A/N: Hey sorry this update took so long, i was out of town all weekend... read and review... and ENJOY!


When Charlie was released from the hospital the next day Hermione took him straight back to their tent and insisted he stay off his feet. He could still walk but it was a tad painful. Fortunately the potion they'd given him would help his body repair his back in no time and then he'd probably just have stiff muscles for a while until he started exercising again.

A few weeks later Hermione was helping him put his shirt on, even though he probably could've done it himself. As much as Hermione didn't want to admit it, the last few weeks of taking care of Charlie had been kind of fun. She really did enjoy being there for him, and although he was restless and wanted to go play with the dragons as he put it, he was actually being a fairly good patient.

Charlie, meanwhile, had been soaking up all the extra attention Hermione had been giving him. It was the only thing that kept his mind occupied while he was taking it easy, and then he realized that it was definitely time to 'seal the deal.'

In the early days of September Charlie decided to tell Hermione that he had to go and meet a man in Diagon Alley about funding the reserve and that he'd be gone the whole day, that would give him enough time to find the perfect engagement ring. She was sad that she couldn't come but she was needed at the camp so he left early one morning and didn't return until late that night.

"So how was your day?" Hermione asked after they'd eaten.

"It went really well actually," Charlie smiled, a mischievous look in his eye, "really well. How was everything here?"

"Oh it was great, except I hate it when John's in charge, he kind of power trips. At least with you here even when you're not working he doesn't do that," Hermione trailed off and then grinned, realizing the date, "Hey you can start again tomorrow!"

"Yeah I know I met with Healer Clemmons before I came in here and she said that my back is all better. But you know we're taking a few days off next week right?"

Hermione wondered for a second why and couldn't remember, "Why are we doing that?"

"Well someone is turning 25 next week, and we are going to go and celebrate with my family and your family for a few days, I already owled them," Charlie said, lying a little considering he'd dropped by her parents house after buying a ring to ask about her birthday, and hoped she liked the idea.

Hermione gave him a hug, "Thanks, that's so wonderful! We'll get to see little James!"

A week later, two days before her birthday, Hermione and Charlie were eating a romantic dinner one night when Charlie suggested they go for a walk after dinner, Hermione agreed and they strolled through camp in the moonlight. Hermione was so caught up in the conversation of the new baby Horntail that she hadn't really noticed that she had no idea where they were. Once she realized the unfamiliarity of her surrounds, she stopped walking.

"Charlie where are we?" she asked as she stopped.

"Just a little place I know, its right through these trees," Charlie smiled, tugging her hand in the direction he'd pointed. He was about to show Hermione a place he'd been coming to since he first Arrived in Romania, almost twelve years ago. It was a private place that he'd found when he was wandering around lonely one night and he had been saving it right for this occasion. He hadn't been back in a while before today because it was a place he went when he was feeling down, something that Hermione had basically completely taken care of when she'd come into his life.

As the moonlight started to cut through the trees Charlie told Hermione to stop walking and pulled out his wand to cast a quick spell to put a blindfold over her eyes.

"Charlie Weasley what are you up to?" said Hermione playfully, smiling and loving every second of the mystery.

"Just trying to impress a girl I know." He took her hands and led her gently through the clearing and arrived at the edge of the forest, fifteen feet away from a cliff. There was a perfect view of the moon reflecting on the lake a couple hundred feet below and a bench to sit on that Charlie had conjured up years ago.

He carefully guided Hermione into sitting down and asked her if she was ready.

"Of course!" Hermione said excitedly, feeling the gentle breeze on her face and wondering where they had ended up. He removed the blindfold and her jaw dropped in awe of the picture she'd walked into.

"Charlie this is amazing! Why have you never brought me here before?"

Charlie smiled, glad he got that reaction and instead of sitting down next to her, he knelt down in front of her and pulled something out of his pocket.

"Well I was saving it for a really special occasion," Charlie smiled when he saw Hermione's face.

"oh," was all Hermione could get out as her eyes started to fill with tears.

"Hermione, I love you totally and completely. You make me the best possible person I could ever be and for that I'm forever in your debt. You are the most amazing person I have ever known and everyday I get to find out something new about you that I love. I want that forever Mi, I want to make you as happy as you've made me and care for you like you've cared for me. I want the kids and the house and the life together and I want it all with you. So, Hermione Granger, my sexy, intelligent, wildcat of a dragon tamer," Charlie chuckled and Hermione giggled through her tears, "baby will you marry me?"

Hermione kissed him so hard he fell over backwards and then she just screamed, "YES YES YES YES YES!!!!" Now comfortably lying on top of Charlie on the ground in front of the bench, she took a deep breath and kissed him again.

Laughing at her enthusiasm, he put the ring on her finger and told her, "Now we have something to tell our families when we see them on your birthday."

They romped around snogging each other senseless for awhile until they decided it was late and they had better go to bed. Sleep wasn't a big part of that night, but they weren't tired the next day. Exhaustion just didn't apply in the little world they were living in, only pure bliss did.

After running around through the reserve and telling absolutely everybody that they were engaged, they started packing for their visits. They were going to Hermione's parent's house first for the night and then spending the day with them until going to the Burrow for dinner and staying the night there.

Hermione wasted absolutely no time when they arrived at the Granger's house. She bolted down up the driveway and ran inside without bothering to knock and yelled for her parents, the second she saw them she announced at full volume, "WE'RE ENGAGED!"

Her dad and mum gave her a big hug while Charlie walked through the door. They were both congratulated and when he shook Charlie's hand her Dad said, "Took you long enough! We talked about this ages ago."

Hermione looked surprised and then the realization that Charlie had wanted to visit her parents in May for this reason hit her.

Flashback

Hermione and her mum went into the kitchen and Charlie wasted no time.

"Sir I know that you just met me and that you don't know me at all and I know that you have probably formulated an opinion of me already since the second we got in the door but I love your daughter more than anything and I want to marry her but I want your blessing first," somehow Charlie got it all out in one breath and was a bit surprised that her dad had basically no reaction.

"Are you financially viable?" her dad asked, leaning back into his chair, as if pondering the situation.

Charlie had no idea if he was serious but the second he opened his mouth to answer her dad started laughing and leaned back forward, "Don't worry son, from the second you walked in here I could tell that I'd be seeing a lot of you. Of course you can marry her, just make her happy."

Charlie grinned and eagerly shook his hand, "Thank you sir I-" He stopped talking and went over to Hermione when she walked into the room looking upset.

He walked over to her and took her hand, "You okay Mi? You look upset."

Hermione chuckled, loving the attention he gave her, "Yes I'm fine, just a long overdue conversation." She met eyes with her mum and they moved back to the couch.

"So, what have you two been up to?" Her mum inquired.

End of Flashback

"You sneak!" she said laughing and kissed him. Her parents laughed with them and they all moved into the living room.

A couple hours later it was dinner time and then after some long conversations about creatures considerably less dangerous than dragons, it was time for bed. Hermione caught herself suddenly wondering if her parents would let them stay in the same room- they never slept without each other- but her parents were usually fairly strict when it came to rules like sleeping arrangements.

Before her thoughts got any further her mum walked in to the room and said, "Okay you two, you're staying in Mione's old room. Don't worry honey your dad put your stuff up there earlier."

Hermione was surprised at her parent's acceptance of her adult relationship and realized her mum had probably been working on her dad for days to let her do this.

"Okay mum, thanks," she smiled at her mum and took Charlie's hand to guide him upstairs. As they passed her mum Hermione gave her mum a quick kiss on the cheek and whispered in her ear, "Seriously mum thanks."

Her mum smiled in response and then Charlie said goodnight, giving her a quick kiss on the cheek too. She blushed a little, not used to any kind of affection from men that weren't her husband and said goodnight.

Hermione held Charlie's hand all the way up the stairs and opened the door to her room; it was a relaxing shade of green, similar to the colour of Charlie's eyes and the walls were lined with full bookshelves and pictures of her Hogwarts days.

Charlie laughed, "Okay tell me that you didn't purposely paint your room my eye colour- I love you and all but marrying my stalker is not what I signed on for."

Hermione laughed in return and assured him, "No no, it's been like this since I was twelve or thirteen- much too young for you then!"

They laughed at the irony that as a little girl she had picked a colour that was so similar to the eyes of the love of her life and then got ready for bed.

"So when do you want to get married?" Hermione asked a little bit shyly.

"As soon as we can, I don't want to wait any longer to start this life with you," Charlie answered quickly, assuring her there was nothing to be shy about.

Hermione smiled, "Okay well how about after we hangout with your family tomorrow night we invite my parents to the Burrow the next day and we can plan out the wedding with our parents together, and probably Ginny." Hermione laughed, knowing that Ginny would absolutely have to be apart of planning her wedding, she would see to it.

"That sounds perfect," Charlie replied as he got into bed and added, "How do you feel about a winter wedding?"

Hermione laughed and climbed in next to him, "That's perfect, and I think I know just the place."

"Do you?" Charlie teased.

"Of course, I know everything don't I?" Hermione replied playfully.

"Do you want to have it at the Burrow, or in Romania?"

"I was thinking we could have a small ceremony, just our families, on the hilltop where we got engaged," Hermione answered as she started kissing his neck.

He groaned a little and replied, "That will be easy to plan too!"

"Yeah, and we can have the ceremony there and then arrange a portkey to take us back to the Burrow for the reception, that way everybody wins!" By this point Charlie couldn't concentrate the way he should've been able to for such a conversation, he was distracted by the attention Hermione was now giving his chest.

Charlie quickly cast a silencing and an impenetrable charm on the door and made quick work of Hermione's pyjamas. She giggled and whispered, while she eagerly continued her journey down his stomach, "I can't wait to tell everyone else tomorrow."

Charlie smiled at her and said quietly, "If I had known that asking you to marry me was going to make you want me this much every night I would've done it a long time ago."

She laughed and an hour or so later they fell asleep in each others arms.