Harry sat next to Ginny in the living room waiting. It was only the two of them so he dared to gently take her hand and hold it. Ginny smiled at him. "Is it sad I'm nervous about us getting out to your family?" Harry whispered in her ear.
"Well…" she whispered. "The worst thing that could happen is they don't approve…" Harry hung his head low at the thought of her brothers and mother disapproving. He had Mr. Weasley and Ginny's vote and probably Hermione's if it counted for anything but that was at least 3 against several others. Ginny cupped his face in her hands and lifted his head back up where she was looking him in the eye, "But I don't care if they approve or not. It's my decision." Harry smiled, he glanced around quickly, and kissed her.
All the Weasley children, Fleur and Hermione had arrived and was getting ready to go outside for dinner when one unexpected visitor came knocking at the door. Everyone looked puzzled as the visitor knocked on the door again. Mrs. Weasley walked towards the door closely followed by her husband, and cautiously opened the door. She let out a small gasp and Mr. Weasley started to have a smile. Whom-ever the visitor was, both Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were happy to see. "Can I come in?" The visitor asked. The voice sounded so familiar to all the occupants in the room that they all froze staring in at the doorway waiting to see who it was that was going to enter. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley backed up to let the person come in. A tall red head came in with horn rimmed glasses on his freckled face. It was none other than Percy Weasley. He entered cautiously not knowing what kind of reception he would receive. He looked amongst his siblings faces and saw shock and disbelief.
"Have you had anything to eat dear?" Mrs. Weasley asked her son as if nothing had happened, as if he didn't break her heart and had not interacted with the family since he took his promotion. The rest of the Weasley children looked at their mum like they would when they were little, why. Percy picked up on his siblings thoughts and said, "Life goes on, and I was stupid for thinking any promotion in the ministry would be worth more than my family ever would be. And after Fred died, I made a promise to myself to enjoy the time I have with my family and not be a git."
George Weasley got up and walked towards his older brother. The Weasley siblings were ready to intervene and keep the two brothers away from each other when much to their surprise George hugged Percy. Percy was shocked himself and then returned the hug. Harry watched as every sibling hugged their brother for his return. Harry looked over at Hermione who looked just as shocked and relieved as Harry felt. The two had wondered what Percy's fate would be with the family even after Percy's surprise appearance in the second battle. Maybe there was some hope for Percy to.
Everyone had wondered outside to enjoy the cool evening air and Mrs. Weasleys dinner. After light dinner chats between the occupants Mr. Weasley spoke up, " Harry didn't you have something you wanted to tell everyone?" Harry could feel his face turning a little red and could see blush slowly creeping on Ginny's face as well.
"Well… Um… Ginny and I are back together…" He announced and looked around preparing to take shelter under the table.
"Tell us something we don't already know!" Charlie said with a smile.
"What…" Ron said. "When did this happen?"
"Yesterday" Ginny answered as if it was obvious.
There were a few random comments until Mr. Weasley spoke up again, "Harry that's wonderful but I don't think that was the announcement we were quite looking for." Harry gave Mr. Weasley a puzzled look, "Your job at the ministry."
"Oh Yeah! I'm accepted into training with the auror department." Harry said proudly. Everyone smiled and congratulated him. Harry wondered briefly for a second if his parents would be this proud of him if they were alive. He was sure of it just because he knew they were with him always in his heart. He felt slightly embarrassed about thinking the announcement Mr. Weasley wanted him to say was about him and Ginny. He found Ginny's hand and held it smiling as everything seemed to be ok.
Ginny, Hermione and Fleur helped Mrs. Weasley clean up. The Weasley men beckoned Harry over taking advantage of the women being busy.
"Now Harry… You will make Ginny happy right?" Bill asked. Harry nodded.
"Treat her like the princess she is?" Charlie asked.
"Why wouldn't I treat her like a princess? She's the one giving me a second chance…" Harry said trying to defend himself.
"Make sure she doesn't get too distracted with N.E.W.T.S…" Percy said. "She will need to do well on those."
"You go to her quidditch matches…" George added.
"See her when she's allowed to go to Hogsmeade." Ron said.
"And most importantly keep her happy!" All said together.
"I will do my best to keep her happy." Harry said and walked off wanting to be able to be with Ginny while he could.
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