It was the time when he realised he had been dreaming about Hermione. He immediately got up with a very pathetic feeling of disappointment... "how can that be a dream?" he was in utter confusion.

He then saw Hermione's enraged face which was more than enough to wake him up into reality. She had her wand pointed towards him.

"What are you doing with that?" said Ron in certain fearful voice which made Hermione grin. After recapturing her previous state of anger she said " I am not doing anything with that but could have surely done if you wouldn't have gotten up... I surely would have hexed you!"

Ron wasnt really listening to her. He was just looking at her face. The face he had seen for the first time on Hogwart's express seven years ago. He never knew that " Bossy Granger" whose presence used to annoy him so much, the girl who entered his and harry's appartment to look for Nevil's toad, the girl who became best friends with him and Harry in first year only, the girl with busy hair (which everyone thought she never used to comb) , the girl with piles of books always on her back, the SPEW girl has grown up so much...she has turned so beautiful... she has turned so..."

"YOU ARE A COMPLETE GIT! HELL! I AM LEAVING!"

"HEY..hey hey... wait Hermione please dont leave... mum would be very upset, even Ginny... and Harry... and..."

"I am not leaving the Burrow... just going downstairs Ron" she said it rather politely feeling guilty about waking him up and shouting,

He heard her footsteps fade away.

He got up to his feet finally... still feeling dizzy and dreamy. He reached for the mirror hung at the corner of his bedroom's left wall. Started gazing himself in it out of senselessness. He observed the mirror's frame absent mindedly. It was of yellow colour with pretty blue coloured roses on it. It had been an antique piece since it was purchased by Mr. Weasley from a muggle shop (he had actually pressed the flowers thinking about the possibilty of them being buttons). Mr. Weasley had gifted this mirror to Ron on his 12th birthday after his several experiments on them resulting a crack.

Those blue roses on them reminded him of Hermione. He saw Hermione's face flickering in front of his eyes.

" She looks so good in blue... she was looking so beautiful in blue dress on the Yule ball..." his temper rose upto a certain level... " where she went with that Vicky.."

"OH its 11:45! mum will surely kill me" he said after checking on his watch which was kept on the wooden table placed at the right hand side of his bed. He saw Harry's empty bunk and then hastily went inside the bathroom.

Mrs Weasley was helping the cutlery out of the dining table when Ron came wearing a blue and white striped shirt along with brown pajamas.

"Good morning Ronald Weasley" Mrs Weasley said sarcastically. He couldn't help observing the similarity between hermione's and his mother's tone when both were at the highest peak of rage.

"Firstly i thought i wouldn't provide you with breakfast today but your kind best friend Hermione stopped be from being so strict. She had been waiting for you to come down for breakfast... she also didn't have breakfast... everyone else has finished their's" said Mrs Weasley rather proudly.

He then realised that the dining table was empty. No one was sitting over there except Hermione who was reading a book which had hid her entire face inside it. the name of the book as much he could read was "HOW TO PREPARE A HAIR STRAIGHTENING POTION"... he chuckled silently to make sure Hermione couldn't listen.. but stopped abruptly as soon as he found Hermione looking at him from the corner of her eyes. His throught dried.

He sat down beside her and cleared his throat. "Hem Hem"

She gave him a stern look. This 'Hem Hem' clearly remined her of Umbridge. she then again distracted her eyes from Ron and sank into her book.

Ron waited for his mother to leave the room. After she had left.

"Thanks... Hermione for wait..waiting for me bu..but you should have had your breakfast" he ended rather nervously.

He reckoned Hermione's reaction will be completely typical like "Its my wish" or "I wanted to finish my book first Ron!" in her usual 'Non of your business' kind of manner but to his surprise she blushed and said "I waited for you to come bec..because...well we are best friends Ron..i mean we know each other from nearly 7 years now..." There was an awkwardness in her tone. Silence followed until Mrs Weasley came back with their breakfast.