The characters of the Harry Potter universe belong to Ms. Rowlings, and I'm borrowing them for my own imagination.

Chapter 21 - Weasley Weddings

As Hermione looked in the mirror in one of tents set up on the Burrows property for the wedding parties to get ready in, she was glad she chose pale blue dress robes. The empire waist of the dress helped hide her slightly extended belly. Yes, she was clearly starting to show.

She turned and smiled as saw Anna, Molly, Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Bell fussing with the veils.

Angelina's dress was a dark shade of blue and flowed over her extended belly, not hiding it, but not accentuating it either. She glowed. Katie's white dress draped beautifully over her slender body. Sara, Ginny and Fleur were currently fussing with Katie's hairs. They had already helped straighten and arranged Hermione's hair, knowing how long her curly mane would take they started on her first. Katie's was going much easier.

Hermione let her gaze travel further around the tent. Luna was seated at a table with Lily and Delia keeping them occupied. Hermione looked over to see Remy was once again checking her own reflection in the mirror nervously. Because Ginny was already Maid of Honor for Angelina, Hermione had asked Remy to be hers. The girl had been bundle of excitement and nervousness ever since.

Hermione rubbed a hand over her extended abdomen, before moving to where Anna and her soon to be mother-in-law were standing. Anna and Molly had been putting a lot of time in together arranging a 'proper' wedding and their friendship had grown since the rough start two years ago. She was sure they also spent a great deal of time discussing their concerns over Hermione, Ron and the baby. She knew they were concerned about their future, and honestly Hermione was too.

"How are you doing sweetie?" Anna said wrapping an arm around Hermione's shoulder.

"I'm okay, I just..." Hermione began.

"Miss you Mum and Dad?" Anna asked.

"Yeah. I am so grateful to have you and Severus, but..." She began again.

"It's not the same. I know." Anna said. "But I tell you, Remy takes more after her father than she does me. Severus is just as nervous and excited about walking you down the aisle. We love you so much."

"I love you, too. And I miss Minerva, too. I liked having her for a grandmother." Hermione said.

"I miss Alicia, too. We talked about sharing this day since we were eleven. It seems wrong that she isn't here." Angelina said.

"I think we all will be missing someone today." Anna said smiling at Molly.

"We just remember that we have today because of them." Molly agreed smiling back with watery eyes.

"Why does it feel like I have butterflies in my stomach. I'm about to become a mother any day now. I shouldn't be nervous because of a little ceremony." Angie said fidgeting with her dress.

"I know how you feel. At least we get to go through this stress together." Hermione said. Angie smiled at her in return.

"Here, here." Katie agreed

"How do you think the guys are doing?" Ginny asked.

"Oh, Fred and George will be trying to joke around unsuccessfully covering up their own nervousness." Katie said.

"Ron will be more nervous. He probably thinks I'm going to stand him up." Hermione said with a laugh.

"Yep, that's our Ron." Ginny laughed.

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"I'm going to be standing there in front of all those people, and she is going to take one look at me and run in the opposite direction." Ron said as he paced frantically around tent.

"Ron, if she would have run in the opposite direction, it would have been well before now." Bill said trying to calm his younger brother. Bill, Percy and Harry were trying to stop Ron from having a full blown meltdown.

"Oh, buck up Ronnikins." Fred said.

"What do you think Angelina and Katie will do if you cause something to mar this day?" Percy asked as he pushed Ron into a chair.

"What do you think Mum will do if in your stupidity you cause Angelina to call off your portion of the wedding." Bill asked.

"She wouldn't." Fred stated but it sounded more like a question. Both he and George sobered and sank chairs on either side of Ron.

"Ron, you both need to relax. Merlin, I thought you were bad, Bill." Their father said as he sat with Patrick in his lap. They were waiting until the last possible minute to put the toddler in his dress robes.

"So, Dad. Are you going to give them the same talk you gave me on my wedding day?" Bill asked.

"I actually already did it, considering two of them will be fathers before the year will be out, I felt it necessary." Their father said.

"I thought the sex talk was bad." Fred said.

"Maybe I will have all girls, then it will be up to Hermione to give the talk." Ron said.

"I wouldn't count on it. You are a Weasley." Bill said. "Anyway, remember our lovely little co-ed conversations on Harry's birthday. Hermione is likely to follow the same suit. The idea was Anna's."

"Well, I can still hope." Ron said.

TBC

A/N: Happy New Year.