screw hermione... sorry haha but shes pissing me off in this story.

unfortunately you have already finished this... but this is one of the rare times im pissed at hermione. Aurora and Harry seem good.

Dear usako99,
I think your story thus far is AMAZING. I really feel emotion with this story and you had an incredible ending to this chapter that left me with my mouth hanging open and wanting to read so much more =] You're a great author and you should really keep writing Harry/Hermione stories, they're wonderful!!

"did you ever stop to think that I acted that way because I could see how she felt about you?”

Then Ron, if you did, why did you ask her out? Why are you so upset about them loving each other and finally knowing that, if you had noticed her feelings for Harry so long ago?

All in all this was a good chapter, and the proposing at the end was nice, however I can't help feeling a bit let down. You said that you always put some chapters of HHr fluff in your stories but to be honest there isn't much here. I mean, once they got together they were sad because Ron was upset, then he left for the mission and got hurt, then we had the hospital chapters, and now this one which is the last and is not even completely fluffy as there are a lot of Harry/Ron talks. I feel after the huge quantity of angst (not all necessary, I might add) that you unloaded on us, you could have given us more fluff to enjoy.

"I value your friendship as much as his… if not more because of what we've shared"

I find this hard to believe to be honest. She may have dated Ron for years but that doesn't mean her friendship with him has gotten deeper than the one she has with Harry, proof is that Harry's still the one who can calm her when she is mad, and Ron can't, becuase he doesn't know what to do to calm her, which Harry knows.

I do think that Ron is laying it a bit thick here. He's more than allowed to be upset of cours,e but if Harry made a list of the times Ron betrayed him, and push them in the redhead's face, I'm sure Ron would be ashamed of himself, so he better not try to go all saint because they betrayed his trust. At least, in their case, it wasn't willing as it was for him when he turned his back on Harry because his name got out of the Goblet of Fire, or when he left them in the tent during the Horcrux Hunt.

Aurora should get fired for not respecting her orders. In the whole mission she went against what her leader told her three times at least, if that doesn't call for her being fired I don't know what does...

So I was right in my review that help had not come when it was supposed to, otherwise Gideon wouldn't have been able to surprise Harry. And we now know why, and whose fault that is.

I'm glad that Ron and Fred seem to be coming around, but after all it was predictable that Harry would get hurt and that would bring the last two Weasleys back on his side...

"blood is something that we cannot magically create" I don't think this is true. Isn't there a Blood Replenishing Potion? I'm pretty sure it has been mentioned during the series, so they can produce blood magically, and of the right type too as it's the potion that makes sure it's the right type.

As for Ron...I wouldn't have thought that he even needed to think about donating blood to save Harry, whatever history between them they have been best mates for years and went through the war with Voldemort side by side, he shouldn't even have let his mother finish the sentence before agreeing. I'm disappointed in him, tbh

Okay, reading the A/N at the end I realized you know there is a way to create blood magically, now I feel stupid for not waiting before writing that but as least now you will know that I tend to comment on the chapter as I go when I find something I really want to comment upon otherwise I often forget once I reach the end

Why did Bellatrix try to use the Imperius Curse on him? Doesn't she know he can thorw it off? (not that it hit the target, mind you)

Also, it would have created more suspence (and angst, which you seem to be so fond of ) if you didn't reveal that Harry was still alive in this chapter.

So has he lost the ring? I doubt anyone who went there to help him had the time to look around and spot it, unless it was Devon who had seen it before. And, wasn't help supposed to come after five minutes? I think their duel would have lasted more than that, so when Gideon appeared help should have already arrived, no?

I don't know what will happen inside the cave, however Aurora's behaviour was truly childish here. She should know better than not to follow her orders in a job as dangerous as being Aurors is, even if she's angry at him. Besides, she knew all along that he wasn't relaly into her, or she wouldn't have asked him so many times what was between him and Hermione, so she should have expected it.

Also, given the issues Harry has with fame and publicity, I find it hard to believe that he would leave the ring on his desk for anyone to find. I just hope he won't lose it in the mission.

I have troubles with this chapter. I mean, why would the Weasleys be angry at Harry and Hermione? They went behind ron's back, so what? It's not their business, it's only between Harry, ron and Hermione, so Ginny's coldness when she came was unclaled for. Besides, it clashes with Molly's warmth a moment later, that may be because Ginny saw Harry's face and softened and told her mothe rto invite them too, but Molly seemed a bit too warm for things to have gone that way, we know her tempers last a lot so she couldn't have gone past it so quickly just because Ginny told her to.

Well the fight was to be expected and tbh Ron had every right to be mad at them. I just don't think he would call Hermione Mudblood, ever. Not even in this situation.

I stand by my opinion, though, that their fight with ron would have been much less heated had Hermione just accepted her feelings for Harry, and had they planned together a course of action. Fat good it did them her rejecting him and creating so much hurt and angst for them both, eh?

"Harry... I hope that you're sure about what you're doing," she shook her head. "Ron seems like a nice bloke and he deserves better than what you two are doing to him. And Harry, you're a nice guy too..." she scoffed "hell, you're and incredible guy and you deserve better than what she's doing to you, a lot better... I hope for your sake, that you find the strength to walk away."

Now that's none of her business

As for the Harry/Hermione confrontation, Harry is right. It was Hermione who told him they couldn't do it, that she didn't love him, etc. Why should he think differently then? Why shouldn't he try to patch things with a girlfriend who does love him, and has no fear to say it, just because Hermione is jealous, but too stupid to do what she knows would stop them both from hurting, even if they would have to deal with Ron's anger for a while?

I'm disappointed that he gave in so easily though. She put him through hell for days, of course she put herself through hell too but she asked for it, so he should have done the same to her. It's only fair.

So I'd like to see what Hermione comes up with now to face Ron. As easily predicted, her choice to push Harry away was wrong, not only because of the hurt they both went through in those days but also because had she confessed her feelings for him and accepted to be with him, they could have planned what to say to ron together, so that things would have gone smoother than the redhead walking on them shagging in the hallway. Now he's really going to get mad, and rightly so I'd add.

Once again, it is proved that in most cases angst is unnecessary, if not to make stories longer.

I think Hermione's rudeness to Aurora was uncalled for. It isn't, after all, the other girl's fault that Hermione was too much of a coward to go for what she really wanted.

I'm glad that Harry didn't have sex with Aurora, but I have to say I wouldn't have found it wrong if he had, given Hermione's more than clear rejection of him he had no need to hold back.

I guess Aurora/Harry and Ron/Hermione won't last that much anymore, but I'm not sure Harry should accept Hermione straight away. I mean, she rejected him, said they couldn't do it, he should just go by her rules then, and say the same, at least she would see how much that hurts.

I have no simphaty for Hermione. She asked for this when she rejected Harry. She asked for him to find comfort in Aurora, and really try to make that rlationship work. If she didn't want that to happen, she wouldn't have bothered hurting him the way she did.

Ok, I won't go into a full rant about the angst, as you said I could always stop reading, but I won't. I now want to see how the situation evolves and is resolved, so I'll keep reading. But I want to comment on some things:

"She had done the right thing, hadn't she?" well, the fact that she's in bed crying, not eating, etc. and asks herself this to me seems a clear signal that no, she hadn't done the right thing.

"Even though the one she always had the strongest feelings for was Harry, she had always thought it just made more sense for her to be with Ron, especially when he started seeing Ginny" uhm, I can see her point because of Harry being with Ginny, however I'm not sure it makes completely sense to me to be with Ron. I mean, I could understand if she had said that Ron had asked her out and Harry didn't, but not that being with Ron makes more sense when she knew she had stronger feelings for Harry.

Now I'll go read the next chapter, knowing that we will see more of these two stubborn people (especially Hermione), unwilling to go for what they really want.

Hermione thinks too much. Who cares about the Weasleys, Harry himself said it to her, what the hell is her problem? They will have each other and that's enough, with time everyone would get over it and it would all be normal again, why can't she see that is beyond me.