Where the Wild Things Are

Chapter 10

Hermione and Charlie arrived at the front door of the Burrow. Charlie had an arm snaked around her as they walked in and the room stared for just a moment. Arthur had a look of confusion, George was covering his mouth in shock and elation, Harry and Ginny were glancing at each other, and of course, Ron was gaping as he sat next to his pregnant fiance, Vicky Frobisher...

"Hello, family," Charlie declared and it seemed to have woken everyone out of a stupor.

Molly stuck her head from the kitchen and screeched with joy, "Charles! Oh, I am so happy to see you!" She cried and Charlie kissed Hermione's cheek before walking over to his mother. "Come in and tell me about work!" She exclaimed and led him into the kitchen.

"So that is new!" George shouted and skipped over to Hermione, "when were you going to tell me that you were shagging my older brother?"

"Well, I was going to wait until after dinner, but you are too quick for me, George," she told him with a smirk and he gasped.

"Did you trade tongues with him too? Oh, Hermione please tell me you are going to marry him and have little dragons." He teased and she huffed.

"Not likely, George," she replied and went over to Ginny and Harry.

She kissed their cheeks, "Mione, we have missed you," Ginny told her and Hermione smiled and sat down.

"That is new, isn't it?" Vicky inquired her and Hermione smiled and nodded.

Hermione did not mind Vicky. She was smart and wasn't sure what she saw in her ex-boyfriend. Vicky and Ron were seeing each other prior to their breakup, but Hermione would never break the girl's heart over it. She did not mind her company and Ron was all the better for it.

"It is but it isn't. We aren't putting anything on it," Hermione said evasively.

Arthur sighed heavily, "Hermione, you realize mum is going to be very twitchy about that."

"You did what! You could have died!" Molly screamed and Hermione covered her face.

Arthur jumped and Hermione waved him off, "he had a run in with a Hungarian Horntail and broke quite a few bones."

Arthur paled but Harry chuckled. "why don't you tell him what you did?"

Ginny gasped and clapped, "please? I wanted to hear this."

George came around and wiggled his eyebrows, "nursed him back to health."

"Don't be crude, I will tell you. I saved one of his partners by flying us back to the camp on a dragon and then asked that very dragon to go get Charlie because we could not." Hermione declared and Ginny giggled.

"She told a dragon to go get my brother, the Dragon Keeper, and it listened!" Ginny was in a fit of giggles and Arthur gaped.

"You- wait- huh?" Ron was stumped and Vicky frowned.

"Dragons don't have a habit of letting people fly on them do they?" she asked Hermione who shook her head.

"I met this dragon, he was very nice and charmed by Hermione," Harry muttered and Hermione grinned.

"Hermione Granger! what is this about you having children before you are even seeing each other?" Molly stomped out and Charlie was chuckling and following her.

"Mum, it was a joke!" He declared and Molly flicked her wand at him.

Hermione snorted, "Charlie..." She trailed off and he grinned brightly.

"It was just a funny joke... well, now it is. I was serious about it when I asked." Charlie muttered and Molly growled.

"Charles Weasley! That is absolutely awful of you! You cannot skip steps in a relationship just because you decided on a whim to do so!" Molly snapped and Charlie shrugged his shoulders with a smirk.