Hey Everyone, thank you for all the kind reviews, it's definitely motivation to keep this story going... here's another installment that is a little bit dirty but not too extreme, i hope you all enjoy the story!

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We start making our way up to the Atrium when I realize that I still don't know where we're going for lunch, "So Ronald, where are you taking me for lunch?" Ron just smiles at me in response and we hop into an empty lift. Once the doors close me he turns to me and kisses me hard and suddenly I'm pushed up against a wall and snogging my husband like a couple of teenagers. When our kiss finally breaks, I can hardly breathe, but Ron speaks first, "I have been thinking about that all morning." I can feel his breath against my face still when he whispers softly and I respond quietly and truthfully, "me too."

Our eyes lock for a few seconds and just as he's about to kiss me again the lift doors open and we separate enough not to look suspicious, then Arthur Weasley walks in. Ron and I blush instantly because we know it was obvious what we had been up to. "Hey Dad," Ron manages and I get out a "Morning Mr. Weasley." I haven't called Arthur Mr. Weasley in about ten years, and as I think about that fact it occurs to me that the last time I felt this nervous was on Ron's 19th birthday when I got to surprise him at the Burrow and his dad busted us going at it in his bedroom. Thinking about the look on his face makes me start giggling to myself which makes Ron and his dad look at me curiously.

"I'm sorry; I'm just having a serious flashback to our pre-marriage days." Ron's face flashes an even deeper red and I know that he knows what I'm referring to. He puts his arm around me and starts chuckling too, Arthur joins in as well when he remembers and adds, "Yeah I guess I can't really bust the two of you anymore. I mean you've been married for twelve years now." I finally stop chuckling and realize, "It is hilarious that you just made us feel like a couple of teenagers though." We all smile and it's quiet for a few moments and as our lift is about to reach the Atrium Arthur turns to us and asks, "So where are you two kids off to anyways?" Ron smiles at his dad and replies, "We have a lunch date."

I can tell Arthur is happy for us and from the look on his face I can tell that he's also going to be going to his office to owl Molly to tell her of the newest development in the Ron-Hermione saga. I laugh at the thought and add, "Yes but your son is refusing to tell me where he's taking me." I wink at Ron and the lift stops.

"Well have a good time you two," Arthur tells us before he walks in the other direction. Ron still has his arm around me and is steering us towards the apparition point. "Okay can we do side-along? I'll just guide you so you can be surprised." I smile at Ron's obvious excitement and reply, "Okay baby."

The next thing I feel is Ron's arms around me and the familiar pull of apparition. When our location becomes clear, I realize that we're in Hogsmeade and heading to a small little restaurant that we used to meet at during the year I returned to Hogwarts when Ron was helping George in the shop. I smile at look up at Ron who is staring at me and waiting for a reaction.

"Our old spot?" I ask and for some ridiculous reason I feel tears coming into my eyes.

"Don't cry sweetie, I just wanted to come somewhere that means something to us because today means so much to me," Ron takes my hand and uses his other to wipe the tears away from my cheeks.

"Merlin I love you Ron." I manage to get out and he kisses me, and then leads me into the restaurant.

All throughout lunch I feel like this actually is our first date. We keep catching glances at each other and giggling, a part of me feels like I'm back in the Hogwarts days. "God Ron, it feels like we're about to start walking back up to the school for dinner in the Great Hall." He smiles, and I can tell he's feeling it too, "Yeah, I definitely miss those days sometimes."

Our lunch date goes by way too quickly for my comfort and when we head back out onto the street to apparate back to the Ministry, I grab Ron's hand, "Ron can we leave work early today?"

Ron smiles, "What did you have in mind?"

"I was thinking we could leave around 4 and then go home for an hour or so to talk and then we can go to your parent's house together to pick up the kids." This is me being brave.

"Are you sure you want to go there tonight? I mean there might be some other Weasley's in the mix and we're going there tomorrow night for family dinner," Ron responds but I can tell he's just worried about me because there was a flicker of excitement in his eyes when he learned that I wanted to go to his parent's house.

"Yeah it won't be too bad tonight, and I think if I come with you tonight when there are only a few extra people it'll be better than going over there tomorrow night and seeing everyone at once. I could even owl your mum and ask if we could stay for dinner, I'm sure the kids would love it."

"I don't want to push you Mione," Ron smiles, "But if you're sure then yes of course we can do that. Now what's this about going home at four to be alone for an hour or two?" The suggestive eyebrow raise says it all, but I laugh anyway.

"I really do mean to talk Ron, there's still a lot of stuff to say." I hope he isn't too disappointed, but when he kisses me softly on the mouth, I can tell that he understands.

"Okay back to the ministry for a few more hours and then as soon as I can get away I'll come to your office," Ron smiles and takes my hand and we apparate back to the Ministry. As we walk into the lift and the door closes behind us I can tell Ron is uncomfortable about something.

"Ron what's wrong?"

"Okay, I don't want you to be mad, but I've sort of confided a lot of what has been happening between us in the past couple years and yesterday to Harry, who I'm sure has told Ginny. I don't want you to be uncomfortable or anything, I just needed someone to talk to," Ron's eyes have fear in them.

I'm not mad at all, I have talked to people too, and I basically expected that Harry and Ginny knew everything anyways. "Ron its okay, I kind of already assumed you'd told Harry a lot, and I tell Ginny stuff too so don't worry about it," I shift uneasily and realize that he might've told Harry about the shower thing, "Oh gosh Ron, you didn't tell Harry about this morning right? The thing I told you did?" I can feel the blush creeping down my neck- how humiliating would it be if the guy who's basically my brother found out I did that.

Ron starts laughing and I can tell he's chuckling at my embarrassment, "No, I wouldn't ever say anything like that to Harry. I did tell him that things were looking up though," we're both quiet for a few seconds and Ron says, "You really did drive me crazy when you said that this morning you know."

I smile and the lift opens into our office and as I walk out I turn back and smile suggestively, "Oh I know," and with a wink I turn my back and walk into my office. When I sit down in my office I see Ron finally shaking himself out of his thoughts and leaving the lift and walking back to his office, I love knowing that I have that affect on him.

The rest of the afternoon goes by surprisingly quick since I have the bi-weekly Friday stuff to do, thank god. I owled Molly the second I got back into my office and she insisted of course that we stay for dinner. By the time it reaches 4PM I'm putting the finishing touches on a proposal for Monday and I hear Ron walk into my office. Before I look up he is sitting in the chair in front of my desk.

The papers in front of me no longer seem important when I see the boyish grin on his face. "Ready to go home?" He asks and I look down at the paperwork and close the folder, place it in my desk and stand up, "Absolutely."

Ron tells me he just has to run back and tell Harry he's leaving, which gives me time to put the stuff on my desk away and gather my things. I close my office door and Ron is walking towards me with his stuff in hand. He puts his hand on the small of my back and we head towards the lift, then to through the Atrium, and then suddenly we're home.

I don't realize that we've been quiet the entire time since we left the office until we put our things down in our house. I smile at Ron and we both go to our bedroom to get changed. I can't believe after all these years of being married and all the times we've had sex, I'm still this attracted to his body. Watching Ron walk around with his shirt off gives me butterflies every time. I guess changing together was a bad idea.

With the way Ron's staring at me I can tell he's thinking the same thing I am. We both grin a little and I pull a new shirt over my head which elicits a small frown from Ron.

"Ron as much as I would love to do exactly what is running through both of our heads, I still think we need some time," I smile a little and Ron nods in understanding and throws a shirt on. I take his hand and lead him back to the living room and we sit on the couch in silence, waiting for someone to begin.

"Okay so I know I asked you here to talk, but really I just need to ask you something."

Ron nods and turns his body towards me and joins both of our hands.

"Ron why don't you hate me?" I guess that came out easier than I thought it would. I continue because I can tell he doesn't understand. "I totally abandoned you when you needed me. I've been totally selfish and insane and I can barely even explain it because I still don't totally understand it and yet you stay, and you're here and you're being everything I need you to be. Why don't you hate me? What if there was something I could've done different that would've saved her? How can you even look at me? I'm the woman who probably killed your third child." Wow I didn't see that coming. I didn't even know I felt that way… I guess maybe I did a little bit, but I really didn't plan on telling him all that at once.

The shock on his face says a lot, but I need his words so I'm thankful when I hear his voice, "Hermione, after what happened, I understand that everyone grieves in their own way. Do I wish that you had confided in me and not pushed me away? Yes, of course I do. But I also know that if you felt anything like I did then just breathing everyday was an accomplishment. I came around faster only because I knew that one of us needed to be strong if we were going to survive this, but it hasn't been easy. I think about what happened everyday so don't think I don't. When I look at you I see this beautiful woman that I've been in love with for more than half my life. I see the mother of my children, and I see the brilliance in your eyes, and I feel the way I did the first time you kissed me. I could never hate you and I will never blame you for an accident. I think the problem here is that you need to stop blaming yourself. There's no way we could've known or done anything differently."

I lean forward and let Ron take me into his arms, and I sob a little and tell him honestly, "Ron I want more kids. More than anything I want more kids with you, but I'm scared. What if she's in heaven and she thinks we just replaced her?" As I say this it occurs to me that it's the reason I've been so hesitant to move on, I didn't want to feel like I was replacing one child with another.

"Mione, we will never have another third child, or second daughter. There will never be another Lizzy Weasley. She died two years ago. If we have more children, they will learn about their older sister who isn't with us, but she'll never be gone, you have to remember that those who love us don't ever really leave us as long as we remember them."

I sit in Ron's arm and take in what he said and realize he's totally right. After at least half an hour has passed, I'm not crying anymore, and I sit up.

"Thank you for coming home with me today Ron."

"Of course," Ron smiles a little shyly and adds, "So how many kids do you really want?"

I laugh a little, "Well see now, Rose is eight, Hugo is four, Lizzy would be two," I pause and can't believe I said her name, I haven't since that day at the hospital, Ron noticed because he's now holding me even tighter, "Ron I honestly just always thought we'd have tons of kids. I don't know if we'd ever break the Weasley record or anything, but Rose is going to be at school in a few years and I really want a full house, I never had that growing up and I want that for my kids."

"We can start trying again whenever you're ready you know," Ron kisses the top of my head; "I always said I wanted as many little Hermione's running around as I could."

I smile into Ron's chest and we sit together for a few minutes longer, and I just need to be closer to him so I start kissing my way up his neck until I meet his lips and I kiss him full on the mouth. As it starts to heat up I sit up and move to sit in his lap, straddling him. I can feel his hands running on my back and my fingers are going through his hair. I lean back a little and arch towards him as he pulls my shirt up and kisses my stomach. I pull Ron's shirt right off and he does the same to me.

We haven't felt each other like this in such a long time and suddenly my bra is discarded and on the floor. Ron stands up, holding me up while I straddle his waist and carries us back to the bedroom, leaving our discarded clothes on the floor of our living room. When we get to the bed he puts me down gently and leans over top of me. This is too fast, isn't it? I mean, we just got back on track yesterday and now we're in bed together? I know it's too fast so I break away for a second.

"Ron we cannot have sex right now." I breathe deeply and I know my bare chest is moving up and down at a rate that will have him very excited. He looks a bit disappointed but not surprised.

"Hermione we have at least twenty minutes until we need to be at my parents' house for dinner, how about until then you just let me make you feel good?" Ron's grin is a hard one to say no to, so I hesitantly agree and we're right back where we started. He kisses me again and starts moving down my neck while fondling my breasts and then I feel him use his mouth on me and I involuntarily arch towards him in pleasure. His fingers are undoing my pants and a part of me wants to stop him, but I know from experience that he likes to play with me as much as I like to play with him, so I allow it to continue.

Soon my pants are off and Ron's fingers are working miracles inside my knickers. I love the look he gets in his eyes when he knows he's giving me pleasure. He kisses me deeply as we works his finger magic and then kisses down my neck and chest, pulling down my knickers and I feel his mouth on me. In an instant I forget about everything else and I focus on the feeling of him between my legs. It doesn't take long and a few minutes later I cry out as I find my release and Ron climbs back up my body and kisses me softly.

"It has been way too long since I got to do that," he looks a little cocky when he smiles at me, and I realize quickly that I'm totally naked. When I look down at the state of my body I notice that his pants are still on and that he definitely enjoys touching me. I smile and reach down and start undoing his pants.

"Mione you don't have to," he starts but I cut him off with a kiss.

"Ronald, you're not getting laid and after what you just did you definitely deserve at least this much," I smile as I get his pants down and then I add, "besides, it's been way to long since I got to play with him."

I reach my hand under his boxers and stroke his length which makes him moan a little in pleasure. After being with him for years, I know exactly how to make him scream and after a few minutes of using my hand, I run my tongue along his length and it pushes him over the age and he cries out in pleasure.

I smile at a job well done and he gathers me into his arms, neither of us caring that we're still totally naked. After a few minutes of lying in each others arms, I realize that we need to be at the Burrow very soon and that we both need to shower.

"Ron come on lets go shower so we can get to your parent's house," I say as I pull him up off the bed.

He smiles at me and I know I need to clarify, "We are only showering Ron; we'll be late otherwise."

We go into the bathroom and after a quick, mostly innocent shower, we're back in our bedroom and we get dressed quickly.

Before we apparate to the Burrow Ron turns to me and I can tell he's trying to say something so I stay quiet for a second, "Hermione thank you for today. I don't just mean the messing around either, I'm really glad we talked about the children thing."

I smile and assure him that I'm happy about it too, then we apparate to the backyard of the Burrow. The yard still looks the same and we can hear Molly and Arthur, joined with some members of the family within. Ron looks at me, as if making sure I'm okay and when I nod he puts his arm around me and we walk inside.