Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter; otherwise J.K would still be in a tiny little apartment in Leith.
The sea breeze was blowing over Hermione's shoulders as she sat next to Ron on the sand. It was the evening after Fred's funeral and Ron hadn't spoken a word to anyone other then Hermione and his family and Harry were all worried. The only one taking it as hard as Ron was Fred's twin, George. She lifted her head from Ron's shoulders to look out over the ocean at Bill and Fleur's cottage.
She grasped his hand and whispered, "He wouldn't want this, he would want you to stay here and help out the family, and maybe help George with the shop."
"But everything here reminds me of him," Ron's blues eyes gazed into her brown ones, "and helping at the shop would be like replacing him, I'm not good enough to do that-"
"Yes you are and you aren't 'replacing' him your helping his twin handle their business!!" Hermione cut him off.
"Hermione I need to get away from here and leaving with Charlie seems the best way to escape."
Hermione sighed. "Ron, please don't leave me, I need you, and your family needs you. Charlie already has a job there, that's the only reason he's not sticking around to help out."
"Okay, I'll stay but on one condition," Ron smiled a weak smile.
"What?" Hermione quizzed.
Ron reached into his pocket and pulled out a small box. He opened it to reveal a thin gold ring with one small diamond and asked her, "Will you promise me, Hermione Jean Granger, that one day we will be husband and wife?"
Hermione looked at him flabbergasted. "I- I- I guess s-so," she stuttered out.
With that Ron kissed her with more passion then he ever had before. Soon she was lying in the sand with Ron leaning over her, kissing her fiercely. She wanted to take it further, in fact she had ever since Ron started being really nice to her in the year leading up to the final battle in the Great Wizarding War.
She wrapped her arms tightly around Ron's waist and pulled him closer to her. Now he was right above her on the sand and she was gazing into his brilliant blue eyes, her heart beating faster and faster until-
"Mrs. Weasley and Fleur need some help with dinner, Hermione!" Harry called out.
Hermione closed her eyes and sighed as she felt Ron's body move away from hers.
Now wearing Ron's ring on her left hand, Hermione helped serve up dinner for The Weasley's plus Harry and herself. When she sat down next to Ron, she felt him grasp her hand under the table. He then cleared his throat in order to gain the table's attention.
"I have a couple announcements to make before we start," he declared, "Firstly, I am glad to say that Hermione and I are engaged!!"
The table erupted with cheers and applause at this news, and a stunned expression on George's face which soon became a smile.
"And secondly, I am staying here and not leaving with Charlie to go to Romania."
"Good on you, Ronnie!" Ron's mother beamed at him with a few tears falling down her cheeks.
After the excitement of Ron and Hermione's news died down, dinner was once the quiet affair it had been since the loss of one of their family.
Later, Harry and Ron were in their room, Harry had been tired and went straight to sleep. Ron was still awake and looking at a picture of himself and his wonderful fiancé, Hermione. He flicked his wand once and whispered, "Nox."
If you want more please review as I would really like ideas of where to go next. Also please if you're a Torchwood fan, read my story Relief, and there's also a wacky crossover of Harry Potter, Star Wars and many more in my story, The VSC.