Hermione Granger and the Two Lovers

Chapter Nineteen

Hermione dashed through the common room and through the doors to the boys' dormitory. She barely noticed people in the common room staring at her when she ran through the boys' door, rather than the girls'.

Hermione burst through the double doors into the boys' dormitory, not even thinking about the fact that there were boys in there.

"This is the boys' dormitory! GET OUT!" Seamus yelled, standing by his bed in his blue plaid underwear.

"Seamus, I'm not looking at you!" Hermione told him. "By the way, nice knickers," she commented.

Seamus quickly pulled up his pants and turned away, obviously embarrassed.

"Where's Ron?" Hermione asked, noticing his absence.

"I'll get him for you," Dean said, knocking on the bathroom door. "Ron! Hermione's here!"

Hermione heard a muffled yelling that sounded like, "I'll be out in a minute!"

Hermione turned to Dean and said, "Tell him to meet me outside the Fat Lady's portrait. I need to talk to him."

"Ooh," the boys called after her as Hermione headed down the stairs.

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Hermione sat on the stairs outside the Fat Lady's portrait. How will Ron take this? What if he doesn't really fancy me?

She kept reminding herself that Harry believed Ron fancied her.

Someone tapped her on the shoulder. Hermione turned around and said, "Ron, it's about- Oh, Harry, sorry. I thought you were-"

"Ron, I know," Harry ended her sentence. "Did you, er, think about what I said?"

Hermione didn't trust herself to speak, so merely nodded, tears welling in her eyes.

"And?" Harry asked.

Hermione's mouth went dry, but she managed to say, "You were right."

Harry smirked and said, "I know."

Hermione gave him a playful punch before he entered the common room.

The tears in her eyes slid down her face while she waited for Ron.

"Hermione, what's going on?" Ron's voice asked from behind her. Hermione stood up and turned toward him. "Seamus said something about his knickers and- Hermione? What's wrong?" he asked, noticing the tears on her cheeks.

"Is it Harry again? Did he do something to you?" Ron asked worriedly.

Hermione shook her head and bit her lip. Suddenly, Hermione threw her arms around Ron's neck. Ron stumbled, but regained his balance and gently wrapped his arms around her.

Hermione pulled away to explain, but then realized she had no idea what to say.

"Ron, can you pull me towards you, like you did in the hospital wing?" Hermione asked.

Ron smiled and nodded. He slowly grabbed her hands and pulled her towards him.

Hermione closed her eyes and tilted her head to the right. She moved closer to him, little by little. It seemed to take ages for their lips to meet, but when they did, Hermione knew it was well worth the wait.

She felt as though someone had set off a box of Weasley's Wildfire Whiz-bangs that Fred and George had made. Hermione immediately knew that this was who she'd be with twenty years from now.