Ron had pretty much given up on Harry since Valentine's Day, and Hermione was not going to have any of that. She decided that she needed to have a talk with both her boys separately. Harry was first.

She had finally gotten Harry alone after Transfiguration class one day and pulled him inside an empty classroom.

"We need to talk," Hermione announced.

"About what?" Harry was confused. What was so important that she couldn't say it in front of other people?

"You. What do you think you are doing!" She nearly yelled.

"What do you mean?" Harry was still quite confused.

"Oh, come on Harry! You and Malfoy? What happened to you and Ron?" Hermione was frustrated. Harry had told her about him fancying Ron and she was quite certain he still felt the same way as he had when he told her this months and months ago.

Harry got angry with her for bringing this up. It was a touchy subject for him and he didn't want to talk about it. "There was never anything between Ron and me. Just friendship. Yes, I did fancy him at one point, but seeing as how he has an eye on some bird, I had to get over it somehow. So Mal – I mean Draco was my escape. There. Does that make you feel better now that you know?"

"You still love him don't you?" Hermione said gently.

Harry sat there stunned. Yes, he still loved Ron. He always had, but Harry would rather see Ron happy than scare the bloody crap out of him by saying that he loved Ron.

"Maybe it's just better the way it is now. I won't lose my friendship with him." Harry avoided Hermione's question.

"You've already lost it Harry," she said rather harshly. She stormed out of the classroom, leaving a stunned Harry behind.

Ron, meanwhile, had been looking for Hermione, who had said that she wanted to speak to him. He found her walking down the hall looking grumpy.

"Hermione!" he shouted as he ran toward her, "What's wrong?"

Hermione looked up when her name was called and tried her best to look perfectly normal. "Absolutely nothing Ron, just, er, thinking about our Transfiguration assignment."

Ron looked at her and then shrugged it off. "You said you wanted to speak to me?"

"Oh, yes, that's right. Would you like to do it back in the common room before the next class starts?" Hermione asked.

"Sure," Ron said, starting his way towards the Gryffindor Common Room.

They walked in silence as Hermione tried to figure out what she wanted to say to Ron. When the got to the Fat Lady, they both said the password and walked in. Hermione made her way towards Ron's dorm.

Once inside the dorm, Hermione sat on Ron's bed as she had many times before and she sighed.

"Something is wrong Hermione," Ron stated.

Hermione sighed once more. "You have got to keep trying Ron," she said, "Promise me you'll keep trying to win Harry over."

"What? Why? He obviously likes someone else. Why should I keep trying when nothing good is going to come out of it?" Ron protested.

"I just have this feeling that he's unhappy with Malfoy. Just trust me Ron, please keep trying." Hermione begged.

Ron sighed, "Fine, but you're going to have to help me figure out something to do."

"That's simple. Give him something you treasure," Hermione said.