At the Burrow later that night:
"Can we just start dinner off by recognizing that we all could be dead right now, but we survived together." Great. Mum started dinner by being sappy. "I mean, George and Hermione were the only two who weren't going to leave Fred's side until we knew he was alive."
Already holding Hermione's hand in my own, I gave it a small squeeze and she turned to look at me. "Mum, I didn't die. Can we get passed that now. Let's look at all the good things that have happened. First of all, we defeated Lord Moldysnort, I didn't actually die, and most importantly, Hermione and I are dating now," I said, smiling. I placed a kiss on the top of Hermione's head as she leaned towards me and rested her head on my shoulder.
"Yeah, and Mione and Fred slept together last night." George laughed maniacally.
Just then Harry put a and on Ron's shoulder. I could see steam coming out of his ears as his face turned bright red. I forgot about his and Hermione's little romance.
"YOU WHAT?!?!? Frederick Gideon Weasley, I thought I raised you better than to sleep with a girl the night of your first date. Oh and Hermione dear, I am disappointed that you would do such a thing. I thought you were better than that."
"WE DID NOT SLEEP TOGETHER!!!" Mione screamed.
"Oh yeah? Then why did I find you two all cuddled up on the couch this morning?"
"Ok, we fell asleep together, but we didn't have sex. Besides, even if I wanted to, Hermione is a good girl and she wouldn't do that." I pointed out. I winked at Hermione and she rolled her eyes at me. "Now, since we have that all cleared up, can we just enjoy dinner? No more sadness?"
"He's not wrong, Molly. We don't need to keep discussing the fact that we all could be dead right now. What's important is that we're not, and we're all here together. That war only brought us closer together." Thank the heavens. Dad got it. Why couldn't mum?
"Well I'm glad that we're all here too." Ginny looked over at me, tears starting in her eyes. "I don't know what I would've done if we lost you, Fred."
"Fred, you could've died and that would've been on my back. My girlfriend would be down a hero because of me. That can't just be forgotten." Harry grabbed Ginny's hand tightly looking as though he were about to start crying too.
"Ginny, come here, and Harry, calm down. He's alright. We're all alright. Everyone is here. You, Harry, Ron, Percy, Bill, Fleur, Charlie, George, Fred, Me, Molly and Arthur." Hermione pulled Ginny into a tight hug and glanced over at Harry to make sure he was okay too.
"Enough of the sappy stuff guys. This is a Weasley family dinner. We should be laughing and eating" said George. Just then, everyone started scrambling to get food out of the center of the table.
Halfway into dinner, Hermione placed her hand on my inner thigh. She then began to slowly move her fingers in sensual circles. The more she could tell it teased me, the more she did it. She had me completely immobilized just with the touch of a finger.
"Mione!" I mumbled under my breath as dinner came close to an end so that only she could hear.
"Yes Fred?" She replied with a cute, guilty smile. She knew it bothered me, which made her do it more.
"Stop that." I grabbed her hand and entangled my fingers in her own.
"Why should I?" She giggled. "This is fun."
"We are literally at dinner with the entire rest of my family and you're over here, trying to arouse me." I then moved our hands to her lap so she wasn't touching my leg anymore.
"You're no fun," she sighed.
Clearly I was looking distraught because just then George asked if I was feeling alright.
"Yeah. I think I just need some fresh air. Mum, can I be excused?"
"Fred dear, we're almost done. Then we can all go swimming in the lake," mum said as she started to pick up people's plates.
Hermione looked at me with an evil little grin as she broke my grip on her hand and continued to torture me.
"Hermione could you quit it already?" I asked quietly so that the rest of the table couldn't hear me.
"Well I could, but where's the fun in that?" Hermione laughed.
"Well if we're having fun, I think I'll just have to join," I said, half wanting to join, half just wanting her to stop already.
Just as I had expected, saying this got her to stop messing with me.
"Okay, now can we go outside?" Ron asked as I put my arm around Hermione. I could tell this was bothering him, but I wasn't going to stop being with the girl of my dreams just because she had a short thing with my brother. It's not like they ever actually dated.
"I guess you can all be excused, but I want no funny business in the lake. You hear me?" Mum looked over at me and George laughed.
"Yes mum," we all said in unison.
After that we all ran up to our rooms to get our swimsuits on. Hermione and Ginny ran straight up to their room, giggling the entire time. Harry, George, and Percy all ran up to their rooms, and Bill and Fleur went straight outside with Charlie, claiming they had no intentions on going swimming at the moment.
"Fred," Ron started. "Can I talk to you for a few moments?"
"I guess, but you better make it quick. I have a hot date with a bikini in a lake."
"That's why I wanted to talk to you. Could you stop with the PDA for just a little while your around me? You have to understand that I love her too. I don't need the constant reminder that she chose you." I understood this, but I also have missed out on so many years with her, and I was happy to finally be able to hold her in my arms.
"I get that, Ron, but I don't know if I can stop. I love the feel of her being wrapped in my arms, I love everything about her and I can't just ignore that because you have feelings for her. I'm sorry, but you're just going to have to accept that."
"Well I just don't know if I can." He stormed up the stairs to get his swimsuit and I followed to go get mine.
I went into my old bedroom where George was going through the only drawer in the dresser with anything in it.
"Red or black?" He asked holding up two pairs of swim trunks.
"Well, they say once you go black you never go back, so black." I laughed.
"Ron wants me to quit holding Hermione," I said. "I can't just do that, but I also don't want to hurt my brother. I may not always get along with him but I still love him."
"Fred, you shouldn't feel bad for being with the girl you love. Ron's just being a prat like always. He'll get over it after he finishes with his little temper tantrum. It might take him a little longer this time though because we all know he's been crushing on her just as long as you have."
"Thanks Georgie. I needed that. Now throw me a swimsuit so I can have more time with my girl in a bikini."
"And you wonder why she called us mansluts." George said as he grabbed a pair of blue swim trunks out of the dresser and threw them at me.
"Wait, how'd you know about that?" I asked.
"Well I might've sorta spied on your date. Only to make sure she was having a good time and nobody bothered you of course."
"Well then you missed someone. Malfoy came over and tried to steal my girl." I said laughing.
"No I let him through. He told me about how he wanted to apologise for everything and he genuinely seemed like a good guy. Maybe he's changed."
"But George, he tried to steal my girl. You should've known."
"Fred, every guy in their right mind has had a crush on her at one point. Heck, even I had a crush on her. Just cause he likes Hermione doesn't mean you have to hate him. He's a lot less of a prat now that he quit letting his father control his life."
"WAIT, YOU WHAT?!?!? FORGET MALFOY!!! YOU HAD A CRUSH ON HER?!?!?"
"Oh Freddie Dearest, it was a while ago. You can't blame me. She's hot. I quickly got over that when I stole Angelina from you, but I'm over her too. I was thinking about asking Katie out. I think I might actually really like her. More than I've ever liked anyone."
"Oh really? You're telling me this isn't going to be like the Angelina thing where you steal my girl again?" I wasn't really mad at him, but it did kind of bug me that almost every girl I've ever liked, he's liked too.
"Yeah I promise. I wouldn't do that. You didn't really like Angelina and I knew that. You wouldn't have randomly offered Hermione a jam tart if you did. I know you, you don't give just anyone food. Heck, you don't even always give me food. I know how much you like Hermione, and even if I did still like her, WHICH I DON'T, I know how much she likes you too."
"Alright. Now enough talking. Let's go to the lake already."
Sorry again for the delay. I should be posting more this weekend. I hope you enjoy. I had a fun time writing it. Also I borrowed an idea from the fanfic Forbidden Bond. You should go check that out as well.