Ron... Hermione... Draco [SHIP]

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 38743

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "heiditandy" <heidit at n...> wrote:
(quoting GoF)
> "Ron," said Harry quietly, "I haven't got a problem 
withHermione 
> coming with Krum-"
> But Ron ignored Harry too.
> "Why don't you go and find Vicky, he'll be wondering where you 
are,"  said Ron.
> "*Don't call him Vicky!" Hermione jumped to her feet and 
stormed off 
> across the dance floor, disappearing into the crowd.
> Ron watched her go with a mixture of anger and satisfaction on 
his  face.
> *************
> Satisfaction?
> That he made her cry?

Um, excuse me,  does it say that he made her cry??
She storms off, and the next time we see her, on page 429 of the 
US hardcover, she's dancing with Viktor Krum. 

Heidi continues:
> And he's *satisfied* by that?
> What a mean and obnoxious thing to do! What a horrible thing 
to  feel! How dare he?

IMO, he's satisfied that she's angry about what he said--because 
it means she still cares what he thinks. Not very noble, but not as 
obnoxious as all that, from  a kid who  thinks Uranus jokes are 
funny.

Heidi appends a note:
>>> I think  no discussion of the ron&hermione conversation in 
the common room  afterwards can ignore the fact that the last 
time they'd talked that  evening, she'd run off crying, but that's for 
another post.)<<<<<

She stormed off, she went dancing and before she 
went upstairs, she gave Ron "a very cold look."  I don't recall her 
crying at anything Ron does or says in GoF except when he 
makes up with Harry. 

Heidi makes a modest proposal:
> 5. The reasonable solution?
> 
> Draco/Hermione. 
> 
> No, don't laugh. Go read Pride & Prejudice instead, remember 
that  Draco, as we've seen him, is 14, possibly quite bright, 
occasionally  witty and possibly redeemable

Er, right. Ron manages to push Hermione's buttons, though 
*not* enough to put her in tears, unless I'm missing something. 
This disqualifies him, I suppose, as a potential boyfriend. How 
dare he be annoyed with her, even though she's been teasing 
him for a week by not telling him who she was taking to the ball.    
<g>

 Draco, of course, only wants her to be murdered.  This is quite 
a pardonable fault because, um, he's rich and blond, and 
doesn't say crude  things, except when he's referring to 
Hermione's knickers, of course. Honestly! 
<g>

Pippin