"I've told you a trillion times Becky", Hermione said and smiled at her five year old daughters' excited face.
"I know, but please, just one more time", she asked and smiled. She knew her mother could never resist her smile.
"Ok, I'll tell you, but after you've got dressed"
"It's Saturday mum, I don't have to get dressed yet", she said. On Saturdays the two of them usually wore our pyjamas all day long.
"But we're going to aunt Ginny and Uncle Harry today, remember?"
"Is Uncle Fred and Uncle George going to be there too?" Becky asked with a huge smile on her lips.
"I don't think so dear, but you can play with James", Hermione told her. James was Harry and Ginny's four year old son, he was named after Harry's father. "And Luna; Neville and Kylie will be there too!" Kylie was Luna and Neville's two year old daughter.
"But I wanna play with Fred and George", she said.
"I know you do, but please Becky, go get your dress now and then we have to go"
"You're going to tell me about daddy again"
"Yes", Hermione replied and watched her daughter run out of the bathroom. Then she continued to put on her make-up as she started to think about Ron. He didn't know that Hermione was pregnant with with their child when he died, Hermione didn't even know. She found out two days later, and that's what made her wanna live. She was just about to give up, she was going to kill herself but when she found out that she was going to have a baby, Rons baby, she found new strength to carry on.
"Look at me mummy", Becky said and entered the bathroom once again. She danced around in a blue dress which Mrs Weasley gave her for Christmas last year. It matched her blue eyes perfectly.
"You look beautiful", Hermione said and smiled at her. Becky stopped dancing and hugged her mothers leg.
"So do you mum", she said. "I wanna be as beautiful as you when I'm older"
Hermione laughed, Rebecca smiled and let go of her leg and started to dance around in the bathroom again. When Hermione finished her make-up they went into the living room and sat down in the sofa. Becky sat in Hermione's knee, they always sat like that when they talked about Ron.
"Your dad and I fell in love during our sixth year at Hogwarts, we were so madly in love with each other that even headmaster Dumbledore himself said that he'd never seen a more in love couple that your father and I", Hermione told her daughter, like she had done so many times before and Becky smiled brightly.
"You were a princess and he was your prince", Becky said and giggled. She loved fairytales, she always used to write and draw her own, with Hermione and Ron as the main characters.
"When we graduated from Hogwarts your father asked me to marry him, I said yes of course and we were going to get married later that year", Hermione said remembering the day Ron proposed to her.
Flashback. "Hermione I… I love you, you are my everything", he said and looked straight into his beloved girlfriends eyes. Hermione leaned over to kiss him, he immediately kissed her back. The kiss was breathtaking. "During these dark times that can make the happiest guy on earth depressed you're the light that makes me smile", he whispered against my lips. "I hope that I'm your light to" "Believe me Ron, you are", Hermione said with a smile, he smiled back at her and took up a little red box from his pocket. "I wanna spend the rest of my life with you Hermione", he said and opened the box to reveal a beautiful golden ring. "Will you marry me?" "Oh Ron, yes, of course", Hermione gasped. He smiled and put the ring on her finger. "It's beautiful Ron, it must have cost you a fortune" "It did actually, but what's money when I get to spend the rest of my life with the woman I love", he said. Hermione put her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately. Then they made love all night… That was the last night they spent together, the night Becky was brought to life.
"Now that we're finally alone I have something I want to say to you", Ron said and suddenly seemed a little bit nervous. Hermione smiled at him and closed the door to their room at the Leaky Cauldron.
End Flashback.
"Go on mummy!" Becky exclaimed. Hermione woke up from her thoughts of Ron and glanced at the golden ring that she still had on her finger.
"Just two days after he asked me to marry him the war broke out", Hermione sighed. "So many people died, among them your grandfather and your Uncle Bill, it was the most horrible day of my life", she took a deep breath before she continued to tell Becky about what happened. "That day Harry, your father and I came face to face with Lord Voldemort himself"
"Did he really have red eyes? James says so", asked Becky.
"Yes he did, he looked really scary", Hermione told her. "Harry was the one he wanted to kill the most so when he found us he pointed his wand at Harry and screamed one of the forbidden spells"
Becky gasped, even though she had heard this story so many times she always reacted like she'd never heard it before.
"Green flashes flew towards Harry and your father…" Once again Hermione needed to take a deep breath before continuing. "Your father threw himself in front of Harry and got hit by the dangerous flashes"
"I hate Voldemort", Becky said. Normally Hermione didn't like it when she used the word 'hate' but when they talked about Lord Voldemort she didn't care. Because if there was any person that was worthy all the hate in the world it was him…
"When your father fell to the ground Lord Voldemort thought it was Harry, so he laughed and thought that the battle was won, but that gave Harry the time to kill him"
"Harry is a hero", Becky whispered. "And so is daddy"
"Yes, both of them are heroes", Hermione mumbled and tried hard not to cry. The painful memory of Ron falling dead to the ground always brought tears to her eyes, but she didn't want to cry in front of Rebecca. "Ok, we have to go now honey"
- At Harry and Ginnys place -
"Hermione, it's so good to see you again", Ginny exclaimed and gave her best friend a big hug. "Let's never ever spend this much time away from each other again", she continued.
"It's been a week since we met the last time", Hermione said and smirked at her.
"I know, but that's seven days to much", she said as they let go of each other. "And Becky, my favourite niece, give me a big hug", Ginny exclaimed and lifted Becky up. "James is upstairs, you can go and play with him", Ginny said as she put down Becky at the floor again. Becky smiled at her mother before she ran up the stairs.
"Are Neville and Luna are already here?" Hermione asked.
"Yes, they're at the porch with Harry", Ginny replied. "Come on, you don't have to take of your shoes", she continued and they walked through the house and outside to the backyard.
"Hermione!" Luna exclaimed when she noticed her walking out from the house with Ginny. She gave Hermione a big hug.
Hermione had not met Luna and Neville for a month, they'd been visiting Lunas grandparents in Scotland.
"Luna, you look stunning", Hermione said as they let go of each other. Because she really did, her blond hair shined in the sun, and her always so dreamy eyes looked even bluer then usual.
"So do you", she said. Neville came up to Hermione with Kylie in his arms.
"Hi Kylie", Hermione said and smiled brightly at the little blond girl. Kylie flushed a little bit and smiled back at her. "And hi Neville"
"Hermione, always nice to see you", he said and smiled.
Hermione noticed how much Kylie looked like him, they had the same nose, the same eyes and the exact same smile, but her hair was a blond as her mothers.
Harry came up to Hermione and gave her a long, warm hug.
"Harry, can you help me with the chicken?" Ginny asked. Harry and Hermione let go of each other, he smiled at her before he went back into the house with Ginny. His brown hair was as messy as always, as they walked through the door he put his arm around Ginnys shoulder and kissed her on the cheek. Which reminded Hermione of the last summer she'd spent with Ron in the burrow, she was really glad when Luna started to talk about something completely different...
"How's work?" Asked Luna and handed Hermione a glass of butterbeer.
"Thanks, it's ok"
"I heard your boss passed away", she continued and took a sip of her drink.
"Yeah, he was really old", Hermione replied and thought about Mr Palmer who was almost 80 years old when he passed away. He'd been the owner of the Daily Prophet for 55 years, now it was time for someone else to run the company. "We're getting introduced to the new boss on Monday", she told Luna and Neville.
"Have any idea of who it is?" Luna asked.
"No, but I've heard it's someone related to him, probably his nephew or something…"
About three or four hours later, James and Rebecca had fallen asleep in the sofa. Harry and Neville were in the kitchen talking about a quidditch game they were going to the next day. Luna, Ginny and Hermione sat outside and talked about pregnancy.
"It's getting heavier each day", Ginny, who was five months pregnant with twins, said. "And I thought carrying James was heavy"
They all laughed. Luna, who also was pregnant, clapped her tummy and said: "Seven months left, can't believe I have to wait for that long, I want to see my baby now!"
"Time flows", Hermione sighed and took a sip of her butterbeer. She couldn't really help feeling jealous, both her best friends were so happy in love... And her love life? Wait a minute, she didn't have any love life, she had not been seeing anyone since Ron passed away, and that was five years ago.
"It sure does", Luna said and smiled at Hermione. "By the way Mione, how is it going with your love life?"
"What love life?" She replied and they all burst out laughing again.
"You seriously need to find someone!" Ginny exclaimed.
"I don't know if I'm ready for a relationship"
"We know you miss Ron terribly, we all do", Ginny begun. "But you can not be alone for the rest of your life Mione!"
"Exactly, I mean have you dated anyone since he passed?" Luna asked.
"Er… no", Hermione replied. "I've tried, but every time I go out with someone I think about… him." She sighed.
"And how many times have you tried? Two?" Ginny teased.
"Three actually", Hermione replied and smirked at Ginny.
"Let me hook you up with someone", Luna giggled. "My cousin is single"
Ginny and Hermione looked at each other, Luna was talking about her cousin Darwin who's biggest interest was to play quidditch, talk about quidditch and did hardly speak of anything else but quidditch.
"He's too much of a quidditch freak for Mione", Ginny said and they burst out laughing again.
"Alright, alright, but what about Dean Thomas? I heard he broke up with Parvatti", Luna said and raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, and I heard he broke up with her because he was in love with Padma", Ginny said and they continued to laugh.
"I appreciate your concern, but really, I'm fine as I am"
"Hermione, you need love!" Luna exclaimed. "You need a man that can satisfy all your needs"
"You need sex", Ginny giggled. Hermione rolled her eyes at them.
"Let's make a deal", Luna said. "If you don't find a date until next weekend, Ginny and I, are going to hook you up with someone, ok?" She continued and smiled at Hermione. Ginny giggled even more and nodded her head.
"Alright", Hermione mumbled, and didn't really understand what she'd given herself in to…
Authors note: Yep, this is the beginning of my new story. It might be a little short, but I'll try to make the upcoming chapters longer.
Please let me know what you think! xx Kim.