Chapter 21: Ron's Birthday
A/N: Hello there! I haven't had any reviews in a couple of days so please keep reviewing. As you can probably guess from the chapter title, this chapter is essentially about Ron's birthday. I have never properly written about a birthday before so this will definitely be something new. Anyway I hope you enjoy. Here is chapter 21!
Ron woke up happily on the morning of the 1st of March 1999. It was quiet in the house that he shared with Hermione and all you could hear was the sound of birds tweeting in the distance. He opened his eyes to find himself looking at the chest of drawers and his bedside table before turning over onto his other side to find Hermione smiling.
"Happy Birthday, Ron." Hermione said quietly before kissing him on the lips passionately.
"Thank you. How long have you been awake?" Ron asked curiously.
"About 5 minutes or so, it is nice lying in bed and just watching you sleep." Hermione blushed
"I do the same thing when I wake up before you." Ron chuckled
"See, we do have a lot in common." Hermione said reassuringly.
"I know, and I am really glad about that." Ron smiled kissing her cheek.
Hermione got out of bed and walked over to the curtains and pulled them open very quickly before turning to Ron.
"So Ron Weasley, are you ready for your 19th birthday?" Hermione questioned and raised an eyebrow.
"Yes! Yes I am definitely ready for my birthday!" He replied in a squeaky tone.
"You a like a little child who has come down on Christmas morning to find a load of presents from Father Christmas." Hermione giggled
"I am just so happy that is all." He said walking over to her and tickling Hermione's ribs. She laughed out loudly.
Hermione walked over to the wardrobe and got her clothes out before starting to get changed. Ron stared at her. They had never got changed in front of each other before. They had both seen each other naked, but before then and since that they had both gone into separate rooms to get dressed.
Hermione turned around halfway through getting dressed and looked at him. "What? It isn't like you haven't seen half or fully naked before Ron." Hermione giggled
"You are brilliant you know, you are brilliant." Ron said smiling at her.
"I have my moments." She smiled back
Once they had both got changed Hermione turned around to Ron, grabbed his hand and together they walked downstairs. Ron followed Hermione into the kitchen where she waved her wand and muttered a spell before breakfast appeared in front of them.
"Hermione, you didn't have to make breakfast, I could have happily made it for us." Ron smiled
"I know, but I wanted to, besides, it is your birthday so I wanted to do it." Hermione said
"Thank you." He said happily before they both sat down.
"You are welcome." She replied
They ate happily and talked and laughed a lot. Outside, the snow had melted and the sun was shining peacefully but the air was still cold for the first day of March. The sound of the radio buzzing quietly in the kitchen was quite relaxing. It was the perfect day and Ron instantly knew that this would be a good birthday. Once they had finished eating they both went and sat on the sofa together happily.
"Please can I give you your birthday present now?" Hermione questioned.
"Yes please." Ron smiled
Hermione handed him a birthday card with was decorated with shooting stars and broomsticks.
Dear Ron,
Happy 19th Birthday,
Love, Hermione xxx
She then handed him a small parcel which had wrapping paper that was also decorated with broomsticks. He opened it carefully to reveal a small, rectangular box. He opened it carefully to reveal a watch. The watch was silver and looked smart and elegant.
"Hermione, this is beautiful. Where did you get it?" Ron asked speechlessly.
"I got it from a shop in Diagon Alley, I think it was that Jewellers." Hermione said happily.
"That is where I got your sapphire butterfly bracelet from." Ron said and looked up at her in surprise.
"See, a lot in common." Hermione nodded at him.
"Thank you, I love it!" Ron said and kissed Hermione passionately.
"I love you." Hermione smiled as they broke the kiss.
"I love you too." Ron smiled back in reply.
"Do you remember on my birthday, when we met in the three broomsticks and you bought me that amazing perfume?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah, it was weird, not being able to share your birthday properly together. But at least we can this year." Ron sighed
"I know, I will definitely look forward to that." Hermione smiled
"Oh, by the way, I am still amazed that you liked the perfume the first time I bought it you." Ron said happily.
"It is something I will always keep, because it was from you, and also a lot of memories come with that wonderful bottle of perfume." Hermione said.
"That is great, because I have already seen a new scented one, which has "Hermione's birthday" written all over it." Ron giggled.
"Ron!" Hermione laughed before hitting with a cushion from the sofa.
They sat there for a couple of minutes silently, before Hermione broke the silence.
"What should we do?" Hermione said
"I don't know, we have a couple of hours before we are supposed to be at the Burrow so we could do anything in the world." Ron sighed
"Where do we go then, we could sit in the middle of a forest, we could stand at the top of a mountain; we could go and sit on the beach, if we use apparation." Hermione smiled
"Really, you are serious?" Ron questioned
"Yes, why not? We could do anything within the space of a few hours, anything you want." Hermione giggled, as she swung her arms around.
"Can we go to the beach then?" Ron said as his face lit up joyfully.
"Yeah, sure. I was kind of hoping you would choose that option." Hermione smiled, she then offered him her hand and pulled him up. "Come on then, let's go." She added before they walked out of the door and apparated away.
As they landed on the sand, the cold air hit them and the sea crashing against the sand roared peacefully in the distance. The sky was a light aqua colour and the clouds looked like small pieces of white, fluffy candyfloss. The sand was soft as they walked along up to a slight hill and sat down in the long, green grass.
"So, how is your nineteenth birthday so far?" Hermione asked as they sat down.
"Brilliant, greatest yet. Last year, we were on the run and the year before that I had been poisoned and was drifting in and out of consciousness. So yes, this definitely tops all birthdays so far." Ron smiled, and put his arm around her waist. Hermione rested her head on his shoulder as they looked out at the now quite calm sea.
"What shall we do?" Hermione said
"What do you mean?" Ron said in a slightly confused voice.
"We could walk along the beach, we could just sit here. It is up to you." Hermione shrugged happily.
"We could walk in the sea. Jump the wave's maybe." Ron smiled as if a light bulb had appeared above his head.
"Do you mean like in Australia last summer?" Hermione questioned
"Yeah, why not? It is the 1st of March and we are the only ones here, it will be fun." Ron smiled
"Like you said, why not?" Hermione smiled
They both stood up before taking of their shoes, rolling up there trousers and running towards the sea. The water was freezing. Ron shivered as his feet hit the water and Hermione giggled happily. They continued walking until the water was slightly deeper.
"Do you want to jump the wave?" Hermione said pointing to a nearby strong wave.
"Ok. 1, 2, 3!" Ron shouted as they jumped the wave before giggling hysterically.
"Let's go again." Hermione laughed
They then jumped the wave quickly before it caught both Ron and Hermione's legs and they fell down into the water. By now both of them could stop laughing and it was the perfect scene of both Ron and Hermione, happy together.
Ron stood up and offered a hand to Hermione before pulling her up. He looked at her carefully and noticed that from the waist down, her clothes were darker and wet from when she had fallen.
"You are drenched Hermione." Ron laughed
"So are you." Hermione smiled looking at him.
"Come on, we best get going." Ron said happily and looked at his watch as they walked towards the sand.
"Wait a second, we forgot something." Hermione said and stopped him from apparating before getting out her wand.
"Accio shoes." Hermione muttered and waved her wand before both Ron's and Hermione's shoes came flying towards them.
"Good thinking." Ron smiled, before grabbing her hand and they apparated back home.
As they walked into the living room, Hermione waved her wand and both hers and Ron's clothes were dry. He raised his eyebrows at her before she looked at him and said "Non verbal magic, otherwise they would have been on the radiator for over an hour." She giggled
"Since when did you become so daring?" Ron questioned as they sat down on the sofa.
"I have changed a bit since we were at Hogwarts." Hermione smiled
"And I love you either way." Ron said kissing her passionately.
"I love you too." Hermione smiled kissing him back.
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Ron sat in the kitchen and watched the clock tick. "Tick, Tick, Tick". She was taking forever. Well, it seemed like forever in Ron's eyes. In reality, he had only been waiting for 15 minutes. The radio was playing on the other side of the kitchen.
"And today, March the 1st's number one is Britney Spears." The man on the radio said and some music started playing.
He looked up at the clock again. 5:55 pm. They were supposed to be at the Burrow in ten minutes. Ten Minutes! He thought to himself. It wasn't enough time. He had just turned 19 and he had only just recently realized that life was too short to not enjoy it. He was starting to sound like Hermione.
He stood up and walked through the living room, into the hall and towards the stairs.
"Hermione, hurry up, we are going to be late!" Ron called and started to walk upstairs to see what was taking so long.
"Alright, calm down, calm down! You are starting to sound more like me than I do." Hermione laughed from the bedroom.
"And you likewise sound more like me." Ron chuckled as he opened the door and walked into the bedroom where Hermione was.
"Wow, you look great." Ron smiled as he looked at Hermione. They had decided to not dress up as it wasn't a formal thing. She was wearing a purple, blue shirt and black denim jeans.
"We have done it again." Hermione said and giggled.
"Done what?" Ron asked
"We have worn similar things. You are wearing checks, I am wearing checks. Maybe it will turn out to be a checked party." Hermione laughed
"Oh, yeah." Ron smiled "You get funnier and funnier by the day."
"You are wearing off on me." Hermione said happily.
"Thank you and I think your intelligence is wearing off on me."Ron said
"Thanks." Hermione said and took his hand before they went out of the door and disapparated.
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The Burrow was quiet as they apparated outside. The lights were on and you could hear from a distance the sound of people talking and laughing.
"It seems quiet." Hermione said
"Just give it a minute. Wait a moment." Ron laughed and smiled, knowing what was going on.
They walked into the living room of the Burrow. It was silent. So silent that you would probably be able to hear a pin drop. It looked as if people had been very busy and then had just stopped what they were doing and dropped everything. Like they had disappeared into thin air.
"Hello?" Ron called, his sides splitting with laughter.
"Is anybody there?" Hermione said, also laughing.
"Do you get the joke now?" Ron asked, turning towards her.
"Yes, I do now get the joke." Hermione giggled.
"Surprise!" A lot of people yelled and suddenly, many members of the Weasley family and people who were counted as family popped up from behind sofas, arm chairs, tables and cupboards. Including Mr. Weasley, Mrs. Weasley, Bill, George, Percy, Audrey, Fleur, Ginny and Harry laughed.
"Happy Birthday Ron." Mrs. Weasley said as she hugged her youngest son.
"Boo!" A voice said from behind Ron and Hermione. They turned around to find a tall, young, ginger haired man stood there, smiling.
"Charlie, what are you doing here?" Ron said as he hugged his older brother.
"I couldn't miss my youngest brother's birthday, could I?" Charlie smiled "Besides, I am also staying for the month because of Percy and Audrey's wedding.
"Hi Charlie." Hermione said
"Hi Hermione, how are you?" Charlie smiled and hugged her.
"Good, thank you." Hermione replied happily.
"Ron. Happy Birthday." Harry said going over to hug his two best friends.
"Thank you Harry." Ron said as he was handed a present from his sister and his best friend.
The evening went by quickly; everyone was laughing and smiling over dinner and before long, Harry, Ron and Hermione were sat outside under a tree in the garden. Ron and Hermione had said goodbye to everyone and only Harry knew that they were out here.
"It is weird isn't it?" Harry said.
"What do you mean?" Ron asked, slightly puzzled.
"Well, we aren't all as close as we used to be. Are we?" Hermione said. "I mean, we are all still really good friends and are really close but in a different way, we aren't constantly with each other every day of the year. The friendship has more shape because we have turned it into what we want it to be." She continued
"That is what I mean. Except not in such a complex and intelligent way." Harry said and they all laughed.
"Do you mean like despite the fact that you are my sister's boyfriend, we are all still good friends. And we are all still good friends despite the fact that me and Hermione are in a relationship." Ron said.
"Yeah, pretty much." Harry smiled
"Everything has changed hasn't it? I mean we have all grown up. We have jobs, we are living together. We are in relationships. Our lives have changed so much." Hermione sighed
"They have, but for the better. We all have some sense of normality in our lives. We have always been normal; it is just now we can lead normal lives." Ron said and squeezed her hand.
"Ron, we have never been normal." Harry said and they all laughed hysterically.
"Promise me something though, you too." Hermione said, turning slightly serious all of a sudden.
"What?" They both asked, slightly confused.
"That even if relationships get really awkward and weird between us, we will still say friends. Because you two are the best friends I could possibly ask for." Hermione smiled
"I promise." Ron said
"I promise too." Harry said and the three best friends smiled at each other happily.
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Ron and Hermione walked into the hall of their house and Hermione closed the front door as they walked in to the living room. It was half past ten at night and it was dark outside as the silver stars glistened far, far away. They both got changed and got into bed, both feeling exhausted.
"Wow, it has been one heck of a day." Hermione sighed as she yawned quietly.
"It certainly has." Ron said as he wrapped his arm around Hermione. "Hermione, I want to say thank you to you." He added
"What for?" She questioned, looking up at Ron.
"For being part of possible and most likely the best birthday I have ever had. You make me feel so happy, and without you, this day wouldn't have been half as good as it was. Thank you." Ron said.
"You are welcome. Thank you to you to." Hermione said
"For what?" Ron asked curiously.
"For what you just said, because it made my day." Hermione said as she leaned in and kissed him gently on the lips as he kissed her sweetly back.
"Happy Birthday Ron. I love you." Hermione smiled
"I love you too." Ron said
A/N: Hi! I have finally completed this chapter! And it is one of the longest I have wrote in quite a while. I hope you like it as much as I did enjoy writing it. It has taken me 5 days to write this chapter due to a long week at school and a lot of homework but it is Saturday and I think I have done a good job of Ron Weasley's birthday. Anyway PLEASE REVIEW!