Friends before Lovers

by punkyredhead

After the Great War, Hermione finds herself the only one from the Golden Trio waiting. When she recieves a shock, one of her best friends petitioned for her and didn't tell her about it. How can friends become lovers. Watch as they become closer, as they revisit scenes in the past that shed some light on their feelings that had always been there. Rated M for later chapters.

22. Chapter 22

Thank you for the reviews and kind words. I don't own any of the characters or music. Just like writing for them.

Shell Cottage

As the boys are wrestling in the water, tossing each other this way and that, Charlie yells out in pain. "What's your problem Charlie?" Remus is giving Charlie a weird look as he is rubbing his chest.

"You caught something that hurt like a son of a bitch." Dropping the glamour from his body, the others are surprised at the amount of tattooing that he has kept covered up, most of his upper body is covered, "You grabbed my ring and it pulled but not in a good way." He has also over the years glamoured his tongue, eyebrow and nipple piercing so that his Mum didn't have a heart attack or hex him into next century. Bill, Fleur and Hermione all knew but the rest of the family did not.

"What the hell man!" Fred is exclaiming, "You never showed us all those tattoos before?"

"Or the piercings! Wasn't being chased by fire breathing dragons enough of a rush?" Sirius is stepping closer to take a look at the designs that adorn his back. "Gods this stuff is awesome looking, get it done in Romania?"

"Actually one of the tamers on the reserve was apprenticed as an artist and he does some of the work and I have gone into town near the reserve as well." Smirking and winking at George, "Ask Lovely, she and I have gone to a couple of shops together."

Looking around at the confused looks and then at Bill, "Someone told Hermione that she should be spontaneous, just do something for herself." Then looking at Charlie, "So when she saw Charlie at Hogwarts, she made him go into Muggle London with her so she could visit a tattoo and piercing shop and she came home with few piercings." Breaking out into a grin, "They are drop dead sexy and about gave me a heart attack."

The looks are the beach are shifting between awe and unsure, Charlie breaking the stunned silence, "The best part, the girl who pierced her was drop dead hot. Hit on Hermione. Asked her out for drinks! Hermione couldn't believe it, it was a boost to her confidence that was for sure." Laughing at the memory, "You could tell this girl was hot for Hermione."

As they are all walking back toward the chairs lining the beach, Sirius smirking at George, "So now, would like to explain the hickey you have on your back?"

Spinning around like a dog trying to catch his tail, trying to look at what he is talking about, "What do you mean?" Blushing and sputtering, "I don't have a hickey on my back. I think I would know about something like that!"

"I hate to tell you little brother," Stopping his spinning, Bill is tracing the outline on his back, "That is a hickey."

Thinking about it, shrugging his shoulders, "I don't remember….." As a look of remembrance crosses his face, "Never mind, now I do."

"How could you not remember it?" Percy is shaking his head, "That tends to be something that would stick out in my mind."

"I was distracted?" Palms up and his nose wrinkled in explanation, "I guess."

"You guess?" Remus is laughing so hard his face is purple, "I swear that is the lousiest excuse I have ever heard."

"Well, excuse me!" George is growing more and more embarrassed by the minute, "She got in the shower with me and was distracting me with her hands." Crossing his arms in front of his chest and slumping in her chair, "That catches a person off guard."

Barking out a laugh Sirius can't help but poke a little more fun at George "That's hilarious. I can't wait to give Hermione some grief about that." Turning to face the new person in the group, "So, Max, how well do you know our Mione?"

"Well," scratching his head, "She came to visit Charlie when we took a few days off of work. Neither of us had any plans so he invited her and told me I would like her, she was easy to talk to not like most girls. So I figured what the hell, we would just hang out at Charlie's like any other weekend off and drink and relax."

"You gotta tell them about Tina, I love the story," Charlie is grinning as he reaches for another drink.

"I am not sure," adjusting himself in his chair, Max is starting to look uncomfortable, "I don't know if she would want us telling that one."

"It isn't that bad. I will tell it, just shows a Slytherin side of her, plus Abe still loves to tell it" Looking the others, "Lovely wanted to go to the bar on the reserve the second night she was there. I figured what the hell why not, not like we can get in any trouble there." Charlie is explaining, "For the most part, tamers can be rough and tumble but with only two establishments on the reserve for drinks we try and keep it in check. We get there, have dinner and just relax. Then as people start filing in, she goes up to the bar to get another round of drinks. In walks Tina, camp tramp, she is a healer and she tries to bed every tamer, male or female that ends up there. She has basically succeeded with the exception to us."

"She is just kind of nasty, so she was trying to hit on us and Feisty was watching from the bar. Smirking, just letting us deal with her. Well, she gave up after about fifteen minutes or so. Walking up to the bar, she must have seen Feisty laughing at her and confronted her. The next day Feisty explained that she told her, maybe if she didn't try so hard, maybe she would be able to get us." Looking at Charlie "So Tina implies that Feisty has no idea how to get a man with the way she looks and that she wouldn't have any more luck with us than she did."

"You should never challenge Hermione. The side I saw of her that night was completely opposite from what we know. She oozed confidence." Charlie is shaking his head, "I don't know how she got her to agree to it or what was actually said but she got Tina to agree to with Abe, the bartender, witnessing it that if she could get us to leave the bar with her at the end of the night, that Tina would never bother us again. Abe of course knew we were all together anyways but has been annoyed with Tina forever so he plays along. And Mione meant just leave the bar together which we were already going to do anyways." Smacking Max, "Neither of us, knew what was going on. Walking back towards the table was a different girl than had walked up to the bar. She had taking her jumper off, wrapping it around her waist, taking her hair down and was wearing a tight tank top and her jeans, so as she struts, no saunters towards us, I will admit, she was sexy looking had most of the guys heads turning, walking with a bottle of clear liquid, three shot glasses and a beer towards us."

"Ouzo, right?" George is offering up, "She loves it and made me drink it."

"Yes, it isn't too bad actually, she walks right on up and sits in my lap, leaning into whisper in my ear what is going on. Tells me that Max and I need to play along. Then starts flirting away, making us take shots with her, nothing too much. Just a touch here, hair flips there, I have never seen her act like this," Charlie is explaining, "Then she did something that shocked the shite out of me. She kissed me, nothing over the top but right smack on the lips. I was completely baffled; you could have knocked me off the stool. Playing along I put my arms around her and Max was gawking at us." Looking at the eye he is getting from Bill, "What Bill?"

"Really, this girl was so bad you needed Mione to bail you out." Shaking his head at this brother, "You have lost your touch."

"You have to meet the girl to realize, I would rather have sex with McGonagall," causing everyone to either choke or spit their drink out.

"That's a visual I never thought I would have." Sirius is rubbing his temple, "Merlin I need another drink."

"Then shut up, let us finish the story. So after a couple of hours of this and the bottle of Ouzo is gone and lots beers later, we were all feeling really good. Hermione can drink, that was proven that night. By this time, there is music playing and people dancing, so Mione pulls Max here out on the dance floor."

"I am completely honest when I say; I was speechless when she started moving. She has a nice arse," throwing his hands up when he got a dirty look from Harry, "Hey just being honest. It was probably a good thing I was a little tipsy otherwise I would have either been so mortified I couldn't move or made a complete ass out of myself by being too over the top or something."

"After dancing a few more songs, they come back to the table and she grabs my hand and leads us out the door past a shocked Tina. Her face was priceless. Watching this little thing walk out with Max's arm around her waist and leading me by the hand! Well worth the weird feeling of having people thinking the three of us were going home together." Tipping his beer at Max, "Tina has left us alone since that night and Abe says Mione's drinks are on the house anytime she comes to visit."

"I would have never guessed she would have it in her," Remus is laughing and rubbing the back of his neck, "It just shows how many different sides she has and just what she will do for friends." Looking at Sirius, "Sounds like something you did Padfoot." Laughing at the groan and wrinkled nosed glare he is getting from Sirius. "What you don't what everyone to know you took one for the team?"

Sighing and rubbing his face, "Moony you are lucky I love you." Looking at Harry, "So while your father pined over your mother for our entire Hogwarts career," looking at Harry, "Moony here did look at a few witches during our time." Draining the beer in his hand and then vanished the bottle, "The best by far was our 7th year, Eva Greengrass, oh man gorgeous girl, don't know what she saw in him but she liked him. The only problem with Eva was," shuddering at the memory, "Millie McLaggen, while Eva was built like your Angie Fred, tall, lean, athletic, Millie was built like Charlie." Laughing and choking all around, "Probably had a deeper voice too, Eva always said she would go on a date with anyone, as long as they had a friend for Millie." Glaring at Remus, "So finally, I agreed to take Millie out so Remus could take Eva." Rolling his eyes, "At least Remus got lucky while I had to swat hands away from my bits all afternoon. She finally got a hold of me grabbing my arse and laid a kiss on me that about curdled milk." Pretending to retch a little, "I swore I was going to get him back at some point in stage, I never did, really won't be able to now that he is married to my cousin." Shaking his head, "The things you do for your best friends." smirking at Harry, "Right Harry?"

"Yes, if I swear to Merlin she owes me big time." Rubbing his eyes, "I am just glad we were in Muggle London rather than Diagon Alley or something. The Prophet would have loved that story, Golden Boy's Knickers, or Cross Dressing Chosen One." Drawing a few chuckles with the second one but only a few knowing smiles, George is snorting, "You think it's funny," Harry is pointing at him, "It was dead embarrassing."

"Ok, I probably don't want to know" Bill is holding up a hand, "Why were you buying woman's knickers" pointing at Harry and then at George, "for Hermione, I am assuming?"

"Meenie informed me this morning because she knew one of these yahoos would bring it up, that Harry had to buy her knickers during their shopping excursion." George is shaking his head and grinning, "I never knew this before but Mione doesn't wear any most every day and didn't realize they would be going shopping. She tried to leave the shop to get her own but they wouldn't let her leave, she finally explained what the deal was. Harry went to buy her some and the stood in the lingerie department staring at all of the options like a pervert. Finally a saleslady took pity on him," Listening to the others chuckle and Harry's expense.

"Well then" Sirius is leaning forward in his chair, changing the subject, "So boys what all have you figured out you love about your intendeds?"

"Sonia loves to sing. Especially Gaelic songs from home," Rubbing his hand on his neck, "She wasn't living around here, she was actually living in Scotland, she had been working at Florish and Blots and moved home after the Battle and hadn't decided what to do she had been living at her parents' house and taking care of the land around their house. They passed away before most of all the fighting started but she can't bring herself to sell the house. So she moved in two days after we got our letters. She said she figured we might as well jump in the deep end." Shrugging his shoulders, "I guess it is a Muggle saying of just do it and get it over with."

"I always knew Angie was honest" Rolling his eyes, "I mean, I had to listen to her tell me all through school what an idiot I could be. Most of the time she was right but she just lets it go." Motioning with his hand, "Things, they just pop out of her mouth appropriate or not. Whether it be how stupid I look in something or like after we left your flat last night. She was going on and on about how good dinner was and then out of nowhere she smacked me and said, why didn't you tell me Mione had such a nice arse." Laughing, "How the fuck is one supposed to answer that? Come to find out I think Angie has a girl crush on Mione."

"That's ok, Ginny does too." Harry says causing the others to groan, "Hey, it's the truth." Shaking his head, "Trust me I wasn't thrilled about it at first either but that was better than when she told me she had a crush on Sirius when she was younger." The older wizard's eyes about bug out of his head and about chokes on his drink, "I could have lived my life without knowing she thought my godfather was sexy. But I learned the hard way not to say much, I love her fire but that temper will be the death of me." Rubbing his hip, "She sucker punched me this morning because I made fun of something; don't remember what it was but it hurt. I swear if the other Aurors ever found out, they wouldn't ever let me live it down."

"Amanda over the moon about being a part of a big family, she has a sister but when her family found out about her being a witch they made her choose."

"What the hell?" Sirius is getting pissed off, "I get that Muggles don't understand it at first and it has to be hard being a Muggleborn but making your kid choose. That is bloody ridiculous."

"I know, but when you think about it, it is no different than your family. You had to choose your family or your beliefs. She was young too, after her second year. She attended Salem Academy which is near Boston, Massachusetts and was first in her class, almost as smart as Lovely. She went home after the school year and they told her they didn't want to deal with the lies that went with having someone like her," clenching his teeth as he said the last bit, "in their life. So she sent her Headmistress a letter and left. Since she choose magic, due to the Statute of Secrecy her parents and sister's memories were removed." Shrugging his shoulders, "I hope they get on good. They are a lot alike she and Lovely are, hopefully she will feel at home at Hogwarts."

"I have to ask," Remus is interrupting, "Why do you call Hermione Lovely?"

"Well," looking at Remus, "you know they ended up here, after the manor, right?" Rolling his shoulders back, cracking his back, "After we got her healed and calmed down, Bill and I knew one of us needed to stay with her. I told him I would, since Fleur, well needed her sleep. Harry was worried and wanted to sleep in the room with her but Bill and I made a decision that Harry and Ron didn't need to see her like she was. Finally Harry had revealed that they had been sleeping in the same cot for some time, at first we were pissed, thinking of Gin, but then he admitted it was out of comfort and warmth especially after Ron's disappearing act. I lay next to her watching her there is no nice way of saying this, she looked like hell. I wanted her to sense someone was there. She fidgeted a lot at first even though we gave her a calming draught. She mumbled and twisted for a while; you could see all of the worry lines on her face and see how hard she had been to herself while being on the run. She told me later that she would make sure the boys got more food, that she would pretend to eat while fixing dinner so Harry would eat and she wasn't sleeping." Running his hands through his hair, "She carried so much on her shoulders for so long and then she just relaxed, rolled into me and sighed. The change in her face when she finally was just at peace was extraordinary, she was a beauty." Drinking a long drink of beer, "She was just lovely. Then as I got to know her over the next couple of days I realized how wonderful she was. I had only met her twice, at the World Cup and then for Bill's wedding so I really didn't know her well. When Mum wrote she always made it sound like Harry and Hermione hung the moon. I couldn't believe that they were as good as she made them sound. But Lovely was, she is extraordinary."

"Wow." Fred is staring at his brother, "That was almost deep Charlie." Causing everyone else to laugh and throw things at him.

Shaking his head at Fred and turning to George, Charlie is asking, "So George, you have been friends with her for so long you must have a list a mile long. What do you love about Hermione?"

"She is so bloody independent, we all know that." A slight smile is ghosting on his lips, "But I love that she curls up right next to me. Whether we are watching TV, reading or in bed, she tucks in and lets me think I am protecting her. It makes me think of the days at Hogwarts before everything went to hell. God, that first night she fell asleep in our dorm it just felt normal. But I thought Lee was going to have a heart attack. He pulled me aside and goes she's a bloody firstie, what the hell are you thinking? Then he proceeds to smack me upside the head after which I made him realize that it wasn't like that, he calmed down." He is grinning at Fred, "Remember the morning; she decided to prank him by climbing in bed with him?" He is laughing with his twin, doubling over and "Oh it was brilliant! She climbed slowly up in bed and snuggled in close, after about ten minutes, he realized someone was in bed with him and shot straight up and fell out the side of his bed. Sputtering and backing up, then she starts blinking like she is going to cry and says but Lee you said you loved me." Everyone is now laughing "It was priceless! I almost believed her, she can be a convincing liar when she wants to be."

"I think it is time for food. Anyone else hungry?" Fred and George are rubbing their bellies and nodding in agreement with Max, "Are there any good pizza places around here?"

"Meenie took me to a great one near the flat. We could Floo over there and then walk it is only a couple of blocks from there."

"Sounds good to me, anyone else want to go?" Max is asking, getting up and stretching. All of them nodding in agreement and starting to walk towards the house. Bill and Charlie are putting out the fire but leaving the chairs and the drinks having already put up Notice Me not Charms earlier in the day as the beach is fairly secluded but there is the chance of Muggles walking up on them.

"The Floo address is Hermione Grangers house Max, just be careful there is a small lip on her Floo when you step out." George is handing him the Floo bucket, "I will go through first so the wards recognize me." Disappearing and waiting for Max on the other side.

"This is definitely Feisty's house," Max is smiling and looking around, "She likes books that's for sure."

"You have no idea," George deadpans, "Nothing like tripping over a stack of books that wasn't there that morning; I don't know where she finds them half the time." Shrugging "But that's Meenie for you."

"How many nicknames can one woman have?" Laughing at George, Max is shaking his head, "Meenie, Mione, Feisty, Lovely, anyone else call her something?"

Walking out of the flat and waiting for the last person to leave so he can put the wards back up, "She has been something to each of us and we each have a different kind of love for her." Hollering at Charlie who is a little further up, "Char, you know where you are going?" Seeing his brother nodding his head, "See Max, the thing with Meenie is, she met Ron her first year, those two plus Harry were tight friends. She and I because close by a fluke thing but we kind of hid it as we didn't want people to give us a hard time. You know how it is, people don't think guys and girls can be friends without sex being involved and at that time, I wouldn't have thought of her like that, so she became friends with Fred and I. Their third year, Harry and her saved Sirius from the Dementor's kiss and the same year they met Remus. I think she met Bill and Charlie really quick the summer before her fourth year. But they got close right before the war and then after while she was trying to heal. She just gives and gives to everyone, never wanting anything in return so she means a lot to all of us. Mum and Dad love her too, Mum was so happy when she realized that Hermione would be an official Weasley."

"I can see it, she owls me from time to time still." Shoving his hands in his pockets, "She is way too nice at times."

"Why aren't you getting hitched?" George is asking "I just thought about that, you haven't said anything about a spouse or getting one?"

"I am an American Wizard, technically they are not requiring us to be involved in the law, as it is a British passed law. I could have opted be in the match ups but I decided I didn't want to, I mean, I had been involved with a girl before I came to the reserve and she had been killed in a car accident and that is part of the reason I took the job. Plus not everyone could be as lucky as you all have been." Looking at the confused look on Harry's face as the younger wizard had started keeping pace with George and Max. "Really, you don't know how lucky all of you are; you all are going to marry intelligent, beautiful, wonderful women. Not a bad one in the mix. Standing here, 4 of you were paired with them, 3 of you choose them and even your git of a brother, has a nice sounding woman." Shaking his head, "I think you all used up all the luck in the world."

"Well then Max," with a contemplating serious for Sirius, "You and I can be bachelors together, I am never getting married."

"Sirius, you are too much of a pain in the arse to get married." Having entered the pizza place, Harry is sitting next to Sirius while Bill and George order the food for the table, "Most witches would kill you before your first anniversary." Watching as a couple of girls approaching Bill and George at the counter, trying to strike up a conversation, "Hey watch that. I swear going anywhere with any of the Weasley's is bad for a bloke's confidence. They get approached everywhere." The two girls, no young woman had to be in the late twenties, quite attractive and very interested in the men. The women were smiling at the two gingers and also nodding in the direction of the table where the other boys sat. After a small conversation and Bill showing his wedding ring and George shaking his head, those two attractive women were walking away from them with slight scowls on their faces.

"Ok boys, food will be on its way in a bit."

"What did you say to those two girls to make them scowl and walk off?" Harry is asking, "They were quite interested at first and changed demeanor quickly."

"Well, they believed Bill about being married but I think they thought we were being arses about the all of the "cute gingers" being engaged."

"See I told you being out with the Weasley's is bad on your self-esteem." Harry is smiling at the blush crawling up George's neck, "Really George, you normally don't shy away from female attention. Mione sure got under your skin." Noticing half the table is in another conversation and that it is just Bill, Sirius, George and he right now in theirs. "You know she is really happy right?"

"I know, I just hope I can keep her happy. She deserves a lot of things in life and I just hope I can." Shrugging "Though so far so good, she hasn't hexed me, yelled at me or had more than the one nightmare since we started living together."

"Nightmares?" Sirius is questioning looking at Harry, "About the Manor?"

"Mostly I know when she would stay with you, she used a silencing charm." Nodding Harry answers "I mean, most of the ones I have been there for were about the Battle and she would mummer about a wall and not being there soon enough. I couldn't ever catch enough to understand what she meant." Harry is eyeing the pizza coming to the table and missed the look Bill gave George and George nodded slightly.

Bill is announcing "Tuck in." Watching all of the others eat at the table, he is dropping his voice once Harry and Sirius start talking about Grimmauld Place, "George, was she the one?"

"Yep, Fred knows but she doesn't know he knows. I don't think anyone else knows about it though."

"Wow."

"I know, I finally confronted her about it not long ago. She said she knew that I wouldn't be able to live without him so she would try anything to protect him."

"You are very lucky George."

"I know Bill, I just wished I would have seen her differently before now. I love her so much it is not even funny."

"I know, I can see it."

Dinner with the Girls

"So we are going shopping in the morning and then back to swim in the afternoon?" Fleur is asking as she passes the plate of pasta towards Ginny, "Or the other way round? Makes no difference to me."

"I think that sounds good, that way we can take however long we want shopping." Ginny is sighing, "It's time for some good lingerie, I haven't bought any in so long."

"I know everyone needs sexy knickers." Sonia is agreeing with Ginny, "So Ginny, what's your favorite thing about Harry?"

"His hair, it always has that just slept look, makes him look damn hot." Smiling the others, "Ok, so I have to ask because he is who he is. Sonia what's Percy like at home? He has always been so uptight."

"Oh, well, he is lovely. He helps me cook, likes to ready at night with me. My one hand bothers me from an accident when I was young so at night he rubs them for me. Just started one night and now he rubs them every night before bed as we are laying there, talking about our day."

"Oh!" Hermione says looking around, "What time is it?"

"Half seven," Ginny is answering "Why?"

"Fleur, I know you want to go swimming tonight but let's go to the Burrow, moonlight swimming plus there is the swing, the dock and float in the middle. Ginny and I use to go swimming at night and it's a lot of fun."

"Plus Molly and Arthur are gone for the weekend so we can be as loud as we want," Fleur is nodding enthusiastically.

"But Fleur you went to a lot of trouble putting this weekend together, we don't want to change that." Luna is pointing out, "We can do that another weekend."

"Oh don't worry about me, we can put a stasis charm on the food and drink and it will still be ok for tomorrow. I just want us to all to have a good time. We can listen to music, fool around and take some drinks with us."

"Ok, I think it sounds like it has been decided, let's go." Tonks is standing up and rubbing her hands together, "I think it will be fun. Between Amanda and I think we could toss a few of you from the float in the middle into the water."

All of the girls are in the process of digging out their swimsuits from their bags and changing into them. Looking around the room at each of the women in their suits, Luna in a one piece tie dyed ensemble with circular cut outs on each side that on anyone else would have been a mess but her is just made her look a little curvier. Sonia is in a deep emerald green retro high-waist bottom paired with a bikini top, very modest but very attractive. Amanda had a red and black racing style suit with high cut legs, the front being up to her collarbone and the back almost completely open except where it crossed from shoulder to hip on that made her look even taller and fitter. Ginny had an orange and yellow one piece strapless suit that complimented her slender figure. Fleur was wearing a white and silver bikini, short boy shorts with a bandeau top showing off her slim body. Tonks being one of a kind had on a style that resembled men's swim trunks that hit her mid-thigh in a dark purple and a tank top styled top in neon pink. Angie is wearing a bright red two piece that was a short skirted bottom with top that was an athletic take on a halter styled bikini top. Hermione is starting to feel out of place. Her swimsuit is a dark blue two piece but is very modest, no cut outs, no daring neck lines, no short shorts, hell her running shorts were shorter that her swim shorts. She is starting to feel the high of enjoying being with the girls crashing down around her. Fidgeting with her fingers, she is picking at the bottom of her top and biting her lip.

"What's the matter Hermione?" Amanda is asking quietly, "I can tell something is the matter." Hermione is shaking her head no but Amanda is not going to take that for an answer. "Come on with me for a minute." Pulling her away from the others "Come on, talk to me. I want to help if I can."

"It sounds so stupid now, I just…." Looking down again, "I feel ridiculous around all of you. You all look so good in your swimsuits. I just feel dowdy."

"We can handle that. Just take a deep breath. Remember how good you felt earlier." Taking a step back from Hermione, "Did you know that clothing charms are a specialty of mine? Working on the reserve, I have had to learn a lot about tailoring clothes since it is difficult to find anything that is not dragon hide or has a million pockets in it or safari themed." Nodding at her and smiling, "Trust me ok?"

"Ok," nodding her head, "I will." Looking away from Amanda, "I hate that I can be confident one minute and then feel like a bloody first year again. I just wish my emotions would stay somewhat level for a little while."

"First off, it will happen. You have always had this misconception about people complimenting you and so you are just trying to find your own comfortable in it all. Now this color is gorgeous on you. So we don't need to change that but let's do a few things and with some good sticking charms this will make you feel great." While she is working, shortening the shorts to boy short style stopping just below the curve of her rear. The top was being changed into string bikini styled top showing off her lean stomach, "This is where the sticking charms come in handy, short of a nuclear explosion, and this top won't budge unless you untie it. Little trick I learned in school. Now come on, let's show the others." Pulling her toward the others, "So what do you all think about Hermione's new suit?"

"Sweet Circe's knickers Mione, when did you get so fit?" Tonks is gasping in a state of shock, while Ginny and Fleur had seen her in forms of undress; they knew how she looked, since taking her classes.

"Cut it out guys." Hermione is blushing just like a Weasley.

"No, I mean it, you are like gorgeous and you are always but gods your stomach and waist is like tiny."

"Ok, that's enough, let's get going to the Burrow." Walking away from the group and towards the Floo as Ginny slaps her on the rump, "Ginny!" glaring back at her best friend.

"Couldn't help it!" the little redhead exclaims. "Let's go girls. Everyone grab your drinks and we will continue the party there."

The Boys

Still at the restaurant, finishing up dinner, "So what were mum and dad going to do this weekend? I thought I heard mum say something about going away?" Charlie is asking Bill.

"I think dad finally convinced her to go away for the weekend since we all had plans, why?"

"I think we need to go to the swimming hole, live a little from our childhood? You know, without mum yelling at us that we are going to kill ourselves jumping from the tree branch." Grinning at his brothers, "I mean, how many times will we all get together like this again. We all are busy with jobs and some of us will be starting families."

"Sounds like fun to me," George is agreeing, "We can head back to our place and Floo over." Looking down the table, "We are thinking of heading to the Burrow and swimming in the pond. What does everyone else think?" Getting nods from everyone, "Ok, then let's get going."

At the Burrow

Squealing and shrieking can be heard all around the pond. Hermione had shown everyone a modified bubble charm that was almost like water bubbles, so the girls were chasing each other around throwing bubbles at each other. Racing and chasing each other around like man women. Taking off towards the house, Hermione shoots a bubble wandlessly at Ginny and Amanda, "Catch me if you can!" Racing up the hill, heading around the corner of the house, the two girls disappear after her, just missing the boys walking out of the house.

"I guess we weren't the only ones with this idea," Bill is laughing as he hears laughter and splashing coming from the pond, walking with his brothers and friends towards the pond.

Before anyone can move very far down the hill a squeal from around the corner catches their attention, watching as Hermione flicks another wandless bubble at the two chasing her "Come on girls I am not even running that fast!" Laughing and running she doesn't see the boys at first. Turning back, she sees the boys and is yelling, "Move to the right!" Motioning with her hand, as she has too much momentum to slow down or stop. All of the men get out of her way, except Harry crashing into him with enough force to take him off his feet. Instinctively Harry is wrapping his arms around Hermione, pulling her into him and twisting himself to stay under her. Landing hard on his back, groaning and breathing hard, she lays her forehead on his chest, "Sorry Harry."

"Well, at least this time I broke your fall instead of the other way around." Releasing her from his grasp "And at least this time you were running from Ginny and Amanda and not a big snake." Hermione is giggling as she offers her hand out to him to pull him to his feet; the others are looking on in awe at the two friends. He is looking at the two other girls who caught up to them about the time they hit the ground. "Hey Gin," kissing her head and wrapping an arm around her, "So why are you two chasing Mione here?"

"We were having a water bubble war." Ginny is smiling "But Hermione had to prove how quick she is on her feet and decided to take off running." Looking at her best friend, "You ok? You hit the ground pretty hard."

"Harry took most of the hit, my one arm is a little sore but I will live." Ticking her head towards the pond, "Y'all coming with? I figure that is why you are here, to enjoy the pond too. Great minds think alike and all that." Walking up to George and kissing his cheek and wrapping an arm around his waist. "So have you guys had a good time today?"

"Pretty good," Leaning down whispering, "I have to say you look delicious in that swimsuit," Kissing her ear as they walk, "The things I am thinking about you right now." He is smirking at her blush, "Oh and by the way thank you for leaving a hickey on my back. I didn't know about it and took my shirt off in front of my brothers; they so lovingly pointed it out to me."

"Sorry" Shaking her head, "But you weren't complaining when I was doing it but I also didn't realize I had done it either." Ducking her head into his chest as they come up on the pond and the others she is quietly asking "You aren't mad at me are you?"

"Never for something like that, don't worry, just wanted to tease you a bit."

"Oi! Who invited the boys?" Angie is yelling at the group, "I thought this was going to be a girl's weekend?"

"They just happened to show up!" Ginny is yelling back, "Plus after the welcome Harry got, he should be allowed to stay." Explaining to the others about the collision and getting laughs from just about everyone. "Come on, let's swim!" Pulling Hermione away from the boys into the water, "Turn on the music, Mione brought her IPod thing it is over by our bags."

"I can handle that" Charlie is walking towards the pile of stuff, grabbing Hermione's bag, "Hey, woman, you want to clean this thing out occasionally, I shouldn't have to use an Accio spell to find things." Having found the correct item, he then finds the speakers that are like the ones she gave him, the size of a deck of cards but you can hear them from long distances.

"So, Padfoot, you feel like an old man yet, watching all of these young people racing around?" Remus is settling in next to his best friend, "I mean, I am getting tired just watching it all."

"Well, you are an old married man Mooney that can happen when you settle down." Sirius is dropping his voice just so his friend can hear it "Though a few of those swimsuits should be illegal, I am just saying."

"I know, I know, I was surprised by Mione and what she is wearing, I can't say that I have ever seen her so confident."

"Stop ogling my fiancée over there." George is dropping in on the other side of Sirius who is looking slightly sheepish at being caught, "No worries, just joking."

"It is true though, I have seen her old swimsuit, it looks nothing like that." Sirius is shrugging his shoulders, "You must be doing some good for her self-esteem if she feels comfortable wearing that plus you notice she doesn't have her glamour up." Gulping his drink, "I will be honest; it took all I could not to try and apologize again for my family and what they did."

"She would be upset knowing you are thinking like that. I have just told her, we all know her and know what she has been through and are not going to judge her by anything. Scars included, I asked her one night, if she thought any less of me minus my ear." Smiling at two of his idols, "You know what she said. I should be proud of it, I got it helping a friend. Standing up for what I believed in and as she said that, it was like something changed in her. You could almost see the realization wash over her face, that she should be just as proud. Since then, she hasn't used a charm except in public, like in the Alley or Hogsmeade but around friends and family she doesn't."

"That's good; she needs to wear them like a badge of honor." Remus is smirking, "She tells me all the time that I am no different with my scars and mine are from my transformations. They all seem to be having a good time." Watching as Amanda and Tonks are throwing Luna in the pond off the raft in the middle, between the two of them, they are able to get a decent amount of air. Bill and Charlie are offering to take over and Bill grabs Tonks around the middle and is launching her off the raft by himself. Laughing and sputtering as she breaks through the water back to the surface. The boys were playing around like that for a while. Tossing the girls in who wanted to be tossed in. Charlie being surprised and getting pushed in by Amanda and Hermione. All of them taking turns on the tire swing, jumping in from the branches that hung out over the water. Just in general having a good time, relaxing with their family and friends, taking in the fun that they all missed growing up.

Everyone is relaxing around the fire, lounging next to each other. Bill is sitting in between Luna and Fleur an arm wrapped around each of them, Luna has become like a little sister to the older Weasley brothers, an odd sister but a sister none the less. Next to Luna is Sirius who has Tonks' legs thrown over his lap and her head in Remus' lap. Ginny is positioning herself in between Harry's legs with her back pressing up against his chest. Max is sitting next to Amanda who is leaning up against Charlie with her head on his shoulder. Fred is laying with his head in Angie's lap, who is sitting next to Hermione. Hermione is reclining against a bundled up blanket with George laying in between her legs, his head resting on her stomach and his shoulders lining up with her hips, she is playing with his hair. No one is really talking much, just idle conversation here and there. Breaking the silence "Today has been a good day," Harry is saying smiling down at Ginny. "You know what would make it better?"

"What's that pup?" Sirius is questioning, as he can't remember being this happy since he spent the day at James' childhood home while he was in Hogwarts.

"Mione?"

"Yes, Harry?"

"Sing us a song."

"I don't think so Harry," sitting up a little straighter, not wanting the attention that Harry has now put on her.

"Well I do, you have a pretty voice, sing a song for us Mione."

"I agree Hermione," Remus is adding to the conversation, "We heard you singing to Teddy one day. He seems to like it when you sing to him."

"See Mione, I told you so."

"Why has Harry heard you but no one else has?" Bill is questioning.

Sighing because she knows she is fighting a losing battle. "Christmas Eve, Godric's Hollow, we had a few issues." Noticing Remus and Sirius stiffen at the mention of Lily and James' home, "Which song?"

"Any of them, they were all beautiful but a few issues, that is putting it lightly."

"Well then you tell the story as to why I was singing and then I will. It will make more sense if they know the story."

"Well, I wanted to go to Godric's Hollow, Hermione tried to convince me it wasn't a good idea but I kept badgering her about it. On one hand I should have listened to her but at the same time, I am glad I didn't listen to her. It made us closer. Once we were there, we found Mum and Dad's grave," Looking at Sirius and Remus, "The snow was falling, it was Christmas Eve it looked beautiful, for once I felt some sort of peace. Mione conjured a wreath. It was almost like Mum and Dad were there with me. But then I felt like someone was watching us, Hermione recognized her and Bathilda Bagshot, so we followed her. Bad idea, again I should have listened to Mione. We ended up in the second story of her house, I have no idea what I really thought we would find. Then I was hit with a blinding vision. Luckily for me Hermione was aware of what was happening because then Nagini came out of nowhere and tried to attack me. Hermione launched me and herself out the second story window, since I was out of it. She wrapped herself around me, twisting herself to stay under me, breaking our fall. Barmy woman could have killed herself." Throwing a smile at his best friend, "She didn't even have time to throw a spell to slow us down or cushion our fall so luckily she wasn't hurt. Unfortunately, my wand was broken in the process. She got us back to camp and made sure I wasn't hurt."

"I didn't want to tell him about his wand at first because the necklace had been making our moods so poor. He was quicker to anger and I was more melancholy. I am not proud of it but I was afraid of what would happen when I told him. I had to separate him and Ron when they had an argument a couple of weeks prior."

"I knew something was wrong but at first I was more upset with myself for putting us both in danger. Then I realized my wand was missing. I asked, she deflected when she finally answered she recoiled and covered herself like I was going to hit her," Looking down at Ginny and kissing her forehead then over at Hermione, "I have never felt more ashamed than I had in that moment. My best friend, my sister, the one person I felt like was always with me, was afraid of me. She thought I would actually hit her, all I could do was break down."

"Before I knew what was happening he had wrapped himself around me and drug me to the ground crying in my lap. It took me a minute to grasp what was happening. Honestly I had been expecting him to blow up. After watching the fight the boys had, I braced myself for something like that. I had never before or since that night been afraid of Harry but I know it was because of that damn Horacrux. Watching him shake in my lap made me think about my parents. When I was younger I remember my mum singing to my dad." George is looking at her with a concerned look on his face. "I guess to understand that you need a little background on my parents. Mum was quite a bit younger than dad; they met after they both finished dental school. A first career for mum but dad had already served time in the Royal Army, in the Special Forces branch. He had seen some things in his life that, well, now I understand more of why he was the way he was. He suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD as the call it. He would have flash backs and panic attacks about his time in the army. He didn't suffer from many attacks but when he did the only thing that really calmed him was mum singing. I didn't know what else to do to try and console Harry. I didn't trust my words so I sang, I sang all night, some of the songs were odd choices, depressing even but each of them meant something at the time," looking back at Harry, "Last chance for a request."

"Ok, how about the traveling soldier song?"

"Ok, you want that sad of a song?"

"It's not that sad, I think it is sentimental but if you don't want to, you pick a song."

"Fine," smiling and closing her eyes and taking a deep breath feeling George lacing his fingers with through hers.

Two days past eighteen

He was waiting for the bus in his army green

Sat down in a booth in a café there

Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair

He's a little shy so she gives him a smile

And he said would you mind sittin' down for a while

And talking to me

I 'm feeling a little low

She said I'm off in an hour and I know where we can go

So they went down and they sat on the pier

He said I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care

I got no one to send a letter to

Would you mind if I sent one back here to you

I cried

Never gonna hold the hand of another guy

Too young for him they told her

Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier

Our love will never end

Waitin' for the soldier to come back again

Never more to be alone when the letter said

A soldier's coming home

So the letters came from an army camo

In California then Vietnam

And he told her of his heart

It might be love and all of the things he was scared

He said when it's getting kinda rough over here

I think of that day sittin' down at the pier

And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile

Don't worry but I won't be able to write for a awhile

One Friday night at a football game

The Lord's Prayer said and the Anthem sang

A man said folks would you bow your heads

For a list of local Vietnam dead

Crying all alone under the stands

Was a piccolo player in the marching band

And one name read but nobody really cared

But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair

I cried

Never gonna hold the hand of another guy

Too young for him they told her

Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier

Our love will never end

Waitin' for the soldier to come back again

Never more to be alone when the letter said

A soldier's coming home

Silence has fallen over the group as her voice is again silent. "Wow kitten," Sirius is smiling at her. "I agree you have a beautiful voice, I do have to say it is a little depressing but for where you two were at the time, it was fitting. You were teenage soldiers." No one has anything else to contribute just taking in the song and what Sirius said.

"How about one more? Something you sing Teddy? Then I will leave you alone for the night." Harry is smiling at Hermione, "But now the cats out of the bag, everyone knows how well you sing."

"Fine one more, this one is a short one, that I sing for Teddy occasionally. A couple of you may know it, it is the Beatles."

When I find myself in times of trouble

Mother Mary comes to me

Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

And in my hour of darkness

She is standing right in front of me

Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

Let it be, let it be

Let it be, let it be

Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Noticing recognition of the son from Amanda, Max and surprisingly Sirius and Remus, causing her voice to strengthen, sitting up straighter and smiling at George next to her.

And when the broken hearted people

Living in the world agree

There will be an answer, let it be

For though they may be parted

There is still a chance that they will see

There will be an answer, let it be

And when the night is cloudy

There is still a light that shines on me

Shine on until tomorrow, let it be

I wake up to the sound of music,

Mother Mary come to me

Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

Yeah let it be, let it be

Let it be, let it be

"I tend to sing Disney song for Teddy, he loves them." Smiling at the others, "They were my favorite growing up. Someday he and I will sit down and have a movie marathon but this is one that he will every once in a while try to hum along too."

"Disney movies and music remind me that there is a world out there that has no idea about magic." Amanda is smiling, "Growing up I thought that there wasn't witches, wizards, dragons, talking animals or anything like that. Sometimes I wonder what I would be like if I had never found out about magic. It still amazes me every day with all of the creatures we have, that Muggles think are just imaginary."

"Sometimes, I think some of us take for granted that we were born into this world and know all about dragons, fairies and such." Bill is agreeing with Hermione, "So what do you, Max think all think about the creatures, since you are all Muggleborn."

"Dragons, no question about it, I love that I get to work with them," Max is smiling at the idea of his work, Charlie is giving him a thumbs up, "How could they not be awesome. They are so different than mythology explains them."

"Meenie, what about you? What was the creature that interests you the most?"

Lost in her out thoughts, Hermione is unaware that everyone is watching her, "Hmmm? Oh sorry, lost in thought," Rubbing her chin, "I guess it isn't really a creature that amazed me the most but that Merlin was real. I had heard stories of him from my dad when I was little and for him to turn out to be real. That is amazing."

"As much fun as this has been, I am thinking of calling it a night," Sirius is pushing Tonks' feet off his lap and standing up to stretch. Receiving agreeing nods from around the fire, he is helping Remus and Tonks to their feet as the group starts towards the Burrow, Remus and Sirius are Flooing back to Grimmauld, the other men to Shell Cottage and the women back to Fleur's parents place.

"George you coming to Shell Cottage?" Charlie is asking as he is wrapping his arm around Amanda's waist to keep her upright, she must have dozed off and is now fighting sleep.

"Yeah, I just wanted to talk with Hermione for a few minutes, I will be along soon," looking down and Hermione and pulling her closer to him, "Stay for a bit, I want to talk with you?"

She is nodding her head, "Ginny!" Hermione is hollering, "I will be along in a bit, George wants to talk for a few minutes."

"Hey George!" Ginny is yelling back, "No ravishing Hermione!" Hearing giggles and laughter coming from near the burrow.

Shaking her head, "So what's the matter George?"

"Feel free to sing at home anytime, love." Smiling at her, "But that is not why I asked you to stay." Settling back in the ground, pulling her to sit between his legs, leaning her back against him and lacing his fingers with hers, "You want to tell me what got you thinking so hard." Opening her mouth to most likely say nothing, he holds up a hand to stop her, "I know something is wrong, you know I do, so don't bother telling me it is nothing."

Sliding down and taking him with her, so they are lying flat, George on his back and Hermione snuggling into him, "You know me too well George. I was thinking about the hunt." Sighing, "Before we left the Burrow, I left letters for people who meant something to me. I charmed them to be delivered if anything happened to me, if I was killed." His arms are tightening around her and he is kissing the top of her head, "That night at Godric's Hollow was the first time I had been afraid for my life. I thought about those letters and what the people I wrote would do when they read them." Drawing a pattern on his chest, "There was a song I sang that night that made me think of them."

"Can I ask who you wrote," George is asking quietly, unsure if he wants to know.

"Your mum and dad, Harry, Ron, Ginny, Professor McGonagall and you," Shaking because she is crying. "Your parents, I wanted to let them know how much I loved them and appreciated everything they had done for me. Professor McGonagall, I wrote her because I wanted to let someone know what I did for my parents, in case someone would be able to reverse the charm. I knew she would be able to make the right decision for me. Ginny, I wrote because she was my first true girlfriend and at that time, only girlfriend. Harry and Ron, those two, I knew if something happened to me, would blame themselves or each other and I didn't want that."

Kissing her head, whispering, "And me?"

"Well George, I wanted you to know how much I appreciated your friendship and everything you did for me over the years. Because whether you knew it or not, the only person who knew me better than you was Harry. You were so easy to talk to and be around. You made me feel special not just the bookworm everyone was friendly with when they needed something." Kissing him softly, "And how mad I was with you for leaving school like you did without telling me first."

"I am sorry," Hugging her to him, "I am so sorry about that."

"I understand why you did it but it hurt you didn't trust me to tell me," Wiping away the lone tear that had travelled down her cheek.

"Meenie, I didn't tell you because I know how much school meant to you. I couldn't take seeing disappointment in your eyes."

"George I am so proud of what you and Fred do." She is smiling at him and propping herself up on one arm, "You have brought so much laughter and light into so many people's lives, I just hated it when you tested on first years, willing or not." Tossing a leg over him she is now straddling him, "Haven't I ever told you that innovating and intelligent men turn me on." Kissing him, softly at first and then applying more pressure and building up passion in the kiss by nipping at his lip.

"Merlin, are you trying to kill me?"

"No," Smirking at him as she feels his hands slide down to cup her bum. Speaking softly, "I just love the effect I have on you. It seems to give me a boost to my self-esteem."

"You have been front and center of several of my dreams lately," smiling at her burying her face in his chest as she is blushing. "I love that I have that effect on you."

"What do you dream about me? Are they good dreams?" Winking at George, trying to find some of that Gryffindor courage she has, "Tell me about what you were dreaming about this morning that got you going."

Closing his eyes, debating whether to describe any of his dreams to her, "We were in school, lying in my bed. Just talking, when you start laughing at a joke that I tell you, you are so gorgeous, you had tossed your head back laughing. I couldn't help myself but I leaned over and kissed you. At first you were shocked but then you started kissing me back. I pulled you on to my lap; you were kneeling, straddling me. Kissing me, rubbing your hands all over my chest, I work both your jumper and mine off. Rubbing my hands up and down your legs, under your skirt where I grabbed your arse to grind myself against you." Pushing his hips up into hers, "Like this." Sighing Hermione is leaning back down into him, kissing his neck, "Yep, you did that too in my dream. You looked so fucking sexy in your uniform." Continuing to grind against her, whispering as he kisses her right below her ear "In my dream, you confided in me that you were scared. You didn't know what you wanted but you wanted me. I slowly edged my fingers inside your knickers, starting to play with you. I was using the motion of our hips grinding against each other to add to the pressure of my fingers being inside of you."

"I actually had a dream quite similar to this not long ago as well." Smirking as she continues to kiss him, not going to admit her dream was last night as well. "Not quite as detailed but I did dream about snogging you at Hogwarts." She is pulling his shirt up over his head to get access to his chest, kissing and caressing her way back and forth.

"Oh did you really?" Quirking his eyebrow up at her, "Anything you would like to add?"

"Hmmm," Slowly moving her hands down his chest and stomach, stopping at his belt, undoing it and going for the button on his pants.

"Whoa, Hermione," Stalling her hands, "What are you doing?"

"Well for one, if we are going to keep on like this, at least your belt as to go because it is starting to hurt when you grind up into me."

"Sorry."

"Second, this is something I want, not skin on skin but I want you down to your boxers." Leaning up and looking at him, "Is that ok?" Her courage and self-confidence waning.

Looking into her eyes, trying to see if this is what she is wanting or what she thinks he wants, taking her hands and placing them back on the button of his pants. "Go ahead, only if you want."

Unbuttoning them and lowering the zipper and pushing his pants down his hips and off. "Trust me George. I want this." Snaking her way back up him and settling back across his hips, rubbing her across him, "Doesn't that feel better?"

Groaning and arching his back up to her, "Gods yes." Pulling her head down to his, crashing a kiss against her lips, biting her lip hard, harder than normal. Moaning into his mouth and kissing him back with the same conviction. She is sliding her hand in between them, into his shorts wrapping her hand around his erection and stroking him. Using his dream as a start for what she is doing, the pressure from her on top of him, her thighs squeezing his hips as he thrusts into her hand. Muttering a quick lubrication spell she learned while reading earlier this week, "Wow, love that feels..." Silencing him with a kiss, rubbing her hand up and down, squeezing his throbbing cock in her hand, twisting up and down. Slowly kissing down his neck, sucking on his collarbone, down to his nipple, taking it between her teeth and biting gently. Grabbing one of her legs behind the knee and hiking it up over his hip, stretching her out some and causing a new friction for her, moaning she is rolling her hips. "Hermione, if you keep on, I don't know how much longer I am going to last," pulling her into a searing kiss. "I have been turned on by you since we got here tonight."

"Just let go," Kissing his, sucking on his lip, "Isn't that the point of doing things like this. To get a release?" George is groaning, she can tell he is getting closer to completion. Licking his ear, deciding she is going to try talking to him a little, "Hmmm, I like that I drive you crazy. What was it I said this morning you liked? That's right, that you made me horny." His eyes opening wide when she is punctuating that last word with another roll of her hips, "I think you also said something about loving my pussy. Is that true George, do you love my pussy? Can't get enough of it?"

"Circe Hermione! I am so close." Sensing his muscles tensing and his breath becoming more erratic, she slips her hand from between them and leans up so it is just the pressure from her heated core rubbing against him. Locking eyes with George as she can see the heat in his gaze, she unties the ties on her swim suit top, now sitting astride him, grinding against him, she is squeezing and rubbing her breasts. "Oh, that is fucking sexy!" wrapping his hands around her waist as he is starting to rub harder and faster, she pinches and pulls on her nipples, the sight coupled with the friction sends George over the edge, "Hermione!" Thrusting up and arching his back, spilling on to his stomach, pulling her down on to him to kiss her while shivering in pleasure. Casting a scourgify to clean up the both of them and pulling his shirt and pants back on. Laying there in comfortable silence, he is wrapping her up in a sweatshirt he had with pulling her close. After a little time has passed and he is breathing normal again, "What got into you tonight? That was more forward than you normally are."

Accioing her bag to find a pair of pants to wear, she is getting cold with just the sweatshirt and swim bottoms on. "I have thought about a lot of things today and I am just ready to experience more. I am becoming more comfortable with the idea of sex and everything that goes with it." Smiling at him, "I never really paid attention to how much what I thought about myself affected everything. Don't worry I am not going to go completely wild but I just feel more confident. Honestly, I don't want to wait for the wedding anymore." Putting up a hand to his mouth when he starts to protest, "I have been thinking about this, a lot, I am not saying tonight or tomorrow but sometime before we get married I want to have sex. I already know that it is going to hurt some and I don't want that to be the memory of our wedding night. I want to do nothing but enjoy that night."

"If that is really what you want and you aren't saying that because you think I want to. Fine," Kissing her head, "You know we haven't been living together very long at all but I already know. I am not going to sleep well without you next to me."

"I know it is crazy sometimes when I think of how much I look forward to you every night. Do you think we would have every figured it out? I mean without the marriage law?"

"I would like to think so but who knows. Thinking about it, the few dates I have had in the last year, I was comparing those girls to you. I didn't realize it then but I would think, Hermione would like that or Hermione doesn't do that." Laughing, "I have been stupid for too long. I should have realized that I loved you before now. So many of my great memories have you involved. "

"So George, I have a serious question for you." Looking at him, no smile on her face, "Do you have a thing for school girl skirts?" Breaking into a smile when his face flushes and starts giggling at him, "Sorry I just had to after you told me about your dream."

"Well, I would be lying if I said I haven't been thinking about your old uniform once in a while." Wiggling his eyebrows at her, "You don't still happen to have one around somewhere do you?"

Pretending to think, tapping a finger to her lip, "You never know, I just may, who knows maybe I will surprise you someday."

Groaning and closing his eyes, "Really?"

"Come on. Let's go, you can think about me in my uniform another time." Getting up off the ground, "I really do need to get some sleep. The girls are going shopping tomorrow and I want to be in the mood for it."

Taking her hand and guiding her up the walkway, "Shopping for what?"

"That is for us to know and you guys to find out later."

Smirking as he shakes his head. "Just remember, my favorite color is blue."

"I may keep that in mind." Entering the house and stopping in front of the Floo, "I love you George, sweet dreams tonight."

"You too, love, I will see you on Sunday," Kissing her one last time before she leaves.

So another update, I hope that it is still worth reading. I am enjoying writing it. Up next lingerie shopping with the girls! Plus still trying to decide what the boys will do.