A/N Chapter 3- something different next chapter, and I hope this one is better than the last! However if I don't get at least one helpful review then I won't be publishing another chapter, as I feel without your suggestions I can't carry on! Let me know if you want the Nuna romance to carry on or not please!
Ron and Hermione didn't really know what to do with themselves. In the last few days of term, after all the foreign students had left, they were lost. They would spend most of their time wandering about the grounds, holding hands grieving Harry's death one moment, and having extreme shouting matches the next. Today was one of the shouting days.
"You made him stay in the competition you inconsiderate ginger head" screamed Hermione.
"You pressured him into winning- if he was crap he wouldn't have got to the cup first you frizz ball of beaver face" retorted Ron.
"Yes, and as a result if he was crap he would have been killed…oh" replied a slightly smaller Hermione. She carried on- must always act brave, she said. Be a Neville.
"Butt-knuckle"
"Turnip face"
Clearly, both of them would get an Outstanding in insults and general sassiness. After a typical shouting match, they would both turn on their heels and promptly storm away, only to return and awkwardly apologise an hour later, saying that each other is all they have got now Harry went and kicked the bucket. Then Hermione would be temporarily relieved from her recently developed anxiety disorder, and Ron from his Low Self Esteem, and for around 2 hours in the evening they would be at peace. They would still be with heartache, but with temporary peace inside them, just in the company of each other.
Today is not one of those days. Today, Hermione had had enough. Her best friend was dead, and her best-friend-maybe-more-undecided was…well… being a jerk. She understood that we all grieve in different ways, and Ron had just lost his best friend, his brother, but seriously? You would have thought they could grieve together, or at least be able to talk about it and comfort each other.
At least she had Luna, Neville and Ginny. Well, really only Ginny, as Neville and Luna had 'unofficially' got together and were inseparable these days. They claimed they were comforting each other, but seriously who are they kidding. Hermione knew that they were really sneaking to the Room of Requirement and improving their kissing skills. It was sweet really, that Harry's death allowed Luna and Neville to get together, as they always felt awkward around each other when Harry was there.
Ron however was properly alone (as nearly all the Gryffindor boys had become sullen and awkward around him) and Hermione liked it that way. It gave her more power.