Fire and lust

What on Earth was she thinking? After the war everyone was getting married and having babies and she wanted to live her life. Make a name for herself, by herself. She could barely get out of the house after the war she was a part of the "golden trio," she was the brightest witch of her age. The reporters drove her mad, the trails drove her mad. Going to wedding after wedding was starting to get on her nerves. She felt like she had given up most of her childhood for a war.

The first ten years of her life she felt out of place, something was different about her. She couldn't make friends, her parents wanted her to be more outgoing but when she tried it just got awkward and weird and unexplained things kept happening. Then she found out she was a witch! She felt connected to others, there was a reason she was so different. She didn't know anyone on her first day, stepping onto the train. She had read everything she could get her hands on, she was late finding about herself and now she had a whole culture to learn. She was years behind! Of course she was a know it all.

Soon after starting Hogwarts she met her two best friends, the first friends she truly ever had. That was the beginning of it all. Year after year she found herself fighting and breaking the rules and almost dying for a war she just learned about. She was in the middle before it even started.

Then it got worse she had to give up her home, had to give up her school she had to leave, to go on the run and save this world that she had come to love more than the muggle world she had grown up in. She was part of the trio and had been tortured, starved, cursed. Then it was over. Now she was 18, and felt like she had given up her whole life, feeling out of place, to fighting with all she had.

Now she was again at a wedding, one she never thought she would be a guest at. She was at her best friends, and childhood crushes wedding. Ron was getting married to Lavender Brown. Something that in the past would make her crawl into her bed crying. Now she was just happy, happy that her best friend had grown up and found someone that he truly loved. Happy that Lavender wasn't always laughing and acting like a child. The war defiantly helped mature her into a respectable witch Hermione didn't hate.

She sat in the back of the room and watched all her family and loved ones dance and celebrate this new happy time in their lives. Telling her it is okay, she needed to be strong, someone is looking for you and you don't even know it, they would all say.

Mrs. Weasley cried at first finding out that it just didn't work between Hermione and her youngest son. She then was thrilled she was going to be gaining another daughter and Hermione was thrilled to have the woman away from her. She was tired of the pity, of everyone assuming that she was lonely waiting for some handsome wizard to sweep her off of her feet. So she sat in the back and watched everyone.

That's when Charlie Weasley came. "Care to dance," he asked her. She smiled and was taken a bit aback she was close to all the Weasley's' but her and Charlie were never close. "Did your Mum put you up to this," Hermione asked as she stood and took his hand.

He smiled and walked her to the dance floor and wrapped his hand around her waist and pulled her a bit closer than she was comfortable with. "No, she didn't. I was just sitting with some of my mates from when I was in school and they were asking about the gorgeous girl in the corner and taking bets to see which one was going to be able to get her home to shag."

"Oh really, would you care to point them out to me?" Hermione was looking around the room but couldn't help but he a little flattered. Almost everyone thought this would be her wedding, and she was to "the girl next door" to openly talk about shagging her. She laughed at the thoughts.

"Oh no worries about them, I stepped in and told them they didn't have a chance." Charlie was now whispering in her ear, and he could feel her heart beating being so close to him.

"Why didn't they have a chance? You never know, and last I heard I was the golden girl. I am more than capable for speaking for myself."

Charlie laughed. "Oh I am very aware you are capable for speaking for yourself. The reason that those blokes didn't have a chance…" Her heart was beating, why was it beating so fast?

Charlie leaned down and spoke directly in her ear, "the reason they don't have a chance love, is because you are already coming home with me." He stood up straight again, a foot taller than her and continued to dance like nothing had happened.

Hermione was glad he was such a good lead because she was lost. She didn't see that one coming? Did he just call her love? Was he joking with her trying to see how red she could blush, because if that was the case he was getting his money worth she didn't need to look at her reflection to know she was scarlet red? Finally as the song was ending she got the nerve to ask, "I am, am I?"

The song ended and everyone clapped for the band. They announced that the happy couple was going to have one last dance and then they were going to send them off for their honey moon. Everyone was getting off the floor and standing to watch their last dance.

Charlie was standing behind her, clapped when his younger brother picked up his new wife and spun her around. They looked so happy; everyone's eyes were on them. Charlie bent down, "Oh yes love, we are going to send off my little brother tell everyone good bye and then you are going to go catch my portkey with me and I am going to ravish you all night, and if I have enough energy maybe into the morning as well." He had his arms around her waist clutching her tight to him, she could see his hands moving to grab her breast and the other slip in between her legs and grab her. He knew no one was watching them, and he was completely taking advantage of it.

She didn't know it until she felt his hands pull away from her, and stand back a bit more that the song was over. That the crowd was moving to outside the big tent wishing to say goodbye and congratulations to the happy couple once more before they left for their two week honey moon.

Charlie walked off as his dad was calling for him, before he got too far he stopped turned and winked at her. Ginny had spotted her from across the tent and came running up to her then looking quite red herself. "Hermione, I need a mega favor. I need you to tell mum and dad that I am coming home with you and spending the night. Harry asked me to come to his place, now that Ron won't be living there anymore and we, well you know. Are you okay?"

Hermione was still in shock, and then managed to smile and look up at her best girlfriend. "I am fine Ginny, I was just thinking. Of course I will tell your mum you are staying with me tonight. Go have fun with Harry and we can have brunch tomorrow and you can tell me all about it."

Ginny smiled and hugged her best friend. "Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm going to go tell Harry; he's going to be so excited. He said that you wouldn't like the idea of lying to mum and dad. We can have a late brunch at the café we like down the street from you flat? I am sure I am going to need to sleep in a bit. Oh come on, Mum is just over there hugging Ron for the millionth time." She tugged on Hermione's hand and dragged her off to where everyone gathered.

Ginny went to give Ron a kiss on the cheek, and a hug to her new sister. "Love you both have fun!" Ron then came up to her, giving her a tight hug. "I am going to miss you Hermione. It's going to be weird not seeing you all the time. I love you." He kissed her cheek, and let go of his hug. "I love you too and I am so happy for you Ron truly. I hope you and Lavender have a wonderful honey moon, enjoy yourself. She turned to Lavender, "Have fun Hun, keep him in line and don't forget that spell I taught you if you don't want to start having Weasley's already." Lavender laughed and hugged her new friend, "I am so happy we could finally be friends. Thank you for all your help, I wouldn't be here marrying the man of my dreams without you, and I have it memorized. No Weasley's on my end for a few months at least." The hug broke off and the happy couple said a loud thank you and goodbye to everyone and Ron picked up his new bride and with a loud crack they were gone.

The crowd began to disperse and the waiters began to clean off the tables and take down the large tent. Hermione made her way up to Mrs. Weasley who was sitting next to her husband crying happy tears for her son. "Oh Hermione dear, I know this must be so hard for you. You know we love you so much and you are still our family. You will find someone soon." That was it, that was the final straw she knew what she was going to do.

"Oh I am sure I will find someone sooner or later. I was just coming to tell you how beautiful it all was and tell you Ginny was going to be spending the night with me. We have lots to catch up on, and I don't want to be by myself tonight." She added that last part when she saw Mrs. Weasley looking doubtful and now she gave her that pity look that everyone had given her tonight.

"Of course you don't want to be by yourself tonight dear. You poor thing. You two have fun; we are having dinner here tomorrow if you want to come." Hermione smiled and said thanks, she found Ginny and told her their plan was a go and to have a fun night. Harry gave her a hug and said thanks, and hoped she had a goodnight too and they left.

Looking around not wanting to stay much longer since Ginny was already and gone and she was supposed to be with her. She found him leaning against a tree on the out skirts of the lights. He was staring at her with lust in his eyes. She met his heated gazed and made her way over to him.

He smiled and held her hand, "Just in time love, the portkey leaves in one minute. It's just around the corner." As they made her way around the corner he turned around and picked her up wrapping her legs around him he pinned her up against a tree and began kissing down her neck. "Merlin, you aren't going to be able to walk when I am done with you tonight." He let her down and grabbed her hand and a broken watch that was hanging from the tree she was just pinned against and with a pull around her navel they were gone. She landed on his lap in the middle of a clearing. Pulling her to her feet he led them to his cabin on the dragon reserve where he lived.

What on Earth was she thinking?!