The next afternoon came very quickly, and Harry and Ron were more nervous than ever. It was about four and Harry asked the girls if they wanted to go on a walk with Ron and him. Hermione and Ginny, even though they were hiding it, couldn't have been any happier. They all went outside, just the four of them. They were lucky, because it was very close to Fred and George coming with them. But to their luck, Mrs. Weasley had some things for them to do.
So, they walked for about an hour, taking a break every once in a while. And then Harry and Ginny stopped, deciding that they had walked far enough. But Ron wanted to keep walking, so Ron and Hermione left Harry and Ginny alone.
Harry looked at Ginny, while Ginny watched Ron and Hermione walk away. Then she said, "Finally they actually leave us. They need to be alone. Maybe one of them will finally be able to tell the other how they feel." But Harry didn't care about Ron and Hermione at the moment; all he cared about was him and Ginny. "Yeah, it's great." Harry said, just going along with whatever she was saying. "Ginny..." "Yes Harry?" Harry loved the way she said his name. "Did you mean what you said to Percy last night?" "Of course I did." Harry felt, and obviously looked shocked, because Ginny asked, "What's wrong Harry?" He looked at her, and still shocked said, "So, you only want to be friends?" "What gave you that idea?" "That's what you told Percy, and just now you siad that what you told him last night you meant." Harry said to her, sadder than ever. Ginny looked really confused, and said, "Harry, I was talking about his self esteem, I meant that. And I don't want Percy to know anything about my private life. It's none of his business. That's why I said we were just friends." Harry was to happy for words. Then Ginny continued, "Harry, the truth is, I don't want us to be just friends." "You mean, you like me more than a friend?" Harry asked, then Ginny said, "Yeah..." They both smiled at each other. Then Harry said, "Ginny, I don't like you more than a friend." Ginny looked hearbroken, and meekly asked, "What?" Then Harry leaned towards her, and said, "I like you much more than 'more than friends'." Ginny smiled at him. Then Harry leaning in even closer and said, "I love you Ginny." "I love you too Harry." And he snogged her, and she snogged back. It was the best thing to ever happen to either of them. They were both in love.
Ron and Hermione were still walking, Hermione walking slow because she was getting tired. And Ron was in front of her, walking faster, because he was determined to show Hermione what he wanted to show her. "Ron! Ron!" Hermione yelled to Ron. "Ron! Can't we take a rest?" "Fine, just a five mintue one, I really want to show you something." "Can't you show me in the morning?" "No! You have to see it at night Hermione! There's no point of seeing in in the morning!" "Knowing you it's gonna be something really pointless." Hermione said under her breathe. Ron heard her, and screamed, "Are you calling me stupid Hermione? Like there's no way I could ever tell what's beautiful, and what's not!" They sat in silence for about a minutes, glaring at each other, then Hermione said, "Yeah, that's just what I'm saying, you're stupid. And you have no idea what beauty is." "How would you know?" Ron asked angrily, thinking about how in a way, Hermione had just insulted herself, because Ron thought she was the most beautiful thing in the world. "This is such a waste of time." Hermione whispered to herself. Ron was red with anger, and he ran towards Hermione, grabbed her arm, and pulled her towards him, and then ran through more and more trees. "Ron! Ron!" Hermione started yelling, "Ron! What the heck are you doing? Let go of me! Ron!" And for about two more minutes, they ran through more and more trees. "RON!" Hermione yelled at the top of her lungs, and it seemed to work, because Ron stopped. "Now you tell me... is this a waste of time?" Ron asked Hermione, pointing infront of him. And there in front of them, was the most beautiful thing Hermione had ever seen.
There, in front of Ron and Hermione, was a big clearing, with no trees, just grass for miles. And past that, were a few mountains in a row, and on the peak of the top of the middle mountain, was the moon, and it looked like it was looking over the top of it. It was so beautiful; Hermione could not take hre eyes off of it. "Ron! How did you ever find this?" "Walks in the middle of the night." Still staring at the moon in amazement, Hermione said, "Ron, this is to beautiful, I can't believe you found this." Ron was turning red, and then Hermione saw a big boulder in the middle of the clearing. "Ron?" She asked, "Did you put that boulder in the middle of the clearing?" "Yeah... sometimes I sit there in the middle of the night and think about everything wonderful in my life." And he looked at Hermione, because he was talking about her. "Oh my lord..." Hermione thought outloud, walked towards the boulder, and sat down. Ron started walking towards her, and said, "Hermione..." He sat down. "Ron..." She said, still staring at the beautiful scene. Then he said, "I need to tell you something really, really important." "Ok Ron, go ahead." Hermione said, finally looking at him. She was really nervous, she didn't know what he would tell her, but she was ready, whatever it was. And he turned away from Hermione, and said, "I... love... love you... Hermione..." And then getting the strength, he looked at her. And she asked, in what Ron thought a horrible way, but was really a surprised way, "What?" "I knew it, you were just gonna insult me, and when I put my heart on the line! Just for you Hermione, just for you! And then you step on it, and crush it!" Ron yelled at her, standing up from the rock. Hermione was really confused, Ron was making no sense, "Ron... Ron... I wasn't insulting you. All I did was ask what. You're just hearing things you think are gonna happen. Not the truth." "You're wrong Hermione! I heard what I heard! And you didn't sound quite happy!" Ron yelled at Hermione. Hermione got the angriest she had ever gotten before, stood up, and yelled at Ron, "You want to know why you're wrong?" "Yeah! Tell me why I'm wrong!" "Because I love you too!" She yelled at him, and ran back into the woods.
Ron stood there; he didn't know what to do. He just started at the place where Hermione was standing, he couldn't believe it she had just told him she loved him. It was so unreal, it was a dream, it had to be. Then he looked around, and saw foot tracks where Hermione had ran into the woods. It was real, he couldn't believe it. He suddenly went back to his normal state, and run into the woods after Hermione. It didn't take him that long to find her. He went into the woods, and almost ran into Hermione, she was so close. There she was, sitting on a log. She looked at Ron, and said, "What took you so long?" "It took me a while to actually take in what you told me." He started, sat down next to her, and finished, "It's just so unreal to me. I never thought there would be anyway that you would love me." He said, smiling at her. "I've loved you for a long time Ron. I didn't think it was possible for you to love me." "I've loved you ever since I met you. I just hid it, because I thought you didn't feel the same." "I loved you since then too. And I thought the same thing." Ron looked at her, and Hermione looked at him. "Ron, I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I love you Ron. I love you, I love you, I love you. I'm sorry I just repeated myself a million times. It just feels great to finally talk to you about it, and know you feel the same." And she curled up in Ron's arms, crying of happiness. Ron was really freaked out, it had all happened so fast. "I love you too Hermione. More than you could know." He smiled, and looked down at her, and pulled her off of him. "Stop crying, and look at me." Ron said to Hermione, staring into her eyes. Hermione wiped the tears out of her eyes, and looked right into Ron's eyes. He had a sparkle in his eyes; he started leaning in closer and closer. Then all of the sudden he snogged her. "Yes! This is the happiest day of my life!" They both thought in their mind. It didn't get much better than this for either of them.
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