Try A Little Tenderness
 Category: Books » Harry Potter  Censor:  PG   Genre:  Romance
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It Christmas at Hogwarts and Ron and Hermione have their first falling out.
Harry and Ginny are over but over the holidays they begin to piece their
friendship back together. See what you think! Another Luce TF fic. I need a
new genre… romance is boring me now!

Try a Little Tenderness.

Hermione sighed and lay back in Rons arms. The common room fire was
roaring, Harry and Seamus were absorbed in wizard chess, Ginny was
listening to Lavender Brown chatting incessantly in her ear, giggling
shrilly every minute or so. She was trying not to look at Harry and he had
given up all attempts at ignoring her. Hermione couldn’t help noticing the
long lingering looks he threw at her every five minutes or so. Ginny she
could tell felt awful about finishing the whole thing but she was right.
Ginny wasn’t Cho and she always had a niggling doubt that Harry still
thought about her, No matter how Hermione and Ron had tried to convince her
Ginny wouldn't listen. What was the point in being with Harry if she
couldn’t be entirely content? There was no arguing with that. Hermione
looked up into Ron’s face as he rested his chin on her head.

"Hello," she whispered.

"Hi," he whispered back and kissed her on the cheek. Hermione blushed and
squeezed even closer to him. They sat like that for a long time. Hermione
yawned and stood up as she did a piece of parchment fell out of her pocket
that she failed to notice. Ron did however and picked it up and began to
read. Hermione looked down and saw what he was doing.

"Ron!" she cried and tried to grab it but he had finished reading already
and threw it at her feet with a look of disgust on his face. He mouthed
wordlessly at her and stormed out of the room towards the dorms. Harry,
Ginny and Seamus all looked up to see what was going on. Hermione had tears
in her eyes. Ginny walked over to her friend to see what was wrong. Harry
headed for the boy’s dorm. Seamus decided that was his cue to leave so he
and Lavender hurriedly left the room for a "walk".



Harry found Ron lying on his bed glaring up at the ceiling. Harry stood
awkwardly then after moments thought asked.

"What was it Ron?" (Although he had a very good idea)

"Oh, nothing but a LETTER from good old VIKKI." Spat Ron bitterly, sitting
up and glaring at the curtains at the foot of his bed. He crossed his arms
and fought against the burning ball in his chest that was telling him to
throw a chair, cry or scream. Or all three. He had never felt this strongly
in his life. Harry bit his lip and wondered what to say and silently
counted the odds of Ron throwing something heavy at his head if he said
something wrong, like the fact he had know for a month or so now that
Hermione and Krum were in touch but just as friends. Harry stood there in
silence. His mind wandered slightly. To Ginny. He had been so stupid. His
feelings for Cho were nothing now compared to Ginny but Ginny couldn’t see
that. He sighed. You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone, Hermione
said sagely in his mind. He frowned and then remembered where he was.

"Come on Ron, it can’t have been that bad. Hermione is mad about you!" said
Harry looking into his friend’s face. Ron grunted.

"Yeah well. So I thought," he muttered, "but love from Viktor. LOVE from
Viktor. And the way he was bloody carrying on you’d think they’d been
writing for months…which they probably have." He added bitterly. Harry
cleared his throat. Honest is the best policy. "Ah, Ron maybe you don’t
want to hear this right now, but Hermione didn’t tell you that she was
keeping in touch with Krum as friends because…"

"YOU KNEW?" exclaimed Ron his eyes blazing.

"BECAUSE she knew exactly how you would react. Like a frenzied chicken.
Which is what you’re acting like right now," added Harry firmly. "She
values Krum as a friend, same as me and same as you used to be before… well
everything. She really didn’t want to hurt you Ron. I think she’d have
rather done anything else before she hurt you." He waited for Ron’s
reaction. He contemplated what Harry had just said. He really did love
Hermione. Like nothing else. But he was angry. But was he angry enough to
let it ruin everything? He needed to speak to her in person. He jumped of
the bed and headed for the common room, Harry at his heels.



In the common room Hermione sat on an armchair, her puffy eyes staring into
the fire. Ginny sat watching her, her mind not really on anything. Except
Harry. Harry. She was really beginning to have a one-track mind. Everything
he had ever done or said to her, from his first clumsy, haphazard kiss and
their day in Hogsmeade circled round her mind. She frowned at herself and
forced herself to change the subject. She opened her mouth then in burst
Ron. Harry gave her an uncomfortable look and gestured towards the door.
She nodded and stood up. "Ah see ya." She mumbled and waved a hand. She
left the room with Harry hurriedly. Ron looked at Hermione, who’s eyes
immediately filled again.

"I’m so sorry Ron." She said in a strangled tone.

"Look Hermione I…" began Ron but stopped abruptly as he saw her start to
cry again. He hesitated then sat on the arm of the chair beside her and pt
an arm round her shoulder.

"I didn’t mean to…. I... I just wanted him as a friend and I never intended
anything to happen and nothing did Ron! You’ve got to believe me cos…cos if
I lose you then I…I…" she broke down again. Ron’s angry determination
melted. He stroked her hair.

"Hermione you’re not going to lose me. I’m right here. I suppose I’m just
hurt you didn’t tell me because I trust you. I really do. And what’s more,
I…" the words stuck in his throat. "I think I love you. I know I love you."
He took both her hands in his and kneeled in front of her.

"I’m sorry Hermione."

"Oh Ron!" she sobbed and fell onto his shoulder. He buried his head into
her hair and they stood like that for what seemed like forever. Ron tilted
her face up to his, wiped away her tears and kissed her very gently.
Hermione returned his kiss and neither of them noticed Harry and Ginny
returning hand in hand.

I might write a sequel of what happened with Harry and Ginny. Did it suck?
None of the characters or setting are mine they all belong to JK Rowling.
We are not worthy! R/R please!!

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