"CORN FLAKES! Oh mum, i am no longer a kid!" howled Ron at the sight of his bowl.

"Shut up and eat or other wise you will have to manage without breakfast" said Mrs. Weasley sternly.

"Mum but.."

"Ron, whats you problem? there is nothing bad in corn flakes... is there? even in our muggle world kids have corn flakes in their breakfast" said Hermione and winked at Mrs. Weasley who replied back with a smirk.

"Fine! You two are now togther against me... making me eat this muck! I am 18 now! I dont wanna eat this stuff any more! I want something else!" shouted Ron in disgust.

"You wont get butter beer over here Ronald Weasley" said Mrs. Weasley and Hermione bit her lip to stop the instant urge of laughter.

"I give up..." said Ron lastly and started helping himself with the cornflakes half heartedly.

"Thats better Ronald... Now i need to go to Diagon Alley to buy some floo powder.. i think we are running in shortage (because of Ron who was still bad at apparating)" said Mrs. Weasley.

"cya... " said Ron. And within a second the room was Mrs. Weasley free.

"Why are you always on mum's side whenever there is some argument" asked Ron sheepishly.

"Because she is always right" said Hermione whose face was still burried in that book.

"So, where are others?" inquired Ron noticing every one else's absence.

"Your dad and Percy have gone to the Ministry, Harry and George are there in the garden out side and Ginny is talking to luna on phone (after Hermione had taught her how to use muggle way of communication and she had learnt it quite quickly) " answered Hermione.

"Ok..." said Ron.

Hermione finally kept her book aside marking a page with the help of her hair pin and started eating corn flakes along with Ron.

Meanwhile they were having their breakfast, Ron's mind constantly wandered around in his last dream in which he was about to kiss Hermione...He tried remembering each and every bit of that dream. He could feel goose bumps while he thought how close she was.. . "If only i could have slept for 5 minutes longer.."...thought Ron. Feeling rather pitty on himself he looked at Hermione who had now almost completed the corn flakes (while his bowl was still fully loaded) and was now helping herself with an apple.

"she looks so cute while eating an apple" he blushed.

After finishing off her apple she stood up and went upstairs with her book cluched in her left hand.

He also stood up. Lifted up the empty bowls with a single flick of his wand "Wringardium laviosa" he spelled. An instand grin was spread across his face when he reckoned how Hermione had taught him about this and how rude he was to make fun of her." She could have been killed because of me.." he thought... but that was long ago... now he wouldn't do anything to make her upset or cry he thought and directed those bowls to the kitchen.

Ron went outside after making sure everything was kept at its right place and smiled proudly.

He saw Harry and George talking to each other seriously. He couldn't believe his eyes... George's eyes had tears and he immediately wiped them off at the sight of his brother. He had never seen him crying before.. even when Fred died. While everyone was crying , George was standing stunned as if he was hit with a body binding curse.

"Hey mate and Georgie" said Ron pretending of not noticing George's tears (because he knew George would not like it).

"Hey Ron!" beamed Harry.

"Good morning Ron..." said George lively .

"Wassup guys... enjoying the weather together" joked Ron to make George comfortable.

"Yeah we were as long as you didn't come... No one can enjoy the weather in your company.. YOU STINK! Go get a bath" teased George and walked out of the site.

"ONLY AFTER YOU HAVE TAKEN!" shouted Ron after him, rather annoyed by his brother's behavior.

"Hows your head feeling?" asked Harry

"OH!" Ron had completely forgotten about his head injury .He banged his head against the wall last night while he was playing snake game on Harry's mobile (which he had bought earlier this year to make sure he could contact with ginny when she was at Hogwart's after Hegdwig's death) and jumped off his bed in excitment when the snake ate its points with vibration. "May be that is why i dreamt about such a weird thing" he reckoned.

"Um.. Its fine" said Ron.

"So what was George talking about and why was he crying?" asked Ron worriedly.

"Well you know haw lonely he feels lately as Fred is no more in this world... so thats why sometimes ..." sighed Harry.

"How come he never cries in front of me? I am his brother... i was Fred's brother also... I can understand him" ..."much better" Ron completed his sentence,

"I know Ron but the thing is... he is elder to you so he never wants to show his real feelings to you... he thinks in that way he will spoil his image in front of you.." said Harry.

"But you are also like his younger brother... when he can share his feelings with you... why cant he do the same thing with me" asked Ron

"There is a lot of difference between being once's brother and being 'like' a brother...and besides that... I myself have suffered so many losses... first my parents, then Sirius and Dumbledore, then Dobby and then Hedwig... so i think i have a much better idea of what he is going through, how he feels about losing his twin..." ended Harry.

Ron felt guilty about touching this subject. Harry had never mentioned about his feelings and pain like this before. He wanted to cut this subject out as soon as possible.

"So hows every thing going on with Ginny.?.. I am happy that you two no longer snog each other all the time" said Ron cheerfully.

Harry smiled. "Everything is fine... i dont want to give any further details" winked Harry.

"Is there any change? i mean has anything changed after you two becoming boyfriend girlfriend?" Ron asked curiously.

"What do you mean Ron?" Came a familiar voice from behind. It was Ginny who was walking towards them.

"I mean.. how does it feel being in a relationship with your friend.. You and Harry were very good friends and ended up snogging each other... doesn't that feel a bit weird?" Ron asked out of his curiousity.

"How does that bother you?" snapped Ginny.

"I am just asking... " said Ron nervously.

Harry was listening to Ron and Ginny and knew what was he talking about. After being best friends from more than seven years now Harry had a very clear idea why Ron has put up such a question. He knew Ron likes Hermione... He had seen him crying for her... He had seen him getting jealous about Vicktor and Hermione's relationship, he had seen him staring at her... He knew he asked that question because Ron himself was going through this dilemma... Ron himself was very scared of expressing his feelings to Hermione...He feared of losing his bestfriend. Even after knowing the entire story, Harry didnt say a word which can dipict he knew what was going in Ron's mind.

"I think I can answer you" said Harry after a long pause... "I think... being in a relationship with your friend or best friend does feel weird firstly but after certain interval of time.. everything turns out to be fine... friendship is the strongest relationship... i have learnt this from my life" Harry smiled "And two people cannot love each other if they are not friends...I was never a good friend of Ginny until our sixth year but when our friendship strengthened then only i realised how much i love Ginny" Harry put an arm around Ginny. Ginny kissed him on his left cheek as an answer to his affectionate one-armed hug. "precisely... to be in a successful relationship... two must understand each other... and friendship means understanding" Harry added and winked at Ron who was listening to every word of his with attention.

Harry and Ginny then left the garden. Ron could see Ginny's head resting upon harry's left shoulder while they walked.

Ron was now the only one standing in the garden... gentle breeze embracing him... He thought about the recent conversation with Harry. He was entangled in the thoughts of hermione. Whatever Harry said had made him a bit relaxed about the current situation but still he wondered "What if Hermione reacts totally in a different way from Ginny...Ginny always had a crush on Harry ..ever since she had first seen him ... but Hermione.. never"... This thought itself made him feel even more sick. "I cannot afford losing Hermione.. I cannot hurt her feelings". Ron took a deep breath in way of pushing Hermione's thoughts aside and then went inside.