I'll Be Around Only If You Want Me To

Chapter 12

A few months later, Quidditch ended and school was almost out. Oliver smiled to himself as he rode swiftly over the trees to get to Hogwarts. He finally was going to get to see his beloved, his fiancée, his Hermione. He jumped off and had just placed his bag on the ground when a whirlwind of brown hair and black robe came running out to him and collided with him.

Hermione giggled and said, "I missed you."

Oliver smiled while looking at their positions then replied, "I can tell."

The professor sat up, now straddling Oliver, "Did you miss me?"

Smirking he grabbed hold of her waist and flipped her over, straddling her and shrugged, "A bit."

She smiled and reached up to kiss him but he pulled back, "Hey!"

Oliver got off of her and helped her up and looked behind her, "Hello Snape."

Hermione turned around and sighed inaudibly, "Good afternoon Severus."

Snape took a step forward and instinctly Hermione's hand twitched towards her wand. Snape held up a hand, "No need for that, Ms. Granger, or should I say Mrs. Wood?"

Oliver looked down at her, "You told him?"

Hermione glanced at Oliver than back at Snape, "It's Ms. Granger for now, and how did you find out about it?"

Snape gestured to her hand, "It's hard to miss that rock on your hand."

Hermione looked down at it and smiled lightly at the memory then looked back at Snape, "What do you want?"

The elder professor folded his arms, "I'm here to warn you, please take your personal antics inside your room, the entire student body of Hogwarts does not need nor wish to see you two…snogging." With that he turned around and stalked back into the castle.

Hermione looked up at Oliver, whose eyebrows were knitted together in thought, "What is it?" She asked, concerned.

Oliver paused then looked at her, "I didn't know Snape even knew the word 'snogging'."

They looked at each other seriously then burst into laughter, Oliver grabbed Hermione by the waist and pulled her into a kiss. Finally they broke apart and Hermione hit him lightly, "Took you long enough."

Oliver grinned, "I'll make up for it." With that he carried her bridal style and ran through the doors and the halls, smirking as he heard catcalls and laughter from both student, ghosts and professors alike.

Hermione laughed as he set her down on the bed and said, "You do have to make an entrance, don't you?"

"Only to show you off, love." He leaned down and kissed her gently as she wrapped her arms around him and they leaned back on the bed…

A FEW HOURS LATER

Hermione and Oliver were laying next to each other when Oliver questioned, "When should we get married?"

Hermione looked up at him and shrugged lightly, "I don't know…when are you free?"

Oliver smiled and met her eyes, "I think it should be soon."

With her eyes twinkling she teased, "Why, are you pregnant?"

He laughed then said, "I just really liked the sound of Mrs. Wood today, even if it was Snape."

Hermione placed a hand on his cheek, "I agree, it had a good sound to it. Hermione Wood." She laughed.

"What's so funny?"

"I know I'm going to forget for about a year, maybe two."

"Well, we could try the 'modern' thing. How do you like the sound of Oliver Granger?"

This only made Hermione laugh harder and she replied, "I don't think you could pull it off."

Oliver nodded, grinning, "Neither do I."

Hermione thought, "What are you doing in August?"

Oliver shrugged, "I don't know, probably nothing, why?"

Hermione smirked, "Because we're getting married."

Oliver looked surprised, "Really?" Hermione nodded and Oliver jumped up, grabbed his boxers and turned back to her, "This is fantastic!" He went back over to her and kissed her then broke away, leaving Hermione grinning and said, "Wait. We have so much to do!"

Hermione smiled and replied, "Aren't the girls supposed to freak out about the wedding?"

Oliver took in a deep breath and then climbed back into bed with her, "I suppose…" she snuggled closer to him and he put his head on hers, "So…August huh?"

Hermione intertwined their hands, "Yeah, August." He lifted his head and they kissed slowly, and she wrapped an arm around his neck when…there was a knock on the door. Hermione sighed and said, "Tell them to go away Fidelis." When there was no response she sat up, "Fidelis?" She looked at Oliver, "I wonder where he is…no matter."

She sighed and picked up her nightgown when Oliver grabbed her arm, "Where are you going?"

She laughed lightly, "To answer the door, it could be important."

Oliver sighed, "Fine, leave me here in this cold bed all alone."

Hermione kissed him again, then pulled away, "I'll be right back."

"You tease."

She smiled then walked out of the room, leaving the door slightly ajar. Oliver sat up and watched her through the door as she opened it and saw her frown. He swung his legs over the side of the bed when suddenly he saw the person's wand face Hermione, she tried to run but the person was too fast and grabbed her, then she uttered a loud scream, "OLIVER!" Suddenly a red beam shot out, hitting her at point blank.

Oliver was up as soon as Hermione had tried to run and managed to hit the person in the face causing the cloaked person to drop their wand, Oliver lunged at it as did the mysterious attacker. The other person reached it first and pointed it at Oliver and hissed out, "Stupefy."