In Front of Us All Along

Disclaimer: I, the author of In Front of Us All Along, do not own any of the characters, places, or ideas from the Harry Potter books written by JK Rowling. All credit belongs to her besides the plot of this story. I am in no way associated with JK Rowling or any of the companies associated with her and her books.


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Hermione grabbed her bag full of books and headed down to the Great Hall for breakfast. She let the bag fall down to the ground with a loud thump.


“Merlin, Hermione, what do you have in there?” Harry asked watching as Hermione took a seat at the Gryffindor table.


“Almost all of my books,” she replied grabbing a piece of toast and eating it plain. She chewed her bite and swallowed it before saying, “I’m heading off to the library after this.”


“Figures,” Harry said taking a sip of his orange juice.


Ron looked over at her and felt his ears heating up. He was still in shock from what he had done the night before. He rarely masturbated and when he did, he never fantasized about anyone in particular, let alone Hermione. Stop it Weasley, he scolded himself, you can’t let her know anything is wrong.


Hermione looked over at Ron who had been quiet since she got down here. She remembered the awkward way he had looked at her the night before. It was like he knew. It was like he knew that she liked him. Did he like her back, she wondered remembering the night before and how she had caught him staring at her chest. She didn’t need this right now. She had to be preparing for her NEWTs and getting out of Hogwarts. She reached across the table to grab the pitcher of orange juice at the exact time that Ron did. Ron’s hand grazed hers before pulling away and both of them blushed.


Harry watched his friends in amusement. He knew that both of them loved each other more than friends but neither would do anything about it. Sometimes the tension, both emotional and sexual, between them was so obvious that he almost wanted to say something to both of them to end all of this.


Ron felt his ears get even redder as he waited for Hermione to pour her juice first. Hermione motioned for Ron to pour his juice, which he did and then gulped a bit down fast.


Ron couldn’t believe all of this was happening to him. He really didn’t want this to happen. Her hand was soft and he wanted to touch it again. He wanted to hold it in his while he pushed her up against a wall and took her passionately.


He let his fork fall down with a loud clank. Why was he thinking about her like that in public nonetheless? And worse was that all his thoughts created his pants to grow tighter and of course he wasn’t wearing his robes today. Harry looked at Ron questioningly after he dropped his fork and Hermione glanced at him as well.


“T-tired,” Ron replied picking up the fork again. “Ummm, Hermione, mind if I join you in the library today? I want to get a start on my assignments for this week.”


Hermione turned to him and looked him in the eye causing him to get a bit more nervous. He wondered if she could tell that he wanted to be closer to her. She laughed a bit and put a hand to his forehead, which made Ron gulp at the physical display.


“Are you feeling alright Ron?” She asked and laughed again causing Harry to laugh at her joke. Ron reached up and brought her hand down from his forehead and held onto it a bit longer than he expected and then realized it and released her hand. “Yes of course you can join me, but don’t you think I’m going to do your work for you.” She said with a smile. Why were things so obviously different between each other today, she thought going back to eating her food.


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When they arrived at the library, they sat down at a table towards the back. Ron set down his bag with only a couple books in it. He didn’t really think he could get much work done with her around. Hermione went off to grab a couple books from the shelf in front of him. He watched as she reached up and grabbed a book and put it under her arm. She looked amazing today wearing a pair of blue jeans that flared slightly at her feet and were tight enough for Ron to see her curves. She was wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt and it hugged her chest to see that she had very nice breasts hidden under it.


She grabbed another book before going back to the table and setting them down. Ron grabbed his books out of his bag so it didn’t look like he was staring at her. She sat down across from him and smiled opening a book and started to read about the properties for a certain potion. Ron began to read his book thinking about his new feelings that he knew he couldn’t hide now. He wondered if he would tell her about them. He wondered if she would return the feelings.


He stretched his legs under the table and they brushed against hers startling her making her glance up at him from her book.


“ S-sorry, ” Ron said moving his legs back while the tips of his ears turned bright red.


The two of them spent the rest of the afternoon in an awkward silence. Finally it was dinnertime and Ron and Hermione went down to dinner together but they didn’t say a word to each other throughout the entire meal. After dinner, Ron and Harry played a game of wizard’s chess while Hermione watched. Then the three of them retired to bed.


Hermione made her way to her dormitory while deep in thought. She started to get the feeling that Ron did feel something for her and Ron was still oblivious to Hermione’s feelings. Hermione realized that if anything was going to come from this she would have to say something or do something because Ron wasn’t the type to make a first move. Would she be able to make the first move and change their friendship forever, she thought while she climbed into bed for the night remembering their day in the library together. She drifted off into sleep quickly and didn’t wake up when Crookshanks climbed into her bed in the middle of the night.

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Hey Everyone! I know this chapter didnt have any \'fun\' stuff in it but next one I promise. I just needed to build some more tension so I hope you got that. Thanks for reading and let me know what you think. How do you think they should get together? Thanks again!

~JayCee