A/n: Hey guys! Soory I'm a day later than I promised!
Thank you too all of my reviewers who understood why I couldn't update then! I promised you four chapters, I know but the fourth one is a work in progress and I didn't want to have it rushed. I think that there might be more than thirty-five chapters depending on how long I stretch it out through the rest of the year. This first chapter is pretty short but the others are decent length.

I have a book recommendation for anyone who's looking for something good to read, I just started reading this book series called Daughters of the Moon by Lynne Ewing and they are really good books. I don't know if you've read them already but if you haven't I strongly recommend it! The first one in the series is called Goddess of the Night.

Well I won't keep you from the chapter!

One and Only

Chapter Seventeen

"Where are we going Ron?" Hermione asked as Ron led her away from the crowds of people who were going to their house common rooms.

"It's a surprise." Ron said as he handed her, her jacket and put his own on. He took her hand and snuck out the doors of the castle.

"Ron, we could get in trouble!" Hermione exclaimed. "What if they close the doors before we get back in."

"I've got Harry and Ginny on that." Ron informed her. "Mione, just relax and have fun."

"Have fun doing what?" Hermione asked in a sly tone as she pulled her jacket on. She thought that she could trick Ron into telling. Ron opened his mouth to say but then realized what Hermione was doing.

"I just want to show you something." Ron said. Hermione smiled at him.

"Alright, I trust you." Hermione said.

"I would hope so." Ron said with a smile. They walked in silence until Ron stopped.

"What are we doing at the lake?" Hermione asked. Ron smiled and took both of her hands. Hermione's face froze in fear as Ron took a step onto the frozen lake. "No, I can't ice-skate." Hermione said.

"We aren't ice-skating." Ron said. "We don't have ice-skates so technically we're ice-gliding." Ron saw the hesitant look on Hermione's face. "I've got you Hermione. You trust me don't you?" Hermione looked up at him and saw the love and care in Ron's eyes.

"Of course I do." Hermione said as she followed Ron onto the ice. She took a sharp intake of breath as Ron held her hands firmly and brought her onto the ice but felt safe as Ron pulled her out onto the ice. Hermione uttered a little scream as she slipped but Ron caught her and helped her up. She stayed in his arms and smiled up at him. He smiled back at her and met his lips against hers.

Ron took her hands again and straightened her out. She started gliding with his pull. Hermione was starting to get the feel of it and let go of one of his hands. She could have let go of the other but she felt safer holding his hand. He spun her toward him. She let out a louder scream but it was short when she ended up in his arms.

"I've got you." He said. Hermione smiled in response. He dipped her backwards and planted another kiss on her lips. This time the kiss was longer and more passionate. The only thing that made Ron pull away was knowing that Colin was nearby with his camera. Ron started gliding Hermione across the ice again and she took both of his hands. She was enjoying being outside in the secluded night with Ron "alone" but she slipped again when she was lost in thought. Ron caught her and this time he held her close to his body. They clasped one of his hands with hers and he put his other one around her waist for support. Hermione rested her head on his chest and they barley moved but were in the comfort of one another so it didn't matter.

Sparks shot up in the sky and Ron knew that was the signal that Colin had the shot and was going in, but Hermione didn't know what it was.

"What was that?" Hermione asked with her head tilted up at the night sky.

"Sparks." Ron pointed out bluntly. Hermione laughed.

"Oh well spotted." She said sarcastically. Ron laughed and guided her chin back to his face. The kiss made her forget about the sparks and her attention was completely focused on Ron. They were so wrapped up in each other that Ron went to go take another step forward, forgetting he was on ice and slipped backwards. Hermione fell forward, right on top of him.

"Oomph!" Ron exclaimed. "Sorry," he apologized. Hermione started laughing. Ron chuckled at her. "What's so funny?" He asked. Hermione continued to laugh as Ron begun to help her up. He tried twice to get up before Hermione managed to help him to a standing position. She was still giggling at him. "What is so funny?" Ron asked with mock annoyance in his voice.

"Just you and how much I love you." She said. "I never would have been out here if it wasn't for you. I've never been ice-skating before because I'm terrified of it but you made sure I felt safe." She started to glide in a different direction. Ron saw this as the teasing game it was and followed after her. She did a twirl but lost footing and slipped. Ron came right behind her and caught her. She kissed him.

"I love you too." Ron said with a giant smile. "And just so you know, I haven't been ice-skating since I was little and Fred and George messed with my skates. I thought that you would like it once you got out here."

"I do." Hermione smiled. Ron smiled back at her and they resumed the position they were in before. Hermione felt something cold on her cheek and pulled away from Ron a little so she could look up at the sky. "Look." She said with a big smile as she pointed to the snowflakes falling all around them. Ron smiled up at the sky and then at her.

"Do you trust me?" He asked.

"You know I do." She said in a confident voice. Hermione wasn't sure what he was going to do but felt confident that it would be fun and not so bad to fall on her butt. Ron took both of her hands firmly and started to pull her in a circle around him. So they were picking up speed and both gliding in circles on the ice. Hermione's laughter filled the air as Ron pulled her close to him and the circles slowed until they were at a stop. Ron cupped his hand under her chin and brought her face to meet with his. The setting was perfect, snow all around them and the moonlight shinning down on them.

Once they parted Hermione rested her head back on Ron's chest and he held her close to him to keep her warm.

"Were you surprised?" Ron asked her. He felt her nod her head against his chest and heard a yawn.

"It was perfect." She yawned again. Ron looked at his watch and saw that it was already nine. He knew that Hermione had had a long day so he decided to bring her in. They had had at least had some time in happiness.

"Ready to go in?" He asked. He felt her head shake against his chest.

"No, I like it out here." She said with yet another yawn. Ron smiled and let out a little chuckle.

"I know, but if I don't get you in we're going to end out sleeping in here and I forgot blankets." Ron joked. Hermione tiredly laughed.

"Don't forget the blankets next time." She said. Ron laughed.

"Trust me, I won't." He said before taking her hand and gliding her towards the snow-covered ground.

The next day Ron woke up early so that he could get to the Herald office and pick up the picture that Colin said that he would slide in an envelope under the door to his office. He slid off of the couch and put the blanket around Hermione so she would be warm. Ron pulled on a pair of jeans and a hoodie over his pajamas before walking out of the portrait hole.

Ron was curious as to how the shot would come out as he walked through the door. He didn't think that anyone else was in the room so he walked straight to the door to his office and pulled his key out.

"Hi Ron." He heard a depressed voice behind him. The key fell from his hands and he jumped.

"Don't do that!" Ron exclaimed to Colin who was sitting at his own desk with his head in his hands. "You scared the hell out of me. I didn't think anyone else would be in here."

"Sorry." Colin apologized. Ron noticed something wrong so he went over and took the seat in front of Colin's desk.

"What's wrong?" Ron asked.

"Nothing." Colin said but there was something in the air that said that it was nothing.

"It seems like something is wrong." Ron pointed out. Colin sighed heavily.

"I made a complete fool out of myself in front of Vanessa Simpson this morning." Colin said. Ron smiled to himself. Before he was with Hermione he wouldn't have been able to give any advice on love or dating but something had changed in him or possibly just brought out something in him that had been there from the start.

"Oh come on, it can't be as you're making it seem." Ron said. He decided to help Colin because it was the right thing to do (obviously) and because Colin helped him by taking the picture.

"It was." Colin said gravely. "I had finally gotten up the courage to talk to her and I was going to ask her if she wanted to go to go to breakfast together and I knew that she got up early on Sundays to get her homework done and out of the way for the day so I got up early. I was confident until I was walking down the stairs and saw her doing her homework. She was the only one in the common room so I figured that I had a shot but I was nervous so I missed a stair and tumbled down the rest. When I stood up she was staring at me and I just ran out of the common room and came here. I'm such an idiot!"

"You're not an idiot." Ron said. "Everyone gets like that when they're around someone they like."

"You and Hermione aren't like that." Colin said.

"But we were. We've just moved on past the liking stage." Ron said. "Don't worry, eventually you'll get the hang of it."

"Eventually is too long!" Colin exclaimed. "I want what you and Hermione have with Vanessa but I blew it." Ron laughed a little and Colin looked at him with a confused expression.

"Look, you can fix this. All you have to do is talk to her." Ron said.

"I fell down stairs in front of her and you want me to talk to her?" Colin asked, disbelievingly. Ron nodded his head and Colin was looking at him like he was crazy.

"Ask her to go with you to breakfast and see what happens. You have to take chances. I almost missed mine because I was chicken and you don't want to miss yours do you?" Ron asked. Colin looked at him, considering.

"No." He finally said.

"Good." Ron responded. "Now let's go before you chicken out."

"You're coming too?" Colin asked. Ron nodded again.

"No way am I letting you chicken out." Ron said. Colin frowned and stood up.

After Ron got the picture he and Colin walked out of the paper office. They were fine until they got in front of the portrait of the Fat Lady.

"I can't do this!" Colin exclaimed before turning around.

"Yes you can." Ron said he grabbed the back of Colin's shirt before he could get away. "All you have to do is talk to her. I promise it won't kill you."

"You don't know that." Colin said defensively. "I could die of embarrassment." Ron laughed.

"Yeah right. Just get it over with." Ron said. He started to push Colin toward the portrait hole but it opened and a girl walked out. She had blonde hair that fell past her shoulders and she was just an inch shorter than Colin. Ron could see that Colin was getting more nervous so he assumed that that girl was Vanessa. Ron gave him a push and Colin ended up in front of Vanessa.

"Er…hi." Colin said. She smiled at him.

"Hey." She responded. Colin was looking a little bit nervous but Ron had confidence in him. "So I saw you fall down the stairs earlier. Are you ok?" Vanessa asked.

"Oh the stairs." Colin said. There was a hint of red in his face. "Yeah I'm fine. I just missed a step." A smile crossed Ron's face as he watched Vanessa smiling at Colin. He felt proud of himself for setting it up. Ron felt somebody next to him and looked at Hermione with a smile on his face. She smiled back and then turned to where Ron was looking before she came.

"I'm glad your ok." Vanessa said. "It would suck if you broke an arm or something because who would take the pictures for the Herald?" Colin smiled at her. "You're really good at taking pictures."

"Thanks." Colin said. He took a deep breath. "Do you want – would you like – do you want to eat breakfast with me and then maybe I could show you some more pictures that I took?" Vanessa smiled.

"That sounds nice." Vanessa said. She and Colin turned to walk down the stairs. Colin took a look back at Ron with his thumb up. Ron smiled back with his thumbs up at Colin. Colin turned back around and tentatively took Vanessa's hand. Ron chuckled and then turned to Hermione.

"Did you see that?" Ron asked. "I actually helped him with that."

"You did that?" Hermione asked. Ron nodded.

"Yeah, I gave the kid a little confidence." Ron said proudly. She smiled at him and gave him a quick kiss.

"You never cease to amaze me." She said before walking toward the portrait hole with her hips teasing him the whole way. Ron smiled after her. She said the password and turned back to him. "Coming?" She asked. Ron smiled again before following her through the portrait hole.

A/N: please review for this one and the next couple chapters. You will find out what the picture is and what Hermione put on the gingerbread heart in the twentieth chapter which I will try and get up sometime this week!

Love you all!

Kylie