Chapter Three; The Wedding

Sheela (who was sporting a brightly colored blue shirt with a pair of bright pink flowery overalls) sat on the floor of the burrow sucking on a brightly colored golden baby ring. She had just turned six months old and now was starting to grow some ginger colored hair on the top of her head. "Yep, she's a Weasley for sure." Ginny said as the baby turned her head and looked back at her.

Then she turned to look over at Ron who was busily reading The Daily Prophet and cooed as she reached her hands out towards him. "Yeah, too bad she's not old enough to be the flower girl at our wedding." Harry said when suddenly Sheela put her hand back on the ground and started crawling towards the kitchen table.

Hermione gasped and nearly choked on a piece of her waffle. "Ron! Look at what the baby's doing!" she exclaimed as she pointed down at their daughter who stopped and sat down by her father's feet and turned to look over at her uncle Harry. Ron looked down at her as she blinked her eyes up at him and held out her hands towards him signaling that she wanted to be picked up.

"So what? She always likes to be held." Ron said as he reached down towards her. "Come here my little Rosie princess." He told her as he lifted her up by her ribs and sat her down on top of his lap and bent down to kiss the top of her head.

"Ron I swear, she crawled over here, I saw her!" Hermione cried while Ron bounced the baby up and down upon his knee.

"It's true, I saw it too." Harry told him.

"I wish I would have had my camera." Hermione said as Ron rolled his eyes.

"Honestly Hermione, I really don't understand you sometimes! She's a baby so it shouldn't be any surprise to you that she's going to learn to crawl, walk, and talk, and some point. When she learns how to ride a broomstick no-handed be sure to notify me alright?" he questioned as Hermione stifled a laugh and rolled her eyes.

"Oh Ronald, I really don't know what I'm going to do with you." She told him when suddenly Sheela made another little noise and reached out towards a chocolate donut that Ron picked up off his plate.

"Don't even think about it you already had your breakfast." He began as she started to drool. "Besides you don't even have teeth yet." He told her as he took a big bite out of it.

Later on that day everybody started getting ready for the wedding that would be taking place in the same church that Harry's parents used to attend. After Ron was dressed inside his dress robes he met his friend out in the cemetery.

"You alright mate? The ceremony's going to be starting soon. And it wouldn't do for the groom to be late to his own wedding now would it?" he questioned him.

"Uh yeah, I'll be right there." He said as the two boys stared down at Lily and James Potter's graves.

"You have been thinking about them quite a lot lately haven't you?" Ron asked him.

"Yeah, ever since Sheela was born, and now because I'm getting married." He answered with a sniff and a wipe of his nose on the back of his hand unaware that Rickie was standing there behind them. "I mean it's just like, all of a sudden I have a strange feeling about them." He said.

"What do you mean?" Ron wondered.

"Well it's kind of hard to explain but_" Harry began.

"I'm sorry, I don't mean to cut in but are you coming Harry?" Rickie asked him.

"Yeah, yeah I'm coming. I'm sorry, I don't mean for everyone to be waiting on me." He said.

"It's alright c'mon Harry." Rickie said as he guided him towards the door.

"I just wanted to say that I really appreciate doing our wedding, I didn't know that you were a minister." Harry told him as all three boys walked towards the entrance.

"I know that's because I just got the job. I'll preach here every Sunday morning from now on and lead the choir. Once you're married you and Ginny are more than welcome to attend if you want to." He told him as they stepped in through the doors.

"Why would you want to take on another job though? I mean you're already have enough money to last you a lifetime." Ron pointed out.

"I know, but when you work for the Lord, that becomes a little bit different." He told him with a grin. "Now I've got to go make sure that Justin is helping everyone find their seats." He said before he walked away.

A few moments later Neville sat down at the piano and started to play a beautiful melody as Amber and Aaron, Casey and Derek, and Justin and Jasmine walked down the aisle together one after another before it was finally time for Ron and Hermione as best man and matron of honor. That's when all of a sudden everyone stood up inside their pews while Neville started playing the wedding march and Harry watched as Ginny entered the room with Mr. Weasley by her side escorting her.

Harry smiled at her warmly and gazed at her lovingly. She wore her hair tied up in a tight bun with a red and white dress that was even darker than her hair. She also wore light pink eye shadow, and lipstick and nail polish that matched her dress with shimmering silver earrings. As her father guided her up the aisle, Harry thought that she was the most beautiful woman that he ever saw.

All of a sudden they came to a sudden halt along with the music. "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to join this man and this woman in holy matrimony." Rickie began. "Now who gives this woman to this man?" he questioned.

"Her mother and I do." Arthur Weasley responded before Rickie turned to Harry and nodded. "You may go get your bride." He told him and a few moments later he continued as Harry and Ginny walked back over to him hand in hand. "Now before we get started, if there's anyone inside this congregation who feels like this marriage should not take place, speak now or forever hold your peace." He said as Ron turned to look over at him.

"No, I'm cool with it." He began with a nod.

"Ah I see well that's very_" Rickie began.

"I mean at first I wasn't too hot on the idea, but after all Ginny's my sister and Harry's my best mate." Ron continued.

"Well thank you, you may go ahead and_" Rickie started to say when Ron interrupted him for a second time.

"And besides I trusted Harry more than I ever trusted Dean Thomas or any of Ginny's other boyfriends." He said as Rickie turned to Hermione.

"Do you want to take care of this?" he muttered inside her ear as she nodded and slapped Ron upside the head.

"Ouch! Why the bloody hell was that for!?" he yelled as everyone stopped and suddenly stared at him and gasped loudly.

"First of all we're in a church so you'd better watch your mouth!" she snapped inside a whisper. "And second of all he didn't ask you an essay question!" she snapped inside another harsh whisper before she turned back over to Rickie. "Sorry about that, go on." She told him quietly with a nod.

"Thank you," Rickie began as he nodded back at her. "So in the Bible it talks about the day when a young woman leaves her mother and father and then the two shall become one flesh. The husband is the head of the marriage just as Christ is head of the church and the wife then shall obey him and become submissive towards him." He said as Ron suddenly scoffed and stifled a laugh.

"Yeah like that's ever gonna happen." He mumbled under his breath as Hermione simply scowled and shot him an evil glare that got him to shut his mouth and caused his grin to immediately vanish.

"It is then the duty of the husband to watch over his wife, love, cherish, and protect her." Rickie continued. "Harry Potter, do you take Ginevra Weasley to be your lawfully wedded wife? To love and cherish in sickness and in health? Do you promise to keep yourself only for her as long as you both shall live until death do you part?" he questioned.

"I do." Harry answered as a bunch of photographs were taken before Rickie turned over to Ginny.

"Ginevra Weasley, do you take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband? To love and to cherish in sickness and in health? Do you promise to keep yourself only for him as long as you both shall live until death do you part?" he asked her.

"I do." She responded.

"Very well, may I have the rings please?" he questioned as Hermione slapped Ron a crossed the shoulder.

"Oops, sorry that's me." He said before he removed the two wedding rings out of his top pocket and handed them to Rickie.

"Thank you." He began as he held up a golden one and a sparkling silver one. "These two wedding rings symbolize an eternal undying love for one another. The same that Jesus had when he died on the cross for our sins. Now Harry, place this ring on Ginny's finger and say with this ring I thee wed." he told him as he handed him the silver one.

"With this ring, I thee wed." he said with a grin while he slid it onto her finger as Rickie gave Ginny the other wedding ring.

"Now Ginny take this ring and place it onto Harry's finger and say with this ring I thee wed." he told her.

"With this ring, I thee wed." she said while sliding it onto his finger. The two exchanged warm smiles as they gazed deeply into one another's eyes.

"In that case by the powers invested in me as minister of the Lord Jesus Christ and through the laws of Great Britain, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride." He told them as great cheers and applause broke throughout the crowd while the two of them placed a tender hand on each other's cheek and exchanged a passionate kiss on the lips.

"Ladies and gentlemen I now introduce to you for the first time, the new Mr. and Mrs. Harry James Potter."