Disclaimer: Chapter 1

Thanks for all the reviews, guys. I hope you like this one. I know the last chapter was a lot of dialogue. This one (hopefully) won't have as much dialogue.

Dear Mr. Granger,

My name is Ronald Weasley. We met at King's Crossing a few times. And I believe once at Diagon Alley. This letter is in regards to your daughter, Hermione. I have very strong feelings for her and I would like to ask your permission before I ask her to be my girlfriend. It would honor me greatly, sir, if she would agree. But I guess I will just have to see what she says. I'll be waiting for your response.

Thank you,

Ronald B. Weasley

"There. Finished," he said as he reread the letter. He took the letter and put it into an envelope and addressed it to Mr. Granger and put Hermione's home address, "Pig!" Ron shouted to find his owl. Pig flew into the room and started flying around above Ron's hair, "Stop it, Pig. Okay, I need you to take this to Hermione's father. Stay there 'til he replies. Don't pester him though. Don't wanna get on his bad side, ya know?"

Pig took off out of Ron's open window. Ron looked down. He couldn't believe how lucky he was. How did a guy like him end up with a girl like Hermione? Well, she wasn't a girl any more. She was a woman. Had been for a while. He smiled to himself. Yeah, he thought, I noticed she was a woman before I realized how I felt. He knew he'd been an idiot. But deep down he always knew the only reason he'd ever dated Lavender was to gain experienced. He didn't want to make a fool of himself in front of Hermione. As he thought back to his and Hermione's kiss in the Room of Requirement. He thought he'd done okay. He'd picked her up. That seemed really romantic.

"Ron, come here!" Ginny's voice floated up the stairs.

"Coming," he yelled back down. He looked around his room, threw his dirty clothes into his closet and pulled his bed linens up. He couldn't believe Hermione had seen his room so messy. It was very embarrassing.

Ron walked down to the living room where Mrs. Weasley, Ginny, and Hermione were sitting drinking tea.

"Hey," Ron said smiling at Hermione.

"Hi," Ginny said. She laughed at the look of confusion on Ron's face.

"So…what's up?" Ron asked standing on the last step, rocking back and forth on his heels.

"Nothing," Hermione said a little too quickly. Ron looked at her curiously, wondering what they had been talking about.

"Okay, then. I'm just gonna go fly," Ron said walking through the living room.

"Wait!" Hermione said jumping up, "I want to learn. Will you teach me?"

"Ron? Teach someone how to fly? He can barely fly himself! OW!" Ginny said before getting kicked by Mrs. Weasley, "I mean I'm going upstairs to write Harry."

"Um, sure. Come on," Ron said to Hermione. Hermione jumped up and put her mug in the sink before grabbing Ron's hand. Ron smiled and Hermione noticed his ears started turning pink. He led her out the back door. They walked through the garden and over to the broom shed, "Okay, you can use mine and I'll fly on Ginny's."

"No, it's okay. I'll use Ginny's," Hermione told him taking the older looking one.

"Are you sure?" he asked her.

"Of course! Come on, you got to teach me before supper," Hermione told him. She was standing in front of him eyeing the broom, "Okay, how to I get on it?"

"Um, just sort of…put it between your legs…" Ron said awkwardly. Hermione laughed.

"Like this?" Hermione said mounting the broom correctly.

"Yeah, like that," Ron said smiling. He coached her for well over 2 hours. By the end of their lesson, Hermione had successfully flown for 30 minutes straight. Ron was so proud of her. When they landed to go inside Hermione grabbed Ron's hand.

"Thanks, coach," she told him giggling. They put the brooms back into the shed and started back towards the house.

"No problem. Here, let's go this way," Ron said pulling her in the opposite direction, towards a thick woodsy area.

"That's not the way back, Ron," Hermione said laughing.

"We'll get back, eventually. Think of it as the long way," Ron said laughing along with her. They walked through the woods for a while. Ron eventually stopped.

"What are we doing?" Hermione asked him.

"I just…don't wanna get interrupted. Again," Ron said. He took her face in his hands. He took a deep breath and said it. What he'd been dying to say for 2 years: "I love you."

Hermione sucked in a deep breath. She leaned in and kissed him. This kiss was different than their first one. This one was fierce. It was almost brutal. After a while Ron pulled away.

"Wow," Ron said.

"I love you, too," Hermione told him. She couldn't believe it. They were finally together. They were finally happy, "Come on, we got to get back."

"Come on. Do we have to?" Ron asked reluctantly being pulled along.

"Yes, but trust me," Hermione said turning around, "we'll pick this up later."

"Good," Ron said smiling.

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