Chapter Three: A Turn of Events
The Common Room was finally cleared. The students had stayed there for about an hour and Ron's knees were starting to ache. Ron crawled out from under the table. He smirked and helped Hermione up. He smiled lightly and grabbed his drink. Taking a sip he watched Hermione walk back over to the window. He smirked and leaned back on his chair bringing the two front legs of it off the floor. Ron hummed lightly to break the silence. He could feel Hermione's eyes on him. He smiled more.
"What??"
Hermione bit her lip again. She tried not to bite it as hard as she had before. She looked at him tucking a piece of stubborn hair behind her ear. She smiled weakly. She didn't know what to think. Ron had never acted like that around her. She didn't know what to say. Hermione looked at Ron glaring. Her eyes narrowed at him.
"RONALD WEALSEY!! What the hell did you think you were doing? I'm and engaged woman!!!" Hermione realized what she had just said. She quickly covered her mouth.
Ron looked at her. His jaw dropped to the floor. Married? MARRIED? He thought to himself. Why the hell didn't she tell me? Am I not trustworthy? He had a million of similar questions racing through his head as if they were in a track competition. Ron looked up at Hermione and titled his head to the side. He didn't understand why she didn't tell him to begin with. He shook his head and looked at the floor, his elbows on his knees and his hands around his ears. He didn't want to believe it.
"Engaged? ENGAGED? Why didn't you tell me? I thought you said you weren't dating anyone??….Wait…to whom?"
Hermione shook her head. They had been engaged for about 3 months now. She twisted the ring around her finger nervously. She shrugged lightly at Ron.
"Well I'm not dating him…I'm Marring him….
Hermione bit her lip again
"Y- You wouldn't know him…"
"TRY me…"
"Vic….." She muffled the end. She didn't want to tell him. She had been to close to Ron when younger. She looked at Ron her eyes slowly filling with tears. She turned to the wall. Sighing Hermione twisted the ring on her finger more. "Viktor….Viktor Krum"
"KRUM!!! You're engaged to KRUM? I thought that you had more feeling than that… Guess I was wrong." Ron stood up and grabbed his coat. Feeling a slight tug on it he looked to the end Hermione had grabbed the end. Tears running down her cheeks. He turned away.
"Ron…I hadn't seen you or Harry in forever and he was the only one who kept contact with me. Which soon grew to dating, then 3 months ago…He proposed"
Ron glared at Hermione and rolled his eyes. "Aw. How sweet… my congrats" Ron continued out of the common room and into the hall. A rage of jealousy swept over him. He stormed out of the castle and disapperated off the grounds of Hogwarts.
Hermione watched him leave her tears still rolled down her cheeks. She fell to her knees and began to cry. She looked around hoping not to awake anyone. She sighed and wiped her tears from her face. She took some Floo powder out of her pocket, throwing it into the fire she stepped in. Saying "The Hogwarts Hotel Room 53" She disappeared.