Never Let You Go
Hermione couldn't speak. Her mind was racing at what George had just told her. Had she made a huge mistake when she told Fred no tonight? She should never have married Ron, she never should have said yes to him when he asked her out that night. She should have fought for Fred. She should have announced it to the world.
"Red? Oh my! You're certain?" Please let him be mistaken, please don't let me have wasted so many years without the man I am meant to be with. Hermione's thoughts were racing.
"Yes Mione, you and Fred are meant to be together. Now what is your heart telling you?" George her in the eyes, and seen the desperation she was feeling. He knew that telling her the truth finally made her realize what she needed to do.
"That I need to get dressed and find the love of my life." Hermione threw a pair of trainers and hugged both Ginny and George. She thanked them before bolting out of the room. She had no idea that she wouldn't have to run very far.
Fred just happened to be walking around outside the hotel knowing that it was where Hermione was staying. He just turned to start pacing in the other direction when he seen a brown bushy ponytail bouncing behind a girl running out of the hotel.
"Hermione! Hermione! Is that you?" Fred yelled desperately. His eyes were bloodshot and his face was tearstained. He couldn't believe he was about to face her again. What would he say? How could he make her believe he was sorry and he would never hurt her again?
Hermione turned around and seen where her name had been coming from. She seen the red hair he knew so well. She knew how it smelt, how it felt, how it fell in his eyes when he was concentrating on something. He started running toward her when he came to the realization that it was Hermione. She took off toward him too. She started talking in a ragged breath as she reached him.
"Fred. I need to talk to you. I just talked to Ginny and George and they made me realize something." Hermione looked into his eyes, the eyes she felt she could easily become lost in forever.
"And what is it they made you realize?" Fred was hopeful that his brother and sister had made Hermione realize she loved him and that he would never again hurt her the way he had before.
Hermione placed her hand upon his cheek and looked him straight in the eyes and replied, "That the only thing my heart has wished for in the past few years is to be close to you."
If
I had one wish boy,
I'd wish you next to me
"Hermione I feel the same way. Please forgive me for hurting you. I hope you understand why I did everything I did." Fred took Hermione's hand from his cheek and held it in his own.
"I do Fred, I always did. I just didn't like it because it meant being away from you. I didn't care how or when or why we were together. I just wanted to be with you."
Hermione finally took the time to look around. When she was here with Fred, they didn't really leave the hotel room that night and had apparated in and out after checking it at the desk. The hotel was in a beautiful part of town, a large park right across the street, a beautiful view of the Eiffel Tower behind some large trees. It was an amazingly beautiful site.
And
it could be in summer, fall, or spring boy
Cuz you make my heart
sing
Fred noticed her looking around and also took in the scenery, but his eyes came back to the most beautiful thing he had ever seen, and that was the woman standing before him. With puffy cheeks, blotchy red skin, and bloodshot eyes, her hair in a messy ponytail, Hermione had never looked more beautiful.
"Hermione, everyday since that last day together I have missed you. I want you to know that from this moment on, my heart, soul, body, mind and love are yours." Hermione's eyes filled with tears, a lump rose in her throat. His eyes looked so sincere, staring into the depths of her soul, asking for her to believe him.
"Fred, do you mean that? Are you absolutely certain?" She looked hopeful, and happy. Her eyes held the sparkle they had lacked since they broke up.
"I've never been more certain about anything in my entire life."
I
wanna give my heart, my soul, my love to you , ohh baby, yeah
Cuz
everyday I'm not with you, I'm missing you, Like crazy
Hermione jumped into Fred's arms and wrapped her arms possessively around his neck. She felt a warmth and safety filling her entire being. His arms, his embrace were where she felt at home.
"Fred just hold me forever, please." Hermione's face was pushed into his shoulder which was getting wet from her tears of happiness.
"Hermione, darling, I will never ever let you go if you don't want me to."
I
need you to
Love me--Hold me--Touch me
down deep in my
soul, never let it go,
"But, what about Rose?" Hermione just remembered he had said something about America at the cafe, but why wasn't he going with her? And how did Rose know about them? She hated to hurt such a good person. She knew Rose and actually liked her, and felt they would have been great friends under different circumstances.
"Rose is a great person and a wonderful friend, but she could never compare to the beauty that you are. Hermione, I love you with all of my heart. There is no room for anyone else right now."
Cuz
the love we share, no one compares to you
I'll never let you go,
Cuz I really love you so
"Right now? What do you mean 'right now'? Are you planning on falling in love with someone else?" Hermione looked at him questioningly, not realizing what he meant.
"When we have children. Only then will my heart expand to allow more love in." Hermione giggled at his corny remark, but loved it all the same. He cared so much and he was planning for a future, a future for them, together.
"Fred, can I tell you something?" Fred looked at her and noticed the seriousness that filled her expression.
"Anything."
"Without you, I was absolutely nothing." Hermione frowned while making this statement, realizing now the truthfulness of it. When Fred wrapped his arms around her tonight, it was as if her soul reentered her body and she was no longer a cold, empty shell.
"What do you mean?" Fred thought he might know what she meant, but wanted to make certain he understood. He wanted to know her every thought and feeling.
"I only went through the motions of my life. I didn't actually live it. I didn't enjoy it."
If
You must know the truth boy,
I'm nothing without you,
"I know what you mean now. I felt the same way. It's amazing because before we were together I heard a lot of people say this or that was too good to be true. I never knew what it meant. Not until that day we kissed under the mistletoe. It was after that kiss that I asked myself if it was real. It seemed too good. I thought it was a dream."
Fred leaned down and lightly kissed her forehead.
Its
funny how I know what people mean, boy
When it's too good to be
true
"Fred, I just realized you are still holding me up in the air." Hermione giggled ad her feet swayed in the air. Fred didn't look at all winded and she loved that fact. He was so strong and it made him that much more safe to be with.
"Yea, so?" Fred smiled, knowing what she was thinking.
"Aren't your arms getting tired?"
"Never as long as you are in them." Yet another corny line, that Hermione fell for, as always.
"Fred, even just standing here joking and talking I have the best times with you. No matter what we are doing I am just happy to be with you."
Because
you give me joy, good love, good times,
Such happiness, ohh yeah
"Mione, I feel the same way." Fred finally set Hermione down, but did not release his hold on her. He leaned down and brushed his lips gently against hers. It was their first kiss since the day before they broke up; it felt like a lifetime ago.
"Thank Merlin!" Hermione yelled, not realizing she did so. Then she blushed as she seen Fred's worried expression.
"What??" Fred wasn't sure what Hermione was exclaiming about.
"Thank Merlin that I wasn't just dreaming when I remembered it being so good." She leaned up and kissed him again, wanting to feel that electricity pass through her body once more.
And
every day I thank the Lord for you,
I feel, so blessed
"I've never been kissed like you kiss me. Never. How do you do it?" Fred looked at Hermione and she knew he was telling the truth. She knew that no one could possibly kiss him the way she did, because no one loved him like she did.
"I just fill every kiss with ever ounce of love I feel for you." She said this with a tear in her eye and a smile on her face.
If
you only knew, what you really do
ain't never had no one that
does it quite like you do
"Hermione, I'm so glad we found each other when we did. No matter the pain and trouble we had to go through to be together."
"And why do you say that?" Hermione blinked flirtatiously at Fred.
You
can spend half a life time trying to find one like you
That's why
I am so glad I found you, babe
"Because it makes me believe in wishes coming true."
"How?" Hermione never really believed in wishes. Not since she was a kid anyway.
"When I was five, I made a wish on a star that I would find the woman that would always laugh along with me, take care of me when I got hurt, and love me to the end of the earth." Fred looked embarrassed. He had never told anyone that, not even George.
"And what makes you think that I would do those things?" Hermione had a glint in her eye that Fred always loved to see. She knew he was his wish come true.
"Because I would do them for you and I know you would never let me show you up." Fred knew the best way that to get Hermione riled up was to get at her competitive side.
"Fred Weasley you are incorrigible!"
"And you are beautiful!" He leaned in and kissed her again, a long passionate kiss that left both of their lips red and swollen.
I
wished upon a star and it came true
I need for you to love me
"Ya know Fred, I have that hotel room all night."
"What is it you are implying Ms. Granger?" He couldn't contain his excitement, and was sure Hermione had used a husky voice on purpose, knowing how it turned him on.
"How would you like to relive the best night of my life?" The sparkle in Hermione's eyes, reminded him of that night and the chemistry they shared.
"I would and could want nothing more."