Chapter 2

Ron woke up to someone shaking him vigorously.

"Ron! Ron wake up it's time for breakfast!" The thing shaking him said. Ron then recognized the voice as Harry's.

"Ughhhhh" Ron audibly groaned but sat up anyway. "It's a Saturday, why do I have to get up so early?" He whined rubbing the sleep from his eyes.

"Ron. It's nearly 10:00am." Harry explained.

Ron shot his hands down, eyes wide as saucers. "What?"

"Yeah man, you must have stayed up late. Did you?"

"I don't even remember…" Ron lied. The truth was he had been up for what felt like a really long time just thinking about him and Hermione… and Harry. Not all of them were good thoughts…

"Well let's go, I really don't care. What I care about is getting breakfast before all of the bacon is gone and the house elves aren't making any more!" Said Harry rushing into his robes.

"Better hope Hermione doesn't catch you saying that. If it's REMOTELY disrespectful to those things she would hex you to Australia."

"Yeah no kidding." Harry said in a matter-of-fact tone while throwing Ron's robes at him.

Ron slipped into them and followed Harry down into the common room. Surprisingly it was completely empty. Without stopping Harry went straight through the portrait hole. Not even looking through the common room. Ron didn't question him and decided to just follow him.

When they reached the great hall, the first thing Ron noticed was (you guessed it) Hermione. Sitting at their usual spot, completely concentrated in her book. Ron smiled slightly but shoved the sides of his mouth down once he realized.

"Hey Hermione!" Harry called out. She looked up at them and smiled, waving.

Both Harry and Ron migrated over, Ron sat next to Hermione while Harry sat directly opposite of Ron.

"Hey Ron, try this!" A voice said from directly by his ear. He looked over with a start to see Seamus smiling evilly. He was holding a Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Bean.

"…Why?"

"Just do it!"

"No."

"I'll give 10 sickles if you do."

"Hm… Deal." Ron said taking the tiny bean that Seamus had been presenting. Ron stared at it for a minute before looking back at Seamus and staring at him.

"What are you looking at me for? Eat it!" Seamus said.

"I'm not as stupid as I look. Pay up." Ron said grinning and making a gesture with his hand.

"Fine." Seamus said rolling his eyes, slapping down the money he owed him onto the table.

"Thank you very much!" Ron said smiling and popping the bean into his mouth. He chewed it for a minute and couldn't taste anything at all. But after about 3-4 chews. It hit him like a freight train.

The spiciest thing Ron had tasted in all of his life. And he's been tricked with food more than once by Fred and George. His whole face felt entirely on fire. He started huffing and fanning at his tongue. Seamus skipped off, dying of laughter. It seemed to Ron that everyone was laughing at him, especially Harry. But he looked to his right and one person wasn't laughing. She was looking at him concerned. Hermione.

She reached a hand out and touched his upper back, and for a moment the pain was gone. But as soon as it left it returned.

"Wa-ter!" Ron whisper screamed in agony. Without thinking he reached for the nearest thing. A chalice with a clear, odorless liquid that very clearly appeared to be water. But the last thing he heard as the chalice rim touched his lips was Hermione's voice.

"NO, WAIT, RON THAT'S NOT!…"

Ron's face contorted at the foul taste that he didn't expect.

"water..."

"THAT WAS DISGUSTING! WHAT WAS THAT HERMIONE?" Ron shouted worriedly.

"It was Veritaserum… It makes you unable to lie. So if anyone asks you something you HAVE to answer it. And answer it honestly." Hermione explained. Ron's eyes widened and he stared at her for a minute before jumping out of his chair and running from the great hall, not having ate anything.

Hermione looked his way puzzled as he darted from the room. She looked at Harry who was trying to look nonchalant about his laughter by hiding his face in a book. But obviously Hermione is smart enough to notice. She decided to just ignore it for now and ask Ron about it later.

A/N: Thanks so much for reading chapter 2! I'll have chapter 3 out tomorrow so follow this story because its about to get fluffy c;! I love your beautiful faces and hope you have an amazing day/night! :)