HI guys I hope you enjoyed the last chapter and sorry again I will be completing my story "Love in the Joke Shop!" anywayz on with the story. =)
Lifts and Jealousy
A whole week had passed – a whole week of practice and Ron was getting pretty good, they had almost completed their first routine.
"That it!" Hermione encouraged Ron was about to do his first twirl "Just a little further!" she said Ron took a deep breath pointed both of his toes the gradually lifted one of his foot and spun tree times round and landed, he was a bit shaky but he had finally got it. Hermione did a full lap around the ice saying
"YES! YES! YES!" Hermione shouted Ron laughed.
"I felt like a ballerina!" he said Hermione stopped and turned to him
"You did look like one to" she said Ron's smile dropped and Hermione's increased "I was kidding and plus that was pretty good- pro material!" she said and was glad to see Ron smile again. Suddenly Hermione started to feel nervous she had been wanting to ask Ron something for a long time... she really wanted to start doing lifts –big lifts one's that required him lifting her up she looked down she hadn't weighed herself for a long time I probably weigh a tonne! She thought nervously she glanced at Ron at his arm rather well he is pretty strong I guess and he's recently gotten Keeper on the Gryffindor Quidich team she thought then smiled she was so pound of him for that ok I'll ask!
"Ron?" she said he jump a bit when she said is name well déjà vu! She thought giggling inwardly
"Yeah?" he said curiously
"Well" Hermione started to twist he finger something she always did when she was embarrassed Ron sense this. "Do you think I'm heavy?" she blurted out. To Hermione's surprise Ron laughed.
"Yeah you weigh as heavy as a tonne of bricks!" he said sarcastically Hermione however did not take it as a joke.
"You really think so?" she said sadly, Ron stopped laughing He skated over to her and lifted up her chin with his hand blue, met chocolate brown, they slowly started to lean forward again but this time Hermione looked away, Ron reluctantly leant back again.
"Hermione why would think you would weigh a tonne of bricks? I was kidding if you believe that you would believe anything!" he said "Beside how would I know I've never lifted yo-" Ron thought for a seconded wait a sec she wants me to do one of those ice skate lifts with her! Ron suddenly laughed and Hermione head snapped up.
"You want me to-do lifts with you?" he asked Hermione nodded shyly and Ron smiled "Hermione if you wanted to do that you can say so, i can lift you up no problem but on ice that's going to be a bit difficult." He frown Hermione laughed and Ron smiled again at the sound.
"That's ok silly ever pro male skater once found it difficult to lift!" she said smiling "We'll start on ground ok?" Ron nodded and they both made their way of the ice and stood facing each other.
"Ok!" Hermione said "First try and lift me up normally." Hermione blushed as Ron slid his arm underneath her legs and the other holding her back and lifted (bridal lift) Hermione wrapped her arms around Ron's neck witch felt quite hot...for some reason.
"Kay s-second just try and w-walk around a bit and I-if you find me too heavy you can put m-me down." She stuttered she swore she saw Ron smirk a bit but shook it off as Ron rolled his eyes
"Hermione you weight as light as a feather" Ron said truthfully. Hermione smiled
"You've seemed to changed your view a bit form a brick to a feather!" she said they laughed Hermione cleared her throat.
"Well now for the hard part." Hermione sighed Ron stopped walking and looked at her
"What's that?"He said, still holding her.
"Well, you have to start lifting me in styles." She said wriggling a little so Ron got the message and set Hermione on her feet... reluctantly.
"Kay, first I have this song in mind it's from a muggle film called "Dirty Dancing" – I-it's a classic." She added Ron cringed.
"Dirty Dancing?" he asked Hermione blushed.
"Yeah it's quite a romantic film" she said making them both blush-hard. "Anyway, there's a really famous lift in it and basically it's more of a ballroom dance thing but I want to make it on ice, so basically they dance and then near the end the make an amazing list where the woman runs up to the man and the leaps and he catches her and lifts her above his head and she make a shape like she is flying-I'll show you the video of it, it's amazing!" she said with passion. Ron stared
"Blimey I don't know if I can do that when you're gonna jump I might not catch you and yo- i mean we could get hurt" he said Hermione nodded.
"I know all that but it couldn't hurt to try." She said Ron gave her a look "Ok!" she said smiling "it could hurt but we'll just try it on the ground first" she compromised.
"Ok" Ron said
"Ok" Hermione said. Hermione took a few steps backwards and Ron got into a mode ready to catch her. Hermione took a deep breath exhaled and sprinted toward Ron It was a bit hard in ice skates but she had to try. She was getting nearer, and nearer until she leapt up at the last possible moment...
She slammed into Ron toperling them onto the snow. They both got up Ron looked guilty, Hermione looked shaken.
"Ok I think we'd better do that again-but this time Ron actually try to catch and lift me! She said sternly.
"Sorry "Ron said sounding like a little boy who's in trouble. Hermione anger melted away.
"It's ok" she said "just don't cry!" she said smiling Ron brightened immediately.
"Ok I was just a little-"Ron looked around trying to find any word but-
"Scared?" Hermione said finishing of his sentence they grinned.
"You win" Ron said smiling
"I always win Weasly." as Hermione said Ron laughed as Hermione strutted off to her position trying to imitate Molfoy. She went and stood in her spot and...Ran! she was getting nearer and nearer then suddenly leapt up as Ron held out his arms and caught her both hands on her waist and lifted her just above his shoulders, she wasn't flying over his head but he had still managed to lift her. Ron put her down and wiped the sweat off his forehead.
"...Ok! I think that's as far... as I can go for the...moment!" he panted. Hermione patted him on the head making him laugh.
"It's Ok I'm tired too!" she said sarcastically pretending to wipe sweat of her forehead. Ron looked at her.
"I'm the one trying to lift a 16 year old girl over my head!" Ron said (N/A I know I said in chapter 2 that the competition was for girls of the age of 17 but I've changed it now its 16 years old girls!) Hermione smiled.
"Kidding" she said smiling they laughed they both picked up there ice and raced back up to Hogwarts laughing and trying to trip each other up.
When they reached the castle, they heard voices. They forgot people were still at lunch. Ron ushered Hermione behind one of the 36 foot Christmas trees Hagrid had put up.
"Ok just follow me there are 12 Christmas trees all leading round the hall and one right next to the doors just lets sneak round to each of them before anyone sees us in ice-skates. Ok?" he said Hermione nodded in agreement. They were just about to go to the next tree when –"
"Oh Parvarti, I really do think that Ron likes me oooooo I bet he even wants to be my boyfriend!"Lavender squealed. Hermione looked at Ron for his reaction but when she did it was one she was not expecting- Ron was blushing! Not again Ron thought however Hermione took his blushing in a different way.
The green monsters of jealously stirred inside Hermione why is she always ruining everything, she always talks like his a prize in a raffle sale! And I DON'T LIKE IT!!! The monster screamed. Hermione tried to reason with her jealously
Calm down will you! I sure Ron's just blushing because a girl that happens to be lavender his talking about going out with him I mean I bet I would blush if a boy was talking about me like that! That was the actually reason but Hermione and specially her jealously did not know this.
I don't really care about that! All I care is about slapping that pretty little face of hers! Hermione sighed.
Ron shows all sorts of signs that he finds Lavender annoying, so i doubt he'll want to go out with her... Isn't it? Hermione thought She was starting to feel uncertain i mean what was she thinking about lavender is pretty and chatty, flirty everything that a gut likes i mean she was just a know-it-all bookworm with only one talent that she couldn't even show to anyone because she was to shy what everybody would think, and plus Ron did blush pretty hard. The monster was about to say more when her thoughts were interrupted by a nudge from Ron.
"The coast is clear!" he said Hermione looked about and sure enough she saw Parvarti and Lavender's backs turned and walking away from them. "Come on!" Ron said pulling her to the next tree, once they were at the second tree they went to the next and the next and the next, next, next, next. Until they reached the pillars of the Great Hall doors, the exited the hall.
"That was close!" Ron said as they were reaching the common room. Hermione smiled
"Yeah." She said they stopped in their tracks went hey heard a babble of voices coming from the common room- a lot of voices they both glanced at their ice-skates.
"What now!" Ron said in aspiration. Hermione racked her brains for a solution and then something clicked.
"Were weird ok?" she said as she pulled a confused Ron towards her and preformed a spell that makes you camouflage to everything Ron finally caught on.
"Were not invisible but it will do" she said they opened the door to the common room and went in people looked at them funnily. Fred and George Weasly spotted them.
"What the heck are you guys doing?" he said
"Yeah?" said George eyeing Ron and Hermione. Ron chuckled.
"We just feel a bit weird today." He said simply. Him and Hermione laughed and they twins shook if off. Hermione and Ron were both camouflaged so they just looked like a bundle of shapes to everyone no-one would notice there skates they high-fived and went to there their dorms.
An hour later the trio went down to their lesson (potions) Hermione, Ron and Harry took their places. Hermione was seated next to Ron so she was pleased and...so was he. They talked happily about their routine and general stuff until a topic Hermione was not expecting came up.
"So how are you and Vicky doing? I saw you writing a very detailed letter him the other day." Ron said with a tinge of jealously in his voice. Hermione was so shocked by this question that she didn't notice. Her forehead creased with anger. She had been sending Krum long letters only to keep him from coming over to Hogwarts to see what she was doing he simply was sending mountains of letters so she had to keep him happy.
"Why do you want to know?" she snapped Ron looked at her- a little hurt Hermione instantly changed her attitude "I mean I only send him a few short letters." She said Ron snorted
"Short, it was practically a book!" he said that jealous tone still there she never sends me 6 pages of letters! Ron thought sourly. Hermione stared at him still shocked.
"One thing that's none of your business second what's long to you is almost always short to me and third he's a friend why would I not want to send letters to him once in a while. Ron glared.
"Yes Hermione you are friends." He said emphasizing the word "friends" he obviously thought victor wanted a bit more then friendship Hermione shot a venomous stare at him as snape came in. Hermione sat up and took out her parchment at quill Ron did to but with a lot less enthusiasm.
"Good afternoon." Snape said in his quiet but sly voice. Nobody answered something that they never did and snape didn't expect them to.
"turn to page 684 I want you to continue our work on Felix Felicitus (truth potion) " he said he smirked "I want no-one testing it on each other" he added wickedly causing a ripple of laughter from the slyterins one amongst them Draco Molfoy. " As you know" snape continued "we will be doing this in pairs that I myself will put you into" a few people groaned but were quickly silenced by snapes venomous glare. He started telling people there partners
"Draco, Pansy" Pansy smirked and molfoy a smirk he returned "Harry, Millicent" He continued Harry shuddered as he looked at the massive slytherin "Hermione..." Hermione secretly prayed she was still upset with Ron but that didn't affect her not wanting to work with him "... Seamus" Hermione was disappointed butt at least she wasn't with a slytherin she smiled at Seamus and so did he, in a friendly manner. "Ron..." Hermione wondered who he was going to work with but what snape said it was what she not was expecting "... Lavender" the rest of the names Hermione didn't hear she was too distracted by the flirty smile Lavender had just given Ron and that he returned, not flirtatiously but he still smiled!
"Ok" snape said gather your things move to your partners and Hermione's twitched as Lavender patted the seat next to Ron which he sat down on and he didn't notice Lavender slide a little closer to Ron. Hermione however did and was fuming as Seamus slid in next to her.
"Hey!" he said cheerfully Hermione snapped out of her jealous thoughts.
"Hi Seamus!" she said soundly a bit too enthusiastic. Seamus smiled at her and they started working while Seamus babbled on Hermione tried to listen but was too absorbed by the sound of lavenders over-excided giggles and Ron's blushing face why does he keep doing that! A voice said in Hermionehead that settles it he likes her! Another voice said wailing shut up! Hermione said he probably just is talking to her and making her laugh Hermione said with a slight hurt voice for all she knew Ron could like lavender more than she expected. She looked around she wasn't the only one who noticed the sudden closeness between Lavender and Ron, She suddenly heard Molfoy shout.
"Ditching Granger hey Weasel?" Molfoy sniggered along with the Slytherins Ron ignored him and went back to his potions. He didn't even say NO! Said a voice in Hermione head just go away. She said in reply and heard the voices slowly fading cackle.
"Hermione! Hermione!" Seamus was saying she had daze off to long she bit her lip "Didn't you hear what I was saying!" Seamus said Hermione bit her lip again "Hermione I was just having a laugh!" Seamus said suddenly laughing Hermione looked at him she tried to laugh "Yeah hahahah!" trying to sound enthusiastic but it came more sarcastally but Seamus seemed to have bought it and looked at their potion it was just water still! She had been so distracted by Ron that she had forgotten about their potion she glanced at the time 10miutes Hermione and Seamus looked at each other then hurriedly stuffed the ingredients into the cauldron stirring and simmering as fast as t hey could until...
"Time's up!" Snape said making them jump "Don't put anything in your cauldrons!" he said Hermione and Seamus looked at their potion it was a yellowish colour they just needed one more ingredient. Hermione glanced at Ron's it was bright pink oh well at least we did better than them! She thought then looked at her potion it was just one ingredient he checked if snape was looking and pored the final ingredient in (Boom slang skin) she stirred and potion turned a bright gold she done it! She looked up triumphantly and saw snape standing right next to her cauldron looking stern.
"Well, well, well what have we here" he said in a menacing voice no-one spoke "I prefect potion! Shame though Miss Granger that you didn't finish it in the time limit." He said Hermione heard someone snigger she glanced around and saw Molfoy and he said in a loud whisper.
"Aww she's Helpless without the weasel!" he said Hermione turned away and looked at snape she could have sworn he just smirked. She shook it off, and looked at the floor.
"Ok pack up your things I want you to do 17 inches on Felix Felicitus neat and tidy and if anyone isnot neat and tidy you will be sitting a detention with Miss Granger" he said suddenly everyone was a bit stunned Hermione hardly ever got detentions let alone with snape.
"Class Dismissed!" He said Hermione gathered her things and slumped out of class along with everyone else. She didn't stop walking until someone caught her shoulder it was Ron Hermione turned away but Ron didn't give up he walked right in front of hr was really confused he had no idea what he had done. Hermione however didn't care.
"Hermione! Slow done will you where are you going!" he said smiling obviously he had gotten over there little squabble over Hermione started in shock how can he smile after what he's done!Hermione's inner voice shouted sourly yeah why he doesn't just go to his pretty little lavender! Another one said Hermione nodded inwardly if anally agree with you she thought bitterly Why doesn't he just go to lavender? Hermione looked straight into his confused sky blue eyes. For the first time life she wanted to make him feel hurt see how he likes it.
"...I'm going to write a very long detailed letter to victor." She said and as she turned away she caught sight of Ron's face it was so...hurt. She felt a bit guilty but turned away and thought of the sight of him and lavender and her anger returned along with hurt now he knows how I feel.
Well a bit of a sad chapter but please R&R. =)