A Perfect Love

Chapter 4: Accidents and Romantic Encounters -- PG-13

Summary: During a game of Quidditch, Ron has a terrible accident and is desperate to be near Hermione.

"There he is," Draco Malfoy said. "Now go get him." He was speaking to Fiona Perkins, a pretty girl in Slytherin. She walked straight up to Ron and gave him a huge kiss on the lips. He struggled to get away.

"Oh, my God," Hermione said. Ron was making out with another girl. She stalked away.

Ron pulled away from her. "What are you doing?" Fiona looked to the side. "Looks like it's too late now." Ron looked to the side and saw Hermione walking away.

"HERMIONE!" he shouted. He ran to her and said, "Hermione. What did you see?"

"I saw you kissing Perkins back there."

"No. She just came up to me and kissed me. I had nothing to do with it," he said.

"Give me a break. You're so full of it."

Ron woke up, ice cold. He looked outside and saw that it was almost morning. So he went outside to the Quidditch changing rooms and put on his Quidditch robes and got ready for the first Quidditch match of the season. After a pep talk, they went outside to play. Ron looked up and saw Hermione up in the stands. Their eyes met and she blew him a kiss. He waved. They took off and the Quaffle was released. Ron hurtled to the goal hoops.

He saw a Hufflepuff beater swing his club at a Bludger and it hit him square in the stomach. His breath went out of him as he lost control of his broom. He fell down ... down ... down ... and his broom crashed into the ground.

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"roooonnnnn ..." A hazy voice said. "waaaaakkkkke uuuuuuup"

He opened his eyes and saw a huge mess of bushy brown hair. "Herm ... herm ...i ...

"Ron!" she cried and threw her arms around him. "Thank goodness!"

"That's enough, Miss Granger," Madam Pomfrey said as she walked into the room. "He needs his strength after breaking ten bones in his hand and arm and five bones in his legs."

"But his bones aren't broken any longer, are they?" she said worriedly.

"Of course not, but his arms and legs are still rather weak. He still needs to stay here for the remainder of the week."

"The week?!" Hermione shouted.

"Yes. And there is no need to shout, Miss Granger."

"I'm sorry. Well, I'd better get along to Transfiguration. Bye," she said and gave him a kiss.

"Bye," he said and slipped into unconsciousness.

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"What happened with Ron?" Harry whispered in Transfiguration.

"Fifteen bones broken. Ten in the arms, five in the legs."

"Wow. And he's all right?" he said curiously.

"Yes, thank goodness."

"Mr. Potter! Miss Granger! If you would kindly pay attention!"

They snapped their heads up and listed to how they were supposed to transfigure metal into glass.

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"Madam Pomfrey, is he going to be okay?"

"Of course he will, dear," she said. "He'll just have to rest for a few more days, and he'll be right as rain."

"Thank you," she said, and Madam Pomfrey left. Hermione went to Ron's bedside. "Ron, wake up." Instantly, he woke up.

"Hi, Hermione," he said. "How are you?"

"I've been better, Ron," she said, "and you had better not scare me like that again!" she said. "I thought you might be ... you know ..."

"Oh, Hermione," he said, and tried to pull his head up, but a Binding Charm had been placed on his bed after Madam Pomfrey saw how close Ron and Hermione had gotten. She didn't want him to get out of bed and go back to her when he needed to rest. Hermione saw what he was trying to do and leaned down and kissed him. Hermione's wand fell out of her robe pocket and hit the magical ropes, and they vanished. Ron immediately jerked up and put his hand around Hermione.

Madam Pomfrey came in and saw them. "Necto lepor!" she shouted. Ron snapped down as the Binding Charm was placed upon his bed again. Hermione turned around and saw Madam Poppy Pomfrey standing there, looking as stern as ever.

"Sorry, Madam Pomfrey." She picked up her wand and went to the door. "Goodbye, Ron."

"Goodbye, Hermione." She left. Madam Pomfrey started to fill his water pitcher.

"Mr. Weasley, what am I going to do with you?"

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After the week was over, Ron was finally let out of bed. He changed into his school robes and immediately ran to the common room. Hermione wasn't there, so he checked in the boys' dormitory. She wasn't there. So without thinking, he ran up the stairs to the girls' dormitory. It turned into the slide again, so he grabbed on to the banister on the wall and slowly climbed up. He tore the door open and saw Hermione alone in the girls' dormitory.

"Ron!" she cried. "How did you get up here?"

"I climbed up the banister."

She ran to him and kissed him. They backed up and landed on her bed. Hermione's shirt got ripped off in the struggle. Both of them shouted "Evanesco." His shirt vanished and her bra vanished. They rolled over and over and over again. Hermione rolled off the bed. She looked down at herself and went to her trunk and put another bra and shirt on.

"Hermione, what is it?" he asked.

"I'm not sure I'm ready for this."

"But Hermione - " he said, and stopped. He waved his wand at himself and produced his shirt back. He went back down the stairs, and for some reason the stairs didn't turn into the slide, but he didn't care. He went to the dormitory and found no one there. He lay on his bed and went to sleep.

He dreamed of Hermione walking up to him and saying, "Ron, I'm sorry, but I have decided to run away with Neville."

"NEVILLE?! Neville ... Neville Longbottom?"

"Yes. I'm really sorry. Come on, Neville."

He saw Neville walking past him and sticking out his tongue and smiling on the way to the door.

"Ron? Ron?! RON!!!!!!" he heard someone shout in the distance. He woke up, and saw Harry and Dean Thomas by his bed looking wide-eyed. "Are you okay?" Harry said.

"Yeah," Dean said, "your face turned red and you were tossing and turning like mad."

"It's okay. I'm fine. I'm fine." They left. He closed the curtains on his bed and sat up, thinking.