Disclaimer- I don't own Harry Potter, nor will I ever. If I did, you'd probably all hate the abundance of fluff. Oh, yeah, Sirius wouldn't have gone to Azkaban, James and Lily wouldn't have died, and poor Remus would have a Lycanthropy cure. That's just how I am!
The Return of the Camping Trip
Chapter 6: Goodbyes
When George and Hermione woke up the next morning, they were in a somber mood. It was the last day of their trip, and they would have to pack up in just a few short hours. Lazily staring at the top of the tent, George slowly stroked Hermione's arm.
"This has been fun, hasn't it?" he asked.
"Yeah," Hermione replied sadly. "We're really going to have to do this more often, you know. Not just in another five years."
"Maybe we can camp again in a couple of months," George suggested.
"That sounds great," she replied happily. She leaned up and placed a soft kiss on George's lips. "Come on, let's get up and go take a walk."
George and Hermione quickly headed to the showers (A/N- separate showers!) and got cleaned up, meeting back at the tent for a quick breakfast. When the last of the dishes had gotten cleaned, they headed out into the forest hand in hand.
"This has been just so peaceful. None of the hustle and bustle of work and responsibilities, just you and me," George said, gently kicking a dead branch out of the path.
"It has been great," Hermione conceded, sighing. "I love it when you and I get to be together without a million distractions bothering us."
"Me too," he answered, smiling. "Well, when we're married, perhaps everyone will leave us alone for at least a couple hours a day. And maybe they won't say anything about what we're doing when we're alone."
"Yeah, your Mum didn't like hearing that, did she?"
"Actually, I think it was the seeing part that got to her," George said, chuckling. He was referring to the time, two years prior, when Mrs. Weasley had walked into George's room at the Burrow where he had still been staying, catching the two of them in a rather 'intimate' position.
"I still don't think my hearing has come back all the way from that scream she let out," Hermione said with a grin. She hadn't been able to face Molly Weasley for two weeks after that.
"It was rather funny, when you think about it now," he said, making a wide, sweeping motion with his hand.
"Yes, now," she said. "But I will never forget the look on her face."
"Oh, I know," he told her, "It still haunts my nightmares sometimes!" Laughing, the two continued their stroll through the trees, arriving back at their campsite much sooner than they would have liked.
"Well," Hermione said, "I guess we had better get everything packed up."
"Guess you're right," George said with a sigh. Working as slowly as they could, George and Hermione had their site packed up within an hour. As they lightened and shrunk their bags, and idea hit George. He quickly grabbed Hermione's hand and pulled her over to a large oak tree.
"George, what are you doing?" she asked, eyeing him as if he'd just turned into a frog.
"I had an idea," he said, pulling out his wand.
"Oh, did it hurt?"
"Hehe, very funny," he said sarcastically. He carefully traced a pattern on the trunk of the tree with his wand, tapping it gently when he was done. Carved into the side of the tree, with a heart surrounding it, were the initials 'GW & HGW'
"Oh, George," Hermione said nostalgically, pulling him down into a thorough kiss.
"Well," he said when he pulled back, "I figured if you could put our initials somewhere, then so could I."
"That is so sweet," she said, tracing the letters with one finger.
"Well now we have somewhere to go for just a bit of time alone. This can be 'our spot' from now on," he told her, gently taking her hand.
"This is wonderful," she said.
"Glad you like it," he said, "I love you, Hermione."
"I love you, too, George," she said, leaning up and kissing him softly. Together they Apparated home, to the rest of their lives together.
The End
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(A/N- aww, another sappy ending from me! Isn't that how everything I write ends, though? Oh well; if you don't like fluff, then you shouldn't have been reading!
To my terrific reviewers:
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Also, to everyone who reads my fics, I've recently put out another story, called Fateful Regret. It's a Harry/Hermione story, pretty angsty, but quite fluffy at the end. Please read and review it!
Well, I hope you enjoyed reading 'The Return of the Camping Trip.' Sorry again that it took me so long to get it all posted, but thanks to all of the readers that stuck with me through the time lapse. Love you all!
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