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After working on decorations and seating arrangements for Severus and my wedding for three hours I was tired. "How is the wedding details coming along?" Severus asked as he sat beside me.
"Alright, I guess I would like to keep it small, maybe just the Order, the Weasley's and your friends?"
"Well my friends are in the order and so are the Weasley's, so basically just the Order." He said smirking; annoyed I replied under my breath, "You're cool." Looking at him from under my lashes, his eyes darkening as we stared at each other…lost in our own little world, "I brought you something." He whispered breaking the trance.
Reaching into his pocket he pulled out a small square black velvet box. "Every girl deserves an engagement ring, marriage law or not." He said taking a simple princess cut black diamond with three diamonds on each side. It was simple and dark like he wanted it to represent him, of course I loved it. Black diamonds are very rare, it must have cost a fortune.
"I don't know what to say, thank you so much its beautiful." I said as he slipped the beautiful ring onto my left hand ring finger. Hugging him I kissed his stubbly cheek that was still surprisingly soft. He truly was handsome with aristocrat features, dark eyes and lightly wavy black hair that fell to his strong broad shoulders. After the war he really took the time to clean up and relax, gaining some weight and a good deal of muscle that still noticeable even under his black robes or dress shirts he would wear around the house with the sleeves rolled to just under his elbow.
"Hermione? Professor? You need to come down stairs, Dumbledore says it's urgent." Ron said interrupting my studying my future husband and the tender look he was giving me, slowly we stood up and followed him out, him holding the door and me blushing as he I caught a whiff of his masculine cologne.
"We cannot stay here any longer; Deatheaters have found out about Grimmauld Place and will not have any of friends and family in danger." Remus Lupin said standing behind his wife, Dora Tonks.
"I completely agree Remus, but where would we go?" Dumbledore said.
"We could go to the Burrow!" Someone yelled.
"No, no that's to risky and there isn't enough room." Replied the headmaster.
Sitting down, Severus stood behind me placing his hands on the back of the chair his long fingers barely touching my back giving me goose-bumps. I looked around at everyone's solemn faces and knew exactly where we could stay that was big enough, more than big enough, and completely safe.
"We could stay at my house, after my parents moved to Australia they sold the house and I bought it with my trust fund, it's plenty big plus it's on an island the only way there is a two hour boat ride. No one would suspect it." I said hoping everyone would agree. "That's perfect Miss Granger! We'll leave tomorrow. Everyone go pack!"
"YES! I love your house Hermione! It's so cool sir, I've only been there once and they were still building part of the house but they have everything there! Of course we'll have to add some magical features but it's going to so cool! It will be like our own little town except with no stores or places to go besides the beach." Harry said bouncing up and down as we loaded the SUVS that stood outside of Grimmauld Place. Sirius Black, who was brought back from the veil a year ago and found love and marriage with Hestia Jones, a young girl of twenty-seven with spiky black hair and a bubbly personality, run out of the house holding hands and with both trunks in hand throwing them into the back of one of the three black Cadillac Escalades. "Now, decide whose driving, remember they must have a license I will not be pulled over and arrested for something so stupid." Dumbledore said with a twinkle in his eye.
Looking at my group consisting of Ron, Luna, Ginny, Harry, Severus and myself I decided I would be driving, since I was leading the small caravan of Escalades.
"I'm driving."
"No, absolutely not." Severus said moving to the front of the car to get into the front seat.
"Wow! Buddy, I don't think so! It's my house we're going to, I'm driving and that's final!"
"I said no!"
"You can't tell me what to do!"
"I will in about a week!"
"WHAT! If you think u can tell me what to do then you're sorely mistaken."
"Whatever, you're my wife and if I want something I bloody well get it!"
"You ask me to get you something and I'm going to shove it so far up your ass it will have to be surgically removed!"
"That was a good comeback, you think of that one on your own or did someone help you with that?"
"UHH!" I screamed as I stormed off.
After the fight with Severus in front of everyone, might I add, I finally got him to agree to let me drive. It had been six hours in the car and we were about an hours walk away from the port key that would take us to the docks where my family's boat resided.
"Miss Granger?" Severus said turning his attention away from the map he was trying to read, which upside down by the way, to me.
"Enough with the formalities we're going to be married, please call me Hermione." I said looking over to see his light smile.
"Ok…Hermione, I just wanted to apologize for my actions earlier they were unnecessary and you most certainly call me Severus."
"It's ok, I'm sorry too; I know I can be a bitch sometimes."
"So…are you excited to get married?"
"Ecstatic." I replied sarcastically while he rolled his eyes. "Well I for one am happy to be married; I've never been married before and I think I will enjoy it."
"OMG! What a coincidence neither have I! We just have so much in common."
Finally after another long hour we made it to the docks in southern Wales where the terrain had become very steep and mountains towered over us as we drove carefully on cliffs until finally we could smell the sea and see the large marina in the small town off of the larger town of Port Talbot. It was beautiful and I missed my hometown, even if it was two hours away. Seeing the historic general store, library, Laundromat, and small stores that had been restored after World War II, almost brought tears to my eyes as I remembered going into the shops as a little girl with my parents who now had no memory of me at all and were living in a small suburb off Sydney with two of our many dogs. My parents bred Huskies before I sent them to Australia during the war to protect them. Even on an island with wards and securities I didn't want to take any chances in losing my immediate family.
"You miss them, your parents I mean." Severus asked me quietly and in a sincere voice.
"Yes, I do. You know after I sent them to Australia my fifth year I knew I wouldn't be able to see them again so I got a tattoo. We have sparrows on the island, lots of them to the point of its ridiculous…Anyways I got two sparrows flying together on the back of my left shoulder. I'm sorry I don't mean to vent on you, being here just reminds me of them."
"Don't ever be afraid to talk to me, I know I'm not the nicest person sometimes but I believe I'm not to bad once you get to know me and Hermione, I would love to get to know you." He said sliding his hand into mine and lifting it to kiss it gently. I blushed a deep red when his lips met the tops of my fingers. "Let's go lovebirds! I'm hungry!" Ron yelled tapping on the glass of the car window. "Well I best get the boat started." I said opening the door and sliding out my black leather knee high boats hitting the concrete lightly, the buckle at the top jingling silently.
"Alright everyone, on the boat ride I want everyone to stay seated please because it looks like the water is a little rough and I don't want anyone going overboard, but other than that its going to be about an hour and half ride. If you get sea sick let me know and you can go downstairs to the small cabin and rest but other than that, I think that's about it." I said as everyone loaded onto the small yacht. Everyone sat next to there partner, Severus next to me on the big seat near the steering wheel and controls, Dumbledore and McGonagall, Ginny and Harry, Ron and Luna, Hestia and Sirius, Dora and Remus and finally Fred and George who have yet to find girls to marry. It was sunny out but dark clouds could be seen on the horizon. A storm was coming.