The Wedding of the Boy Hero
Disclaimer: I only own the plot. Aurora is her own person although she is fictional. That didn't make sense, but oh well.
A/N: Hehe, this is beginning note – I started on April 27th. Let's see when I finished. *going to be quite ashamed.*
Lessee, I think the story is no long in a Ginny-POV format. If it was that way, I don't think I could right it any further than two chapters ago.
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Chapter Fourteen: Uh . . . for the lack of a better title
The evening had continued to be a friendly banter session, but thank goodness the women changed the conversation topic to the actual wedding, not the people involved. That began with Aurora and Ginny explaining how the press got those pictures of Aurora putting a dress over Ginny's clothes at the bridal shop.
"Aren't you supposed to be trying dresses on at the bridal shop?" Ginny asked when Ron questioned why the two "girls" would do something so stupid. Yeah, sure, if they hadn't been at the store the press wouldn't have gotten the wrong interpretation of the events.
"Yes, but why were YOU looking at wedding dresses?" Ron retorted. Then he had turned his deadly gaze towards Harry. "You weren't planning anything funny were you?" Ginny immediately jumped to Harry's defense, and literally too. She jumped out of her seat to put some distance between her brother, and her brother's best friend/her old crush/current beau by forces called Aurora and Malfoy.
"It is called having fun while shopping!" Ginny exclaimed while putting protective arms around Harry and using body language to signal Hermione to calm down her husband. "Sheesh. I don't know what your problem is. Aurora and I went to look at dresses for me to wear, only we got sidetracked and decided to just look at all the pretty garments." The narrowed gaze was still shifted to Ginny, went back to Harry, and then it stopped at the Ginny's arms. That caused the redhead to drop her hands in exasperation.
"I really don't know what your problem is. You have known Harry since you were eleven years old. Just because . . . because we are . . . um, dating doesn't mean you have to treat your best friend like some random guy off the streets who take a look at me." Luckily, no one but the conspirators behind this whole charade noticed Ginny had stuttered.
"Ginny dear," Carrie began, "it is call the 'Men's Intuitive Senses.' You know how those American people have this word called 'turf'? Well, to your brothers you are their 'turf'." Everyone in the room looked at Carrie with v-shaped eyebrows.
"Is that what your learned in psychology?" Aurora asked completely aghast for reasons known to everyone but Carrie.
"No, not quite," Aurora's cousin replied in a nonchalant manner. She had received quite a lot of weird looks from her clients – psychiatry patients, as well as looks of surprise from her mentors and coworkers. "That is what I gathered in experience."
"Translation?" Ginny asked in a meek tone. From what the explanation sounded like, Ginny wasn't sure whether she should remain in the dark or know what is going on. Aurora looked at Carrie in a hopeless fashion.
"She means Ron is overly possessive."
Nods of agreement came from everyone, and the arrows turned directions . . . sort of. It was now Ron's turn to take the heat, as people say.
"I guess the tables turned. Even my own brothers and wife are against me." Hermione, feeling sorry for her husband, decided to bring the attention back to various dresses pertaining to the wedding from the banter session.
"Would you happen to have the picture of your wedding dress?" Hermione asked Aurora subtly changing the subject. Aurora looked at her event planner, namely Ginny, who handed the folder containing photos of pictures to her sister-in-law. "Wow, it looks so ethereal!"
This began the passing around of photos in the group of women. Remus and Sirius decided to be gentlemanly and joined the round of examining dresses.
"I have to agree this is a nice design," Remus complimented looking up from the picture of the wedding dress to see who should the receive comment. That was relatively easy since Draco Malfoy can never hold a compliment without being noticeable.
"Now stop it. They need to see what the bridesmaid dresses look it!" Aurora declared. Ginny laughed at the mix of envy, respect, and every emotion in the world on her girl best friend's face. Guess the marriage will eventful. "Why don't we look at the other dresses."
"They are so pretty!" Aurora squealed. "But only if they fixed the coloring and the fabric of the dress." The bridesmaid present reacted to the news in shock.
"What happened?"
"That was the reason why Ginny and I went to the bridal shop anyway. The manufacturers just forgot that I didn't want a certain shade of green. Honestly, my wedding is in the summer. I don't think the heavy forest green will be a good color." All the females nodded in agreement.
"Urg," Hermione moaned. "Did you say summer? This cannot be good." Aurora looked at her expectantly. Ginny's eyes widened in realization as well, Hermione wouldn't look quite so slim as she would be in her third trimester. "Did Harry tell you any thing along the lines of me being a mother?" The dark haired girl shook her head slowly.
"No, but are you? That is wonderful news! There is going to be another baby around. Yay!" Everyone besides Sirius looked at Aurora with a strange look. "So when is your baby due?"
"In early September . . ." Hermione replied trailing off.
"So? What is the problem?" Sirius asked. That had earned him a smack from Harry and Remus. "WHAT?! And Harry, I need to teach about respecting your elders."
"I don't want to look like a balloon at the ceremony. It would be so embarrassing." Hermione explained to Sirius as if he was a small child.
"Don't worry," Mike comforted. "For all we know, Aurora might be a balloon as well." The comment had caused everyone in the room to laugh, and it was the first time ever did people see how red Draco Malfoy could get. The color contrast to his fair complexion was noted by all, and therefore made fun of.
"What is today, 'Make fun of Malfoy Day?'" he asked when the joke finally came to a halt, or at least the laughter did.
"YES!" Harry replied enthusiastically. "It is pay back time. Now let us analyze the situation. Draco and Aurora were in the Caribbean together. I believe I remembered Aurora complaining about how the resort had given them the honeymoon suite. Hmmm, that insinuates quite a lot!" Aurora had turned even redder than her fiancé.
"Okay people. That's it. I am leaving. I refuse to take this abuse." She went to grab her coat and walked towards the door. The action was ended by her fiancé summoning her with of course, the handy dandy: summoning charm! Ginny was enjoying the show of two most unembarrassed-able (A/N: Is that a word? Well, it is now.) person in the world beating even the sun at being bright and red. Their cheeks probably could provide enough heat to make scrambled eggs as well.
"Oh geez, I don't want to know!" Mike tease blocking his view of his cousin flying into her fiancé. "I really don't want to know." This earned another bought of laughter and various couch decorations flying at Mike's head.
"I cannot believe this," Aurora declared thoroughly embarrassed. "Alrighty. We have gotten quite off the topic we were here to convene, so I take it everything is cleared, all I need to worry about it the press conference. Now everyone out!" Aurora made shooing motions with her hand forcing Mike in particular to leave.
"What happened to your good manners?" Mike complained thoroughly indignant. His albeit older but shorter cousin was trying to shove him through the door, he would have been laughing if he could find shelter elsewhere. "Hey, I am lodging here too! While you may have a house here, and quite a few in connection to Draco, but I need a place to spend the night!" Ginny noticed the change of expression on her friends face, and a plan formed.
"Right. Mike will stay here while I take Aurora with me. Although I believe in Aurora's virtues, I really don't want her looking anything like a balloon for her wedding."
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The arrangement had been solved. It was quite obvious that Aurora was miffed at how her own best friends decided to tease her on the matter. Ginny had decided it was safer for her to invite Carrie as well. As sweet as Aurora may be sometimes, grudges are held much longer than most people. If Ginny didn't want to find unpleasant objects in her bed when she woke up, or find something odd in her bathroom, it was better to have someone else around. The reasoning was logical in that since there was only one more day until the press conference and the engagement party thing after that, the girls could have a nice day together getting dresses and such.
"I cannot believe you did that!" Aurora whined, which surprised Ginny. Should the auror be waving a wand in her face by now?
"What, did something like that happen?" Carrie asked. Ginny suddenly wondered if it was a good idea to bring Carrie. Maybe she could pretend there was an emergency and she had to leave. Or maybe she could call Lavender and Parvati seeing as Hermione can't just leave Ron.
"No!" Aurora looked up switching from being red, to pale, to red, to pale . . . Carrie was about to say something again, but Ginny thought maybe she should explain her plan for the coming day.
"Why don't we all go to sleep? I thought we might go on a shopping trip with Lavender and Parvati tomorrow. The press conference and the party afterwards are black – tie events." Carrie and Aurora nodded.
"So where are we sleeping?"
"Here."
"Here here?"
"Yes." Three sleeping rolls appeared out of the air arrange in a circle.
"This reminds me of those sleepover we had when we were little," Carrie said, finally not so tactless and odd.
"Oh yes, the ones where we play truth or dare, talk about crushes, and plan weddings!" Aurora giggled. Ginny only smiled and motioned for everyone fix their makeshift beds and get ready to chat until everyone falls asleep.
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"So are you really dating Harry?" Carrie asked reverting back to her blunt self when Aurora went to the restroom. Oh bother, she noticed. "You seemed quite nervous when you were defending your relationship in front of your brother."
"No." That was the only reply. To Ginny's prayers, Aurora came out and it was Ginny's turn to get ready for bed.
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"Why?" Carrie asked Aurora as soon as she was sure Ginny's couldn't hear.
"Why what?" the look Carrie sent mean business. "I need help. Those two have liked each other since the beginning of time."
"Oh?"
"Fine, I need expert advice and help from someone who got top marks in human psychology and is a renown psychiatrist. How do I set them up?" Carrie smiled in a way that resembled Aurora when she would be questioning her prisoners.
"I have to analyze the situation first. Since I get to spend a day with her tomorrow; that should be enough combined with what you probably know. But you do realize it will be tough since the Weasleys seem quite protective of their family, about as bad as ours." Aurora nodded.
"I know exactly what you mean. But the first big event that I can think of to force them together is my engagement party after the press conference. I'll be announcing the best man and the maid of honor. I think a dance is planned for them already -- it's tradition."
"Oh good. But we still need help. I don't know Lavender and Parvative, but would they . . ." Carrie didn't get to finished since Ginny came out in her pajamas.
"They?" she asked.
"I was just wanting to know more about Lavender and Parvati," Carried half lied. The little girl talk was basically about Lavender and Parvati and their personalities. That had lasted quite long since the question had spark an long stroll down memory lane, which was good, remembering things help people calm down, for the current problems, and is a great sleep inducer. It was long before all the girls fell asleep.
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The thoughts plaguing each mind was different. Ginny was quite suspicious of the conversation Carrie and Aurora held when she was changing, but since she couldn't think of anything that they could do that's really devastating, she quickly went into the land of the dreams. Now Carrie on the other hand, was planning some devastating things that she could do to Ginny to get the two clueless lovebirds together. The thoughts ringing in Aurora's head shouldn't be publicized for she had nothing that was comprehensible. It ranged from one of her missions to a cat, and the forbidden one: Harry with some leggy secretary.
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Just a little tidbit to add from last chapter. Seeing as if I don't add anything now, the next available update time is after school is over. Uh yeah, that's about it. There wasn't as much of a H/G pairing, but it is getting there. Major H/G coming in press conference time.