A/N: Second chapter, THE WEDDING!…of Ron and Hermione. Ok, not so important chapter, but I wanted it in there!
Chapter One. To Love and to Hold.
"Ron!" Ginny Weasly ran up to her brother and gave him a huge hug. "I've missed you so much! Congratulations!"
Ron chuckled and hugged his sister back. Ginny hadn't been in the best of touch with anyone lately, she was so backed up with her job at the Ministry in the Care of Magical Creatures Department. No one had seen or heard much of the redhead for the past month, and she was becoming extremely lonely at not seeing her best friends and family.
"Thanks Gin." He said as he drew away from her smiling broadly. "Hermione's waiting for you in your old room. She has your dress, and do us all a favor by changing into it straight away." He stuck his nose up at her disheveled dirty robes.
She looked down in embarrassment. "Sorry, I had to deal with six Hinkypunks before I could get Davenport, the head of my department, to let me go. Dirty little creatures." She stuck her nose up in turn.
Ron laughed. "Well, get going. She's extremely anxious to see you. I, meanwhile, have to go say hello to Harry over there and direct him into his dress robes." He indicated with a jerk of his head to the handsome weary looking black haired bespectacled man tiredly making his way over to them. She froze and just stood there stupidly until Harry was standing beside her.
"Hey Ron," He said. "Ginny." He looked at her and briefly nodded his head, a visible brief look of pain crossing his face.
"Hello, Harry." Ginny said shyly. "Er…I have to go. 'Mione's waiting." And with that she took of at a half jog to the house.
They had decided to hold the wedding in the vast backyard of The Burrow. Half of it occupied the benches, alter, and pathway. The other half held the tables and food. Harry didn't know what it looked like, but knowing Ron and Hermione it was going to be spectacular. With lot's of bright colours.
"Come on Harry," he said grinning form ear to ear, "We have to get dressed. The wedding is in fifteen minutes." He grabbed his old friends' arm and dragged him into the Burrow, and up to the room he had housed as a kid.
Ginny stepped into her old room cautiously, and gasped at the woman she saw inside. Hermione had already put on her dress. It was made entirely of white silk, and it ran down her body elegantly hugging in all the right places. It was sleeveless and strapless. It fell normally and plain down to her bellybutton, but then chopped off into different jagged layers and pieces of silk all the way down to the end of her medium length train. She donned elbow length white lace gloves and her engagement ring. Her hair was straight and wavy resting on her shoulders with a wreath of small white flowers tangled around her head. A diamond necklace hung around her neck and diamond earrings hung from her ears. Her lips were ruby red.
Ginny couldn't believe it. Hermione was absolutely stunning. She had to admit that her friend was right now one of the most beautiful women she had ever seen.
"Oh, 'Mione!" She exclaimed, clapping her hands together and rushing towards her friend. "You look….wow! Just wow!"
Hermione giggled and enveloped her friend into a huge hug. "Thanks gin! But don't worry, you will too, when I'm done with you." She giggled again and shoved Ginny's dress into her hands, ushering her into a closet to change.
After Ginny put it on, she came back out and admired her self in the full length mirror positioned to the left of her bed. She looked amazing in the dress herself. Her dress was a light lavender colour and went fabulously with her fiery hair. It didn't have any shoulders, but came out in long flowing silken sleeves. Hermione got her to but on sandal pumps of a matching colour, pull out her hair and let it hang free and put on light pink colours of makeup.
By the time Hermione was done with her she really did look like 'wow'. Not nearly as beautiful as Hermione, but pretty stunning.
A short few minutes later, Hermione's dad Richard came into the room. "'Mione, it's time hunny."
Hermione smiled at her father and took his arm as Ginny rushed out of the room and down to the back door, waiting to walk out just before her friend. When they made it down, the rest of the Bride's Maids made there way out, one by one with small bouquets and sorts. Fred and George had lingered behind the rest of the Weasly brothers due to there position as Ring Bearers. Ginny walked out into the sunlight and smiled at the sight.
The aisle she was walking down was made of magically held together orange, red, and yellow roses. The benches were white with charmed carvings of writhing ivy vines. The alter was composed of one large circular platform with a small red carpet in the middle for the bride and groom. Surrounding the alter was a four beam structure of bamboo with flowing strips of multicolored silk.
Ginny smiled broadly as she looked up at her brother from halfway down the aisle, Fred and George in tow. He looked very handsome in a silken black wizards tuxedo with small charmed embroidered Gryffindor Lions Running along the cuffs and collar. We was standing anxiously and fidgeting back from one foot to the other biting his lip. She flicked her gaze to the right of him and felt her breath catch in her throat.
Harry was standing next to Ron in a dark blue silk dress suit. Although Bill and Charlie (Percy was still out of contact and there was little hope he would ever be again) were dressed in the same colour and style of suit, she didn't think it looked nearly as good with their red hair as it did with Harry's black hair that fell messily into his eyes.
She took him in full and definitely liked what she saw. He really did look handsome.
When Harry looked up and saw Ginny his feelings where (unbeknownst to him) in like of hers. He felt his pulse beat harder and could practically hear his pounding heart. 'She's so beautiful.' He thought as a smile curved his lips.
He turned to her as she fell in suit with the other girls beside where Hermione would stand and there eyes met briefly until Ginny blushed the famous Weasly blush and looked away. He turned back just in time to see Hermione walk out the door linked arm in arm with Richard Granger. Harry thought that she looked amazing but it was nothing compared to Ron's reaction.
His jaw visibly dropped as he gasped and stared wide-eyed at her as she came to stand beside him.
"Hey." She whispered to him, a sheepish grin forming on her ruby lips.
All he could manage was a nod, and the ceremony proceeded from there.
And hour later Harry was sitting, smiling broadly at Mrs. Hermione Weasly as she danced with Ron. He simply sat in a white chair by one of the numerous tables clad in rainbow table clothes, having eaten his fill, and talking to Dean, Neville, and Sheamus. They were in the middle of a conversation about Quidditch when Ginny came up to him and sat down.
"Hey Harry." She said smiling.
"Hey Gin." He smiled right back. "How have things been going at the Ministry?"
She made a face, "Not good. Especially now that Minister Fudge is lowering our pay rates. Not to mention the fact that I'm so swamped it's jeopardizing my sanity."
They both laughed, and as another slow song came on Harry stood up and extended his hand to hers, "Want to dance?"
She blushed a little and nodded, walking with him hand in hand out onto the little area where people were dancing. He slipped his arm around her waist and drew her in close. Her arms went around her neck and he suddenly found it hard to breath.
The song was over before they knew it and Harry smiled at her, then lightly kissed her cheek in friendly fashion. "Thanks Gin." That's all he said. That wasn't what he wanted to say, he wanted to tell her she was beautiful, wonderful, amazing. But the rational part of his brain told him 'Don't be stupid, she'll just say she's flattered and walk away.' He sighed and returned to the table where the three other men were now calling him over. Ginny was disappointed but let it pass. She would have her turn at him yet.
A/N: (sigh) don't we all want Harry to tell her his feelings? I'm sure it'll happen any time now. NOT!!! Heheh. Soon, my pretties, soon, soon.