A/N: I thought ya'll might like that… I especially enjoyed the song and dance number. My personal favorite.
Remember… I always have Ron being happy-go-lucky? Well… this is truly the only time you'll ever see him actually cry….
Chapter Two: Granger-Weasley, Weasley-Ives
Harry sat with his friend in his room. They were at the Weasley house and Ron was about to get married to Hermione. Ron was nothing, but a bundle of nerves.
George wasn't helping, either. "Come on, mate, it isn't going to be as bad as all that! I mean… at least you aren't marrying a hag!"
Ron glared at George. Harry had to keep patting Ron on his shoulder. "It'll be alright, Ron… I'm sure Hermione is just as scared as you are…."
"She's not, actually… she keeps talking about the many things they are going to do on their honeymoon…." George smirked as he winked at Harry.
"George, I didn't need that image in my head…" Harry grumbled.
"No… I was talking about her talking about going to the various castles in Ireland…. She's very interested." George said.
Harry gave Ron a reassuring look. "She's just as nervous…" Harry said. Ron smiled.
"So where are you and Nev going to live…." Ron asked with a weak smile.
"We'll live in America…" George said with a sad smile. "We both agreed that it was too painful to stay here…"
Harry understood the silence. The last year for him and Ron was a painful one. Fred, George's twin had died somewhere after Christmas break. Harry fought back a small tear that was invading his eye.
"So where in America are you going to live, George?" asked Harry.
George was silent as he scratched his head in thought. "I think she requested that we live in Texas…. She said it was the friendliest place in America."
"That's good…" Ron muttered. "So where is Lee? I thought you said he was going to be your best man…." Ron said as he turned back to Fred.
"Well… maybe we can get Harry here to share the role for both of us!" George said as he put an arm around Harry.
"Er… wouldn't that be a bit dangerous to my health?" Harry asked sheepishly.
"No! You're my best mate as well!" George cried.
"I was afraid of that…" Harry muttered.
"Don't be…" Ron said with a wide grin. "We'll share him if Lee forgets again…"
The door opened in walked Ginny. She was dressed in a long lilac dress that suited her complexion well. She was Hermione's Maid of Honor. "Have either of you seen Hermione?" she asked.
"GINNY! You know it is bad luck for the groom to see the bride before the wedding!" sputtered Ron.
Ginny growled angrily at him. "I was merely asking a legitimate question!"
Ron shrank away under her fiery gaze. "You know… you remind me of mum when you do that…"
"What do you mean, Ginny?" Harry asked her.
Ginny looked at him with a worried expression. "I was with her for a little bit, but when I came back from the loo, she was gone!"
"What do you MEAN she's gone!" Ron was starting to hyperventilate.
"Just what I said… she's disappeared!" Ginny said. "Astra can't even find her!"
"Well, that does it… And here I was figuring that Ron here would desert her…." George said with a grin. "I guess I get to pay Astra those three galleons…"
"You were BETTING on my showing up!" Ron was hyperventilating harder.
"Everyone calm down!" shouted Harry. "We need to go find her!"
"Got it… Harry.. you come with me!" Ginny said. "Ron… George… you stay here…"
"Alright…" George muttered in unison with Ron.
Harry was led down the stairs by Ginny. They ran through the kitchen and out the door. "I think she would have gone into the woods over there!"
"Why, Gin?" Harry asked.
"Because…" Ginny suddenly paused. There was a look of concentration on her face. "I don't really know… That's what all the movies have in them when the bride disappears…"
Harry thought for a moment. "Sounds good… let's try in there…"
Astra sat in Ginny's room watching Nevaeh pace back and forth. "I'm the Maid of Honor, eh?" Astra smirked. "This is too weird, you know that?"
"Shut up… I'm trying to figure out where Hermione ran off to…" Nevaeh snapped at her sharply.
"Honestly… what did you say to her to make her up like that?" Astra said as she leaned back in her chair.
"I was talking about how afraid I was that George would leave me if I grew fat or something…" Nevaeh said. "Honestly! I don't know what I said!"
"Could it have anything to do with that remark that increased her own fears?" Astra said with a smirk.
"How could it! Ron is absolutely in love with the woman! He would die if she left…." Nevaeh said.
She sat down in a chair across from Astra. "Maybe she just went to the bathroom…?" Astra put in.
"Are you drunk?" Nevaeh said suddenly.
"Nev… you know that I abhor alcohol. Besides… I don't need it to be as weird as I am…" Astra said with a wink. Nevaeh sighed heavily.
"I just don't want to think it was my fault that she disappeared…" Nevaeh said.
"It isn't your fault, Nev… don't worry… she'll show up as soon as some sense gets knocked into that bushy head!" Astra grumbled.
Harry and Ginny walked through the wooded area next to the house. "Ginny… I honestly don't think this is where she is… She isn't the woodsy type…"
Ginny stopped and thought for a moment. "Alright… let's go back to the house, then…."
When they came back to the house, they found Ron lying on the couch, sobbing hysterically. "I'm going to die! I can't live without her!" he cried.
Harry stared at his best friend. "Ron… I'm sure that she'll turn up…."
Ron lifted his face out of the cushions and gave Harry a teary eyed gaze. "Are you sure?"
Ginny sighed sympathetically and sat next to her brother. She hugged him. "Oh Ron… Why do you have to attach yourself so firmly to someone…"
"Can I help it if I love her?" Ron cried.
"No… I mean it, Ron… I.. can't breathe!" Ginny gasped. Ron suddenly flew backwards. "Thanks…"
"Sorry…" whimpered Ron.
"I'm sure she's around here somewhere…." Harry said. "I mean… it isn't like Hermione to just run away…"
"True…." Ron whimpered.
At that moment, Mrs. Weasley walked in. "Hello kids…." She said cheerfully. Then, she spotted Ron sniffling. "Ron! What's wrong!"
"We can't find Hermione…." Harry said.
"What?" Mrs. Weasley asked. "You can't find her… but how can that be…."
Ron sniffled. Mrs. Weasley knelt down next to her son and hugged him. "I'm sure she'll turn up, honey… you just wait.. she'll come walking in at any moment…"
Harry smiled. He enjoyed Mrs. Weasley. She was like a mother for him. He imagined for a moment what Ron had to be feeling. He imagined Ginny leaving him at the altar. It was a horrible feeling.
He held Ginny around her waist. She gave him a startled look, but it faded as somehow she seemed to understand. "Don't worry… that'll never happen…" she whispered to him.
Suddenly, in walked a very angry Hermione. "Damned toilet!" she grumbled. "How in hell are you supposed to take a pee in a wedding dress!"
Harry nearly broke down laughing. Ginny was holding her sides as Ron shot up from his spot and was beside Hermione in a flash. "HERMIONE!"
"Ron? Ron! You aren't supposed to see me before the wedding! It's bad luck!" Hermione cried.
"As if you ever cared about that!" Ron said as he wiped a tear from his eye.
Hermione blushed. "Well.. does anyone mind explaining to me why all of us are in one room together?" she asked.
"We thought you had disappeared on us…" came Astra's voice.
"Yeah… thought you had left Ron at the altar, in a sense…" Nevaeh said as they both appeared from the stairs.
Ron's ears went pink as he stared at his shoes. Hermione smiled and shook her head. "I was trying to find a bathroom and then there was the dress problem…." She said.
"Well…is there going to be a wedding or what?!" Astra smirked.
"Everyone is waiting for it to begin…" said Mrs. Weasley as she gave Hermione a hug. "Are you ready?"
Hermione and Ron nodded. Nevaeh looked worried. "Where's George?"
Astra slapped her forehead. "Let's not start this entire spiral again..."
"I left him in my room…." Ron said. "I asked him how he would feel if Nevaeh had left him and he just sort of went rigid and white."
Astra walked up the stairs with Harry right behind her. They both walked into Ron's room. There was George sitting in a chair in the middle of the room looking like he just ran straight through a ghost.
"Oh dear…" Astra said while trying not to smile. It looked like it was difficult work.
Harry shook his head and walked over. He patted George on his back and sighed. "George… she isn't going to leave you…."
Suddenly, it was like a switch had been flipped. George sprang to life and started for the door. "Well… are we having a wedding or not?" he smiled a large smile.
They walked down the stairs together, meeting Ron in the living room, and walked out to the yard. Outside, the sun was setting and Harry could see Hermione and Nevaeh standing beside one another looking rather impatient.
"About damned time!" growled Nevaeh. Then, she flashed George a smile. Hermione took Ron's arm and Harry walked over to his place next Mr. Granger and Mr. Ives, who was a beefy sort of man.
Astra walked over to her place next to Ginny. "Here we go…" she smiled.
The priest smiled. "Dearly beloved…."
Remember… I always have Ron being happy-go-lucky? Well… this is truly the only time you'll ever see him actually cry….
Chapter Two: Granger-Weasley, Weasley-Ives
Harry sat with his friend in his room. They were at the Weasley house and Ron was about to get married to Hermione. Ron was nothing, but a bundle of nerves.
George wasn't helping, either. "Come on, mate, it isn't going to be as bad as all that! I mean… at least you aren't marrying a hag!"
Ron glared at George. Harry had to keep patting Ron on his shoulder. "It'll be alright, Ron… I'm sure Hermione is just as scared as you are…."
"She's not, actually… she keeps talking about the many things they are going to do on their honeymoon…." George smirked as he winked at Harry.
"George, I didn't need that image in my head…" Harry grumbled.
"No… I was talking about her talking about going to the various castles in Ireland…. She's very interested." George said.
Harry gave Ron a reassuring look. "She's just as nervous…" Harry said. Ron smiled.
"So where are you and Nev going to live…." Ron asked with a weak smile.
"We'll live in America…" George said with a sad smile. "We both agreed that it was too painful to stay here…"
Harry understood the silence. The last year for him and Ron was a painful one. Fred, George's twin had died somewhere after Christmas break. Harry fought back a small tear that was invading his eye.
"So where in America are you going to live, George?" asked Harry.
George was silent as he scratched his head in thought. "I think she requested that we live in Texas…. She said it was the friendliest place in America."
"That's good…" Ron muttered. "So where is Lee? I thought you said he was going to be your best man…." Ron said as he turned back to Fred.
"Well… maybe we can get Harry here to share the role for both of us!" George said as he put an arm around Harry.
"Er… wouldn't that be a bit dangerous to my health?" Harry asked sheepishly.
"No! You're my best mate as well!" George cried.
"I was afraid of that…" Harry muttered.
"Don't be…" Ron said with a wide grin. "We'll share him if Lee forgets again…"
The door opened in walked Ginny. She was dressed in a long lilac dress that suited her complexion well. She was Hermione's Maid of Honor. "Have either of you seen Hermione?" she asked.
"GINNY! You know it is bad luck for the groom to see the bride before the wedding!" sputtered Ron.
Ginny growled angrily at him. "I was merely asking a legitimate question!"
Ron shrank away under her fiery gaze. "You know… you remind me of mum when you do that…"
"What do you mean, Ginny?" Harry asked her.
Ginny looked at him with a worried expression. "I was with her for a little bit, but when I came back from the loo, she was gone!"
"What do you MEAN she's gone!" Ron was starting to hyperventilate.
"Just what I said… she's disappeared!" Ginny said. "Astra can't even find her!"
"Well, that does it… And here I was figuring that Ron here would desert her…." George said with a grin. "I guess I get to pay Astra those three galleons…"
"You were BETTING on my showing up!" Ron was hyperventilating harder.
"Everyone calm down!" shouted Harry. "We need to go find her!"
"Got it… Harry.. you come with me!" Ginny said. "Ron… George… you stay here…"
"Alright…" George muttered in unison with Ron.
Harry was led down the stairs by Ginny. They ran through the kitchen and out the door. "I think she would have gone into the woods over there!"
"Why, Gin?" Harry asked.
"Because…" Ginny suddenly paused. There was a look of concentration on her face. "I don't really know… That's what all the movies have in them when the bride disappears…"
Harry thought for a moment. "Sounds good… let's try in there…"
Astra sat in Ginny's room watching Nevaeh pace back and forth. "I'm the Maid of Honor, eh?" Astra smirked. "This is too weird, you know that?"
"Shut up… I'm trying to figure out where Hermione ran off to…" Nevaeh snapped at her sharply.
"Honestly… what did you say to her to make her up like that?" Astra said as she leaned back in her chair.
"I was talking about how afraid I was that George would leave me if I grew fat or something…" Nevaeh said. "Honestly! I don't know what I said!"
"Could it have anything to do with that remark that increased her own fears?" Astra said with a smirk.
"How could it! Ron is absolutely in love with the woman! He would die if she left…." Nevaeh said.
She sat down in a chair across from Astra. "Maybe she just went to the bathroom…?" Astra put in.
"Are you drunk?" Nevaeh said suddenly.
"Nev… you know that I abhor alcohol. Besides… I don't need it to be as weird as I am…" Astra said with a wink. Nevaeh sighed heavily.
"I just don't want to think it was my fault that she disappeared…" Nevaeh said.
"It isn't your fault, Nev… don't worry… she'll show up as soon as some sense gets knocked into that bushy head!" Astra grumbled.
Harry and Ginny walked through the wooded area next to the house. "Ginny… I honestly don't think this is where she is… She isn't the woodsy type…"
Ginny stopped and thought for a moment. "Alright… let's go back to the house, then…."
When they came back to the house, they found Ron lying on the couch, sobbing hysterically. "I'm going to die! I can't live without her!" he cried.
Harry stared at his best friend. "Ron… I'm sure that she'll turn up…."
Ron lifted his face out of the cushions and gave Harry a teary eyed gaze. "Are you sure?"
Ginny sighed sympathetically and sat next to her brother. She hugged him. "Oh Ron… Why do you have to attach yourself so firmly to someone…"
"Can I help it if I love her?" Ron cried.
"No… I mean it, Ron… I.. can't breathe!" Ginny gasped. Ron suddenly flew backwards. "Thanks…"
"Sorry…" whimpered Ron.
"I'm sure she's around here somewhere…." Harry said. "I mean… it isn't like Hermione to just run away…"
"True…." Ron whimpered.
At that moment, Mrs. Weasley walked in. "Hello kids…." She said cheerfully. Then, she spotted Ron sniffling. "Ron! What's wrong!"
"We can't find Hermione…." Harry said.
"What?" Mrs. Weasley asked. "You can't find her… but how can that be…."
Ron sniffled. Mrs. Weasley knelt down next to her son and hugged him. "I'm sure she'll turn up, honey… you just wait.. she'll come walking in at any moment…"
Harry smiled. He enjoyed Mrs. Weasley. She was like a mother for him. He imagined for a moment what Ron had to be feeling. He imagined Ginny leaving him at the altar. It was a horrible feeling.
He held Ginny around her waist. She gave him a startled look, but it faded as somehow she seemed to understand. "Don't worry… that'll never happen…" she whispered to him.
Suddenly, in walked a very angry Hermione. "Damned toilet!" she grumbled. "How in hell are you supposed to take a pee in a wedding dress!"
Harry nearly broke down laughing. Ginny was holding her sides as Ron shot up from his spot and was beside Hermione in a flash. "HERMIONE!"
"Ron? Ron! You aren't supposed to see me before the wedding! It's bad luck!" Hermione cried.
"As if you ever cared about that!" Ron said as he wiped a tear from his eye.
Hermione blushed. "Well.. does anyone mind explaining to me why all of us are in one room together?" she asked.
"We thought you had disappeared on us…" came Astra's voice.
"Yeah… thought you had left Ron at the altar, in a sense…" Nevaeh said as they both appeared from the stairs.
Ron's ears went pink as he stared at his shoes. Hermione smiled and shook her head. "I was trying to find a bathroom and then there was the dress problem…." She said.
"Well…is there going to be a wedding or what?!" Astra smirked.
"Everyone is waiting for it to begin…" said Mrs. Weasley as she gave Hermione a hug. "Are you ready?"
Hermione and Ron nodded. Nevaeh looked worried. "Where's George?"
Astra slapped her forehead. "Let's not start this entire spiral again..."
"I left him in my room…." Ron said. "I asked him how he would feel if Nevaeh had left him and he just sort of went rigid and white."
Astra walked up the stairs with Harry right behind her. They both walked into Ron's room. There was George sitting in a chair in the middle of the room looking like he just ran straight through a ghost.
"Oh dear…" Astra said while trying not to smile. It looked like it was difficult work.
Harry shook his head and walked over. He patted George on his back and sighed. "George… she isn't going to leave you…."
Suddenly, it was like a switch had been flipped. George sprang to life and started for the door. "Well… are we having a wedding or not?" he smiled a large smile.
They walked down the stairs together, meeting Ron in the living room, and walked out to the yard. Outside, the sun was setting and Harry could see Hermione and Nevaeh standing beside one another looking rather impatient.
"About damned time!" growled Nevaeh. Then, she flashed George a smile. Hermione took Ron's arm and Harry walked over to his place next Mr. Granger and Mr. Ives, who was a beefy sort of man.
Astra walked over to her place next to Ginny. "Here we go…" she smiled.
The priest smiled. "Dearly beloved…."