News of Voldemort's end spread through out the wizarding world like wildfire. Everyone was celebrating. Harry, Ron and Hermione returned to their studies and in 9 months graduated and were now settling down and raising Lily together as a family.

"Hermione…can I talk to you for a moment, alone?"

Ron had approached Hermione on the day they were to leave Hogwarts forever.

"Sure, Ron…Harry would you mind watching Lily?"

"Nah, not at all," Harry replied with a small grin.

Ron and Hermione left the common room hand and hand and took a stroll around the grounds.

"I can't believe everything is changing…seems so fast…Voldemort has been gone for nine months and Lily is already a year old and talking and our time here at Hogwarts, as students at least, is finally over…" Hermione reminisced.

"Yeah, it seemed like yesterday that we were buying our wands in Diagon Alley…" Ron replied.

They took a seat in their favorite location by the lake under the weeping willow tree. Ron sighed then began to tell Hermione the reason why he brought her here.

"Hermione, I love you so much…and I can't see myself living without you…when you died for that few moments my heart ached so bad that I thought I was going to die too…I love you and Lily a whole bunch and I want us to be a family one day…"

Ron stood Hermione up and got down on one knee and took out a small box from his back pocket. Hermione gasped when he opened the box to reveal a sapphire, and gold ring.

Ron took a deep breath before he continued… "Hermione…I love you so much…we have been together for so long and I want to spend the rest of my life with you and Lily as a family…Will…"

"Yes" Hermione interjected, excitement filling her voice.

"You…"

"Yes..."

"Merlin women let me get this out!! I have been planning this for weeks!!" Ron replied in a playful, stressed out way.

"Sorry Ron…I am just so excited…okay, go ahead," Hermione said calming down for just a second.

"Thank you…Hermione…Will you marry me?" Ron said finally getting his words out.

"For the thousandth time, Ronald, YES!!" She said as she threw herself into his arms and began to kiss him passionately.

A new era begins as one story ends, but have no fear my friends, for a sequel I have begun. Will this happiness last long? Will they be the so called family that Ron dreams of? Only time will tell as I end one story and began the other…the sequel that will answer all of these questions, a sequel that I have christened to be titled Betrayal……

The End


A/N: and that is that...thanks again for reading...I will post Betrayal once I update it more so that I won't be so long into the updating process...my goal is to finish it before I post it so that I can update it for you guys daily instead of making you wait for it for God knows how long...Thanks again for reading...I have two stories in the writing process: Betrayal and She Cried With Tears, that I plan to post here once they are further in their processing...so look for those..I am also thinking of writing a Draco/Harry fan fiction. Also, if anyone wants to become my beta I am looking for one. Thanks again...keep reading!!

Alex