Chapter Nine- Questions
Hermione entered the common room with her face flushed.
"Hermione!"
When she looked toward the steps, Ron was going down them, making his way towards her. "What happened?" he asked her, embracing her.
"Nothing. I'm fine, really" she replied, trying to sound calm.
He sat her down on the couch and sat next to her. "Please, don't give me that crap. What happened to you?", he gave her a concerned look," or who did this to you?".
Hermione looked at Ron's face to find a very serious face. "It's nothing Ron"
"Does this nothing happens to involve Malfoy?" he asked, his anger rising.
"W- What makes you think such a thing?" she told him, her voice quivering.
Ron mocked her. "Oh, I really don't know, Mione. Perhaps its just that the guy that has hated us and insulted us for the past six years of our lives kissed you a couple of days ago and kept grinning at you throughout the whole morning. But of course, that cannot be a reason, could it?"
"So you really saw, then? I thought I imagined it" she told him, slightly embarrassed.
"Yes I saw, and you better explain to me what the hell has been happening between you two" he told her in a firm voice.
"Well, the thing is that I woke up after the party next to him", Ron tensed, "and I couldn't remember anything, and then last night I remembered that we slept together, but didn't remember it in time, so Draco sort of told me to see him in order for him not to tell what we did, that was when I didn't remember back then, and it got more and more out of hand this past days and when we were together last night I remembered that we had already done what we were doing before in a different way and I remembered and told him about it when he caught me moments ago by myself and he told me that he sort of used me but that now everything has changed between us and I didn't know what to do so I left and came here and found you".
She said all this very quickly, so she breathed deeply. Ron stared at her, wide eyed and dumbstruck.
The moments went by and they stared at each other on silence. When Ron finally found his voice, it was so rough that it frightened Hermione, "Are you telling me that you've been screwing Malfoy these past few days because he used you and you were stupid enough to believe that he cared for the girl that he's been calling mudblood for the past five years? And I thought you were smart! Is that it, Hermione, is that what you've been doing?"
Hermione looked to the floor and tears bean to form in her eyes," Yes..." she said.
Ron stood up and looked at her in disgust and yet in compassion. "You are so screwed up, Mione. And to think that I liked you". Hermione looked at him with tears
"You like me? Why didn't you tell me?" she asked him.
"As I said, I LIKED you, and you should have figured that out when I kissed you last year" he replied her, dryly.
"Ron, I thought that was.." he cut her, "Then its proven that you don't always think right".
Hermione began to cry and Ron couldn't help but feel guilty for being so harsh. He couldn't believe that when his best friend had confessed him all that, he had been so harsh.
He sat down again and put his arm around her shoulder. "Look, Mione, I'm sorry for how I reacted. I really am. Its just that it's Malfoy we're talking about".
He hugged her and gave her a kiss on her forehead. "I deserved it, Ron" she sobbed.
"No, you didn't". She looked up to his face and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
He gave her a kiss on her cheek and then moved his face to the side so that their lips were almost touching. He couldn't help it. She was right there and he couldn't contain himself any longer. He pressed his lips against hers and began giving her a soft and tender kiss. Hermione opened her eyes wide and pulled back.
"Ron, I can't. Not now. I'm so sorry" she told him, almost pleading.
"I know Hermione, I'm sorry", he told her, feeling his cheeks burn.
She smiled at him, "Don't be. You will always be special to me". She hugged him. He couldn't help but smile at her and whispered, "Likewise".
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