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Chapter 6
"Mi! Mi, you have to get down to the common room!" Ginny stood over Hermione, shaking her.
"What time is it?!" Hermione smacked Ginny's hand out of the way, pulling her pillow over her head.
"Krum-is-in-the-common-room!" Ginny whispered in Hermione's ear. Hermione whipped up into a sitting position so fast that Ginny fell backwards off the bed.
"Oh my god how long has he been down there?" Ginny sat up, rubbing the back of her head.
"Um…20 minutes?" Ginny said, and Hermione started rushing around their dorm, picking out something to wear. Ginny grinned, watching Hermione run into the shower, run back out 5 minutes later, combing her hair as she ran to the door, throwing her comb back on her bed before disappearing down the stairs.
"Hey, wait for me!" Ginny yelled, following excitedly.
As Hermione reached the bottom of the stairs, she saw Ron, Harry, and Krum talking. Well, actually, Harry and Krum were talking while Ron just stood there, teeth clenched, nodding every so often.
"Ron! Hi! How'd you like to go for a walk?" Hermione said quickly, kissing him on the cheek. He glared at Krum before turning around and walking to the portrait hole.
"Hey, Victor. Nice to see you again!" Hermione said hastily before following Ron out in the hall.
"Ron, can't you just try to act civilized around him? He hasn't even done anything to you!" Hermione said, trying to look Ron in the eye. He kept fidgeting, and wouldn't stop looking over her head, but she knew he was trying to cool down.
"I know. I just…it's hard for me to trust him. I don't like him, Mione." Ron ran his fingers through his hair, and Hermione grabbed his arms, forcing him to look at her.
"Ron, listen to me. I need you to at least try to get along with him. I am a friend of his, and I need you to trust my instinct that he's a good person. Remember just a little while ago, you told me we need to trust each other if this relationship is going to work." Ron looked away, nodding.
"I know, I did,"
"I promise you, as soon as you have a legitimate reason to hate him, I'll be the first person to believe you. Okay?" Hermione smiled, and Ron just wrapped his arms around her, and kissed her on the forehead.
"I swear, I can't wait for the point in our relationship where we stop fighting," Hermione joked, and Ron wrapped his arm around her waist as they walked down to the Great Hall for breakfast.
"Ginny I need to talk to you," Hermione whispered. They were in the middle of Herbology, tending to their sneezwort plants. Neville was in the corner, having a sneezing attack from when the plant's powder went up his nose.
"Okay, why are you whispering?" Ginny asked, grinning. Hermione just gave her a look, and Ginny's grin disappeared.
"What is up with you? You've been in a funk for days," Ginny continued, and Hermione looked down at her plant, a tear suddenly rolling off her cheek. "Hey, why don't we take a walk, Mione." Ginny went to talk to Professor Sprout, and beckoned Hermione outside.
"Ron almost told me he loved me." Hermione said as soon as Ginny had shut the Green House door.
"Almost?" Ginny replied, a little disappointed in Ron.
"Yes, almost. Gin, I want him to say it so badly! I'm afraid that if I say it first, it'll sound like I'm desperate…especially with what's happening now, with…never mind," Hermione stopped talking quickly when she realized that she had almost let out that she was pregnant. Ginny, however, was not going to ignore it.
"What's happening with all of what? What were you going to say, Hermione?" Ginny looked into Hermione's eyes, which at the moment seemed quite suspicious.
"Okay, just promise me you won't freak out…" Hermione said, and Ginny nodded.
"Well, remember when Ron and I went to that party over the summer, and we slept together?" Hermione said quietly.
"Yeah, I remember." Ginny said curiously.
"Okay, well…the other day I found out that-"
Ron and Harry were on their break, walking across the front lawns when they heard a girl's scream across the grounds. They both looked around hurriedly, but couldn't see her over the trees.
"Hmm…that sounded like it came from the Green Houses. I wonder what's wrong…" Ron said.
Okay, just in case you didn't get that, it was Ginny screaming when Hermione told her she was pregnant. Review please!! And I am eternally grateful to anyone who came back to the story. You are amazing!!