Chapter 5: Must be Love
Authors Note: Hi, it has been a while since I last updated but I finally had a good idea. Please read my other story - Hogwarts and beyond as it would really be appreciated. Thanks and here is chapter 5!
Life was perfect right now for Ron and Hermione. They had two amazing children and were still madly in love with each other. It was winter and London was still engulfed in snow. The days were short and the nights were long. Today had been exhausting for the entire family. Rose and Hugo were practically bouncing off the walls and so Hermione decided to let them build a snowman. The last 5 hours had been filled with snowball fights, hot chocolate, hats, scarves and coats. Hermione sat down in the living room of their warm house while the children got ready for bed. She loved the way her life had turned out. She could see by the doormat 4 pairs of boots, 4 coats on the hangers and four sets of hats, scarves and gloves. All different colours and on the mantel piece above the fireplace were photographs of the four of them. Many happy memories came flooding back into her head as she looked at the moving pictures.
She then heard small footsteps coming down the stairs and into the room. Rose came first, her hair bouncing all over the place and she jumped onto the sofa followed by Hugo giggling. Then Ron came down the stairs. He looked out of breathe and red in the face.
"Ok, you win." Ron said breathlessly
"What was all the commotion for?" Hermione questioned
"Daddy was chasing us upstairs and we won!" Rose answered
"Sounds like you had fun." Hermione chuckled "Ron, I thought I asked you to brush Rosie's hair."
"Sorry I forgot. Anyway, I like the way it looks." He said whilst ruffling Rose's bushy red hair and planting a kiss on his daughters forehead. Her hair was exactly like Hermione's only ginger. He couldn't believe how alike they were.
"So what story would you like tonight?" Hermione asked
"Mummy, Daddy? When did you fall in love?" Rose asked curiously
Ron and Hermione looked at each other in surprise. They should have seen this coming sooner or later. It was lucky it wasn't the question of "where do babies come from?" How were they going to explain love and romance to two young children?
There was a long silence. Nobody really knew what to say to one another.
"Who's going to tell them the story?" Hermione wondered
"We'll tell them together." Ron said
The two children looked towards Hermione. Ron could sense the awkwardness in the room and decided to make a quick getaway.
"I am getting a coffee." Ron said quickly and jumped of the sofa and ran to the kitchen.
"Ronald Weasley get back here!" Hermione yelled to him. "You said not thirty seconds ago that we would tell them the story together."
Ron stopped in his tracks and sighed. He turned around and sat on the sofa with Rose opposite Hermione and Hugo.
"Where do I begin? Oh right, we both gave each other hints from about third year that we liked each other. For example, when your Uncle Harry rode on Buckbeak I grabbed your Dads hand. It was rather embarrassing to be honest since your Dads eyes looked like they were about to pop out." Hermione started and she began to turn red.
"I gave your Mum a hint that I really really liked each other when I tried, and I did try Hermione, to ask your Mum to the Yule ball. And she said to me when I asked her – "Just because it has taken you four years to notice it doesn't anybody else has spotted that I am a girl." That is what she said and the reason I did ask her to the ball was because I genuinely loved her. And may I also take the opportunity to say that on that night you looked absolutely beautiful." Ron finished and he felt his ears burning and starting to turn the same colour as his face.
"Was that at the triwizard tournament Daddy? Rose questioned curiously
"Yes Rosie. Do you have anything else to add before we reach the main point Hermione?" Ron asked
"No." Hermione replied "But I'll continue to tell the story."
"Does that mean that I can make that coffee?" Ron pleaded
"No it most certainly doesn't. We agreed we would tell them together. If you're really that embarrassed about our first kiss then by all means please say." Hermione joked
Rose and Hugo laughed. It wasn't often that Hermione made genuinely funny jokes. That was normally Ron's job.
"Anyway, on with the story. We have told you before know about the second war and how me, Daddy, and Uncle Harry went on a horcrux hunt. Well we were at the climax of the hunt and your Uncle Harry had just realised that there was a horcrux in Hogwarts. So we went to Hogwarts. A battle started and in the middle of it your Dad said how we should rescue the house elves and that made me actually show how much I loved your Dad." Hermione added
"What happened?" Hugo asked
"Well, I knew who your Mum felt about house elves and so I said we should rescue them. And then your Mum dropped all the basilisk fangs in her hands and kissed me quite powerfully." Ron said smiling. "I returned the kiss and then from then on we have been in love with each other."
"So you have always loved each other since that one kiss?" Rose questioned
"Well, we have had are arguments, fights and once or twice one or the other has stayed at Harry and Ginny's and we have had to get them to get us back together again. But overall we have been in love since that kiss and even before that I guess. Otherwise we wouldn't have had you two or have got married." Hermione finished she couldn't stop smiling by now.
"Right then, bed time I think." Hermione concluded "I'll take Rosie, if you take Hugo?"
"Sure." Ron agreed "Meet you down here in a couple of minutes."
"Yeah, ok." Hermione grinned
Once Hermione had put Rose to bed she went back downstairs and could see that she was first down. She got herself and Ron that cup of coffee that had been involved in the story telling. She then continued the reminiscing over photographs from the past.
Then Ron came into the living room and sat down on the sofa next to Hermione. Wrapping his arm around her.
"Is he asleep?" Hermione asked Ron hopefully
"Out like a light. What do you fancy doing with the next few hours?" Ron replied
"Hmmm? Maybe kissing, watching TV and just being with you." Hermione answered
"I am sure that can be arranged." Ron said as he reached for the remote and turned the television on.
He then leaned over to Hermione and whispered. "You said you wanted to do a bit of kissing, so here you are."
He leaned even closer towards her and kissed her passionately and once they came up for air, they were both nearly out of breathe.
"Wow. Certainly a night to remember, I liked telling them about our first kiss." Hermione said to Ron whilst trying to catch her breath.
"I love you more than anything Hermione." Ron said kissing her on the cheek
"Do you know Ron, I have loved you since the day I met you, I love you more than anything on this Earth Ron too." Hermione replied
Then, Hermione realised that the past couldn't bring them any more closer since they truly did think the world of each other.
A/N: So yes, it is been a while and I have finally updated and I most certainly will within the next week or so. I just need to follow my nose and find something Ron and Hermione would tell their children. That is all for now. PLEASE REVIEW!