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Epilogue
White Roses

Everyone stayed down just talking, eating and, of course, snogging.

It seems that many people were exchanging money and it seemed that the person who got the most money was Neville. For as he had predicted Ron and Hermione were indeed snogging in the corner, oblivious to anything else.

Finally when the clock struck two in the morning people started retiring upstairs to their dormitories.

It was three in the morning before Ron and Hermione parted and they looked around the common room. The only people still down were Fred, Angelina, George, Alicia, Harry, and Ginny. They were all paired of snogging.

Ron looked at Harry who was curled up on his favorite armchair next to the fire Ginny was sitting on his lap and they looked very happy. Hermione heard Ron breathe really loud and she looked and he was glaring at Harry.

"Ron!" said Hermione. "They are in love, you can't protect you sister from love!"

"I know," said Ron looking at Hermione, "just.urg.I didn't know that by giving Harry permission to see her meant I would have to watch them.do that!" He gestured frantically towards them.

"Well we don't have to watch them," said Hermione grinning cunningly.

Ron turned to her and grinned at Hermione.

"Hermione! What about that reputation of yours!" said Ron smiling ear to ear.

"I figured that I could let that go for one special person!" she said and she gave him a quick peck on the lips. Ron reached around her waist to deepen the kiss but Hermione broke it.

"But we do have classes tomorrow so I think we should get to bed," she said going back to her regular tone.

Ron sighed and got up.

"Walk me to my dorm?" asked Hermione.

"I can't," said Ron. "The staircase won't let me!"

"It won't if we hold hands," said Hermione.

"Oh!" said Ron and he took Hermione's hands in his and they walked up the stairs.

"Won't you come in?" asked Hermione and she opened the door.

Ron walked in slowly.

"Hey!" said Ron as he looked though the open bathroom door. "You have better lavatories than we do!"

"Of course!" said Hermione walking over to her bed.

"Hermione why did you want me to come in?" asked Ron nervously.

"I wanted to tell you something in private before the rest of them come up," said Hermione.

She ran up to him and threw her arms around his neck in a tight embrace. Ron was stunned for a moment before wrapping his arms around her waist.

"I love you Hermione," said Ron and he gave her a tight squeeze.

"And I love you Ron," said Hermione.

They heard voices coming towards the stairs.

"I guess you better go," said Hermione.

He turned to go and the turned back.

"Hermione!" he called, as she was about to open the hangings around her bed.

She looked at him and he ran back up to her.

"I wouldn't dream of leaving without kissing my girlfriend good-bye!" said Ron.

"Oh!" said Hermione and she wrapped her arms around Ron's neck and gave him a long kiss. Nothing special, not very deep, just placing her lips on top of his. She broke the kiss and smiled.

"I will always be there for you," said Ron. "I will never look away when you need help. I will do everything in my power to protect you."

Hermione felt her eyes water.

"I will always love you," finished Ron and he placed a kiss on the top of her forehead before running out of the room as Lavender, Parvati, and Ginny entered.

~*~*~*~*~*~

"So?" asked Harry excitedly as Ron entered the room.

To Ron's surprise not only were Harry, Neville, Dean and Seamus there but Fred, George, Angelina, and Alicia were too.

"What are you doing here?" asked Ron still smiling.

"We all want to know," said Dean, "so how was Hermione!"

"I don't kiss and tell," said Ron and he sat on his bed and took off his shoes.

"We know!" said Angelina giggling, "you and Hermione kiss so long there's no time to tell!"

Everyone laughed, even Ron.

"So," said George walking over to Ron and putting his arm over his shoulder, "our little Ickle Ronnikins is a man!"

"Oh! Shove off!" said Ron still smiling. Nothing could change his mood.

"Well I guess its time for our girls to hit the sack!" said Fred looking at Angelina and taking a deep bow. "May I walk you to your room, my lady?"

"Of course," she said taking Fred's hand a walking out of the room.

George offered his arm to Alicia who took it and they too walked out of the room.

Whenever was gone Ron got changed at walked over to his bed when he heard Seamus call out loudly, "Neville and I sure collected a lot on The Ron Bet, Ron!"

And Seamus again had to duck a flying book coming from Ron's direction, though everyone knew this was in fun.

Ron settled down and blew out his candle and dreamt of his perfect, his lovely, his everything. His Hermione.
~*~*~*~*~*~

"Hermione!" said Ginny, "you're crying, what's wrong?"

Hermione didn't realize she had been crying.

"Nothing!" she said wiping her tears with her hands. "I just got something I really, really wanted!"

As the said this there was a puttering sound coming from somewhere in the dormitory.

Hermione realized it was coming from her bed. She opened the hangings and stared at what she saw. Her wand was sputtering out white roses all over the place. There was not one place on her bed that did not have a rose on top of it. The roses were overflowing off her bed. Hermione grabbed her wand a shouted

"Finite Incantatem!" And the white roses stopped coming out of her wand and the roses on her bed disappeared.

Hermione went and put on her nightdress and then looked up to see Lavender, Parvati, and Ginny all looking shocked.

"What was that?" Ginny asked finally.

"White Roses," Hermione answered and without another word got into bed, blew out her candle, and closed the bed hangings. And she dreamt of her prefect, her lovely, her everything. Her Ron.