The winter term drug for Hermione she spent every free minute either in class or studying. Molly made sure she ate; she sent lunch with her every day and made sure that she ate dinner when she returned home in the evening. By November she was beginning to wonder if she would ever catch up for that reason she was happy when Armistice Day came around and she could have a day off.
The morning of Armistice Day Hermione slept in till a little after seven, as she got her shower she thought she heard Charlie's voice but figured it was just one of the twins. George and Fred both sounded just a little bit like Charlie, George more than Fred because of the wounds to his throat from the war.
Hermione showered, did a quick drying spell on her hair, she was so glad that she had finally found a spell that took the frizz out of her hair. It was nice having long wavy hair not long fuzzy hair. Since she didn't have to go to school or do anything but spend the day with the family, Hermione pulled on a pair of well washed jeans, the same jeans that she had worn while at the reserve. Pulling them on made her think even more of Charlie, she was marking the days off till Charlie would be home.
Pulling on one of the jumpers that Molly had made her Hermione sprayed little perfume on and headed down the stairs. As she entered the kitchen she called good morning; and was then grabbed around the waist. Hermione jumped and tried to attach whoever had her; hearing a soft whisper in her ear she arched.
"Charlie?"
Charlie pulled Hermione around and snogged her right in front of his whole family. He had missed Hermione so much that he had to come home. Even if it meant he would have to work a bunch of double shifts he didn't care. He had made deals with half of the dragon handlers so that he had four days off.
When the two of them finally pulled apart George and Fred were both telling them to get a room. Hermione turned bright red and Charlie wasn't far behind her.
Molly and Arthur just smiled at the two of them; Molly knew that Hermione had buried herself in work to keep from missing Charlie. "Ok you two sit down and let's get some breakfast in this crew." Molly then started levitating a huge English breakfast to the table.
Hermione and Charlie sat as close to each other as they could without Hermione on his lap, the two of them held hands while they ate. As soon as breakfast was done Molly shooed the two of them out of the house to go for a walk.
Luckily it was a beautiful November day, the sun was shining and there was very little wind. So with their heavy jumpers they were both comfortable. Charlie looked down at Hermione wondered how he had gotten so lucky to have a beautiful, smart amazing woman like her in his life. As they walked towards the pond Charlie got very quiet.
Hermione looked over at him, "Charlie are you ok? You seem very quiet."
"I'm fine just a little tired I'm working a lot of double shifts so I can have the 4 days off to spend with you. I'm totally ok!"
Hermione smiled, "well don't work to hard I'll tell you the same thing you told me."
Charlie laughed and conjured a blanket for them to sit on at their spot by the pond. Charlie sat down and pulled Hermione down beside of him. "Hermione I have something I want to ask you."
Hermione looked at him, "You know you can ask me anything."
Charlie got a little red and then got on his knees in front of Hermione; coughing and stuttering a little, "Hermione will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?"
Hermione's eyes got huge and then she threw herself into Charlie's arms and started kissing him all over his face, "Of (kiss) course (kiss) I (kiss) will (kiss), I (kiss) love (kiss) you (kiss)."
Charlie finally let loose of the breath he didn't know he was holding and settled in for a long drawn out kiss. When they finally pulled apart Charlie took the ring he was holding and placed it on Hermione's finger. He then said a spell mineo agnatio mineo. Hermione looked at Charlie, "What did you do?"
Charlie explained, "It's a very old spell that has been around forever, it means mine and only mine. It makes it so that if a man comes up to you he will know that you are betrothed. It won't stop them from talking to you but it will make them know that you are too respected and not toyed with."
Hermione nodded, she didn't like having spells placed on her without knowing about them. She was going to talk to Ginny when she got a chance and see what she knew about the spell. Looking down at her ring Hermione gasped, when she first saw the ring in Charlie's hand she was so busy kissing him she hadn't really looked at it. The ring was amazing, it has a center princess cut diamond that had to be 2 carets and all the way around the bad were smaller princess cut rubies.
"Charlie you shouldn't have gotten something so expensive. I didn't need anything like this."
"Hermione I've lived and worked for almost 10 years and spent no money in a field that is very lucrative. I have plenty of funds I could retire today and never have to work another day. I've had Bill investing my funds so I've got plenty."
"Charlie I'm not worried about that I just would have never would have picked something so extreme; you know me I'm just a plain girl."
"Let me spoil you just a little; I love you and want to see you with beautiful things."
Hermione hugged Charlie and leaned in to start kissing first his eyes than she moved to the tip of his nose; she moved on to his chin and then worked her way down his neck and around his ear. Charlie shivered and it was all he could do to keep from throwing Hermione down on the blanket and ravishing her.
"Hermione if you don't stop I don't know if I'll be able to stop; I love you so much and I want you more then you will ever know."
Hermione stopped her nibbling and kissed Charlie on his lips; "I'm sorry Charlie, I don't mean to be a tease I just have missed you so much."
Charlie pulled Hermione tight into his arms, "I know sweetheart I know; do you have any idea of when you would like to get married?"
"I don't know I would like to have my apprenticeship finished if I could. I do know I don't want a big wedding like Fleur and Bill's. I just want something simple with our family. "
Charlie nodded and thought for a minute, "I don't want a big wedding either but how are we going to make mom understand that?"
"I don't know I am sure we are going to have to put our feet firmly down; I just can't imagine what she would want. I'm sorry Charlie I love your mom with my whole heart, but I don't want a big wedding."
"We will sit mom down tonight and make sure she understands. I know we will have to have some of the Order present but they are family too."
Hermione nodded, "yes the inner circle of the Order, Minerva and the other teachers. Other than those it was pretty much our family. Oh, Charlie have you talked to your dad about Percy?"
"No why? What has that pain in the ass doing now?"
"I think you need to talk with your dad, he made Percy leave the other morning and told him he was no longer a part of the family. He um, called me a mudblood and said I had no right to be in the house."
Charlie was pissed, he saw read he was so angry, "I'll kill that asshole!"
Hermione grabbed Charlie as he got up, "Please Charlie I didn't mean for you to get angry I just wanted you to know what happened."
Charlie nodded, "Let's go back and let mom and dad know and see if we can get mom from going crazy with a big wedding."
Charlie pulled Hermione up to her feet and led her back to the Burrow. When they walked into the Burrow, Molly immediately spotted the diamond on Hermione's hand.
"Oh my, Hermione will truly be part of our family; we have so much to do to get ready for your wedding."
"Whoa mom," Charlie said, "We don't want a big wedding we want just a small family wedding. Nothing fancy just the immediate family and Minerva and her staff that are Order members."
Hermione started nodding, "Molly I love you dearly and I know you want a big wedding but Charlie and I aren't into being around a lot of people. We just want our family with us. I thought Arthur could walk me down the aisle, Ginny can stand up with me and who ever Charlie wants to stand up with him."
Molly sighed, "I wish you would let me plan you a big wedding but I know with both of you against me I don't have a chance."
Hermione and Charlie pulled Molly into a hug; "thank you mom I'm glad you understand."
Molly, Arthur, Charlie and Hermione sat in the living room for several hours visiting and Molly worked on a list. She wanted to make sure even if it was a small wedding it would be perfect.
When she finished the list Molly handed it to Hermione, Molly had made a list of who needed to come. Along with the guest list there was Kingsley as the binder since he was Deputy Minister of Magic and a list of what needed done such as getting wedding robes, choosing flowers and a food list.
Hermione smiled, "it's very complete thank you Molly." Then Hermione handed the list over to Charlie to look over.
Charlie looked at the list and thanked his mom; by this time Hermione was yawning every other minute. Charlie pulled Hermione up and walked her up to bed.
"I'll see you in the morning, I love you."
Hermione reached over and kissed Charlie, "I'll see you in the morning, and I love you!"