Disclaimer: J.K Rowling owns Harry Potter and Ron's cute butt. sniffles

A/N: Thank you so much for the reviews, everyone. I really appreciate them! When I told my friends today that I was writing a fanfic, they were totally unsupportive of me and said that it's a waste of time. However, I think it's great that I'm writing fanfiction as it will enhance my writing skills for the AP Language class I'm taking next year. Thus, that being said, I will continue to write this! I hope that you will all support and criticize me!

And sorry this took three days to write, school is such a bummer.

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Hermione stepped quickly up the stairs and stopped at Ginny's apparently closed room. She open the door and peered inside, only to see her friend sprawled on her bed with her head lying face down on a fluffy pillow. 'All over Harry? The poor thing!' she thought. Sighing, she walked over to Ginny's bed and sat at its foot.

"Ginny?" she called out softly. No answer. "Ginny, are you okay?"

"Okay?" Ginny cried out as she lifted her head from the pillow. "He dumped me over something so stupid! Do you think I'm okay, Hermione?!"

She gasped as she got a closer look at Ginny's face. Her eyes were teary and puffy, snot was coming out of her nose, and her nose was so red that even old Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer had nothing on her. But she didn't seem to care. Seeing that Hermione had nothing else to say, she proceeded back to lying her head down on the pillow.

"Ron and I want you to go swimming with us." Hermione pleading quietly. "It's really scorching hot inside, so come on Ginny, will you?"

"No!" Ginny said, though her response was muffled do to the pillow. "You don't understand! You'll never understand!"

The anger emitted from Ginny to herself only severed the remaining patience she had. After a few minutes of constant pleading she finally gave up and, with swimsuit in hand, huffed and headed towards the nearest bathroom leaving Ginny to sulk.

'I really need to talk to Harry, before the poor girl cries herself to death' she thought while snapping the back of her top and tying its strings. She looked at herself through the large mirror bolted to the door. It was a rather simple swimsuit: A white tankini which showed off her shoulders, back and sporty legs. Hermione looked at herself from head to toe until she was satisfied.

"There." she said to herself. "I don't look so bad."

She grinned and ran downstairs. When she got to the kitchen, she saw that the boys weren't there waiting for her. 'They're probably there already!' she thought and ran through the back door towards the lake nearby the Burrow.

The lake wasn't as large as the one in Hogwarts neither did it have its interesting creatures in it such as the Giant Squid, grindylows, and of course, the merpeople. But it was still fairly large and deep. The trio often joked about it, saying that since it was so close to the Burrow, it should be called Weasley Lake. So Weasley Lake it was.

Hermione stopped to catch her breath and looked at the body of water before her. The lake itself was twinkling from the sun above, making it look similar to how the sky looked at night time. After patting her forehead with her towel, she tied up her unruly hair, making sure that none of the thick tendrils were sticking out of her hair tie. Finally, she walked towards the water and tested it with her toes. 'It's cold!' she thought with delight.

"Finally, Hermio- ARGH!" Harry yelled as Ron splash water at his face. "Ron!"

"Sorry mate, I had to!" Ron said with a laugh. He turned to her. "C'mon in Her-"

Ron stopped. Hermione looked in surprise as his ears and face turn pink when he finally got a look at her. She suddenly found herself embarrassed. 'What is he staring at?' she thought as her face too turned pink. Harry was too busy trying to clean his glasses with his towel to notice what was happening.

"Um...yeah, I guess I should get in now, huh?" Hermione said nervously. She felt a cool sensation rush through her as she dived in.

As soon as she swam back up to the surface, however, she felt a pair of eyes on her. It was Ron. His ears, she noticed, were still pink but he was grinning again. He then scooped some water with both of his hands and threw it at her. Hermione squealed in sudden surprise and in return splashed water at him. Harry, deciding to now take his revenge on Ron, took a lizard from a nearby tree and dropped it into Ron's swimming trunks when he wasn't looking. Ron gasped in surprise.

"Wha-WHAT?" he cried out. "What the bloody- WHAT WAS THAT?!"

"A-a- Mmph!" Hermione struggled to tell Ron the truth but Harry cupped his hand over her mouth. Harry motioned for her to come back to the shallow end of the lake.

"A spider, duh." Harry teased. "A really big one."

Ron yelped as the lizard moved around. He looked at Harry once more, who was literally rolling on the floor laughing. Finally realizing that his best friend was lying to him, Ron instantly started sprinting out of the water towards Harry looking like he wanted to kill him. Harry was too busy laughing to see him until the last minute and dodged him, forgetting Hermione at his side. Ron, being in rage, didn't notice he wasn't toppling Harry over but instead pummeled her into the dirt pathway.

"You git!" Ron growled and brought his arm up to punch his victim. "You…you…Hermione?!"

"Why hello there Ron!" she said sarcastically. "Will you please get the heck off me? Honestly, you're real heavy."

In her mind, Hermione really enjoyed Ron there close to her face. It almost made her want to kiss him. She tried to shake herself out of her daydream. 'No no no! He's my best friend!' Ron, now blushing, got up quickly and held out his hand to pick her up.

"I'm real sorry, Hermione." He said quickly. "I ruined your new swimsuit, huh?"

Hermione looked up to see Ron's concerned face. His face was now pale, as if he thought she was hurt. 'That look…' she thought. 'He's never gave me that look.'

"I-I'm fine, Ron." Hermione said, now realizing she was still in a swimsuit. "I'll just go back and go change."

"B-but…" he stuttered, now looking troubled.

"Its fine Ron, really." she reassured him. "I'll just wrap my towel around me, okay?"

Ron nodded silently as she turned to go back to the house. Hermione could have sworn Harry was saying something to Ron but she chose to ignore them. She looked at her hair and swimsuit, both of which were covered in dirt and brushed some of it off.

'Ron…do I like him?' she reflected. She remembered how she cried on Ron's shoulder during Dumbledore's funeral and how he comforted her. It made her feel warm and safe to be right next to him.

"But…do I like him?" she asked herself again.

After a while of thinking, she realized that the Burrow was not in site anymore. She shook her head from side to side in panic. Every direction she looked, there were trees. Then she realized: She was lost.

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