Romione - young love

Chapter 6: Love is in the air (pt 2)

"Hermione?" Ron asked her, turning his head around. Her curly hair was whirlwinding behind

"Yes?" she murmured from behind

"Are you alright?" he asked her with a smile

"I don't know" her voice trembled and her heart was beating fast partly because of fear and also because of Ron.
She squeezed Ron even tigther which made him feel a little bit uncomfortable but he didn't want to tell her of course

"Come on, lift your head up" he told her
"The view is beautiful, you need to see this..."

"I can't...I- I have abnormal fear of heights"

Just as she said that Buckbeak started flying down towards the water as if he understood her.

"Ron" she said "what's he doing AAAAH'-" she screamed so loud that even Hagrid and the others could hear it.
Harry wondered what happened, but came to conclusion that Hermione's probably just scared. He didn't want to think she fell of the hippogriff.

"Don't worry, I'm here" Ron told her and took her hand, leaving only one of his hand holding them both.
She felt his hand was cold, as if he already took her hand once, but she couldn't remember where or when. Was it a dream?

Ron's heart started beating faster and he was so close to just saying out loud 'I love you' . But his common sense stopped him from doing so.
They were above the water and that's when Hermione lifted her head up. Her eyes were closed until then

"It's beautiful" she said

"Yeah.. it is" Ron said. But you know who was even more beautiful? Hermione. If he could only tell her that...

"Hermione.." he started. He felt like this was the moment.
They were alone, the circumstances were perfect and the opportunity he had... everything aligned perfectly

"Yes?" she asked softly, still not letting go from his hand

Should he do it?
He had internal battles between his mind and his heart; his mind told him 'Don't be stupid, what if she only sees you as a friend?' but his heart...his heart was telling him 'She likes you and you know it!'

"Your hair looks great today.." he declared in a panic. That's the first thing that came up on his mind.

"Thank you" she said and put her head on his back again, but this time it felt like she really meant it and not that she was scared

"Is this new perfume?" she asked him

"Yeah...how'd you notice?" he asked plainly to continue the conversation

"I don't know.." she answered, "I just did"

They continued flying, and Ron had an idea in mind for Buckbeak to land at the top of a hill before they turn around.. He gently gripped his feathers to direct it towards a nearby hill whose top was perfect for landing

"Where are we going?" Hermione asked

"You'll see"

Buckbeak landed and Hermione immediately felt better. Ron jumped off him first and then helped Hermione get off.
He took her by the waist and when she got off they were very close to eachother leading to another intense eye contact.
Hermione was the first to break it, of course, since she was shy when such things were in question.

"I thought we should take a break" Ron said as he sat on the floor.

The Sun was about an hour from setting down, but yet the view was beautiful.
Hermione sat down next to him

"Thank you for visiting me..in the hospital" she said

She looked at him..his red hair was shining, his ocean blue eyes reflected her face and she could now clearly see that he has freckles,what she never really noticed until now..