Chapter 1: Summer questions
It was the summer after the Battle of Hogwarts and Harry was spending it at the Burrow with the Weasleys and Hermione, who was just back from Australia from getting her parents back to England and re-establishing their real memories, trip that she had made only with Ron, it had been at least six week since Fred´s funeral and everything was getting back to normal, George even sent them owls, and in his letters he even joked, but anyway everyone in the house missed the "F" twin.
That was a warm morning and they had just finished the delicious breakfast that Mrs. Weasley had prepared, they were taking some coffee when Hermione spoke.
"I was thinking about the trip Ron and I took to Australia, and I just remembered we forgot to tell you something very funny"
Harry was astonished, he and all the rest of the family thought that the story was long, and complete, but if there was more he sure wanted to listen at it.
"Yes,"-said Hermione smiling "I just realized we missed something in our story"- Ron smiled at the memory of something that just he and Hermione knew; Hermione ignored him and started the story.
"We were walking down a street and we saw a muggle grocery store and the person who ran it that was an old man, we gave it no importance, but when we turned around the man had got a wand out of his pocket, and when he saw us looking at him he hid it. We approached and we told him that we were also wizards and he believed us, suddenly a lady got into the grocery store and we hid for a precaution; after a while the lady started shouting ` It is humiliating that you don´t let me use magic Leshouk, humiliating´, then after more less two minutes of shouting we took a look and we saw Aunt Muriel!!"
"What?" –Mrs. Weasley asked laughing as everyone else- "What was Muriel doing in Australia?"
"We´re not sure,"-Said Ron with a laugh-"But she looked very, very confused"
"Well it´s not that difficult to imagine,"- said Mr. Weasley- "Knowing Muriel, everything is possible"
It was early afternoon in the same day that Hermione told the story about Aunt Muriel, and the trio and Ginny were sitting in the garden waiting for Mr. Weasley to arrive home from the Ministry of Magic, where he worked so they could dinner, suddenly Hermione said:
"I am returning to Hogwarts this year to that new grade named eighth grade, you know for the ones that didn´t actually studied last year, what about you?"
"I have to return for my seventh year" said Ginny
"I am not sure," said Ron "aren´t we kind of exempt of the NEWTS?" Harry nodded as Ron spoke.
"Yes, in fact but I still want to study my last year, and I heard that this year the Auror´s course is going to take place there" said Hermione with self-sufficiency.
Harry smiled, since fourth grade his dream had been always to be an Auror, just like Tonks, Madeye, and his parents. At the simple thought of this people, people that he loved he felt his eyes burning. It was also Ron´s dream so it didn´t surprised him that his fiend answered:
"Then I don´t have any doubt anymore, I am going" Harry nodded and said:
"Sure we will." And then, he turned to kiss Ginny.
AN: while you go through this chapter you´ll maybe wanna listen I Loved Her First by Heartland.
Mr. Weasley arrived a few minutes after that, and they all got inside the house to dinner. After having a delicious dinner in which Harry ate double of each dish, Mr. Weasley told a story, and then announced that he was going to feed the hens, but Harry knew where he was going, he was going to the henhouse; there he had Sirius old motorcycle hidden so his wife wouldn´t see it.
He gathered all the courage that he had and announced that he was going for a walk, when Ginny attempted to stand up he kissed her in the lips and told her in low voice, "I´ll come back in a few minutes."
He headed to the hen house and heard Mr. Weasley humming a song that he recognized from Christmas a couple of years before, from a radio program with a witch named Celestina Warbeck who was the favourite singer of Mrs. Weasley, he knocked on the hen house door and said
"It´s me, Harry"- he thought that maybe Mr. Weasley would think he was his wife so it was better to take make things clear from the start.
"Oh, it's you Harry, come in, I thought it was Molly who came" – Mr. Weasley looked relieved-"What can I do for you?"-He said in a calm voice
"Hummm… I was wondering if I could have a word with you"-suddenly Harry realized that he hadn´t prepared nothing to say in that moment, but fortunately he had a lot of time-
"Oh, sure, but I think its better outside" Mr. Weasly seemed not to have any idea of what he wanted to tell him-
"Well, you know that Ron and I are taking the Auror courses in Hogwarts, and then if we get good results we will work in the Ministry as Aurors of course," why was he mentioning all that, "Hummm… and hum I think that hum well Ginny and I have been dating and hum well my point is that hum"
"You want to marry my daughter" for a second Harry thought he was going to say no immediately but Mr. Weasley kept silence
"Hum yeah that´s it, but well I´m not sure how to ask you permission Sir." Harry thought that he was looking very stupid "You know, my uncle and my aunt they would have never thought that I would need to ask for the hand of anyone"
"Her hand?!?!" Arthur Weasley looked surprised
"I mean to marry her Sir" Harry suddenly remembered that Mr. Weasley called pheletone to the telephone.
"Hmmm…"Mr. Weasley
"I love her more than anything sir" Harry said he just had the terrible thought that as Ginny was his only daughter he wouldn´t want her to mary yet.
"I know," the glimpse in his eyes was hard to figure out, "she means the world for me, so be careful when you hold my girl ,"he looked like he was serious about what he was saying, "I´m not going to stand in your way, but as much as you love her I loved her first"
Harry was a bit puzzled,was it a yes or a no?? "I don´t get it sir"
"Look I prayed that she´d find you someday, but it´s hard to give her away, when you see a little miracle smiling at you, maybe you´ll understand how I feel"
"Is it a yes sir?"
"Oh, yes you have my contentment Harry, but I think you would like not to tell Molly anything until you leave to Hogwarts"
"Thank you sir, thank you very much" Harry felt like jumping of joy but he contained himself as he wanted it to be surprise for Ginny
"Just one thing Harry…"
"What´s it Sir?"
"Please plan the wedding after Ginny finishes school"
"Oh, yes Sir, I was thinking to ask her in Christmas vacation and the planning will take at least six months I guess…"
"Alright Harry, I know you will make my daughter very happy"
A.N: As you can see, some quotes from Mr. Weasley are taken from the song I mentioned previously.