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After spending the afternoon at Diagon Alley, the four new Aurors apperated back to the Burrow for Molly's special dinner.
"Ummmm!" Ron said as they approached the kitchen, "I smell onion soup cooking!"
"Smells delicious!" Hermione agreed looking over towards Harry and Ginny and noticing they were walking very close together and whispering consiratorily.
"So!" Hermione said. "What's up with you two?"
Ginny blushed as she turned to look at Harry.
"What makes you think something is up?" Harry said, innocently.
"Come on, Harry!" Ron said. "We know you too well! Somethings up, so...Out with it!"
"Sorry Ron," Harry laughed as he and Ginny headed quickly toward the door "Nothing to tell right now! I'm starving and I am going in to eat, are you?"
Ron and Hermione stood for a moment and looked at each other questioningly before they followed their two friends inside.
As usual, pandemonium reigned inside as the rest of the Weasley family surrounded them, firing questions left and right. The mystery with Harry and Ginny was quickly forgotten. Soon, the family was sitting down at the table enjoying their hot soup and freshly baked bread.
A little later, bowls were empty and they guys were leaning back in their chairs patting their rounded bellys in satisfaction.
"You outdid yourself this time, Molly!" Arthur said, smiling. "That was wonderful."
Everyone else agreed.
Molly, who was in the process of clearing the table, blushed a little. "Thank you!" she said.
Suddenly, Harry stood up and cleared his throat. Hermione and Ron quickly recalled the way Harry and Ginny were acting earlier and looked at each other. Hermione's face was lit with a huge smile as if she knew what Harry was going to say, leaving Ron stymied for a moment. But then it hit him....right before Harry made his announcement, Ron also knew what he was going to tell them and smiled widely back at his wife.
Harry cleared his throat nervously, then said. "Ginny and I have decided that we have waited long enough," Harry said. "We are going to be married."
Molly absolutely squeeled in delight.
"YOU have waited long enough!" Fred began.
"We have been waiting and wondering when you two were finally going to do what has been obvious for years!" George added.
"It's about time!" They said together.
Harry and Ginny both blushed.
"We decided to wait until we graduated," Harry said with a grin. "After all, Ron and Hermione didn't leave us much choice getting married right before we started school, did they?"
"Uh, sorry about that, mate," Ron said, in mock seriousness. "If we had known the two of you wanted to go first...well..."
"That's just too bad!" Hermione burst in, laughing as she went to give Ginny a big hug of congratulations.
Everyone was now laughing and hugging Harry and Ginny.
"Looks like we have another ceremony to prepare for," Arthur said. "Should we send an owl to Bill and Fluer so she can come help you plan, Ginny?"
Ginny shot her father a "Don't you dare!" look as she wiped the tears of laughter from her eyes.
"Let's put off telling them for a little while yet," she said with a grin. "I would like to make my own plans, thank you!"
"Have you set a date yet?" Molly asked.
Harry and Ginny looked at each other then to Ron and Hermione and smiled.
"We didn't want to rush into anything," Harry said, looking pointedly at Ron and Hermione. "We thought we'd give you longer than three days to prepare,"
He then broke down laughing so hard he had to wait several minutes before he could continue. Ron's attempt at shooting him a dark evil look had failed so miserably, everyone had burst into laughter, causing Ron to blush darkly, but he also couldn't hold back the laughter as Harry clung on to him to keep from falling to the floor.
"Hem, Hem....." Ginny made her excellent imitation of the sound of their old nemisis, Delores Umbridge.
Everyone pulled themselves together and looked at her.
"If this keeps up, we'll never make it to the alter!" she said, smiling. "No one will be able to walk down the aisle through all this laughter! Harry and I have decided to get married in two weeks at the gazebo on the Hogwart's grounds by the lake. It is there that we finally realized how much we really loved each other. We have already spoken to Minerva McGonagall, and she has kindly granted us permission."
The room filled with cheers. It had been almost four years since the four friends had been back to the castle that had meant so much to them.
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Keeper of Hermione's Wand and Ronald's Pride 
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