Chapter 5 The Decision

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"I might go to the dance with Dean Thomas," said Hermione, "if that's okay with you Ginny."

It was now two weeks before the dance. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny were all sitting in a booth at the Three Broomsticks discussing the dance.

"Yea, that's fine, I'm with Harry now, I don't care about him at all anymore." said Ginny as she kissed Harry.

"Wait, Hermione, why would you go with him!" Ron suddenly blurted out when he realized what Hermione had just said.

"Well he is a nice boy, and he did ask me to go with him." Hermione answered.

"When? We only just found out about the dance!" said Ron starting to get mad that Dean had asked Hermione before he had a chance to.

"Well after dinner, remember when I went to the bathroom on the third floor and then I met up with you three in the common room, the night that the dance was announced?" Hermione asked Ron.

"Yea, wait, he was in the bathroom with you?" asked Ron slightly confused.

"No, he asked me after I came out of the bathroom, I ran into him in the hall," she noticed that Ron looked upset so she added, "but I didn't say that I would go with him; I told him that I would have to think about it. And Ron, we didn't just find out about it, the dance is only two weeks away now."

"You can't go with him Hermione!" Ron yelled out before he could stop himself. The room went quiet and everyone was looking at the four of them.

"And why not?" snapped Hermione as Ginny told everyone to stop staring at them.

"Because, he was a jerk to Ginny, and you just can't! Okay, you can't!" said Ron starting to get red in the face as he realized how ridiculous he must sound.

"Well the last time I checked, you, Ronald Weasley, were not allowed to tell me what I can and cannot do!" exclaimed Hermione as she got up and started to run out of the pub.

Ron caught her by her arm just as she was about to go through the door.

"Get your hands off of me!" she said looking very angry, "what do you want?"

"I'm sorry," Ron began, "you're right, I shouldn't have told you that you can't go with him, it's just that I, that I," Ron went quiet and didn't say anything else.

"You what?" Hermione asked, hoping that Ron would ask her to the dance.

"I like you Hermione," he whispered, "and I wanted to ask you to the dance," he added a little bit louder, "but now you are going with him."

"Ron, I'm not going with him, I just said that I would consider it, I was hoping that you would ask me." Hermione told Ron quietly as she started to blush.

"Okay, so will you go with me?" Ron asked.

"Well I don't know, I mean I wanted to, but after that I don't know what to say. I'm not going to wait around forever Ron! Maybe if you took more risks, and were more confident, and asked me sooner, like before you knew that I might be going with someone else, you would have a better chance of going with me!" She said as she tried to leave, but couldn't because Ron was still holding onto her arm.

"Okay, I'm sorry Hermione, I really am, will you please go with me?" he asked hoping that she would say 'yes'.

"I'll think about it, and please let go of my arm!"

"Oh, right, sorry," he said as he let go of her arm and watched her walk out of the pub.

A few minutes later Ginny met up with Hermione in the new costume shop. It was amazing inside; there were costumes of all kinds, and for people of all ages. Hermione finally decided to get an angel costume, and Ginny a fairy costume.

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The next week-and-a-half went by just like all the others had. It was now Wednesday, and only two days before the dance. Hermione had made her decision and decided to tell the boys that night.

The day seemed to fly by for Hermione for she had History of Magic and a free period in the morning and then double Transfiguration lessons after lunch.

That night she found Dean in the common room and told him that she was really sorry, but she was going to the dance with someone else.

"Ehh, that's okay, I kind of figured that you would say no, but it was worth a shot." He said as he hugged her and went off to find someone else to go to the dance with.

Next was Ron; Hermione walked over to him and tapped him on the shoulder, "I need to talk to you," she said.

"Umm, okay," said Ron while looking at Harry.

"Alone," she added, since Harry was still sitting there. She waited a moment while Harry got up and left.

'Oh shit, she's going to tell me that she is going to the dance with Dean; why else would she want to talk to me alone? My life is officially over.' He thought to himself as he felt like he would throw up his dinner at any moment.

Once Harry was gone Hermione started, "I thought about what you said, and I made my decision," Hermione paused to see what Ron would say.

"It's okay Hermione, I understand, I should have asked you sooner, hopefully we can still be friends," he said as he started to get up.

At that moment Hermione jumped in front of Ron and kissed him on the lips.

"What was that for?" asked Ron confused by what just happened.

"I'm going to the dance with you, you idiot!" She said as she kissed him again, only this time a little bit longer and then she went up to bed.

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A/N: Hope you liked this chapter. The ending was one of my favorite parts. Ron can be so stupid some times, I love it. lol. R&R.