Hermione had convinced him that they were both better off going in to work today. There'd be the weekend for celebrating her birthday, and since Ron had already taken more days away from work for the wedding than he probably should have, he didn't think they'd let him have another so soon anyway.
It'd turned out to be for the best, because most of the week had come and gone and Ron still hadn't settled on a present. He was lucky he'd remembered in the first place; Hermione was the one who was good with dates and he sometimes lost track of the days of the week. And more than ever, he had a feeling that he'd get an earful from more than just his wife if he managed to forget her birthday. But he'd bought Hermione flowers before Apparating home that evening, to go along with a small bottle of perfume he'd bought earlier in the week.
Still, he arrived home a bit later than he anticipated, Apparating just outside of the Nook before he rushed indoors.
"Hermione?" he called, "I'm home! Sorry, I didn't think they'd keep me so late. The Captain's lost it, honestly. Told him it was your birthday a week and a half ago..."
The flowers still in one hand, he'd already started undoing the buttons of his shirt with the other. He still had to change before they could go anywhere and hoped Hermione knew of a spot close to the restaurant that they could Apparate to without attracting any attention.
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Date: 2014-09-17 07:58 am (UTC)It'd turned out to be for the best, because most of the week had come and gone and Ron still hadn't settled on a present. He was lucky he'd remembered in the first place; Hermione was the one who was good with dates and he sometimes lost track of the days of the week. And more than ever, he had a feeling that he'd get an earful from more than just his wife if he managed to forget her birthday. But he'd bought Hermione flowers before Apparating home that evening, to go along with a small bottle of perfume he'd bought earlier in the week.
Still, he arrived home a bit later than he anticipated, Apparating just outside of the Nook before he rushed indoors.
"Hermione?" he called, "I'm home! Sorry, I didn't think they'd keep me so late. The Captain's lost it, honestly. Told him it was your birthday a week and a half ago..."
The flowers still in one hand, he'd already started undoing the buttons of his shirt with the other. He still had to change before they could go anywhere and hoped Hermione knew of a spot close to the restaurant that they could Apparate to without attracting any attention.