Very, very, very veeeeeeery delayed update on this story, I totally forgot about it! Sorry, guys. I hope you like this chapter, I had to re-read the last chapter then go from there because I totally forgot how this story was going to unfold. I'm sorry if it's not what you thought. You're more than welcome to suggest anything to help the story! REVIEWS MAKE ME HAPPY!

Disclaimer: I own nothing. Just this crap storyline from JK's amazing characters.

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The morning arrived too soon and Hermione sat up in bed, stretching out happily and pushing the covers off lazily. She left the room, leaving a snoozing and loud-snoring Ginny in bed still and headed to the kitchen of the Burrow, attempting to help herself to some breakfast.

Ron was already there, up surprisingly early, scoffing his face with a large pile of toast and a cup of tea steaming in front of him. He spotted her enter the kitchen and gave her an unattractive smile, his mouth crammed full of toast.

"Mo-ing" he said before swallowing his breakfast.

She smile, feeling alittle out of sorts and tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. "Morning, Ron"

The kettle was on the hob and she took a seat opposite, thinking it would be alittle too strange to sit right next to him. She grabbed some slices of toast from the toast rack that was sitting in the centre of the table and started to butter them.

The silence felt awkward. Nobody was talking, and the only sound was Ron's toast crunching in his mouth and the kettle starting to whistle. She jumped up and helped herself to a mug of hot tea.

Feeling that somebody should probably say something, she opened her mouth.

"Ro-"

"Her-"

She smiled, as did he, and neither said anything else.

"Sorry. Didn't know you were gunna-"

"S'ok"

Ron finished his toast and leaned back in his chair, satisfied. He grabbed his mug of tea and chugged the rest.

"Um…doing much today?" he asked politely, thinking it's best to start up some kind of conversation. She nodded.

"Oh, yes umm.. I'm seeing my parents today" she told him before taking a sip of tea. Ron could tell that the tea was too hot to drink but knew that she needed to do something while she was talking to him.

"Wicked" he said before clearing his throat. "They're cool"

Hermione nodded. "Yes, they were very fond of you, Ron. Especially my mum"

He had to laugh, "She alright? Well, both of them"

"Yeah. I'll see them again today so I guess I can…..update you" Hermione mentioned, tucking another strand of hair behind her ear. She couldn't help herself, in nervous situations, she thought her hair was a great help.

Ron nodded then got up to wash out his mug before placing it back in the cupboard.

The kitchen door swung open and Ginny walked in, yawning and her hair pointing in as many directions as you could imagine.

"Someone woke the beast up" mentioned Ron, "state of you"

Ginny glared at him, "Shut up" she moaned, walking over to the kettle, "you don't exactly look like a prince in the morning"

Ron raised his eyebrows, "well, you would say that, you're my sister. If you think I looked attractive in the morning, I'd be worried"

Hermione smiled and got up from her seat, disposing of her empty cup and plate then leaning on the counter. She felt somebody looking at her and she noticed Ron look away when she turned in his direction.

"So Hermione, where's Michael taking you today, anywhere nice?" asked Ginny, absent-mindedly as she spread jam over her toast. Ron's eyes went wide.

"Are you taking him to your parents?" he asked her, his voice slightly raised. "You're that serious?"

Ginny furrowed her eyebrows, "you're taking him there?"

Hermione shook her head, "N-no, well I-"

"I thought you weren't seeing him until next week?" he asked her. She raised her eyebrows, "And how do you know that?"

"I, uh, I overheard when I was coming down the stai-""eavesdropping" Ginny stated. Ron gave her a 'just shut up will you?' look.

"He owled me last night after I went to the bed, for your information" she said, matter-of-factly. "not like it's any of your business"

Ron rolled his eyes, folding his arms tightly and looking at his feet.

She sighed and sat down next to Ginny. "Look, Ron, I can't exactly come in here and tell you that I'm going out with another guy can I, it was already awkward enough in here as it was!"

"So you thought you'd lie to me?" he moaned, "again"

She stood up, her hand on her hips, "what's that supposed to mean? And what do you mean 'again'?"

Ron scoffed, stepping closer to her, "you know damn well what I mean" he complained. "just be hones-"

"How dare you!" she shouted, "I am honest!"

"Yeah right"

"Oh, shut up!"

"No, you shut u-"

Ginny threw her toast into the plate, "Oh, both of you shut up!" she called out, "Sweet Merlin!"

Hermione glared at him and he glared back. "It's always my fault, isn't it Hermione?"

She shook her head, "No, but-""Have fun today" he told her, brushing past her, "You know, I wouldn't of minded if you were just honest"

"Yeah right" Ginny muttered into her mug of tea, "jealous arse"

Before Hermione could say anything, Ron left the kitchen.

"He needs a girlfriend" Ginny said, turning to face Hermione. "shall we set him up?"

Hermione looked over at her with her eyes wide, "and why would we do that?" she asked, a tone that sounded as if she had just been offended. Ginny held her hands up in defence.

"Hey, sorry! I think he should, he hasn't had a girlfriend since….well, since you. He needs someone to take his mind of things and stop getting so damn jealous" she suggested. Hermione sighed and sat down at the table.

"I dunno, Ginny" she put her head in her hands and watched her friend eat. "It wouldn't seem right-"

Ginny looked at her, "C'mon, do you really want this everyday?"

"I guess I could go back with my parents" she told her friend, "it'll be less hassle"

She shook her head, "No! I love having you here, Hermione! Please stay….we can get him on a date or something?"

Hermione didn't like the sound of that. Setting him up with someone else. What if they fell in love and got married? She didn't think she could handle that. Having to sit around the family and watch him say 'I do' to another woman would be heartbreaking. Yes, they've broken up but it would still hurt.

"Hermione?"

She snapped out her thoughts.

"Huh?"

"I won't, I can see it would upset you"

Hermione sighed. "It's fine. Just leave it, we're already on talking terms - well, before the fight we were - but that's what we do. We'll stay friends, it'll be fine"

"Are you trying to persuade me or you?" she asked Hermione, one eyebrow raised. She glared at her and got up.

"Don't worry about it all, just leave it"

Ginny got up too. "Hermione, do you miss him?" she asked her. Hermione had to think for a moment, she did, she really did but she didn't want to say it too fast incase it looked desperate. Sadly, she was.

"Um.. Yes, of course I do, he's a big part of my life Gin, I've known him since I was 11 and we dated for a long time" she told her, her hands on her hips.

"Would you get back together with him then?" Ginny asked, brushing crumbs off her mouth from her toast. "Because I don't think he'll apologise"

Pause. "I… I don't know. I won't apologise either until he does"

"Wait - why do you have to apologise?" she asked her friend, "what did you do?"

"Nothing, it was just a fight so we both need to but we're too….we're too.."

A smile spread across Ginny's face. "Stubborn"

"Yeah, I guess we are"

"As usual" she said. "Well, if you're not getting back together anytime soon, I'll set him up for abit. He needs somebody while you go out with Michael. Poor lamb, he can't move on"

Hermione gave her a fake smile, trying to show her disappointment. This was going to be horrible, she could tell.

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