Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter *le sigh*. If I did, that would be totally awesome (StarKid reference)! Sadly and thankfully, J.K. Rowling owns it.
A/N: I think I'm getting better at updating more quickly! As always, here is your awaited chapter served on a silver platter!
34.
Hermione smiled as she woke up to the overly bright morning to have all the memories from last night come rushing back in her brain. She rolled over to where she faced her sleeping husband. Hermione always thought he looked so cute when he slept. No worries on his face, his hair a tousled mess, a playful smile on his face, and his bare chest slowly moving up and down with sleep. Hermione snuggled up closer to him and rested her head on his chest and laid and arm across his chest.
"Mmm, morning." Fred said sleepily, slowly opening his sleepy blue eyes to meet Hermione's bright brown ones.
"Good morning, love." Hermione said and placed a soft kiss on Fred's lips, which turned up into a smile.
"What do you want to do today?" Hermione asked when she pulled away from the kiss.
"We could go into town and walk around for a bit." Fred said and Hermione's face brightened.
"Okay, sound fun. I'm so going to shop." Hermione said and Fred grew panicked at that. He'd seen Ginny in her shopping-mode and she was hell.
"Shopping?" Fred said, trying to hide his panic but Hermione sensed it, which was new and odd.
"Don't worry, I'm not as bad as Ginevera." Hermione winked at Fred and climbed out of bed.
"Damn, look at that arse!" Hermione stopped in her tracks as she heard what Fred thought. She looked back behind her to see Fred pretending to read a magazine. Hermione shook his thought off and walked into the bathroom to shower and dress.
x-X-x
Hermione and Fred walked hand in hand through the Market Square tighter talking and laughing. Hermione couldn't stop thinking of how she read Fred's mind though and she tried. She came to the conclusion that it was the Bond that gave her the power to read minds and feel emotions. She'd tried to listen to random peoples' minds but she couldn't hear them. It was only Fred's.
"So, where do you want to start?" Fred asked, standing with Hermione ahead of a lot of shops.
"I have no idea. Let's just walk until we find something." Hermione said and she and Fred began walking again.
"I wonder if he could hear my thoughts as well." Fred heard Hermione think to herself and smiled.
"Yes love, I can." Fred said with a smile still plastered to his face and Hermione looked up at him.
"How?" Hermione asked out loud and looked at Fred, confused.
"Simple. The Bond between each other that we made at the wedding. It happens to most couples who get Bonded. Lee and Alicia got Bonded, that's how I know." Fred said with a shrug of his shoulders and gave Hermione's hand a squeeze. Hermione nodded her head, looking at some glassware. She purchased a multi-colored vase and Fred bought her a necklace with a red and gold colored glass lion on it. That shopping day Hermione bought a new leather-bound journal, a leather-bound photo album which she had engraved "Hermione and Fred Forever" on the front in gold letters, crystal wind chimes, and a new quill for herself and a leather "man" bravlet for Fred engraved with the golden words "Aeternum et Semper" which translates from Latin to English as "Forever and Always". They shopped around a while more until it turned to sunset and it was time to go back to the villa.
"My lady." Fred said, opening the door to the villa and let Hermione walk in first.
"Fred, I'll be right back." Hermione said, putting the bags down and walked to the bathroom. She closed the door and put a lock charm on it and went over to the sink to grab a bag from underneath. It was time to pull out Hermione's secret weapon. Lingerie. Hermione fug through the bag, searching for the perfect set. She finally came to a decision and pulled out the black, lacey bustier and thong set but left the black stilettos in the bag from Megan. Hermione took off her clothes and undergarments and pulled on the bustier and thong. She stood back up from leaning down and looked at her hair which was in two braids. She let her hair down and pulled it up into a messy bun like Fred liked it and took off her light makeup. Hermione then looked at herself in the full-length mirror on the door and looked at her appearance. Sexy with class. Hermione magically cleaned up her mess of clothes and put them back under the sink, unlocked the door, muttered "Nox" and opened the door.
"Fred?" she called quietly, making sure the coast was clear. Hermione stepped fully out of the bathroom and closed the door behind her.
"Sorry love, I was just loo–." Fred said but stopped talking in mid-sentence, looking at his wife. After the shock of his sexy wife in lingerie, he walked over to her and kissed Hermione fully on the lips.
A/N: * Que maniacal laughter* HAHAHA! I'll let your minds rn free now:) Review!