Hermione woke up early the next morning. She laid in Ron's arms for a minute, totally and blissfully happy. Then, being Hermione, she started to think about the night before.

Was I… good? She cringed at the thought; did Ron enjoy himself as he should have? Because often when a person fantasizes about something for a longtime it's a letdown. I read something on that a while ago. Oh where was it…? Hermione! Stop that! You sound like those silly girls that you used to dorm with at Hogwarts! This is ridiculous. Ron said he loves you and if he truly loves you then it should have been as enjoyable for him as it was for you…

She tried to move her body ever-so-slightly to see Ron's face. His arm was wrapped around her body which made it difficult not to wake him up. Never the less she managed.

Hermione's heart melted when she saw Ron's face; his head was tiled and laying on the pillow. He had a beautiful peaceful smile on his face. Hermione realized at that moment how truly lost she would be without Ron. If anything ever happened to him… but she didn't want to think about that.

Instead her mind traveled to her years at Hogwarts with Ron. They meet on the Hogwarts express. She walked into Ron and Harry's compartment looking for a toad. Immediately she thought Ron was adorable but she pushed her feeling aside, knowing that she needed to focus on school. She was glad that she had ignored her feelings too; Ron turned out to be an ignorant jerk who criticized her before he even knew her. Hermione remember the day she ran into a girls bathroom after overhearing Ron make fun of her, not knowing, that a few hours later he and Harry would save her from a full grown troll and they would be best friends forever after that.

In her second year she had been petrified for a few months and she never knew how much that had affected Ron. She, Ron, and Harry had grown a lot as friends that year.

In their third year Ron and she had their first big fight over a stupid cat. Crookshanks was deceased now but she had always loved that cat, even if Ron hated it. However, they forgave and forgot.

Year four at Hogwarts they started to realize that they were going to be more than friends. Ron had been jealous of her and Krum and she had been stupid enough not to realize that until it was too late. After she kissed Krum for the first time she felt strange around Ron for days. She had wanted to tell him but didn't know how he would react, so she decided to keep it a secret and eventually she stopped feeling weird about the whole thing.

Her biggest memory of her and Ron in year five was kissing him on the cheek before his first Quidditch match. Ginny had mocked her for it later, but she didn't regret it.

Their sixth year was the biggest stretch for their relationship. They had been feeling the tension between them for a little over two years and when Hermione finally got the courage to ask Ron to something - as a little more than friends - he said yes. She had been ecstatic until her heart was broken by seeing Ron with Lavender. She had been furious and got revenge by going out with Cormac McLggen. That made Ron so jealous and Hermione was pleased at that. Eventually they made up and helping Harry through his grief with Dumbledore only made them have a deeper bond.

When they went off with harry to look for Hourcrux's they had several moments when they had come close to kissing. It sounded so juvenile but Hermione knew it was true. When Ron ran out on her and harry, it cut her deeper than seeing him with lavender. At Hogwarts she was still able to see him and make sure he was okay, but when they were on their own he could have been dead for all she knew. Later that year they had their first kiss, it was the most amazing thing Hermione had ever experienced. Well, not counting what they had just done.

After the battle of Hogwarts Ron and Hermione never left each other's side. They were inseparable. They helped each other through everything; the grief of all those that had died, repairing the magic world to a working position, going to Australia and looking for Hermione's parents, and taking NEWT exams so they could get good positions in the magic world.

Those few years were when they truly fell in love truly became a couple. Everyone was shocked at how long it took them to get engaged, even Ron and Hermione themselves. It was even more of a shock at how long it had taken them to have sex, but Hermione always had boundaries and, though she really wanted to, never gave into Ron.

A while later Ron woke up. He didn't move because he thought Hermione was asleep (she didn't move because she didn't want to wake him up).

He was thinking about the same things when Hermione's alarm clock went off; it made them both jump. Hermione leapt out of bed and slapped the snooze button to make the thing stop wailing. She took a deep breath then turn it fully off before walking over to her chair and putting on her dressing gown. Ron was sitting up in the bed when she walked over and sat down next to him. He pulled her into his arms, but neither of them made eye contact.

They were both looking at the wall before Ron finally tried to say something,

"Er, so…?" he said it like a question.

"So?" Hermione parroted.

"I don't really know how to say this but… that was, Er…" Ron turned red and was thankful that Hermione couldn't see him.

Hermione nodded, unsure of what to say.

"Great?" he said.

She laughed making him angry, flushed, and embarrassed.

"Fine…" he mumbled and tried to get out of the bed.

"No Ron!" she was really laughing now, "I meant that it a good way! I agree with you, it was amazing."

"Then what are you laughing at?" muttered Ron, still upset.

This brought on a whole new round of giggles from Hermione but she spoke anyway,

"Well now I'm laughing because you're being absurd. But a moment ago I was laughing at how awkward it as to sit here, and how funny it was to actually say those things, I thought people only said that in books. Or movies. But I guess I was wrong!" she continued to laugh.

Ron, being totally puzzled by Hermione's mood decided to let out a chuckle to see if it would help her. Then he decided he really did need to get out of bed and get dressed. He tried to move and Hermione misinterpreted it,

"No Ron, really I'm sorry, you were amazing it's just… I don't know. Hormones or something."

"Er, thanks?" Ron let out a genuine chuckle now, "you were too. But really I need to go. I have to get showered and dressed then eat and go to work…"

"Work? Work!" Hermione cursed, "Can you go home and get ready? I need to shower here!"

"Yeah, I'll go."

Hermione gave him a quick peck before running into her bathroom to shower and get ready for the day. Ron collected his clothes and went home with a smile on his face.

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So this chapter was just fun to write. Haha it was going to go into a Ginny thing but I thought I would just make a new chapter for that. Expect it very soon! Thanks, Lilly.