Hey guys, thank you so much for the positive reviews! The story will pick up a bit from now on :) I'm not used to this story-writing stuff! In answer to the two queries about Ron's eye colour - I know Harry is the one known for 'Lily's green eyes', but I've always envisioned Ron to have sparkling emerald eyes, no particular reason why! :P Now, here's a mushy chapter dedicated to all you R/Hr shippers! ;)
Hermione awoke the next morning to the sun shining through her curtains and the sound of birds singing. She rubbed her eyes sleepily and turned over to face a sleeping Ron. She smiled warmly. He looked so peaceful as she brushed his fringe away from his eyes and traced her fingers in a dot-to-dot pattern across his freckles. Hermione then ran her fingers across his cheek, down his neck and down to his bare chest, suddenly blushing at the memory of what happened between them last night.
Hermione looked at the clock and seeing that it was already 8am, she carefully prised herself out of Ron's arms and was just about to get out of bed when a pair of strong arms grabbed her waist and pulled her back down onto the bed. Hermione shrieked and giggled and Ron rolled them over and pinned her down, his body hovering over hers.
"And where do you think you're going, Miss Granger?" He raised his eyebrows at her before nuzzling his face into the crook of her neck, entailing Hermione into another fit of giggles.
"Ron, I need to get ready to go! It's already 8 o'clock!" Hermione struggled, but stood no chance against Ron's grip. Although she did admire how much he had matured into a man, especially the definition of his arm muscles.
"Surely you can hold on for another hour?" Ron pleaded with her, his eyes boring into hers.
Hermione sighed in defeat "Okay, one more hour… but that's it!" Secretly she wanted to spend another day with Ron, but really couldn't put off Australia for any longer.
Ron beamed down at Hermione, then captured her lips in his. Hermione sighed softly into his mouth and wrapped her arms around his neck, then wrapped her legs around his waist, pulling his body against hers. Ron reached behind him with one hand, pulling the covers over them before breaking their kiss to wink at Hermione. He then kissed her again, even deeper this time and heard her soft moan as they began to make love once more.
An hour passed too quickly for both of their likings and Hermione got up and dressed and double checked that everything she needed was in her small beaded bag which still had the extension charm on it from their travels before the battle. She poked her head out the bedroom door and looked down the corridor to see both Harry and Ginny's doors still shut. She didn't have the heart to wake them, so turned back to Ron.
"Say goodbye to Harry and Ginny for me won't you?"
"Sure." Ron nodded and looked up at Hermione with sad eyes.
"It's okay Ron… I'll be back before you know it." Hermione leaned down to the bed and gave him one last lingering kiss. "I love you."
"I love you too" Replied Ron and then with a pop! Hermione was gone.