Hermione hummed a tune from the weird sisters as she put on the finishing touches of her makeup. It was twenty to eight. In twenty minutes she would have to face Ron again. Ron with Lavender. Why had she agreed to go? At least Ginny would be there with her. As long as she had Ginny with her, Hermione Granger felt as if she could do anything.
"Hermione?" a soft and gentle voice was carried throughout the flat.
"In here," Hermione answered. She heard the soft footsteps of her girlfriend hit the floor until they reached the doorway, at that moment the face of the girl she loved appeared.
"I bought vodka." Ginny announced, holding up a paper bag. "I figured after the night we're up for we could use it."
"Now?" Hermione asked looking at Ginny threw the mirror set up on her vanity table.
"Of course not," Ginny said, "There's no way I'm showing up drunk to my mum's house. Could you imagine it? She'd throw a hissy fit."
Hermione laughed, imagining Molly Weasley lecturing them about drinking.
"It's for afterwards." Ginny announced, "kind of like a celebration for making it out of that house alive."
"How can you suspect it will end so horribly?" Hermione asked.
"Hermione- Ron is bringing Lavender, whom he was engaged to, you guys broke up like a week ago and you started going out with me, his little sister," Ginny stated, "It's bound to end up horrible."
Hermione nodded her head, "Good point."
Ginny sat next to Hermione, looking at themselves in the mirror, "You're gorgeous."
Hermione blushed, "Not as half as beautiful as you."
It was Ginny's turn to blush, "You lie."
"I do not." Hermione stated, turning her head to give her a peck on the cheek.
"Guess who I ran into at the store?"
"Who?"
"Collin. I told him about you coming tomorrow night. He's thrilled. It's the first person we both know that I've allowed to come watch us. He's positively excited. He looked like a little boy just given a lollipop."
Hermione smiled, "I'm so glad I get to watch you play."
Ginny looked up at the clock, "8:55, time to head over."
Hermione sighed, "Time to face the music."
They both apparated outside of the flat and then they were outside of the Burrow. Ginny squeezed Hermione's hand as she knocked on the door.
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"I've invited a special guest," Molly announced as they heard another rap on the door.
Collin suddenly appeared coming down the hallway. Ginny squealed and hopped up to hug him. "Collin!"
"Hey, Gin," Collin said, returning the hug.
Hermione couldn't help but feel a tad bit jealous as Ginny had raced across the room to hug him. She looked across the room and saw Ron staring at her.
Luna was playing with little John, Fred's boy, and she began to wonder? Would her and Ginny ever have a kid? How? They could always adopt. How did Ginny feel about kids?
"Hi," All of a sudden she heard Ron next to her.
"Hi," Hermione said, monotone.
"Look- I never meant-"
"Ron, let's not do this now okay? Your mom is trying to put a nice dinner on and your girlfriend is right over there. In summary, I love Ginny. I'm not coming back to you. I think I proved that a couple days ago."
"What if she doesn't love you? Have you seen her and Collin together? They look mighty cozy if you ask me," Ron said.
"Ron, will you shut up? Ginny loves me. I love her. End of story."
"You'll come back, just watch… you'll come back…" Ron said, as he headed over to talk to Harry. As he did, Hermione couldn't help but ask herself. What if Collin and Ginny were something? She did look really excited to see him when he got here.
Luna finished playing with John and walked over to Ginny.
"Hey- so you and Hermione are really something, eh?" Luna said.
"Yeah, it's great. I love her so much." Ginny said, smiling at the mention of her girlfriend. She looked over at Hermione and they caught each other's eyes, both blushed and looked away.
"You two are so cute, I wish the best for you." Luna said.
"Thanks- so how serious are you and Harry?"
"Well, it hasn't even been a week yet, so I don't know how serious we could be right now, but I have a good feeling about him. The Dixie fairies told me so too."
Ginny giggled, Luna hadn't changed a bit since she well, um… died.
"Dinner, Everyone!" Mrs. Weasley boomed from the kitchen, and they all gathered to eat at the table.
After about five minutes of absolute silence, Molly broke it.
"So, Ginny… Hermione… how are you to doing?"
"We're good, Mrs. Weasley," Hermione said, squeezing Ginny's hand under the table.
"Yeah, mum, we're good," Ginny said, smiling at Hermione.
"OH! WILL YOU SHUT IT?" Ron bellowed and it made everyone jump.
"Ronald!" Molly shouted. "That's-"
He cut her off though, poking his fork in Ginny's direction.
"Can't you all see it? Ginny and Collin are screwing behind Hermione's back!" Ron said, he didn't have any proof, but it was sure of it.
"WHAT?" Ginny yelled. "How dare you say that!"
"Oh, sit down sister dyke." Ron said.
"RONALD! We do NOT use that language in this house."
Hermione just stared wide eyed at all of them. "Is it true?"
"No-"
"YES! I saw Collin kissing Ginny outside of the market today!" Ron said.
"Is that true?" Hermione asked, turning to Ginny.
"Ginny!" Collin said, running over to his redheaded friend and giving her a hug.
"Collin! How are you?" Ginny asked, picking out some vodka for what they were gonna need after this dinner.
"I'm good- but- whoa.. Heavy alcohol you got there. What's the occasion?"
"Dinner with my family." Ginny stated. "Me and Hermione are going, but Ron is going to be there with Lavender. Hopefully we'll make it out with only a few brusies."
Collin laughed, "So what happened? I heard a lot of stories but I know not to believe any of it."
Ginny laughed as well, "Well, Ron was cheating on Hermione with Lavender. Hermione came over and I comforted her. We went out for a girls night, got drunk, and ended up making out until we both passed out. The next morning we tried to convince ourselves that it was a mistake, but we both knew we wanted more. We ended up auguring and it came out we both liked each other and we got together."
"Oh, well, I wish you the best of luck at that dinner, girl."
"Oh! Be proud of me. I've invited Hermione to the club Saturday."
"Really? Ginny that's great!" Collin nearly screamed, hugging her.
"Well, I got to go. The show must go on, right?"
"Right, see you later, Gin," Collin said, kissing her cheek.
"Later, Collin,"
Ginny turned bright red and turned to Hermione, "It wasn't like that!"
"Then what was it like, Ginny? You're so excited to see him, you've been all close all evening and now you're kissing him? God, you are sleeping with him aren't you?" Hermione said, tears starting to stream down her face.
"No, Hermione-"
"No! I don't want to hear your lies!"
Hermione stood up abruptly and ran upstairs. Ginny glared at her brother.
"WHAT THE HELL, RON? IT WASN'T MORE THAN A FRIENDLY KISS ON THE CHEEK AND YOU KNOW THAT!" Ginny said, jumping across table and she began to punch him.
"Ginny!"
It took Harry, Collin, and Luna to pry Ginny off of him. When they managed to, her face was as red as her hair and she was fuming.
"I'm going to check on Hermione," Harry said, and started up the stairs.
"Fuck, Hermione…" Ginny said, running up the stairs faster than Harry and beating him there. Hermione had locked herself in Ginny's old room, and Ginny could hear Hermione sobbing through the door.
"Hermione!"
"Go AWAY!"
"No, Hermione you need to listen to me! It didn't mean anything, okay? It was a friendly kiss on the cheek that's it. Ron is just a stupid git and is trying to break us up, come on baby, open the door so we can talk?"
"No! How am I supposed to believe you?" Hermione yelled out.
"Trust me, okay? I love you, you know that, I wouldn't do anything to hurt you!" Ginny said.
"Except kiss him!"
"I didn't kiss him! It was a peck on the cheek nothing serious! Besides, he did it to me! I'd rather have you kiss me on the cheek once than him at all."
"Hermione…" Collin started, reaching the bedroom door. "You can believe, Ginny, it didn't mean anything."
"How can I believe that?"
Collin sighed, "Because… I'm gay."
"What?" Ginny said.
"WHAT?" Hermione said, she had opened the door to reveal her eyes red from crying and her hair a mess.
"I'm gay. She's gay.. if she isn't than she's just madly in love with you." Collin said.
"Really?" Hermione asked, sniffling.
"Really!"
"Will you believe me now? It meant nothing." Ginny said.
Hermione nodded, and ran to hug her girlfriend. They sat there for a moment just hugging each other before they broke apart to give each other a small kiss before turning to Collin.
Ginny asked, "You're really gay?"
"Yep."
"How come you never told me?"
"Would you believe me if I told you it slipped my mind?"
"Bullshit," Hermione said, laughing.
Hermione noticed the sad look on Ginny's face, "What is it?"
"I can't believe you wouldn't believe me! It takes him to come out for you to believe me! You should know that I would never do that to you! That I love you more than anything! I couldn't possibly ever think about doing that to you!" Ginny said.
"I'm sorry, babe, but you have to admit. Ron was cheating on me, I guess I got paranoid and thought that maybe you were too. I'm just so scared to be hurt again." Hermione replied. "I just couldn't bear the thought of you leaving me or hurting me."
"I would never do that to you. I love you. So much," Ginny replied.
"I love you too," Hermione said, planting a soft kiss on Ginny.
Harry came up the stairs. "Well, Ron's got a broken nose, but Mrs. Weasley's fixing it, and he'll be sore for a couple days, and he'll have a nasty bruise for a week."
"What happened?" Hermione asked.
"Well, after you ran up crying I kind of got a little angry and I may have jumped across the table and proceeded to be the crap out of my good for nothing brother," Ginny said.
"You did?" Ginny nodded. "THAT'S BRILLIANT!"
Ginny laughed, "How about we just go home?"
"Sounds good to me," Hermione said.
"We'll see you guys later." Ginny said as they apparated back to the flat.
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Ginny walked Hermione to her bedroom door. "I guess this is goodnight."
"Yep," Hermione said, resting her forehead against Ginny's.
Damn stupid 'lets not wait to sleep in the same room' rule. I just want to lay next to her, but no, we have to take it slow, maybe it's for the best. Ginny thought.
She's so beautiful and wonderful. It's too bad we decided to take things slow and not sleep in the same room. I just want to lay with her, Hermione thought.
Ginny lifted her head so her lips met Hermione's. They stayed like that for a couple minutes before they headed into their separate rooms.