Rather Late -Hermione-

[Ron Weasley]

Ron simply nodded at first. It had been stupid for him to tell her that she was making friends with the enemy and betraying Harry. He knew Hermione would never betray Harry and that she also had helped Harry throughout most of the competition. She won't just stop helping a friend because she was dating someone else that was competing Harry. Plus, he was certain she was rooting for Harry more then Krum at least it seemed that way anyways. She wasn't the type of person to just leave when someone better came along seeing as Harry was in her life a lot longer then Krum and such. Plus, if anyone really had betrayed Harry it was him when he had decided to be upset with Harry for being in the competition but luckily for him that fight didn't last long it was a horrible fight though. Ron should of known Harry didn't want the attention. He decided to just drop the conversation now though and he figured his nod of the head was enough they didn't need to bring up the Yule Ball anymore then they had to it was a crummy ball.

Ron gave a short smile glancing at her out of the corner of his eye. When she had said he was brave and loyal he didn't see how she thought that. He was scared of spiders for crying out loud. Then again that was about it and he had faced spiders before he hated it but he did what he had to do. He was a pretty loyal friend as well he assumed for the most part anyways. He tried not to turn his back on his friends but sometimes he had he frowned a bit and shrugged his shoulders. He decided against arguing with her about it though. He looked in her eyes for a brief moment putting on a smile and then stated a simple. " Alright..." all he knew was that his feelings were real for her and she liked him it was all so unreal though but he was going to come to some common sense sooner or later and realize everything that had just happened.

Ron watched out of the corner of his eye when she stood up and came and sat down next to him. He turned to look at her and then was completely taken by surprise when she had placed her lips on his. He didn't exactly know how to react. His eyes were wide and he know knew that his face was probable more red then it ever had been before. " I... what.. why..." he coughed a bit and then swallowed hard stumbling over his words. " What was that for?" he asked her.

[``hermione jean granger]

Hermione just stared at Ron, realizing that this situation was too good to be true. She had obviously overstepped the line, Ron didn't like her that much apparently. She just sat there staring at his red face, too embarrassed to move. "God, you are such an idiot!her head screamed. She had moved too fast, in an attempt to show Ron that she really did like him, she probably drove him away. "I'm...sorry. I didn't know that wasn't okay..." Hermione inched away from him on the couch and dropped her hand from his. She was totally and completely humiliated by her own actions. Hermione was so incredibly stupid when it came to boys.

"I..just...you didn't seem to believe me when I said I liked you, and I just wanted to show you I did like you...I'm so sorry." Hermione couldn't think straight. She had been basically rejected after she thought she was in the clear. She looked away from him, for she couldn't bear to face him like this. Hermione picked at the fraying end of her tee shirt and tried to pretend that she didn't just make a fool of herself. All she could do was pray that Ron wouldn't freak out and avoid her for the rest of the year. Ron and Harry were better friends than Harry and Hermione, so she lose both Harry and Ron. Her mind started swimming with the worst case scenarios that could result from that one stupid little kiss.

Hermione looked back up at Ron's bright red face. Maybe it wouldn't be as bad as she thought, but then again Hermione always thought the worst. She just starred at Ron, unable to move.

[Ron Weasley]

Ron was still in shock after everything that happened. He knew his face was probable still beat red. But, he quickly regretted not saying something better to her afterword. He was just a bloody idiot. What was he thinking asking her why she had done that!? It's not that he hadn't liked that she kissed him because he had it just took him off guard. But, she was now saying sorry he could tell she was getting the wrong idea at the moment about why he had asked and when she dropped his hand he frowned a bit. Gosh, he was such an idiot.

He looked at Hermione and reached over and grabbed her hand into his again and lightly rubbed the top of her hand with his thumb trying to get her to look at him. " Hermione... when I asked I didn't mean it as in... grr... Hermione why did you do that, I didn't want you to do that..." he tried to explain to her giving a nervous laugh and with the other hand that wasn't holding onto her hand he reached up and rubbed the back of his neck one of his nervous habits not to many people ever noticed from him. " I was just taken off guard when you did that... that's all it's not like I didn't like it and it was so not the wrong thing to do..." he told her with a light smile on his face.

The hand that was rubbing his neck now was lightly placed on her cheek as he swallowed a bit hard grinning at her as he laid a soft kiss on her lips before pulling back. Hoping she won't get upset with him for it. She had kissed him already once but that didn't mean she wanted him to kiss her now. " You shouldn't say sorry for something like that..." he said a tiny grin still on his face as he laughed a bit it was however a nervous laugh though.

[``hermione jean granger]

Hermione let out a sigh when Ron reached out and grabbed her hand again. She was being ridiculous, Ron still liked her. The smile returned to her face when Ron explained that he didn't mean she was wrong in kissing him, and she understood. Ron was never articulate and his reaction made sense. "I'm sorry, I'm such a pessimist, I instantly thought the worst. Oops!"She smacked her forehead with her palm. For someone who was supposedly really intelligent she was surprising obtuse sometimes. She was relieved that he enjoyed the brief kiss as much as she did. Things were finally starting to fall into place.

Hermione was surprised when Ron leaned in to kiss her again, and it instantly made her happy. She smiled widely at Ron, and lightly squeezed his hand. This moment was everything she'd hoped it would be. She was still amazed that it was even happening, before tonight she would have never thought that Ron would feel the same way she did. Hermione just assumed that Ron saw her as the same dorky, frizzy haired geek she was in her first and second years. She never would have imagined he thought of her as attractive and likable. "It seems so silly now that I was terrified to tell you my feelings. I'm really really glad I did, I can't even explain how happy I am."

Hermione reached up to Ron's face and kissed him lightly for a little longer this time. "However I do find it ironic that two prefects are lounging around the common room in the middle of the night kissing," she joked. "But it is quite nice." Hermione wished that this moment could last a lifetime. She didn't want to go to sleep tonight, she just wanted to sit here.

[Ron Weasley]

" Don't do that..." Ron lectured her a bit when she had hit her palm against her forehead. He then grabbed that hand and held onto it as if it would stop her from hitting herself again. It really wasn't a big deal that she had done that he doubted it really hurt her but he didn't like to see her hitting herself. He then proceeded to give her a quick kiss on the forehead his face bright red not sure if that was the right thing to do or not. She wasn't exactly his girlfriend yet... he hadn't asked her and she hadn't asked him or anything and that was something a boyfriend would probable do... wait wasn't that the same thing with kissing her? Well, he wasn't exactly sure his and Lavender's relationship went unsaid that they were together and what not. Maybe, him and Hermione were together he wasn't sure. It was kind of confusing for him this was his best friend it was more complicated then what he had with Lavender but whatever him and Hermione had was better then what him and Lavender had.

" Hermione... what exactly are we now?" he questioned. He didn't know if they were still just friends that kissed once in awhile and liked each other or if they were together now and what about Harry and Ginny what were they going to tell them. He knew the two would be over joyed that they admitted to each other that they liked each other and all. He kind of hoped that him and Hermione though could have a good relationship like Harry and Ginny those two were crazy for each other and were not afraid to show it.

Ron grinned when she exclaimed how happy she was and he nodded his head. " Well, I'm happy too... that was honestly what was keeping me up tonight..." he told her with a nervous laugh letting go of just one of her hands now as he rubbed the back of his neck. At least now maybe, he'd be able to sleep he didn't have this inside of his head. Except tonight he was going to end up being on Cloud Nine whenever he ended up going back to the dorms he won't be able to sleep because all he'd think of was Hermione... yet again... but this time in a good way not a haunting way... well, it was haunting to him anyways she invaded his mind and made him feel heartbroken without even knowing it but it seemed as if his heart was pretty much fixed now.

Ron laughed a bit his hand dropping to his side now when she said it was ironic they were two prefects out here kissing. " Well... it's not ironic for me..." he paused. " I mean setting a so called bad example because I've never been the best at following rules... you however... well, thats the shocker part..." he told her. " It looks like I've already made you a rule breaker..." he told her with a smug look on his face but, then again Hermione could be a rebel like with Umbridge and walking out in Divination and just leaving after curfew with him and Harry for missions it wasn't something that new but, if they were caught it would be new.

[``hermione jean granger]

Hermione smiled as Ron kissed her forehead, it was such a sweet gesture. Hermione fell in love with the goofy, charming and funny side of Ron and it was nice to see a different side of him. After he kissed her forehead she leaned in and lightly kissed his cheek. It was cute how overprotective he was, he didn't even want her hitting her forehead. Hermione felt protective of him too, but she knew that Ron could take care of himself to some degree. She did worry about the next time they faced Voldemort. Would she lose Ron or Harry?

She shook the thoughts from her mind, and listened when Ron asked what their relationship was. Truthfully Hermione wanted to be his girlfriend, and constantly daydreamed about dating him. She envisioned lunches by the lake, holding hands in the corridors, kissing under the mistletoe at Christmas time. Hermione wanted nothing more than to make her relationship with Ron official, and she didn't want to be some girl he kissed in the common room late at night. "Well, I've never really asked something this, so here it goes. I'm sorry if it sounds stupid," she began. Hermione drew in a deep breath. "Ron, I really like you and I want to date you. Will you be my boyfriend?" She sounded blunt, but Hermione didn't know what else to say.

Hermione smiled as Ron said that Hermione was the reason he was up tonight. "Lucky we were on each other's minds, or else we wouldn't have met up here tonight." She tucked a stray piece of hair behind her ear. She was nervous about Ron's response to her question. He'd already said he liked her, so he would want to date her, right? She rubbed the top of his hand lightly with her index finger. She needed to relax, she was getting ahead of herself.

"It is your fault I'm a rule breaker. If I hadn't met you and Harry I wouldn't have broken half the rules I've broken so far. Ron, you are a bad influence," she joked. She had come a long way from the uptight girl she was in her first few years. After helping Sirius Black escape from the Dementors, she realized that the rules weren't black and white. She had to break a few rules in order to do the right thing.

[Ron Weasley]

Ron’s face turned a tad red when she had kissed his cheek and he was still doing everything in his power not to reach up and touch his lips and cheeks. It was still way too unreal for him he had just kissed Hermione Granger! After, all of these years he would have never guessed that he’d actually have kissed Hermione Granger! At, first it was because the two didn’t really get along the first few years at Hogwarts the two were always in fights. Then he was sure it would never happen because he was crushing on the girl and he didn’t think she would return the feelings. But, not that she had he was thrilled. He still felt on Cloud Nine he was just hoping it wasn’t a dream but, he was sure it wasn’t a dream. It couldn’t be he won’t allow it and if it was he knew he was going to have to man up and tell Hermione how he felt about her because he wanted to be able to kiss her because it was an awesome feeling.

Ron was rather glad that she had been the one to ask him to be her boyfriend because he won’t have probable had the courage to ask her. He barley even had the courage to speak at the moment as he was just staring at her nodding his head his face still beat red. “Yes!” He said rather loudly his eyes going wide as he realized how loud he was and now he was extremely embarrassed as he looked around the Common Room sighing a bit in relief glad that he hadn’t woken anyone up. He then finally stopped nodding his head giving her a silly grin. ”oops..." he mumbled under his breath a bit giving a nervous laugh.” So, you’re my girlfriend?" he kind of questioned it although the smile had yet to leave his face.

Ron grinned at her a bit and nodded his head. ”Yeah, who needs luck potion when it seems as if we have luck on are side already?" he asked shaking his head not. This was far from the truth however. They needed as much luck as they could get when they were going to be going into battle with Voldomort. Ron now laughed a bit when she called him a bad influence and he gave her a smirk. " Aww, I'm sorry. But, your rebel side is pretty cool..." he told her. “And, I may be a bad influence... but, yet you still seemed to fall for me. I guess it's true girls can't really resist a bad boy" he said holding back a laugh smirking at her. Although, Ron wasn't really a bad boy in sense. He was a good girl and only got into trouble when he was just trying to help Harry save the world.

[``hermione jean granger]

Hermione grinned broadly as Ron yelled he'd like to date her. She couldn't believe this was really happening to her. She was Ron Weasley's girlfriend. She loved the sound of that. She was finally getting what she wanted, and all she wanted was Ron. She couldn't help but giggle at Ron's overzealous response to her question. He got overexcited sometimes, and it was absolutely adorable. They two had some a long way to reach this point. Hermione detested Ron for the beginning of her first year when he made her hideout in the girl's bathroom and cry all evening. It also happened that mountain troll almost took of Hermione's head because she was in that bathroom. However, Ron and Harry had come to the rescue and saved her. That was when Ron had truly become her friend.

Ron and Hermione had constantly fought throughout their friendship, but they always forgave each other in the end. Now, their relationship had changed for the better. They were dating. "Yeah, I guess that makes me your girlfriend. And as my first act as your girlfriend..." She leaned in and kissed Ron wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling herself closer to him. She broke away from the kiss, and sat next to him, leaning her head against his shoulder. "Yeah, I definitely could get used to this girlfriend thing."

Hermione couldn't stop smiling. Nothing about this seemed real. She was finally in a relationship with the boy she was in love with. She felt like the luckiest girl in the world right now. "I don't need luck, however you and Harry are going to need luck to pass Potions this year," she joked. She didn't want to think about Voldemort right now. Thinking about the upcoming battle would spoil her mood. "I'm a pretty cool rebel, huh? Maybe I'll have to break some more rules." Hermione rolled her eyes when Ron said she'd fallen for the bad boy. "Yes Ron, I find you irresistible because you are so bad. You caught me," she laughed. It was so easy to jo,e around with him.

[Ron Weasley]

Ron had a wide grin on his face when she exclaimed that it did mean she was his girlfriend. He spoke out loud yet again without realizing it. “Hermione Granger is my girlfriend…” he said with a proud grin on his face. It was all so unreal and he still was having a hard time believing this was a dream but he was so glad it wasn’t a dream. He’s had many dreams by now of hooking up with her but; none have ever been as good as the real thing. It was an amazing thought that she was with him. He never thought in a millions years she’d actually like him back. When she kissed him he kissed her back with a lot more passion then the first two kisses showing her just how long he had wanted to be with her. Wanted to be able told her and kiss her and just be able to tell her just how much he liked her and now that he could it was a wonderful feeling.

He at first awkwardly placed his hands on her waist. It felt unusual at first he wasn’t used to placing his hands on her waist without her pulling back. But, he was glad that she hadn’t pulled back. After the kiss was over he had a silly grin on his face. “Wow, you so much better then Lavender…” he exclaimed. Then his eyes went wide maybe, he shouldn’t have brought up Lavender. Then she’d be thinking that he was thinking of Lavender when they were kissing so he back tracked a bit. “When I’d kiss her… I always used to wish it was you…” he mumbled under his breath silently. This was actually a true fact no matter how much he had snogged Lavender for some reason he had just wanted to snog Hermione much more then he had ever actually wanted to be with Lavender. Lavender was crazy scary anyways. Hermione was his dream girl and he still couldn’t believe she was his.

Ron groaned a bit letting his forehead gently fall on top of Hermione’s as he shook his head a bit. “Hermione! Don’t talk about school after we just kissed it totally ruins everything…” he said with a grunt. Although he still had a smile on his face because he was obviously joking he didn’t think even if he did have school tomorrow that anything would ruin him kissing her he had liked it way to much it was a good thing he didn’t have school tomorrow as well seeing as he won’t be able to concentrate. “Dang, then I better make sure to keep my eyes on you when you’re with Malfoy… because he’s even more of a bad boy then me…” he told her with a smirk on his face now. He knew he’d be keeping a close eye though on her when she was near Malfoy but for different reasons like not wanting him to hurt her if he laid a hand on her actually for that matter if anyone laid a hand on her he’d kill them.