Chapter 4: Oblivious

No one was surprised that Ginny and I were a couple. It made sense, since, really we had been dating since my sixth year, although we did take that one break because I thought Ginny would be in more danger than she already was, but that's beside the point. What I'm trying to say is, Ginny and I didn't bother to hide the fact that we were in love, as most of her family had known for some time now. Ron and Hermione, however, were more secretive about their relationship than Ginny and I were.

It's not that Hermione and Ron weren't affectionate with each other. They just didn't like to show their affection in public, at least not at first. One day in early September, Ginny and I decided we wanted to have some privacy away from all the chaos, so we left the Great Hall in search of an empty corridor. When we turned a corner, instead of finding an abandoned corridor like we expected, we found Ron and Hermione. They were sitting on a window ledge and looked quite happy together. Hermione was cradled in Ron's arms, and he was passionately kissing her on the lips. Ginny and I smiled at each other before quietly retreating out of the corridor to find one that wasn't already occupied.

Every since Ron had landed himself in the hospital wing in sixth year, in the back of my mind, I always thought he and Hermione would make a good couple. But how does one tell his best friends that he thinks they should get together? Talk about making a conversation awkward. So, I decided to let nature take its course, and it did.

Despite the fact that Ron and Hermione were trying to be secretive about their relationship, most people noticed that they were acting different around each other. They were extremely playfully, and constantly teased each other. Also, they were almost always together, just as Ginny and I were. By the end of the summer, most people knew they were a couple. But not everyone knew. One person in particular was especially oblivious.

Right before Christmas, Hogwarts was finally rebuilt, and everyone went home to spend the holidays with their families. I personally went back to The Burrow with the Weasleys. I also invited your grandmother, Andromeda, and you over to spend both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with us since she was now a widow, but Andromeda wanted to spend Christmas Eve with her younger sister Narcissa Malfoy and her family, as they had a lot of catching up and healing to do. She agreed to come Christmas Day, however, and brought you along, too.

We had a big gathering Christmas Day. Bill and Fleur were there, of course, and so was Charlie, who was still a bachelor. Percy brought along his girlfriend, Audrey, who most of us knew from when we were cleaning up Hogwarts. Audrey was a Ravenclaw in Fred and George's year. They met after the last battle and instantly hit it off. Percy soon asked Audrey out, and once she accepted, they were totally tuned out to the rest of the world. George had invited Angelina Johnson, as they were helping each other heal from the shock of losing Fred, and had gotten really close. Hermione and I came too, of course, bringing our group up to a grand total of fifteen people.

When we were opening our presents, one of the most memorable was George's gift to Angelina. With it came a card that said:

Angie,

I know it's kind of soon to be thinking about this, as we're still healing, but…

may I have the pleasure of being your boyfriend?

Angelina let out a squeak and kissed George on the lips. "Of course you may." She said, and that was that.

When Hermione opened her gift from Ron and saw it was a silver locket in the shape of a heart with a picture of the two of them together inside, she passionately kissed Ron on the lips. Percy jumped and stared at them, blinking a few times in amazement.

"You – you two are together?" He stammered.

George rolled his eyes at his older brother. "Honestly, Perce, where have you been the past few months? Even I've noticed that little Ronnikins and Hermione are madly in love."

Everyone laughed, although Ron and Hermione blushed a little. It was the first joke George had made since Fred had been killed.

"Maybe I was keeping him to busy for him to notice." Audrey suggested, and gave her boyfriend a kiss. Everyone laughed again.

Time passed way too fast for my liking. Before everyone knew it, it was time for Hermione and Ginny to return to Hogwarts. Ron and I were about to start our Auror training to keep ourselves busy, but life would still be strange not being able to see Ginny every day. I was now living at Number Twelve Grimmauld Place, but Ginny and I were still together every day, whether it was at my house or The Burrow, so it would be a big change for us when she set off for Hogwarts.

On September 1st, I went with the Weasleys to see Ginny and Hermione off. They climbed on the train at the last possible minute, and appeared in one of the windows, along with Luna Lovegood, about thirty seconds later. As the train pulled away, it was strange for Ron and me to see our girlfriends waving from the window of the Hogwarts Express, leaving for Hogwarts without us, but we knew we would see them soon. Unfortunately for Ron and I, "soon" just couldn't come fast enough.

Author's note: I forgot to mention this earlier, but thanks to DragonQuill for reviewing all three chapters so far. I don't want to seem desperate for more reviews but… 3 reviews out of 191 hits (1.6%) isn't very good. It's kind of discouraging, actually. Please review. Even if you don't like the story, please still review, because I welcomely accept both compliments and constructive criticism. I might even read and review your stories, in return and what author wouldn't like that?

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