Chapter: 3 Growing Tensions!
At The Burrow:
"Humph! what is taking them so long to get here?" grumbled Ron.
"Oooh, Ronnikins is feeling the Hermione blues!" Fred and George teased in unison.
"Oh shut it you two!...They should have been here ages ago," Ron moaned.
Suddenly there was a loud 'Crack' and the sound of laughter outside. So Ron and the Weasley twins went out to the front courtyard to investigate all the commotion.
As they came out, they found Harry on the ground with Hermione on top of Harry's lap, and his trunk on one side and Hedwig within the cage on the other.
Seeing this scene Ron quickly said, "Ahem...um mates you done?"
Both Harry and Hermione looked up and when they saw them, both of them got up.
Then Ron asked,"Harry couldn't you apparate by yourself mate?"
"Uh..well Hermione was telling me to hurry up and I couldn't let her carry my stuffs all by herself, so we thought if we both apparate togather and we'll even the load," Harry replied in embarrassment.
"Yeh, to ease the load...eh?" Ron said with sarcasm.
Then Mrs. Weasley came out of the house with her wand in hand and screamed, "Hey you lot, get into the house, its lunch time!"
"Yes ,coming!" chimed everyone and went inside.
At the table the twins, Ron and Harry sat on one side and Mrs. Weasley sat at the head since Arthur Weasley was at work.
A little later after the food was served, Ginny and Hermione came down.
Ginny sat opposite to Harry and Hermione opposite to Ron. When Harry looked at Ginny, he saw that she was wearing a white halter top with brown caprice and her long red hair was made into a braid. But what really made Harry lose his appetite was when he looked at Hermione. His jaw dropped a little and the fork dropped from his hand to the floor. Everyone turned to look at him and Ron asked him with his mouth full, "Wasd brung Arri?"
Harry shook his head and went underneath the table to retrieve his fork. But when he returned to his plate of chicken and hash browns, he just wasn't able to concentrate on his food. Since his concentration moved over a girl, wearing a sleeveless pink top and khaki pants. Hermione's hair also was done up in a long braid. But there was something on her left ear. Not on the earlobe but higher, it was a gold ear ring. Which Harry thought gave Hermione a rebellious look.
After finishing lunch Ron asked, "Any one up for Quidditch?" Harry agreed immediately so did Fred and George. But Ginny and Hermione decided to sit and watch.
In the backyard, Ron took out their Quidditch kit, released the snitch, a bludger (since there was a short of players) took the quaffle out and started.
Sometime later Ron noticed that Harry wasn't paying any attention to the game.
Raging with fury, he called off the game and came down. When everyone else came down and Ginny and Hermione came up to see what was going on? Ron went up to Harry and asked with a gruff, "Harry what is the problem with you?"
"The problem?" Harry said in confusion.
"Yeh problem Harry. You see you've been letting your concentration wander somewhere else...or should I say someone else such as Hermione!"
Hearing that Harry flushed a bit but replied back, "I don't know what you're talking about Ron? Maybe it's all the stress you're going through from working at Gringotts and also playing Quidditch."
"Oh ho! Ho! I'm stressed Harry? Now I think you'll tell me that I've been hallucinating the chemistry that has been going on between you and Hermione from the time you two came back here!" Ron retorted.
"Ronald!" Hermione said in exasperation.
Then Ron turned to Hermione and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Don't Ronald me, Mione! You know well as I do that you and Harry are into each other. " Hermione shook her head vigorously and said, "Ron you got it all wrong it's just that...that." But Ron cut in, "Just what Mione? No you don't have to give me any explanations." With that Ron took off to the woods on his Firebolt (1st edition).
Then Fred and George came up to Harry and Hermione, and George said, "Don't blame you Harry, Ron just needs some thinking to do, in the meantime happy to see you two hooked," and they left.
Ginny came up to Hermione and said, "I knew from the end of my 6th year that it would not work between Harry and me again."Then Hermione interupted,"Ginny I...I." But Ginny held up a finger to Hermione's lips and shaking her head continued, "Its ok, I'm glad for both of you and I already am going out with someone."
Hermione then replied with glee, "Oh thanks Gin! By the way does Ron know that you're going out with someone?"
Ginny then said, "Sshh...not yet but I'll tell him later. But at first you guys need to fix yours," winking, she left them.
Author's note:so...what ya think?...review please!