He blinked a few times when she came out of her cardigan, averting his eyes for a moment as he tried not to stare. It was mental; he'd seen her in a top with no sleeves loads of times, but most of those times had been before the two of them were properly together. Somehow, that made it all feel a bit different. The sort of different that meant he could nearly hear his own heart beat.
That was, until she told him that she'd only wanted to go down there because she was curious.
"Bloody hell, Hermione, you could've gotten yourself killed," Ron said. It wasn't that he thought she couldn't take care of herself-- blimey, but sometimes he was sure she was better at spells than both him and Harry put together-- but going down there when she had no idea what was lurking about was mad. It was forbidden forest full of Hagrid's pet spiders mad.
Maybe it was knowing what all had happened back home, how many people they'd all lost in the end, that made him immediately think the worst, but the idea of something happening to her... he couldn't handle it.
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Date: 2011-07-16 07:04 am (UTC)That was, until she told him that she'd only wanted to go down there because she was curious.
"Bloody hell, Hermione, you could've gotten yourself killed," Ron said. It wasn't that he thought she couldn't take care of herself-- blimey, but sometimes he was sure she was better at spells than both him and Harry put together-- but going down there when she had no idea what was lurking about was mad. It was forbidden forest full of Hagrid's pet spiders mad.
Maybe it was knowing what all had happened back home, how many people they'd all lost in the end, that made him immediately think the worst, but the idea of something happening to her... he couldn't handle it.