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

Chapter 25 - Party at the Burrows

"Happy Birthday, Arry!" Hagrid called out as he entered the backyard of the Burrows where the party was set up.

"Thank you, Hagrid." Harry responded from where he sat with Hermione, Ron, Ginny and George . "I tried to tell Mrs. Weasley I was getting to old for her to make such a big deal of it, but she wouldn't hear of it."

"That's just how Molly is. Oh, there is Arthur. Must go and catch up with 'im." Hagrid stated heading over to join Arthur, Bill, and Remus greeting Tonks and Fluer who were rocking their daughters as well as Percy and Penny who were playing a game with Teddy.

"Last night was so beautiful. And you did such a fantastic job as best man." Ginny commented to George.

"Of course, only the best for Angie and Lee." George responded. "That is why Percy picked me as well you know."

"Doesn't hurt that you are a little afraid of Angie." Ron commented.

"Doesn't hurt at all." George agreed.

"Verty seemed to have a good time." Hermione stated.

"Of course, she was with me." George agreed and the others just laughed.

"You bringing Verty to Percy's wedding?" Ginny asked.

"No, Oliver is going to be out of town, so I am borrowing Alicia for the wedding."

"Didn't she and Katie look beautiful last night, well not as beautiful as Angelina." Ginny stated wistfully.

"I think Charlie only had eyes for Katie, though." Hermione said.

"Where is Charlie? I thought he was staying through Percy's wedding." George asked.

"He is. When he awoke this morning, he said that there were some things that he needed to take care of and took off." Ginny informed them.

"Ginny. George. Can you help me a moment?" Molly called out.

"Sure." George responded pulling Ginny with him

"Ginny has talked a lot about last night's wedding as well as Percy's coming up." Hermione commented.

"Yeah, I know." Harry responded. "I know she is hoping we can become engaged soon, but I'm not ready yet. Anyway, I want to wait until I have at least finished training, and I still have another year of that."

"As long as you are not string my sister along." Ron stated, remembering their break up after sixth year.

"I'm not. But do you really think that Ginny is ready to be a wife?" Harry asked.

"No, she may think she is, but I don't think you are ready to be a husband either." Ron stated.

"Yeah, I don't need to add the pressure of being a husband to my life right now. I spent so long with the weight of the whole wizarding world on his shoulders, I not ready for that much responsibility yet." Harry stated. "So can we get off the subject of wedding before she returns."

His friends smiled and nodded.

"Sorry, I'm late." Charlie called out as he entered the gardens with a flushed looking Katie in tow.

"About time you got back." Molly stated as she entered the garden followed by George and Ginny carrying the food.

"I had some business that needed to be handled." Charlie said glancing around the garden to see who all was there. "Oi, Hagrid. Good you're here. Have you shared your news yet?"

"No, I 'ave been waitin on Professor Mogonagall to fill me position." Hagrid replied.

"It's filled, so go ahead." Charlie stated.

"What news? What's going on, Hagrid?" Harry asked.

"Well, Olympe has asked me to move to Beauxbaton and I 'ave said yeah." Hagrid said clearly excited to be with the Headmistress again and resume their relationship. "Grawp is goin too. Olympe has arranged it all. I'm gonna miss you all though."

"Congratulations." Arthur said shaking Hagrid's hand.

"Sorry, I aven't said anything earlier. Been waitin for the Headmistress to fill me postion." Hagrid said.

"Well, we will miss you at the school. With all you do for the school, it is going to take two wizards to fill your place." Remus told him.

"He's right, it will. And I don't know how great a teacher I am going to be, but I am going to give it a go." Charlie shared to everyone's shock.

"You're taking the Care of Magical Creatures position?" Arthur asked.

"Well, I want to marry Katie, but I know she doesn't want to leave England and is looking forward to teaching at Hogwarts. So I asked Minerva for the teaching position." Charlie responded.

"Your moving home!" Molly screamed rushing over and engulfing her son in a hug, knocking Katie slightly out of the way.

"I don't think that was his main point." Hermione whispered to Ron and Harry, they just shrugged.

"I am guessing since Katie is here with you that you have asked and she said yes?" Arthur said as he approached them, and as Charlie extracted himself from his mother and retook Katie's hand to show his father the ring.

Arthur immediately hugged Katie, "Welcome to the family."

"Well, there goes putting the wedding talk on hold." Harry commented as he, Ron and Hermione joined the rest of their family in congratulating Charlie and Katie.

TBC