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Note: The last story! Year 7! I will my try my hardest to tie up all the loose ends, if you feel something is missing as I go along please don't hesitate to leave it in a review. First chapter is crazy. This is will probably be the "slowest" story (and maybe not as long) because it isn't one that has already been written and just fixed up. So excited for this last journey!

The Engagement

"Are we done already?" Fred teased as I rolled to the edge of the bed. I mumbled something that even I didn't understand as I crawled back over to him and kissed him again. He had taken the day off from his non-stop work in the shop so he could help us with shopping. He also wanted to see Melinda whom none of us had seen for most the summer. After her announcement about brining Houston here she threw herself into actually making it happen. Quite honestly, I didn't think it would happen but I should've known if she was serious she would make it happen. Anything for denial I guessed.

"Is Melinda here yet?" I asked even though with both of us making out in his room for the last hour we had no real idea what was going on downstairs.

"I dunno" Fred replied as he kissed me again.

"Go check" I said as he wrapped his arms around me. If anything good had come out of the end of last semester it was that I was determined to spend as much time in the most intimate ways with Fred. Not that we had done anything crazy, but the new closeness, the new intimacy and of course the news of the possibility of dying—after being turned into a vampire—gave me a new outlook on life.

"That's okay, I'm comfortable as is" he replied as I found myself underneath him, back to the same position we had started. I had started to get up for a reason, what was it again? Oh right, I had to use the bathroom.

"Fred" I between kisses as he brushed hair off my face. "I love you" I said for at least the sixth million times this summer. Like every time I had said it before he shifted uncomfortably and lightly kissed my forehead. After learning Matt wasn't going to go away Fred—along with the rest of his family—had concluded we had very little options, they concluded I might not make it out of this alive. I reckoned that was the hardest on Fred. I stopped trying to convince him I'd be fine because I knew after all this, after all the dust settled, I didn't know if we'd all be okay, if any of us would survive. I knew we hadn't talked in depth about it but from after being with Fred for so long I didn't see him just walking away.

"You mean everything to me" he replied after a long pause.

"We should get married" I suggested as Fred raised an eyebrow at me.

"Yeah, let's get right on that" he awkwardly teased as I sat up.

"I'm serious, why not?" I asked him as he raised an eyebrow as he continued to look at me. Though, it wasn't the 'are you insane?' look, but more admiration and then he shifted a little again. I wanted to believe the thought wasn't on his mind, that he didn't think about engagements but him and George were always late coming home recently and they seemed to hide stuff from me when I knocked on their door before entering—also new—but I stopped questioning it.

"Tamms, I want to, you know I do, I just don't know if I should do anything before or after this year" he replied. I nodded in agreement. During the summer we all dove into our own research on half-vampires. Mostly how dangerous they were. Based on a lot of the information we found Matt was as dangerous as Casper the Friendly. At his age, his upbringing, his family history, his alter persona he should've been either turned vampire or killing everyone in sight. I knew no one wanted to attempt it, but we were lucky with Matt.

"I understand" I said bringing myself out of thought as I wiggled out from under him and sat on the edge of the bed again.

"But I do love you and I do want to marry you" he replied as I lightly smile and leaned over to kiss him again.

Before we got into another hour there was a knock on the door. I giggled as I pulled away, Fred groaning as he unwillingly got up to answer. "Hey Ginny" he said as Ginny peeked around him to grin at me.

"Having fun?" she teased.

"Always" I said with a wink as she pushed pass Fred to hand me a package and letter. "Thanks," I said she wiggled her eyebrows and then headed out.

"Draco?" Fred asked as he closed the door after his sister. I shrugged as I glanced over to see Fred locking the door. I didn't mind interruptions, I knew he didn't either but he only locked it to give his brothers the impression something serious was going on. I knew if he got approved for the apartment just outside Diagon Ally it would've been worse though. That was something else that was on the back burner, we wouldn't move until we were sure all this was over.

I turned the envelope over in my hand, it wasn't Draco's handwriting. "No" I said quietly as Fred's expression turned a little grim.

"Matt?" he asked as I slowly nodded and opened the envelope, pulling the letter out. "What's it say?" he asked.

"Tammie, I've never been fond of expressing myself through letter and I know having something on paper means nothing to Fred, so, please, can we met up? You, me, Fred, whoever else. Just, please, we need to stick together if we're going to pull through this." I passed the letter to Fred who quickly read it over and then started to crumble it but left it alone.

"I don't think he knows how to stop" Fred said.

"He misses us," I told him.

"He misses you, Tammie" he said coldly as he put the letter on the dresser. "What else did he send?" he asked as I remembered the package. I shrugged again and opened it, a little note attached that said Happy Birthday—which was still several days away. Inside was what looked like a pebble, but a little larger than the ones I had seen, still so plain and average.

"A pebble?" I asked as I looked back at Fred but his expression seemed to be getting sourer.

"It's a stone, a real mood stone. They cost an arm and a leg" he said bitterly as he picked it up. "Muggles have them, but they're the fake ones, basic rings, based off only body temperature and is limited to several colors. However, these ones" he paused as he squeezed the stone and then let go to just hold it in his hand. "They're real" he said as I watched the stone not only turn a dull black, but also morph into a circle. I reached over and touched the stone, it was cold, almost ice cold, and it felt kind of prickly, sharp even.

"So, you have a cold, sharp dull hatred for me?" I teased quickly catching on to how the stone worked.

"I don't hate you" he said as he moved closer to kiss me. I knew he didn't, but it still greatly worried me how much he did hate Matt.

"Well" I said as I took the stone from him, squeezing it in my own hands as I kissed Fred, his kiss giving me goosebumps. "Don't think about him" I said simply as I showed him the stone, It was now a light red, shiny, and I could've sworn it was pulsating.

"I guess you do love me" he teased as he cupped my face and kissed me again, this time leaning me against the wall as his kissing became more passionate. We were almost instantly interrupted by another knock.

"Melinda's here" George's voice said from the other side of the door.

"Finally" I said as I pulled away from Fred, unlocked the door and let George in who looked from me to his brother.

"I can't wait til we get that apartment, our own rooms" George teased, though I knew it didn't bother him that I was always shacked up with his brother. The summer seemed to be the only time George didn't hate me. This summer was especially nice because we were in agreement about almost everything that was happening and it was common knowledge that I wanted to be with Fred.

"She can wait" Fred half teased I rolled my eyes and popped the pebble on the dresser as it went back to its original plain color.

"What's that?" George asked nodding at the pebble.

"My birthday present from Matt" I said as plainly as I could. George must have been okay with it because he didn't instantly go into a fit.

"Alright, well, Melinda's outside, she has something to tell you" he said as I nodded, went pass the two and hurried downstairs, nearly bumping into Mrs. Weasley in the process. She looked torn between being happy and disappointment, though I couldn't tell why. Choosing to ignore her for the moment I went ahead outside to see Melinda happily standing a good distance from the house.

"A personal talk outside, it must be important" I teased as I went over to hug her. "Been forever" I said as she nodded in agreement, her smile nearly four times larger on her face.

"It's been crazy and busy and Houston loves it here, I'm glad I made the right decision" she said, her smile still wide. I forced myself to smile and nod in agreement, even though in the pit of my stomach I knew it wasn't the right decision and I knew she was still reeling from Fate's talk and pushing Draco away. "We finished decorating the apartment" she said as I nodded. Originally she wanted to get a house, but decided for the time being it wouldn't be wise to invest in a house, so instead her and Houston got an apartment. I hadn't seen much of her since the start of summer but it was clear she was devoted to Houston and was determined to make it work and make both of them happy and keep him safe.

"Being busy is good" I said as she nodded, bouncing a little on her feet. "Alright, c'mon, out with it, what's up?" I asked jokingly as she continued smiling but tried to shake her head.

"I have something to tell you…" she said slowly as she held her hands behind her back. I gave her a weird smile feeling hesitant about the news.

"If you're Head Girl, congratulations!" I said but she only laughed extra loudly which only made me raise an eyebrow questionably.

"No…" she said taking a deep breath in. "I'm, well, I'm engaged!" she said with a little jump as she showed me her left hand, more specifically, the ring finger on her left hand which was fashioned with a shiny diamond studded engagement ring.