Hermione's eyelids fluttered open. The sun was streaming through the window making her perfectly warm. She wasn't drenched in sweat, the sheets weren't wrapped around her, she wasn't shaken awake, ripped from her nightmare. She woke up by herself, of her own accord. Ron and Ginny were right. Smiling she rolled over to face Ron. His eyes were closed, but he was silent, no snores cascading from his mouth, he was awake.
"Ron." She whispered a smile still plastered across her face.
His eyes met hers, he matched her smile and replied, "Sweet dreams?"
"Something like that." She said happily, it was the first time that she had slept, properly slept in days.
"Should have done this a week ago." Ron said, leaning forward and kissing her lightly on the lips.
"Maybe then you would have had a shirt on." Hermione chuckled, placing her palm up against his chest. Ron opened his mouth, a sentence already on his tongue when the door burst open.
"She's awake!" Ginny said, breathlessly. Bending over she placed her hand on her hip, panting. She hadn't passed her test yet so she still had to run up to Ron's room.
"Shit." Ron muttered. Hermione jumped out of bed and turned to face Ginny.
"Are you sure?"
"No, I thought I would go for a leisurely sprint up to Ron's room to see how you two were getting along. Yes she's awake! I heard her stirring, she will be in our room any minute now, we have to go!" Ginny turned, shut the door behind her and ran as quietly as she could manage, back to her room.
"I have to go." Hermione had turned back to Ron his sheets were already pulled up to his neck in preparation. Ron smiled back.
"See you in a few minutes then."
Hermione leant forward, kissed him quickly, pulled back and smiled. "So glad I don't have to run." She said as she closed her eyes deep in thought.
Crack!
Ron watched her disappear, then shut his eyes and feigned sleep.
Crack!
Ron opened his eyes again. "Harry!"
"Morning." Harry replied with a sad look, he was happy but not entirely.
"Tell me everything later, Mum's on her way up, Hermione just left." Ron said, his eyes flicking towards the door.
A real smile appeared on Harry's face, "Hermione just left?" He repeated, whilst kicking of his shoes and pulling off his jacket, dumping out the floor.
"Shut up, I'll tell you…" Ron stopped as he heard footsteps coming up the stairs. Harry pulled back to covers and jumped it to bed. The bed still didn't look like it had been slept in. Ron raised his wand from his bedside table and flicked it slightly, causing the blankets to move as though they had been kicked by Harry in his sleep. He had finally mastered non-verbal spells.
Harry nodded at him and they both shut their eyes, feigning sleep, just as the door opened.
"Breakfast time!" Molly's voice rang out around the room, loud enough to wake them if they were indeed sleeping. Harry and Ron both groaned and muttered, "Thanks." And "Be down soon." Leaving the door open behind her Molly rushed off down the staircase, to wake the others. When her footsteps could no longer be heard, the boys pushed the covers off and sat up facing each other.
"Did you get any sleep?" Ron asked first.
"Yeah, Andromeda woke me up a few minutes ago." He said with a sigh. He had been spending a lot of time with Teddy, they all had, but last night he felt the need to visit.
"Hermione and I thought we would visit after lunch." Ron said, Teddy was part of the family now, they saw him almost every day, giving his Grandmother some time off while Ginny, Hermione, Ron and Harry looked after him.
"Speaking of which, Hermione just left. Care to explain." Harry asked, with a smirk.
"It's the nightmares."
"She's still having them?" The smirk disappeared, his face full of concern now.
"Not anymore." Ron smiled. "It was Ginny's idea really, she sent her here after she woke up again, scared as usual. It worked though, she didn't thrash around, or mutter, or have that petrified look on her face when she woke up."
"You must have the magic touch." Harry laughed as he stood up and grabbed his wand. "Accio shirt." He said and one sailed out of the closet towards him. "Cover yourself up." Harry chucked the shirt at Ron, who pulled it over his head as he stood up.
"One last thing before we go downstairs, why does your Mum keep coming up to us, rather than yelling from the bottom of the stairs like normal." Harry asked as he changed into his pyjama pants.
"I thought you knew." Ron said smiling, "Cause Hermione and I date, and you and Ginny date, so she checks to ensure that we are in our own beds. Us here in our room and them down in theirs.
"Doesn't work though does it." Harry said checking his reflection in the mirror.
"Not in the slightest." Ron replied. "You look great." He added with a laugh.
Crack!
Harry turned away from the mirror, Ron had disappeared, the perfect quip frozen on his lips. Looking at the mirror once more, he flashed himself a smile.
Crack!
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Check out my two other Romione fics, The Aftermath which picks up after the battle of Hogwarts and The Surprises a collection of one shots scattered throughout their life.