AN: DON'T OWN HARRY.
*THIS CHAPTER IS QUITE A BIT LONGER FOR A REASON. I PUT SOME SCENES IN THERE WITH GINNY AND DRACO AS WELL AS LUCIUS AND HELENA.
*I HOPE I'VE CLEARED UP A FEW THINGS IN THIS CHAPTER FOR YOU GUYS.
*WARNING: SOME SEXY TIME WITH HERMIONE AND SEVERUS IN THIS CHAPTER.
After Hermione and Ginny left, Charlie and Bill burst into laughter. The sight of Harry and Ron throwing up slugs was too much for them to even attempt a straight face.
"Bloody hell!" Charlie said through his laughter, earning a glare from Molly who was conjuring up a bucket for the boys to throw up in.
"Mum, can't you do something…" Ron started, but was interrupted by a slug coming up.
"I reversed Ginny's hex. I think you two deserve the slugs for a little while, don't you?" Molly said.
"Think about this, Ron. It could've been a lot worse than slugs. Our little Mione's learned some wicked hexes since you two have been gone. She's even more scary with a wand than she used to be." Bill said.
"So, you're saying that Hermione making us throw up slugs…" he paused to throw up, "is a good thing?" Ron asked incredulously. "And what do you mean 'our little Mione'?"
"Well, yeah." Charlie said. "Plus, it was funny." Ron glared at him. "For us, obviously not for you." he added with a laugh.
"As for the Mione bit, just because you two ditched her doesn't mean the rest of us did, you know. Hermione's as much our sister as Ginny is." Bill said, with a slight sneer on his face.
"Molly? I made a list of everyone who I think needs to be here tomorrow." Arthur said, not giving Ron a chance to reply to Bill's statement. "Still throwing up, huh? Well, I can honestly say I don't feel bad for you."
"Thank you, Arthur. I'll get right on that. Ask people to come to the usual place?" Molly asked, getting a nod from Arthur. Turning to look at Ron and Harry, she smiled a little. "I'm sure it'll wear off in a few minutes, boys." As she walked out of the room, they could hear her laughing to herself.
After leaving, Hermione and Ginny decided to head home. After the shock they just got, they weren't in the mood for shopping. Since Hermione couldn't floo or apparate right now, she decided to drive home. It usually helped calm Hermione down to drive, since it took over two hours to get there.
About a half hour into the trip, Ginny turned to Hermione. Seeing her 'sister' with a much calmer aura around her was great. "How you feeling, Mione?" she asked.
"Oh, you know. I'm just thinking of a few more hexes I'd like to send toward them. Did you see the expressions on their faces when we were standing there? It was like they were expecting us to jump in their arms and welcome them home." Hermione said, scrunching her face. "I think they actually thought we'd be happy to see them."
"I know. But, I think we gave them a proper welcome, don't you?" Ginny asked with a mischievous smile. "I'm surprised you're not more angry about this, Hermione. I mean, I expected you to blow your top."
"Yeah, well. Getting angry would do nothing right now. I'm thinking of the baby, you know. It's not good for me to get angry. What about you, though? You're the one with the short temper. Or is it someone else that Draco calls 'firecracker', eh?" Hermione asked, with a laugh, making Ginny laugh as well. An upbeat song came on the radio, and Hermione started bobbing her head along with it.
Ginny stopped laughing and looked more serious for a moment. "If I know Harry and Ron, they probably think we're still single, and have spent these last years waiting for them to come back."
Hermione started laughing. "Why do you think I'm not more upset? They're going to meet our husbands some time, you know." she said.
"Oh, bloody hell! Can you see their faces when they meet Draco and Severus?" Ginny said, cracking up. With tears of laughter running down her face, she added "What about when they meet your 'dad'?" making Hermione laugh.
And with that, Hermione turned the radio up as her and Ginny started singing along with it.
For the next five hours, Harry and Ron threw up slugs. Hermione had timed it to give them an hour of slugs for each year they hadn't heard from them. That meant they would be retching until around eight o'clock that evening. While they were throwing up, they watched and listened to the other Weasley's in the penthouse, noticing small changes here and there.
Charlie and Bill were playing a game of chess not far from where Harry and Ron were sitting. "How we doing, boys?" Bill asked. Harry and Ron answered with a groan.
Harry was getting ready to say something when he heard a phone ringing. He then watched in confusion as Charlie answered a cell phone. 'When did the Weasley's learn to use phones?' he thought. He listened to what Charlie was saying.
"Hello, Mione. Feeling better?" Charlie laughed at something she said. "Yep. Still going." She obviously asked if they were still throwing up slugs. "Alright. I can do that, love. Is he going to be playing?" Charlie paused. "Oh no, Mione. I hate to be the one to tell you, but you're on the bench for now." He paused again, pulling the phone slightly away from his ear. "Okay, okay. No need to use your squeaky voice. I know you know you're not playing, just making sure." Charlie started laughing again. "Such language for a lady. Oh, pass on a message from me, would you? Alright. Tell him that he messes with the dragon, he's gonna get burned. We'll see you tomorrow. Night Mione."
"What was that about, Charlie?" Harry asked. "If that was Mione, why didn't you let one of us talk to her?"
"I don't know if you've noticed, but I don't feel like Hermione would be very receptive to talking to either one of you two right now. Or do you not notice the slugs still coming up?" Charlie asked. "Besides, it's really none of yours or Ron's business. I just have a message from her to mum." And with that, Charlie went to find Molly.
"Bloody hell, Harry. Did you and Ron lose your brains these last seven years, or were you just always this dense? When Hermione and Ginny hexed you, that wasn't their way of declaring their love for you. That was their way of telling you to piss off." Bill said. "I'm going to go start on dinner, before I either hex you both or beat you up the muggle way."
When Severus got home at nine that night, he found Hermione in bed already. She got tired more easily these days. She woke when she heard him taking off his boots. She had told him about her day, including hexing Harry and Ron. He was currently laughing his head off at the image Hermione had let him see of her and Ginny hexing Harry and Ron.
After he calmed down, he took Hermione in his arms and kissed her deeply. "That was brilliant, love. Of course, you should have given them more than that, though." he said.
"I know. They'll get more, don't worry." she said with a smirk.
"What do you have in mind, my devious minx?" Severus asked, his voice purring as he nipped her earlobe.
"Well, tomorrow, at this family get together thing, I get to watch both Harry and Ron's reactions when I tell them that not only did my mum marry Lucius Malfoy, therefore making him my dad, but I also get to tell them that their most hated enemy is now my brother, I married the 'bat of the dungeons', and am currently pregnant with our first child." she said, as she rolled him over and straddled his legs.
"Oh, Hermione. You are devious, aren't you?" he said, pulling her down for a kiss. "Are you tired, love?" he asked, hoping she'd say no. Ever since he found out she was pregnant, he was always aroused by her. It must be knowing that she was carrying his baby. It made him feel proud and virile at his age.
"Mmm…not at all. Did you have something in mind?" she asked. Feeling his length, she rolled her hips against him, then quickly she impaled herself on his rock hard length. "I love you, Severus." she said, looking in his eyes as she started riding him.
"I love you, too, Hermione." he said. He put his hands on her hips, helping her move faster. He knew this wasn't going to last long. About twenty minutes later, he heard Hermione shout his name, and feeling her walls clenching around him, he found his release soon after.
As she lay panting on his chest, he heard "You know, once Harry sees you tomorrow, he's going to want to talk to you."
"Can I wear a glamour, then?" he asked with a laugh as she moved off him and lay on her back.
"No." she said, and started drifting to sleep. Hermione felt Severus moving around in the bed. The last thing she heard was "Hello, baby." and Severus rubbing her stomach. Hermione then fell asleep with a smile on her face.
"Bill? What's going on with the Burrow? Why are mum and dad remodeling it?" Ron asked. He had wanted to ask that question all day, but one thing after another kept happening to him. It was now ten o'clock, and he was finally free of slugs, and able to talk without barfing every few minutes. He was glad it was finally over. That meant he got to eat something.
"They just felt like it was time for a change, Ron. Nothing stays the same forever, you know." Bill said. "Just because you left, doesn't mean the world stopped, boys. What were you expecting? That you'd come back to seven years ago, with everything and everyone the exact same as when you left?"
"Well of course not, Bill. But, we've been back for less than a day, and so far, nothing is the same as it was. Not even the Leaky Cauldron is the same. You guys are even different. I mean, Charlie just answered a phone. The last time we were here, none of you knew how to use a phone, much less own one." Harry said.
"Listen, things change, mate. People change. Nothing stays the same." Bill said, looking Harry in the eye. With a smile, he said, "As for the phone, Hermione taught us all how to use them. She also taught us how to work a telly, a muggle camera and something called a camcorder. Got lots of videos, I think they're called, of the family and different events from the last few years."
"A camcorder? Really?" Ron asked. He had been introduced to those a few years back by a man he and Harry met in the States. After Bill nodded, Ron asked "Can we watch something, then? I'd like to see something we missed."
"The tapes are in storage, with the rest of the furniture from the Burrow. Maybe some other time." Charlie said as he walked back in the room, followed by Arthur.
"Just wait until tomorrow, boys. You'll see a whole lot more change. Today was just the tip of the iceberg for you." Arthur said. "I came to say good-night. Me and your mother are going to bed. Been a long day. Harry, Ron, you're welcome to the guest room at the end of the hall."
"Night, dad." Bill and Charlie said.
After an hour and a half more, Ron and Harry turned in. They had had a very long day, and like Bill said, tomorrow was going to be longer. And they had only been back for a day.
At Ginny and Draco's, they were sitting in the living room cuddled on the sofa drinking a glass of wine, as they did nightly at this time. It was around eleven, and the two glasses would help Ginny fall asleep.
"Is it weird that I'm really looking forward to tomorrow?" Draco asked. "I mean, I'll have to see Potter and Weasley, but other than that, I'm fairly excited. I would dare to even say I'm a bit giddy."
"I know I'm looking forward to it. Harry and Ron's faces when everything gets out in the open will be priceless. Even Mione's looking forward to it." Ginny said with a laugh.
"I bet she is. Let me guess, she's got something devious in mind?" Draco asked. He was always proud to call Hermione his sister, but especially when she got into a devious state of mind.
"Of course, love." Ginny said. Taking a sip of wine, she told Draco the plan that she, Hermione and both of their mums had come up with. "It should be a lot of fun." she said with a smirk. "I think I'm going to go to bed. You coming with?" she said as she stood up and stretched.
"Yeah, I'm fairly tired myself. I just need to do a couple things for work first." Draco said. Kissing Ginny good-night, he walked to his study.
Lucius and Helena Malfoy were relaxing in bed, each reading a book Hermione had recommended. Helena stopped reading and looked at Lucius.
"Tomorrow's going to be a disaster, isn't it, dear?" she asked.
"Of course." he said. Taking off his reading glasses, he looked at her and smiled a sad smile. "I know how much Potter and Weasley hated my family back then. When they find out that I'm married to their best friends mum, and the only Weasley girl is now a Malfoy, not to mention Hermione being a Snape and having a Snape, they're going to, I believe you say, blow a gasket."
"I know. That's what Hermione said would more than likely happen. Although, she's looking forward to all hell breaking loose." Helena said. "I'd blame it on the pregnancy, but Hermione's always been a bit devious." she added with a smile.
Lucius chuckled. He had heard all about Hermione's devious side when he was getting to know her. From her polyjuice incident to imprisoning Rita Skeeter, starting a secret defense club. Not to mention she was the only person, witch or wizard, to punch Draco. She was a Gryffindor in many ways, but a Slytherin at heart.
"I know, love. Now, we better get some sleep. Tomorrow's going to be a long day." he said, leaning over to kiss her goodnight.
Harry couldn't sleep. Looking at the clock, he saw it was almost two in the morning. He was thinking about the day he and Ron had just had. One thing was for sure-nothing was the same. He realized how foolish he and Ron had been thinking that everything would be exactly the same as they left.
Diagon Alley wasn't the same. Fortescue's had moved to a bigger building. There was a lingerie shop there now. WWW had expanded. Flourish and Blott's was now called Mia's Bookmark. A French restaurant was there. A toy store. Three new clothing stores. A new apothecary. Then, to top it all off, there was Maple Leaf Tower.
The Burrow was being changed. Molly had obviously lost some weight. Arthur seemed a lot more relaxed. Bill had short hair now, where he used to have shoulder length hair. Charlie was now the one with the long hair. And, he swore he saw a wedding ring on Charlie's hand.
He also knew he was being stupid thinking that Hermione and Ginny would be excited to see him and Ron again. Of course they wouldn't be happy. Him and Ron had been foolish to think that they could just pick up where they left off seven years ago. They would have to work to get back in good graces with the girls.
He knew it was going to be another long day today. After he had that thought, he rolled over and found sleep.
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*I HOPE I DIDN'T CONFUSE ANY OF YOU TOO BAD WITH THE BACK AND FORTH SCENE CHANGES. I TRIED TO EXPLAIN THE TIME DIFFERENCE IN EACH ONE. I DO HOPE THEY EXPLAINED A FEW THINGS THOUGH.
*THE NEXT CHAPTER I HAVE PLANNED SHOULD BE UP LATER TODAY.
*HEADS UP-THE NEXT FEW CHAPTERS AFTER THE NEXT ONE WILL BE GOING BACK IN TIME TO EXPLAIN THE BACKSTORY OF WHEN HERMIONE AND SEVERUS STARTED DATING, AS WELL AS GINNY & DRACO AND LUCIUS & HELENA.
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