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"Gin? What have you and Mione been up to, lately? Seems like the only time I see either of you is during breakfast or lunch, and rarely at dinner," Ronald huffs from across the table.

I smile inwardly. I can't help it. For the past month, I have felt nothing but elation. And that is far better than the constant knots I felt in my stomach at any time I spent with Ronald.

"We haven't been up to much. She's just been helping me study for my OWLS, is all. Why do you ask, dear brother?" Ginny's smug grin flashes at him.

Ronald picks at his food; something I've never seen him do.

"Well I miss Hermione," he confesses in a quiet voice.

A month ago, I would have felt bad. Not today. Ginny takes hold of my hand under the table. I squeeze her fingers and she squeezes mine. She leans in close.

"It's time," she whispers in my ear.

Ginny, Harry and I are sitting in my dorm, between classes.

Harry is staring at me with that peculiar look, again.

"Harry… Hermione and I have something to tell you. I think you already know what we're going to say… I think you've known for quite some time now."

Harry is silent. His dark forest green eyes are hard to read, as his expression.

"Hermione and I are together."

More silence.

"I've known. All this time, I've known," he replied. "I'm not sure if I should be elated that you two have finally gotten together, or completely sad. I think I'm a bit of both."

I clear my throat, unsure of how to respond. Gin squeezes my fingers tighter.

"I'm in love, you see."

Well that's the last thing I expected Harry Potter to say.

"With whom?" I manage to croak. My throat has suddenly become very dry.

"I'm in love with Ron. Maybe now that you two are together, you'll tell him and he'll stop fawning over you, Hermione. I just want him to notice me."

A very pregnant pause fills the room. I glance at Gin, who is sitting beside me on my bed. She glances back and forth between me and Harry, who is sitting on a Gryffindor themed wingback chair across from us.

"How long?" Ginny asks.

"Since I met him on the train for the first time. Since always… I don't know what it is about you Weasleys. Maybe it's the red hair. Or those silvery blue eyes that you all seem to share. I fell in love with him a long time ago and he has never noticed."

A very sad air hangs around Harry.

"I'm happy for the both of you, really. Good luck when you tell him. Hopefully he'll come running to me. I'll be ready for him."

Harry stands and gives us both a kiss on the forehead. He pivots, and leaves the room.

"Mione?"

"Yes, love?"

"Is it just me, or did all of that go completely different than the way you expected it to?"

"No…It's not just you, Ginerva."

All of my days seem to be running together. I blink once, and suddenly another day is gone. All I have to look forward to is the fire haired princess that keeps a warm place available in my bed every night.

Another month has passed. February rolls in, bringing blizzards and long winter storms with it. And still, I haven't found a way to break the news to Ronald. Not only is Ronald ignorant of what's happening between his sister and I, but I'm robbing Harry of his chance to be with him—if there is such a chance.

Ginny and I have been careful to watch every move we make. The only time we let go and be free with one another is behind the closed door of my private dormitory. Harry hasn't given me that peculiar look in over a month. Ronald has stopped asking what's going on between Ginny and I, assuming it's only some "girl issues".

Girl issues, indeed.

"Mione?"

"Yes, love?"

Ginny fidgets for a moment.

"What is it, Gin? Talk to me."

"Valentine's Day is coming up. Would you…like to be my Valentine?"

I blush madly. The colors in her cheeks are currently giving her hair a run for its money.

"Of course, Gin. Yes," I somehow manage to respond.

"And another thing, Mione…"

"Yes, love?"

"I want to tell Ron."

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