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Chapter 29: Future
"Why the fuck are you trying to ruin everything for me?"
They had been screaming in Ron's dormitory for hours now. She had never seen neither Fred nor Ron so angry. Harry and Hermione sat in the deserted common room, awkwardly listening to the fight going on upstairs.
"Because you stole her from me, you stupid git! She belonged to me! Everybody knew that. She loved me before she loved you. I could see it in her eyes – she just needed time!"
"Why the hell do you keep lying to yourself like that? She never loved you! She never will! She's with me now and you have to accept that!"
"FUCK YOU FRED! YOU CHANGED HER!"
Fred came out of the room, ran downstairs, and sourly said, "This is no good. He's a bigger git than ever. Come on Hermione."
She shot Harry an apologetic look before she ran after a furious Fred, who had already stormed out of the common room. He didn't wait for her, and she thought he probably needed time to process what Ron had just said.
She followed him in silence for minutes but he didn't stop before they reached the seventh floor; he then quickly spun around and kissed her, not passionately, more angry and frustrated.
"Please tell me it isn't true, Hermione."
"What are you talking about?"
"Just tell me it isn't true. Did you love Ron before you loved me?"
"Yes," she said curtly.
"Fuck, Hermione. How did this get so messed up?"
"I did love him, Fred. And I still do, but as a friend, nothing more."
"I don't want you to leave me, Hermione. I want you forever," he sounded like he was on the verge of tears, but the corridor was dark and Hermione couldn't see his face.
"Fred, please…"
"Please just listen to me; I will do anything for you. I want to be yours forever, and I want you to want me in the same way."
"Fred," she said. He was about to interrupt her but she spoke first; "no! You listen to me now! I do want you in the same way; but you have to realize that I'm one of Harry Potter's best friends, and a mudblood nonetheless, and you're one of the biggest blood traitors of all and a member of the Order! We are at the break of war, Fred. You, me, and all of our friends are going to be hunted down by death eaters the very minute Voldemort declares war. I love you more than anything but you have to be realistic; this relationship doesn't have a future – and that's why I was happy that I wasn't pregnant. It wouldn't be fair to a child"
"It doesn't have to be like that."
"Don't be stupid, Fred. I have to go with Harry when the time comes and then you and I can't be together."
"…"
"I would never put you in danger. I don't know how long I will be gone; it could be years. I want you to be happy; and you wont be as long as you're with me!"
"Can we please have this talk another time?"
"No, Fred, I'm sorry but you need to know so you can back out now and forget about me if you want to. If you don't, it will be so much harder for both of us," she was crying.
"What are you talking about. I don't want to break up with you."
"Please tell me you don't love me. I need to hear it and you need to say it to get over me," she closed her eyes and waited for the heartbreaking words.
He didnøt say anything for a while, then suddenly, she could hear him sniffle; he was definitely crying now.
"I don't want to get over you... I want to be yours forever"
"Oh Fred!" and with that she embraced him, tears streaming down both of their faces.
They stood there, sobbing in each others arms for several minutes.
Fred brought his lips down to hers and kissed her gently. As he was about to pull away, she grabbed his face with both hands, urging him to deepen the kiss as he then did.
The kissed passionately, both still weeping about what the future might bring.
"I love you so much, so, so much!" Fred said between their kisses.
Hermione realized that they were standing in front of the room where it all began; the room of requirement.
She guided him towards the big oak door, never breaking their kiss. As they entered the room, Hermione saw that the room had changed; it now looked a lot like Fred's room at the burrow.
They sat down on the bed, still kissing, touching each other gently, showing the other how big their love was.
Hermione lay down on the bed and as Fred placed his body above hers to continue their kisses, she tugged his shirt off.
She traced her fingers down his back, appreciating and caressing every muscle. Not long after, she was lying shirtless on the bed with Fred, who was now fondling with his beltbuckle, above her.
As he guided himself inside her and slowly, gently started thrusting in and out of her, never breaking their eye contact, she felt a love so strong that it took her by surprise. She was almost afraid of this feeling; she didn't know it was possible to feel this way about another person. She loved him more than anything; and that was when she realized that she would do anything to protect him. He was hers, and she was his. They were still looking each other in the eyes, both of their pupils dilated to the maximum.
Before she knew it, she was crying again; not sobbing, but crying in the heart-aching way where tears stream down your face but you make no sound; the tears were streaming down her face and she could do nothing to stop it. Fred didn't cry but his eyes were red and she could tell that he too felt the extreme sensation of being this much in love.
