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Ronald B. Weasley (geroffme) wrote in wished,
@ 2010-07-18 22:48:00

Entry tags:

!incomplete, hermione granger, ron weasley

Who: Ron & Hermione
What: Post-Quidditch confusion
When: After the Bulgaria-Ireland game
Where: Hermione's flat
Warnings/Rating: TBA

The sound of the crowd was still ringing in Ron's ears when they arrived once again at Hermione's flat, and he thought he felt a little hoarse - but it was really nothing like the energy he'd felt after walking away from any other game, win or lose. It hadn't lasted all that long, for one thing - and then, the final applause had faded into a stadium full of confused muttering, and he'd left without knowing quite what to think. It had been a pretty fantastic game, even if Bulgaria's defense really ought to be lined up and marched home, but - well, what sort of an ending was that? "I mean - you've got some sort of book on this kind of thing, right?" he asked, continuing his useless barrage of questions. This was a rules question. Hermione was great at rules. Always had been.

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geroffme
2010-07-28 12:17 am UTC (link)

"That's what I mean - drama. He knows how to end things, always has. For all of his -" Ron cut off as an idea flashed through his head - it wasn't like they didn't know anyone on the Bulgarian team who was always so happy to help, was it? - but he dismissed it for the moment, continuing in a slightly more subdued tone. "... For all his flaws, that is. Good showman. Yeah, I should ask her, she probably could." He looked at her sidelong. "To the England matches, anyway."

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	cerebralwitch 2010-07-28 12:21 am UTC (link)
	Hermione looked at him carefully when he pointed out the England bit, then rolled her eyes and gave him a sigh that was supposed to ward off comment. "Alright, Ron. Does it really matter that Viktor gave me the tickets?" Because he'd already guessed, obviously. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

geroffme
2010-07-28 12:34 am UTC (link)

The conformation was unpleasant, if not really a surprise, and for a moment he wasn't quite sure what to do with it. It mattered because it was annoying, but it wasn't like there was any iron-clad reason he could trot out. "No," he said, a little more defensively than was probably warranted. "I just don't know why he wants to." ... Maybe that wasn't the best way to say it. "Aside from being friends and all, I mean." Doesn't he have other friends? he managed to keep himself from asking.

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	cerebralwitch 2010-07-28 12:37 am UTC (link)
	Hermione's eyes narrowed a bit. "Why exactly would he need more of a reason than that? It isn't as if he has family here, and most of the other Order members who are remotely close to his age are either playing Quidditch, or able to get their own." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

geroffme
2010-07-28 12:58 am UTC (link)

"You don't think his family comes up to see him play in the bloody World Cup?" That wasn't really the point, though, and he wasn't going to win going off on tangents. "I just mean it's a little strange he'd give them to you, you know, considering." It would have made much more sense, Ron decided, if Krum had sent them to him. That would have been the sensible thing to do.

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	cerebralwitch 2010-07-28 01:04 am UTC (link)
	"Considering what? That I've been friends with him for nearly ten years?" Hermione crossed her arms over her chest, a sure sign she was preparing for a good row. "Or considering the fact that we had one date, eight years ago, and you're still fixated on it?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

geroffme
2010-07-28 01:53 am UTC (link)

"I am not fixated! It just seems like the sort of thing a person ought to remember, you know, when he's -" Ron bit his tongue. He could see Hermione entrenching herself, and they'd covered this ground before - and even if he was pretty sure he'd won (he couldn't quite recall), it never ended that well. "Look," he began again, trying for a more reasonable tone. "It doesn't matter. It's fine. It's just he doesn't really seem to think about it, you know."

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	cerebralwitch 2010-07-28 02:00 am UTC (link)
	"Because there's nothing to think about," Hermione added, and her chin lifted a bit, like she was challenging him. "Did you enjoy the game less because you knew he gave me the tickets? It isn't as if I'd ever take anyone else." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	geroffme 2010-07-28 02:15 am UTC (link)
	Ron decided not to point out that he hadn't known, because he really should have. "It was a great game," he said, trying to be conciliatory. "And I know you wouldn't - that is, I'm glad, I-" He couldn't think of how to end that and make it sound good. He abandoned it. "It's not like he doesn't know how I feel about it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cerebralwitch 2010-07-28 02:21 am UTC (link)
	"He also knows quite well that it isn't his fault if you're jealous." Hermione retorted, but she could recognize he was trying, and that did count for something. "It was his idea that I take you, you know." She said a bit softer, as if that would help something. She hoped it would, at least. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	geroffme 2010-07-28 02:54 am UTC (link)
	Ron went a little red, at that. "I'm not jealous! It's just irritating, that's all! Be sure to thank him for me," he said with a bit of a huff, knowing it wasn't quite the tack to take. But the thought of Viktor magnanimously suggesting that Hermione take him to the game really was not helping matters. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cerebralwitch 2010-08-03 01:13 am UTC (link)
	Hermione rolled her eyes at that, obviously not thinking for a moment that he had a grasp on what he was feeling, because it was perfectly obvious that he was jealous. Of a date that had happened years ago, and hadn't been all that impressive to begin with. "He's a friend, Ron. You know that's all. Friends give gifts. The tickets were a gift." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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