Wands, Wishes, and Weasleys

Chapter 2: Unfinished Dinner

Harry POV:

Ron and Hermione emerged from the kitchen carrying delicious-smelling food out as everyone filed into their chairs around the table outside. The setting was perfect, tasty food, beautiful sunset. This would be easy! Right? Soup, salad, and biscuits for dessert! What could go wrong?

A while later, the food on the table was almost all gone, so Ron took this as his chance. Many different conversations were going on at once but then Ron stood up clinking his glass, and the whole table became silent.

"Hello everyone, wow, I didn't expect it to be this quiet," He gave a nervous little laugh. Hermione was sitting in the chair next to him, hiding her hands under the table. "Well, I would like to inform you all of something." Mrs. and Mr. Weasley exchanged worried looks, not knowing what to expect. "So, um, well...."

Hermione stood up and saved him, "Ronald here asked me to marry him," she said showing everyone the teaspoon, which the two of them and I were the only ones who understood this gesture, but she still continued without explaining to everyone else, "and I said yes, because even if he is an imbecile he's my imbecile now, and I will love him forever and ever." When she finished both Mrs. Weasley and Fleur were crying as Ron and Hermione sat down hand in hand.

"Well now seems like a good time for announcements!" I said getting out of my chair. "Now Angelina, remember earlier when you said 'That's because she's better than Potter' to Ginny? Well she can't be better than herself now, can she?"

Hermione was the first person to put it together, "You're getting married as well!?"

"Mhm," Ginny said and then they started squealing.

"How'd you propose?" Bill asked curiously.

"With a snitch," I replied.

"That's a really interesting method," George said, "perfect for you two weirdos." Which everyone but Mrs. Weasley laughed in response.

"We MUST start planning immediately!" Mrs. Weasley exclaimed after glaring at George for a while. "What about a double wedding!?" She was practically bursting with joy.

"Isn't that a bit extravagant?" Ron asked timidly while the girls were squealing quietly in the background.

"Well of course it's extravagant Ron! They're the last Weasley weddings of this generation, so therefore they MUST be extravagant!" Mrs. Weasley snapped.

"Ok Mum," He whispered.

"Now girls," She pointed to Fleur, Audrey, and Angelina, "You and I shall help Ginny and Hermione in every way possible, got it?"

She got a flurry of nods in response, and then she practically dragged the brides-to-be inside so they could start planning.

"So what do we do?" I asked no one in particular.

"Well you two, and your fiancees must start planning the invitation list, and some other things, and then the girls can take over the wedding," Mr. Weasley said, knowing what to do because he has already had three other weddings in his house. Just then, Mrs. Weasley came back out to drag Ron and me inside to where Ginny and Hermione were.

"Now, your four start on the invitation list, and then leave the rest to us," when she said 'us' Ron and I knew that meant the girls and Mrs. Weasley.

"Alright," Ginny said as soon as her Mum left the room. "Who should we invite?"

Hermione started making little lines in the air as she said, "Some people from Dumbledore's Army of course."

"Of course," Ginny said, and Ron and I knew we weren't really here to do anything but give our consent.