Ron and Hermione are good friends now and they owl each other all the time. In HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS their good friend Harry was hearing noises. It was a basilisk (a HUGE snake). If you looked it in the eyes you would be petrified. Even if you saw if through a reflection. Hermione was and Ron felt so bad. Ron's younger sister Ginny was taken over by Tom Riddle and was trapped in the Chamber about to die. When Ron and Harry tried to save her Ron, along with Professor Lockheart was trapped in the entrance and Harry went on and saved Ginny. At the end, you can tell that Ron and Hermione have a crush on each other because after Hermione got out from Madam Pomfrey, she only shook Ron's hand and gave Harry a hug. She treated Ron like a crush and Harry like a brother.