No Time For Epilogues
Chapter 13
The Grangers were finishing breakfast when Hermione came home. She walked entered the back door and greeted them in the kitchen breakfast nook with a kiss on the cheek.
Ian chuckled and said, "Well, good morning to you too. Can I have some of whatever got you in such a good mood?"
He obviously had no idea what she'd been up to last night, or this morning and she blushed redder than Ron's hair. Elizabeth stifled a laugh, knowing exactly what her darling daughter had been up to and Ian's innocent comment.
"Hmm, mum might be able to help you out," Hermione said with a wink and sashayed from the room.
Later, Elizabeth went to Hermione's room and saw her sitting on the floor wrapping a gift. "What's the occasion?"
"Ginny's birthday."
"Oh, that's right. Please give her our best wishes for a happy birthday."
"You're welcome to come to the party."
"Your father and I already made plans."
"I'll bring back a piece of cake."
Hermione bent over to reach for the bow and winced, pausing for a second or two then got the bow. Elizabeth noticed. "Are you all right?"
Hermione nodded, said "I'm fine" and rearranged the lavish bow. She knew her mum wanted more, but really, what could she say?
"I hope he was good to you," Elizabeth said softly.
A slow, knowing smile graced Hermione's pretty face. "He was, mum, he was."
Bill, George and Percy were discussing placement of the tables when Harry arrived, laden with party decorations. It was his second trip of the morning and Ron finally decided to make his appearance.
"Late night?" Bill asked. Ron rolled his eyes and headed for the front door.
Fleur walked out of the house with a tablecloth and saw Ron. "What are zose broozes on your neck from?"
He responded with a "Morning, Fleur" and went into the house. Molly was mixing cake batter.
"We were wondering if you would show this morning," she said and smiled at him, saw the bruises on his neck and turned away quickly. Hermione, my goodness!
Later, when everything was arranged to Molly's satisfaction, she overheard Ron and Harry talking outside the sitting room window.
"-again, I'm really sorry," Harry said. "Like I said, it was early and-"
"What was I supposed to do? She woke up before me and made breakfast, then she wanted another go!" Ron said.
"Lucky bloke," Harry mumbled.
Molly chuckled and left the room. Ginny returned from the Lovegood's and saw Ron and Harry talking earnestly and quietly at the back of the house. When she neared the house, Harry left his conversation with Ron and went to her, greeting her with a hug, kiss and "Happy Birthday!"
"Everything all right with you and Ron?"
"Uh, yeah, fine," Harry said.
Ginny looked at him carefully. "Sure?"
Harry sighed. "I'll tell you later."
At 2:32 p.m. Arthur walked out of the house with a huge chocolate cake, adorned on the top with the number 17 made of snitches. All the guests sang "Happy Birthday" as the cake made its way toward her.
"Make a wish!" someone called out when the cake was placed before her. You didn't have to be a master of divination to know what she wished. She closed her eyes and blew out the candles. After the pieces were passed around and gifts opened, music and socializing began. Ron watched Hermione lead a conga line around the yard.
"She's beautiful, isn't she?" Ron asked. Harry nodded and cleared his throat.
"Ron, there's something I've been meaning to ask."
"Yeah?"
"You can tell me to bugger off or whatever, but I need to know something."
"Come on Harry, spit it out already."
"Okay...I know that you and Hermione are a couple now, and what I saw this morning...umm, how did you get to that point?"
He wasn't about to tell Harry that! "I beg your pardon?" Ron asked.
"Oh God, that came out wrong. What I mean is, how did you do it? Was it hard? Did you just come out and ask? Or did she come and ask?"
Ron narrowed his eyes at him. Is he asking me how to go about seducing my sister, but is it any of my business what they do? They're both of age now. He couldn't help but think of the little Ginny who used to run around in pigtails and wave a walnut, declaring that she caught the snitch.
He sighed and rubbed his hands over his face. "Okay mate, this is Hermione we're talking about, your friend- but my girlfriend, so I won't go into too much detail. I'll tell you this much; I didn't have to do much, she...wanted it too."
Harry scooted closer, glanced at Hermione, then Ron for him to continue.
"It wasn't hard, really, it wasn't. It wasn't awkward and she's not shy...in that way. She's really responsive, so it makes it easy, and you know how she likes to learn? Well, it's super sexy now, mate. She likes to listen, likes to touch, likes to watch! I just go with it, that's how we do it."
Harry let out the breath he had been holding since Ron said "she's not shy in that way." Just when you thought you knew a person! A slow song was heard and Ron saw Hermione beckoning to him with a crooked finger.
"Duty calls," Ron said and patted Harry's knee.
Ron walked into Hermione's open arms and they swayed to the slow music.
"Pssst Harry!" he heard from the window behind him. He turned and saw Ginny waving him into the house. He smiled and went inside to the drawing room.
"I just wanted some alone time with you, that's be the best present you can give me," she said and pulled him closer. "I'm jealous of Ron, he can take Hermione somewhere where there's no people."
"Would you like to leave?" Harry asked, thinking of what Ron just told him. Let her lead!
Ginny nodded. "As much as I'd love to, mum would kill me. In light of our dear friends' new relationship, she's watching me like a hawk," she said.
"As well she should, you're quite alluring, Miss Weasley," he whispered and started kissing her neck, running his hands through her hair, encouraged by her movements and sighs. Ron was right!
He traced her spine with his fingers and gently cupped her bum, drawing her closer, and giving just a slight nudge with his hips. The result was a soft half-whimper/half-moan from the mouth now kissing his chest, that he didn't notice was now half exposed. He felt the tug of aApparition and they were in Ginny's room.
"Harry, do something, I'll take anything right now," she urged. "Please, for the birthday girl?" she pleaded with pouty lips and heavily blinking eyes.
It's now or never! Harry thought, took her hand and guided her to the bed. "Tell me to stop anytime, okay?"
Wide-eyed, she nodded and sat next to him on the bed. He pulled her into his lap, kissing her while untying the string on her shirt, making the collar easier to open. He slid a hand inside and fondled her breasts with one hand while slowly workingwoking his way up her thighs with the other, glad that she wore a skirt. Had she planned this? She moaned, wriggled closer and kissed on his neck and worked her way back to his mouth. He grunted when she cupped the bulge in his jeans. Hoping that was a cue from her, he rested his hand on the crotch of her panties, closing his eyes when he felt how warm and wet it was. Her pleading moan killed the last of his resolve and he slipped the fabric aside and slid a finger in, tentatively feeling for the right spot. He felt a small, throbbing nub and placed soft pressure on it. By the way she bucked her hips and let her head fall back, he knew he found it. He slid another finger between her folds while rubbing all around the little nub, watching and listening to her. He was so hard in his jeans that it hurt, but at the same time felt good. His hand was now working a steady rhythm, in time with each thrust of his tongue into her mouth, lost to each other's gasps and heavy breathing.
"H-Harry, yes...it's-" she gasped then arched her back, face grimaced in pleasure as Harry watched, enchanted at the sight and feel of Ginny coming right there in his lap.
"Gin..." he said and quickly reached to unbutton his pants. He was uncomfortably hard and needed relief badly, slipping his boxers down and freeing his erect cock, recalling that it had never been so hard as it was right now. He fisted it and grunted, then felt her push his hand away and replace it with hers. He moved his hips in time with her strokes, wanting this to last as long as possible, but he knew that he wasn't going to last long. When she cupped his balls with her other hand, he could hold back no more. His release shot through his cock, causing him arch his back and cry out among her whispers of "yes Harry, let it go" as she strokeding him until he was limp.
"Where's Ginny?" Molly asked. The party guests were leaving and it would be rude for Ginny not to thank them for coming to the party. Ron and Hermione glanced around. Harry was absent too.
"Ginny!" Arthur called out.
Ginny's head popped out of her bedroom window from the second level. "Just going to the loo, be right down!"
A minute later, Ginny came back downstairs, flushed and smiling. Hermione couldn't help but chuckle at the look on her face then saw the rest of her. Her shirt was untied at the collar and her skirt was on backwards. Hermione surrepticiously tugged at her own collar, catching Ginny's eyes. She nodded and looked down, prompting Ginny to look down as well. She blushed and quickly retied her shirt. Hermione took a step toward her, leaned in and whispered, "Your skirt's backwards too."
At that moment, Harry came from behind the house, holding up his wallet. "Got it! Damn gnomes took my wallet!"
Hermione and Ron fell against each other, laughing.
"What's so funny?" Arthur asked.
The next day, the Daily Prophet lead story caused an exciting stir.
On the evening of September 1st, all eyes will once again be on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The Headmistress of Hogwarts, Minerva McGonagall, and our Minister for Magic, Kingsley Shacklebolt, have partnered to combine the grand re-opening of Hogwarts and an awards celebration for the brave heroes who fought at the Battle of Hogwarts to defeat Voldemort and his Death Eater scourge. Hogwarts has been undergoing extensive renovations over the summer to repair damage done to the venerated castle that fateful day. Festivities will be held in the Great Hall, open to students, the Award Recipients and their immediate families. The general public is of course invited to witness the celebration, and to accommodate the sheer numbers expected, large projection screens will be available at various locations around the grounds of Hogwarts for the viewing enjoyment of all who attend. For those unable to attend, WWN will be doing a live broadcast of the events of the evening in its entirety, in the hopes of garnering interviews with Order of Merlin First Class recipients. The Hogwarts' Students Orchestra and The Weird Sisters will be on hand to provide the musical entertainment for this magical evening to begin at seven p.m.