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The summer day was beautiful for an outdoor wedding. Everyone was gathered just outside the Weasley house under a purple and gold tent. It managed to shade the crowd enough to keep people from being cranky, but not enough to keep the heat from building up. Padma and Parvati were laughing on the other side of the tent as Ernie MacMillian told an animated joke to them. He had his arm wrapped around his very pregnant wife.

I'm pretty sure I had a sour look on my face as I watched her in envy. She and Ernie seemed to be one person, adjusting in sync, smiling in sync, laughing in sync. He was so tuned into her needs, always placing a hand on her back and asking if she needed anything. I doubted Ethan would ever do something like that for me.

I sighed, taking a large swig of firewhiskey to calm my nerves and drown my sorrows. So I was being a little overdramatic…kill me.

I quickly broke off another piece for a hot dog sitting in front of me and threw it, hitting a five year old boy in the side of the head. He smiled widely as it bounced off and he ran to get it before stuffing it into his mouth.

I turned my head just in time to see Padma eyeing me oddly before excusing herself and heading towards me. Her heels clicked on the wooden floor that had been placed on the Weasley's front lawn.

"What are you doing?" she hissed as she reached me, collapsing into the seat next to me. She kicked off her heels and rubbed the back of her ankle firmly. Personally, I was glad that I had decided to wear flat sandals. "And what are you hitting the poor little boy with?"

I gestured towards a plate of hot dogs sitting in front of me. "That little shit keeps trying to look up my dress. I figured if I pelted him with hot dogs then he would go away."

Padma managed to keep a straight face as she stared at me. "That is a child, not a Merlin you are not a mother-"

I felt the back of my dress pull once again and I quickly broke off another piece before turning around and whipping it at the kid. It smacked him in the eye and his hair quickly turned from a sandy blonde to a fire red. He took off running.

Padma's jaw dropped in surprise. "Do you know who that kid is?"

I shook my head slowly, breaking off another piece in case he came running back for more. "Don't know, don't care." I watched as the kid slowed down as he reached a man with messy, black hair. He tugged on the back of his dress robes, pointing in my direction.

"That is Teddy Lupin," Padma smirked as she leaned back in her chair, crossing her arms over her chest. "He is partially being raised by Harry Potter."

I widened my eyes at her as Harry grabbed onto Teddy's hand and walked with him towards me. I shriveled down in my seat, silently hoping the ground underneath me would swallow me whole. I would be pelting hot dogs at Harry Potter's adopted kid.

"This is so going to be good," my best friend snorted as she kicked her feet up onto the empty seat next to her, waiting for the show to start.

"Hey Natalie," Harry said awkwardly as he reached us. He ran his fingers through his black hair, roughing it up slightly as he stared down at me. "Did you hit Teddy in the eye with a piece of a hot dog?"

I opened and closed my mouth, glaring at the little shit that was peeking his head out from behind Harry's legs. He smiled quite evilly at me before sticking his tongue out at me.

"Yes, yes I was," I stated, quite proud of myself. "And you know why? Because that thing was trying to look up my dress."

Harry widened his eyes as he looked down at Teddy, who was now opening and closing his mouth, unsure of what to say. It was my turn to stick my tongue out immaturely at him. He glared at me, but was saved from having to answer to Harry as a cute, redheaded girl skipped over to us.

And she wasn't a sixteen year old girl anymore. Ginny looked radiant, her new engagement ring sparkled on her finger, as she planted a kiss on Harry's cheek. Her red hair was pulled into an elegant bun, her body fit snuggly and perfectly into a purple strapless dress, obviously one of Hermione's bridesmaids. I saw Luna floating around in the same dress earlier in the morning.

"Natalie!" she exclaimed happily as she bounded forward, enveloping me in a tight hug. I laughed, hugging her back.

"Ginny, it's good to see you."

She let me go, but still clutched onto my forearms, scanning me over as she smiled. "It's so good of you to make it out here! I haven't seen you since you graduated. How are things? What are you doing now? I see you're engaged! Congratulations."

She unceremoniously shoved Padma's feet off the empty seat, dropping down into it as she placed her chin on her open palm. I grinned at her. One thing that definitely hadn't changed- Ginny's exuberance.

"Well," I said slowly as I played with the condensation built up on the side of my glass, "I live in New York City now, working as a nurse in the main hospital out there. And that's pretty much it, actually."

Ginny smiled as she placed her hand on top of mine. "It is so great to hear you're doing well. New York City! Wow. It must be nice for Draco, since the world cup is in the city this year." She looked expectantly at me, but I crinkled my brow in confusion.

"I'm sorry, what?"

"I mean, it must be nice for Draco…having the world cup close to home this year. I bet it gets hard with him traveling back and forth to England all the time."

My brow furrowed even deeper, as the conversation took an odd turn. "I'm- I'm sorry, but what must get hard?"

Ginny and Harry exchanged awkward looks. "With you and Draco being engaged and living in New York City and him traveling to England all the time-"

"Oh my gosh!" I cried out, shaking my hands out in front of me to correct her. "No, no, no. Draco and I aren't together."

It was Ginny's turn to furrow her brow in confusion. "What?"

"This past week was the first time I've seen him in five years," I said slowly, wondering what kind of gossip she had been hearing. "I'm engaged to another man named Ethan. Draco and I- yeah, that never turned into anything."

There was a very awkward pause as I gazed down at my drink. There was not enough alcohol in it to continue this conversation. Ginny took a deep breath, finally breaking the silence.

"I'm so sorry," she said quietly, "I just assumed that you two were together. I play for the Holyhead Harpies, I don't know if you know-"

"Oh wow, that's awesome-" I started to say, but she just kept talking as if I hadn't.

"-So the team has meetings with him all the time, since he's the Head of Magical Games and all. He sets up the game schedule…anyways, he talked about you all the time and how excited he was to be able to bring the World Cup close to you this year-"

Padma took the opportunity to slowly get up from her seat and try to sneak away, but I managed to cling onto her wrist and yank her back into the chair.

"-So sorry about the mix-up," she finished, her eyes apologetically wide, "we all just assumed you two were still together. Hermione actually broke down and sent him an invitation with yours, despite Ron throwing a temper tantrum about it."

"Oh really?" I said with sweet smile, but I sent a sideways glare at Padma, who was shifting awkwardly in her seat.

There was a loud bell sound and the crowd cheered happily as many started to make their way toward another tent, where the ceremony would be taking place. Ginny glanced toward the house, seeing Luna gesturing toward her.

"I have to get going," she said as she swooped down and gave me another hug, "I have to make sure Hermione isn't going crazy before this whole thing starts. But let's catch up more during the reception, okay?" She didn't even give me a chance to answer before she was swept away by the large crowd.

I stared expectantly at Padma, who twiddled her thumbs in her lap.

"Well, I have to go find Dean," she said quickly, swinging all body extremities out of my reach. "See you in the ceremony. I'll save you a seat!"

I shot up from my own seat, storming into the Weasley house. I knew there was a telephone in the kitchen- as I had saw it when I got lost trying to find the bathroom earlier- and I knew that Ethan carried a muggle phone with him, just in case a muggle manager wanted him to do a photo spread.

I picked up the phone, pleased to hear the dial tone as I punched in the numbers and listened to the ring. I don't know why I had to call Ethan- all I know is that I wanted to hear his voice, wanted to feel the butterflies bouncing around in my stomach, wanted to feel the way about Ethan that Draco made me feel…

"This is Ethan Laroux," he said into the phone as he picked it up. I was incredibly disappointed when the feeling didn't come as I had hoped. "Hello?"

"Oh, hi, it's me," I said quietly, waiting for the storm to come. He hated when I called his business phone. "I just wanted to see how things were going."

"Nat?" he said, sounding, not angry, but mildly surprised that I was calling. In the background I heard a voice. A girl's voice. And she was giggling.

"Who is with you, Ethan?" I demanded, my face growing red with anger and humiliation. He didn't say anything, choosing instead to answer with a quick "What?"

"Ethan," I half-shouted into the phone, "Who is with you?"

When he didn't answer, choosing again to pretend that he didn't hear me (all the while the girl on the other end continuing to giggle), I hung up the phone. And I was fuming.

I stormed from the house, taking aim at a gnome that had poked itself out of the ground near a boot. It went sailing a good ten feet before landing with a dull thud right behind George. He glanced behind his shoulder, surprised to see the gnome staggering back and forth.

"Oh, I thought I missed one," he said quietly, as the ceremony had begun. "Natalie? Are you okay?"

I stomped past, ignoring him, as I made my way through the aisles toward Padma. People gasped at me in shock as I grabbed her upper arm and hauled her to her feet. Even the minister at the front of the crowd had to stop at the distraction I had caused.

Hermione looked about ready to curse me where I stood, whereas Ron was eyeing his future wife with apprehension, afraid of what she might do in front of friends and family.

"Don't mind me," I said sarcastically with a sweet smile, "Carry on."

Dean's jaw dropped in shock as Seamus clapped a hand to his forehead, running it down his face slowly. Out of all the things I had done since I had become friends with him, interrupting a wedding was the cherry on top of the sundae.

"Are you crazy?" Padma hissed as she pulled her arm from my grasp once we were far enough away from the crowd to not cause any more of a distraction. I heard the minister start talking once again. A dull roar of laughter sounded from the audience. "What did you just do that for? You are off your rocker you know that-"

"Draco shows up at the hospital, everyone over here thinks Draco and I are still together. I want you to tell me what the hell is going on around here. " I commanded as I stabbed her in the shoulder with my index finger. She made a noise of pain as she rubbed the spot, glaring at me.

"I don't know what you're talking about," she said, vaguely. I took a menacing step toward her, my eyes flaring with fury. She held up her hands in surrender. "Okay, okay. Draco sought me out, trying to find out where you were. He begged, Natalie, begged me to tell him where you were. It took me awhile, but I finally gave in. Natalie, the guy is absolutely crazy about you after all this time."

I took a step back from her, my mind reeling with the new information. "Padma, you don't understand, I haven't even talked to him for five years. Why, all of a sudden, does he want to find out where I am? He must be damn desper-"

"No, you don't understand," she interrupted. It was her turn to poke me in the shoulder with her index finger. "It wasn't recently that he sought me out. I just didn't tell you because you were so destroyed about your relationship and you had finally gotten back on your feet. Draco has been begging me to tell him where you are since you graduated from Hogwarts and moved away. Natalie, he's been looking for you for five years."