AN: Warning, some strong language.
The pair apparated into a warm and inviting living room. Hermione called out, "Gin? Hey Gin? Are you here?"
"Yeah, I'm on the balcony," Hermione heard.
She motioned for Fleur to follow her, but to stay a little ways away. Hermione moved the screen door to the balcony and gasped. Ginny was standing up, holding out a rose. Next to her was a table set out with a beautiful arrangement of red and white roses in the center.
"Gin, you did all of this?" Hermione took the offered rose and settled into the arms of the red head.
Ginny kissed the brunette then led her to her seat. "Hermione, I want to begin by saying how much I love you."
"I love you too. And I have some really great news."
"Okay, but first...Hermione, you have been in my thoughts ever since I met you. From my first to second year, I was attracted to you; third to sixth year, I really liked you; and from seventh on, I realized how much I loved you. You became my best friend when Ron pushed me away as his little sister. I couldn't concentrate during the final battle, because I constantly watched you to see if you were okay. And that day, when we first got together, that was the best day of my life. Hermione, I don't know what my life would be like if we hadn't gotten together. Actually, I do. I would be living in an apartment by myself, or I'd still be living with my parents. Hermione, I love you so much." Ginny held onto both of Hermione's hands, "Hermione, will you-"
Fleur saw the events play out before her. She's going to propose? I'm sorry Ginerva, but Hermione just isn't right for you. Fleur entered the balcony and cut off Ginny, "'ello, Ginerva. I'm back."
Ginny froze. Holy crap! I'm not going to turn around. Please don't let it be her; please...Ginny slowly turned her head towards the voice. Damn it! "Fleur Delacour...what are you doing here?"
Hermione stood up next to Ginny and answered, "Well..."
Fleur looked around at the table and arrangement of flowers. She almost proposed. Ah...proposals...
Flashback
Fleur and Hermione were staring at the fire, while cuddling on the couch.
"'Ermione?"
"Hmm?"
"Do you want to marry me?"
"Mmm...I don't know. Is this your proposal?"
"N-non, b-but if I waz propozing, would you zay yez?" Fleur moved around to face Hermione.
"How about I answer that when you propose."
"'Ow do you know zat I will propoze?"
"I don't, but if it's meant to be, then you will."
"Hmm...if 'ypozetically I propozed, 'ow would you want me to propoze?"
"Well," Hermione sighed dreamily, "first your start off by giving me a rose' next, you pull me in for a kiss; then...the rest is all up to you," Hermione whispered in her ear.
"W'at? Non, you muzt tell me more."
"Fleur, I'm not going to tell you how to propose to me. You don't even have to. As long as we're together and spending the rest of our lives with each other, I don't give a damn about some ring on my finger. Marriage is just a word; it's not the foundation of a relationship. This," Hermione placed her hand on Fleur's heart, then placed Fleur's hand on her own heart, "this is the foundation of a relationship. As long as we forever love each other, we won't need some circular scrap of metal. What we have is so much better. Okay?"
Fleur nodded but muttered, "I'm ztill going to propoze."
Hermione laughed and rolled her eyes, then settled back into Fleur's warmth.
End Flashback
"...then we stopped by Harry's and Luna's. Surprisingly, most of your family was there. Charlie's the only one who seemed to not know her, the rest did. But anyways, the good news is that she is going to move in with us!" Hermione beamed.
Ginny's jaw dropped as did her vocabulary skills at the moment, "Her...she...in...move here...us?"
"Gin, Ginny...take a deep breath and say that again."
"She's moving in with us?" Hermione nodded. "Why?!"
"Because she's your family and she was looking for a place to live. You two can bond over a lot of things, like Quidditch. Did you know that she's a pro chaser like you? She's going to be playing for the Montrose Magpies."
"She what?!" Ginny furrowed her eyebrows.
Fleur grinned, "Yez...zo 'ermione and I will be zpending a lot of time togezzer now. And you and I will become better friendz zinze we are practically family now."
"Hey Gin, I'm going to set up her room, 'kay?" Hermione kissed Ginny on the cheek and went inside.
"Delacour...seriously? You're back? You have got to be fucking joking, why the hell are you back?!" Ginny yelled at the Veela.
"Becauze, Ginerva, I love 'ermione."
"Oh, don't give me that bullshit! You broke her...you broke her to pieces and you weren't there to pick them up, but I was. I was there to help her, because I love her. When you love someone; you don't leave them, you stay with them and cherish them until the end of time. You hold them in your arms when they're crying, not cause them to cry. You're supposed to care for them when they're sick, not make them die faster. You're supposed to do everything OPPOSITE of what you did to her. Merlin, what the fuck is you problem?! Get the hell out of my flat and don't come near Hermione again. If you're within five feet of her, I will kill you where you stand," Ginny glared.
"O' really?" Fleur circled the red head, "Ginerva Weazley. I alwayz knew you were in love wiz 'ermione. W'at? You zought zat I wouldn't notize your conztant glarez at me or ze pazetic lookz you gave my girlfriend? Zilly, zilly girl. Do you really zink zat you can make 'ermione 'appy? Truly 'appy?"
"She is happy!"
"Non, zhe iz not. Zhe iz not even cloze. Let me tell you ziz now, 'ermione and I are meant to be. Zo kill me w'ere I ztand; nozing can ztop me from loving 'er. Ezpecially you."
"That's it! Stupefy!"
"Protego! Ginerva, did you ever learn zat you are not zuppozed to make a Veela angry-"
"Impedimenta!"
Fleur was thrown back against the wall but got up quickly, "Expelliarmus! Incarcerous!"
Ginny's wand flew into the air and at the same time she was bound by ropes.
Fleur grabbed onto the collar of Ginny's shirt and brought her close. Ginny noticed that Fleur's eyes were now black. Fleur whispered menacingly, "You are extremely lucky zat you are cloze to 'ermione. If you weren't," Fleur's nails sharpened into claws and she held them up, "ziz would be your fate. Now you lizzen, I love 'ermione more zan anyzing. Zhe iz my life and my zoul, my 'eart is 'erz. You cannot make 'er truly 'appy no matter 'ow 'ard you try. W'en I left, I waz protecting 'er. I will continue to protect 'er until I die. My love for 'er iz forever, don't zink zat I will ever give up. Zhe will be mine onez again." Fleur waved her arm and released Ginny. "Let'z go to 'ermione before zhe ztartz to worry. O' and ze way you were propozing to 'er..." Fleur laughed then went inside.
Ginny looked at her ruined dinner proposal, "Delacour, you're forgetting one thing. I love her and I'm never going to let her go." Ginny waved her wand at the table and made it disappear; the she moved the screen door and stepped inside.
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