Its pretty big for me. I just couldn't find a place to end the chapter. Thanks soo much to my wonderful Beta Crazy About Dan.
I hope you all liked it and please read on. R&R as well.
Josh.