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Chapter Seventy – Nine
Ron opened the door to the head pupil’s quarters and wandered inside head down. He looked up and came face to face with Malfoy.
“Ah… erm... hey Draco”
“Ron”
“Look… erm I’m just going to go… it’s not been a good morning and doesn’t look like it’s about to get any better” he shuffled past and Draco turned
“I know you and Hermione broke up, I know why and I know you slept with Amy last night”
Ron had kept walking until the last thing he said came out of Draco’s mouth.
“You… know… and you’re not cursing the living daylights out of me?”
Draco smiled slyly “Look, me and Amy well – we finished last night as well, before you two-”
“Oh”
“I’m not going to curse you – as much as I want to” he walked forward to stand in front of him “So I’m just going to tell you to treat her better then you did Hermione, which I think will be easy since you get on so well”
“Amy and I haven’t really talked about anything…” his sentence drifted off “We kind of skipped that bit”
Draco rubbed his forehead with a grin “She does that a lot, gets right to business rather then talk – she does really like you though”
“Why are you telling me this?”
“So you know that I didn’t dump her over you, it was mutual, so you don’t feel guilty I guess – part of the new Draco”
“Well it’s scary”
“Tends to do that to people” he said holding out his hand to Ron “Just tell Hermione about her will you so I don’t have to explain your mess”
“Yeh – if she ever agrees to speak to me again” Said Ron taking his hand and being worried about what would happen next in case this was some sort of trick.
“She will, just give her some time”
“How do you know she will?” Ron watched his face suspiciously and taking his hand back,
“Because she’s a girl, it’s in her nature to forgive and forget even if she never intends to” he grinned and turned around to leave the quarters.
Ron stood there gobsmacked for a few minutes until a smile arose to his face. Things were going ok, he wasn’t dead, Hermione didn’t hate him yet… and he was with Amy. Amy, that amazing girl, he’d been taken in completely by and didn’t want to lose now he had her.
Hermione stepped out of her room, her eyes weren’t red or swollen, her face was serene and she walked right past him not taking any notice that she recognised his presence. She went into the kitchen helped herself to a glass of pumpkin juice and then headed back into the living room to sit on the couch. He was still standing there.
So this was it, it wasn’t going to be shouting and arguing it was to be silence, painful awkward silence and ignorance that he even existed.
She took a sip and then reached to the coffee table lifting up a book and beginning to read. Amy came out of her room all smiles when she saw Ron but then realised what he was staring at, Hermione.
“Ron are you all right?” she questioned and he turned to her and his face changed to a smile
“Fine Amy, will you give us a minute” he said and she nodded going into the kitchen as he sat on the couch opposite Hermione.
"Hermione” he started quietly,
“Ron” she said looking up from her book, “I hope you two are very happy together” Her eyes returned to the page.
“This is too weird, you and Draco are both so – so – well let’s just say - not bothered by what’s happened at all”
“Ron you weren’t happy with me, we both know that, you’ve found someone who makes you happy even if she was someone else’s girlfriend”
“She’s not with Draco anymore; he said they broke up mutually last night”
“Well that’s good for you then, it’s a shame I had to cry and go to pieces”
“Sorry” he mumbled
“That you couldn’t leave me in one piece with a simple reason instead of blowing your top at one little thing and denouncing everything we had?”
“Yeh”
“I hope you are, but on the other hand I don’t begrudge you anything, I had a good time with you for the most part” she smiled a little “Like I said I hope you’re happy with her, I hope she makes you happier then I could, see you around Ronald” she stood up and he blurted it out,
“I was with her last night”
“You don’t waste time do you” she smirked and picked up her book “I suggest you avoid me for a while, both of you” She spoke coldly and calmly unsettling him quickly.
“We’ll do that” he mumbled again and watched her leave the quarters.
He sighed and Amy came back in,
“Are we ok?” she asked, “I mean are we together after all of that?”
“If you want to be”
“Of course I do” she laughed and made her way towards him on the couch. She sat on his lap and he smiled wrapping his arms round her waist,
“No regrets?”She asked,
“Non what so ever” he smiled in reply and leaned into kiss her.
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Harry and Ginny sat down in the great hall eating there lunch, Hermione wandered in book in hand, calm and composed and placed her self opposite them.
“Afternoon you two” she smiled, she could feel the eyes on her which meant everyone knew about the complications between the head boy and girl,
“Hey Hermione” said Harry and Ginny simultaneously without meaning to,
Ginny went to say sorry but Hermione stopped her
“It’s ok, its quite funny really… lets get one thing straight, I don’t want to talk about anything that has happened including last night and this morning”
“But-”
“Gin please” She nodded in reply and looked up to see Draco approaching, Harry observed them carefully, trying to figure ok if they knew and spoke to Ginny in thought with a sigh.
‘They know about Ron and Amy don’t they’
‘Yeh, they’re pretending that it doesn’t bother them’
“Much appreciated if you talk to us not about us” smiled Draco,
Harry & Ginny blinked, “How do you know?” Harry asked,
“About Ron and Amy or that you two are talking about us in your heads?”
“Both” said Ginny,
“They told us” replied Hermione,
“And your eyes kind of glaze over still when you have a chat” Finished Draco, “But enough of that, lets eat” he smiled a little going for sandwiches.
Harry and Ginny nodded but as he looked up he saw Ron and Amy strolling in, hand in hand. They were walking over to them and Harry glared at him, with a look that said ‘I don’t think so’. He watched Ron rub his head and whisper to Amy who nodded, they sat further down the table with Dean, Seamus and Lavender.
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