AN: So I was supposed to post this on Germany's next game [which they won. Yay Germany!] , which I thought was today [the 7th], it turns out it was the fifth... Anyhow, here is the next chapter.

What if I Told You...

"Hermione?"

"Hm?" she answered absentmindedly.

"What if I told you I'm glad I left that time during the Horcrux hunt?" Well this certainly got her attention.

She looked up from her papers, hurt, disappointment, anger, disbelief and tears all evident in her eyes.
"What?" she asked weakly.

"I said-"

"I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID RONALD!" her anger caught up with her. "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU, YOU INSENSITIVE PRAT!" All the hurt she felt when he was gone was back in an instant.

"Hermione, wait I'm not-"

"I WILL NOT SIT AROUND WHILE YOU…" What exactly is he doing? "WHILE YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE GLAD YOU LEFT US, THAT YOU'RE GLAD YOU LEFT ME!"

"Hermione calm down!" he said, a crooked smile on how face.

"Calm down? CALM DOWN? HOW DARE YOU! HOW CAN YOU EVEN-"

"HERMIONE!" Now it was his time to yell. "CALM THE HELL DOWN! LET ME -"

"DON'T YOU DARE CURSE AT ME RONALD WEASLEY. YOU KNOW PERFECTLY WELL HOW I FEEL ABOUT YOUR LANGUAGE!" As much as I deny it, it makes me smile.

"DAMN IT, HERMIONE, LET ME TALK! LET ME EXPLAIN!" he waited for her outburst, but it never came, instead she looked into his eye. As he saw the tears threatening to escape, his heart shattered.

"Well?" She asked trying to put on her indifferent voice, but failed miserably, instead a wobbly whisper made way for his ears.

"Look, Hermione, I'm sorry Maybe I shouldn't have had-"

"Are you breaking up with me?" she blurted out. Her eyes grew wide, as if she had thought it, but didn't plan to voice it, yet somehow it found its way out of her mouth.

"WHAT?" His eyes were now wide too. "NO! Hermione, let me talk okay?" He stepped closer to her, ready to move her hair out of her face. She wanted to step back, he wasn't going to treat her like this, he didn't get to do this to her -break her heart- again, but her body was frozen, so instead she stood there; one hand over her mouth, the other clutching her stomach.

"Maybe I shouldn't have led with that."

"You think! What the hell Ronald?" He smiled, she wasn't keen on cursing, and rarely did it, but when it happened he found it incredibly adorable. "Sorry." she said realising she interrupted him again.

He took a deep breath. Now, not only did he have to explain himself, he had to restrain from kissing her.
"Look Hermione, you know I'm not the most sensible person, so please bear with me." He saw the ghost of a smile on her face. "It's not what you think. I am most certainly not breaking up with you. I'm sorry, but you are stuck with me. Okay?" There it was: her smile, the one he loved so much.

"Now as I started, I'm glad I left that day, but not for the reason you think." He added the last part quickly. Her brows furrowed. "I don't ever plan on doing it again, it was stupid of me, but..." he took another deep breath.

"I am grateful for my mistake, it made me realise that without you I'm nothing. Those weeks I spent away from you were one of the most horrible weeks of my life. I couldn't think, I couldn't speak, I couldn't eat, I couldn't breathe. I felt empty, hollowed. I will always regret leaving you, but it made me realise that you are my one. The one I want to impress, the one I want to kiss, the one I want by my side, the one I want to marry." He took a small box from his pocket.

"Hermione Jean Granger, I am deeply and madly in love with you, and for some reason you are in love with me too, though we both know I don't deserve you, but I will spend the rest of my life trying to prove my worth to you, so will you give me the honour of becoming your husband?"

"What?" she said perplexed.

"I said-"

She smiled. "I know perfectly well what you said." She was stunned, he just asked her to marry him!

"Well?" She realized she never answered him

"Yes, bloody hell, YES!" He laid the ring on her finger, and embraced her; she returned his embrace with as much feeling, maybe more. It was not how he planned on doing it; he didn't want to have a row with her. But somehow it fitted perfectly with them.

"Ron?" she said slightly muffled by his shoulder.

"Yes?" He looked into her eyes.

"Don't you dare scare me like that again."

"Got it." They kissed.

"And hun?" she said in-between the kiss.

"Hm?"

"I'm glad I'm your one. And in any case I'm the one who's lucky to have you, my not-so-sensible fiancé." She said this last word with much glee.

AN 2: Here I am again, bothering you a bit more. I'd like to thank everyone who reads, reviews and favourite. I cannot stress it enough; it is a wonderful feeling to know that someone somewhere likes what you did with the characters.

As I think you can tell Ron and Hermione are my favourite pairing in the series. And like a lot of you I can't wait for next week, to see all our speculations and hopes for the two of them on the big screen.

Now I am going to shamefully promote my A Chat with the Weasleys story. It talks about a Rose/Scorpius relationship, but with a twist... The next chapter will be up soon. So give it a look if you feel like it.

If there are any Argentineans reading: Feliz día de la independencia! [To my knowledge this is the third country to celebrate something as important as that in July. If I have missed one: sorry!]