A/n: PLEASE READ PREVIOUS CHAPTER IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY! I replaced the authors not with a chapter!
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Kylie
One and Only
Chapter Fifteen
The next morning, it wasn't a surprise that Hermione was the first one awake. Ron's arms were around her and he was still asleep. Hermione vaguely remembered coming back to the head common room after the party. She rolled over so she was face to face with Ron. She met their lips for a few seconds, knowing that it was only sure way to get Ron up. He smiled into it.
"Morning." He said. His eyes were still not open.
"Good morning." Hermione said. "So what do you want to do today?" She asked. Ron's eyes opened wide when he remembered that he had detention that night. "What's wrong?" She asked.
"N –nothing." Ron lied. "We could do whatever you want today but Harry and I have plans around six."
"Ok." Hermione said. She was very confused at the way Ron was acting. Ron looked at her face and felt bad. He hated to lie to her. He was just about to confess and spill the beans when he heard Ginny yawn.
"Good morning." She said. She turned to get Harry up. Harry yawned and, like Ron, he looked more tired than normal.
"I'm hungry." Ron said suddenly. "Let's go get something to eat." Hermione nodded, with that confused expression toward Ron. Harry glared because he knew Ron was going to give it away.
"Yeah, let's go." Harry said. Hermione knew something was up but she didn't want to pester Ron about it. She would figure it out. They all started toward Gryffindor tower so that they could change.
As Hermione and Ginny headed up the staircase to the girl's dormitory Hermione begun to tell Ginny about how Ron was acting and the glare she saw Harry give Ron.
"You know, they looked tired this morning." Ginny pointed out. "Like more tired than normal."
"Yeah," Hermione agreed. "I say we trick them into telling."
"Agreed." Ginny said. They both went to their own dormitories to change. Hermione changed into a pair of jeans with a pink shirt that came down to her hips and a white camisole underneath. As she was putting moose in her hair Lavender came up to her.
"So Hermione, I couldn't help but overhear you and Ginny on the stairs." Lavender said. "I just wanted to be the first one to say that I am so sorry and I also wanted to let you know that I still won't be going after him. I've got Seamus and I love him and all that and he would never cheat on me. If you need a friend I'm here and tell Ginny the same thing." Lavender looked at her with a look of sheer pity. "Now maybe you can actually where you hair in a nicer fashion with out a controlling boyfriend."
"Excuse me?" Hermione asked. "You think that Ron is cheating on me?"
"Well what else would it be?" Lavender asked. Hermione thought for a minute but couldn't think of anything. She knew that Ron was not cheating on her.
"He is not cheating on me!" Hermione said. "He loves me."
"Aw, your in denial." Lavender said.
"I am not in denial!" Hermione shouted. Lavender looked at her with more pity than ever.
"You have to accept the truth." Lavender said soothingly. "Ron is not and has never been a good boyfriend. I wish I could have warned you ahead of time to spare you from the pain." Hermione looked at her with an utter look of hatred.
"You're the one in denial!" Hermione shouted. "You think that just because you couldn't have him no one else should!" Hermione would have continued but Ginny rushed into the room when she heard the yelling.
"What's going on?" Ginny asked.
"Well, she's in denial that Ron and Harry are cheating on you two." Lavender said. "I must say that I knew it wasn't going to last."
"She was eavesdropping!" Hermione shouted. Ginny looked at Lavender with the same hatred look that Hermione had.
The boys were in the common room when they heard a loud shouting match going on from the girl's dormitory. Ron and Harry recognized all three of the voices.
"Lavender." Ron said through gritted teeth. Harry looked around the room for a girl who could go up the stairs to stop the fighting but Ron wasn't thinking and bolted for the stairs. Harry watched as Ron fell down the slide it turned into and the only thing that kept him from laughing was knowing that there was a fight going on upstairs. The shouting ceased and there were three girls at the top stair.
"Oh Ron!" Hermione exclaimed and slid down to see if he was all right. Ginny slid down after her.
"I was trying to help you Hermione but don't expect a friend out of me when your crying over him." Lavender said before going back into the dorm.
"What's she talking about?" Ron asked. Hermione ignored him and took him by the face and kissed him passionately. Ron wondered what it was about but kissed back nonetheless. When they pulled away he was breathless. "What?" He asked but was too stunned to speak anymore than that.
"I love you." Hermione said.
"I love you too." Ron said, very confused. Hermione stood up and helped Ron up. The both of them started toward the portrait hole hand in hand although Ron was still confused. Harry looked at Ginny but she just shrugged and stood on her tippy toes. She planted a kiss upon Harry's lips and they too started out of the portrait hole. When they got down to breakfast they were handed a paper. Hermione and Ginny were a little bit too preoccupied to look at the paper so they just continued on to their seats. Ron stopped to talk to Dennis. "Sorry about the article." Ron said.
"That's ok." Dennis said. "It was a really good article."
"Thanks." Ron said. "You can get front page for the next issue."
"Thanks." Dennis said. Ron and Harry walked to the table, looking at the paper.
"It came out good." Harry said.
"Yeah." Ron said, smiling at the paper. They took their seats next to the girls.
"So Harry, I was thinking that we could go see Tonks around six tonight." Ginny said slyly. Harry looked down at the table.
"I can't." Harry muttered. Ron looked down at the table and prayed that he wasn't asked because he wouldn't be able to keep it a secret.
"And why not?" Ginny demanded.
"Because Ron and I got detention." Harry blurted out, unable to lie to Ginny.
"What?" Hermione asked. "How did you get detention?"
"You said we weren't supposed to tell!" Ron exclaimed.
"You were gunna crack anyways." Harry said. Ron was about to retort but then sat back and closed his mouth because Harry was right. He turned to look at Hermione.
"I never lied to you, I just said that I had plans." Ron pointed out.
"How did you get detention?" Hermione asked again.
"Snape caught us." Harry said.
"Caught you doing what?" Ginny asked. She seemed relieved to hear that it was only detention and not something worse. It wasn't like she thought he was cheating but if he was keeping something from her she preferred it only be detention.
"Sneaking out of the paper office around two." Ron said.
"What were you doing in the paper office at two?" Hermione asked. Ron held up the paper in front of her face. She looked at it for a moment before seeing his name underneath the article. She smiled. "You finally talked him into writing an article?" She asked Harry.
"Yup." Harry said with a smile.
"Wait!" Ron said. "Did everyone read the articles?" He looked nervously at the three people around them. The slowly nodded their heads.
"But they were really good Ron!" Hermione said. Ron sighed.
"Thanks." He said. Everyone looked relieved to see that he wasn't mad. Ron started to eat as Hermione picked up the paper to read what Ron had written.
FROM THE HOUSE CUP TO THE WORLD CUP
By: Ronald Weasley
Harry Potter has been famous since he was a year old. He's famous for stopping Lord Voldemort as a baby and then killing Voldemort for good a year ago. At Hogwarts Potter went down in history, as he became the youngest seeker in a century. Now he will become more famous as he takes over the role as seeker for the England Quidditch team.
Just yesterday at the Gryffindor versus Slytherin match, Potter made an amazing catch and also managed to land the position as England's new seeker. The manager of the England team came up to Potter amongst cheering fans and informed him of the good news. Just out of Hogwarts, Potter will start training for the next season in early July and hopefully help bring the team to victory.
When asked about how he felt Potter responded, "It feels amazing! I am relieved to know that I have a job waiting for me when I get out of Hogwarts and even better to know that it's one I like doing."
I can say, as Harry Potter's best friend, that I expect him to do great as the seeker for the England team just as he has done great on the Gryffindor team for these past years.
When Hermione finished reading she folded the paper and looked at Ron with a smile. He looked at her, expectantly, waiting to see what she thought.
"That was awesome Ron!" Hermione exclaimed. "You're a great writer." Ron smiled as she gave him a quick kiss. "Now, if you would just apply that to your school work…" Ron frowned. "Sorry." She said. "Your work is fine." She said. Ron smiled. Ginny started reading the article and Harry began to eat as Parvati came and sat down next to Hermione. Before Hermione could say anything Parvati hugged her.
"Oh Hermione, I am so sorry. Lavender just told me. If you need a friend I'm here for you. I know that you don't have many other friends." Parvati said. Ginny looked over the paper and Ron and Harry looked confused.
"What do you mean she doesn't have friends?" Ron asked. Parvati released Hermione and stood up and looked at Ron.
"You inconsiderate jerk!" Parvati exclaimed. She then smacked Ron across the face.
"What are you doing?" Hermione asked in astonishment. "What did Lavender tell you?"
"She told me what he did!" Parvati exclaimed. "And him!" Parvati said with a finger pointed toward Harry. She outstretched her hand toward Harry but Ginny pushed it back.
"Stay away." Ginny warned.
"What's going on?" Harry asked. Ron was still clutching his face in pain.
"Listen Parvati, Ron and Harry aren't cheating on us." Hermione said. "They just had a surprise for us and Lavender was eavesdropping and jumped to conclusions."
"Really?" Parvati asked. Hermione and Ginny nodded. Parvati then turned to Ron, with a red face. "I am so sorry!" She exclaimed. "I just thought…"
"Parvati, you might want to go correct Lavender." Ginny said as politely as possible but it came out rather rudely. Parvati nodded and rushed away.
"Cheating on you?" Ron asked.
"That's what the yelling was about?" Harry asked.
"Yeah." Hermione said.
"Pretty much." Ginny nodded. Ron and Harry stared at the girls in disbelief and Ron finally spoke.
"Harry, I hope you've learned a lesson." Ron started. "We are never keeping anything from them again."
"Yeah, I guess." Harry said after pretending to think about it for a second.
"Easy for you to say." Ron said. "You didn't get slapped." Harry laughed and turned to Ginny.
"Thanks for that." He said. She smiled.
"Anytime." She said. Hermione suppressed a smile and Ron couldn't help laughing himself.
After breakfast they went to visit Tonks. She had been more cheerful and up to doing things lately. But Ron, Hermione, Harry, and Ginny hadn't seen her when she wasn't so happy. When they arrived at her door she granted them permission to enter. As they walked through the door they saw Tonks cleaning her office up. She was standing atop a chair and dusting a shelf. Harry and Ron immediately went to go spot her incase she fell.
"Tonks, should you be up there?" Hermione asked.
"Oh relax!" Tonks said cheerfully. "I've been cleaning all morning and I'm fine." She went to step down and lost her footing for a second before Harry and Ron grabbed her hands and helped her down. Tonks went to sit in the chair with her head in her hands. "I can't do anything anymore!" Tonks cried. Ron and Harry weren't sure exactly what to do so they backed off while Hermione and Ginny rushed over to Tonks side.
"You can do a lot of stuff." Hermione assured her.
"Yeah." Ginny agreed. "You're only a few months pregnant." Tonks looked up with a tear stained face.
"You're right." She said defiantly. "I can do almost anything that I could do before."
"Yup." Ginny agreed.
"Everything except standing on chairs and stuff that could harm you or Penny." Hermione said. Tonks nodded and then burst into tears once more and began crying on Hermione's shoulder. Hermione patted her back sympathetically.
"I'm a bad mother!" Tonks cried. "What was I thinking?" She asked. "I could have hurt Penny!" Tonks was crying very loudly.
"No, no you're not a bad mother." Ginny said. "You were just trying to clean and you are only a few months pregnant. You didn't realize it." Tonks' crying slowly abated and she sat up.
"You're right." Tonks said. "I just wasn't thinking." She nodded fiercely. "But from now on I have to think for Penny's sake." Hermione and Ginny nodded. Tonks looked over at Ron and Harry. "Congratulations on your jobs." She said with a smile.
"Thanks." Harry said unsurely.
"Yeah, thanks." Ron said in the same tone. They were unsure of what had just happened because she went from emotion to emotion so quickly. The door opened and Lupin walked in with a tray of food.
"Hello." Lupin said. He then saw Tonks' face that was stained with tears. "What happened?" He asked. "You were just cleaning and happy when I left." He put the tray of food down on her desk and knelt down in front of her. Tonks' eyes began to well with tears once more and she started crying on Lupin's shoulder. She didn't mention why she was crying so the others were confused as she continued to weep on Lupin's shoulder. "It's alright." Lupin said soothingly as he hugged her.
"It's not alright!" Tonks cried. "I'm a wreck!" She sobbed harder and the others could barely make out her words but they managed to hear bits and pieces of it. "…can't stop crying…not the same…overly emotional."
"You heard the Healer." Lupin said. "It's just your hormones. You'll go back to normal soon." Tonks nodded and lifted her head up.
"I'm sorry." Tonks apologized.
"No, don't apologize." Lupin said. Tonks smiled at him. She then grabbed his face and kissed him. After a few long, and disturbing seconds Harry and Ron started inching toward the door. Hermione and Ginny took their lead and started to get up as well. They didn't want to disturb anything so they quietly made it to the door and left, quickly.
"What was that about?" Ron asked.
"It's just something that goes along with being pregnant." Hermione laughed. Ron and Harry looked a bit scared. Hermione and Ginny laughed as they all walked up to the Head common room.
The other three complained as Hermione made them do homework but eventually gave in until after dinner at six when Ron and Harry had to go to detention. They were forced to scrub out cauldrons and when they slumped into the common room around 11, Hermione and Ginny were already asleep.
The next day all of the craziness of getting their dream jobs were over and they had to go to classes again. But the upcoming Hogsmede trip on the 19th would bring them away from all of the schoolwork and into Christmas spirit.
A/n: So the next chapter is the one in Hogsmede and I will put that up tomorrow! Please review and remember to sign the I Hate Lavender petition if youy haven't already! The link is on my profile!
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Kylie
