Distracted

Hermione was spending Easter Holidays at the Burrow along with her parents. She didn't want to spend Easter away from them, not now that things seemed to be getting back to normal, but she didn't want to spend Easter away from Ron either, so she was ecstatic (and more than a little surprised if she was honest with herself) when her parents agreed with her suggestion to spend Easter at the Burrow.

Currently she was cuddled up on the sofa revising for her N.E.W.T.s. Arthur and Molly had taken her parents to Diagon Alley to show them around and would be back in the evening, Harry and Ginny had gone out for a walk, George was at the shop, and Ron was taking a shower.

She was so engrossed in her studying that she didn't hear Ron entering the room, creeping behind her and grabbing the book out of her hands.

"Ron! Firstly, don't do that! You nearly gave me a heart-attack! And secondly, give me my book back!"

"I think you've done enough studying for today Hermione."

She stood and marched over to him. "Give me my book back."

"No." he replied with a grin.

"Ron." she said warningly.

"Hermione." he repeated in a teasing tone.

She punched him lightly on the arm and reached for her book.

With a laugh (and still holding the book out of her reach), Ron placed his hand firmly onto her back and pulled her close to him.

"Give it back." she repeated but instead of an answer, he just planted a kiss on her cheek.

"That's not fair." She protested.

"What's not fair?" he whispered into her ear, placing another kiss just below her earlobe.

"Taking advantage of how attracted I am to you in order to distract me."

"Is it working?" he said, inches from her mouth.

"Yes." she replied, and closed the distance between them.

Ron dropped the book to the floor and brought both his hands to rest on her cheeks, while deepening the kiss. "Good." he replied when the broke apart, his hands dropping to her waist.

She smiled. "That was really nice, but I really have to study though."

He sighed in reply. "It's just that with a house full of people we hardly had any time alone, that's all. In a couple of days you'll be going back to Hogwarts and I won't get to see you for another two months and today we're finally alone and…never mind, I know you have to study, so I'll leave you to it." He released her and kneeled down to pick up her book. "Here you go." he said, handing the book back to her as he straightened up. "I'll be up in my room, yeah?" he said, and started climbing the stairs to him room.

Hermione sat back down, feeling guilty. Everything that Ron had said was true. Today they were finally alone, and what had she done? She chose studying over her boyfriend, the very same boyfriend who had been understanding and supportive when she chose to go back to Hogwarts to finish her education properly.

That simply wouldn't do. She stood, and climbed the stairs to Ginny's room. She threw her book on her bed and then climbed the rest of the stairs up to Ron's room.

The door was halfway open. She poked her head inside. "May I come in?"

"Do you really have to ask?" he replied, standing up and crossing the room to her.

She entered the room, closing the room behind her and placing a locking spell on it.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"Making the most of our alone time." She replied, looping her arms around his neck.

"Wicked." Ron replied, as his hands came to rest on her hips.

"So?" she challenged. "Are you going to do anything about it?"

The last thing Hermione saw, before her eyes closed on their own accord, was his smile, moments before he captured her lips with his own.