Harry sat at the table in the kitchen of their flat, a cup of coffee in his hand. As he sat thinking about the last few days, a smile spread across his face. Things were back to normal, at least as normal as his life would be. He had his friends back. Ron and Hermione had patched things up with each other. There was no more bickering, well no more than usual for the two of them. They were friends again, more than that actually. Ron and Hermione had finally come to the conclusion that they were better together than they were apart. Their friendship had taken that next step into deep love. The three of them had shared a love for each other, but it was always platonic for Harry. He loved them as family, as his brother and his sister. The love that Ron and Hermione shared was that of soul mates. Harry, along with everyone else in their life, was just finally glad that the two of them had actually gotten around to doing something about it. Harry chuckled to himself.

"What's so funny?" A half asleep, half awake Ron asked as his made his way to the table.

"Nothing really. I was just thinking about you and Hermione."

"Oh yeah?" Ron said raising his eyebrows

"Yeah. I was thinking about how you two finally got your act together."

Ron smiled at him.

"Well, ok I admit it took us long enough, but we did it and I have never been happier."

Harry took a good look at his friend in front of him. He had to admit, he had never seen Ron this content.

"I'm glad for you mate. I like to see you guys happy. So how are things going by the way?"

"It's only been a few days, but things are great! Tonight is our first "official" date as a couple. I'm taking her to dinner. It'll be a little weird though. We've been out to dinner together loads of times, but this time there's a new reason for it."

"It's a good reason though." Harry reminded him. "I think it's a good idea that you two decided to take things a bit slow to begin with. "

Ron nodded his head.

"Yeah, well we didn't want to jump right into the complicated stuff."

He paused, looking seriously at Harry and said, "I don't want to mess this up. I plan on being with Hermione forever, so I figure we have some time."

Harry grinned back at Ron and then patted him on the back. He liked this side to his friend.

"Where is Hermione by the way? Usually she's the first one up. I went by her room this morning and she wasn't there. So unless she's asleep in your bed, then she's already gone?"

Ron laughed.

"I wish she was asleep in my bed, but no, she stopped by my room on her way out though. She had an early meeting this morning. She gave me kiss and went on her way."

"Ok. So what are your plans for today Ron?" Harry asked.

"I have the day off actually. The team got back from their match yesterday. Since they won, the coach is letting them rest. I on the other hand should head over to the pitch and get in some extra practice. I do not plan on sitting the bench for any more matches! I have to be able to show that to the coach and team tomorrow."

Harry's eyes lit up.

"How about I come with you? I don't have plans today either. A few turns on the broom sounds good to me."

Ron nodded his head at his mate and then stretched his arms.

"It's a plan then. After that though, I need to head into Hogsmeade. I want to pick something up for Hermione tonight. It never hurts to shower the object of your affection with a nice gift or two."

"My aren't you the romantic one." Harry teased.

"I will be whatever she wants me to be." Ron said

Harry smiled at his friend.

"I really am happy for the both of you. I have never seen either of you more content then I have in the past few days. Honestly mate, I never want to see you or Hermione as down as you were."

"Neither do I Harry."

"Good. So lets get over to the pitch and then we can go search for that special something."

"Alright mate. Be ready in 15 minutes."

Hermione trudged back to her office and flung herself into her chair at her desk. The meeting had lasted two hours. The sad thing was that nothing was really solved. Sometimes she wondered why she ever bothered with trying to promote wizard and muggle relations. She had a headache now and all she wanted was to go home and get back into bed. Hermione noticed a letter on her desk. She immediately recognized the handwriting. It was from Ron. She smiled and opened it up.

Dear Hermione,

I hope your meeting went well, but knowing how things go, I have my doubts. You're probably nursing a headache at the moment, so I thought I would say hi and let you know that I'm thinking of you. (Oh Harry says hello as well) Anyways, I can't wait until tonight. I love you.

Forever,

Ron

Hermione chuckled to herself. Ron knew her so well! She instantly felt better as she thought of him and of their date tonight. Ron had been a complete gentleman and was taking their relationship at the slower pace they both wanted. They knew that they loved each other, but decided to take things one step at a time. They didn't want to ruin things by immediately jumping into the deep end. Not that it was going to be easy. She was the first one to admit how hard it had been not to rush Ron into her room and shag him senseless! But she knew that going about things the way they were, that when they were ready to sleep together, it would be that much better.

After reading the note from Ron, Hermione found it hard to concentrate on her work. She finally gave up and decided to take the rest of the day off. She apparated to the burrow to find Ginny.

"Hermione! What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at work?" Ginny asked as she was surprised to see her friend at this time of the day.

"Yeah, but I got distracted, so I decided to not to finish the day."

"Hermione Granger! I have never known you to blow off work! Let me guess. Does this have anything to do with a certain brother of mine?"

Hermione blushed.

"I see that I'm right. Ok, so what did he do now?"

"Nothing bad. Ron and I are going out on our first "official date" tonight. I thought that maybe we could go shopping. I want to get something special to wear. I want to look really nice for him."

"That's sweet Hermione. But you do know that you could wear a potato sack and he still would thing you're gorgeous!"

They both laughed.

"I don't think so, but I won't argue with you either. So do you want to go?"

Ginny clapped her hands.

"Sure thing. Just let me freshen up a bit and we can head out!"

After spending more than a few hours looking in a variety of shops, Hermione and Ginny finally found the perfect outfit and apparated back to Hermione's flat. The date was about to begin….

A/N : I know this one is shorter, but I hope you like it all the same. I'll update again soon!