"Hermione remember that Kingsley knows best ok" I knew why Ron was saying this, he didn't want me pushing the idea for me to go.
"I agree in most respects." Ron gave a frustrated groan at my reply.
We were now at the ministry waiting to speak to Kingsley about my plan.
"Ah Ron, Hermione, good to see you, what can I do for you?" Kingsley appeared.
"We have an idea on how to help the current situation regarding the muggleborns" I answered, Kingsley raised his eyebrows then led us into his office.
An hour or so later we left his office.
"Right we better get ready then" I said to Ron, Kingsley thought my idea might work and had agreed that I could go along on one condition.
"We can't go until you train" Ron pointed out, that was the one condition, I had to train with some aurors.
"I would prefer private training auror Weasley." I smirked at Ron.
"I'm sure that can be arranged, want to check out the facilities now?" Ron asked before taking my hand and leading me to the elevator. We arrived on a floor I didn't know existed and walked out onto what looked like a huge indoor field.
"Ready for a wrestle?" Ron winked.
"Hmm sure, you better catch me first" I said before running off into the field. I was surprised at my own speed, Ron didn't catch me for a few seconds but I felt his big arms wrap around me, he lifted me up and span me around making me giggle.
"You are pretty fast" Ron smiled as he put me down. "I can't imagine how fast you will be after you have trained, I might not be able to catch you."
"I will let you though" I smiled then kissed Ron softly.
"Oi! This is a training field not a kissing field" I heard familiar voice shout, Ron and I jumped apart to find Harry standing close by smiling widely. I ran to him and hugged him.
"Harry! What are you doing here?"
"Kingsley called me in, told me about your idea and said you might want help training."
"Great" I beamed.
A few hours later I was sweating and out of breath, I had never done so much physical activity.
"You lasted longer than I thought you would, Ron and I couldn't even do half of what you just did when we started."
"It's all the personal training I have given her, she's built up her stamina" Ron smirked, Harry pretended to gip and I elbowed Ron.
He grabbed the arm I used to elbow him and pulled me into his arms so my back was to his chest and kissed my head.
"When can we go again?"
"Always hungry for more" Ron murmured into my hair with a smile on his face.
"Kingsley wants to get a professional in to show you the ropes." I felt Ron's body stiffen behind me.
"Who?" He demanded.
"Leighton I think" harry said, Ron groaned.
"Who's that?" I asked.
"Some smarmy git who thinks he's king of the world and treats women like meat." Ron said, disgust clear in his voice.
"He sounds vile."
"He is vile." Ron agreed.
"Oh well, we will see. Shall we go get some drinks?" Harry smiled.
After we had drinks with Harry, Ron and I headed home.
"Why don't you want Leighton to teach me Ron?"
"I have told you he is vile, he won't treat you as an equal and he will try and make a move on you."
"How do you know that?"
"For one, look at you, who wouldn't and two he thinks he can get any woman he wants and when he wants one he won't stop until he gets her."
"Why have you never spoke about him before?"
"Because he is not worth my time or yours." Ron stated simply. "If he says anything to you, you have to tell me straight away, I will kill him."
"I'm sure he won't Ron."
"Well we will find out in the morning." Ron said.
The next morning my body was aching all over, it was dull but noticeable.
"Aching baby?" Ron smiled into my bare shoulder.
"A bit."
"Well flip over then."
"What?"
"Flip over, I will give you a massage before we go." Ron flipped me over and sat on my bum so his legs were either sides of my body. He rubbed my shoulders and back making me moan at his touch, it was actually making me feel better. It quickly escalated into more though as Ron started pressing kisses around my whole body, I didn't say no to him taking it further.
We arrived at the ministry a few hours later ready for some training. Kingsley wanted all the aurors on the team to train as well, I would be training separately with a personal trainer but in the same area.
"Hermione, auror Weasley." Kingsley greeted us, it was strange hearing Ron called that but he was technically on duty now. "Let's get started, Weasley you are over there with the others and Miss Granger let me introduce you to your trainer, Leighton."
I glanced at Ron, his face was blank but I could see the annoyance in his eyes, he left me with a quick kiss to my forehead and I allowed Kingsley to lead me over to this man. As we arrived I noticed how handsome this guy was, he was extremely tall with dark hair, all his features were defined and he had the perfect chiselled body. I knew why Ron didn't want him to train me now, he felt inadequate compared to this man standing in front of me but I knew different. I wasn't attracted to this man or any other man the way I was attracted to Ron, he had nothing to worry about.
The man turned to me and gave me a flirty smile, I tried my hardest to hide the look of disgust on my face but I don't know how well I managed it.
"You must be Miss Granger, I'm Scott Leighton, everyone calls me Leighton." He smirked at me with a flirty glint in his eyes. God I knew what Ron was talking about now.
"Hermione." I said politely.
"So listen let's start small then work our way up, you won't be able to do much to start with." I raised my eyebrows at his statement and Kingsley laughed.
"Leighton, Miss Granger has more experience than most in this room, I'm sure she can handle anything, you won't need to cover the basics just go over some of the newer stuff." Leighton looked a bit put out by Kingsley's statement.
"Right sure ok, let's have a duel then, see how you fair." He smirked, so arrogant. We walked over to an area that had fake boulders and trees to resemble the outdoors and stood facing each other about 10 metres apart. I couldn't let this guy win, he was such an arse. He smirked at me before starting the duel, he shot spells at me quickly but nothing I couldn't handle, he started getting faster and moving around so I followed suite. He ducked behind a rock so I stood behind a tree.
"Come on little girl, that all you got." He laughed.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." I heard a familiar face say, I scanned around quickly and saw most the aurors watching including Ron, Harry and Dan. I shot a spell at Leighton which he dodged and then moved, I had to move again to see him. We moved around each other shooting spells and blocking them. All the aurors were cheering and clapping at good shots. I was getting tired but I couldn't give in, we continued fighting until one of his spells nearly hit me making me drop and roll on the floor, I looked up at Leighton who was smirking down on me. I quickly got up and shot a number of spells at him, for each he took a step back and got less steady on his feet until finally my 'stupefy' spell hit him square in the chest. He fell to the floor.
I felt arms around me and was quickly picked up and spun around by Ron who then put me down, all the aurors were laughing at Leighton and applauding me. Ron got back to me again.
"You are so amazing."
"Still think I shouldn't come." I smiled.
"I wish you wouldn't but I know you can handle it. Nice one Leighton." Ron laughed as Leighton walked towards the group.
"Fuck off Weasley. You're good Granger."
"I know." I smirked, the other aurors laughed and started to disperse so it was just Leighton and I still stood there.
"Listen, why don't you and I go out for dinner and some drinks, we can talk about the training and you can ask me any questions." What the hell, was he making a move on me?
"Er no thanks, I will ask my boyfriend if I want help thanks." I said simply.
"Boyfriend? How would your boyfriend know about any of this?" Leighton asked.
"He is standing right over there." I pointed to Ron who was looking at me questioningly.
"Weasley?! You are fucking joking me." Leighton laughed, I looked at him darkly. "What, your serious, what are you doing with him you could do so much better."
"What and you think you are better?" I demanded.
"Obviously." He stated simply. I scoffed and walked off to Ron.
"What was that all about?" Ron asked when I reached him, he put his arms around me, his hands resting on my lower back.
"He didn't know we were together and asked me out." I shrugged, Ron's face darkened and he looked up at Leighton before moving his hands slightly further down so they were resting on my bum.
"He's fucking staring at your arse the dickhead." Usually I would be embarrassed having Ron touch me like this but I didn't mind on this particular occasion.
"Oh well, he can look but he can't touch." I kissed Ron's neck softly.
"He shouldn't be looking anyway."
"You shouldn't be so jealous Ron, I am yours, I will always be yours, don't worry about other people." I kissed his lips softly.
"Ok, you are right, you are mine and I get to keep you forever." He smiled before kissing me again. "You want another trainer? I can ask Kingsley."
"Can't you train me?" I pouted.
"I don't think I am qualified but we can keep up our private sessions." He smirked.
"Hmm ok, we better get back to it, I don't want to get you in trouble auror Weasley."
A few weeks passed by, I trained with the aurors every day and Kingsley had decided that the mission had to take place soon, we had to be ready to leave in a week.