They ain't mine and that's the facts. Sorry I haven't update my deepest apologies people.

February the fourteenth. Valentines day had come finally and the entire castle was buzzing about with the thrill of the weekend ahead of them. Most couples were inseparable cheerfully planning a wonderful weekend between the two of them. Hermione stared out into the grounds just beyond her reach it seemed from the tall dormitory window. Over there she saw his silhouette he was sitting so quietly it seemed he'd been turned to stone, he was barely veiled beneath one of the trees on the edge of the forest. Worlds had separated them for over a year and she had never truly grasped how deeply she was alone until days like these. Days devoted to friends and loved ones even your family that half the year you wanted to curse out the ying yang. It was a Friday and most couples were anticipating the dance later that night in honor of the day or going into Hogsmeade the next day. Sighing she turned back to what she had been doing glaring at her dress as though she could become angry enough with it to make it disappear. She had to be out of her mind, what she was planning was idiotic she knew but still. It was always worth one last shot, one last try. Slumping onto her bed she allowed her memory to fill her with visions of nearly a year ago...

The words that had escaped his mouth could destroy everything they'd ever had. He'd just told her she was the one Lavender had referred to about him being in love with. Hermione hadn't moved an inch this had to be a joke she though desperately some silly joke. She looked up into those deep pools of a luminescent blue and found no sense of joking in them but the most honest and earnest love she'd ever seen. She felt herself falling into the blue letting go of every wall she'd ever held in that one instant. She opened her mouth to say something and for once found her words to be so inadequate. Leaning over gently she brought her lips to meet Ron's. Ron could have died and he'd have never known. Kissing her back gently and pulling her body closer to his he letting her know everything his heart had ever needed to say in a single instant.

Hermione sighed as her eyes reluctantly opened and she scanned the room realizing she'd been dozing all that time. standing she headed into the showers drawing up every ounce of courage in her body. Standing in her room she surveyed her dress one last time before taking the deepest breath, the last breath before the plunge. Walking through the Halls she headed into the Great hall and quickly made her way to the sign up sheet for the free karaoke. Quite a while later Professor Flitwick came to the front after the last act and announced in his chirpy voice that Hermione Granger would be up next. Making her way through the dark and crowded room she reached the stage. She stood in the spotlight and searched for him, her eyes were fixated with his. To Ron she looked like an angel in the clingy halter top style indigo blue dress. The song began to play slowly and Hermione's mouth opened it was the first time anyone had ever heard her sing. It was truly like the voice of an angel from heaven. The entire room was looking at her but she had eyes only for Ron. The words to the song nearly broke his heart in two they were so true to both of them.

Ocean's apart day after day
And I slowly go insane
I hear your voice on the line
But it doesn't stop the pain

If I see you next to never
How can we say forever

Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you

I took for granted, all the times
That I thought would last somehow
I hear the laughter, I taste the tears
But I can't get near you now

Oh, can't you see it baby
You've got me going crazy

Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you

I wonder how we can survive
This romance
But in the end if I'm with you
I'll take the chance

Oh, can't you see it baby
You've got me going crazy

Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you.

The lights dimmed as she stepped off the stage to thunderous applause. Exiting quickly she made her way out to the gardens. Standing in the moonlight just beneath a willow tree she seemed to Ron to give off an ethereal glow that surrounded her making her in every way forbidden fruit. He'd come to stand behind her and they both were very aware of the other. His eyes were full and his heart lay heavy in his chest. Hermione turned to him her eyes brimming with a thousand emotions and it was the first time Ron had seen her eyes alive in nearly a year. She leaned closer to him as he struggled to find the words to say. He wanted to apologize, he wanted to say a thousand times how much he loved her, but it all died in his heart when her eyes met his one last time. She walked as close to him as possible and brought his forehead down to her and gently laid a last kiss there. " Happy valentines day lionheart," was all she said and all she'd had to say. Fading into the background she disappeared like a shadow as though the former Hermione had come alive only for those few seconds and only for his eyes to see. Sitting he opened the package he hadn't noticed before and Ron nearly cried out right at it. It was a miniature double C entwined with a book he could have sworn said Hogwarts a history. Reading the card brought tears to his eyes. "Right here waiting"

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Dumbledore appeared in a brilliant flash of blue light and stalked the last few feet between where he'd appeared to Hermione's body. Squatting to the gravel he checked her pulse and could feel it slowing. Staring at Hagrid he whipped out his wand and muttered a few unintelligible words. Turning to Hagrid his blue eyes blazing with an inner anger and fire they'd never seen before he said as calmly as one could in a voice like ice, " take her to Poppy she'll know what to do." With that he levitated Hermione's body onto the stretcher and turned watching Hagrid disappear up the path. Turning back to Ron and Harry who had gotten over their shock and had returned to looking disdainful and scornful his eyes blazed further. Dumbledore stated merely one word, " Follow." After sharing a shrug they sullenly caught back up to him having to jog to keep up with his fast pace. nearly all the students were in the Great hall for dinner so they made their wat easily through the abandoned corridors and up winding staircases to Dumbledore's office. He stood outside waiting for them. With a sweep of his cloak he headed off up the stairs. Standing in his office minutes later he gestured for them to sit as two chintz chairs settled down out of the air. The door closed with a snap...