A/N: Hi all. Hope you enjoy this chapter. Many more to come!
Hermione stood there waiting for Harry, the anticipation was nearly too much for her. Harry had done so much for her today and had been so thoughtful towards her and the things he had created for her today like the lake picnic. She wondered what could possibly top today, but all of her questions were soon answered when Harry came into the room. He had a large smile on his face and he beckoned to her and she came to him. He took her hand in his and led her to another room in the house. She gasped again as she walked into the room and saw the floor covered completely with rose petals and the room lit softly with candlelight. She looked around the room and then at Harry questioningly.
Harry stepped towards her and bent down on one knee, taking both of her hands in his. Her eyes widened as she realised the possibilities of this act. Harry smiled at her and spoke.
"Hermione, I love you. I have for so long, but never realised that it was more than friendship, until my dreams showed me the error of my ways. Now my dreams have come true as we are together and I love you more than ever. You have been so kind to me since I was attacked by Malfoy and I think I now know how scared you must have been when you saw me faint in front of you. Afraid that you may lose me. I felt the same way in the department of mysteries, although I didn't understand the feeling back then. Both of those events have given me a new appreciation for what I do have and learning to live to appreciate what I have now. Hermione I want to wake up with you beside me everyday. I want you to be my last vision at night and my first in the morning. I want to grow old with you and have my family with you. Will you make another of my dreams come true and marry me?"
Hermione was speechless as Harry poured out his hart to her on bended knee. She felt so happy and she couldn't stop the smile from appearing on her face as the tears rolled down her cheeks. She nodded and fell to her knees wrapping her arms about his neck and kissing him deeply, still crying. Harry pulled her tightly to him, kissing her back, responding to her own passion with his own. Tears were rolling down his cheeks as well from happiness as he realised he was going to get married. He broke away from her and dug into his pocket and pulled out the box containing the item he had bought in the jewellers at Diagon Alley some weeks before. He opened the box and turned the box to Hermione. She gasped as she saw the sparkling diamond set into the ring. The diamond was quite large and surrounded by sapphires, Hermione's birth stone. He took the ring out of the box and taking Hermione's left hand in his, placed the ring upon her third finger. She was fascinated by the ring and held it this way and that and watched as the candlelight bounced off the gems. He smiled, rising to his feet and taking her hand in his, helping her to her feet. He held her tightly to him and said to her softly "Do you want to have two ceremonies? One in the wizarding world and one in the muggle world?"
Hermione nodded, saying "Yes I think my parents would like a muggle ceremony, especially as most of their friends are muggles and they would want to celebrate with them."
Harry nodded, smiling and leaned forward, kissing his fiancée. Hermione responded, returning his kiss and wrapping her arms about his neck. Harry bent slightly and scooped Hermione up in his arms, surprising Hermione who gave out a small squeak. She didn't need to worry though as Harry was sure he would have no trouble carrying her. He climbed the stairs at the end of the room and walked up a hallway that looked somewhat familiar to her. He pushed open the door and walked into the room, closing the door with his foot. He kept kissing Hermione and walked over to the four poster bed, laying her down gently. She broke away from him and whispered "The shrieking shack?"
He grinned and nodded, saying "I had planned this for Christmas, but recent events made me realise how important it was to live in the moment, so Dobby and I have done what we can, although Dobby did most of the work. I just financed it."
Hermione giggled softly and opened her arms to Harry. He lay down next to her and kissed her passionately and she responded, their tongues meeting, their passion rising. Their hands moved over each other's bodies, exploring and finding familiar contours and curves.
Hermione opened Harry's shirt and ran her hands over his bare chest and over his taut stomach. Harry shivered as he felt her hands on his skin and he ran his hands up under her top and slid them up over her stomach and cupped her breasts, still encased in her bra. She moaned into his mouth as he squeezed her breasts lightly and ran his thumbs over her nipples. He slipped his hands about her and undid the clasps of her bra and slipped his hands under the material, feeling her naked breasts beneath his palms, lightly tweaking her nipples between his fingers, making her gasp. He pulled back from their kiss and took off her top and bra, removing his own shirt as well. Hermione grabbed his head and forcefully brought his lips back down to hers and kissed him roughly, their lips mashing together and their tongues engaged in a furious battle. Harry broke from the kiss gasping and kissed down her neck and sucked just below her ear, leaving a mark and making her groan louder, her nails running lightly down his back. He shivered and kissed down, taking one of her nipples in his mouth, sucking gently, biting softly. Hermione's hands came up and cradled his head, keeping his head at her breast. Her passion was so intense and overwhelming that she could hardly think. She knew that tonight was the night and knew that it was right. Harry switched to her other breast and Hermione gasped at the new sensations as well as the feeling of the cool air on her wet nipple.
She let go of Harry's head and began to undo the buckle of Harry's pants, and unzipped them, slipping them over his hips. She slid her hand under the waist band of his boxers and grasped him firmly. He gasped and moaned into her mouth as she slowly stroked him, pausing at the end of each downstroke to squeeze him, causing him to moan louder. He moved his hands down to her waist and quickly undid her pants, sliding her pants over her hips. Hermione kicked them off over the end of the bed and Harry did the same with his pants.
They lay together, side by side on the bed, kissing and stroking each other. Harry rubbed her through her panties,
while she stroked him under his boxer shorts. Harry couldn't stand not touching her skin anymore and quickly sat up
and removed her panties and, spreading her legs wide, plunged his tongue deeply inside of her. She cried out, not
expecting this, but loving the feeling his tongue created on her. He reached up as his tongue delved within her and
began to lightly rub her clit, causing her to jerk and shudder uncontrollably from the sensations shooting through her
body. Hermione's breath quickened and she was moaning constantly, crying out when Harry found a particularly
sensitive spot. He withdrew his tongue from her and began to lick her clit with long, slow strokes, his fingers sliding
into her and Hermione moved her hips in time with his movements. Hermione rubbed her own breasts as
Harry continued his work on her and rolled her nipples between her fingers, creating more sensations. Reaching over
quickly, she grabbed her wand and cast a quick spell on herself, knowing that if she didn't do it now, she would
probably not remember later. Harry sat up then and slid up to kiss her deeply. She kissed him back, tasting herself on
him and not caring. She slid his boxers down off of his hips and grasping him, guided him gently to her opening. He
slid just inside her entrance and looked deeply into her eyes, whispering "I love you 'Mione,
forever."
She smiled up at him and whispered back" I love you too, Harry. Make love to me."
Harry slid in gently, feeling her stretch as he slid in. He reached her barrier and looking into her eyes, he pushed forward sharply, breaking her hymen. She cried out and tears came to her eyes at the pain. He stopped and gently wiped the tears from her eyes, kissing her softly. She hugged him close to her while the pain lasted. When it ebbed away she let him go and whispered "Go slowly at first, love."
He nodded and slid back out until only his tip was inside of her and then slowly slid in again. She only felt a little pain this time, but it was intermixed with pleasure. He slid fully in this time, his length stretching her a little more, but he could feel her lubrication around him. She gasped softly as he slowly withdrew again and just as slowly re-entered her. Her hips rose up to meet his stroke this time and she said breathlessly "A little faster, love. It feels good now."
Harry responded by speeding up and each time he was fully inside of her, they made a little smacking sound. Harry groaned within his throat, the feeling of being inside of Hermione so exquisitely good. Hermione gasped at the end of each stroke as he filled her. She lifted her legs higher to allow him more access to her and he pulled them up and over his shoulders and plunged deeper into her. She cried out in pleasure, her head moving from side to side. She completely lost track of where she was, not caring how much noise she made. She just wanted to continue to feel Harry inside of her, to make her feel this good. She could feel the tingles beginning in her stomach and knew she was close. She could also feel Harry hardening more inside of her and knew that he was close as well. Harry groaned her name as he continued, lost within his own feelings and leaned forward, kissing her passionately, almost folding her in two. Hermione moaned louder into his mouth as the different angle of his thrust now, slid along her clit. She cried out and it became a shriek of pure joy as her orgasm overwhelmed her. It felt like wave after wave of pleasure was crashing through her and she felt as if she was drowning. It went on and on and she didn't think it would stop. It felt so good that she wasn't sure that she did want it to stop. She then felt a flood of warmth inside of her and a groan from Harry as he climaxed. She found the sound so sexy that she climaxed again, screaming from the intense pleasure, clinging desperately to Harry, her nails digging into his back as she wrapped her legs about his waist. They stayed that way for minutes, their chests heaving, their bodies drenched in sweat. Harry rested his head on Hermione's shoulder, still breathing hard, but he felt completely satisfied. He rose up on his elbows and looked down at Hermione and smiled softly, kissing her tenderly. She smiled as well, and kissed him back. They stayed locked together, just like that just looking into each other's eyes.
Eventually, they rose and cleaned themselves off with a quick spell. It took them a while to get dressed though as they constantly kissed, feeling so much closer now that they had united in that one act of complete and utter love. When they finally were dressed, Harry took her in his arms and lifting her up, he carried her out of the room and downstairs. Hermione rested her head against his chest and locked her arms about his neck, looking into his eyes with complete and utter love. He smiled tenderly down at her, keeping a wary eye out so that they didn't fall. The passage way was wide enough so he continued to carry her along the passage, her wand providing the illumination as Harry walked. Her gaze never left his face until he had to set her down just before the entrance to the tunnel. He quickly cast the disillusionment charm on them and they quickly walked out and across the lawn towards the castle.
They quietly opened the doors and made their way up to Gryffindor tower, stopping in every alcove they found to passionately kiss and embrace, their love and passion for each other overwhelming them. They gave the password to the fat lady, who glanced at them suspiciously, as she could not make them out very well, but opened up anyhow. They crawled in through the portrait hole and sunk into the couch in front of the fire and kissed again, their hands running over each other's bodies. Their passion reached a crescendo point again and they knew that soon they would not be able to control themselves. They almost ran up the stairs to Harry's bedroom and once they had cast the charms on the curtains about them and had cast off the disillusionment charm, they fell into each other's arms and made love with a fervency and urgency as if they hadn't made love for days, rather than half an hour before. It felt so much better this time to Hermione and she reached her orgasm quite quickly, the waves of pleasure kept slamming into her with each thrust that Harry made and she grew hoarse with the amount of screaming she did as she climaxed again and again. Harry couldn't take the constant tightness around him and with a loud cry; he filled her again, collapsing onto her, holding her close to him. They fell asleep, still joined, their love filling every particle of their being.
They awoke a few times during the night. First it was Harry waking Hermione, who woke to the sensations of Harry sucking on one breast, his left hand playing with her clit and his other hand rolling her other nipple between his fingers. They joined again, this time Hermione taking Harry from behind. Hermione liked this position as it allowed Harry to plunge deeply within her. She could also thrust back to meet with Harry and this created stronger sensations within her. Her orgasm surprised her with its strength and ferocity and she buried her head into the pillow beneath her, muffling her cries and sobs as Harry continued to thrust into her.
A few hours later Harry awoke to find Hermione licking and sucking him, taking him deep within her mouth. As soon as she realised he was awake, Hermione crawled on top of him and rode him to another screaming orgasm. They both fell asleep for the last time that morning, completely exhausted and awoke a few hours later, very tired, but extremely happy none the less. They spent some time just laying in bed, kissing each other, but then rose quickly, realising that it was a school day and they needed to get ready. Hermione gave Harry one more quick kiss before casting the spell on herself and rushing up to her own room. Harry had an extremely hot shower to ease the aches in his muscles. He groaned with relief as the pressure from the shower massaged the aches and knots out. He quickly shut off the shower and once he had dried himself, quickly dressed and went downstairs to find his fiancée. She wasn't alone though, as he found Ginny down in the common room with Hermione exclaiming over her engagement ring, which Hermione was proudly showing off with a grin. She saw Harry as he came down and rushed into his arms and kissed him deeply, wrapping her arms about him. He responded kissing back with equal passion, until a polite cough from Ginny forced them apart blushing and smiling. Ginny was grinning and said "Well if I didn't realise that you two were in love before, that performance just then left me in no doubt!"
They all laughed at this and they were soon joined by Lavender and Pavarty, who both squealed at the ring on Hermione's finger and hugged both Harry and Hermione, saying they knew they belonged together and to wish them well. Neville clapped Harry on the back, smiling broadly and gave Hermione a quick hug, blushing, before sitting down next to Ginny. Harry noticed how close they were sitting and how at ease they seemed to be with each other and smiled, winking at Hermione. She looked where his eyes had been and grinned, winking back.
Ron then came downstairs and looked at everyone, asking "What's going on?"
Harry and Hermione both rushed over to him and told him that they were engaged. A broad grin broke over his face and he gave them both a hug, saying "That's wonderful guys. I'm so glad for both of you!"
They all went downstairs for breakfast. As Harry and Hermione entered, Harry heard gasps coming from all around them as the morning sunshine glinted off of the ring's jewels, so that it seemed like there was a small ball of fire attached to the ring on Hermione's hand. Harry saw that not only the students were stunned either as both Professor Flitwick and McGonagall had their mouths open at the beauty of the ring and the light that it reflected. He caught Professor Dumbledore's eye and he smiled as Dumbledore gave him a wink, his eyes twinkling merrily. Girls from all of the houses came over to see Hermione's ring, congratulating her and Harry. Hermione glowed with pride and Harry could tell she loved the attention that was being showered on her as well as the fact, he suspected, that he was now definitely out of the market. Cho Chang even came over for a look and politely congratulated Hermione, who took her, comments graciously, although as she left, Harry could have sworn he had seen a gleam of triumph in her eyes when Cho's back was turned. They had a merry time at breakfast and Harry ate quite a large helping of food, as did Hermione, their appetites quite a bit larger for some reason. Their hands constantly brushed each other under the table and their feet intertwined. Harry was thinking of how he could manage to spirit Hermione back up to their bed after each lesson and wished desperately for a time turner. He looked into Hermione's eyes and knew she was thinking the same thing and she leaned over, whispering "You better watch out Mr Potter, I'm going to grab you and have my wicked way with you every chance I get!"
Harry kissed her neck softly in response, making her shiver and moan slightly and breathed into her ear "Not if I grab you first, love."
She grinned at this and gave him a lustful wink, making most of his blood rush south of the border. They quickly finished what was on their plates and rushed off, saying to Ron that they had forgotten something and they would meet him in their first lesson; rushing off without waiting to hear his response.
Harry grabbed Hermione as they hurried along and pulled her into a broom closet, closing the door with a sharp snap behind them. Hermione quickly undid his pants and shoved them and his boxers down and falling to her knees quickly took him into her mouth, sucking with wild abandon. Harry groaned and leaned back against the wall, letting her have her way with him. When she thought him ready enough, she quickly rose up and took off her panties and hiking up her skirt, nearly leapt on Harry. He lifted her up and she wrapped her legs about his waist as he positioned himself and drove deeply into her. She cried out and kissed him fiercely, sucking his tongue into her mouth. They moved with a wild abandon, the passion of each one, driving the other to greater and greater heights. They came together in a fierce storm of passion, both of them crying out into each other's mouths, Hermione biting down on Harry's lower lip, then sucking on it gently, before kissing Harry passionately as they both came down from their climaxes. They quickly rearranged their clothes, Harry pulling his pants and boxers back up and fastening them, Hermione pulling on her panties and smoothing her skirt. They smiled at each other and Harry quickly led her out of the closet and towards their first lesson of the day.