Hermione Granger neatly placed the last book in her trunk. Looks a bit full, She thought as she closed the trunk. It's not closing! she stood there horror-struck.

 What would Ron do in a situation like this? Hermione thought a smile forming on her face. She could just imagine Ron saying, 'Herm! Are you MAD? It looks as if you stole all the books from the library and stuffed it in your trunk!' He was always exaggerating when it came to Hermione and her books.

Hermione left her trunk and sat down on her bed. Her thoughts drifted to yesterday afternoon…

Flashback

Hermione was in Diagon Alley with Harry Potter.

"So, Harry, have you heard from Ron?" Hermione asked turning her head to look at an item in a store. She didn't want Harry to see her cheeks turning pink.

"Er…yeah, just yesterday I got a letter from him." Harry replied after a few seconds of hesitation.

"What'd he say?" Hermione asked looking at Harry, he was acting very peculiar for some reason.

"Oh, you know Ron. Always chatting about how Percy's being a git for making his Mum so miserable and um, stuff."

Hermione raised one of her eyebrows, "Stuff…?"

Harry gave her a guilty smile, "Sorry, I can't really tell you. It's er…guy stuff."

Hermione narrowed her eyes at him but before she could say anything, she heard a familiar voice call out, "Oy! Granger! Potter!"

They turned and saw four Weasley's approaching them. All with full on grins.

Hermione felt her heart jump when she spotted Ron in the back of the twins, George and Fred.

"What's shakin'?" George asked and added, "besides Fred, he took a dose of the Wobbly cream cakes a few minutes ago and he hasn't stopped since."

Hermione averted her eyes to Fred and noticed that his arms were shaking a great deal. It looked like that time Lockhart made Harry's bones disappear.

Harry laughed, "That's brilliant! Maybe I can use that to get out of Potions this year."

Ron gave a short laugh, "Ha! I don't think that would work Harry. Snape wouldn't let you out of his classroom unless you're literally dying in his classroom. But, for some reason I don't think he would let you go even if that happened."

"You're right, mate!" George exclaimed slapping Ron hard on the back.

Ron made a face but didn't say anything. Suddenly, he looked at Hermione and grinned, "You alright there, Hermione?"

This is just Ron Hermione thought to herself, trying to calm her nerves.

"Mm mm." She mumbled. Mm mm? Hermione what the hell are you doing? She scolded herself. As if 'mm mm' was such a witty answer.

She felt her cheeks flush. Ron was still looking at her and smiling.

"So, uh…Ginny!" Hermione exclaimed as if she and Ginny were a million miles away from each other.

She noticed Harry, George, Ron, and Fred giving her weird looks.

Ginny looked as if she were trying to hold back a huge smile, "You alright there Hermione?" she asked her eyes twinkling mischievously.

Hermione laughed, "Shut up!" She mouthed to Ginny when Ron and the other boys were engaged in their Quidditch Talk.

Ginny rolled her eyes, "He wouldn't notice anything. He's too dense."

Hermione looked at Ron from the corner of her eye, he was laughing at some joke Harry made. She just loved the way his whole face lit up when he laughed.

"You look like you want to eat him up right here and now!" Ginny whispered loudly. Then, she wrinkled her nose in disgust as if the image of what she just said entered her mind.

Hermione gasped and hit Ginny on the arm, "I swear one day he'll hear you!"

Ginny dissolved in giggles and then stopped suddenly, her face turned serious, "You really like him a lot don't you?"

"Hey! What's all this bloody whispering about?" Fred asked loudly. He shook his arms in front of their faces, "It looks as if someone need some Wobbly cream cakes." He looked at Hermione, "Try one." He said pulling out a cream cake from his pocket.

"Er…no thanks Fred." Hermione said pushing his hand away.

Fred pretended to be sad, "This really hurts, Hermione. And you know exactly where it hurts? Right here." He lifted his right hand and put it over his heart.

Ginny rolled her eyes, "Oh please."

"Leave her alone, Fred." Ron said standing in-between Hermione and Fred.

"Aww…ickle Ronnikins protecting his girlfriend?" George asked and then burst out laughing.

Ron turned ten shades of red.

"Come on Weasley's, it's time to buy the rest of your school supplies!" Mrs. Weasley said stepping out of a store, "Well, except for you, Fred and George."

As George, Fred, and Ginny walked away with Mrs. Weasley, Hermione noticed that Ron was still standing in front of her.

"Don't worry with those two gits," he said to Hermione and then turned to Harry, "See you at the station." His eyes kept averting from Harry to Hermione, and then finally he said, "Bye." And gave Hermione a pat on the shoulder.

"See you, Ron." Harry replied with an amused looked on his face.

"Bye." Hermione replied softly as she watched him turn and run to where his family were standing and waiting for him.

End of flashback

"Hermione!" Her mother called from the hall, making her come back to reality. Then, suddenly, she remembered something, how was she going to handle this up coming school year if she would be with Ron 24/7?

Hermione felt a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach, and the worst part was that Ron didn't even know that she liked him like that.

What am I going to do?