Getting Shippy With It

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No: HPFGUIDX 10916

Andrea wrote:
As early as CoS, it's Ron who has to be held back when Hermione is 
picked on, even before he really notices she's a girl.  And all their 
bickering seems an adolescent way of covering up what is going on 
below the surface.


Yes!!!  I thought of this last night as I was getting ready for bed.  
It was *Ron* leapt to Hermione's defence when Malfoy called her a 
Mudblood and wound up belching slugs all day. Granted, Harry was 
unaware of how truly nasty it was, but it was the Weasley boys who 
tried to take action. (A quick glance at CoS, showed me that Gred and 
Forge also tried to jump Malfoy just before Ron whipped out his wand) 

Oh, my gracious.  I think I've just outed myself as an R/H shipper!

Trina (who also just realized one could read the sentence in the 
parentheses in a *whole* other light! <vbg>)