I can't believe it's the epilogue already! This story is very dear to me and I'm so glad I could share it with all of you. Thanks as always, to my amazing alpha, Ash, who I wouldn't have finished without her (and we have a finished story thanks to her); thanks to my family for the support, and my lovely family of writers who supported me and cheered me on (you know who you are).Thank you to all of you who reviewed, favourited and followed.
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
A Year Later...
Hermione awoke to the feeling of someone kneading her breasts and an erection at her bum. Hermione sighed as she wiggled her bum towards Theo's hard cock; she loved that Theo was insatiable for her no matter how much time had passed.
"Don't you ever get tired?" Hermione asked, feeling Theo's hand under her camisole. "I don't think I can go again so soon."
As Theo kissed her neck and lifted her camisole, he replied, "That's why I let you sleep, Mi. I can't help but want you all the time."
"The way you say it, it's like you love me." Hermione turned to kiss Theo on the cheek.
Hermione felt goosebumps all over her body as Theo whispered, "I do love you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you."
Hermione glanced at the ring on her finger and said, "It's a good thing you decided to make it happen. Are we still celebrating?"
"Having you in my life is always a celebration," Theo said before grabbing Hermione by the head and kissing her passionately.
Despite her claims, Hermione was just as insatiable as Theo. She moaned in his mouth before Theo started kissing her neck and she began squirming. He knew all her favourite spots to kiss and loved making her squirm.
Hermione moved Theo's hand towards her center, asking him to touch her. "I need you."
"It's okay, love, I need you too." Theo's voice was rough in her ear and his hands were everywhere except where she needed them. "I want to see your body... I want to love you."
With a hand behind her, Hermione grabbed Theo's cock and pumped it several times, making him groan in pleasure. She didn't have to wait long for Theo to pull her wet knickers aside so that he could enter her. Together, they both groaned at the feeling of such intimacy.
"How can you be so tight?" Theo groaned in Hermione's ear, gripping her hips tightly, and Hermione moaned at the feeling. "Mi, you make me the luckiest man alive."
"I'm the lucky one here," Hermione declared, clenching her walls and feeling Theo begin to press into her. "I love you, Theo. I love you so much."
A few flicks of Theo's hand on her clit made Hermione's stomach drop, and she began chanting Theo's name like a prayer as she came. Theo continued to thrust and dropped his body on top of hers when he was finally spent.
Theo slowly pulled his flaccid cock out of her, causing both of them to shiver as he did so. "I love you, too, Mi." Theo kissed her forehead, her nose, and then her mouth. He said, "Thank you for choosing to spend the rest of your life with me."
As Hermione kissed Theo's nose, she said, "Thank you for choosing me." She slowly rolled out of bed and got to her feet. "I'm going to take a shower. Do you want to join me?"
Theo's response was to grab Hermione and throw her over his shoulder as he strode towards the bathroom. Hermione was laughing as she did so, thinking of how lucky she was.
A short time later, they emerge from the bathroom with smiles that could be seen from the moon. She started getting ready for the day, while Theo lay down on the bed, looking at his fiancée.
As she was putting on a dress, Hermione said, "My mum texted me that your parents and Char will be at the party tonight. I'm trying to avoid both of our mothers before they discover anything."
"How could they know? I proposed yesterday!" Theo rose from his bed and walked towards Hermione, hugging her from behind and dropping a kiss on her neck. "Are you sure you have to go out today?"
"Our mothers just know." Hermione shrugged and left Theo's arms. "And yes, I must leave, I'm meeting Grandma. When she doesn't know the gossip, she gets a little crazy."
"Oh, I'm aware," Theo drawled, making Hermione laugh. "I read that text she sent Blaise after he started dating Luna and didn't tell anyone. Your grandmother seems like a sweet woman, but she can be mean when she wants to be."
She laughed. "It's because Blaise is her best friend. I don't understand their relationship, but I can understand Grandma."
Theo hugged Hermione again, kissing her forehead. "I don't want to hear Ginny's scream when she finds out she wasn't the first person you told. Draco said they would be there too."
Ginny and Draco had been married for two months now, and Hermione couldn't have been happier for them; at their wedding reception, Blaise had met Luna, and the rest, as they say, is history.
"I cannot wait to tell everyone." Hermione smiled and hugged Theo. "This is the best Christmas present ever. Thanks for being you, Theo."
"I should thank you for choosing me." Theo kissed Hermione one last time before letting her go. "You better hurry up. We don't want Grandma Granger to get mad at you."
Hermione smirked, "And that's why she loves you. Don't tell Blaise, I don't want him to cry."
He laughed and let Hermione finish getting ready. Even though she knew she would meet him and their friends and family at her family's Christmas celebration later, she wasn't ready to face some of her family members.
"Hermione, you're a grown woman. What matters is Theo and your happiness, not what the others think."
Hermione nodded as she finished applying her makeup and putting on her outfit before leaving the flat. She and Theo had been living together for over three months, and now, they were engaged. Life couldn't get any better.
As she bit her lip, Theo whispered in her ear, "Relax, nothing will go wrong today. We just need to wait a little longer before we announce the news."
Hermione smiled at Theo as she replied, "I know, I just get nervous anyway. Aren't you just a little nervous? Your parents and sister will also be here."
"You mean, my parents, the ones who loved you from the moment they met you, and my sister, the one who essentially begged Santa for you to be mine?" Theo asked with a raised eyebrow. "Relax, Mi; the only opinion that matters about this is ours. Besides, I know everyone will be happy for us."
Hermione nodded to him and sighed. In no time at all, her mother invited everyone to the ballroom and Hermione felt her stomach knot. She knew the time had come, but she wasn't ready yet.
"I feel like I'm going to throw up," Hermione whispered in Theo's ear, who grabbed her hand and squeezed it. "Are you prepared for this?"
"Apparently I'm more prepared than you are." Theo laughed, and Hermione wanted to punch him for teasing her like this. He soothed her by saying, "You just have to ask for a minute, and everything will be fine."
Squeezing Theo's hand, Hermione took a deep breath and smiled at him. Theo mimicked her action and picked up a glass of champagne from the table. With a knife in her hand, Hermione tinkled the glass, catching everyone's eye.
Hermione smiled at everyone and said, "Good evening, family and friends. Before we begin, I would like to say a few words. Please bear with me.
"Last year, I decided to find my perfect match, so I signed up to go on twelve dates with a variety of people in order to find him. It goes without saying that the dates did not work out, but I wasn't too upset about it.
"I found someone I wasn't even looking for, and he was there when I needed him, without even knowing. Theo has been an angel in my life, and I'm so glad that I met him."
Hermione's eyes filled with tears as she said, "Last night, he asked me a question and I couldn't be happier." The crowd gasped and she felt Theo's hand on her waist. She continued, "Theo asked me if I wanted to spend the rest of our lives together and I said yes! We're engaged!"
Hermione could hardly hear anything after she had shared the news since her family was practically on top of her. While her mum hugged her tightly, she could see Theo's mother doing the same to him.
"My baby is getting married! I am so excited! I'm so happy!" Emma was crying and Hemione could not stop smiling.
"'Mione is going to be part of the family!" Charlotte exclaimed over a million voices. "She'll be my sister!"
The whole family congratulated them, but Hermione wasn't able to speak to Theo alone until half an hour later.
"See? That wasn't too bad," Theo said, embracing her from behind and gazing at the tree in the middle of the room. "Are you happy?"
Sighing and snuggling against his chest, Hermione said, "I'm happier than I thought I could be. Everything I said was true, you know? You're the light of my life."
He leaned in to kiss her nose and smiled. "And you are the most brilliant person I have ever met. Thank you for being you."
"Thank you. Who would have known that you were the one I've been missing?" Hermione smiled before kissing Theo, pouring all her love into it.
Her story didn't end like a fairytale, but it was a beautiful beginning, and she looked forward to learning how it would be written.