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Hermione woke up and frowned. Where am I? She then smiled. Now she remembered. Sitting up she smiled at Harry's sleeping form on the other side of the room. He looked so cute when he slept.
I wonder what Ron looks like sleeping.
Stop it! She cursed herself. She hardly knew the man. Well... she didn't remember him anyway. She looked outside and smiled. It looked absolutely beautiful. Perfect for a walk. Besides, she needed to get used to everything again. Getting out of bed she got dressed and went down stairs.
"Oh, Hermione. How are you feeling dear?" Hermione sat down at the table as Mrs. Weasley moved around the kitchen.
"I'm ok. You?" Molly smiled.
"I'm great, now that I know that you and Harry are ok." Hermione smiled and watched Molly for a while.
"Where is everyone?"
"Well, Ginny, George and Fred are still at the Ministry. Bill and Charlie are helping Percy and their father and Ron's outside."
"How could you stand to have so many boys?" Molly grinned.
"You learn to deal with it. I actually loved having them around. I love my boys." Hermione nodded silently. Molly paused and observed the girl. The young woman that had once been the chatty little know it all had grown up into a beautiful independent woman and Molly couldn't be more proud.
"Ron was devastated when he found out about what had happened," she commented. Hermione sat straighter.
"Really?" Molly nodded.
"I'm just glad you three are getting along. Especially you!" Hermione frowned.
"Why is it that everyone expects Ron and I to not get along?" Molly smiled.
"You and Ron don't exactly have the best record, you know. Goodness knows how many rows you've had. To many for me to count."
"We weren't good friends then..." Hermione whispered. Molly looked shocked.
"No! Of course you were good friends! You two were so close! It was as if there was a bond between the two of you. Though it wasn't often shown, there were moments... short moments where you two would actually be civil with each other. And let me tell you something, my dear. I've never seen Ron act that way towards a woman before. He cares about you." Hermione digested this new piece of information in silence. She gratefully took the mug of tea and sipped it pensively. She then stood up.
"Where is Ron?" Molly pointed to the backdoor.
"He's out there. In the yard." Hermione nodded, set down her cup and left the house. She caught sight of him and couldn't help but blush. He didn't have his shirt on and was sweating. He was sitting under a tree, as if he was taking a break from something and sipping a butterbeer. But that wasn't what made her turn red. It was his abs. His full abs that stood out in his well built body. She could feel her heart beating faster and tried to tell herself that it was only because of the heat.
"What are you doing?" Ron looked up and smiled at her.
"Denoming the yard. You want to help?" She shook her head, looked down at her white skirt.
"No thank you." He shrugged and walked over to her.
"What are you doing out here?" he asked. She smiled.
"It's a nice day out. I wanted to take a walk. Would you like to join me?" He nodded, grabbed his shirt and led the way towards the lake. As they walked, Hermione decided to speak.
"What was our relationship like?" Ron stumbled, then righted himself. He looked at her.
"What?" She smiled at him.
"Well. Since we were friends, and we didn't exactly start out on the right foot, I was wondering what we were like. It's a perfectly reasonable question." Ron couldn't help but smile. She hasn't changed a bit.
"Well... What do you want to know?" Hermione shrugged, stepping over some rocks.
"Your mother told me we fought a lot. Were we really horrible?" Ron looked down at her and saw the utter concern and smiled.
"Depends on what we were fighting about. If it was something silly, then no. If it was about..." He stopped speaking, stuffing his fist in his pockets stiffly and continued to walk. Hermione frowned.
"About?" she pressed.
"Nothing," he replied, searching his brain for a reason to change the suddently uncomfortable subject. Hermione, however, being the persistant one that she was, wouldn't rest until he told her the rest of it.
"What?" Ron looked down at her.
"Vicky." He said the word with such disgust that Hermione was surprised. She had never seen him like this. Or at least this was the first time she remembered seeing him like this.
"Vicky? Who's Vicky?" Ron rolled his eyes.
"Victor Krum. He's a Seeker. You two went to the Yule Ball in our Fourth Year. You also dated him for a year after Hogwarts."
"So?"
"He was four years older than you, 'Mione," Ron stated. Hermione didn't understand.
"So. Why do you hate him so much?" Ron shook his head, his face turning red.
"It doesn't matter. Can we please get off the subject?" Hermione couldn't help but smile at Ron's embarrassment and couldn't help but feel slightly elated. He was jealous. She could tell, but she decided not to rub it in, yet.
"Sure... um... do you have a girlfriend?" Ron stopped.
"What?" Hermione turned to face him.
"Well, seeing as we're on the subject of dating, I just wanted to know." Ron looked her over and then shook his head, moving over to the water. She watched him.
"Why not?" Ron bent down and picked up some stones. He then started skipping them across the water.
"I just don't ok." The tone in his voice clearly stated that he didn't want to talk about it anymore, but Hermione wasn't done just yet.
"You're already in love aren't you?" Ron turned to her, his brilliant blue eyes boring into her soul.
"Maybe I do?" That one statement shut her up completely. Entranced by his eyes she stared, her breathing quickening. She smiled slightly and looked away, blushing. Ron smiled and began to walk again, waiting only for her to catch up. As they walked, he slipped his hand into hers. She looked down at their clasped hands and smiled.
Harry looked up from the pictures and smiled. Ginny, Fred and George exited the fireplace. Not noticing him, Fred and George ran out of the room. Ginny however, seemed to be looking for something in one of the drawers in the room. Harry watched her for a moment and then spoke.
"Are you looking for these?" She jumped.
"Harry! You scared me!" He stood up and crossed over to her.
"Here," he said, handing the pictures back to her. "I didn't mean to move them." She smiled up at him.
"That's ok. You can look at them. They are yours."
"Really?" She nodded, looking down at the photos. He watched as she shifted through them and then stopped at a photo he had not seen. She stared at it for a moment then pulled if off of the stack. She stuffed it into her pocket and then placed the others on the table. Harry frowned.
"What was that?" Ginny shook her head.
"Nothing... nothing of importance."
"Oyy! Come look at this!" One of the twins called. Harry and Ginny moved to the kitchen and over to where Molly, Fred and George were standing. Molly was jumping up and down with excitement. Ginny tried to see through the windows.
"What is it?" Fred pointed to the lake.
"Looks like Ickle Ronniekens hasn't lost his touch." That's when she saw what they were all staring at. Over by the lake, walking, were Ron and Hermione. They were holding hands and Hermione was blushing. They seemed to be talking about something funny because Hermione broke out into peels of laughter. Ron gave her a mock indignant face and then Hermione let out a shriek. She started to run across the yard, Ron chasing her. He grabbed her, tickling her mercilessly as he yelled something at her. George grinned.
"Looks like he hasn't lost any of his touch."
A/N: Don't worry! Draco will definitely be in the next chapter. It might actually be all about him, I'm not sure. Don't worry!
rheartsu: Well, at the moment she wasn't exactly thinking straight. I gave you what you wanted. SPARKS!!!
Reader of Canon FF: Like I said. I'll put Draco in the next chappie! As well as a little conversation between Harry and Hermione.
Emma: Please don't count on these sorts of updates. I'm sooo busy this week that this will probably be my last update until the weekend. I have tooo much to do!
Coconut Girl: Don't worry, you'll find out to what extent Harry and Hermione remember each other. They do remember each other though. And they do know each other as good friends.
Quidditchplayersdoitbest: Not yet, but maybe soon. Maybe. (Gets and evil grin on face and starts to cackle. Then starts choking and has to take deep breath before continuing.)
Avanell: Maybe, but not anytime soon.
Wesker888: Goodness no! I'm not going to do that. It's just that with Fun and Games, I wanted to end where I did. It was a good place to end and show and time lapse. With this, it's easier to show the lapse in time with chapters. Don't worry. I'm not going to do a sequal to this.
ronandmion4ever: You'll have Draco in the next chapter. I'm not sure if Tori will make an appearance.
Chapter tease:
"Granger will pay..."
