Chapter Fourteen: New Skills

Ron awoke very early the next morning, and normally he would try and go back to sleep, but this morning he got out of bed before putting on his dressing gown. As he left his room he noticed that Hermione's door was closed and he assumed she was not awake yet. However, this assumption was proven wrong when he walked into the kitchen and saw that Hermione was making her morning cup of coffee as she was waiting for the kettle to boil.

Ron quietly approached his girlfriend and then slipped his arms around her waist from behind. She was startled slightly but easily relaxed into his embrace.

'Morning, beautiful,' he whispered into her ear.

'Morning, handsome,' she replied.

Hermione turned around to put her arms around his neck and then kissed him softly on the lips. Ron responded by deepening the kiss before lifting her on to the side. They continued to snog as Ron stood between her legs.

When they finally broke apart, Ron said, 'Did you know that everything about you is just so soft?'

Hermione raised her eyebrow and said, 'How so?'

'Your hair, it's the most beautiful hair I've ever seen and touched, not to mention so soft. Then we come to your lovely, soft brown eyes, so beautiful. Next, are your soft, pouty lips, which I love kissing at any and all opportunity … your skin, Hermione, it's just as soft and smooth, and I can't get enough of it under my fingertips, your beautiful body, firm but soft breasts, flat little tummy, which is also really soft, as is your touch … I love your small, soft hands when you touch me and hold hands with me … then there are my favourite parts of you that are below your waist … your perfect arse … your tight little pussy … and your luscious legs, mmm, my favourite …'

As Ron had said all this, his hands had roamed all over her body as he named each area, and right now his hands were softly caressing her thighs.

'Oh, Ron,' moaned Hermione.

It was then that the kettle boiled and Ron poured the boiling water into Hermione's coffee cup and stirred it for her before making himself his morning coffee. When he had finished he saw that Hermione had crossed her legs.

'Do you know how sexy you are when you do that?' he asked.

'Do what?' she replied.

'Cross your legs, I know girls do it all the time, but when you do it … it's so sexy,' he told her.

Hermione gave him a small smile as Ron moved their coffees to the kitchen table. He then took her by the waist and helped her down to the floor. They took seats so Ron sat close to her and pulled her feet into his lap to rub them. It was then he noticed what she was wearing under her dressing gown.

'Is that my Chudley Cannons shirt?' he asked.

'Mmm-hmm,' she murmured.

'Why?'

'Because I wanted something of yours to sleep in and this was the best choice,' she replied.

'I love you, Hermione,' he said softly.

'I love you too, Ron,' she said softly.

When their drinks were no longer too hot to drink, Ron ceased the foot rub he was giving to her in order to drink his coffee. When they finished their drinks, Ron washed up their cups before scooping Hermione up and carrying her into the living room where the trunk full of Agnitio Phials was still open. They sat down and discussed which ones to use and eventually decided to use the ones for Potions, Defence Against the Dark Arts, and the muggle skills they had found the previous night such as the driving, weapons, martial arts/self-defence and the military tactics and anti-terrorism skills phials. They also found phials for Medicine and Psychology. When they were finished, Ron and Hermione lay down together on the couch with Hermione lying on top of him.

'How do you feel?' she asked, looking down into the blue eyes she loved so much.

'I dunno, I guess I'm still absorbing it all in, I mean yesterday I didn't know about Freud and Jung …' Ron replied as he pushed her hair out of her face.

'I had, but I had not really read their theories …'

'I know; it's bloody weird, isn't it?' he said.

'You can say that again,' Hermione said, but Ron could not say anything as she kissed him deeply again.

'Hold me,' she said.

Ron complied as they snuggled into each other and fell asleep.

When they awoke they heard her parents moving around, so they got up to see what they were doing. Hermione's parents were making breakfast and so they joined them for a healthy helping of cereal and or toast. Once breakfast was over Ron and Hermione went to dress for the day.

As they were leaving for their holiday all their packing was complete so all they had to do was load it into the car which took no time at all, then once back inside, Ron and Hermione looked through the trunk again.

'Are you sure you don't want to take the ones for Charms, Herbology and Transfiguration?' Ron asked.

'Yes, it would feel like cheating,' she replied.

'We took Potions and Defence …' Ron reminded her.

'For good reason, if you remember?'

'Fine, we won't take them, but what are Legillimency and Occlumency?' he asked having found the two subsequent phials.

'I don't know,' Hermione replied.

Ron gasped and said, 'Blimey stop the presses! Something Hermione Jean Granger doesn't know!'

Hermione scowled at Ron while her parents just chuckled, which made Hermione turn her scowl towards them before joining in with the laughter.

Ron then found a small, folded piece of parchment and opened it to read aloud.

'"Occlumency is the little known ability of mind defence from external penetration, for example; Legillimency."'

'That answers that question,' said Hermione.

'Shall we use them?' Ron asked.

Hermione paused for a moment to think before saying, 'Yes, I think we should.'

Ron agreed and so they took the phials.

It was soon time for them all to leave for their holiday so Ron shrank the trunk and put it in Hermione's closet before he, Hermione and her parents got into the car to go to the ferry port.