Chapter Thirteen: Two Talks

When Ron and Hermione awoke the next morning, they made love again before getting dressed. Once deemed presentable, Ron carried Hermione out of their suite and downstairs to the kitchen where Harry and Ginny were already eating breakfast.

'Morning,' said Harry.

'Made up, have you?' said Ginny.

Ron sat down with Hermione on his lap and said, 'I don't know what you're talking about … we merely had a disagreement, which has now been resolved.'

'I think it was their first fight as a couple,' said Harry.

'No chance, Harry,' said Ginny, 'there's no way it took them four years to have their first fight.'

Ron and Hermione shared a secret smile before Abby served them their breakfast.

'Any plans for today?' asked Harry.

Ron and Hermione shared a look and shrugged.

'We're going to see Remus, Tonks and Teddy, you can come too, if you like,' said Harry.

'Yeah, that sounds great,' said Ron as he fed Hermione a piece of toast.

'Ugh, do you have to be so sickeningly sweet to each other at the breakfast table?' said Harry.

'Yes, we do, Harry,' said Ron and Hermione together.

Ginny smiled at them before attempting to feed Harry a piece of toast, too, which he accepted.

Once breakfast was over, the four of them Apparated to Remus and Tonks' new cottage, walked the short distance to his front door and knocked.

The door was opened by Remus.

'Hello, you four, come on in,' he said warmly.

The four of them entered the cottage, wiping their feet as they did so before going into the living room where they found Tonks burping Teddy. The baby let out a resounding belch before being put back down into his pram. Tonks gave them a wave before leading them into the kitchen where Remus was making tea.

'Thanks, Remus,' they all took turns in saying as he passed them the tea.

'Now, Remus, why don't you take Harry and Ron outside for a talk about whatever blokes talk about, while I have a chinwag with Ginny and Hermione,' said Tonks.

Harry, Ron and Remus all shared a look before taking themselves and their cups of tea out to the garden, closing the back door behind them.

'So, girls, what's new?' asked Tonks.

'I'm sharing a bed with Harry now,' said Ginny.

'How'd that happen?' asked Tonks.

'We each had a horrible nightmare, so we started to share a bed …' said Ginny.

'And?' asked Tonks.

'I want more, I want to shag my boyfriend, there I said it,' Ginny replied.

'Have you told Harry any of this?'

'Yes, but the noble git keeps saying that we should wait until I'm seventeen,' said Ginny.

'Why?' said Hermione, 'the age of consent for muggles is sixteen, and there is no age of consent for witches and wizards.'

'I've no idea why he wants to wait, although if I had to guess, I'd say it's some bollocks about respecting mum and dad … don't get me wrong, it's great that he holds them in such high regard, but what about me? I want to shag, damn it!' said Ginny.

'My advice would be to tease him a little, wear as much revealing clothing as possible and skimpier things to bed, that'll get Harry's blood pumping,' said Tonks.

'I'll try that, but what if I'm not very good?'

'Ginny, Harry won't judge you on how good you are, it'll be his first time too,' said Hermione.

'What was your first time like?' Ginny asked curiously.

'Wonderful, but then again, it was always going to be as it was with Ron,' said Hermione.

'Lucky you, my first time was crap, he blew his load almost immediately,' said Tonks.

'Make sure you use foreplay, Ginny,' Hermione said, 'oh, and protection, too.'

'Do you know how to do the charm?' Tonks asked.

'Yeah, my mum gave me the talk when I was ten, and when I got my wand she drilled the charm into me,' Ginny replied.

'What about the potion, do you know how to make it?' Hermione asked.

'No,' said Ginny.

'Not to worry, I'll teach you, I made a three year supply last summer,' said Hermione.

'Thanks,' said Ginny.

Tonks turned from Ginny to Hermione and said, 'Are you enjoying married life?'

Hermione smiled and said, 'Oh, very much, thank you.'

'I heard that you and Ron had a row,' said Tonks.

'We did, but we made up,' Hermione replied.

'Make up sex is fantastic, isn't it?' Tonks asked with a grin.

'I have to agree with you there, Tonks,' said Hermione.

'Were you and Ron able to on the hunt?' asked Tonks.

'Yes, we were, otherwise Ron and I might've gone crazy …' Hermione told them.

'If you're going to talk about sex with my brother, I'll leave you two alone and see what Teddy is up to,' Ginny said before going back inside.

'I take it that the two of you simply snuck off and did it behind a tree?' Tonks said with a smile.

'A few times, but when we were hiding at Grimmauld Place, we could do it as much as we liked, especially once Harry became obsessed with the Elder Wand,' Hermione confessed.

Ginny found Teddy was not alone. She saw Ron making funny faces at Teddy.

'If the wind changes, you'll stay that way,' said Ginny.

'Alright, Ginny?' he asked.

'Yeah, your wife and Tonks were grossing me out by talking about you, so I left them to it,' said Ginny.

'How are things between you and Harry?'

'Slow, a bit too slow, if you ask me,' she replied.

'I see, and what does Harry think?'

'He wants to wait until I'm seventeen before we take our relationship further,' Ginny told him.

'Right,' he said, 'and I'm guessing you don't want to wait another month and a bit?'

'Ten points to Gryffindor, dear brother.'

'I suppose this is out of respect for mum and dad?' asked Ron.

Ginny nodded.

'All right, pay attention, I'm going to give you some advice and don't tell anyone that I said this, okay?'

'Okay,' she replied.

'Sit down with Harry and tell him that your relationship is between the two of you and nobody else. What the two of you do is nobody's business but your own, tell him what you want because that is all that should matter to him when it comes to your relationship, fuck what anyone else might think or have to say on the subject, and finally, and most importantly, don't forget to use protection,' said Ron.

'You're being remarkably mature about all this,' said Ginny.

'Ginny, I'm eighteen years old and my one year Wedding Anniversary with Hermione is on Tuesday, I'm an adult in more ways than one, and I want my favourite sister to be happy,' Ron told her.

Ginny snorted and said, 'I'm your only sister, git, but thank you.'

Ron and Ginny shared a hug before being joined by Harry and Remus and Hermione and Tonks.

When the four of them returned to Potter Manor that evening, Ron carried Hermione up to their suite to make love until they fell asleep, leaving Harry and Ginny alone.

'We need to talk, Harry,' Ginny said seriously.

'We do?' he replied.

'Yes, we do,' she said.

'Okay, what do you need to talk with me about?'

'Us, where we're going and the pace of our relationship,' she told him.

'Right,' he said simply.

'I love you, Harry, I want you to make love to me tonight,' she stated boldly.

'We should wait until you're of age,' Harry said.

'No, we should do it tonight because I do not want to wait for another fucking month! This relationship has room for just two people and that's us! Fuck what anyone else might say or think, Harry!'

'But –'

'No buts, Potter, I want you and I know you want me, so let's just do it for Merlin's sake!' said Ginny getting frustrated. 'What's more important to you; my parents or me?'

'You are, Ginny,' Harry replied.

Ginny then offered him her hand and he took it to kiss her knuckles before she led him to what had become their bed.