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Two of my favorite Ron/Hermione passages in Deathly Hallows.

Two of my favorite Ron/Hermione passages in Deathly Hallows.

Harry did not really listen. A warmth was spreading through him that had nothing to do with the sunlight; a tight obstruction in his chest seemed to be dissolving. He knew that Ron and Hermione were more shocked than they were letting on, but the mere fact that they were still there on either side of him, speaking bracing words of comfort, not shrinking from him as though he were contaminated or dangerous, was worth more than he could ever tell them.

J.K. Rowling, in ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’.

‘Harry, you were brilliant!’ Hermione said squeakily. There were fingernail marks on her face where she had been clutching it in fear. ‘You were amazing! You really were!’
But Harry was looking at Ron, who was very white, and staring at Harry as though he was a ghost.
‘Harry,’ he said, very seriously, ‘whoever put your name in that Goblet – I – I reckon they’re trying to do you in!’
It was as though the last few weeks had never happened – as though Harry was meeting Ron for the first time, right after he’d been made champion.
‘Caught on, have you?’ said Harry coldly. ‘Took you long enough.’
Hermione stood nervously between them, looking from one to the other. Ron opened his mouth uncertainly. Harry knew Ron was about to apologise and, suddenly, he found he didn’t need to hear it.
‘It’s OK,’ he said, before Ron could get the words out. ‘Forget it.’
‘No,’ said Ron, ‘I shouldn’t’ve–’
‘Forget it,’ Harry said.
Ron grinned nervously at him, and Harry grinned back.
Hermione burst into tears.

J.K. Rowling, in ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’.

‘Harry, you were brilliant!’ Hermione said squeakily. There were fingernail marks on her face where she had been clutching it in fear. ‘You were amazing! You really were!’

But Harry was looking at Ron, who was very white, and staring at Harry as though he was a ghost.

‘Harry,’ he said, very seriously, ‘whoever put your name in that Goblet – I – I reckon they’re trying to do you in!’

It was as though the last few weeks had never happened – as though Harry was meeting Ron for the first time, right after he’d been made champion.

‘Caught on, have you?’ said Harry coldly. ‘Took you long enough.’

Hermione stood nervously between them, looking from one to the other. Ron opened his mouth uncertainly. Harry knew Ron was about to apologise and, suddenly, he found he didn’t need to hear it.

‘It’s OK,’ he said, before Ron could get the words out. ‘Forget it.’

‘No,’ said Ron, ‘I shouldn’t’ve–’

‘Forget it,’ Harry said.

Ron grinned nervously at him, and Harry grinned back.

Hermione burst into tears.

J.K. Rowling, in ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’.

Hermione returned a quarter of an hour later with the silvery Cloak folded carefully under her robes.

‘Hermione, I don’t know what’s got into you lately!’ said Ron, astounded. ‘First you hit Malfoy, then you walk out on Professor Trelawney –’

Hermione looked rather flattered.

J.K. Rowling, in ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’.

But from that moment on, Hermione Granger became their friend. There are somethings you can’t share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.

J.K. Rowling, in ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’