Hermione sat in Fred's lap in Harry and Ron's room, leaning against his chest. She hadn't realized it before now, but she was relatively smaller than him, her head resting just under his shoulder. And she wasn't slouching as much as she had to when she and Ron dated during the Horcrux Hunt.
Yes, she thought, I did have to slouch a lot to sit like this with Ron. Oh, I hope I don't compare these two. That's not really polite. She shifted on Fred's lap, sitting a little straighter, a little more comfortably. Fred put his arm around her. Harry grinned at them. "Good, you two made up?" he asked as he came in, and settled on his bed, with Ginny laying beside him. George rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, they made up, and I have a feeling we'd all rather Ginny came over and sat by her favourite brother." He said, and Ginny just smirked. "No, Charlie seems to be okay over there." She said, nodding at Charlie, who was wrapped in a conversation with Fred, and lounging comfortably on the floor.
Harry, Hermione, Luna, Katie, and Ron laughed at the shocked look on George's face. Fred and Charlie turned to them. "What just happened here?" Charlie asked, and Fred shrugged. "I have no idea. Oh well, why are we up here when we don't fit?" he said, and Harry nodded. "Oh yeah. Well, I was thinking that maybe we should have a bonfire with all of us, so that we can get to know each other well enough. We are going to be family soon." He said, and the others nodded.
"Will we invite anyone else?" Ginny asked, and Harry nodded. "If we feel like they belong. Anyone?" he said, and Hermione nodded. "I have a friend who I'd like to be here. He is, technically, my family. He'd be about Charlie's age." She said. The others nodded, and Harry smiled.
"He can come. How about we do it tomorrow, instead of tonight?" he said, and Hermione nodded. "Alright, so tomorrow, is everyone okay with that?" Harry said, and everyone nodded, before leaving the crowded room. Hermione walked slowly to her room, feeling extremely tired even though it was only about nine. She yawned, walking into her room.
Quickly, she scribbled off a letter, and sent it with Beta, the owl she had gotten after the war. She changed into some shorts, and one of Charlie's shirts, then rolled into bed, thinking to herself she would need to get some of Fred's shirts, as she was going to marry him.
Hermione woke sometime in the night to tapping on her window. Blinking, she saw the distinct shape of Beta, holding another letter. She got up, and let him in. Beta took a treat from her hand, then left, leaving her alone. She quickly read over the letter, then grinned. Laying the letter on her bedside table, Hermione quickly fell back asleep, happier than before.
Charlie awoke the next morning, and stood up from his bed. He felt like today was just going to be good. Fred and Hermione had made up (which he felt on the fence about), they were having a bonfire (friends, family, and fire- what could go wrong) and of course, Hermione was up. Hermione was, possibly, his best friend, if not his closest. She was at least one of his best friends. As he got ready for the day, he thought about how they had met.
Hey y'all! Okay, okay, I know this chapter is shorter compared to some of my other ones, and I apologize. I try and fit 850+ words in each chapter. I don't know if that's an average or not for other stories, but that's what I go with. And I apologize, because this chapter, just the actual story part is about 580 words. So I apologize. And it's a cliff hanger! Sorta. Not really. No, not really at all. But I do try and add a few of those, but of course, I don't actually know if they're a cliff-hanger or not. Alright, several points to make. Okay, one: I said before that I don't need reviews to keep going. Which is true, I don't, I'm gonna write this anyway. But I would absolutely love some feedback. I'd like someone to tell me if the story is good or bad, or just sucks entirely. So, if you think, 'hey this story is absolutely terrible' then please tell me. I won't get an attitude with you, because I did say that you could say that. So yeah, feedback would be nice. Um, what else was I gonna mention? Oh yeah! Okay, so I dunno if I've said this already, but I don't have a beta for this (though I do have a stuffed lion that I named Beta) so if some of the grammar is bad, I apologize. My grammar tends to suck at times. Sorry. But, uh, yeah. I promise, though, that this story will at least get to the wedding. I also probably won't have a 'wedding night' kinda scene. I probably won't even try, because I'm not the greatest at love-writing. I have lots of trouble with it for this story. Surprise! Yeah, kissing and stuff, I suck at it. And I'm sorry. So, uh, yeah. That's a huge author's note. I wouldn't blame you if you actually didn't read all of it. Here's a joke for those of you that did:
Q- Why can't dogs dance very well?
because they have two left feet.
Yeah, I know, I suck. I'm sorry.-Storm