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Written for the February Event (My Love) over on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Challenges & Assignments)

Prompt: "I will love you until the last rose dies." / "But one is fake." / "And, therefore, will never die." (dialogue)

Pairing: Hermione/Ernie

Chocolate Frog: Bronze – Ernie Macmillan – Challenge – Write about Ernie Macmillan

1000 Word Challenge: Table

Gringotts: Pairing: Same Gen Het – Hermione/Ernie

Word Count: 316

Home Cooked Meal

Ernie glanced at the clock on the wall and noticed that his girlfriend would be arriving home soon.

Originally he had been most upset when she had told him that she was required to go into work on Valentine's Day, but as the day had grown closer, he had realised that it would be the perfect opportunity to show her how much he loved her by preparing a home-cooked meal for her – the muggle way.

The timer on the oven went off, and he briskly walked into the kitchen and removed the casserole dish and inhaled deeply.

If it tasted as good as it smelled, then the wizard was sure that they would be in for a delicious treat.

He carried the dish to the dining room and placed it in the centre, and picked his wand up off the table.

Ernie flicked his wand, lighting the candles and setting the mood for the evening just as the front door opened.

The wizard quickly picked up the bouquet of flowers, and went to greet his girlfriend in the hallway.

"I will love you until the last rose dies." Ernie declared kissing her on the cheek before handing her the bouquet of blood red roses.

Hermione looked down at the roses, and noticed that one looked slightly different to the others.

She raised her free hand and caressed it lightly, feeling the texture of the carefully and beautifully crafted porcelain rose.

"But one is fake," she told him as she lifted her head to make eye contact with him

"And, therefore, will never die," he promised her earnestly. "I love you Hermione, forever and always."

Hermione blinked back the happy tears that were filling her eyes. Never in all her life had anyone said and done something so sweet. If was possible, she would say that she fell even more in love with him in that moment.

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