1Alrighty so this was definitely one of my favorite chapters to write because well we get some insight into Hermione's muggle life as well as meeting her parents. So yeah this was definitely a fun one to write.
A Series of Fortunate Events
Chapter 11: A Day in the Life of Muggles
So Hermione and Fred had been together for a little over two weeks but she knew he was the one she'd spend the rest of her life with, he knew it too. Actually just about everyone who knew them knew it. But Hermione was determined to take this at a respectable pace like a respectable couple. Thus, Hermione had determined that it was time for Fred to meet her parents. She brought the idea up to Fred was very excited to meet Mr. And Mrs. Granger. Hermione was in her room picking out an outfit for her family dinner thinking about how weird it was to be bringing someone form her magical life into her muggle life. Ron and Harry had never even really met anyone from her family or any of her friends. This was going to be quite the dinner.
Hermione had finally decided on a white knee length skirt with a fitted black blouse and a pair of red high heeled shoes. For once she had straightened her hair and let Ginny do the whole smokey eye look on her. Overall, she was very pleased with her outfit and was quite excited about the dinner. Fred showed up looking very nice with a pair of dress pants and a nice dress jacket with a deep green button down shirt that looked gorgeous with his red hair. Fred greeted her with a deep kiss and an engulfing hug.
"So, are you ready for dinner?" Hermione asked eagerly.
"Ready as I'll ever be." He smiled. The duo disappeared into the fireplace.
Fred Weasley had never spent much time in the muggle world so he was very excited to be meeting the Grangers and hopefully getting to spend more time in the muggle world. Fred stepped out of the fireplace and looked around the house. It wasn't small but it wasn't huge either. It was nicely decorated with tons of pictures and random artifacts. They had a nice sized television and stereo. There was a creme colored couch and red chairs which looked quite nice against the chocolate brown walls. Fred stepped out and looked at the pictures on the mantle. He smiled looking at all the shots of Hermione, it was like a visual time line: there were baby shots and shots of her as a little girl (an especially cute one with her hair in pigtails wearing a raincoat and bright yellow rain boots) and then there were shots of the Hermione he knew, even ones of her and Harry and Ron. Hermione had a toothy smile as a child he noticed, she never smiled that much while they were at school, although with the war who could blame her. Fred was determined to get more of those toothy grins out of her. He was brought back to reality by a gentle brushing of Hermione's hand. He turned and smiled at her and she kissed him softly on the cheek.
"Mum, dad I'm here." she called out.
There was some bustle from upstairs and within the kitchen. Hermione's mother came out of the kitchen with a huge grin on her face, Hermione's father came from above with an equally huge grin. She let go of Fred's and hugged her parents tightly. Hermione's mother was quite lovely, she had long elegant features and rather picturesque face, Hermione had definitely inherited those lovely features but they were mixed with her father's more relaxed features. The frizzy brown hair was definitely inherited from her father, her mother's hair was very fair. The family broke from their embrace and Hermione walked over to Fred grabbing his hand, "I'd like you both to meet my boyfriend Fred."
Mrs. Granger smiled warmly, "It's lovely to meet you Fred, I'm Jane and this is my husband Martin."
"It's great to meet both of you." Fred said eagerly shaking Mr. Granger's hand.
"So, Hermione tells me that you and your brother own a shop." Mr. Granger began conversing with Fred while Hermione and her mother disappeared into the kitchen.
"Yeah, my twin brother George and I own a joke shop. Right now he's in America trying to open up a shop in New York and I'm teaching at Hogwarts. We're both still doing all the inventing but we have some of our friends and such in charge of the individual shops."
"That's quite a remarkable accomplishment for someone your age."
Fred felt his face turn red a bit, "Well, it's nothing compared to what Hermione has accomplished. She is by far the most amazing women I've ever met."
Martin smiled, "I see you are quite taken away by my daughter."
Fred's face reddened even more, "Very much sir."
"Don't be embarrassed she is quite taken with you as well." Martin assured him.
Just then Hermione appeared, "Dinner's ready." Martin and Fred got up and walked over to the kitchen. Hermione grabbed Fred's hand and smiled up at him as they made their way to the dinner table.
The dinner was very delicious, it reminded Fred dinner at the Burrow. He complimented Mrs. Granger on her amazing cooking and she blushed exactly like Hermione did whenever you complimented her.
"How is work?" Jane asked.
"Oh it's been rather interesting." Hermione answered thinking back to the events of the note and the desk incident. "And I've been crazy with the fifth years trying to prepare them for their OWLs."
"Yeah, I feel pretty bad for them." Fred agreed,, "Fifth year is pretty horrible."
Hermione nodded vigorously, "Oh god, fifth year was crazy. Although you and George did brighten it up a bit." Fred's face lit up as he remembered the look on Umbridge's face as he and George left the school.
Jane and Martin looked at the duo with interest. Fred looked at Hermione trying to see if he should divulge the story, Hermione shrugged, "They're going to find out soon enough."
Fred shared the story and by the end of it Martin was laughing hysterically and Jane looked as though she wasn't sure if she should laugh or scold him, in the end she chose laughter.
The rest of the night was spent sharing stories from Hogwarts and Hermione had never smiled so much. As hard and terrifying as school had been she also had some really great memories: the Quidditch matches, Fred and George's pranks, the Yule Ball, and all the typical teen moments. Jane and Martin kept exchanging looks with one another, it was so nice to be let in on all this stuff. In the past Hermione had always kept everything about Hogwarts under wrap and they were thrilled to be included in it. Jane couldn't help but picture her Hermione in a long beautiful wedding gown with Fred at her side. Martin was pleased that Hermione had managed to find someone who was not only responsible and successful but fun loving and caring as well.
A couple hours later Hermione and Fred made their way back to Hogwarts and Fred promised to take Martin to WWW in the near future. Jane gave Fred a kiss on the cheek Hermione and Fred stepped into the fireplace and disappeared from sight. A moment later the duo was at Hogwarts in Hermione's sleeping quarters. They held tightly onto one another's hands and sat on the bed.
"I love your parents." Fred smiled.
"They loved you, I could tell." Hermione was positively giddy at this point.
"At least we have our parents' approval." Fred leaned in and kissed Hermione. Hermione put her hands on Fred's face and began running them through his hair. His hands were wrapped tightly around Hermione's waist and they slowly laid back on the bed...
After their little bit of fun and some cuddling Fred bid Hermione farewell and made his way to his room. Hermione laid happily on the bed and thought she would explode with happiness, everything was going so well. After all of those horrible dating experiences throughout school and the more recent ones she had finally found the right guy. The guy who would treat her well and do the right thing. She jumped up, grabbed her bag and some clothes before racing out of her portrait hole.
Fred had just changed into some sleep pants and was now leaned over his desk working on some assignments for the coming week. Just then he heard a knock and was rather perturbed. He grabbed his robe off his bed and wrapped it around himself. He opened the door and was pleasantly surprised by the sight in front of him. Hermione had tied her rather crazy hair into a loose bun and was wearing a pair of form fitting pajama pants and a tank top with a sweater wrapped around her. She even had a bag with her.
"Hey, I wasn't expecting you." Fred said happily moving out of the way to let her in.
Hermione walked in and placed her bag on the bed, "I changed my mind on the sleep over thing." she bit her lip nervously.
"Wonderful." Fred said swopping down and wrapping his arms around tightly around her, "So I guess we'll stay at my place tonight?"
"If you don't mind." Hermione smiled.
"Of course not." Fred made his way back to his desk, "I just have some work to finish up and then we can hit the sack if you want."
Hermione jumped on his bed, "Yeah, I have some papers to grade and I need to go over my lesson plans once more."
The duo worked on their stuff every now and then glancing over and smiling happily. They even read over each other's stuff and offered some helpful suggestions. After that Hermione packed her stuff up and climbed under the sheets. Fred turned his desk light off and climbed in next to her. He put his arm around her protectively and she laid her head on his chest. And that's how the slept for the rest of the night.
So there's the next chapter. I imagine there will be about 3 or so chapters left in this part of the story, but alas don't fret because I'm already working on some ideas for a sequel because I know that the last chapter will leave you with quite the cliffhanger hehehe. Thanks again for the amazing reviews like always :-)