A/N: Thank you reviewers! I love all of you soo much. You guys rock! OK for all of you who don't know this story will be 25 chapters long and then I will put up the next one when this one is over and so forth. I am soooo sooo sooo sorry to say that I will be unable to update until Thursday or Friday. I am soo busy this week. I have a bio report due and I have youth to youth meetings. I don't know if I'll get the chance anytime during the week. I am so sory if get the chane I will update sooner. Anyways on with this chapter!
Chapter 14- Happy Birthday Harry
Hermione was awoken by Ginny and Ron the next morning. She looked around in surprise. In their hands they each had something that resembled a muggle popper. (Where you twist the bottom and confetti comes out.)
"What is that?" She asked sitting up and yawning.
"Popper." Ron said simply. "You twist the bottom and then confetti and fireworks come out. It also shouts Happy Birthday." Ron gave Hermione a kiss and she stood up. After pulling her hair into a messy bun Ron handed her a popper. "Ready?" Hermione and Ginny nodded. They walked into the hallway and then opened the door. Harry was sleeping soundly and lying on his stomach. The surrounded his bed and all started to twist the bottom of their poppers. Three echoes of, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Shot through the room and confetti landed everywhere on Harry. He sat up and looked at the three of them, laughing, with a death glare on his face. Fireworks were still going off above his head. His glare turned into a smile and he smiled at his friends.
"Happy birthday Harry!" Hermione said. She gave Harry a hug.
"Happy birthday mate!" Ron said.
"Happy birthday!" Ginny said giving Harry a kiss. He smiled and pulled her down on the bed next to him wrapping her in a hug.
"Thanks!" Harry said to all of them.
"So what do you want for breakfast?" Hermione wondered. Harry thought for a minute.
"Cake!" He said. Hermione looked at him like he was crazy. "Seriously!" He finished. Hermione sighed and turned to leave the room. Ron followed after her.
"Come down to breakfast in a minute." She said as they left.
"You're going to let him eat cake for breakfast?" Ron asked as they were out in the hallway.
"Yeah it's his birthday." Hermione said as she stood at the top of the stairs.
"Would you let me eat cake for my breakfast on my birthday." Hermione stopped and pretended to think for a minute.
"No." She smiled.
"Why not?" He asked.
"Because your letting me make the decision for you." She laughed. He gave her a look that said, "You better run for it!" and she started down the stairs. At the bottom he caught up with her and picked her up. She screamed and he put her down but his hands were still on her waist. "Alright you can eat cake on your birthday for breakfast." She laughed.
"Thank you!" He kissed her.
"So shall we make breakfast?" Hermione asked as she made her way to the freezer.
"Let's." Ron took the red and gold paper plates out of the cabinet and sat four on the table. Hermione placed four slices of ice-cream cake on the plates as Harry and Ginny came down. They took their usual seats and started eating.
"So what time do we have to be at the Burrow?" Harry asked.
"12." Ron said with a full mouth.
"Ron, swallow!" Hermione exclaimed. Ron swallowed and turned to face her.
"Sorry! I forget." Hermione looked at his face and laughed.
"So we have an hour." Harry said looking at the watch on his wrist that Ginny gave him. Ron had a full mouth and opened it like he was going to speak but then saw Hermione's face. He swallowed and then took a big gulp of milk before talking.
"What are we going to do for an hour?" He asked. Harry and Hermione looked at each other and burst out laughing. Ron looked alarmed. "What?"
"Tha- that's the first time I've ever seen you talk without a full mouth while your eating." Harry laughed.
"What's wrong with that?" Ron asked as he shoved more cake in his mouth. Harry just shook his head and tried to stop laughing. He thought it was funny that Ron was listening to Hermione and had actually swallowed his food before speaking.
"How are we getting to the Burrow anyway?" Hermione asked.
"Dad's going to come pick us up. We're going by Floo powder." Ginny said.
"Oh." Hermione said. When they finished with their cake they all went upstairs to change. Hermione choose a brown tank top that had a flower design sewn into it and a pair of jean capris. She left her hair down and did her make-up (minus the lip-gloss.) Ginny finished as well. She was wearing jean shorts and a blue shirt. They went into the living room where Harry and Ron were waiting.
"Dad should be here pretty soon. You two take forever to get ready." Ron said as Hermione sat down next to him.
"Would you prefer I don't look nice for you?" Hermione asked.
"You take long just to look nice for me?" Ron asked.
"Well mostly." She said. Ron frowned. "I'm just joking and I didn't put lip-gloss on today, just for you." Ron smiled and gave her a kiss. There was a big swoosh and Mr. Weasley stood in front of them. Ron and Hermione, who had separated when they heard the noise, moved farther away from one another.
"Hello!" Mr. Weasley exclaimed. He stood there with a bag of Floo Powder in his hand. "Happy birthday Harry!"
"Thanks Mr. Weasley." Harry replied. Mr. Weasley held out the bag of Floo powder.
"Ready to go?" They all nodded. "Ok, Ginny you first." Ginny took a handful of Floo Powder and stood in the fireplace.
"The Burrow!" She shouted. Green flames surrounded her and in a second she vanished.
"Ok, Hermione." Hermione stepped up and grabbed some Floo powder. She threw it down.
"The Burrow!" In a rush of green flames she was gone from her own fireplace and saw through fireplaces in other wizard homes. Finally she was at the Burrow. She stepped out of the fireplace and into the living room of the Burrow. Before she could look around Mrs. Weasley trapped her in a bone-crushing hug. Hermione was having trouble breathing when Ginny helped.
"Mum, she can't breath." Mrs. Weasley let up her grip on Hermione and looked at her.
"Fred and George have just told us. I can't believe it. Let me see." She took Hermione's wrist and looked at the bracelet. "Oh!" She cried as she pulled Hermione into another hug. There was another swoosh and Ron stepped through the fire coughing. Mrs. Weasley pulled him into the same hug Hermione was in.
"Mum!" He complained. Mrs. Weasley let them go and Ron looked at Hermione apologetically. Harry came through the fire in a swoosh so she gave him a hug.
"Happy birthday!" She exclaimed.
"Thanks Mrs. Weasley." Harry said although she was squishing him. Hermione looked around and noticed that there were people there. Lupin, Tonks, Moody, Kingsley, Fred, George, Hagrid, McGonagall, and Dumbledore stood there beaming at everyone. When Mrs. Weasley finally let Harry go the others came up to wish him a Happy Birthday. Ron walked over to Fred and George.
"You had to tell her?" Ron demanded.
"She would have found out eventually." Fred said with an evil smile on his face.
"Yeah we did you and Mione a favor." George said with an identical smile.
"Stop calling her that!" Ron said angrily. Before they could respond he turned away. He looked for Hermione he was just about to walk over to her but noticed that Tonks was admiring the bracelet on her wrist. He saw her pink face and figured it would be more embarrassing if both of them were over there. Ginny came up behind him.
"Having fun?" She asked. Ron looked at her angrily. "Same thing me and Harry went through." She laughed. "You made it worse though." She glared and then it turned into the same smile Fred and George had. "Have fun!" She slapped him on the back and walked away. Before he could move Lupin came up behind him.
"Hello." Lupin said casually.
"Hi." Ron said. He was unsure if he was about to be questioned about Hermione.
"So you and Hermione are together?" Ron nodded and felt his face grow red. "I always thought you two would end up together. You two fought too much. So is it true what it says on the bracelet? You love her?" Ron took a gulp and nodded.
"Yes I love her." Ron said defiantly. Lupin smiled at him.
"Ron?" Ron turned to find Hermione behind him. Hermione came up next to him and put her arm through his.
"Excuse me." Lupin said smiling at them and walking away. Ron turned to Hermione and saw that her cheeks were still pink.
"I just got away from McGonagall. First it was Tonks I then narrowly escaped Kingsley but ran into McGonagall. They all said the same thing, they knew we would end up together and they asked if I really loved you."
"Yeah, same thing with Lupin. Maybe we should get ou – " Kingsley walked up to them.
"So you two are together?" Kingsley asked. Ron and Hermione politely nodded. "Do you mind if I have a look at the bracelet?" Hermione held out her wrist and he looked at it. "Wow is it true-"
"Yes we love each other. Would you excuse us?" Hermione said as politely as she could. Kingsley nodded and Hermione led Ron to the door. Just as they got to the door to outside Hagrid reached them. He was just able to fit in the room with everyone.
"Blimey I can't believe it. Ron and Hermione together after all of these years." Hermione and Ron turned around to face him. "Where are yeh going?"
"We were just going for a walk." Hermione answered. Hagrid smiled at them.
"Well don't let me keep you." Hagrid turned and left them alone. They quickly walked out of the door and into the bright sunlight.
"Maybe if we go back in a while the heat will have died down I don't think anyone else will question us. Ron nodded but he was walking somewhere. "Ron where are you going?"
"Come on." Hermione followed as they went to the broom shed.
"Ron what are we doing?" Ron went into the broom shed and came back with an old broom. "Ron?" Ron mounted the broom and turned to her.
"Coming?" He asked.
"Where are we going?" She asked.
"Anywhere." He smiled and she gave in. She got on the broom and it lifted off of the ground. She held onto Ron tight as they zoomed forward. They went higher and Hermione held on tighter. She glanced down and saw that the Burrow was nothing more than a spec. "Relax Hermione. You can't enjoy this unless you relax." She loosened her grip a bit and looked around she actually was having fun because she was with Ron. Ron went into a dive and Hermione gasped. He came out of it and straightened out. Hermione tried to catch her breath.
"Don't do that again!" She said in a warning voice.
"Come on Juliet live a little." He went into another dive but not as steep. He pulled out of it and they were only feet above his house. They saw Harry out front waving them down. "We'll finish later." He said as he descended and they landed in front of Harry.
"Where have you two been? Your mum made lunch and has been looking for you two. Oh and Ginny has been telling any one who wants to listen – basically everyone – how you two got together. Fred and George aren't helping much either." Harry said giving them a sympathetic look.
"I'm going to kill Ginny!" Ron exclaimed as he made to put the broom away. "And then I'm going to kill Fred and George if they hadn't have opened their big mouths then we wouldn't be in this situation." Ron said angrily as they walked toward the house. Hermione didn't say anything but she was dreading walking back into the house. As they walked into the kitchen, it fell silent and all eyes were on them. Harry hastily sat down next to Ginny while Ron took the open seat next to Kingsley and Hermione next to Ron. On the other side of Hermione was Tonks. Hermione started to eat ignoring the eyes on her. Casually the conversation started to go back. Tonks leaned closer to Hermione.
"Did you really fight some girl named Lavender for Ron? Fred and George were telling us about it." Tonks whispered to her. Hermione looked alarmed.
"No I didn't Ginny yelled at her for trying to give Ron a love potion that's it." Hermione glared over at Fred and George who were smiling innocently.
"Ron didn't really punch anybody for you?" Tonks asked with a bit of disappointment in her voice.
"Well he did." Hermione admitted. Hermione bent lower over her plate. On the other side of her Ron was enduring questioning himself.
"So you punched him?" Kingsley asked with interest.
"Yeah." Ron muttered. He ignored the rest of the people talking about them. He wondered why it was such a big deal. A half hour later Mrs. Weasley brought out cake and they all sang to Harry. After eating it they went into the living room and sat around talking. Ron, Hermione, and Harry were sitting on a couch.
"So you want to go out and fly?" Harry asked the other two. Ron nodded. Hermione who wasn't eager to fly again nodded as well because she wanted to get out of there.
"I've got to do something first." Ron stood up and walked over to where his father and brothers were. "So Fred, George, did you ever here back from those muggles you went out with?" Fred and George glared at Ron.
"You two went out with muggles?" Mr. Weasley asked.
"Just once." Fred muttered.
"Actually it was about five times if you count the carnival and the times this week. They even used a telephone dad." Ron smiled satisfied. Mr. Weasley turned to face the twins.
"What are muggles like? Tell me exactly what you did." Ron turned away and laughed at the prospect of them trying to tell their father all they did was snog. Ron met Hermione and Harry at the door. They walked outside. Ron went over to the broom shed.
"Hermione do you want your own broom this time?" Ron asked.
"Sure." Hermione answered. Ron came out with three brooms in his hand. He handed Hermione and Harry one and then mounted his own broom. They all kicked off. Ron and Harry shot straight for the sky and Hermione slowly started up.
"Come on you can do better than that!" Ron challenged. Hermione glared but started upwards a little faster. Ron and Harry looked at each other before zooming down after her. They both met up with her halfway from where they were to the ground. "Hey Mione! Your it!" Ron tagged her and then moved upward. Hermione moved her hand out and tagged Harry.
"Your it Harry!" Hermione shouted as she ascended after Ron. Harry followed them both but went for Ron. Harry was right in front of him and Ron wasn't sure if he should move right or left. Harry feinted to the right and as Ron went left he followed him. He tagged Ron's arm and started off backwards. Ron followed him and just got his back. Harry started to descend at a rapid pace. Hermione moved out of the way just in time so she wouldn't be crashed into by Harry but not fast enough to not be tagged. She started upward at Ron and Harry went up slowly following her. Before Harry knew it Hermione had tagged him and Ron and Hermione moved out of the way. Harry sped off fast toward Ron. He managed to tag Ron's foot. Ron sped up to Hermione She moved out of the way. Ron reached out to tag her and she moved so she wouldn't get tagged but wasn't holding on tight enough and slipped off of her broom. She screamed as she started falling. Ron and Harry both flew straight toward her.
"Hermione!" They both shouted. Ron and Harry reached her just in time and they were about twenty feet from the ground. Ron caught her and she wrapped her arms around his neck scared to death.
"Are you ok?" Harry asked breathlessly as they started to fly to the ground.
"I – I think so." Hermione said. Her face had traces of tears and was completely pale; she was still clutching Ron for her life. They got to the ground and landed next to Hermione's broom. She still wouldn't let go of Ron as they got off of their brooms. Ron picked her up and Harry picked up the three broomsticks. They walked over to the broom shed and Harry put them away. Ron started toward the door and Hermione moved in his hands. "I think I could walk now." She said quietly. He set her down but still held onto her hand and they walked through the door. All three of them sat down on a couch. Ginny, Fred and George came over to them. At first Fred and George glared but then they saw Hermione's face and it became concerned.
"What happened?" George asked. Hermione didn't say anything so Ron answered for her.
"She fell off of the broom." Ron said. The others gasped.
"Are you ok?" Ginny asked. Hermione just shrugged. She was still a little shaken from before.
"How?" Fred asked.
"We were playing tag and she moved so Ron couldn't tag her but didn't have a good grip on it so she fell and then Ron and I both dived for her and Ron caught her." Harry told them. Ginny sat down in between Harry and Hermione and put an arm around her. Harry looked at his watch it was already 5:30. "You know we should probably get going now." Harry said standing up. The others stood up too.
"We'll go too. We have to use the telephone and we want to make sure Hermione's ok." Fred said. Ron walked over to his mother and told her what happened.
"Oh, Hermione dear are you alright?" Mrs. Weasley put a hand to her forehead to check her temperature.
"I'm fine. I think I just need to rest." Hermione said. Mrs. Weasley hugged her and then moved over to the others. After they said goodbye to everyone and Harry had his bag of gifts they made their way to the fireplace.
"We'll Apparate and see you there." George said and with two loud cracks they were gone.
"I think I'll Apparate too." Hermione was gone in a crack followed by Ron. Harry and Ginny flooed back to Hermione's and found Fred and George on the couch eating left over cake.
"Where are Ron and Hermione?" Harry asked.
"Hermione said she wanted to lay down so she and Ron went upstairs." Fred told them. Upstairs Ron was trying to make Hermione as comfortable as possible.
"Are you sure your fine. You don't need anything?" Ron asked.
"Yes." Hermione answered.
"Do you want me to stay with you?" Hermione nodded. She moved over and he lay down next to her. She moved closer so she was in his arms and closed her eyes. Ron was unaware of closing his eyes but he did and fell asleep right next to her.
A/N: So did you like it? Again I am super sorry that I will not be able to update untill Thursday or Friday! Please forgive me! I love you all and PLEASE REVIEW!