6. Everything is Alright
Ginny walked into the kitchen of the Burrow and saw her Mum looking out the window with a serene smile on her face. She went over to her and hugged her and said. "What are you looking at, Mum?"
"Fred, Hermione and the baby." She told Ginny. "Hermione was playing ball with Georgia and Fred went out to check on them. He picked up a handful of mud and threw it right at them." She laughed, then continued. "Well you would have thought that Hermione would have been furious, but she just smiled and picked up some mud and gave a handful to the baby, she whispered something to her and they threw it at Fred. After that they had a mud fight."
"I guess that would make me smile too." Ginny told her mother.
"That's not what I'm smiling at. I'm smiling at what happened next."
"Well what happened? Did Hermione hex him?"
"No actually, they were having a good time until Georgia started crying. Then Hermione picked her up and started rocking her. Then Fred put his arms around both Hermione with Georgia in the middle and they are dancing out there, all covered in mud."
"Oh, let me see." Ginny told her as she looked out the window, and sure enough there they were looking like they were the happiest people in the world, covered in mud dancing.
"Mum, I know Hermione made the right choice, but do you ever think of how Ron feels seeing them together like this?" Ginny asked her as they sat down at the table.
"I worried for him at first, but he has moved on. He's never said anything, but I think that he knew all along they weren't right together." Molly told her daughter.
"I know Hermione didn't meant to fall in love with Fred, but she must have felt something for him way before she even knew or admitted it to herself."
"Why do you say that?"
"Do you remember when Fred had his accident and she made a list for us on who does what and when?"
"Yes, we were all worried at the time."
"When Ron was hurt catching Rodolphus Lestrange and was in St. Mungos a few months before that, she went to see him every day and she made sure he knew he could call if he needed anything, but did she make sure someone was with him at all times?" Ginny asked her. "No, she didn't."
"These were two totally different things. Fred was wounded from the inside and if he strained himself he could have died. Ron was hexed. He was going to be fine."
"I know, but she wasn't as frantic with Ron. I can't explain it. But it makes sense to me." Ginny told her Mum.
"I can see what you are saying. But there's no use dwelling over it. Everything worked out in the end and everything is alright. Fred and Hermione are happy. Ron is dating a girl that he is interested in, not someone he felt he had to be interested in. I think that's what happened to Ron and Hermione. They got caught up in the whirlwind and everyone assumed they would be together that they went along with it."
"You know, Hermione told me something like that once too." Ginny told her Mum smiling as they watched Fred and his little family in the backyard covered in mud.