The characters in this story are owned by JK Rowling and we just borrowed them. I co wrote this with seekersgirl1609 and it was originally an rp so we may have repeated ourselves if so please overlook it and enjoy the story. I think that you will like the next chapter. I will update soon.
Ron smiled at her; he hoped that they would be able to talk in the quiet of the library. No one would be able to interfere and they could really talk. He watched her walk over to Pansy, he smiled as she returned.
"Ready? He asked.
"Alright lets go." he said as he walked beside her, his hand brushing against hers. He smiled and gently reached over and held it, he watched her carefully for her reaction.
They headed up the path to the castle, hand in hand as they headed through the large oak doors...
Hermione began to walk with Ron as his hand brushed and held hers she squeezed his in return and smiled for him alone. I think that we should talk Ron she said nervously.
When they reached the quite of the library she sat down next to this new and very sexy Ron Weasley. Although she still held onto his hand she did not look up into his eyes as she began to play with his fingers.
"When we were outside a few minutes ago I wanted nothing more than to kiss you but I was so scared that it would harm our friendship if you did not feel the same." she said scared that she was going to ruin everything.
"I have loved you for so long and didn't know how to tell you." she whispered the last so softly that she was sure that Ron had missed it.
When we were at Hogwarts I know that you thought that I dated Viktor but we have only ever been just friends. He wanted more but I was in love with you." a tear streaked down her cheek to land on their joined hands.
"You are my dearest friend and if my feelings make you uncomfortable I am sorry, I had to tell you how I felt before I chickened out again." Hermione then raised her head and looked into the face of the one person who could break her and handed him her heart.
"Yes we do need to talk." he said, smiling reassuringly as he sat down beside her, watching her play with his hands. He knew she felt uncomfortable but wanted nothing more than to tell her it was alright and just kiss her, she was so beautiful. As she told him her feelings, his stomach seemed to jump to his throat, he couldn't believe he was hearing this, he was so ecstatic and thrilled all at the same time, a huge smile swept over his freckled face.
"Hermione, you don't need to worry. I need to tell you something too. I've liked you for the longest time, and I was so jealous of Viktor, because he had your attention and your time.
I know I put you through hell, I was such an ass, especially during sixth year, please forgive me. I just love you so much and I can't believe you feel the same way as I do, I can't stop smiling. You are so beautiful and amazing. And I just want to be with you." he said quietly, reaching out and tilting her face up towards him so he could look her in the eyes. He gently reached over and wiped her tears away, he smiled at her.
Her dream had finally come true. She now knew that Ron returned her feelings.
Hermione reached over and stroked a finger down Ron's face smiling all the while. She ran her hand through all that beautiful red hair and around to the nape of his neck. She looked into Ron eyes as she maneuvered him towards her. She placed her lips gently against his for a kiss that would change her forever.
His lips are so soft she thought to herself. The kiss went from friendly to passionate in a matter of moments.
She had never felt more at peace than she did as she held in her arms the one person who mattered to her.
She would not let him get away from her again. She broke the kiss anxious to see Ron's reaction. She looked up into his face with a smile and waited for him to respond.
She had kissed others before but this kiss had been perfect. She knew that she wanted to kiss this man every morning, every night and all the time in between for the rest of her life. She reached over and with her finger caressed his lip. She could not believe after all these years and all that they had shared that she would have been the one to kiss him. Hermione smiled to herself and then she told Ron again how much she loved him.
Ron smiled goofily at her, unable to contain his excitement. As she leaned in close to kiss him, he gently returned the kiss, his heart pounding as it became more passionate. His heart felt like it could burst with happiness.
He pulled her closer to him, kissing her still. When she pulled back, he smiled at her leaning in and kissing her quickly and gently on the lips, before smiling at her again.
"Wow" was all he could mutter, for his excitement was overwhelming...
Exactly what I was thinking Ronald, Wow. The smile on his face told her all she needed to know.
"Ron I love you more than one person should be allowed to love another. I guess your mother is going to be excited since she has been secretly trying to push us into this direction for years. I have had a crush on you since our fourth year and didn't know how to tell you. I guess I should have just pulled you aside and attacked you like I just did." She said giggling.
"Harry always said to get you to pay attention to something you had to be hit with it. You know that when I get nervous that I babble." She smiled at him again he still looked a little dazed to her. She shrugged her shoulders and leaned into him looking into his beautiful eyes as she took him in her arms and kissed him senseless once more.
He smiled at her. He was blissfully happy.
"I love you to you know. He said and to lighten the mood he told what he thought about her initiating that kiss.
"It was pretty hot, you sort of just attacked Me." he said winking at her. "I think it's cute when you babble." he said looking into her gorgeous brown eyes.
He kissed her and held her close, pulling her over so she was sitting on him in his chair.
He lifted his face to her and kissed her back, his arms wound tightly around her as if he were afraid that she would try to escape.
Fred walked into the library he had decided to check out the school. He turned the corner and his mouth dropped open in surprise. He could not believe what he was seeing.
Hermione in the lap of his brother kissing him like there was no tomorrow. Fred had known for sometime that they were gaga for each other but come on.
There is a time and place for such things. What would their mother say? She would be ecstatic she wanted this for Ron.
Fred could hear voices in the hall not necessarily headed toward the library but still. He cleared his throat loudly and when that did not work he spoke.
" Excuse me you two but I think that you should find some place a little more private than the library for the smooch fest. He smiled as he said it embarrassed by walking in on his brother.
Hermione heard the voice of one of Ron's brothers which could not be happening now when he she was so content to be held in Ron's arms. She slowly returned to the earth where she had obviously been floating somewhere around cloud nine.
She turned slowly away from Ron and spied Fred. Her face was very quickly turning from blush to full burn red from being caught by family no less making out in the library.
She buried her face against Ron's chest her hands fisted in his shirt trying to regain some form of control.
"Ron would you please do something?" she whispered against his shirt. Then as always she had one of her Hermione moments and at the absurdity of being caught making out at school she burst into laughter.
"I am sorry but this is funny the prankster king is speechless and we the two most responsible people I know have been caught making out." She continued to giggle when she looked at Fred who just stood there as if frozen in place with the Imobolis spell.
Hermione smiled as she looked up into Ron's face waiting for a reaction to her out burst
Ron heard his brothers voice from somewhere near the shelves. He pulled away and looked over at Fred, not able to contain a mischievous smirk. He nodded at him, not feeling the slightest bit embarrassed, which was a change for Ron.
He had grown up a lot and come to terms with his own masculinity, his older brothers didn't intimidate him anymore. Besides he was taller and stronger than them anyways.
"Right, Fred, sorry we will go somewhere else." he said with a smirk.
Ron stood up and lifted Hermione up with him. She had still been in his lap so he sat her down beside him.
"Come on Fred, you can't judge, I caught you more than once with Angelina back in old Hogwarts days." he said grabbing Hermione's hand and heading out of the library past Fred.
"See you mate." he said as they walked by him.
Ron raised an eyebrow as if daring him to make another comment. Nothing could ruin his mood today. Once out in the corridor he turned to Hermione.
"Don't worry about it, he's not likely going to tell the whole world we were making out in the library, and besides, classes haven't even started and the family will be thrilled that we are together anyway." he said trying to calm the slight look of worry in her beautiful eyes.
He kissed her gently on the forehead, pulling her close.
"Now, what do you want to do? It's up to you, we could go somewhere a little more private or we could go hang by the pool, wander the castle, get ahead with our studies..." he said with a playful smirk..."or do just about anything, it's up to you, what would you like to do?" he asked.
The things that she would like to do could very well get her into loads of trouble but right now she really didn't seem to care one way or the other.
"I wonder if there are house elves her at this school?" she asked then rolled her eyes at Ron.
"Don't worry your pretty little head Ron I do not want to start up the Phoenix Academy's version of SPEW.I would like to get a nice picnic basket and maybe a blanket and then I thought that we could go to the lake and have a little privacy with our lunch and time to actually talk among other things." She said as she blushed.
She held his hand through the school and down the stairs as they went in search of the kitchens.
"You are right you know your mom and dad will be thrilled but would you mind if we waited to tell them for awhile?" she asked looking over to see his reaction.
"This part of our relationship is so new and I do not want to share it with any one just yet." She smiled,
"It will be our little secret for now yours, mine and Fred's," she began to laugh... I can't believe the one time I thought that I had you all to myself and then up pops a Weasley." They located the kitchens quickly and departed with a basket full of food and drink and Hermione conjured her blanket from her room and they where off to the lake.
"Sounds like a plan, lets go find the kitchens." he said as they headed off along the corridor. "And sure I don't mind if we waited to tell everyone, I think that's a good idea." he added.
He smiled at the look on Fred's face when he had caught them in the library, ah the irony.
They headed along the corridor and out the large front doors down towards the lake.
Once there, Ron set the basket down and unfolded the blanket, placing it in the shade of one of the beautiful willow trees. He smiled at her and sat down on the blanket, leaning back so he was propped up on one arm, lying on his side. He smiled at her, as if to say what ever we do next is up to you.
Hermione smiled as she looked at Ron lying there on the blanket that she slept with every night and blushed to the roots of her hair at the thoughts that played through her mind.
She noticed the rippling muscles in his arms and that look in his eyes that said it was her decision. She was not afraid to admit that she was scared. She had no idea what she wanted to happen here today.
Hermione kicked off her shoes and sat cross legged on the blanket beside Ron. She reached over for the basket and began to sort through the food.
She had not realized but she was starving she had not eaten since breakfast and it was well past noon. She popped a cherry tomato from the salad into her mouth and smiled.
"I am hungry and that tasted really good". She said as she popped another into her mouth. She fixed a plate for Ron and one for her self and sat them both a side for the moment out of harms way while she searched through the basket for their drinks. Once she had them she handed Ron his. Ron smiled at her as she dug through the food and thanked her as she handed him his plate.
She began to eat hers with relish. Through the meal she looked at the wonderful man beside her happy to know finally that he was hers. . He ate quietly, trying to let it all sink it but it just wouldn't. This was so amazing. She talked very little while she finished her food and wiped her mouth with her napkin. She began to put everything back into the picnic basket when he handed her back his plate and helped her straighten up.
"Sweetheart if you hand me our cups then I can put them away." She stopped what she was doing in mid-action she had just called him sweetheart she looked over at Ron and smiled.
"I liked being able to call you that and it be o.k." She went back to her work and when everything was finished she sat the basket off of the blanket entirely and lay down beside Ron.
"You can call me whatever you want." he said in response to the endearment. She reached over and rubbed her fingers gently across his lips that she wanted so badly to taste.
She sat bolt upright and looked all around as she announced that she was just checking for any sign of his family before she settled back down into his arms.
"Don't worry I think we are alone, no one really comes out here." he said tilting his head down to kiss her sweet lips once more.
All Hermione could think was this felt so right. She didn't really even care about this school and that was saying something for Hermione. She would rather just leave here with Ron right now and start there new life together.
She knew that they would eventually get married and she would have those red headed babies that she had been dreaming about for years but there was no hurry.
She just didn't know what kind of relationship that they could have here at the Phoenix Academy. She felt as if they were already sneaking around to find time to spend together and she did not want that. She wanted to be able to show him how she felt everyday.
Hermione just did not know if that was possible when school actually started here. Would she be able to give him as much of her time as he deserved? She eased out of the kiss and told him of her concerns.
"We have already waited so long I don't want to scare you a way or be too pushy but I think it only fair to ask you what you want."
"I want to fall asleep at night with you in my arms not in the next room. Hermione went on as if she had to tell him this now.
I want to get up in the mornings and make you breakfast and start every day with a kiss." I know that we will have to get use to the new aspects of our relationship." She leaned over and hugged Ron to her knowing that she was trying to rush something along that needed to be nurtured her impatience was showing and her insecurities."
She had this feeling that Harry had just blown off the whole thing and while now she wished that she could, she would not change it for the world because it had brought her Ron.
"Ron if we stay at the school do you think our relationship will have the room needed to grow or will it be like Hogwarts where we chased after each other and did not connect at all. Hermione was really worried about where to go from here and decided that this time it was up to Ron.
Ron quietly listened to her explain her concerns. He smiled and nodded, encouraging her to continue. When she was finished he sat up and looked her in the eye.
"Hermione, you know you mean the world to me and that I love you to no end. I know we are going to be together and I want nothing more than to spend my life with you. I don't know if we will be able to really nurture out relationship here. I don't think this school will be like Hogwarts; after all, we are all around 20 years old.
We are adults and can make our own decisions. I need to be able to provide for our family. What with the war these past few years, my education at Hogwarts was slightly disrupted, you know? I didn't really get to finish properly and I think the chance here to continue on after Hogwarts is an awesome opportunity." he said truthfully, hoping not to upset her.
He wanted to be with her every moment and knew that wouldn't be as easy here as it would be somewhere else, but his education seemed extremely important too, considering it would be what would support them in their future life together.
"What would my mother say." he thought "She would absolutely kill me." he smiled.
"Your right Ron I know that, I do not have to like it." She pouted,. She leaned into him and thought how much Ron seemed to mature since the Hogwarts days. She had become the irrational one what was wrong with her. Yes she was in love but she had loved Ron for years so why did she feel the need to hurry this relationship along?
Maybe it had something to do with her parents being captured during the war. No one knew this but herself and Remus Lupin as he was the person that saved them.
The thought that they could have been killed or worse, turned into werewolves as Lupin had been scared her. Even though it was hot outside she shivered and buried herself against Ron for warmth.
Her parents had tried to forget what happened but they had been tortured and the scars though not visible ran to deep for Hermione to heal. She had been so close to her mom and dad and now they would hardly talk to her. That is what hurt her the most and maybe why she was in a hurry to get on with this relationship afraid that something would happen here at this school that would take what she had found with Ron away.
She began to cry and tried to hide it against his shoulder. She sat there for a few moments as she tried to get her tears control and finding it near impossible. She had carried this secret so long she just wanted to tell someone. Ron was the logical choice here but she wanted a women's opinion and the only person that she knew who would speak to her was Mrs. Weasley and Ginny.
Hermione raised her head tears still streaming down her face and asked Ron if they could get out of here for awhile she told him that she wanted to go to the Burrow and see his mom and sister.
"Don't worry this is not about us and I don't want to tell them just yet I just really need to talk to a friend," then quickly added a woman friend so that he would not be hurt. "If you do not want to go that is fine I can go by myself." She said as she hugged him to her worried that she would hurt him as her family hurt her. That by being here she would get caught up in being the best student yet again and lose what she wanted the most in the world. She stood up and waited for his answer anxious to be on her way.