Disclaimer: The most precious possession that ever comes
To a man in this world
Is a woman's heart.
by Josiah G. Holland

It didn't take long for everyone at the Burrow to figure out that there was something wrong with Ron and Hermione. The fact that the two hadn't even exchanged words, even harsh ones, caused Mrs. Weasley to try and figure out what was wrong. Hermione and her parents had just come down to join Ginny, Harry and Mr. Weasley for lunch. Ron hadn't woken up yet.

"Good morning." Hermione greeted as she sat down beside Harry. He nodded, as he poured her a glass of pumpkin juice. Mrs. Weasley looked up from her cooking.

"Morning dear. How would you like your eggs?" Hermione looked over at her.

"Scrambled please." Mrs. Granger got up.

"Oh Molly, can I help?" Molly shook her head shooing the woman back to her seat.

"After having to feed eight people, one gets used to multi- tasking." Ginny smiled.

"Are we going to Diagon Ally today to see Fred and George?" she asked. Arthur nodded.

"After your brother wakes up that is." They were all talking quietly, when a loud crash sounded. Then they could hear Ron's loud swearing. There was some more commotion and a lot more swearing. There was more crashing and then it was silent.

"HERMIONE!" Hermione remained fixated on the plate before her. Everyone looked at her.

"What happened?" Ginny asked. Hermione remained quiet. Ron however didn't.

"HERMIONE!" Hermione had a small smile on her face by now and Harry had a feeling it wasn't good. Ron came bounding down the stairs, boxers and a Chudly Cannons t-shirt on. He was carrying something hairy. He marched right up to her, dumping the thing in her arms. She looked down at it then up at him.

"What did you do?" she sounded angry. Ron looked angry.

"The next time you send that bloody cat into my room, you better think again!" Hermione was standing now, unfortunately that didn't make much of a difference to Ron's six two height.

"What did you do!" Ron rolled his eyes.

"I didn't do anything to the thing! It'll be awake in a few hours."

"RONALD WEASLEY! What the hell did you do to my cat!" Ron snorted.

"You call that thing a cat! The thing pounced on me and scratched my arms!" It was now that everyone noticed the multiple red lines on Ron's arms and long red one on his cheek. The two were screaming at each other at the top of their lungs and everyone else looked frightened.

"If you hurt him-"

"You'll what?" They both glared at each other until Mr. Granger could take it no longer.

"What is wrong with you two? Aren't you supposed to be friends?" Ron and Hermione relaxed slightly. Hermione looked down at the limp Crookshanks in her arms then sat down in a huff. Ron stalked out of the room. Ginny couldn't help but giggle nervously.

"You set Crookshanks on Ron." Hermione nodded, stroking the cat and looking at nothing in particular. Harry touched her arm.

"Are you ok?" She looked up at his concerned face and nodded.

"I'm fine… really."


"Hello! Hello!" George greeted as the four entered the shop. Fred finished talking to a customer and went over to the group. He was about to say hello when he caught a glance at Ron's face. He looked closer then signaled George.

"Oy! George. Did you get a look at Ickle Ronniekens face?" Ron reddened as his older brother came over.

"Wow. Did you get into a fight a gnome?"

"Or Harry?"

"Or Mum?"

"Or Hermione?" They turned to her. She was also slightly pink. Fred smiled.

"I think we hit the jackpot!" Ron shook his head as he pushed by them.

"She sent her bloody cat to wake me up." He then disappeared into the back. Harry frowned.

"They got into a fight this morning." Hermione nudged him in the side.

"I would appreciate it if you didn't tell everyone what happened this morning." She then left them to go and look around. Ginny smiled and turned to her brothers.

"You should have seen it. Apparently, after being shocked back into consciousness Ron proceeded to knock out Hermione's cat. They were both furious." George smiled.

"Well… no matter! Say Harry," Both twins put their arms on his shoulder. "Have you seen the new merchandise?" As they led him away, Harry looked over his shoulder to Ginny and mouthed help. She laughed and went to find Hermione. She was sitting by the love potions, looking at the bottles and then putting them back on the shelf. She looked up when she heard Ginny approach.

"Hey, Ginny." Ginny smiled.

"How are you?" Hermione shrugged.

"I shouldn't have done that…it's just… he's been acting like a real ass and I just wanted to make my point known." Ginny snorted.

"Ron's a teenage boy with raging hormones. Of course he's an ass. They're all asses." Hermione smiled. She decided to change gears.

"So, um… when is Charlie arriving?" Ginny grinned.

"Bill and him are arriving with his fiancée in two days. We're going to have a full house in four. Family and friends of the groom and bride take up a lot of space." Hermione nodded.

"Where did Charlie meet her?" Ginny paused for a moment.

"I think she's American. She's an intern, studying dragons. They met almost a year ago."

"That's so romantic. Dragons and everything." Ginny smiled.

"I'm not supposed to tell you this, but Charlie is bringing back a few dragons for the ceremony. Not even Linda knows. That's the name of the fiancée by the way." Hermione looked at Ginny.

"You seem very fond of her." Ginny smiled.

"Well, at least he's not marrying another veela." Hermione gave her a mock scold look.

"She's not all veela." Ginny rolled her eyes.

"All veela, half veela. She was a pain in the ass."

"You like her now." Ginny shook her head.

"I never said that. I said I appreciate her more. I never said that I liked her." Now it was Hermione's turn to roll her eyes.

"What ever." She got up and placed back the box she had been holding. "Let's find Harry."

"He's probably with Ron." Hermione turned to Ginny with a serious look on her face.

"I didn't say I was looking for Ron, did I. I said Harry. Ron can bite me." Ginny smiled and followed her friend to the front counter. They went to the back where Ron and Harry were talking quietly. The boys looked up to see Hermione standing there.

"What?" Ron asked. Hermione ignored him.

"Harry. After your done, could you come with Gin and I to the robes store. I need to buy a dress for the wedding and I need a boy's opinion." Fred and George appeared instantly.

"Say no more, sweet one. We'll assist in the looking of the dresses." Hermione laughed.

"No thanks. If you two came, I'd probably be in there forever." The twins looked disgruntled.

"Damn. The good lady hath foundeth us out." Hermione smiled and left the room. Ron turned to Harry.

"She's doing on purpose." Harry shrugged.

"You're the one who won't talk to her." Ron rolled his eyes.

"Don't Harry. What ever happened between me and Hermione is over. I don't want to talk about that." Harry got up and started for the exit. Ron got up also. "You're actually going to go." Harry looked back at him.

"What else am I going to do? And to be quite frank, I don't exactly want a large cat clawing at me in the morning." Ron rolled his eyes and followed him out.

A/N: This book is all about the sayings. I love romantic sayings! Take the time to read them, I'll try to make them have something to do with the chapter.

connieewing: Thanks for reading! You won't be disappointed!

Padfoot-equals-lurve: Love makes you do crazy things! Moments don't come around often. For Ron and Hermione they come around too often. They took that moment and something bad happened.

Dany Granger Weasley: Hugs back!

Chapter Tease:

"Angels do come from heaven." Hermione couldn't help but blush. He went on. "Do you have a date for the wedding?" Hermione froze. She looked over to where Ginny and Harry were playing chess.

"No. I don't have a date."