"Nope
Hermione, I'm not going"
"Why on earth not?"
"Because
your parents are as boring as hell"
"They're not boring Ron
it's just that they sometimes lack interesting things to talk
about"
Ron snorted "Oh really, tell me this Hermione,
what non-boring person would think that their idea of interesting is
discussing teeth"
"Well, they are both dentist, I mean what do
expect?"
"But Hermione, sweetie, it's every time we see
them, I swear last the time I seriously felt like jumping out the
bathroom window"
"Oh, don't be so ridiculous Ron, it wasn't
that bad"
"I'm not being ridiculous, I'm just saying I'd
rather face you-know-who again than have dinner with your
parents"
Hermione gave Ron a look that was so Mrs Weasly-ish, he
recoiled back ever so slightly.
"I hate to have this argument
with you every time my parents invite us over to dinner. You're
going Mr Ronald Weasley, whether you like it not"
"You want me
to die of boredom, don't you?" Ron asked. Hermione rolled her
eyes at him.
"Ron, there's no such thing as dying of boredom"
She said
"Yes there is. My uncle James died from it" Ron
said
"Ron just grow up" Hermione snapped "Like I said before
your going and that's final, or else"
"Or else what?" Ron
challenged
"Or else you'll be sleeping on the couch-"
Hermione threatened
"Fine I'll sleep on the couch then" Ron
cut in
"-and I'll never have sex with you again" Hermione
Finished
Ron stared at his wife incredulously; she had never ever
before used what Ron like to call the 'Sex card'.
Apparently Ginny used it on Harry all the time. He and Harry would
always discuss this while out on their traditional boys night out
with him and the twins Fred and George, and according to Harry
it always worked. Ron personally found the idea of his younger sister
withholding sex from his best friend hilarious, but now as it was
happening to himself he didn't find it quite as funny.
Ron
faltered for an answer.
"Fine! I'll go!" He exasperatedly
said
"Brilliant" Smiled Hermione "They expect us there at
7.00pm"
"Fine, but if at the end of the evening I'm on the
floor dead, then on your head be it"
"Honestly Ron I don't
see while you're moaning" said Hermione rolling her eyes "I
never complain when your parents invite us round for
dinner"
"Because Hermione" Answered Ron "My parents, being
witches and wizards are million times more interesting and fun than
your parents who are just mu-"
Hermione silenced him with a
look.
"Just because my parents are muggles doesn't mean that
they're boring" Said Hermione her anger beginning to flare up "So
if you don't mind, Ronald, I would prefer it if you kept you
bigoted and negative stereotypical views to yourself!"
"Sorry
'Mione" Ron said meekly "I didn't mean it"
"You better
have not. Now, pick which shirt you want to wear this evening" She
said holding up two shirts "The white one or the blue one?"
Ron looked at both
of the shirts with a look of disdain etched on his face.
"The
white one is itchy and the blue one makes me look camp" Ron said
displeased, Hermione gave him another stern look.
"I mean I'll
wear the blue one"
"Good choice" she
smiled
It was
6.59pm and Ron and Hermione had just apparated in front the Granger's
household with a minute to spare. All afternoon Ron had been
suffering, firstly with the knowledge that he had practically lost
his Friday evening due to the fact the fact that his bushy-haired,
brown eyed wife had managed to persuade, no, blackmail him
into having dinner at her parents house and secondly he had had to
endure 3 hours of wife trying on and taking off hundreds of dresses,
and constantly asking him it whether it made her look fat and whether
he thought it matched her shoes.
Ron honestly didn't care
whether the dress his wife wore made her look fat or thin because to
him she always looked beautiful and gorgeous in whatever she was
wearing. His personal preference was in fact when she wore nothing,
but he wasn't going to tell her that then.
However at this
moment, Ron, who, ever since agreeing to have dinner at the Granger's
house had been in permanent strop, and had on what Hermione called
his "moping" face.
"Ron stop moping!"
"I am not
moping!"
"Then why is your face like that"
"Like
what?"
"Like that!"
"There's nothing wrong with my
face, I always look like this"
Hermione rolled her eyes
and said "Just smile"
Ron tried to put on a convincing smile,
which ended up looking like an extremely painful grimace
"Err,
actually Ron, don't smile"
Ron frowned at his wife, "Hermione,
just ring the bell" he said flatly
"Not with you looking like
that" she replied
"Like what?!"
"Like that"
"What
do you mean like that?"
"You look incredibly annoyed"
"Oh
no Hermione" Ron said sarcastically "I'm perfectly happy
spending my Friday evening, talking about fillings and dental floss.
What could have possibly given you the idea that I wasn't
happy?"
Hermione ignored his last comment and rung the bell of
her parent's house.
The silhouette of Mrs. Granger's body
enlarged as she came closer to the frosted glass door. She opened the
door and greeted Ron and Hermione with a large smile.
"Hermione,
Ron, darlings, how have you been? We haven't seen you in ages"
Said Mrs. Granger giving her daughter and son-in-law a warm hug each.
"We've been fine mum" Answered Hermione
"Yeah we've
been fine Mrs Granger, just busy with work and all" answered
Ron
"Now Ron, how many times have I told you not to call me Mrs
Granger? Call me Doreen please" said Mrs Granger
"Ok Doreen"
Said Ron in a slightly mocking tone which Mrs Granger didn't appear
to notice but Hermione did and she retaliated by shooting Ron with an
evil glare.
"Come in you two, it's absolutely freezing out
here, dinner is almost ready, Rob is in the sitting room he can
entertain you two with some more of his stories, I know you like
those, don't you Ron?"
"Err, Yeah, I love them,
they're so interesting aren't they Hermione?" Ron said
sarcastically which again went unnoticed by Mrs Granger but not by
Hermione.
"Yes, Ronald, they are" Said Hermione through
gritted teeth.
"Good, you two go ahead into the sitting room relax and do make yourself feel at home, I'll bring in some drinks".
"Ok" Said
Hermione
She and Ron then made their way into the sitting room,
where they were greeted by a tired looking but cheerful Mr
Granger.
"Ron" He said sitting down in his favorite armchair
next to the fireplace "Did I ever tell you the story of when I had
to replace this poor fellows filling only for his tooth to fall out
two days later"?
"I don't believe you have Mr Granger" Ron
sighed trying to sound interested but knowing what was about to come
next.
"Well, Ron, I must say it is a gripping story, this chap" Mr Granger began "his name was Jeremy, a jolly nice chap he was, had the cleanest, strongest teeth…"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
It
had been two hours, two precious hours of Ron's life he would never
get back. They were all sat in the dining room, round the dinner
table, eating the some-what delicious dinner Mrs. Granger had
prepared of roast beef and Yorkshire pudding.
"...and I told
him" Mr Granger continued "If he wanted me to check his teeth he
would have to brush them on a regular basis. The last time that man
opened his mouth, I nearly passed out from the smell; honestly, you'd
think that man had never heard of a toothbrush"
Never again,
never bloody again Ron thought repeatedly to himself.
You see
for the past two hours poor Ron had been stuck listening to these
endless dental tales from his dear mother and father-in-law.
"May
I please be excused, I need to use the bathroom" Ron asked politely
"And jump out the window" he muttered in an undertone, so only
Hermione could hear him.
She rolled her eyes at him, but said
nothing.
"Of course you can Ron darling, remember third door on
the left" Said Mrs Granger
"Thank you" Ron replied and
hastily made his way out the room, knowing at least if he could get a
quick five minute break from these two people it would slightly help
him resist the urge to stick a fork in his arm, just to check if he
was still alive.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Hermione
Jean Granger, if you ever make me have to go through anything like
that again, I think I may kill myself" Ron said as soon as they
arrived home after dinner.
"Ron, calm down it wasn't that bad"
Hermione reasoned
"Wasn't that bad!? I have never seen
teeth as white as those, they were immaculate" Ron said
mimicking Mr Granger "Hermione, were you in the same room as I was?
That was torture; you so owe me for that"
"Oh? I owe
you?"
"Yeah you do actually and I think I know what you can do
to repay me" Said Ron smiling suggestively, slipping his toned,
freckled arms around his wife
"Oh really" Hermione Smiled
"Yes
really" Whispered Ron into her ear
"Isn't it quite
late?"
"It's never late to do this" He grinned
"Can
it not wait until tomorrow? I'm extremely tired" Hermione
Yawned
"No, it can't" said Ron letting go of his wife
and looking at her, with the most adorable puppy dog expression her
could muster.
"Fine, we'll do it, but only a quick one. I just
don't see why you like it so much" Hermione
"Because
Hermione" Ron explained "The murderer, weapon and the scene of
the crime are always different from the last one, which always makes
it fun to play each time round" .He bent over to retrieve the
'Cluedo' box from under the sofa and held it up. "This is
extremely fun for a muggle game. Who do you want to be?"
"Miss
Scarlett, I suppose" Hermione sighed, settling down on the
floor
"Great, I'm Reverend Green, Let me set everything up"
Ron said grinning goofily, almost childlike.
Why on earth did
I ever buy this game? Hermione thought to herself miserably, she
knew from the over excited look in Ron's eyes that it was going to
be an extremely long night.
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