"Hermione, darling, how are you?" Aunt Linda said as she hugged her niece. Aunt Linda had two kids, one of them happened to be Decan and the other a girl attending college in America.
"Hi Aunt Linda." Hermione said hugging her back.
"Now that handsome young man doesn't happen to be yours does he?" She asked a twinkle in her eye.
Hermione blushed a bit. "Yes, actually he does." Hermione smiled.
"Good catch sweetheart." She winked then moved to greet her sister. "Now who are you?" She asked when she saw Ollie standing beside her sister.
Everyone came in at last. They were all somehow squeezed into the living room. Thank goodness it was just big enough.
"Now everybody please sit. I have news to tell you." Mrs. Granger said excited as she gestured to the furniture.
Many took seats and looked curiously at the boy near her. Others stayed standing up.
Hermione and Oliver were ushered to the front.
"Hermione, is that a diamond ring?" Decan suddenly yelled when he caught sight of Hermione's left hand.
Everyone then zeroed in on Hermione's hand.
"Oh my god." Aunt Regina said.
"Uhh well, surprise, I'm married." Hermione said nervously.
"And he's your husband?" One of Hermione's uncles asked.
"Yes, everybody this is my husband Oliver. Oliver Wood."
"You lucky girl." Decan said whistling.
Oliver blushed while Hermione couldn't help but laugh after all Decan was her favorite cousin.
"When did you get married?" Aunt Linda asked.
"Uh just earlier today actually." Hermione said sheepishly.
Everyone stared dumbfounded.
"Are you pregnant?" One of Hermione's uncles yelled as he stood out of his seat outraged at the thought of Hermione, his youngest niece, pregnant.
"No!" Hermione yelled.
"Are you sure?" He asked as he eyed her stomach suspicously.
"Yes." Hermione said firmly, planting a hand on her hip.
"And this guy here is Ollie, he's our grandson." Mrs. Granger said next, stoppin the inquiry on Hermione as they couldn't exactly explain the situation with the ghost, as she bent down to his height.
"Hi everybody." He said smiling at him.
They were soon bombarded with questions and just about everyone gushed about Ollie as they'd just got the first addition to their new generation.
However Hermione's cousin Georgina just stood to the side a bit with her date smiling politely. Inwardly she was seething that Hermione had found someone like Oliver first.
"I hope you know that if you hurt our cousin we will all hunt you down." Liam, one of Hermione's cousins said.
Oliver smiled. "I'll keep that in mind."
"Do you have any siblings or?" One of Hermione's Aunts asked curiously.
"Uhhh I have a cousin but he lives in Italy with his wife." Oliver said unsure.
There were female groans of dissapointment.
"So Oliver did you guys take the tube down here?"
"The tube?" Oliver repeated puzzled then looked at Hermione.
"It's a subway, an underground train but faster." Hermione explained as she scooped up some potatoes onto Ollie's plate.
Oliver nodded.
"He lives in a rural village in Scotland." Hermione explained.
The people at the table nodded.
"Oh a rural village. How quaint! I've always loved the country side. Such beautiful landscapes. Perfect for painting and fresh air." Decan exclaimed.
"Do you line in one of those adorable cottages they always show on TV?" Georgina asked.
"Um not quite." Oliver said.
Everyone leaned in so that they could hear him.
"It's an old Scottish castle…"
Everybody in the vicinity gasped even Hermione's parent.
"… It's better now that I had it restored but it's still has some areas…"
"You have a castle. Like big with towers kind of Castle?" Aunt Regina said.
"Well yes. It does have towers."
"You have a castle?" Georgina said just to make sure.
"Yes. It's not the biggest but it's in near the village I grew up in."
"How much money do you frinkin make?" Davis, one of Hermione's cousins asked.
"Uhh." Oliver didn't know what to say and he didn't remember the conversion of Galleons to Muggle money. "I'm well off you could say."
"I'll say." Several of them said out loud.
"And what about you Hermione, are you going to be a stay at home wife." Aunt Regina asked.
Hermione looked at her wide eyed. "No I'm going to be a Healer."
"You mean a doctor?" Someone asked.
Hermione blushed. "Yes, a doctor."
"I guess Scotland calls them different than we do." Decan shrugged. But he gave Hermione a secret wink. Decan had known that Hermione was a witch since the begining because once she had accidentally used her untamed powers to turn a wooden parrot into a living one. It had scared them to death but they loved it nonetheless. Magic had fascinated both of them as children when they read fantasy books. Decan became Hermione's confidant from the moment the brid had flown away with its wooden wings. Since then they knew Hermione was special and Decan was one of those open minded people and instead of shunning her like most would have she became a sister to him and vice versa. So when Hermione found out she was a witch, the first person she told was Decan.
"What are you planning to do when you have children? You aren't going to be hiring nannies to take care of them are you? Hermione you have to be careful you know all those statistics about husbands having affairs with Nannies. You'll just have to work hard to find one that's uglier than you but even then that doesn't always work. You've seen all those guys that cheat on their beautiful wives." Aunt Regina said haughtily as she emphasized the word beautiful.
Oliver looked at her trying to figure her out. "Do you not like my wife or something?"
Everyone went wide eyed. No one said anything.
Aunt Regina had the audacity to act outraged. "How dare you accuse me of such a thing!"
"I don't mean to offend but we've been married less than a full day and you are already suggesting that I may cheat on my wife. And the way that you said the last sentence, it sounded like as if you were trying to say that Hermione isn't even beautiful. So I'm sorry if I am rude asking that." Oliver said stonily.
He was not a man to be messed with. He was more protective of Hermione than ever since Lady Felicia had kidnapped Hermione and taken over her body. He wasn't going to put up with anyone not even Hermione's family.
Everyone waited holding their breaths.
She flushed but said nothing.
"Amen to that." Decan said breaking the silence.
Hermione was silent but squeezed Oliver's hands in thanks. She'd never had anyone other than her mum and Decan that stood up for her against her Aunt, most just let her go as Regina was never really going to change.
Mrs. Granger was smiling widely. She had fallen truly in love with her son in law at that moment and knew that he would be good for her daughter. "Anyone want pie?" She asked.
"Yes!" Ollie and Decan yelled at the same time. Then turned to each other when they realized it.
"You like pie?" Decan asked.
"Only Grandma's pie." Ollie said.
"You go dude. I hear you. Aunt Helena's are the absolute best." Decan said as the two high fived.
Almost everyone at the table laughed even Aunt Regina though her's was strained.
Hermione was taking out the trash when she felt someone following behind her. "Georgina." Hermione called out knowing who it was because of the pitter patter her heels made.
"Hello cuz."
Hermione sighed. "What do I owe this pleasure to." She said dryly, sarcasm dripping off every word. The way Georgina said 'cuz', you'd think it was a dirty word.
"It seems that you finally beat me." Georgina said as she leaned against the fence.
Hermione rolled her eyes. "I can't beat you if there's no competition."
"You be ignorant all you want cuz but you and I both know there's always been a competition."
"Well if there has been one, you've been competing in it all by yourself cuz."
"Where'd you pick him? Husbands R us?" She said ignoring her words.
"No actually he was an old classmate of mine at my snotty boarding school. He was the captain of the sports team." Hermione said giving a fake smile.
"You always thought you were better because you went to an 'exclusive invitation' only snotty boarding school. Every time you came back you looked at us all with your nose turned up. You wouldn't tell anyone anything except our fairy of a cousin Decan."
Hermione threw a half eaten roll at her. It hit her on the forehead and bounced off.
She gave Hermione an outraged look. Her eyes burning and jaw agape.
"You can make fun of me all you want but I draw the line at you poking fun at Decan." Hermione said venomously. "If I ever you hear you calling him that again, I will just show you what exactly I learned in my boarding school."
"Oh I'm so scared."
"Oh you don't know scared yet Georgina." Hermione smiled before walking back past her.
Oliver was surrounded by Hermione's Aunts. He tried to answer all their questions but at the moment he felt like as if he was suffocating, when he answered one, two more had already been asked. He kept looking up and over their heads for any sign of Hermione but found none.
"You think we should rescue your dad?" Decan asked as he played Crazy Eights with Ollie.
Ollie nodded but didn't take his eyes off his cards.
"But it's fun to watch him uncomfortable. All his muscles can be seen through his shirt. I love those kinds of muscles on a guy. Not too much but just well defined. Oh wait there's Hermione. Maybe she'll rescue him."
"Uncle Decan, play a card." Ollie said not paying attention.
"I'm playing I'm playing. You kids these days so impatient." Decan teased. "Ohhh Hermione looks pissed. I bet Georgina cornered her." Decan said.
Ollie looked at him confused. "What?"
Decan out a ruffled his head. "Sorry squirt but I've got to talk to your Mum. Yo Scott, come play with Ollie for me!" Decan beckoned one of his cousins.
"Mum where's Oliver?"
"He's in that circle being terrorized by your Aunts."
Hermione's eyes widened. "Mum, why haven't you saved him?"
"Because it's only tradition to question the new addition to the family. If I interfered I'd be a hypocrite."
"Mother!" Hermione cried then went on her way to save her husband form her Aunts' clutches.
"I need to borrow my husband for a second." Hermione announced.
All the Aunts stopped asking their questions and parted, sighing as their fun had been cut off.
Oliver gave a sigh of relief, it was Hermione.
"Ahhhhh Hermione, we were just going to get to the good part." Aunt Linda teased.
Oliver kissed her on the temple while Hermione gave her aunt a look of loving exasperation.
"Ahhh." The family all said together this time, along with Decan this time.
"Okay you all, that's enough." Hermione said trying not to smile.
"So when's the honeymoon?" One of Hermione's Uncles asked.
Hermione and Oliver looked at each other.
"Uh we actually haven't discussed that." Hermione said.
"What? But how can you not." Aunt Linda said.
"Well…" Oliver paused. "Um..." Then Oliver bent down on one knee.
Everyone even Hermione stared unsure of what to do or say.
Many even leaned forwards and moved to get a better view.
"Well lass, this time I want to propose the right way. Now that I have your dad's permission."
Hermione looked at her dad. He nodded smiling at her.
"I want to ask one more time." Oliver took a velvet box out of his pocket.
"Oliver, I already have a ring!" Hermione said.
"I know, but I wanted to propose the right way. This one wasn't one of my Grandmother's. It's Tiffany's whoever that is? Gerry and Rianne helped me pick it out." Then Oliver opened the box.
Everyone had gasped at the name.
"Oliver!" Hermione protested.
"Oh hush sweetheart, that's a gorgeous ring, and it's Tiffany's!" Hermione's Mum said.
It was indeed gorgeous. There was a beautiful BIG round cut diamond in the middle, with pear shaped ones on the side.
"I ask you to wed me again, this time we'll have the wedding of your dreams and more. With your family there and all of our friends and then I promise I will give you the honeymoon you deserve. Anywhere in the world you want to go."
Hermione closed her eyes and bit her lip.
Decan coughed. "Say yes." Then he coughed again.
"Thank you Decan for the marvelous instructions." Hermione said dryly, turning to look at him.
"Well bloody take them already woman."
Practically the whole room laughed even Oliver.
Hermione roller her eyes. "You already know my answer but yes Oliver, a hundred times yes."
Oliver smiled as he slipped the ring on her finger.
"What in the world am I supposed to do with two diamond rings now?" Hermione joked but there was a tone of seriousness to her sentence.
Oliver smiled. "You're brilliant, you'll figure something soon lass."
Many laughed and some came over to recongradulate them. Ollie came over and sat on Hermione's lap as the woman and Decan fawned over both of Hermione's rings.
"Way to make the rest of us look bad." Scott, one of Hermione's cousins joked as he elbowed Oliver.
"Yeah really, now our girlfriends are going to be expecting us to up you, some bloody way." Someone grunted.
"Oh yeah." Two females said. One of them happened to be Aunt Linda who gave her husband a pointed look.
"Cheers to that." Hermione's Uncle Ryan groaned before chugging his whole glass of beer.
Laughter filled the room and a joyful atmosphere settled as everyone busied themselves with asking Hermione and Oliver questions.
Mrs. Granger couldn't help but smile widely.
Meanwhile a certain cousin and Aunt of Hermione's was nowhere to be seen, having left early after the proposal.
Hope you all liked.