A/n: Another chapter down! So eveery chapter get closer to...their big moment!

One and Only

Chapter Twenty-eight

Over the next few weeks Hermione tried to drop subtle hints to Ron but having no idea what subtle hints to use, she just brought up the fact that Valentines Day was around the corner. Ron had no idea why she was constantly reminding him of Valentines Day but he assumed it was so he wouldn't forget. He had something else to worry about. Ever since that night he had been thinking as well. He knew he was ready but he wanted it to be special for Hermione. Harry had already mentioned that he didn't want to hear about it and he could understand because he felt the same way about Harry and Ginny. He regretted what he was thinking but he needed advice and he knew the only people he could talk to were the last people he wanted to talk to but Fred and George were going to be in Hogsmede the same day he was so he decided to use that to his advantage.

The Hogsmede trip was on the Saturday before Valentines Day (Valentines Day was on the Friday after.) Ron and Hermione didn't need to go to the bookshop but Hermione brought the key anyways just because she wanted to have it on her incase she decided to go to the shop. Ron, Harry, Hermione, and Ginny walked onto Hogsmede streets. They walked around together for a bit, looking through shops. Outside of a store that sold dress clothing there was a sign announcing a sale for the end of the year ball clothing. Ever since the article came out everyone was talking about the ball. People were even making suggestions of muggle music to Hermione.

"The ball isn't for another couple of months. Why are they buying them now?" Harry asked looking at the swarm of sixth and seventh year girls in the store.

"Well you see my dear." Ginny started. "Girls like those want to get their dress before anyone else. So by the end of today all of the skimpy pieces of fabric that they claim is a dress will be gone." She noticed Lavender and Parvati among those girls.

"And you two aren't getting a dress?" Ron asked confused.

"Yes darling but you see it's called a catalog." Hermione said. "When we wrote to them telling them about the ball they sent us a catalog and Ginny and I ordered our dresses from there as well as yours and Harry's dress robes."

"You already ordered out stuff?" Ron asked. Hermione nodded.

"Don't we get a say?" Harry asked.

"Nope." Ginny answered.

"Can we at least see them?" Ron asked. Hermione and Ginny looked at each other.

"Yup." Hermione said. "On June 20th." Both girls laughed. Ron and Harry looked bemused.

"Alright well than we're going to go get your Valentines presents and give them to you on June 20th." Ron joked. Hermione giggled. She gave Ron a kiss before they walked away to get their Valentine's presents for Ron and Harry.

Ron and Harry went to several different stores. First they went to a store to get flowers. Harry got Ginny traditional red roses, Ron was going to do the same but he noticed another kind of flowers that he though Hermione would like. He ended up getting her orchids. They filled out a paper so that an owl would deliver them on Valentine's morning. Next they went into Honeydukes to get some chocolate. Harry got Ginny and a bouquet of chocolate flowers. Ron got Hermione a box of heart shaped chocolates that were in a heart shaped box. He went to pay for it and noticed the hearts withValentine's sayings on them; he got them too. Next Harry and Ron had to get the real gift. They walked out of the Honeydukes.

"Where should we go?" Ron asked Harry.

"I dunno, what's a good Valentine's gift?" Harry asked Ron. They thought for like a half a second before looking at each other.

"Jewelry." They decided together.

Ron and Harry walked to the jewelry store, completely unsure of themselves. The only other time they picked out jewelry was when they had a girl with them or an inkling of an idea of what the girl wanted. They walked into unknown territory, spotting several other guys there. Ron and Harry walked over to a display of bracelets and anklets.

"Do you think Ginny would like that?" Harry said, pointing at a bracelet.

"I dunno mate. I reckon she'll like anything you get her." Ron said. They were saved when a sales wizard came over.

"Ah, I see we have rookies here." He didn't wait for them to say anything. "First time Valentine's Day shoppers huh?" Again he didn't wait for an answer. "Well follow me, we've got some great necklaces." He started across the store. Harry and Ron looked quizzically at each other. They decided to follow because they were in desperate need of help.

When they got across the store the sales wizard showed them a display of necklaces. Ron thought the necklaces were great but he wanted something that was Hermione. Harry was looking at the display scanning all of the necklaces, he didn't see anything special but he thought they were nice so he chose one at random.

"How about that?" Harry asked pointing to a gold chain with a wand charm dangling from it. Ron thought it looked ok but the sales wizard shook his head.

"No!" He said immediately. "That's something you give your grandmother. Only a grandmother would like that." Harry looked baffled; he had no idea what he was doing. "Describe her for me and I'll see if I can come up with something."

"How?" Harry asked skeptically.

"Most of the time you can tell what kind of jewelry a girl likes by her personality." The sales wizard explained.

"Well she's beautiful, funny, sarcastic, smart, she thinks for herself, she doesn't like anybody telling her what to do…" Harry had a million words to describe Ginny but he didn't know how it would help find a Valentine's present for her.

"Stop right there. I know exactly what you're looking for." The sales wizard said, holding out a hand to stop him. "I'll be right back!" He came back minutes later with a box. He handed the box to Harry.

"What is it?" Harry asked after opening it.

"It's a charm bracelet. Of course there aren't any charms on it now but you can take a look." He pointed to a section where small charms hung.

"It's perfect. She'll love it." Harry said with more confidence than he had with the other necklaces. Harry knew Ginny would love it. It was different from everything else; they were mediocre but this one stood out and he knew Ginny would love it. He walked over to the charms to decide which ones Ginny would like. The sales wizard turned to Ron.

"Now what about you?" He said. "Describe her."

"She's beautiful and very organized but then there's the side of her that wants to have fun, she's smart, and Head Girl…" Ron could go on forever explaining Hermione but the sales wizard stopped him.

"I've got it!" He said. "Hold on a second." He left and returned with another box in his hand. Ron took the box and opened it. Inside was a necklace it had a white gold chain with a crescent moon pendant handing from it. The pendent was backed in white gold but the inside was a dark blue moon. As he touched it, it changed color.

"It's a mood pendant." The sales wizard explained. "It changes color to go with her mood." Ron looked at it and thought that Hermione would like it.

"I'll take it." Ron said with a smile.

The sales wizard rung up the jewelry and Ron and Harry left the store after thanking him. Harry ended up getting a few different charms with help from the sales wizard, one of a broom because she loved Quidditch, one of a unicorn because that's what animal Harry associated her with (beautiful, unique,and delicate), a heart because it was valentines day to show his love, and a G and an H because of the first letter in their names.

"Do you want to the Three Broomsticks and get a butterbeer before we have to meet the girls?" Harry asked. Ron took a deep breath, knowing what he was going to do was serious and could possibly be a mistake.

"I actually need to go talk to Fred and George about something." Ron said.

"Oh I'll come to. I want to see how their shop is coming along." Harry said.

"Actually you really don't want to be there." Ron said. "I wanted to talk to them about something and well you don't really want to hear it." Harry looked confused. "It's about Hermione and me…" He didn't need to elaborate any more; Harry got it.

"You're honestly going to talk to them about it?" Harry asked. "Ron, if you're that desperate you can talk to me, mate. It might be a bit awkward but I could help you." Ron considered his offer but he knew that the awkwardness would get them nowhere.

"I'm hoping that they're going to help me. I don't want to put you in an awkward situation." Ron said.

"You sure?" Harry checked. Ron nodded.

"Yeah, I've got to figure something out." Ron said. They parted ways planning to meet back at the Three Broomsticks. Ron took his time walking to Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes, formerly Zonkos. He finally walked in the store seeing boxes and boxes piled up. Fred and George were looking through them.

"Ah Ron, what can we do ya for?" Fred asked abandoning his box.

"Where's the rest of the gang?" George asked also abandoning his box.

"I came because I needed to talk to you." Ron said. "About something kind of important." Fred and George looked at each other.

"I knew it." Fred said.

"Knew what?" Ron asked, assuming that they weren't going to take him serious.

"I knew that you were going to come back here when you needed to talk about it." Fred said.

"I did too but I thought it would be sooner." George said.

"Talk about what?" Ron asked.

"Exactly what you're here for?" Fred answered.

"How do you know what I'm here for?" Ron asked.

"You've got that look that says you need to talk about you and Hermione becoming intimate." George said. "But anyway you're here now have a seat and we'll talk." He waved his wand and conjured up a chair right behind Ron. Ron's knees buckled and he fell into it. He was surprised at how they were acting. It seems like they were expecting it.

"As mum tells us you plan to wait until you get married but as we told the same lie when we moved in with Angelina and Alicia we know that you don't intend on waiting for anything." Fred said.

"So you've gotten somewhere but you haven't done it yet?" George asked. Ron nodded.

"Now why haven't you?" Fred asked.

"The opportunity's presented it's self but we've both decided that we want to wait for a right time." Ron explained, feeling weird that he just said that to his brothers and they weren't making a joke out of it.

"What do you mean by right?" George asked. Ron thought for a second.

"I don't know. I guess the setting would have to be right and the mood." Ron said.

"It doesn't matter about the setting or the mood really. If it's with the right person it will be right. The setting and mood is just an added bonus." Fred said.

"You should find out if she's ready." George said.

"I know she's ready, we're both ready." Ron said.

"Well since Valentines Day is Friday maybe then it'll be "right" or what you two are looking for. Just fix the mood and the setting so that it is right." George said. Ron knew they were going to start to mess with him because they never help. There had to be a catch.

"Who are you and what the hell have you done with Fred and George?" Ron asked astonished. Fred and George laughed.

"Well little bro', it's a custom with us Weasley's that the older brother – in this case brothers – speak to the younger brother about sex. Hence the talk." Fred said.

"Yeah, we had to hear about it from Percy though." George laughed. "You should have seen his face, bright red!"

"Bill and Charlie set us straight after Percy failed but we still have the memory of Percy trying to speak to us about it." They both laughed. "I guess you have to talk to Ginny about it." Fred said. Ron looked down. He didn't think they wanted to hear about Ginny and Harry so he kept it quiet. Fred and George saw right through that though.

"Potter corrupted our little sister!" George exclaimed.

"And you didn't tell us?" Fred asked, angered. "Next time I see that git I'm gunna murder him!" Ron decided that this was his cue to leave.

"Right well um thanks for the advice." Ron said. "I'll see you later." He walked quickly out. He now saw it clearly. No matter when they did it or where they did it, it would be special because he was with Hermione. Nonetheless he decided that Valentines Day would be the perfect opportunity. He had a vision of how he wanted Valentines Day to go but first he needed to work on his conjuring.

A/n: dum, dum dum… It's getting closer to their special moment!

Wondering what Ron is conjuring? Well it's… just kidding you'll find out in the next chapter.

Luv ya!

Kylie