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Waking up to get ready to go shopping with Ginny, realizing she is already running late. Hermione is trying to slip out of bed as they have both slept in later than normal. Attempting to untangle herself from Percy's grasp, laughing to her and not getting very far. "Perc? Wake up a little and let go, please?" Succeeding in only making him roll on his back; taking her with him, kissing him lightly on his lips, "Perc? You gotta let me go." Kissing him on his cheek, still not getting any response from him, a little louder, "Percy!"

"What?"

"Let go of me, please. I need to get up and get in the shower if I am going to meet Ginny. I am already running late." Struggling to get away from him, "I was having a hard time trying to wake you up and then all you did was pull me closer and roll over." Walking away from the bed and getting some clean clothes out of the wardrobe. "Normally I wouldn't care but this is Ginny, if I am not on time, she may just Floo over to investigate."

"She wouldn't," Percy is sitting propped up against his pillows, watching her, "You are beautiful in the morning. Do you know that?"

"Thank you" blushing at the compliment "And yes, she would." Disappearing into the bathroom, he is listening to the water start and the shower, deciding he might as well get out of bed, walking into the bathroom to wash his face. Listening to her sing, when the rain, is blowing in your face. And the whole world is on your case. I could offer you a warm embrace. To make you feel my love. Thinking to himself, I wish I could make her realize just how much I love her. Leaving again to get dressed, he hears the water stop. Grabbing his wand, creeping to the door just close enough to cast a warming spell on her towel. She is wrapping it around her body, calling out "Thank you."

Walking out of the bedroom, smiling, entering the kitchen. Starting to brew some coffee for Hermione and tea for himself. "You were never a morning person Percy, being in love that good?" Spinning around, he sees his two oldest brothers at the table in the corner. Looking more alarmed at the two men than anything, "Well, the girls are going out this morning, we figured we would come get you and take you out. We have decided to make more of an effort to get to know you again."

"Is my coffee done yet, Percy?" Walking out of the hallway into the kitchen half-dressed having not heard the conversation going on. Her hair is pulled back into a braid and she has jeans and her trainers on, Percy no longer sees the scars, he only sees her. Outside of Harry and Ginny, he knows no one in the family know about them. The war was tough on her emotionally but also physically. Glamouring herself for everyone else, she has only recently gotten comfortable enough to let Percy see them on a regular basis.

"Don't turn around Mya," coming up behind her, "Bill and Charlie are here." Trying to hide her from their view, he wasn't quick enough. Hearing the chairs scrape across the floor as both boys jump up.

"What it that, Hermione?" walking toward her, Bill is stopped by Charlie.

"Don't Bill. Let her be."

"No, I want to know who did that."

"She doesn't need to tell you anything." Turning around, Percy is facing them, and pulling her flush to his back.

"Percy, I should, I don't want them to get the wrong idea. You tell me I shouldn't be ashamed of myself. If I can't tell Charlie and Bill how will I ever tell anyone?" Grabbing his arm, "Just let me at least go finish getting dressed," Kissing his cheek as she walks away. "Can you go see Gin and tell her I will be a little late? Maybe keep her occupied?" Neither Bill nor Charlie is looking at her as she is walking away from them.

Hearing the bedroom door close, Percy is whispering "You two better behave yourselves. Remember, she doesn't need to tell you anything. She… I just don't want her to be hurt. Keep that in mind." Heading to the living room, Flooing over to the house Ginny and Harry share. "Gin? Harry? Are you here?"

"Hello?" Coming from the direction of the living room, Harry is entering the kitchen, "Oh, hi Percy, what's up?"

"Hermione wanted to let Gin know, she is going to be late."

"Everything ok?

"Mostly, Bill and Charlie showed up unannounced this morning to her flat and she came out of the bedroom without the glamour on." Sighing, "Of course you know Bill; he wanted to know what was going on. She is going to tell them what happened. She said if I can't tell Bill and Charlie, how will I tell anyone? I told her she didn't need to explain to them but at the same time I have tried to tell her, no one would think less of her but…."

"It's Hermione. She doesn't want to disappoint anyone." Sighing Harry continues "So you know too? All of it?" Shaking his head, "She is too tough on herself. Always has been, she was petrified that anyone would find out and that they would be ashamed to be her friend."

"One night, shortly after we both admitted our feelings for each other. While we were eating dinner at my flat, she looks at me and asks if I think she is pretty. It was so unlike her, I just stared at her. Then she says sorry, forget I asked and gets up to leave." Smiling at Harry, "I was just floored she has no idea how beautiful she is. I grabbed her before she got to the Floo then kissed the living daylights out of her. Told her she was the most beautiful witch I have ever known and wondered every day what she saw in me. Which succeeded in making her cry, not my intention at all, I then waited for her to calm down."

"Because trying to understand her when she is crying is pointless."

"Exactly, I just asked her what brought that on and why wouldn't I think she was pretty." Wiping his eyes at the thought of what she told him next, "That's when I got the whole story. Every gut-wrenching detail, after she was done telling me, she removed the glamour. I had no idea what to do. So I just held her and told her how much I cared and that wasn't going anywhere. From that night on, I told her I didn't want her to use glamour when it was just the two of us. I don't see them, I only see her. She is still a beautiful woman in my eyes." Sighing with a smile on his face, "I still don't know how I got so lucky."

Back at Hermione's flat

Hermione is walking back into the kitchen, where Bill and Charlie are sitting quietly, waiting her to come back. Both are looking at her, she has put the glamour back on, sitting down on the opposite side of the table with her cup of coffee. "So you know the three of us were caught by snatchers, right?" Bill nods his head yes, while Charlie looks confused and shakes his head no. "We were out in the forest prepping for the next horacrux when somehow Scabior and some of his followers found us. At first we tried to out run them but they were just too quick. When the caught us, I shot both Harry and Ron with a stinging curse to make them less recognizable before I could get myself they took my wand. When they took us to Malfoy Manor where Lucius recognized me immediately, I convinced them that I had run off from the boys. It was somewhat believable, not sure how they did it, but the boys had changed their hair color, making them even more unrecognizable. They were somewhere else looking for information on Voldemort and that I had been living alone in the woods and that I didn't know who the others were. I couldn't believe that they fell for it. Bellatrix was evil incarnate, I was never happier when your mum killed her. She believed that she could break me, get me to tell her everything about the Order, about Harry and everything we had planned. I refused I wasn't going to tell her anything. I didn't care what she did to me, Harry and Ron and all of you meant too much to me. I wouldn't betray that." Drinking from her coffee cup, holding it between her hands, rolling it back and forth, "She told me if I wouldn't talk I would scream, I wouldn't give her the satisfaction of hearing me scream. I was able to hold out for a while but between the Cruciatus Curse and her reminding me of what she thought of my blood status," pulling up her sleeve to show a red and jagged scar carved into her forearm stating MUDBLOOD. Answering the question that she saw in their eyes, "She used a cursed blade. When she had finished this, she needed a break; she left me lying on the floor while she did who knows what. She had placed a body bind curse on me so I wouldn't move while she was gone. She said it was fun to watch me squirm while she was torturing me, but I wasn't going to move while she was gone." Breaking again to take a drink of coffee, wrinkling her nose at the cold drink, pushing the cup away from her, "She came back just in time to hear someone say how pretty I was and that it was a shame I was a mudblood. She flew into a rage that they should be ashamed for thinking such a thing. They needed to have pride in the pureblood status and not lower themselves to think such a thing about a nasty girl like me. About how she knew girls like me used their fake beauty to get whatever they wanted. Only the Dark Lord saw her for true beauty and that he never looked twice at little whores like me. She was going to make sure not even a blood traitor as a Weasley or Longbottom would ever want me again." Removing the glamour from her face, she shows them a long scar starting in front her of her ear across her cheek that came down and it ran into her lip. Not looking at either of them, slowly standing up, she bares her stomach to show another word carved into her skin. WHORE at least four inches tall and stretches across the span of her stomach, from one side to the other. "Luckily when Dobby took us to Shell Cottage I was able to heal myself some and glamour it long enough to get into a room by myself to finish healing. Harry knew something was wrong and made me open the door for him to come in. He promised he wouldn't tell anyone as it wasn't his place to tell, his only request was that I needed to talk to someone about it. So I told Ginny, knowing I could trust her with anything. I made her promise not to tell anyone, plus with her healer training she could help me with my injuries as they aged and healed." Twisting her face into a scowl, sitting back down, "Little did I know that most of them would not heal properly and that I would always be reminded of her." Strumming her fingers on the table, "Since Percy and I had started seeing each other, I knew I should tell him but I didn't know how to. One day at work I had overheard a couple of witches talking about how glamour charms were great but not to be used if you were um.. How to say this… Well, I mean.. " Her face flushing, "Bloody hell, they said if you were going to have sex that they can fade because of the heighten emotional state you are in." Laughing out loud at the look on both Charlie and Bill's faces, "Without too many details, I knew we were getting there and so I needed to tell him. That night we were at his place having dinner and I told him. He made me promise that when we were alone in one of our flats that I wouldn't glamour myself. He told me I was the most beautiful woman he knew and he wasn't going anywhere." Smiling at the memory of how he looked at her even after she showed him. "He has been really good to me. Even with my nightmares he hasn't run away, I am lucky to have him. So now you two know the story."

"Wow." Having taken in all she has said, Charlie is amazed. "I knew you were one tough cookie but that takes it up a notch. You fought in the battle after all of that. You had to be miserable."

"Yep, I will be the first to admit not the brightest thing I have ever done but I wasn't going to sit on the sidelines and watch as everyone else kicked Deatheater arse. I deserved to be there. Plus I knew Ron and Harry would need me." Shrugging her shoulders, "I figured if I was going to die, I was going to go out fighting." Looking again at the two boys sitting at her kitchen table, "Now you know, I would appreciate it if you didn't say anything to anyone. Harry, Ginny, Percy, you two are the only ones I have told. Don't think Ron or Luna know, if they do, they haven't ever said anything. Merlin knows what you Mum would do if she found out."

"Your secret is safe with us." Walking around the table, Bill picks her up in a big hug. "I am sorry, for making you feel like you had to tell us and that you went through that. You know no matter what the Weasley's will always love you. Even if you weren't dating our nerd of a brother. I think you are beautiful."

"I am just hoping now Molly will stop with her hints about how each of you would be good for me." Smirking at Charlie, "She kept on last week about how much of a gentleman you were. Now she can start on you directly about finding a good woman."

"Great I was wondering why she was leaving me alone; it is because she was working the other side of it trying to set you up with each of us." Laughing at her "But just think only 6 months until she can start on you about getting married."

"Get out of here. I have to meet your sister. I am already late." Getting up and pushing them both towards the Floo. "Where should I tell Percy to meet you?"

"Three Broomsticks, love" Getting a kiss from Bill on the head.

"We will send him home in one piece," Being picked up and spun around by Charlie.

"He better be, he is taking me on a proper date tonight." Yelling at them as they leave.

Flooing to Harry and Ginny's place, she can hear them talking in the living room. "Sorry about the hold up. You ready Ginny?"

"Been ready for ages, just waiting on you." Grabbing her by the hand and walk towards the Floo.

"Hold on," walking over to Percy kissing him on his cheek, "Percy, go and meet your brothers at the Three Broomsticks have a few drinks with them. Your work will still be there later. They want to see you, told them to behave and that you needed to be in one piece for our date tonight. I am sure you would be welcomed too Harry. See you later?"

"I will be there to get you at 7 for our date."

"Come on, Hermione, I am starving and we have shopping to do." Pulling on her arm again, Ginny is dragging her to the Floo. Stepping out into the Leaky Cauldron, looking for an empty table. Finding a booth, they girls sit together and relax. "So are you going to give me some details as to how you and my brother got together?"

"Diving right in?" laughing at Ginny's persistence.

"Well, I have let you have your secret for some time now." Smiling at the waitress who came by to get their orders, they both order the special and coffee. "Bookworm and bookworm, I can see it. Please tell me you are at least sleeping together."

"Ginny! Well, at first it was, I just wanted to make sure he was ok. I mean, things were still touchy between him and the others. I was afraid that he would drift away. When he actually agreed to go with me for tea, I was surprised. Before the war, even I thought he was boring and pompous, after the war, something in him changed. He wanted to be involved with the family again but was not sure how to go about it. He asked me about all of you, he said since I had been included in the family since I was eleven, he wanted to know what he missed. He realized that what he did wasn't right and wanted to make up for it. He had loosened up, the first night I went over, he made me dinner, and I had never laughed so much in my life. It was like having dinner with one of the twins but had a pinch of Bill in there for the serious moments."

"Wow. You got it bad. You are so in love with him."

"Yeah, I am," smiling at her best friend, "And not afraid to admit it." Leaning back as the waitress placed the breakfast special in front of them. The special is coffee, fruit, eggs and toast, "Tuck in."

"So afterwards, we are going to find you a dress. Did he tell you anything?"

"No, just that he gave you money to buy my clothes." Looking down at the fruit on her plate, "I didn't argue, I told him, I would let him."

"He wants you to feel special Hermione you deserve to have some happiness in your life."

"I know, I am working on it." Eating some more egg, "What do you have in mind? I will give you free reign, to a point. You know what I really don't like about myself, but I will try and get outside my comfort zone."

Clapping her hands, "You aren't going to regret this. You are going to have a great time, as long as you relax."

"I can't wait to see what he has planned. He always knows exactly what to do." Smiling lazily, "You should have seen what he did to his flat after we had been dating for a month. A picnic in the living room, cushions everywhere, charmed the ceiling to look like the night sky. He fed me chocolate covered strawberries."

Flashback in Hermione POV

"Lean back, close your eyes, I have a surprise for you." Whispering in my ear, "Don't worry you will like it."

Relaxing as I leant back against the large fluffy cushions, my heart is pounding and I can feel my breath quickening. I lick my lips out of nervousness, "Come on Percy, you know I hate waiting."

"Ok, I think I can let you have it" I feel something cold on my lips; instinctively I take a deep breath and smell the chocolate. "Hmmm, chocolate" trusting him, I open my mouth and wrap my lips around the chocolate that he is offering me. Biting through the crisp chocolate coating and feel a rush of moist sweetness entering my mouth, chocolate covered strawberry, "My favorite, chocolate covered strawberries. I love them," Opening my eyes to look at him, "You are wonderful."

"So are you, I can't believe how lucky I am." Taking a strawberry and offering it to him, leaning in, as he starts to take a bite, I pull it away and take a bite myself. Smiling at him, I wiggle my eyebrows at him. That is all the provocation he needs to dip his head to mine, tenderly kissing my lips. Opening his mouth, swirling his tongue around mine, I feel like I have thousands of butterflies in my stomach. Taking his hand and cradling my head with his fingers, he is rubbing the back of my head with his fingertips, moving my head slightly to give him better access to my mouth. Humming at the sensation he smiles at me, "You are a devious witch, you know that? I can't help but want to kiss you all over when you do that." Kissing down my neck, across my collarbone, sucking slightly making me moan at the feeling, "That is what I like hearing." Kissing back up my neck, he takes my earlobe between his teeth, nipping and pulling at it. God it feels good when he does that, I wrap my arms around him, pulling him close to me. He is hovering over me, lying on his side, running his hand up and down my side, lingering at my hip as he kisses me, deepening it as I grasp the front of his shirt. Pulling him down on top of me; pulling up the hem of his t-shirt just enough to get my hands on the skin on his lower back, stroking and scratching as we are kissing each other with more passion than I have ever felt. Spreading my legs so he is settling between them, wrapping one leg around the back of his, one of his hands is next to my shoulder, trying to help keep some of his weight off of me, the other is gripping my hip. His fingers dance around my waist. Pulling back from the kiss and rolling over to his back, he pulls me with him, "I am sorry but can we slow down? I want to hold you all night long. I just want to enjoy the night without any pressure. It's not that I don't want to."

"Percy, stop." Putting my hand up to his lips to shush him, "I understand what you mean." Snuggling closer to his chest, "Thank you."

"Why are you thanking me?"

"Because you are you, now there are still more strawberries." Leaning up to look down at him, "I love chocolate covered strawberries and I hate to see them go to waste." Kissing him, "Plus, I think I could share a few with you."

End of flashback

"And you slept with him?"

"No, we didn't. You have a one track mind, you know that right?" Looking at the plates in front of them, "Are you done yet? We have shopping to do." Putting some money down to cover the food, "How often do I give you free reign on clothing me?"

"Good point, let's go." Shoving the last piece of toast in her mouth and pulling Hermione by the hand and down the street.

Over at the Three Broomsticks

Stepping into the pub, looking around for his brothers, a grouping of red heads is not hard to miss. Especially when there are more than two of them, groaning to himself, "It's not going to be that bad Percy, just go with the flow."

"Easy to say, they have accepted you and Ginny. I am still under inspection, to see if I am worthy of her." Sighing and nodding at the group sitting in the corner. "Let's go and get this over with."

"Look at who finally decided to grace us, Lover Boys." Charlie is calling out as he sees Harry and Percy walking over to the table.

"Don't say it like that. People are going to get the wrong idea." Harry is saying as he is smacking him in the back. Pulling up a chair, "So what's the occasion? All of you are here, that only happens for holidays and dinners at the Burrow."

"I decided that we needed to start acting like brothers, even if it means getting together on a Saturday morning." Drinking from the beer mug he had in front of him, Bill is smiling. "We all have changed a lot in the last year and we all need a chance to recognize those changes."

"Bill and I talked about how we need to be honest with each other. The fact that we were all so caught off guard that Hermione and Percy were dating proves that we aren't that close."

"Hey, I explained last night about that."

"We know Percy but if you had known that we all care about Hermione and that we just wanted her to be happy then she might have known you guys didn't need to hide." Shrugging his shoulders and drinking Charlie is looking around at the others, who are all shaking their heads. "We also care about you Perc, we all just don't show it very well."

"Why do I think I am going to get really uncomfortable in a minute?" Percy is asking as he is shifting uncomfortably in his seat. "You know I hate being the center of attention."

"That is why big brother, we are here to annoy you." The twins announce in unison before leaping on him, "And to make sure plenty of people stare." Cackling, poking and prodding Percy, trying to get him to react, suddenly he is laughing out loud so freely the others are shocked by it. He is still very reserved around his brothers, since the war he tried not to step on any toes, push any buttons and generally stayed out of everyone's way.

"Fine but if you are going to annoy me, you could at least get me a beer."

"I never! Drinking before noon? What has happened to you Percy? I never thought that dating Hermione would have this effect on someone." Getting up to head to the bar George is laughing, "Anyone else want anything?" Waving his hand, "Ah forget it, I am just going to get a round for us all."

"So where are you taking her tonight?" Fred is asking, leaning across Ron to see Percy.

"Dinner and then to the theater. She loves the theater." Taking the beer George handed him, taking a drink, "I haven't been able to take her on a proper date, so I want to make it memorable." Leaning back in his chair and looking around at the table at all of his brothers.

Charlie is watching his brother, smiling and decides to have a little fun with him, "So Percy, I have to ask, does she walk around the house half-dressed all the time?" Ron is coughing and sputtering in his beer, Bill is grinning and the twins look at each other then back at Percy. "Yeah Percy, does she?"

"Today was overdressed for her, why do you think I close my Floo?" smiling a half crooked smile at his older brother, this time it is Charlie's turn to choke on his drink. The others are laughing at his reaction.

"Merlin Percy, I didn't really think you would answer." Joining into the laughter with his brothers.

"Well, don't ask if you don't want to know." Harry is smiling at Percy, "Sometimes Hermione has no shame, once she gets comfortable around you. All is fair. She is by best mate and after being on the run she was way too comfortable with me." Shaking his head as he takes a drink, "I don't care who you are, it is difficult to carry on a conversation with someone only wearing a towel."

"She never did anything like that at the Burrow." Fred is feigning hurt, "I mean, I thought we were friends."

"Part of that is your Mum constantly trying to set her up with any of you. That made her a little awkward at times around each of you." Percy is answering with a shrug.

"Ah really, Mum was trying to set her up with us?"

Smiling Percy replies, "She was always telling Hermione about each of your good attributes, all she could do was laugh. Knowing each of you like she did, she said she loves each of you in your own ways but not like that."

"Guess you are lucky Percy, if you had gotten to know her better before the war. You might be in the same boat as all of us."

"Trust me Ron, I think that every day. At first I wished I had known her better as you were growing up but now I am glad I didn't. I couldn't imagine my day without her there."

"You know, we just turned into our sister! We are not going to sit here and talk about mushy shite!" Laughing at his brothers, Charlie knocks back the rest of his beer. "We are going to talk about anything else." Every single person at the table looked at each other and then started laughing along with him. Quidditch, work, family and everything else flowed easily between the Weasley boys and Harry. It is the start to the family healing.

Back with Ginny and Hermione, they are entering a new specialty shop that Madam Malkin has opened, Witch's Wonder, a dress and specialty undergarment store. "So Mione, if you had to pick a color, other than black to wear, what would it be?"

"Hmmm, red, dark red. Why?"

"Just wondering, now get in the dressing room, I know the prefect dress." Shoving Hermione towards the dressing room on the end and walking towards a rack of dresses. Walking into the dressing room and pulling the door closed. Knowing she is most likely in for a long morning, she kicks off her trainers and pulls her shirt and jeans off. Standing in the bright light of the dressing room, completely surrounded by mirrors. Inspecting herself, looking around behind herself at her bum, turning to look at herself directly on, she has a tiny waist and ample chest. Perfectly shaped according to Percy, he loves her body. Telling her as he kisses every inch of it, giggling at her thoughts, "Ginny are you ever coming back?" As a couple of things fly over the door at her. Looking at the items before her, she blushes. "Ginny we are here for a dress, not underwear."

"Yes but with that dress I think you need something special under it. Kind of like a present for later." Groaning, "I can't believe I am dressing you up just so my brother can undress you."

"Then don't think about it. Really you can ask me the questions you do but this makes you uncomfortable? You are a puzzle some days Ginny."

"Just get dressed and come out. I want to see you in it."

"Well, I actually agree with you Ginny, I love this dress and I have to admit the knickers help." Smiling as she is exiting the fitting room. She looks in the mirror and the younger witch comes to stand next to her. The dress is black lace, with a champagne colored sheath only to the mid-thigh and snug. The neckline is high in the front and for the back; there isn't much to speak of.

"I told you I had the perfect dress for you. So do you have shoes to go with it?"

"Yes I do. They are perfect; they will show my legs off just right." Thinking to herself and turning around to look in the mirror again. "So Miss Gin, is this acceptable for the date tonight?"

"Perfect, that is if you even make it out of the house." Hermione is giggling as she looks at herself in the mirror.

"Ok, get changed and I will pay for the dress and the knickers, you need them." Smirking at Hermione as she walks away. Once the dress has been paid for it is still relatively early. Wanting to spend some more time together, Ginny suggests Hermione appariate the clothes back to her flat and then they can head to Hogsmeade to make a stop at Honeyduke's. On their way out of the sweet shop, they see the boys leaving the Three Broomsticks, all laughing and pushing each other. Each of them walking a different direction, except the twins, they are heading up the street towards Ginny and Hermione. They see the girls and wave.

"Hey you two, how was shopping?"

"Good, how was brother bonding time?"

"Great, we found out that Hermione likes to walk around the flat naked!" Laughing at the look on her face. "What? Charlie was making fun of Percy about you walking around the flat half naked this morning and all he said was why do you think I close my Floo."

"Oh, he is in trouble." Glaring at the twins, "He isn't going to be seeing that anytime soon."

"Don't get mad at him, Harry said you like to talk to him while wearing only a towel? Why didn't we ever get that treatment?"

"I talk to her when she is in the shower, so I guess I have one up on both of them." Giggling Ginny puts her two bits in.

"Really? Why is everyone so concerned with my state of undress and where and what I do."

"Because you are the only girl who ever lived at the Burrow we are not related too, so, therefore, we have to pick on you about it. It would be creepy if we talked about Ginny naked." Shuddering at the thought.

"You are lucky I like you two. I am in too good of a mood to stay angry."

Cocking his eyebrow, George is questioning "Too good of a mood? Not even going to yell a little?"

Shaking her head at him "Nope, got a pretty new dress, someone tells me I have a great date lined up for me and I get to spend the day with my best friend. I think I am in too good of a mood to yell."

"That's a first Granger, never figured you wouldn't take the chance to yell at us. Percy is pretty excited about your date tonight." Putting his arm around his sister and friend, Fred is explaining how the day went with the boys. "We are really happy for you Mione." Kissing her on the head and chuckling "Even if it means losing you to Percy."

"Losing me? You act as I will never be the same."

"Who's knows, you might not be, dating a Weasley can be dangerous business. "

"Now if you boys excuse us, we are going to go have a butterbeer since the Three Broomsticks is now safe to enter." Grabbing Hermione by the hand and walking away from the twins. "We can have one drink and then you head home to get ready for your date, I can come over after you have showered and such to help with your hair."

"Thanks Ginny."

"What are girlfriends for?" wrapping her arm around the older girl's waist. Entering the pub and looking around to see if they recognize anyone, "Let's sit in the corner booth."

"Ah, all of the Weasley's in one day never thought that would happen." Madame Rosmerta is smiling at the two young women. "Two Butter beers? Any food today?"

"Just the drinks, no food right now Madame. Thank you, were the boys behaving while here?"

"Mostly Hermione, mostly, so what is this I hear that the most unassuming Weasley has stolen your heart?" Blushing at the older woman's statement, "Don't worry sweetie, I gave him the same treatment, I just never figured you and he would be a couple. I had you pegged for the one of the two older boys, Bill or Charlie. Sometimes I am right, others I miss the mark completely. Be right back with your drinks."

"It amazes me how many people have thought I would date one of your brothers. You know?"

"Mum said she knew as soon as she met you that you were going to be a part of the family someday."

"Well, that might be a long way off. Percy and I aren't even living together."

"You have thought about it?"

"Of course, we spend several nights a week at each other's place, he has a drawer full of things at mine and I have some at his."

"So why aren't you living together?"

"Don't know." Thanking Madame Rosmerta for her drink and taking a long gulp. "I guess maybe he and I should talk about it since everyone knows about us now. I just don't want Molly to be disappointed with us, since she normally doesn't like people living together before getting married."

"Right now, you couldn't do anything to upset her; she is over the moon about this." Shaking her head at Hermione, "Mum told me once she was so afraid that Percy would drift away again after the Battle, that he would get back in his old ways of working nonstop. But looking back on it all, since you two have been together, he hasn't missed a single family dinner or holiday. You brought her son back to the family and he is keeping you there, as well. I say again, there is no way you could disappoint her." Leaning back and chatting away over the next several hours, Ginny and Hermione are reminded about the need to make time for friends. Sure, they see each other at dinners at the Burrow but this is different. Paying for the drinks they have had and exit, they make their way to an apparition point, "I will be over around 6 to help you finish getting ready. Go home take a bath and relax." Looking at her friend as she leaves to go home to Harry, Hermione apparates to her flat, heading towards the bathroom, she passes the kitchen table, noticing a note.

Mya,

I can't want to take you out tonight; I have looked forward to being able to show the world that you are mine. You are a beautiful woman and I am lucky to have you in my life. I love you and want to make sure you have a wonderful time tonight. So please relax this afternoon, take a long bath (like I know you love), enjoy a few chapters of the book and look in the fridge for a treat.

With all my heart,

Percy

Walking to the fridge, opening the door, she sees a plate with three large chocolate covered strawberries and another note. Remember that night we fed each other. Smiling at the thought, taking the plate with her into the bathroom, where she draws a hot bath, pouring in her favorite lavender scented bubble bath. Settling in with her book and strawberries, she has a content feeling.

Next Chapter, the date. Hope you enjoyed the story.