AN: I DO NOT OWN ANY CHARACTERS IN THIS STORY. ALL THINGS WERE WRITTEN IN FUN AND FANTASTY

The party was in full swing by midnight. Everyone was laughing and singing ready to bring in the new year. Hermione's eyes scanned the guests, her eyes darting from each face to the next. She was starting to lose hope she would spot him again, and felt herself fiddling with her drink. George bounced up next to her with a new glass and from what she could tell dragging someone reluctantly behind him.

"HERMIONE GRANGER ALMOST WEASLEY. Look who I found hiding in the back." Harry slowly moved out from behind him and gave a sheepish grin. Hermione chuckled slightly feeling the relief was through her and the sight of his eyes on her. She felt the apex in her thighs immediately start to moisten. Thoughts and memories of his hands on her body when their eyes met. They hadn't spoken to each other since the night in Hermione's flat had gotten serious and out of control. George strolled away with Penelope Clearwater chatting away about the newest Joke he wanted to add to his shop. Harry stared at her for a moment before clearing his throat to speak.

"Hey… um… I haven't seen you around the burrow lately." Hermione nodded and downed the drink George had brought her.

"Yeah… I've been avoiding you… I mean the house… cause Ginny is moody and what not." She flustered a bit and shook her head. "Um.. where is she?" Harry shrugged his shoulders and looked around.

"I don't know, last I saw her she was gushing to Luna how happy she is to be pregnant." Hermione scanned the room and didn't see her or Luna.

"Look about what happened at my flat…" Harry raised his hand to stop her and motioned to the balcony.

"I don't want to talk about that around everyone." She nodded and followed him outside where there was one other couple snogging on the far side. "Look I'm sorry, it shouldn't have happened." Hermione nodded reluctantly.

"I didn't mind. I was feeling suffocated and couldn't stop thinking about you." Harry nodded in agreement.

"Trust me I know what you mean." She smiled knowing she wasn't the only one. "So why has Ron been staying at the burrow lately?"

"I don't know, said something about distance and left. I live there alone pretty much. He comes home to shower and grab clean clothes than leaves again. For a while I thought he found out…" She sighed and sat down.

"How's Ginny?" Harry nodded and shrugged.

"I don't know. She isn't talking to me unless it's yelling at everyone she sees. Molly says it's normal in the last part of pregnancy." Hermione chuckled slightly and looked around. Ron was striding towards them looking sheepish and guilty. Hermione flicked her head slightly at him.

"Hey Hermione can we talk? Harry your wife is ready to go I think." He pointed to Ginny who was near tears in a chair. Harry waved good bye and walked over to her.

"Well…" Hermione asked opening the door to the flat they shared. "You haven't actually spoken to me or looked at me over the last month; why Ronald? Why now do you want to speak to me?" Hermione crossed her arms and sat in her favorite armchair.

"Yeah that's what I want to talk about. I owe you a million apologies and a million more requests for forgiveness." She stared as his ears matched his hair. "My mum you know, flipped out thinking you were pregnant and decided it was best that until we were married we didn't share a flat. And you know my mum scares me so I agreed. I just felt that telling you would prove I'm weak… Then Ginny yelled at me for being there instead of here and that no one bothered to tell you or see you and that you probably felt pushed out of the family with my sudden disappearance." Hermione's frown depended the more his explanation went on. She finally shook her head and held up her hand for him to stop talking.

"You left without a word said nothing to me because of your mum… I don't know if I want to marry you Ron, if she can do simply by one dinner how do I know you won't go running after were married." Ron looked shocked and Hermione felt relieved by finally telling him she didn't want to get married. She instantly regretted it though. She did love him but she didn't know if she wanted to marry him. Ron walked toward her and grabbed her shoulders.

"Hermione I love you. I'm so sorry, I didn't mean for you to feel betrayed or left out. Please don't do this, but I cannot stay." He gave her a swift kiss and left before she could say anything else. Hermione threw a pillow at the door hoping it would make a difference. The door opened and she thought he changed his mind. Harry Potter walked through the door.

"Ginny told me to come check on you. That Ron was supposed to tell you why he hasn't been around." Hermione nodded angerly.

"He does whatever mummy tells him to whether or not it is going to hurt someone else. Ugh, I am just so sick of my life having to go the way Molly tells Ron it needs to be." Harry nodded, he knew what she was talking about. Molly has gone extra protective since the battle of Hogwarts and the day Harry officially killed Voldemort. He walked over and took her in his arms. Hermione wanted this so badly she missed having him hold her. It may have only been once but she really missed the closeness of him. She looked up at him and he leaned in for a kiss. She kissed him back, softly at first than she let the hunger and pain take over and it made her want him even more. Harry slowly ran his hands over her shoulders and down her arms pulling Hermione closer to him. He swiftly started unzipping her dress throwing it over the couch, her matching red lingerie making him stiff by looking at her. He slowly started to place kisses on every inch of her exposed skin, starting with her forehead and moving down to her ankles. The strapped heels acting as a guide for Harry to know it is time to go back up. He ran his hands up her legs stopping at the red and black laced boy shorts. He loved the way they looked on her, and slowly slid them off. Wordlessly she stepped out of her panties and was surprised her bra disappeared. Surprising herself with the thought Harry was getting better at wordless spells. He lifted her to her bedroom and laid her down. He started to remove her heels and ceased, he wanted her with her heels on.

Hermione wiggled underneath his touch as he continued to rub her legs slowly and left a trail of kisses in their wake. She inhaled deeply the closer to her throbbing apex he got, her body anticipated his touch there and her mind and body longed for attention solely for her. She felt a quick nip and lick on her clit and moaned instantly. There he was and she was ready, he started drawing the alphabet and humming with his tongue on her center and she closed her eyes in ecstasy. He continued to move his tongue swiftly in and out and had his fingers join deeply into her depths as he watched her wiggle and moan. He grinned quickened his pace. She continued to grow moist around him and was building to climax when he stopped suddenly. She looked down at him, a want forming in her eyes at him. He flicked his tongue and she shuddered. Quickly he placed himself between her legs and thrust once into her. He let himself settle deep inside her as he felt her walls clamp up in a sudden orgasm. She was squirting her juices around his member deep inside her, and he pulled out to shove quickly back into her. He continued this slow pace until she cam again. She pulled him closer to her to take him deeper inside of her and started to kiss his neck and gripped her hands in his hair as he continued to make love to her. She moaned as he brought her again to climax.

"Hermione…" Harry muttered, she felt him starting to grow harder inside her and she brought her hips to his with every slow hard thrust.

"Oh Harry…" She moaned as the tempo grew faster and harder with each thrust. She met each thrust with an enthusiasm to bring herself to go with him. Finally when neither could take it anymore, Hermione and Harry came together, each moaning each other's name in bliss whispers. Harry kissed Hermione as he came inside of her. She met his kiss with enthusiasm as he rolled to her side and cuddled into her. She snuggled into his arms, and quickly fell asleep.

The next morning Hermione stretched and looked over to the other side of the bed. Harry was sleeping peacefully and she didn't want to wake him. She slowly crawled out of bed and headed towards the shower. She let the warm water run over her body, and started to feel guilty about last night and knew they were both adults who made the decision. When she finally exited the shower she noticed a note lying on her pillow. Harry's scribbled hand writing was almost illegible.

'Hermione,

Ginny's in labor, I'm heading to the magical hospital for the delivery. Sorry to have to run out without saying good bye. Thank you for last night. Hope to see you later.

H'

She quickly changed and left to the hospital.