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The next two months at Hogwarts were as normal as you could get at Hogwarts. Hermione went back to obsessing over her schoolwork and everything seemed back to normal. She was still a little distraught over the loss of her parents, but she didn't dwell on it at every moment of the day. There were more important things... prefect duties, homework, oh yeah. And Ron.

Ron and Hermione finally told Harry and Ginny about them and made them swear not to spread it around. They knew people would find out, but they could figure it out on their own without silly rumors floating about. Ginny and Harry seemed really happy for them and teased them endlessly. It made them feel like innocent little 11 year olds again.

Soon, the school year was over and it was time to send all the kids home. One difference though, was Harry, Hermione, and Ron all got their apparation licenses and could now use magic outside of school, which would be a great advantage to them now that danger was surrounding them.

The train ride home was somewhat uneventful. Harry, Ginny, Hermione, and Ron got a compartment to themselves but were later joined by a few other Gryffindors and Luna Lovegood walking in as if entering a cocktail party. She took a seat right next to Ron which seemed to put Hermione off. He kept a tight hold on her hand though.

The teens chatted happily completely oblivious to the danger outside. Except for 4 of them. . .

"I can't believe we only have one more year after this," Hermione said leaning her cheek against the window watching the little bit of Hogwarts disappear.

"Seems like its gone so fast," Harry added.

"One more for YOU guys," Ginny piped in.

Shaking their heads slightly, they resumed talking happily with their friends.

Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were waiting on the platform. Behind them looking sulky was Aunt Petunia. Uncle Vernon wasn't there, neither was Dudley.

'On to my new home,' Hermione thought as they exited the train.

Mrs. Weasley waved at them enthusiastically and Hermione couldn't help but smile. Bounding over to them as if she hadn't seen them a simple 2 months ago, she wrapped the four teens in a big hug all at the same time. "hello dears! How was the rest of your term?"

"Pretty good," Ginny said grinning at the other three, specifically Ron and Hermione.

Mr. Weasley came over and put his arm around Ginny and clapped Ron on the shoulder, "We're glad you're home kids." He looked at Hermione as he said that and Hermione half grinned at him in a friendly manner.

"Harry," they heard a sharp voice say.

Harry turned around and saw Aunt Petunia. He frowned and asked, "Where's Dudley and Uncle Vernon?"

"Home, they had to work on some things," she answered as if she was covering up for them.

"Oh."

"Well come on then!" She said.

"Hold on a sec k'?"

He didn't wait for a reply, he just turned to his friends and said quietly, "You better come and get me soon......"

"We will Harry," Ron said.

"Write us and keep in touch," Ginny said as she kissed him on the cheek.

"Bye Harry," Hermione said hugging him tightly.

"Are you ready NOW?!" Petunia asked annoyed.

Harry rolled his eyes and he disappeared around the corner.

"You think he'll be okay?" Ginny asked worriedly asked she watched him.

Putting his arms around her shoulders, Ron assured her he would be. "Harry's gone through a lot, he can tough anything out."

Mrs. Weasley gave a small sniff from holding back tears of how much they had all grown up from the little 10 and 11 year olds that once stood on that exact same spot. "We'll get him soon, Albus spoke to us and said it would be okay to get him so he celebrate his birthday with us," Mr. Weasley reassured Ginny.

"Yeah," Ginny trailed off.

As they all walked out of the train station, they walked over to the Leaky Cauldron (A/N: I don't exactly know how far Kings Cross is from the leaky cauldron, but we're gonna pretend its close k?) and decided to floo back to the Burrow. They went in order with Molly going first, then Ginny, Hermione, Ron, and finally Arthur.

Once they were all standing in the kitchen and everyone was safe, Ginny proceeded to say, "You'll be staying with me Hermione. Dads put a charm on my room to make it bigger so we'll have plenty of room for both of our things."

"Sounds good," Hermione replied.

"Ron, Ginny, why don't you two help Hermione with her things," Mrs. Weasley said.

Hermione had brought more things with her than the other two because she took a lot of the things from her house. Mr. Weasley had even shrunk Hermione's bed and was going to enlarge it once they were in Ginny's room.

Ron stepped forward to grab her trunk.

"Lemme help you Ron," Hermione said as she tried to grab one end.

"No, its okay, I got it," he said a tiny bit defensively. She had a feeling he was trying to show off a little but she appreciated it all the same.

"Oh please Ron, stop being such a show off. You'll never be able to carry that trunk up the stairs by yourself," Ginny snapped at him.

Ron glared at her.

Ginny smiled back at him in a *you can't be mean to me because I'm the youngest, and mum and dad are watching* kind of way. Hermione stifled a giggle as Ron picked up her trunk and staggered a bit but managed to hoist it up into his arms and proceed to carry it up to Ginny's room.

The girls grinned at each other as they each grabbed a box that held Hermione's possessions as well as her parents.'

Once they entered her room, they saw Ron sitting on Ginny's bed. There was a clearing next to Ginny's bed for Hermione's. Looking closer, Hermione actually saw her bed which was 10 times smaller than it usually is.

"Engorgio," Ron said pointing at her bed. It immediately enlarged to its regular size.

"Thanks," Hermione said smiling at him.

"That's the first spell I used that's legal!"

Ginny rolled her eyes and Hermione laughed and kissed him on the cheek. "Congratulations Ron."

Smiling back down at her he began to lean in for a kiss.

"AHEM!" Ginny said breaking the moment.

Ron looked at her clearly very annoyed and said, "I'm gonna go unpack."

He exited swiftly and Ginny burst into laughter.

"Well I'm glad you find it so amusing," Hermione said pretending to be annoyed, but in all honesty, she thought it was quite funny as well.

Ginny laughed again and began to unpack her things giggling. Hermione walked over to her trunk and started taking out her clothes.

"Dad enlarged everything, so there's room in the closet for your clothes. And I have two extra drawers if you need those," Ginny said on a side note.

Turning back to put her things in Ginny looked up at Hermione and saw that she was looking a little sad.

"Hey, are you alright?"

"Yeah, yeah I'll be okay," Hermione said quietly as she took her favorite photo out of one of the boxes.

Glancing at the photo over her shoulder, Ginny saw Hermione and her parents with their arms around each other. "Wow."

Hermione nodded and explained to her, "that's me, my mum, and dad. I was about 5 or 6 when it was taken."

"It's not moving."

"No, it's a muggle photo."

She put the photo back in the box, but Ginny reached forward, took it out, and put it on the dresser with all Ginny's other photos and knickknacks. Hermione smiled tearfully at her and the two girls wrapped each other in a tight hug.

"Everything will be okay Hermione, and you'll be happy here. I promise."

Hermione let a tear fall down her face.

Little did the two girls know, there was one blue eye peaking through the lock hole willing to be Ginny in that moment so he could have Hermione in his arms.

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Laying in bed that night, Ron couldn't get Hermione off his mind. Knowing she was sleeping just 2 floors below him kept driving him absolutely crazy. 'Bloody Ginny,' he thought, 'she gets to share a room with her.'

That night at dinner had been fairly normal. Hermione showed no trace of the tears she had cried before and was talking enthusiastically and happily to everyone. Only at one point did she cry when Mrs. Weasley announced she had a "housewarming" gift for her. After presenting her with a long box, Hermione opened the lid and pulled out a clock hand with her name and face on it. Her own hand of the Weasley clock.

Seeing her expression as she admired her gift, he wanted nothing more than to just pull her aside so they could be alone. They hadn't been truly alone since they were at her house.

Sure, they had their quick little moments in school, like when they would kiss briefly outside her room before they went to bed. But it just wasn't enough. Then he got a sudden idea. Looking at the clock, he saw it was 4 a.m. and he figured this is one of the only chances he'd get to be with her. When everyone was sleeping.

Slipping out of bed, he pulled a pair of jeans over his boxers and kept his pajama shirt on. Putting his gym shoes on without bothering to tie them, he crept down two flights of stairs to Ginny's room. He apparated into the room because he knew her door creaked a lot and he COULDN'T wake Ginny up.

Looking around the room, his eyes fell on his little sister who was curled up in a little ball under the covers with just her head visible. Then he saw Hermione.

"Sweet Merlin," he muttered as he looked at her. She looked like an angel.

Lying on her back with one hand resting lightly on her stomach, and the other draping over the side of the bed, she looked like an angel. The moonlight was hitting her face perfectly. Remembering his task, he rested his hand on the side of her face and rubbed his thumb back and forth on her face.

She muttered something and reached up to brush away whatever was on her face. Ron whispered her name quietly and he saw her eyes flutter for a moment and then saw them slowly open.

"Ron?!" she exclaimed a little too loudly.

Clamping his hand over her mouth, he saw Ginny stir. She just mumbled something about riding a pony and promptly fell back asleep. Ron felt his shoulders relax and he signaled for Hermione to be quiet.

"What's going on?" she asked quietly.

"I want to show you something," he replied enthusiastically.

"Can't it wait til morning?" she moaned through a yawn.

"Well seeing as it's 4 in the MORNING, then I can show you," he said eagerly.

Letting out a defeated sigh Hermione said, "I can see you're not going to back down from this......"

Shaking his head, Hermione got out of her bed wearing a pair of light blue pajama pants and a purple t-shirt. He motioned for her to slip on a pair of shoes. Rumaging through the closet she produced a pair of white slip-on gym shoes and apparated with Ron outside of Ginny's room.

He caught her off guard when he gave her a hard kiss they'd both been longing for months.

"Apparate to my room okay?" Ron said finally pulling away.

Before she could reply, he disappeared, with her following.

Landing in Ron's violently orange room, he handed an overlarge sweatshirt to her and then throwing on his own jacket, Ron took her hand and asked her, "you ready for a ride?"

Hermione stared at him confused, but felt a little excited at the same time. "What do you mean?"

The sweatshirt was huge on her, but she loved wearing it.

"I mean, are you ready for a ride?" Ron said pulling his Cleansweep out of the closet.

Her jaw dropped and she backed up until she hit the wall. "Are you serious?" she asked as if she had never seen a broomstick before.

Ron nodded enthusiastically.

"But-but, it's a broom!"

"I knew you were the most intelligent witch in the year Mione'." Ron teased.

"It couldn't hold two of us."

"Hey, it holds Crabbe and Goyle, I'm sure it could hold us."

"But-"

"Oh come on Hermione. You rode it with me escaping Grimmauld Place."

"Those were very different circumstances Ron!" her voice was shaking a little bit.

"You rode one first year helping Harry find the key." (a/n: Hermione actually DOES ride the broom in the first book! I know, it surprised me too, just look in the 1st book when they're trying to find the key and there she is riding! Rock on Mione!)

Hermione looked nervously at the broom and then at Ron. In all truth, she DID want to ride it, she was just completely terrified of heights. "You sure this things safe?"

"Do you think I'd let anything bad ever happen to you."

Smiling at him she replied a defeated, "No, I suppose not."

Climbing out of the window and onto the roof, they stood and looked down on the yard. They were already very high since Ron's room was on the very top of The Burrow. Ron swung his leg over the broom and Hermione did the same behind him.

"Ready?" Ron asked.

"No," Hermione laughed nervously.

She put her hands on his shoulders, and as soon and Ron kicked off from the solid surface, she let out a surprised scream and wrapped her arms tightly around Ron's stomach. Looking down, she saw the ground getting farther and farther away. A gust of wind hit them, her curls billowing out behind her, and she suddenly felt so much adrenaline.

***Desperate for changing

Starving for truth

Closer to where I Started

Chasing after you***

Ron felt as if she was cutting off all breathing supply in his lungs, but he was enjoying just being with her speeding through the beautiful starry sky. It felt as if they hadn't been together in years, and as he heard Hermione's excited laughter, he couldn't have been happier.

***I'm falling even more in love with you

Letting go of all I've held onto***

Just as Hermione began to relax into the flight and not feel so scared, Ron dove down to the ground and she saw they were no longer near the Burrow, but the were skimming the tree tops of the forest just outside the Burrow. He straightened out and Hermione gasped again when he shot down to a lake that lay right below the trees, she skimmed the water with her fingers and Ron splashed some back in her face.

"RON!" Hermione laughed. "That wasn't very nice!" she said pretending to be hurt, then splashing some on him.

***Forgetting all I'm lacking

Completely and complete

I'll take your invitation

You take all of me***

Hermione felt wide awake now and didn't think she could be happier. Holding onto Ron a little more lightly, she leaned forward and kissed his neck and then rested her head on his back. Putting his own hand over hers, he said, "I'm gonna show you something, but it'll be a few more minutes til we get there."

But then, he stopped abruptly and they landed on the soggy grass.

"What's wrong?" Hermione asked worried.

"You're turn," he replied handing her the broomstick. Looking back at him shocked, she fingered the broomstick thoughtfully.

***I'm living for the only thing I know

I'm running and not quite sure where to go

I don't know what I'm diving into

Just hanging by a moment here with you***

"AHHHHHHH!!!" Hermione screamed as she took control of the broom. She was putting too much pressure on the front of the broom, they just missed hitting the ground at full speed, but were quickly saved by Ron's quick maneuvering as he pulled them out of the dive.

"OH - my - God!" Hermione yelled.

Ron was breathing heavily, "holy merlin....."

Hermione twisted her body backward towards him and she kissed him as her hair flew all around them.

***There's nothing left to lose

Nothing left to fly

There is nothing in the world that can change my mind

There is nothing else***

"Hey look, were here," Ron whispered to her as he very gently broke the kiss.

"Where are -?" but Hermione was cut short by the amazing sight before her and she let out an amazed gasp. Floating in the wonderful sky, she could see the sun just beginning to rise in the distance. Ron made them go to the ground and they hopped off the broom. They were in a field that was right in the middle of a patch of trees, but the trees went back far enough so they could see the horizon.

Standing in the soft tall grass, Ron smiled at Hermione that gorgeous smile that made Hermione feel like her knees were just going to give out under her.

Then, she was hit with such a powerful emotion that she nearly fell over. Looking into the sparkling blue eyes that she loved so much, she wondered if she was.....

***Falling even more in love with you

Letting go of all I've held onto

I'm standing here until you make me move

I'm hanging by a moment here with you***

The bright orange sun crept up over the earth and struck Hermione's face making her appear even more beautiful than she already was.

"You're so bloody gorgeous." Ron sighed to her before he kissed her. Both their heads felt light and never did they think they could be happier than they were at this moment.

"I love you Ron," Hermione said. They were the truest words she had ever spoken.

Ron looked at her adoringly and kissed her replying, "I love you too Mione'."

***I'm living for the only thing I know

I'm running and not quite sure where to go

I don't know what I'm diving into

Just hanging by a moment here with you***

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Well, *sniff* that's it guys, it's the end. Over, caput, finished. I really hope you guys liked this story, I was having a ton of fun writing it, and I know I got quite fluffy and cheesy at the end, but I simply couldn't help myself. Ron and Hermione are just to wonderful together!! = )

PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE review the story. I've worked really hard on it, and I haven't gotten as many reviews as I would've liked, but I figure, its my first story so its not gonna be all that spectacular, but I appreciate any kind of feedback. Thanks to alllll my reviewers, you guys rock! Hope to hear from you guys in my upcoming stories!

Much Luv, Sara