"Ron?" Hermione looked at Ron.
Did he hear everything she just told Ginny, Hermione thought to herself. He must know, he's been hiding behind that pillar the whole time. Ron's ears burned red. Why did he have to come out from behind the pillar, Ron thought to himself.
"Yeah, hi." Ron laughed nervously.
"Ummm...uh... were you behind that pillar the whole time?" Hermione rubbed the back of her neck.
"Yeah, um, sort of." Ron stared at the floor.
Hermione could feel the heat rising in her cheeks. Where was Ginny with those tissues? She should be here by now.
"Did you mean what you said? About me?" Ron began without warning.
Hermione began getting flustered. Since when did Ron become so confident? Hermione stared at the ground for what seemed like forever, before speaking.
"Yes." Hermione couldn't even hear her own voice.
"Oh." Ron stared at his shoes.
Ron finally had an idea. He just hoped it wouldn't blow up in his face.
"Hermione, I'm really sorry, but I like someone already." Ron smiled.
Hermione felt like she was about to cry. She knew Ron didn't like her. Ginny was only trying to comfort her. Hermione just stayed silent, as she listened to Ron slowly break her heart.
"She's a beautiful girl. She's really nice, and always supportive of everything I do. You might know her. She's got the most spectacular brown eyes, that shine brighter than stars." Ron gestured to the stars above him.
Why was he telling her this? Did he want to torture her? Hermione knew she should have supported Ron more. Hermione looked back at Ron, feeling hot tears well up in her eyes.
"And her smile, oh her smile, it can light up the world on a rainy, dark day. Whenever I'm feeling down, she always knows how to comfort me, or make me laugh. Her hair is beautiful, it matches her eyes, and she's not like other girls, who wear makeup, and gossip all day, she's brilliant. She loves school, and is the smartest witch I know." Ron chuckled. "And she is always, always bugging me to do better, and try harder at school. That's why I like her, no, that's why I love her." Ron smiled at Hermione.
Hermione was barely listening to a word Ron was saying, she heard that he loved this girl, and it wasn't her. Tears began spilling over Hermione's eyes, and falling onto the floor. She thought about how she would be all alone, and Ron would marry this girl that he loved. Hermione sat on the floor, sobbing. Ron ran over to her.
"Hermione! What's wrong?" Ron asked.
With every word she said, a sob came out.
"Ron, I'm in love with you, but you like someone else, and...and...and." Hermione cried harder.
"No, no, no, no, no, no. Hermione, couldn't you tell? I was describing you." Ron looked at her.
"No, you said she was beautiful, and had pretty eyes, and an amazing smile, and-"
"You are beautiful, and you do have pretty eyes, and an amazing smile!" Ron suddenly looked serious. "Why can't you see that your such a brilliant person?" Ron said loudly.
"Really?" Hermione asked.
"YES!" Ron said.
"Then why were you always staying away from me, when I showed you any affection?" Hermione asked.
"Because I didn't know how to act around you. I didn't want to make any mistakes, or ruin our friendship." Ron said.
Hermione laughed, she was so happy, her heart was swelling up like a balloon. Ron did love her.
"Hermione?" Ron asked.
"Yeah." Hermione said.
"Did you steal the notes from Harry's trunk." Ron looked nervous.
"Yeah, sorry about that." Hermione stared back at the ground.
"Its fine, but why were you crying that I could never like you, when I sort of revealed that I liked you in the notes?" Ron asked.
"Well I did believe it, at first, but then when I saw you kiss Lavender, I thought it was just a phase your were going through." Hermione replied.
"Oh, yeah sorry about that." Ron looked ashamed.
"Its fine." Hermione looked at Ron.
Ron looked up at her, their faces were inches from each other. Hermione could feel her chest rising and falling faster, and faster. Ron closed his eyes, and so did Hermione. They leaned in towards each other. Hermione felt Ron breathing on her lips, as they began to close the gap between their faces.
"Tissues, anyone?" Ginny was smiling behind them, holding up a box of tissues.
Hermione quickly got up, and so did Ron.
"Uh, uh I should go." Hermione said without giving a reason, and she quickly ran down the steps, blushing fiercely.
"I'll get you back for this, don't worry." Ron glared at Ginny.
"If you do anything to me that I don't like, I won't hesitate in telling Fred and George." Ginny retaliated.
"That's not fair!" Ron said.
"Not everything is fair in this world, big brother." Ginny laughed, and walked down the steps.
Ron couldn't help but follow her, grinning like a fool, because tomorrow, he and Hermione would be starting where they had left off. Life was good, Ron thought to himself.
The End.
Hope you guys liked Notes, but wait! There's more! I am in the process of creating an epilogue to this story, no longer than a paragraph though, sorry.
Thanks,
Roxy