I'm so sorry it took me so long to update! Well, here it comes (it's extremely fluffy again):
The lake
Ron stood in front of the door. "Yeah." He mumbled. "See you then."
A new discovery had stunned him.
Slowly he walked up to his room and collapsed on hos bed. Staring at the ceiling his thoughts wandered to the past night. It had been the best night of his life so soon. He just could not believe he truly was with Hermione now. Her boyfriend. He loved the sound of that. Now he could say to some random boy in the streets: "Hey, get your eyes of my girlfriend!"
He still felt stunned and a bit shocked by what had happened. But the most shocking were his new discovered feelings for Hermione. As long as he knew that he wanted to be with Hermione and that he was madly in love with her, he had not known that he truly, really loved her and that he wanted her to marry him and be the mother of his children. Of course, he could not tell her that, she might run away. But he supposed he had to tell her that he loved her. Maybe she would say it back…
An image of Hermione and him popped into his head: She was sitting on his lap and told him she loved him. Then she was kissing him passionately. Yes, that would definitely be the best day of my life, he thought.
Harry was snoring loudly in his bed. Ron's neck was aching from spending the night on a chair and he drifted to sleep peacefully.
.-.-.-.
Only two hours later he woke up again to find Harry half dressed sitting on his bed staring at him.
"Morning." Ron mumbled sitting up.
"Morning." Harry continued to stare at him.
"What?" Ron asked grumpily.
"You talk in your sleep."
"I don't."
"You do."
"Well, what did I say that you find shocking enough to stare at me like that?"
"You said, you loved Hermione."
Ron stared back at him without replying.
"It's true, isn't it?" Harry asked.
"Well… yeah."
Harry suddenly smiled warmly.
"I knew… And when are you going to tell her, mate? It's only getting harder if you wait too long, just do it, I know she feels the same way about you and…"
Ron had started grinning, remembering the past night.
"Y-you… d-"
Harry stared at him in awe. "YOU DID!"
"I DID!" Ron exclaimed and they both began to laugh hysterically. Then they hugged like best friends who care for each other and who are happy if the other one is.
"Well, I didn't exactly tell her that I love her. But we talked things through and we ended up kissing and then sleeping on a chair in the kitchen…" Ron grinned.
"Nice one." Harry said, also grinning.
"We're together now. Really together."
"It was about time, wasn't it?"
"It definitely was."
"I'm the first one to know? Will I be your best man?"
Ron blushed. "I'm sorry, mate, Ginny walked in on us so she was the first one to know. You're second. But of course you're best man, who else could it be?"
"Good."
"Don't tell anyone, okay?"
"Umm, what? I thought… if you were going to be with Hermione someday, you would run around screaming it in everyone's ears."
"Yes, I feel kind of like that. But I don't want my parents and the others to know yet. They would just tease all the time. And mum would probably cry. And they wouldn't leave us only one moment alone in the same room."
"Like Ginny and me." Harry sighed.
"Yeah, exactly. We want it to be a bit more private…"
"Oi, stop talking." Harry warned. "I don't want to know what you two do in private."
"Sorry." Ron laughed.
"Shall we go down for breakfast?"
"Yeah, I'm starving, let's go. Oh, wait. Hermione and me are going to the lake this afternoon. You and Ginny could come with us. And then, well, you could… go somewhere else?"
Harry laughed. "How friendly, Ron. But I know what you mean, I think we're going to come with you. I'll ask Ginny."
With that they went down for breakfast. The kitchen was overcrowded as always. Hermione and Ginny were sitting at one edge of the table, their heads stuck together. And they were giggling.
Ron had almost never heard Hermione giggle before. It was a bit strange, but it had to be about something good, he thought. Or maybe she was laughing at him about how bad of a kisser he was.
Harry sat down next to Ginny and pecked her cheek. "Morning!" she said cheerily.
Ron took a deep breath and took his seat next to Hermione. Before he sat down he let his fingers stroke her back lightly as he walked past her. He felt her body stiffen under his touch. He assumed this had to be good.
"Morning." He said to her.
"Good morning." She smiled at him.
"Yeah, really good morning."
Her and Ginny fell into a fit of giggles again.
.-.-.-.
The afternoon came and it was sunny and warm. Harry, Ginny, Hermione and Ron met outside the Burrow and made their way to the lake. As soon as the house was out of sight Ron gripped Hermione's hand. They looked at each other quickly and then both looked at the ground, smiling.
"We'll go this way." Harry said pointing into another direction.
"Okay." Ron said. "See you later then…"
At these words Harry and Ginny walked off into the distance and vanished between some trees. Ron did not want to think about what they were doing there…
They were alone now. Just standing there, holding hands and looking after their two friends.
"Um… Do you want to sit down?" Hermione asked awkwardly.
"Yeah, sure." Ron asnwered and placed himself on the soft grass. Hermione sat down close to him.
"Isn't it beautiful?" Hermione asked dreamily.
"What do you mean?"
"The lake. How it sparkles in the sunlight."
She blushed. Ron wondered why.
"Why are you blushing?" He asked, amused.
"Um, nothing." She said too quickly.
"Tell me."
"I just… thought about… maybe going… in there…"
"In there where?"
"There." She pointed to the water.
"You mean like… swimming?"
"Yes."
"But we don't have any bathing-" Ron blushed furiously. This could not be what Hermione meant, could it?
"I know." She said, blushing more.
Ron stared at her. "You mean… we should swim na-"
"No! Ron, what are you thinking!?"
If it was still possible, she blushed even more.
"Um, well, I see no other way, do you?"
"I mean in underwear!"
"Oh, right." Ron was embarrassed. Now she would think he was a pervert. Perfect. Their first day as a real couple and then this. Wait – had she just said underwear? Hermione swimming in her underwear? With him?
He satred at her again. "Are you sure about that?"
"Yes, I am. It's pretty hot, don't you think?"
"Definitely…" Ron said. He could not help but smirk.
"I didn't mean that, Ron!"
"Well, I did."
They began to laugh and then Ron leaned over to her and kissed her. She smiled against his lips. "So are you in?" She asked.
"Of course, I am. I wouldn't miss that for anything."
She stood up. "Then let's go." She said and without warning she let her pants slide down her legs and they fell to the ground.
It was hard for Ron not to drool. He stared at her skin.
"Come on, Ron. Start undressing."
Ron had to laugh. "I never thought I would hear that sentence come from your lips."
"Me neither." She said and smirked.
Ron stood up and got rid of his pants as well. Hermione blushed. Then he pulled his shirt over his head to make the first move. Only in his boxers he watched Hermione pull up her shirt as well. Her bra was black. Ron looked away. He did not want to embarrass her too much.
"Why don't you look at me?" She asked nervously.
"I don't want you to feel uncomfortable."
"I don't. Look at me."
Ron turned his head and looked into her eyes.
"Like what you see?" Hermione asked.
"Definitely."
She smiled.
"What about you?" Ron asked grinning and turned on the spot.
"Uh, very nice, mister." She said.
Then she ran into the water and dived in. Ron did the same.
They splashed water into each others faces playfully until they both were out of breath. Hermione moved closer to Ron. "I'm happy." She said simply.
"Me too." Ron said seriously. Then he kissed her again and it was wonderful. He moved his hands up and down her waist but soon he noticed he could not swim very well like that so he let go of her.
"Do you want to go somewhere else?" He asked and she nodded.
.-.-.-.
Aaah, that was it for today. Hope you liked it, love reviews as always!
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