A/N: This is Heather, the cool and clever one (not to mention crazy...hehe).Please pardon me if my chapter stinks compared to Lauren's... I think she started off my story better than I could, but that's cool...Thanks again, Lauren!!! ~partners in crime!~

Disclaimer: okay, you know the drill...as Lauren so cleverly stated, it would not be written by two peeps if it where real, not to mention it wouldn't be on fanfiction. net and we would be rich and all that... but,alas, we are not, at least I am not.....Lucky J.K. and her brilliant, rich imagination...lol...anyways, we don't own Harry Potter...yada, yada, yada....(but, it would be the *best* christmas present.. hint, hint...give me my ickle Ronnikins and I will be content...hehe....okay, on with the story.....brain's bloggy.. gotta think ..okay)

~Together at Last~

Chapter 2: Manic Morning

"Ron, wake up, c'mon...everyone is waiting..." whispered Hermione, kneeling next to Ron, beside the bed

no response...

"Ron!....I know you can hear me, get up, sleepyhead!" she whispered in his ear, and ran her fingers through his fiery red hair, she could feel him shiver slightly as she did this.

" five more minutes, I've got to write a letter to the mayor of talking tuna town..." mumbled Ron, not opening his eyes, and clearly half asleep (sorry, Lauren...I just *couldn't* resist ..hehe)

Hermione laughed out loud at this, He *must* have some interesting dreams....

"fine, desperate calls, call for desperate measures, here I come sleeping beauty" she giggled, and kissed him lightly on the lips, he grabbed her face after a few seconds and deepened the kiss.

"' morning, see you decided to join the living" teased Hermione, as the morning kiss had subsided

" mmm...Hermione, promise me something, will ya?" said Ron, his eyes still shut and yawning deeply..

Hermione looked at him curiously

"depends on the promise" she answered

Ron then smiled and looked over at her, he took her face in his hands and kissed her cheeks.

"promise me that you will always wake me up like that" he said, kissing her lips

"no problem, it seems like the only way I *can* get you to wake up, anyways.." she giggled

"well, there are other ways to wake me..." grinned Ron

"oh, really and what would those ways be?" Hermione asked in a skeptical sort of way

Ron kissed her lips again and then raised an eyebrow.

"haven't you figured it out by now?" he smiled that cute, lopsided grin, that made Hermione's heart race.

"should I?" she asked

"fine, I will tell you, not that you will have to use them, mind you, you hold the number one master key of all awakenings.." he smiled at her and winked.

Hermione blushed and nodded.

"second is food....."

Hermione laughed " should have known, your a bottomless pit"

"ah, but it is a Weasley trait" said Ron, knowingly

"your poor mother..."teased Hermione

"hey, she had me...but speaking of mum...that is third on my list of awakenings.."

"what?"

"mum can wake me up....no, not like that, you pervert....by yelling at me ..."

Hermione laughed.

"did you just call *me* a pervert, you jerk?" she teased

"hey, we make a perfect match" concluded Ron

Hermione playfully punched him in the arm..

"ow, that really hurt" he said sarcastically

" It wasn't suppose to hurt you dimwit, but I can hit harder if you want" she warned

Ron's eyes brightened, expectantly..

"go on, I dare you to!" he challenged

Hermione just laughed at him and kissed his forehead.

"you need to put some decent cloths on and get downstairs..." she said getting up, Ron grabbed her hand and pulled her down on the bed next to him.

"ah, so you declined my challenge, I see" he smiled down at her

"No, I am afraid that if I hit you to hard, I just might enjoy it to much and I won't be able to stop" concluded Hermione, looking up at him innocently

"right...chicken" he said and kissed her on the lips, she pulled away just long enough to say..

"If I'm a chicken, your a turkey.." they then kissed again

"gobble, gobble, gobble" said Ron, Hermione laughed.

"jerk" she said and a kiss

"wimp" the name calling and kissing went on for a few more minutes, Hermione completely forgot why she had come up in the first place.

Then , just as they embraced each other in the most passionate kiss of the morning, Ginny popped in the doorway..

"Are you two planning on coming down, or do you plan on snogging all afternoon?" she asked, smiling

"snogging with Hermione all afternoon sounds nice" concluded Ron

Hermione, the tinge of pink in her cheeks growing brighter, got up .

"you're leaving me?" he asked with a pouty lip

Ginny rolled her eyes and Hermione laughed..

"yes, I am leaving you, I'll see you downstairs..." said Hermione

"Oh, and by the way, me and Harry found a really cool lake in the middle of the orchard...we where thinking of going swimming later, and maybe having a picnic and stuff, interested?" asked Ginny, excitedly.

"um, Ginny....you just asked me if I wanted to see 'Mione in a bathing suit...of course I want to, if you want to Hermione" he added

Hermione was taking on Ron's characteristic in the blushing department.

"sounds good...." she answered

"cool! this is going to be so much fun!" said Ginny excitedly

"yeah, because you get to see Harry in his swimming trunks, perhaps?" teased Ron

"oh, shut up Ron, honestly, and you call *me* the perv" joked Hermione

"I call it as they come" answered Ron

Ginny looked at them both and rolled her eyes again..Hermione shook her head and smirked at Ron

"see you downstairs" said Hermione

"okay"

Hermione and Ginny both went downstairs..

Ron smiled to himself, he then reached under the mattress and took out a tiny box, he opened it and inside lay a small ring...

He decided that the time had come...

He had plans to make tonight unforgettable.

He then put the ring back under the mattress and got up, he changed and went downstairs .

He couldn't help, but think how differently his life had changed in the last few months.

Only a few months ago had he sat in the common room asking Hermione about advice on girls....boy did that turn out to be a mess...but all mistakes have a reason, if it hadn't been for him and Lavender, Hermione probably wouldn't have told him about her true feelings, and the same with him.

But now the declaration of their love for one another was evident, and Ron was sure he wanted to spend the rest of his life her, and if she wanted, to have another generation of Weasley children...

Ron laughed at the fact of them possibly being parents in the future...Never would he have dreamed of the annoying girl in 1st year that he couldn't stand was the one who kept him going forward, She was the reason he lived...even before he realised it in 4th year, he always felt something for her, he just couldn't understand what it was...He didn't belch slugs in 2nd year for nothing, he couldn't understand why it got to him so much that Draco picked on her, when he, himself, did it about ten times a day.....he understood it now.

He then snapped out of reverie and back to reality, he smelled the nice aroma of breakfast in the air and unevitably made his way to the kitchen.

'Today is going to be interesting, I can feel it' he thought as, he kissed Hermione on the top of the head and sat next to her.

A/N: okay, I know that probably wasn't as good as the first one (curse you Lauren for being such a great writer...and putting me to shame.. lol) ^_^ Anywhoozles, we would absolutely love if you reviewed, because we do this *for* the sole purpose of reviews, because who writes a story that no body reads????...so..please review

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