"What were you thinking Harry?"
Harry and Hermione were sitting in the common room. The only people beside them in the room were Ginny who was watching them nervously. Hermione was looking at Harry strictly. She couldn't believe that he punched Seamus.
"Look, he deserved it Hermione okay? He insulted Ron." Harry cried back angrily.
Hermione's expression softened a bit at this. The thought of Ron still hurt her. It was even worse that she didn't knew whether he was alive or not.
"I understand Harry, but that doesn't mean you can be violent. You could have searched for a Professor." she told him.
Harry scoffed. "Do you really believe they could have helped me Hermione?"
Hermione frowned at this. "Yes, they could have! They are still authorities here!" Hermione cried.
Harry shook his head. "And then let me look like a telltale? No thanks, Hermione, but this was my fight." he said.
"And look where it got you." Hermione said frowning.
Harry glared at her. "Would you rather have me let him insult Ron then?" he asked. Hermione could see Ginny flinch a bit at his name. The poor girl, she must be really hurt.
Hermione sighed at this. She knew what Harry was trying to say and truth to be said she wouldn't probably reacted any differently. "No, but you could have solved it differently. Violence is not a solution." she said.
Harry stared at her incredulously. "Oh, yeah and what about when you hit Malfoy in the nose in our third year?" he asked.
Hermione blushed at the memory. On the one side the memory was embarrassing, but on the other hand, she is proud of this memory.
"I was young and immature back then okay?" she countered. It annoyed her that Harry couldn't see her point of view. Harry glared at her and wanted to say something when Ginny interrupted him.
"Guys! Stop arguing okay? Ron wouldn't want you both argue over such a small thing." she said looking at both of them.
Hermione stared at Ron's sister. She looked at them with a mixture of anger and pleading. Hermione knew that Ginny was right and blushed in embarrassment. She was right, Ron wouldn't want them to argue.
Harry also looked guiltily at Ginny. "I'm sorry Ginny, we...um we..." Harry began to say, but Hermione interrupted her.
"We shouldn't have argued about it. You are right, Ro...Ron wouldn't want us to argue." she said a bit shakily. The memory of him disappearing was still fresh and she still thought that it was all her fault because of their argument before he disappeared.
Harry just nodded at this numbly. Ginny looked at the both of them and smiled a bit. "It's okay, but really, you guys are best friends. You should now support each other rather than fight each other." she said.
Hermione nodded at this. She was surprised how mature her words sounded. "You are right, I am sorry Harry, I shouldn't have screamed at you for doing this. Your reaction was reasonable." she said although she didn't liked violence, but for now she didn't needed any arguments.
Harry nodded. "And I am sorry too. You were just looking out for me." he said.
Hermione smiled at him. Then she looked at the clock. "Good heavens, it is already 10 pm. We should go to bed now." she said.
Harry laughed. "10 pm is not that late Hermione."
Hermione stared at him. "Do you want to be awake tomorrow in class?" she asked.
Harry sighed at that. "Alright, I will see you tomorrow then. Night Hermione. Night Ginny." he said. Then he disappeared into the boys dorm.
Hermione waved after him, then turned around to Ginny. "Let's go sleep then?" she asked her.
Ginny gave her a small smile. "Okay." she said almost powerless. Hermione gave her a sympathetically look. This wasn't the Ginny she knew. This was just a empty shell of herself almost like after the chamber of Secrets incident.
"Ginny, are you feeling alright?" she asked concerned.
Ginny looked at her and gave her a faint smile. "I am okay, don't worry." she said.
Hermione knew she lied. The Weasleys were always a close family and it hit everyone of them very hard when Ron disappeared, but Ginny was Ron's closest sibling not just in age. It hit her the hardest.
"It's okay, if you want to let it out." she said to Ginny. She often already cried after Ron disappeared. It became a bit better, but his dea...no disappearance affected her hard.
Ginny sighed at this. A wave of sadness were reflected in her chocolate brown eyes which almost broke Hermione's heart.
"It's hard, alright. I...I just lost one of my brothers...one of my closest and it's hard to deal with it." she said.
Hermione looked at her softly. "I know how you feel." she said.
Ginny shook her head. "No you don't." she said.
Hermione frowned at this. "He was my best friend, don't you think I won't feel anything?" he asked.
Ginny crossed her arms. "Really? You didn't really act like one when you always pointed out Ron's flaws." she said.
Hermione looked at her shocked. Tears came into her eyes when she realized that Ginny was right.
"Oh god, I..." she said trailing off. She wanted to say something, but her throat got sour. Tears were blurring her sight.
Ginny gasped at her own words. "Hermione, I..."
Hermione shook her head looking down. "No, you are right, I was a horrible friend. I didn't even realized that I was hurting Ron..." she said.
Ginny approached her. Hermione looked up and saw that she had tears in her eyes too. "No, I...I shouldn't have said that. I...I am just upset today. If someone should be guilty then it should be me." she said with tears in her eyes.
Hermione stared at Ginny in surprise. "You? But...why?" she croaked through her throat.
Ginny blinked some of her tears away. "I...I haven't been a good sister to him recently always making fun of him together with Fred and George. I think we drove it too far." she said.
Hermione shook her head. "No...those were just sibling quarrel. That is normal." she said.
Ginny wiped a few tears away. "Really Hermione? I don't remember even the last time I properly talked to Ron. I...I just feel so horrible." she said.
Tears were running down Hermione's cheek now. She felt so horrible for what she did. As she thought about it, she was as bad as Ron sometimes when it came to tact. Ron's actions may be more obvious, like last year when he was angry at Harry or her at the Yule Ball, but that didn't mean her actions weren't bad too.
"Me too Gin...I...I should have known he felt this way." she said. She remembered the time when Ron was avoiding Harry because of the Age Line incident. Sure he was acting like an immature prat, but at that time all of his negative emotions have been released by this single event. She knew it...at that time she knew how Ron felt. How could she forgot?
Ginny just nodded numbly. "I...I probably should go to sleep now." she said shakily. Tears weren't running down her cheeks anymore, but her eyes were red.
At her words Hermione immediately hugged the youngest Weasley. Ginny looked surprised by this, but let Hermione hug her.
"We...we will find him. He will come back. I know it." Hermione whispered to the younger girl.
Ginny didn't said anything. She just let her friend hug her. For a while nobody said something. They just stood there hugging each other.
After a while Ginny broke out of the hug. "We should really go to sleep now." she said. Hermione just nodded. All her emotions that she hid the last few days were there again.
"Yeah...we probably should." she said. Ginny nodded and they both went upstairs. Hermione didn't even noticed that they were heading upstairs. She was too busy thinking about what could have happened to Ron.
"Hermione...thanks." she heard Ginny saying to her. Hermione blinked. They were already in the dormitories. How did she not noticed? She looked around. Lavender and Parvati were already sleeping although you could hear Lavender snore a bit.
"For what?" Hermione asked confused.
Ginny smiled at her. "For comforting me. I...I really needed that. Thanks." she said.
Hermione smiled at her. "No problem. That what friends are for right?" she said.
Ginny nodded and smiled at her. "Thanks. Night Hermione." she said yawning.
This caused Hermione to yawn too. She was a bit tired. "Night Ginny." she said changing her clothes. Then she lied into her bed. She thought about Ron. What would happen if they saw each other again? Would he hate her? Would everything be the same? She didn't knew. She just hoped that he was alright. She looked back at Ginny. She was already asleep.
Hermione sighed. Ever since Ron has disappeared she didn't really laughed anymore. His disappearance have affected her more than she would have thought. It pained her. There was nobody to cheer up their mood anymore or as strange as it sounds nobody that challenged her anymore. Ron challenged her far more than someone who was really similar to her. He showed her the other side of life. Being more relaxed, joking around, not to take everything seriously. And because of his sometimes very special opinion on something Hermione could show her debate skills now and then. But mostly she missed him as her best friend. He was like the one that held the whole trio together. Without him...it was empty, just dull.
Hermione blinked some tears away that were in her eyes. He was so important to her, but she never really appreciated him. Instead of being there for him she just criticized everything. What if he was dead because of her stupid?
Hermione shook her head at this. No...he had to be alive. He just had to.
The thoughts about Ron were invading her mind. For a while still she thought about her missing best friend. Then after what felt like hours she let the sleep cover her body and the fell asleep dreaming about Ron.
I have finally finished the new chapter! Yay! Sorry for not updating sooner. Real life got me. I hope you liked this chapter and I hope I didn't made anyone OOC. From now on I will try to switch between Ron and Hermione (a bit of Harry and maybe Ginny). This is going to be a long story and I don't know when it will end. I will try to update sooner next time. Please leave a review to let me know if you liked or disliked this chapter or story.