Last chance
Prologue
Hermione smiled fondly as she looked at a picture of her and Ron at Hogsmade. As she started at it her heart started beating faster, he's adorable! His cute freckles, his charming smile, she blushed as she remembered that day….
Flashback
"Hey Hermione!" Ron called and playfully threw a snowball at her. "Ron!" she pretended to be outraged and threw a snow ball at him starting a war. At the end they were both drenched…
End flashback
Chapter 1 Home
Hermione sighed as she looked out the window, streaks of rain splattered on it. She was on the Hogwarts express back to Hogwarts, sitting alone in her compartment. Hermione heard a noise at the door and looked up and saw the boy she'd been thinking about all summer come in.
"Hi Ron" Hermione said softly but no one heard because her voice got drowned out by thunder. Then Harry walked in carrying Hedwig and Pigwidgeon. Hermione, like Ginny had thought that Pigwidgeon was a cute name but she didn't like it when Ron called the little bird 'pig'. "Hi Hermione" they both said bringing their stuff in and sitting down. "Hi guys" Hermione said smiling thankfully they heard.
Then the lunch trolley cam in a few minutes later and the plump witch said "anything today?" pointing to the cart merrily. Ron grinned and bought a bunch of candy and so did Harry, but Hermione didn't get as much because she wasn't hungry. Oh I love his smile! He's so- no he's just my friend nothing more Hermione told herself firmly while munching on a chocolate frog. "You look deep in thought" Harry grinned "are you trying to decide if you should read 'Hogwarts a history' for the billionth time?" he teased, Hermione attention snapped to him when he said this "n-n-no I'm just. Thinking" she declared and Harry pulled out a game of exploding snap that they played for the rest of the time.
Just as Harry put a card down they lurched forward the cards spilling everywhere, the train came to a halt. Harry hurriedly picked up the cards and stuffed them into his pocket. They dragged their stuff outside and lost each other in the maze of children. At last Hermione spotted Harry and Ron climbing into a carriage and she quickly trudged through the mud and got into the carriage just in time. Soaked she sat down and it started moving. When Hogwarts came into view Hermione's eyes lit up in delight she was home.
Chapter 2 the battle
As soon as they walked inside Hermione was immediately warm. The feast was the same and after it Hermione went to the portrait of the fat lady and realized that she didn't know the password. Hermione nearly slapped her head with frustration, when Ron and Harry appeared behind her "Bogart" Harry said clearly and the portrait opened. Hermione smiled at them gratefully and said "thanks" while climbing into the familiar common room. "your welcome 'mione" they said "we figured that since you left so quickly that you didn't know the password yet so we came" Ron said his ears a little pink. Hermione went to her trunk and grabbed out a book the size of dobby and started reading, after a few hours of reading Hermione's head began to drop so she put the book away and noticed that the once roaring fire had turned into a pile of white ashes. Then she went upstairs into her room.
And interrupted a conversation between lavender and Parvati Hermione sighed and stilled walked in still fully clothed she lay in her bed. "Quidditch has done well for those boys1 did you see Harry's muscles?" Parvati said happily lavender squalled "I know! But Ron is so cute this year!" Even though Hermione was in her bed she was anything but asleep her eyes were open and fixed on the wall in front of her.
"I wouldn't mind kissing Ron! His freckles are so cute! And he-" lavender started to say but was interrupted by Hermione "STOP!" she said angry then she realized what she did and regretted it. They were all staring at her dumbstruck, lavender was the first to speak. "It's not like you like him!" she said huffily then after a moment's pause she said "do you?" she questioned raising an eyebrow at Hermione. "Wha? No I just don't like to hear… you guys talk about my best friends" she said lamely and she stuffed her head in her pillow thinking.
I like Ron he's so nice!
No you don't you like him as a friend
No I think more
No you don't like him!
Do
Don't
Do
Don't
Do
Don't- plus he doesn't even like you! He's just your friend he doesn't want to be anything else! He doesn't like you that way he likes lavender!
Hermione tossed and turned back and forth the battle raging in her head.
The next morning…
Hermione groaned and untangled herself from the covers which had formed a sort of cocoon around her during the night from hours of tossing and turning. After taking a shower she dressed and got ready for class, and went into the common room and out the portrait for breakfast. She wasn't hungry so she took a piece of toast with her as she walked to her first class defense against the dark arts.
She was the first one there so she took a seat in the very front. About fifteen minutes later the classroom was full and trying to figure out who the new professor was because they hadn't been at the feast. Then the door opened…