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First chapter, enjoy it! Well, you can still read this without having read "Dealing With It" but it is a sequel.

One Year

His head resting on his arms, he just sat there watching her read. She sat in her favourite spot in the library on a windowsill in front of a big window. Her honey coloured curls sparkled in the sunlight, her eyes were excited as they always were when she read. A soft smile played on her rosy lips. Absent mindedly she discarded a strand of her hair behind her ear. Her every movement made him shiver. From time to time she batted her long black lashes that enframed her deep chocolate eyes. Her beauty was stunning to him.

She had accepted him sitting there and staring at him some time ago. First she had been embarrassed and had told him not to stare at her all the time but when he had whispered in her ear that he just loved watching her and that he had the chance to look after her like that she had agreed to him joining her in the library. Secretly she loved it.

They had been sitting there like that for more than an hour and neither of them really got tired of it but it was time for dinner soon.

"Shall we go?" Hermione asked standing up and putting her book on a shelf.

"Huh?" Ron said, coming out of his daze.

"Dinner, Ron." She just laughed and Ron stood up.

"Oh good." Ron grinned.

They smiled at each other. The sun was already setting and sending a beautiful golden and red light into the library which was completely deserted except for the two of them.

"You are so stunningly beautiful." Ron said softly and moved a step towards her.

"You keep saying that. But thanks once again." She smiled and blushed. "You do not look too bad either."

"You keep saying that." Ron replied and closed the space between them.

It was always like that. They were comfortable with each other but still butterflies kept flying through their bodies when they were together and they both still shivered pleasantly when they kissed.

They would stay in the library for another few minutes snogging everytime they spent their afternoons there. They would miss half of dinner and would rush into the Great Hall, faces flushed.

They were together for nearly one year now. It had taken them long enough to get that right but eventually they had managed to do it. They had gone through jealousy and other bad things together, even a war. And with everything they lived through together they had grown closer to each other. They had confessed their love for one another out in the pouring rain.

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"Hermione, come on, it's pouring!"

She did not speak or move.

Flashes of light covered the sky and a loud roll of thunder made Hermione wince. Ron saw the panic in her eyes.

"Hermione…" Ron said softly and walked over to her. He closed his arms around her and she buried her soaked head in his chest. "You are scared of thunderstorms?"

She nodded and tightened her grip around him when another roll could be heard. Ron smiled.

"I love you Hermione."

The moment was there. It had been easy. He had not even thought about what he was saying but he had done it. Maybe that was listening to your heart. His timing had never been better.

She looked up at him and the scared expression changed. She was beaming brightly. Ron smiled down at her and stroked her cheek.

"You don't know how long I have been waiting to hear that."

"Well, I have an idea, I think…"

"I love you too."

"Yeah?"

"Of course."

"Sounds good."

"Sounds really good."

Ron bent down and kissed her lips. Her tiny figure felt so right in his arms. Her hands were in his hair.

The rain kept pouring down on them but they did not care.

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Ron smiled at the memory as it spun in his head. He wanted to be with Hermione for the rest of his life and he was wondering whether she thought that far as well.

He would not be Ron if he did not worry about things that were pretty clear to everyone else.

And he would not be Ron if he did not think about whether he was good enough for Hermione.

There was nothing else in this world that mattered more to him than Hermione being happy.

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Thank you for reading the first chapter! You can see where this story is leading. It might have been a bit boring for people who read "Dealing With It" but I won't use too many flashbacks from the story, only a few. I love reviews!

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