Author's Note: This chapter has slight sexual suggestions in it. There should be nothing here to send it over PG-13 but I thought it better to warn you in case you would rather skip the chapter if you are so inclined. Happy reading! Redfrog

Chapter 12: Celebrating

The large group made their way to the burrow for the evening to celebrate in privacy. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Tonks and Remus headed off to headquarters to leave the younger ones to their celebrations. Justin, Hannah, Susan, Lavender, the Patil twins, Dean and Seamus joined them in their celebrations along with a few of Bill and Charlie's friends and a few of the other members of the national team. It was a large victory party but everyone was glad not to have any reporters or too many fans hanging around. Lavender and the Patil twins were hanging all over the other Quidditch players but they didn't seem to find the pretty girls as annoying as Oliver did.

"Are we going to be able to go out on Friday?" Oliver asked Hermione as they were slow dancing to some music that the twins had conjured up. "I really want to spend some quality time with you."

Hermione smiled but knew that his words translated to "I want to get you alone and see how far you'll let me go," and wasn't too impressed by the line. "I have to study, I'm taking a few of my NEWTs early on Monday and really need the extra revision time. I need to get these exams out of the way so that I can concentrate on my really important classes."

"I could come over to where you are staying and quiz you," He said while nibbling on her earlobe. He knew she wasn't entirely ready for a physical relationship but he wanted her so badly. "Or you could come over to my flat and study there."

"You are just going to have to wait until after my exams," She said firmly even though she was thoroughly enjoying the sensation of his lips against her neck and ears. They danced a few more songs before the music was turned down and everyone crowded into the living room to play a drinking game. The advantage of having older siblings and being in a private dwelling was there was no one stopping them all from getting completely hammered. Hermione pulled all her girl friends to the side and handed them all some of the potion she had made for these kind of occasions. It was a potion that didn't allow the alcohol to enter the bloodstream and therefore the person didn't get drunk. They hadn't shared this potion with the boys and were planning on acting like they were getting drunk as well, just to see their reactions.

They decided to play "I never" since there were way too many of them to play any card games. Katie decided to start by saying she had never kissed a professional Quidditch player before and laughed as Hermione and two of the chasers had to drink but the shock was when Ginny drank as well. She glared at her brothers and dared them to say anything and they all wisely kept quiet even though they were wondering when it had happened and if Harry knew.

Angelina was next and laughed as she said she had never kissed one of her teachers but she had sure wanted to when Lockheart was teaching. The only ones to drink, to everyone's immense surprise were Xavier, Ginny and Hermione. "Now we see why Hermione gets her good grades!" Angie joked and all the friends glared at her and Bill explained that Ginny and Hermione had been dared to so it wasn't their fault.

Things started to heat up and Hermione decided to put on a show that she was already tipsy and giggled out that she had never given oral sex and laughed as the Quidditch guys all consoled their team mate on his rotten luck. Ginny scolded her twin brothers as neither one of them drank but both their girlfriends did. "Turnabout is only fair play boys, besides they might be in a better mood if you give it a try." The rest of the Weasley clan then watched with baited breath as the question passed around and were glad to see that Ginny did not drink.

Once they were all feeling pleasantly buzzed they decided to do some more dancing. They were swapping partners and the guys were starting to get a little touchy feeley. Oliver had his hand planted firmly on Hermione's butt and was squeezing it in rhythm to the music. Xavier was dancing way too close to Ginny for someone who was only a friend and Hermione couldn't help but giggle at the looks her brothers were giving her. Gabrielle and Draco were in a corner snogging and Ron and Susan had disappeared up to his room. Hermione hoped he knew what he was doing because she didn't want to see him get hurt again like when she had ended it with him.

After another few hours the Quidditch boys, Bill and Charlie's friends and the non-order member Gryffindors had left. Hermione had also send Oliver home after his third attempt to unbutton her shirt, he was completely drunk. She threw him into the floo and sent him back to his flat before she decided to hex him. She didn't know if she could put up with him the rest of the summer or not. Bill and Fleur apparated back to headquarters with obvious intentions of what they were going to do the rest of the night and it seemed the rest of the party goers had the same idea as they were all pairing up. Neville and Luna and Hannah and Justin had transfigured armchairs into cots and were curled up snogging in each others arms. Draco was leading Gabrielle up the stairs towards Percy's old bedroom and she looked like she was eager to go with, even if she was sober. Hermione shrugged it off as they were already engaged. The twins were arguing with Lee Jordan about there not being enough room for all of them in their room. Their girls had obviously had too much to drink as they were helping each other strip off their clothes and the boys hurried them upstairs after they noticed this.

Ginny pulled an inebriated Xavier up to her room so he could turn back into Harry and that left Charlie and Hermione alone in the living room. Charlie grinned at the opportunity to spend some time with her. He hadn't been keeping it too much of a secret that he thought Hermione was amazing. "You are gorgeous, did you know that?" He asked her as he joined her on the sofa, sitting a little bit closer than necessary.

"Charlie, you've had too much to drink," She told him softly but knew that was a lie as he had been one of the responsible ones and kept to butterbeer instead of Firewhiskey. She had to admit it felt nice having Charlie's attentions, but she could never think of him as anything other than a friend.

"You know that's not true," he said leaning closer to her. "Can I kiss you again?" He asked making her eyes widen with the request as she had not been expecting something so forward from a non-drunk man. He realized the startled look on her face and continued, "I know you'll never want me Hermione, but your kiss is amazing. When I kissed you that night we played the game it was delicious and I just wanted to try it again. You know that I adore you..." He trailed off as he looked into her beautiful brown eyes and realized he must have drank more than he thought if he was admitting so much to her.

"Charlie, I shouldn't..." She said feeling so badly for the man pleading with her. She hated to see people sad and a sad Weasley was one of her weaknesses. "You know that I'm seeing Oliver and that I only see you as a friend, why torment yourself?"

"It's worth it," he said with a jovial smile and then pecked her cheek and moved further away on the sofa. "I'm sorry I made you uncomfortable. How about a game of wizards chess and then we can go drag all the happy couples apart and send them home before mum and dad get back."

"Or how about that game and then we hide in your room and wait for the fireworks from you mum when she catches them all," She said with a sly smirk.

"I thought they sorted you into Gryffindor, that was a positively Slytherin idea. I love it!" Charlie laughed and pulled her off the couch. "Come on; let's play in my room so we can give people the wrong idea. You can have Bill's bed and mum will be so proud of us for being the only ones in the house not shagging like bunnies!" As soon as the comment left his mouth his eyes narrowed, he turned red and he headed for the stairs. "That bastard better not be taking advantage of my sister! I don't care who he thinks he is... she's for Harry!"

Hermione laughed and calmed him down telling him she saw Xavier leave and was sure she saw Harry sneaking in. "Don't worry about X, he is just overprotective of Ginny. Besides she wouldn't never even think of cheating on Harry, they are 100 in love."

They spent the next hour playing chess and looking through photos of Charlie's travels. "I really am ready to come back home," he confessed to her. "I love working with the dragons and other creatures, but I miss my family. I've been coming home a lot more often recently and my boss is starting to get upset. I can't really blame him for not being concerned with the war when he is safely in Romania but I can't just let the rest of my family fight it and spend my free time babysitting dragons."

"Have you looked for a job here in England? Maybe Amos Diggory has something open in his department at the ministry." Hermione offered.

"No, he doesn't have any openings. I've been in contact with him for a while. He is keeping an eye out for any other positions he hears about as well. It's just getting frustrating. I loved it so much when I started, but it never felt like home. It was more like a long vacation and now I'm ready for some solidity in my life. It's going to be hard to find a woman if I'm always off chasing after dragons." Charlie said with a laugh.

Hermione yawned and grinned at him as she transfigured her clothes into a pajama set. She kissed him on the cheek and then crawled under the covers of Bill's bed. "Night Charlie, pleasant dreams."

"They definitely will be with you in the room," he said with a chuckle and went to sleep as well.

The fireworks started early the next morning when Molly and Arthur got home. Arthur went upstairs to check on his kids while Molly started breakfast. He saw all his children in compromising positions and decided to teach them a lesson Molly style. He knew his kids hated getting chewed out by their mum and also knew as soon as she started yelling the rest would hightail it out of there. So he did what any wizard would do and cast silencing spells around each of the rooms and called down to his wife.

She opened Ron's door first and gasped as she noticed the two partially clothed teens in his small bed. Her yelling at Ron was what woke Charlie and Hermione. Arthur had noticed the separate beds and full clothing and had left off the spell so they could enjoy the show as well. "Ronald Weasley, I have never been more disappointed with you in my life. This is worse than when you stole your father's car. I thought I taught you to have more respect for women than this! Now both of you get dressed and wait for me in the kitchen. I'm afraid I'll have to call your mother or father Susan, they should know what you two are up to."

"It's not what it looks like mum. I swear nothing like that happened. We just snuggled and kissed a bit, that's all." Ron said knowing he was grounded for the rest of eternity.

"You had better hope that's all that happened. Neither one of you are mature enough to be a parent yet." Mrs. Weasley said and stomped off down the hall intent on finding the rest of her children. Harry and Ginny were next. Unfortunately for the two of them Harry passed out before changing out of his Xavier persona and things were about to hit the fan.

Ginny was luckily fully clothed in her pajamas and was curled up against Xavier with her arm over his chest and he had his arm around her and their legs were tangled. He was in a pair of pajama pants and no shirt. "Ginny Weasley explain yourself this instant. I never expected to find you in the arms of a man and even then I never could have imagined you were capable of cheating on Harry. I thought you were more respectful than that. Get down to the kitchen and wait there with Ron." Ginny hurried out of her room and hoped Harry would be alright.

"You, young man are despicable. She is a young impressionable girl. You don't have any respect for her or for her family by dragging her in here. She was or is in a committed relationship with a respectable boy who I consider as one of my children. I never, ever want to see you anywhere near her or my family again. I will be talking with your uncle about this and relaying this to Albus Dumbledore as well. You may think you're getting off easily, but when Harry Potter finds out, you'll be lucky to escape with your genitals intact." Molly said her voice full of venom that Harry had never heard before.

"Please, Mrs. Weasley it's not as bad as it looks. Ginny and I were just sleeping. I would never do anything to hurt or disrespect her." Harry pleaded, "I can prove that to you if you let me take out my wand. I will need to swear you to secrecy of what I'm about to show you, but it should make you understand things are not as bad as they look." She nodded and Harry closed and warded the door with silencing and anti-eavesdropping spells and then morphed back into himself while Molly looked on. "See, I'm really Harry. I'm sorry that I disrespected Ginny by staying in her room. I promise I would never do anything unacceptable to her. I love her and plan on marrying her when she finishes school. I would never do anything to jeopardize that. Please don't blame her, be mad at me."

Mrs. Weasley was in shock as she watched Xavier morph into Harry in front of her eyes. "That explains a lot of things. But I am still very disappointed in you Harry dear and I will be talking with Remus and Tonks about this. Now go join the others in the kitchen until I take care of the rest of the house."

She made her way to the twins' room next and was appalled by what she saw. Fred, George and Lee were all fully undressed as well as their respective girlfriends. The girls were sprawled over each boy and it was easy to tell what each couple had been up to the previous night as the remnants of their couplings could be seen. "Get dressed, now!" Molly bellowed waking the couples from their slumber. The boys each paled and knew they were in for it while the girls scrambled around trying to find their clothes. "What were you thinking having an orgy in my house? I have never, ever been so upset with you! This is the kind of example you want to set for Ron and Ginny! What were you thinking?"

Her loud screeches were playing havoc on the hangovers the six of them were having and Alicia ran out of the room to the bathroom to throw up. The other two girls were moaning and quickly raced after their friend to be sick as well. "I see there was alcohol involved; perhaps that's why your younger siblings each woke up in the arms of someone as well. I want the girls gone and you as well Lee. You two get down to the kitchen and wait for me." She had never been so upset with her family in her life. She couldn't believe they were acting so irresponsibly.

She made her way to her oldest sons' room to see what state she would find Bill and Charlie in. She was relieved to see the door open and even happier to see Charlie fast asleep in his bed. She noticed the unruly mass of brown curly hair that could only belong to Hermione in Bill's bed and was once again relieved when she noticed Bill was not there. She went over and gently woke up Hermione. "Hermione dear, wake up it's time for breakfast." Hermione gave a fake yawn and pretended to wake up.

"Morning Mrs. Weasley," she said with a smile. "I'm sorry I fell asleep in Bill's bed. Charlie and I were up late playing chess and I was too tired to make it back to Ginny's room. Bill and Fleur went back to headquarters so I hope its ok?" She asked knowing that the best way to head off a telling-off by the woman was to apologize before she even got started.

"Its fine dear, I'm just glad one member of my family was behaving himself last night." She said smiling at Charlie as he stretched and smiled at his mum. "Now, I want you two to tell me what went on here last night." She said in a way that left for no arguments.

"We had a victory party," Charlie said. "We had a bunch of friends over."

"How much alcohol?" Molly asked sternly.

"Quite a bit mum, I think most of the party had too much. Hermione and I were the only ones that were completely sober I think." He told her wanting to keep at least one person out of trouble, mainly Hermione.

"Come down to breakfast, you can watch me continue to scold the rest of your siblings," She said as they obediently followed her out. Hermione was wondering where Gabrielle and Draco were. Luckily for them Mr. Weasley snuck them out the floo while Molly had been raging at the twins.

Breakfast was a somber affair with the only one talking being Mrs. Weasley and her continuous scolding. They were left by themselves after that as Susan was escorted home by both of Ron's parents. "That sucked," Fred said yawning. "I'm afraid Angie may never talk to me again. I don't entirely remember what went on last night but there is little doubt what happened and I think I might have been with Alicia instead."

"Yeah, I think it was Angie I woke up next too, lets just not tell them. It's not like we can remember what happened anyway." George groaned and tried to eat some more even though his stomach was rebelling.

"Susan is going to be in so much trouble. Her mum is horrible to her already. Gods I hope she forgives me for getting her into this." Ron moaned to the table.

"Try getting yelled at for cheating on the savior of the world," Ginny said grumpily. "I can't believe she would think I would cheat on Harry."

"It did kind of look bad, I'm sorry I passed out in your room." Xavier said with a smile. "I promise I'll talk with Harry and explain everything, I won't let anyone think you're having an affair with me."

"So you're not cheating on Harry right?" Charlie asked her. "I mean you two looked quite cozy together last night. If you do plan on having a fling you should end it with Harry first so as to not hurt him as much."

"I don't plan on ever ending things with Harry," Ginny said indignantly. "I plan on marrying him and spending the rest of my life with him. He will be the only man I ever give myself to and I definitely wouldn't end that over some summer fling. Even though I do think X here is extremely sexy and I love watching him fly." Ginny liked egging her brothers on, it was amusing.

Ron decided he better pretend to be offended for his best mate or it would look kind of strange. "Hey, don't even think of messing with my best mate. Besides, mum would hurt you more than I ever could."

"So where did you sleep last night Hermione?" Harry asked knowing she wasn't in her bed in Ginny's room.

"I slept in Bill's bed," she answered calmly and sent Charlie a wink for the benefit of the others at the table who all looked shocked and awed.

"You slept in the same room as Charlie then?" Ron asked wondering what ever happened to the shy, book loving, rule abiding girl he used to know.

"What's the big deal Ron, you and I slept in the same bed and nothing happened, Charlie was all the way across the room." She told him rolling her eyes.

"That's only like 5 feet away," George muttered under his breath. "Way to go Charlie, I always thought Hermione would be a feisty one in the sack."

Hermione narrowed her eyes at him while the rest tried to smother their laughs. "That is something you will never have the privilege of knowing George. Charlie is twice the man you'll ever be." She chuckled then added, "Not that it would take much."

"Hey!" Both George and Charlie protested causing the room to laugh again. They all quickly quieted down though as they heard the pop of apparition and knew the parents were home. They all practiced looked repentant and quiet so Mrs. Weasley had nothing else to take them to task for.

"Susan will still be allowed to go with you to the remaining Quidditch matches but she will have to go home directly afterwards, no victory parties. Other than that, you are not allowed to see her for the rest of the summer." Arthur told Ron with a look of compassion, he knew how it was to be young and in love.

"Was her mother horrible to her?" Ron asked scared for his girlfriend.

"I believe we have her straightened out now dear. Her father seems a much more amiable person. It's lucky your father is the minister of magic or you might have found yourself engaged to the poor girl. If she hadn't insisted that she had not lost her innocence you would be getting married, let that be a warning." Mrs. Weasley said as Ron paled at the thought of being forced to marry.

"Now I want all of you to get this house spotless and the garden de-gnomed before dinner as punishment. Hermione you may go back to your studies since you did nothing wrong. Charlie you will help since you allowed your underage siblings to drink, you should have stopped them. Now get to work, I don't want to hear one word of complaint!" She told them all and Hermione scuttled out of the house before she could change her mind.