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Chapter 6 The Aftermath and Our First Night.

Ginny stared at us in disbelief, unable to move or speak. I jumped from the bed trying to find my discarded clothes, whilst Fred lay there as equally stunned as his little sister.

"Ginny... I…. I…." I didn't know what to tell her, I wasn't entirely sure how this had all transpired myself, let alone be able to put it in words to explain to my best friend.

The sound of feet running up the stairs echoed into the room and I tried to pull my clothes on quicker, at this stage I had managed to locate my jeans. Seeing my bra across the room, I had pulled it on just as Harry reached the doorframe.

"Ginny, are you okay? What happ….." his eyes left her and scanned the room. Upon seeing my in nothing but my jeans and bra, with Fred topless on my bed, his voice barely a whisper, "fuck." And he turned away, disappearing.

I could hear Ron in the hall and knew that Harry had gone to stop him from seeing what had happened.

"Harry, let me pass! Is Ginny okay? Is Hermione?"

"They're fine mate, let's just go, please" Harry went to pull Ron down the stairs but lost his footing, Ron slipping past him.

"Hermione, Mione are you okay?" he came running into the room. Thankfully I was now fully clothed, as was Fred.

"We are fine Ronald." My tone still cold after this evening.

It would have been convincing that nothing had occurred if it wasn't for Ginny, who was still standing gobsmacked in the doorway, with her jaw dropped.

"Gin, what happened?" Ron turned to her now, I went to speak but Fred bet me to it.

"None of your business ickle Ronikins, you can leave now" a smirk planted firmly across his lips, his face still pink from our exchange.

"I wasn't asking you Fred!" Ron seized Ginny's arm, snapping her out of her trance

I shot her a pleading look and she shook her as if to clear her head.

"Nothing Ron, nothing happened, I tripped when I walked in, stubbing my toe. That's why I screamed, Hermione got scared and shot me with a stunning charm instinctively." Her face gave no inclination of her lie, and I was so thankful for this. The last thing we needed was another fight.

Ginny turned leaving the room, calling for Harry, she was hoping to catch him before Ron so she could convince him to go along with her lie. It was now just Ron, Fred and I in the room.

"You can go now, my future wife and I have some matters to discuss" Fred grinned at his little brother, seeing the anger rising in Ron, he widened his grin and wrapped on arm around my waist causing me to blush.

"Unbloody likely, I'm not leaving her alone in a bedroom with you." He spat at us, now I was mad.

"Ronald Billius Weasley, you get this straight. I AM marrying your brother, therefore if we chose to be alone in MY bedroom or HIS bedroom, it is none of your bloody concern. Now GET. OUT." I turned to Fred kissing him passionately, and even though he knew this was to frustrate Ron, he deepened the kiss, sliding his hands to rest on my bottom.

We heard a huff and the bedroom door slam, but we didn't break apart. After another moment I pulled away to look up at him.

"Stay the night?" I stood on my toes to whisper in his ear.

He chuckled "you know mum would never agree to letting us stay in the same room right?"

"Then I better not get caught sneaking around." I shot him a wink, blushing furiously at my own boldness.

I sat on my bed looking at the clock, it was nearly 11:30, Fred and I had agreed that I would sneak into his room in about 15 minutes. Ginny was still having trouble looking me in the eyes, I had tried to explain what had happened but kept struggling to find the words. I was just getting off the bed to head for Fred's early when she spoke.

"I never knew you had it in you Mione." She was almost giggling, "the brains of the Golden Trio getting down and dirty with one half of the dynamic pranking duo."

"Gin, please, don't say it like that. You make it sound…. Well….. dirty." I was trying to hide my blush.

"Hermione Jean Granger, what I walked in on was in fact dirty! His head was just about between your legs! Your top was completely gone, as was his! I thought you saving it for marriage." A smirk plastered across her porcelain face

"I am Ginny! I wasn't going to sleep with him. It all just sort of happened." She was laughing now

"I know, I know. However you owe me big time! You are so lucky it was me and not Ron or mum who came to check on you."

"I know, but seeing as I already owe you….can I add to the list?" her eyebrows raised in curiosity. "I'm going to go stay with Fred tonight, cover for me?" I bated my eyelids at her and her jaw dropped.

"Hermione what did we just talk about!"

"I'm not going to have sex with him Ginny! I just want to fall asleep next to him. We are trying to make things less awkward between us since we are going to be married.."

"You didn't look to awkward to me" she murmured under her breath before I continued.

"Besides I have slept next to boys before, your fiancée included and never had anything happen." I stated matter-of-factly.

"True but neither of them have the.." she shuddered as she said it "sex appeal of Fred" now I was laughing

I looked at the clock and saw I was now running late. I made Ginny a deal, I would go get Harry to spend the night with her and she would cover for me with Harry as to why I wasn't staying the night in our room. Once Harry was on his way to Ginny, I slipped upstairs and through the door to Fred's room.

He was lying on the bed with his face staring up at the ceiling, at first I thought he might have fallen asleep but as I sat on the edge of the bed he turned to look at me.

"Hello beautiful, I thought you might of forgotten about me" his smile was infectious.

"Forget about you? Never." I leaned forward and kissed him softly.

"Come on Mia, climb in, you look sleepy and I have work in the morning. Need to be well rested for our first date tomorrow night."

With that I moved to lay next to him, cuddling into his warmth. And for the first time since the war, I slept through the night, not a single nightmare to be had.

I woke up in my own bed, dazed and slightly confused. Was last night a dream? I turned to see Ginny also alone, I must have dreamt it. Sitting up I saw a piece of parchment on the end of my bed, with familiar handwriting scrawled across it.

Morning Mia,

No last night wasn't a dream. I carried you here when I left this morning. As I got to the door I saw Harry sneaking out (do I even want to know the deal you made?) anyway I told him I found you asleep on the couch and figured I had better take you to your own bed. He seemed to buy it though.

Thank you for last night, it felt so, right, to have you in my arms. See you this evening at 7.

Love

Freddie x.

How on earth did I get so bloody lucky.