Waiting and Hoping
Chapter 17
Hermione awoke on Christmas morning to a loud purring in her ear and a disgruntled Ron pushing Oswald off the bed,
"Ron, don't push him" scolded Hermione
"I wasn't pushing him, I was just moving him" replied a sleepy and dishevelled Ron. Hermione rolled over and gave him a light kiss on the nose,
"Merry Christmas Ron" she whispered into his ear, his eyes flew open and his was out of bed and next to the tree with the speed of a bludger. Hermione had insisted that they have their Christmas presents under the tree rather than at the foot of the bed, to follow her family tradition, Ron had reluctantly agreed.
Hermione joined him in the living room a few minutes later with her dressing gown on and two cups of coffee in her hand; she placed Ron's on the table and leant against the door frame watching him with an amused smile on her face.
They had now been dating for four months and Hermione could quite easily declare them to be the happiest four months of her life. They now owned a small cottage in Hogsmeade and had decided to spend their first Christmas together away from Hogwarts, they were of course having dinner at the Burrow. The snow was falling fast outside and had been for the past few days helping to make this Christmas even more festive.
Hermione was brought out of her muse by Ron's jubilant cry, for he had just opened her gift of tickets for two to every Quidditch match this year.
"Hermione…I can't believe it, how did you?" he asked looking up at her with childlike confusion,
"Ask no questions and I'll tell no lies, not very romantic I know but I thought you could take Harry with you as well" she said sitting down with him
"Hermione" he kissed he "you are" he kissed her again "the most" another kiss "wonderful girlfriend in the whole world and" another kiss "I will love you forever" he kissed her fully on the lips.
"Now open my present" he said pushing a small box into her hands, she carefully unwrapped in, it was a small blue velvet box, and she opened it and gasped. Inside was a golden ring encrusted with a small diamond; it was a simple design but was nevertheless breathtaking,
"Oh Ron…" she began but Ron interrupted her
"Don't say anything" he said, and then he took a deep breath and looked into Hermione's chocolate eyes "Hermione Granger, will you marry me?"
Her eye's widened and a small tear that had formed upon seeing the ring cascaded freely down her left cheek, Ron brushed it away, waiting with baited breath,
"Yes, Ron, I'd love to marry you" he grinned widely and his lips crashed upon hers, lets just say that the rest of the presents were not opened until mid morning.
They arrived at the Burrow several hours later to a very festive scene, Molly was stirring the gravy with her wand, Arthur was looking at his new batteries, Fred and George were teasing Percy, Harry was sitting with Ginny who looked tired but perfectly happy and Penny was talking to Bill and Fleur about her new job. The Weasleys were alerted to the new arrivals by Molly screaming in delight as she noticed the ring on Hermione's finger,
"Did he ask you?" she asked breathlessly
"Yes, we're getting married!" said Hermione delighted,
The family cheered and clapped and the engaged couple were enveloped in hugs,
"Well" said Molly wiping a tear away with the back of her hand "I think it's going to be a wonderful Christmas"
Molly was right and when Ron and Hermione arrived home after supper it was with very special Christmas memories. They got changed and climbed into bed,
"Well, when do you want to get married?" asked Hermione in a business like manner,
"What about in the summer?" Ron suggested allowing her to cuddle up to him,
"Sounds great" she replied "How about at the Burrow, it's so beautiful in the summer" she added
"Not as beautiful as you, but nothing is" he said kissing her on the nose "But at usual you are right, A summer wedding at the Burrow sounds perfect".
A/N Hope you liked this chapter, thanks for the reviews! The wait for my results is finally over and I will be going to University in London in September I will update soon. Please keep reviewing!
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Laura
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