1Chapter 2
Hermione made her way towards Ron slowly, she didn't want to rush herself. All kinds of thoughts were running through her head like a race horse. Suddenly she stopped.
'What am I doing? Ron probably only thinks of me as one of his best friends not a bloody girlfriend! I'm just going to turn my butt around and head back to the booth where my date is waiting for me probably wondering where the hell I am!' Hermione thought. She took one last look at Ron, sighed and turned her path back to the booth. As much as she didn't want to do it, she did.
"Hey there you are! Where have you been?" Josh asked smiling up at her as she took her seat next to him.
"Sorry I just couldn't stop dancing!" She lied.
"Well do you want to dance with me?" Josh asked, a glint in his eye. Hermione looked back at the dance floor and saw that some how it got more packed. She turned to look back at Josh.
"Not right now it seems everyone and their dog is out there dancing right now." She said smiling at him.
"Yeah I agree with you. Do you want to get out of here?" Josh asked her, putting his hand over hers on the table. Hermione glanced up at him, and nodded her head.
"Hey you guys we're leaving. I'm sure I'll see both of you back at the flat." Hermione said winking at the couple. Ginnys cheeks turned as red as her hair but Harry just smirked up at Hermione.
"Right, see you at home then." Harry said and went back to talking to Ginny. Josh took Hermiones hand and led her out of the club. Hermione did one last look at were Ron was sitting and saw him still sitting there but this time he had a sad, confused look on his face. She frowned looking at him sitting there looking sad. Once outside Hermione instinctively wrapped her coat tighter around her. Josh noticed this and pulled her closer to his warm body. Hermione actually felt uncomfortable for once in her life with a man. She got a funny feeling when he touched her hand back in the club and felt another weird vibe when he brought her closer to him.
"Josh.. Um.. I need to talk to you." Hermione said uneasily.
"Okay what about?" He said letting go of her and just walking beside her.
"I've come to realize that.. Well.. I don't think im ready for a relationship if this was to go any farther." Hermione spilled out. Josh looked at her.
"Alright.. I guess I understand." Josh said looking hurt. Hermione felt bad instantly.
"But Josh I still want to be friends with you. I still want to hang out and stuff. I had a really good time tonight with you. Thank you again." Hermione said smiling at him. Josh snorted and got a devilish smirk on his face.
"Babe there won't be anymore interacting with you. Don't you get it? You are the most talked about witch in the Ministry. Your smart, talented, and beautiful. Every man, young and old wants to get with you Hermione. You're a game for us. I just wanted to go out with you to try and get into your pants." Josh said smuggly. Hermione felt tears sting her eyes.
"What?" Was all she could say. Josh gave a dirty laugh.
"Oh don't worry about it. I'm not going to try anymore since you just want to be friends. No man gets anywhere with a girl who's just his friend." Josh continued. Hermione couldn't believe what she was hearing. He put on a good act that's for sure. Here she was, believing that Josh was a nice, sweet, honest guy when truthfully he was just a jerk like every other man she ever met. She stood there, infront of him, wanting to break down, but Hermione was stronger than that. She wouldn't let him get the satisfaction of seeing her cry. She didn't even say one word to him but turned around and walked off. The tears that were threatening to fall, vanished from the cold night air hitting her face. When she got further away from him she decided that now she could apparate to the flat. Once she got inside she pulled off her coat and hung it on the coat rack. She walked into the kitchen, her heels clicking against the hard wood floor once again.
"'Ello Hermione" Rons voice said. Hermione stopped dead in her tracks and looked up to see Ron standing over the sing, a glass of water in his hand.
"Hi." She said softly.
"What's wrong with you?" He asked, taking a sip of his water and then draining the glass in the sink.
"Nothing." She said and grabbed her own glass and filled it with water. She drank it down and set her glass in the sink. She turned away and started walking off towards her bedroom when Ron stopped her.
"Somethings wrong. You can tell me Hermione." His voice was so soft and caring Hermione had to stop and turn around to face him. The tears she thought had gone away started to come back again. Ron noticed. "Tell me." He said again, taking a few steps closer to her.
"Oh Ron.." Hermione started, but faltered as a sob escaped her. Ron took her into his arms immediately. Guess Hermione wasn't as strong as she thought she was.