Chapter 6: Conversations

Disclaimer: If I owned the Harry Potter universeI would be busying myself writing the seventh book instead of writing fanfiction now wouldn't I?

A/N: Well it's been a good 5 months or so since I last updated this story and I'm extremely sorry to those who were enjoying it, I completely lost all inspiration for awhile. I'm going to aim to have it finished in the next few weeks!

"Ok then Ron what about you.. what do we know about you that nobody else does?" Asked Harry. Ron sat there for a moment pondering what they could use as his secret question,

"What about… no Seamus was there.. How about that time.. nah everybody knows about that um.. oh crap I don't know." Said Ron, truly having no idea what to use..

"I know" said Hermione, very quietly as If she didn't want Harry to hear.

"What Mione?" asked Ron.

"What was the very first thing I said to you Ron? No one else was around except you and Harry?"

"Your told me I had dirt on my nose" Ron said, sounding a bit sulky.

"Yeah, right there," Hermione leant over and touched the spot on his nose smiling at him.

Harry started to feel a bit uncomfortable and decided to break the mood. "Well that just leaves Hermione then. I know we can ask you we saved Sirius and Buckbeak in Third Year, that's a complete secret only Professor McGonagall & Dumbledore knew you had one"

"The Time Turner.. I'd forgotten about that. There aren't any left now you know, after the Department of Mysteries…" Hermione cut herself off and stared into space for awhile. They were all lost in there own thoughts. Harry was thinking about that night in the Department of Mysteries and was determined to end this war once and for all, for Sirius, Dumbledore, Hermione's Parents and His Parents. Hermione was thinking about how here parents were killed and how if only she had a time turner maybe she could bring them back.. tears starting to well up in her eyes. Ron was looking at Hermione, swearing to himself that he would never let anything happen to her and wanting nothing more than to love her forever.

"Well I'm going to have a shower if that's ok Harry" Hermione said a little too cheerfully and left the room.

"Shit." Said Ron as he watched her leave.

"What?"

"I wish I could make everything better and I don't know how I can help her Harry"

"I don't know either mate. So.. you and Hermione then hey?" Harry asked with somewhat of a smirk.

"Yeah me & Hermione, but it's not going to change anything ok Harry, I want you to know that, just because we're together now doesn't mean we're not with you as well" Ron had a very determined expression on his face as he said that.

"You couldn't get rid of me if you tried mate" Said Harry, trying to kill the rather grim mood that had cast itself over the bedroom "But I promise I'll give you some snogging time every now and then." Harry said smirking.

"Hey" Ron exclaimed, trying to sound indignant.

"Oh please… you and Hermione have been building up all this sexual tension since second year, it was bound to explode eventually. Why do you think you guys fought all the time? Because you weren't snogging each other senseless!" Harry was now trying not to laugh at Ron's expression.

"That's not why we fight! And we don't fight that much anyway.."

"Oh please I even overheard McGonagall telling Madam Pomfrey that she wished you two would hurry up and get together because she was tired of you bickering in the corridors all the time!" Harry could not contain his laughter now.

"Harry, you've gone barking mad. I'm going to check on Hermione he said as he left the room, leaving a giggling Harry to himself. As he got to the bathroom he heard sobs behind the closed door. He knocked quietly so not to startle her. "Mione… can you let me in love"

"Go Away Ron please" came the muffled reply

"Nope, I'm never going to go away, so you can let me in or I'll stand outside this door until you come out" His voice was very tender and he heard a soft "Alohamora" and the door click open. He opened the door in to find her sitting next to the bath in her underwear with extremely red eyes. Shutting the door behind him he walked over to her.

"Come here love.." he said as he sat down next to her and pulling her roughly towards him, trying to ignore the fact that he was holding her while she was basically naked. As he felt started to stroke the soft skin of her back though he felt a stirring in his groin and immediately felt extremely guilty for having such thoughts when he was supposed to be comforting her.

"I'm sorry Ron" she sniffed, her head snuggling into his chest.

"What for.. you haven't done anything wrong love" He said soothingly.

"I'm trying so hard to be strong and I just can't"

"You don't have to be strong all the time Mione, you've just lost your parents of course your upset.. and I know your probably a lot stronger than me you know with emotional stuff, but I'll be strong enough for the both of us when your not ok." His heart was full of conviction as he said these words.

"I love you Ron, I always have, ever since I saw you on the train for the first time." She said it in almost a whisper.

"I've loved you ever since I found out you were an insufferable know it all." He replied kissing her cheek softly. She giggled at his words and looked into his eyes, before kissing him forcefully on the lips. Next thing Ron knew they were lying on the bathroom floor, Hermione underneath him, writhing her body as he kissed her passionately. Sensing that this was not the right moment to take things further he pulled away suddenly.

"What's wrong?" Hermione asked, her face full of concern.

"Nothing, I just, I mean, I didn't want things to go any further on the Dursley's bathroom floor." He replied, not meeting her eyes.

"Oh…"

"Come on love", he said as he turned the taps on, filling the bath with deliciously warm water. "Time for a bath.."

"Are you joining me" She asked with her eyebrows raised.

"Er.. no.. not this time, but I'm going to wait for you outside the door ok"

"No, I want you to stay with me" She said with a fierce gaze. "Turn around" she said and he did as she asked. He heard an incantation as she turned the taps off and the sound of something hitting the floor before she entered the water. "Alright you can look now" He turned around slowly and saw her sitting in the water, eyes closed, completely concealed by bubbles. He smiled as he sat next to the bath, trying hard not to think about the fact that he was sitting next to a naked Hermione. He let out a small giggle at that thought. "What's funny?"

"Nothing love, you just relax" he said turning to kiss her head before going back to his own reflections.

A/N Ok I know it's not great but I really wanted to just get back into this after such a long time away. I'm going to update again by the end of the week. I had such a clear picture of where this was going when I started but now I'm not so sure. Feedback is very much appreciated!