'Blimey, I'm in heaven!' I thought as I stared down at the mountain of food in front of me. I reach down and grab a chicken leg, open my mouth ready to taste its deliciousness…
"RON!"
Huh? What was that? … Never mind, back to that chicken leg. Where's it gone? The food is disappearing before my eyes and suddenly I'm in bed with my eyes half open.
"Ronald, get up breakfast is ready and Ginny has an announcement!"
"Huh?"
When I finally wake up properly, I see a mass of brown hair disappear through my doorway. Sighing, I get up, grab my clothes and head into the bathroom to take a shower. I wipe the sleep off my eyes, thinking of what Ginny's going to tell us…she better not be pregnant! She's way too young and does it have to be with my best friend? Her and Harry are moving way too fast I mean…they live together for Merlins sake! Hermione and I still are stuck in my room at The Burrow, its ok and all...but we never get 2 minutes on our own and it's starting to get annoying.
I slowly make my way downstairs, hearing the loud chatter from all my family, must be important if everyone's here. I hear Hermione angrily apologizing for my lateness.
"Honestly! You'd think that 8 hours sleep would be enough, but no not for Ron, He'd sleep 24/7 if he found a way!"
I sneak up behind her and place my arms around her while murmuring in her ear
"And where would I find the time to eat food and snog you?"
She turns quickly in my arms and gives me a look that could kill, walked to the table muttering something like 'About time' 'So inappropriate'.
I just shrug and sit down next to Harry at the table, he was looking nervous and elated at the same time. I looked at him, bemused at his contradicting emotions and asked,
"You alright mate? Look a bit…pale"
He turned to me with slightly widened eyes, as if he just noticed I was here.
"Oh…Hello…I'm, I'm fine just tired…yeah" He forced a yawn and quickly turned away from me 'okay…' I murmured and then faced the table to see a plate loaded up with bacon, eggs…just everything I've been dreaming of…literally. I was just about to dig in when Ginny rose from her seat and clinked her fork to her glass. When everybody carried on what they were doing, she ditched the glass and used her voice.
"HEY!"
Everybody silenced at once, all eyes were on Ginny. She retracted slightly, surprised by the many pairs of eyes on her. I turned my gaze to Harry, who was becoming redder by the second. I have a bad feeling about this.
"We're engaged! We're getting married!"
I don't know who said it, but somebody certainly did say it. An eruption of 'Congratulations' and 'I knew it' 's filled the room. I felt someone nudge my arm rather forcibly. "Oi! What was that for" I look up to see that my attacker was Hermione, and she was looking at me as if I should do something. I was about to say 'What?' when I realized I am the only one in the room who hasn't said anything to the newly engaged couple. It is suddenly very silent in the usually noisy house. I clear my throat awkwardly.
"Erm yeah…congratulations" I said with a small smile. As soon as I said that, my family immediately returns to congratulating.
After a few hours, my brothers and their wives leave The Burrow for work or to pick up the kids. I'm the last Weasley child still living at home, surprise, surprise. I like to think that I'm staying for Mum. She hates the emptiness of the house since the rest of my brothers and sister gone, especially with Fred…It has been just over a year since the war, and it still hurts to think about him, but I'm getting better, we all are.
Mum insisted that Harry and Ginny stay the night to 'discuss wedding plans', sounds like tons of fun. It's not that I'm not happy for them it's just…I really don't know. Something makes me jealous that they are living together and now engaged, I don't know why, it just does. I sat there, thoroughly bored, as my Mum, sister and girlfriend 'ooo' and 'ah' at things in one of the many books my Mum found in the attic. Harry was just taking it all in, nodding when he was being spoken to, obviously not knowing what he was agreeing to. I announce that I'm going to sleep, nobody really noticing, and head upstairs.
I just about pulled my pj pants on when Hermione came in.
"What was wrong with you today?" She asked, already dressed in her nightwear and climbing into bed.
"Nothing" I muttered looking away.
"Ron. I know that you are lying" I looked at her and she had this look on her face that said 'you will tell me or else'. I climb into bed.
"It's nothing, really... ("Ronald.") It's just that…Harry and Ginny are moving so fast…and, and we haven't really taken any big steps in our relationship, and soon you'll realize that it's going nowhere and go off with someone who deserves you"
*Whack* "Ouch!"
"Don't you ever say that! You need to get this idea of me leaving you for someone 'better' out of your head. You do deserve me, understand? And we have taken big steps in our relationship. Even before we were official! We have been through a lot with each other, and we are still together after it all. Don't feel pressured into doing anything you're not ready for, just because Harry and Ginny have taken those steps, doesn't mean we have to yet."
I kissed her, what else could I have done? What do you say back to that?
Just when the kiss was heating up, someone burst through the door.
"Anybody heard of knocking?" I yelled at the intruder, which was Ginny. This was the problem at living at your parents' house. Not a moment free where I can snog my girlfriend.
"Well hello to you too my dear brother" She retorted back sarcastically. "I was just wondering if you two want to go Diagon Ally tomorrow to look at some wedding stuff"
"And this couldn't wait till the morning?"
"Nope" and she left the room.
