Chapter 2! Yay! Enjoy!

Chapter 2

Hermione made her way to her car under the dark of night, staggering under Ron's weight. Both of them had fallen asleep in the bedroom Ron had dragged Hermione into, but Hermione had awoken, thankfully, before Parvati found them. The only downfall was the fact that it was 1:00 in the morning. And Ron was still out cold. (From the fire whiskey, of course.) Hermione had gotten out of the bed, gotten dressed hurriedly, and dragged Ron out of the house before anyone saw them. Now she had to get Ron home without being caught by Mrs. Weasley. They were supposed to have been home by 10:00.

Hermione lifted Ron onto the backseat of her car and buckled both seatbelts over him so that he wouldn't roll off. She drove slowly so that she wouldn't give the police any reason to approach her and punish her more for driving at night with her new license and not being 18.

Suddenly, she felt her cell phone vibrating in her pocket. She pulled it out hurriedly, seeing on the caller ID that it was Ginny calling.

"Hey, Gin. What's up?" Hermione whispered as she turned into Ron's neighborhood.

"I covered for you when Mum realized that you weren't home at 10." She replied, also whispering, though more heatedly than Hermione.

"I'm sorry, Ginny! What did you tell her?"

"I told her that you and Ron were running a little bit late because you went out to get coffee with Parvati after the party, and that you'd be home in about an hour. I tried calling you, but you didn't answer."

"I'd tell you what happened now, but this is more face-to-face type news. Is your Mum asleep? Is it safe to go into your house?" I asked, becoming panicked all over again.

"Yeah, I convinced her to go up to bed a while ago. Then I brought her up some tea with some sleeping potion in it. She was unconscious by 10:30." Ginny said matter-of-factly.

"Thank you, Ginny, I so owe you one." Hermione said, feeling her anxiety melt away a bit more.

"You've got that right." Ginny replied.

Suddenly, from the back seat, Hermione heard Ron moan. She looked through her mirror and saw him sit up. She pulled over and got out of the car, climbing into the backseat next to Ron with her phone still to her ear.

"Ron?" She asked, as he rubbed his head, looking disoriented.

"Yeah…is the party still here?" He asked, and Hermione couldn't help but grin.

"No, Ron, we left. Don't you remember what happened?" She asked hopefully as Ginny listened intently through the phone.

"Yeah…we…bed…and…love…it was great…" Ron answered, and Ginny gasped loudly. Hermione buckled Ron in and got back up into the front seat.

"Ginny, I'm gonna tell you what happened when I get to your house. Bye!" Hermione hung up quickly before Ginny could say anything else.

"Mione?" Ron asked.

"Yeah, Ron?" Hermione looked into the backseat.

"I love you." He said, and passed out again.

Hermione felt her breath catch in her chest. They had never before told each other 'I love you'. Hermione started the car again, deciding that she wouldn't bring it up again if he didn't. Besides, she though to herself, he probably won't even remember anything in the morning.

"Gin? Are you there? Ginny? It's Hermione." Hermione whispered, leading a very disoriented Ron into his family room. She didn't have enough energy to carry or pull him again, so she had woken him up so that he could at least walk. Maybe not walk in the right direction, but it was good enough for Hermione.

"Mione! Hey!" Ginny lead Hermione through the pitch black room and sat on the couch. Hermione, however, stayed standing.

"I should probably get him to bed." She said, nodding to Ron.

"Oh, right. Here, give him some of the leftover sleeping potion I gave my mum." Ginny said, handing her a small bottle with a dark, sky blue potion with "stars" glittering in it.

"Thanks, Ginny. Here, why don't you come with me. We can go up to your room and talk just in case anyone else isn't asleep and comes down here. Like your dad, for instance." Hermione suggested, and Ginny agreed. They walked quietly up the stairs, occasionally having to throw their hands over Ron's mouth when he made a noise or tried to talk.

Finally, they got Ron up and on his bed, tucked him in and made him drink the potion. Hermione and Ginny made their way back down three levels until they reached Ginny's bedroom where Hermione had been staying also for the past two months. They had set up a cot for her, and all of her belongings were in two suitcases at the foot of Ginny's bed.

"So, Mione, what happened?" Ginny asked, sitting cross-legged on Hermione's cot as Hermione settled herself down across from Ginny.

"Well, it a long story, but…"

Not really a cliffie, but I don't want to go into immense detail about Ron and Hermione sleeping together. Okay, please review!