It was 6:30 in the morning and Hermione was awake, but she didn't care she was lying with Ron's arms wrapped around her. It had only been one night since she had left Dean for Ron and the way she had gone about it was playing on her mind.

She felt horrible about the way she dealt with the situation and could see Dean's upset and angry face. This image ruined the perfection of lying so close to Ron, to be honest she couldn't be the one who complained all of this was her fault. She wished she could start things all over again and deal with it like the proper human being she was supposed to be.

Lost in her thoughts she didn't notice time slip past and almost fell out of bed when she heard Ron's alarm go. True to himself Ron didn't even budge forcing her to climb across him to stop the annoying screeching noise coming from the device.

"Hermione, I thought you didn't like the whole morning quickie thing." Ron said, moving underneath her body.

"Oh shut up Ronald I was just turning of your stupid alarm. Can you not change the tone to something a little less annoying?" Hermione walked over to her suitcase which lay untouched on the floor in the corner of the room.

"I need something really annoying to wake me up. You know I don't wake easily so there needs to be something to get me up."

"Well I'm here now so you can wake up to me and not that stupid noise!" Ron raised his eyebrows to that comment. "Don't be so disgusting!"

"I'm sorry Mione I just can't believe my luck that you're actually here, although, you probably could have given me a little more warning. What would you have done if Lavender has still been here?" Ron finally managed to push himself up in to a sitting position.

"I didn't really think about that to be honest I just knew that I couldn't do the sneaking around anymore. I wanted to be with you in a proper relationship." Ron walked over to her and began to kiss her tenderly. "Now, how about a shower?" Hermione said with a cheeky grin.

The decided to grab some food from a local breakfast shop and eat in the park before going to work where they would have to disguise their relationship for now.

"Do you know, I have worked at the Ministry for eight years and I have never just sat in this park. I've walked through it a lot, but never just sat in it." Hermione said looking around; this was the first time he had felt relaxed in a long time.

"Well there is always a first for everything, including you forgiving me." Ron grinned, pulling Hermione in for a much needed kiss. He felt like a teenage again; it felt like the day he first realised he like Hermione. He had that feeling in his stomach that he never wanted to go away ever again. People had started to look at them kissing, but he didn't care he had finally managed to get the woman he wanted, again.

Ron and Hermione walked through the ministry of magic after having breakfast in the park. They held hands until they reached to door to the auror's office where they parted so they wouldn't bring too many questions upon themselves.

"Morning Hermione, all of your owls are on your desk." Her secretary told her.

"Thank you very much Felicity; would you mind getting me some pumpkin juice I feel a little headache coming on."

"Erm... also your husband is in there and I think he might be a little angry. He didn't say why though." Hermione's smile faltered when she heard this news and it completely disappeared when she saw Ron heading in to her office.

"I'm just going to get the Ernie McMillan case files from the office. Justin thinks there might be some new info on it." Ron said as he opened the office door. No sooner had he stepped in to the office did he fall back out again flat on the floor with a bloody nose.

"Oh my God." Felicity shrieked.

"Felicity, would you mind getting the first aid kit from the cupboard?" Hermione tried to keep her cool as much as possible as she ran over to the spot where Ron lay on the floor.

"Dean you didn't have to do that! This is nothing to do with him just leave him out of it."

"This has everything to do with him. If he hadn't come swanning back from Romania and charmed you out of your skirt I would still have a marriage and we would be here. So this has everything to do with him." Dean spat with anger.

"Ron, go to Felicity and get cleaned up." Hermione said to Ron who had managed to get off the floor. Dean motioned to go after him, but Hermione pushed him back in to her office. "We are going to talk this out ok."

"Hermione, I want you back we can work through this mess. I am sure I can forgive you eventually; maybe we could go to couple's counselling. I love you so much it hurts."

"I love you to, but I really do want to be with Ron. In time I hope you can forgive me though and we can be friends."

"I don't know if that will happen I'm not sure we could just be friends." Dean sat back on to the edge of Hermione's desk.

"I hope you can, but I don't expect it straight away." Hermione was shuffling from foot to foot.

"Where are the boys if both of you are here?" Dean's anger was rising again after the rejection from Hermione.

"They are at my parent's house."

"Well I am taking them back, if you're not going to try and make this marriage work. You're not fit to be a mother to them anyway with all the time you spend at work." Hermione could feel a sickness in the pit of her stomach after that comment.

"How dare you say that, I am a fit mother. Especially after you spent so much time away pursuing your football career when they were young." Hermione's voce echoed around the small room.

"That is completely different. I am going to your parent's house and they are coming back with me." Hermione ran after him towards the fireplace at the corner of the department. Dean vanished with a flash of green flames; but Hermione was interrupted as she was stepping in to the fireplace.

"Hermione, Blaise Zabini has been taken by Ernie McMillan. We think we know where they are, but we need to go now." Hannah Abbott tapped her on the shoulder.

"Right ok fill me in on the details." Damn Ernie McMillan she wasn't sure if they found him that she wouldn't just kill him herself at this stage. Hannah had intercepted transmissions from the muggle police force. It turns out Ernie had taken him in desperation in a muggle shop. He had tried to escape, but some of the customers had tried to stop him so he had taken them hostage.

It hadn't taken them long to find the shop as there were so many police and muggles surrounding it.

"Ok, we are taking over this scene now. You need to get the public as far away as possible." Hermione said walking over to the officer in charge.

"Who are you?" He said looking her up and down.

"I'm in charge now, this is a very dangerous criminal and that is all you need to know. So if you wouldn't mind getting these people as far away as possible for their own safety." The officer was so stunned by what was going on, he just nodded and did what he was told.

"You still have that whole bossy thing going on." Ron said laughing from behind. He had caught up with them once he had been cleaned up by Felicity.

"Just be glad we're in a serious situation or you'd be getting a smack." Hermione couldn't help but laugh. Hermione put her serious face back on once she noticed the rest of the aurors were surrounding them. "Ok I need everyone to go to each exit of this building and try to get in without Ernie noticing. Ron and I will take the front door and try to convince Ernie to give this one up without a fight."

Hermione made her way toward the front door of the shop with Ron following close behind. She could feel her heart beating hard in her chest; it had been a long time since she had been in a situation like this.

"Ok, wish me luck," she said kissing Ron before knocking on the front door. "Ernie, its Hermione. I think we should talk."