Chapter Ten: Who on Which Side?

      "We're tied….Next Goal Wins" The Quaffle is tossed in the air. Each one of them dive for it. Hermione in the lead. She stopped. She saw that Harry was exiting the castle, and then retreated back into the castle. Pondering why, she continued diving. But Ron was gaining quickly. He gained speed as he passed Hermione, when he heard a voice. When he heard the voice he glanced down and saw that he was going to hit the ground and swerved up so he wouldn't hit it. Looking down to see who the voice belonged to, he saw a tall scraggly man, pale as a tomb stone and draped in black robes.

"Get down here right this instant, you two have immediate detention" the voice said.

Hermione looked down and chuckled. It's Snape…. She whispered to Ron. Ron grimaced at the name Snape and rolled his eyes.

"Give us two minuets please…." Hermione said sweetly

"No get down here…" Ron and Hermione just ignored him and continued playing. "Ready to be beat…" She said challenging him. Ron chuckled. "That all depends…are you?" Ron dived for the ball, the sound of Snape's voice echoing through out the stadium. Ron raced to the end of the stadium he looked behind him to see that Hermione was headed for his rings. Extremely confused he looked at the Quaffle.

"That little Witch…She took the Quaffle right out of my hands with out me realizing it." Immediately turning around he headed for his rings. Approaching the rings at a speed his broom was not meant to handle he jumped off his broom to block the shot…

"YESSSSS!!!!!" Hermione said as she made the shot she glanced down. Seeing Ron's body laying sprung on the ground. She watched him bring his hands to his face. Giggling she flew down to him. Hopping off her broom she knelt next him.

"Anything broken?"

"Just my dignity….and maybe my finger…" Ron shrugged at her. Hermione giggled. She had had fun. She always had fun with Ron. He was the only person that could make her laugh as hard as she could. Snape's screaming and yelling slowly approached as she and Ron sat at the base of the hoops.  As Snape approached he looked at Hermione and then to Ron. A chilling smirk smothered his ghostly face.

"I should have know … Mr. Weasley and Ms. Granger…but oh…someone's missing, Where's the infamous Harry Potter? Now if you two were still students I would have you expelled," He said with a devilish grin "But since you're not, I will just warn you, if I find you out here again, I'll take this to The Ministry"

            Hermione stifled a laugh, and turned away, as Snape's robes fluttered into the castle. She looked at Ron and they both began to laugh. She rolled her eyes and layed down on the freshly dewed grass.

"He would get farther with the House Elves…OW! Bloody Hell Hermione that hurt." Ron rubbed his arm where she had just punched him and realized that he was laughing with Hermione and quickly stood up and began to walk away…

"Hey… We had a deal… You shook on it."

Ron turned to her and shrugged "You're point?"

Hermione stood up and tackled him to the ground then straddled him. She pushed her hair to one side, and smirked. "I Won"

She watched as Ron rolled his eyes and she smirked even more. "I knew you'd see it my way" she could tell that Ron, if he had wanted to, could have escaped. She didn't really know why he hadn't yet. Shrugging it off she folded her arms.

"Okay, let me explain my self. When the three of us left Hogwarts, We all went our separate ways. Harry to the ATC, you to your Quidditch, and me to further my dreams of Elf Rights. I tried writing to you and Harry, but I never got replies,"

"I never a single letter from either of you…" Ron interrupted.

"Ron please let me finish… anyways, I wrote Krum out of the blue, because I was having trouble, and you and Harry were seemed unreachable. He wrote me back and we continued conversing through Owl Post. That soon grew to going to dinners, and movies, ECT. Then three months ago. We were in the United States, Which is a beautiful place I might add, and we were at the top the Space needle, in an area for magical folk, and having a starlight dinner. We were getting towards the end of the date when Viktor proposed. I had said yes because I do have feeling for him. But I knew the one person to change my mind would be you. And then I came here and here we are."

            Hermione watched as Ron layed motionless, trying to comprehend and take in all that had just been said. Ron shook his head at her and tried to stand up. But Hermione wasn't going to let him get away without telling her how he feels. Quick to think she grabs his hands and holds the together over his head.

"Ron you keep doing this to me"

"Doing What?" Ron said begrudgingly.

Hermione, close to feeling like she should deck Ron, saw two figures walking across the pitch. Squinting slightly, she couldn't really see who they were but she did notice they were holding hands. She saw that they began to approach her and Ron. Finally understanding who it was she rolled her eyes. It was Harry and Ginny. Hermione's jaw dropped.

"It's nice to see that you two have made up…" Ginny said to them sweetly.

"But don't you think you take it a bit slower pal…" Harry said giving Ron a wink.

Hermione and Ron looked at each other in confusion. She looked up and saw that Harry and Ginny were walking towards the lake. As they walked away Hermione could hear Ginny giggling. She wished she could be as happy as Ginny was. Looking back down at Ron she sighed.

"You need to stop hiding your feelings from me, and just truly tell me what you think and…" Hermione had met Ron eyes for the first time since their fight. She smiled lightly and as if it were an instinct she leaned in and kissed him. Smiling she sat up and smirked "…and what you feel" she couldn't control herself. She kissed him again. Realizing what she was doing she sat up quickly.

"Ron, what do you think you're doing?"

Ron looked shocked. "HEY! You started it, plus you were on the other end of that kissing. So don't even tell me it was my fault."

A/N- Many Thanks to me Buddy Megh-O for helping me with this chapter…