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This is an ARC from Ron's Fail Safe to Charm A Witch, chapter three expanded. Please R&R. )BTW-Valkyriexx and I kept putting punctuation in, but it kept disappearing! So apologies for missing full stops and speech marks if you spot any!) This is a four chaptered story. Enjoy!

The summer was rolling along after the war and life was attempting to get back to some form of normality. Ginny and Harry were still at the Burrow, even though Harry had talked about moving to Grimmauld Place. And Ron and Hermione had returned from finding Hermione's parents in Australia, but today they were all attending St Mungos. The golden trio were there for checkups and Ginny had gone with them. She and Harry were becoming pretty much inseparable as the summer went on as had Ron and Hermione. St Mungos had called Ron, Harry and Hermione for checkups as they had been gone for so long and had been subjected to so many curses that they were not sure if there would be any delayed reaction.
They had been gone a while and Molly had been expecting them home any moment.

Arthur came strolling in from his shed where Molly knew he had some muggle contraption hidden from her view. "They're not back yet?" he asked.

"No" Molly replied "But I should think they won't be much longer"

As she spoke she heard a familiar crack from the garden and Ginny appeared in the doorway.
"Hey Mum" She looked rather warn and tired. Harry followed soon after with a fixed expression on his face. Molly looked at their faces trying to figure out what had happened, but couldn't.

"Ginny?" She asked.

"It's OK Mum. It's nothing bad. Well, it is bad. But it's not life threatening bad."

"What's happened"

"Hermione got some bad news. It's all linked to the curses Bellatrix hit her with."

"Oh no!" If Molly had been honest with herself she had worried since hearing about Hermione's torture that she would be effected long term.

"Yeah, she's really shaken"

"Where is she?"

"She's outside with Ron" Molly headed to the door "Mum" Ginny called after her "She may not want to talk to you right now."

"I don't expect her to talk to me Ginny, but her mother is on the other side of the world and she's living under my house and I need to let her know I am here if she needs me." As she reached the door, Ron was leading Hermione in. She backed up as he led her to the kitchen table and sat her down.

"Hermione? Would you like a drink? A cup of tea?" Molly asked quietly.

"Yes please Mum" Ron answered for her. "I think she needs something hot and sweet." As he said this Hermione laid her head on his chest. She looked pale and on the point of crying. Molly busied herself making tea. Ginny and Harry stood to one side, their arms round each other staring at the young couple in front of them. Ron just held Hermione close, but her tears refused to fall.

"Hermione?" Molly asked tentatively as she pushed the tea towards her "What's happened?"

Hermione just shook her head and looked down at her hands. Molly looked at Ron quizzically.

"It's that curse Mum. Bloody Hell! If Bellatrix wasn't dead already I would be hunting her down and ..."

"Ron" Hermione whispered "It's done. There's nothing you can do about it... Nothing I can do about it" She sobbed and the tears began to flow.

"OK, now you are really scaring me!" Molly said "Someone please tell me what's happened?"
Ron put his hand over Hermione's that was lying on the table and she looked up at him, meeting his eyes. She looked at him for a moment before nodding and then looking down again.

Ron looked up Molly. "That curse Mum. Well, it's left some long term damage. The Healers are thinking that it might be permanent." He sighed and pulled Hermione close to her before kissing the top of her head. Molly looked at the young woman before her. What damage had it done? Molly sank down into a chair close to the couple and placed her hand over their two laying on the table.

Hermione looked up at Molly, controlling the tears for just a moment.

"I'm 19 in a few weeks and becoming a Mum, well, it's not something I had planned on doing any time soon but..."

The words left hanging in the air, but everyone knew what Hermione was going to say. It looked like the curse Hermione had been hit with may have taken away her opportunity to become pregnant, of becoming a Mum. Molly looked like her heart had broken right there and then as Arthur looked on stunned.

"Oh Hermione!" Molly cried out. Hermione began to cry some more.

"It's silly of me! It's not like I wanted a child any time soon"

"I know, sweetheart, but it must still be such a shock!" The tears really began to fall now.

"Oh God!" Hermione almost wailed "What has she done to me?" Ron passed her a not so clean handkerchief and pulled her closer and let her cry. He then gently placed his hand under her chin and lifted her face towards him.

"Hey" he said gently looking into her eyes. "It's going to be OK. You said it yourself; the Healers and Muggle Healers are coming up with new ways of helping people have babies all the time. We've got plenty of time. You're going back to finish your NEWTs and I've got to get through Auror training first. And then we need to find a place and have the most beautiful wedding. The healers can keep an eye on you and they will let you know of any changes. And then we can sit down and talk all our options through." Everyone, including Hermione in the kitchen was staring intently at Ron. He didn't seem to realise what a monumentous statement he was making. But he didn't seem aware that anyone else was in the room. He only had eyes for Hermione. "And you know what? There's always adoption. Although..." He said with a small little grin appearing at the side of his mouth "I've heard that there's some scrawny little gits out there in need of families, best hope we don't get a kid like that"

"Hey! Cheeky git!" Harry said smiling and gently kicking Ron's chair. Ron grinned. Hermione looked up at him with a watery gaze before pulling the hand that was held underneath Molly and Ron's and placing it round his neck and pulling him close.

Arthur laid a hand on Molly's shoulder. Harry had pulled Ginny close to him and was staring at his two friends.

"Oh Ron!" Molly said, amazed at his little speech to Hermione.

"Wow!" Ginny let out a low sigh. Ron looked up once again and was surprised to see us all looking so intently at him.

"What?" He said.

"What you just said" Ginny said looking at her brother. "That... that was ..."

"Pretty phenomenal mate!" Harry finished her sentence grinning at Ron.

Ron looked puzzled. It was like he didn't understand that he had just told us all that he had thought about getting married and having kids with Hermione. He shook his head and smiled before placing a kiss on Hermione's cheek. Her sobs had begun to slow into hiccups and she was wiping her eyes with his handkerchief.

"Well we have to be practical about these sort of things don't we?" He said. Hermione kissed Ron on the cheek before she lent in to whisper in his ear.

"Actually Ron, I think what you said was really romantic." Ron looked startled but his lopsided grin spread across his face.

"Really?" He asked her.

"Really."

"Well you know me, my emotional range has been expanding beyond a teaspoon just lately."

"Must be that book he's been reading" Ginny commented before Harry silenced her with a hasty "shhhhh!"

"What's that?" asked Hermione.

"Nothing!" Harry said giving Ginny a look and ushering her out of the room as Molly and Arthur both gave out a small laugh.

Ron still held her close to him, his arms linked round her waist.

"Hermione? " Hermione looked at Ron and he nodded towards Arthur and Molly "Sometime in the future, you'll be sat here with me telling Mum and Dad they're about to be Grandparents."

"Mmmm" Hermione smiled "I can see it. It'll be the most perfect day..."