Part Three:
Even though the wedding wouldn't be until May, Hermione insisted on getting the guest list written out over Christmas...and she made Ron help her. He protested: he wanted to talk to his brothers and Harry.
"I don't care if you invite giants to the wedding!"
"Oh, honestly, Ron, it'll only take a few minutes."
After two hours of arguing, writing and crossing out names, they had a pretty good idea of who would be at their wedding.
*Harry Potter
*Ginny Weasley
*Fred and Angelina Weasley
*George Weasley and guest
"Um...Hermione? Why are you writing down the most obvious ones?"
"What?" Hermione looked at him, slightly annoyed. "Ron, I just want to get a good idea of-"
"But we already KNOW that they're going!"
Hermione rolled her eyes and continued writing.
*Percy Weasley, Cassie and Polly (Penelope?)
"We can't invite Penelope!" Ron said quickly.
"Why not? I always liked her."
"Hermione, she's my brother's lesbian ex-wife! That would be so awkward."
"Fine, fine!" Hermione crossed out Penelope's name. "There? Happy?"
"Whatever." Ron was still annoyed that he had to sit there.
*Charlie and Ella Weasley; Tom, Renne, Victoria, Vanessa
*Bill Weasley and guest
"Um, I don't know about that..." Ron said. "I mean, what if he brings a...friend? Mum would freak."
"We can't have George bring a guest and not let Bill," Hermione said calmly. "If he does bring a...friend, well, your mother will just have to deal with it."
*Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Weasley
*Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Granger
*Rebecca O'Neil, Donald
"Whose that?"
Hermione gave Ron a shocked look. "Don't you remember her? She's my only cousin! Last Christmas, at my parent's house? And she has a four-year-old son out of wedlock, remember?"
"Oh, yeah, her..." Ron didn't really remember: he just remembered who strange Hermione's parents' Muggle home was.
*Aunt Shannon and Uncle Joseph O'Neil
"Rebecca's parents from Ireland," Hermione snapped before Ron could ask.
*Lavender Brown and guest
*Parvati Patil and guest
"Huh?" Ron was clearly confused. "I thought you hated them."
"After living in a dormitory with them for seven years, we had no choice but to get close," Hermione explained patiently. "Anyway, Lavender invited me to her wedding last year. I couldn't go, though..."
*Seamus Finnigan and guest
*Dean Thomas and guest
*Neville Longbottom and guest
"Yuck, he'll probably bring that batty old grandmother of his!"
Hermione shook her head. "No, she died a couple of years back."
"Oh..." Ron felt his face flush a bit. "Alright, then..."
*Hannah Abbot
*Ernie McMillen
*Justin Fitch-Fletchly
*Luna Lovegood
*Alicia Spinnet
*Katie Bell
"But you barely knew them!"
"I knew them a lot more then you know!" Hermione snapped. "Do you know anything about girls, Ron? Honestly!"
"Well, at least they were on the Quidditch team with me..."
*Viktor Krum and guest
"Oh, NO!"
"RON!"
"Anyone but him!"
"Ron, we're still friends! Anything we had other then that...well, it ended a long time ago." Hermione's back suddenly straightened. "Besides, he's already married."
"Oh," Ron said, unable to hide a grin.
*Professor Remus Lupin and guest
*Nymphadora Tonks and guest
Ron snickered. "They'll probably just come together." Hermione smiled, too, but kept writing without a word.
*Professor Minerva McGonagall
"Hermione, are you going to invite all our teachers?" Ron demanded, looking frustrated.
"No, just her," Hermione said with a sniff. She examined the list. "That makes our wedding party just under fifty people. A good size, I think."
"Whatever."
"Ron, you really need to start caring more. This is our WEDDING we're talking about!"
"Look, are we done yet?"
Hermione narrowed her eyes. "Oh, I suppose..."
"Great." Nearly tipping his chair over, Ron hurried out of the room. With a smile, Hermione put the list away...for now.
Somehow, all the adults at the Burrow got their hands on the list. Everyone had a suggestion to make:
"Why not invite Oliver Wood? I haven't seen him in ages!"
"Um..." Hermione looked at her fiancee nervously. "Neither of us realy knew him..." Harry, Fred, George, and Angelina all looked a bit disapointed. Ron sighed.
"Oh, all right, we'll add him."
Hermione shot him a mean look, but he didn't see.
Ginny looked over the list. "You're invited Parvati?"
"Yes, why?"
"Well, why not invite her sister, too?"
Hermione gritted her teeth together. "Well, I didn't really know Padma. But it does say "guest" next to Parvati's name..."
"Oh, yes..." Ginny saw the look on Hermione's face and looked a bit frightened. "Well, all right, then..."
"Maybe some people from the Ministry would like to come!" Arthur suggested to his son. Ron gave him a dark look, and Mr. Weasley stammmered, "Or perhaps not..."
"It's your wedding, you can invite anyone you want," Mrs. Weasley said, and Hermione really apreciated it...until Mrs. Weasley continued: "But honestly, Ron, I thought you might have thought of your family a bit more. What about your Uncle Mark and Aunt Una?"
"Mum, I haven't seen them since I was four..."
"Yuck, don't invite that old bat!" George yelled. "Aunt Una's crazy, Mum! I heard that she set their house on fire recently..."
"George!"
Hermione took the list from Harry, who was now examining it. "Any objections?" she snarled. She was clearly in a bad mood.
"Um...no, none at all," Harry said carefully. Hermione sighed and took the list back up the room she and Ron were staying in, looking it in her trunk. She had no idea that it would cause so much trouble...
Even though the wedding wouldn't be until May, Hermione insisted on getting the guest list written out over Christmas...and she made Ron help her. He protested: he wanted to talk to his brothers and Harry.
"I don't care if you invite giants to the wedding!"
"Oh, honestly, Ron, it'll only take a few minutes."
After two hours of arguing, writing and crossing out names, they had a pretty good idea of who would be at their wedding.
*Harry Potter
*Ginny Weasley
*Fred and Angelina Weasley
*George Weasley and guest
"Um...Hermione? Why are you writing down the most obvious ones?"
"What?" Hermione looked at him, slightly annoyed. "Ron, I just want to get a good idea of-"
"But we already KNOW that they're going!"
Hermione rolled her eyes and continued writing.
*Percy Weasley, Cassie and Polly (Penelope?)
"We can't invite Penelope!" Ron said quickly.
"Why not? I always liked her."
"Hermione, she's my brother's lesbian ex-wife! That would be so awkward."
"Fine, fine!" Hermione crossed out Penelope's name. "There? Happy?"
"Whatever." Ron was still annoyed that he had to sit there.
*Charlie and Ella Weasley; Tom, Renne, Victoria, Vanessa
*Bill Weasley and guest
"Um, I don't know about that..." Ron said. "I mean, what if he brings a...friend? Mum would freak."
"We can't have George bring a guest and not let Bill," Hermione said calmly. "If he does bring a...friend, well, your mother will just have to deal with it."
*Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Weasley
*Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Granger
*Rebecca O'Neil, Donald
"Whose that?"
Hermione gave Ron a shocked look. "Don't you remember her? She's my only cousin! Last Christmas, at my parent's house? And she has a four-year-old son out of wedlock, remember?"
"Oh, yeah, her..." Ron didn't really remember: he just remembered who strange Hermione's parents' Muggle home was.
*Aunt Shannon and Uncle Joseph O'Neil
"Rebecca's parents from Ireland," Hermione snapped before Ron could ask.
*Lavender Brown and guest
*Parvati Patil and guest
"Huh?" Ron was clearly confused. "I thought you hated them."
"After living in a dormitory with them for seven years, we had no choice but to get close," Hermione explained patiently. "Anyway, Lavender invited me to her wedding last year. I couldn't go, though..."
*Seamus Finnigan and guest
*Dean Thomas and guest
*Neville Longbottom and guest
"Yuck, he'll probably bring that batty old grandmother of his!"
Hermione shook her head. "No, she died a couple of years back."
"Oh..." Ron felt his face flush a bit. "Alright, then..."
*Hannah Abbot
*Ernie McMillen
*Justin Fitch-Fletchly
*Luna Lovegood
*Alicia Spinnet
*Katie Bell
"But you barely knew them!"
"I knew them a lot more then you know!" Hermione snapped. "Do you know anything about girls, Ron? Honestly!"
"Well, at least they were on the Quidditch team with me..."
*Viktor Krum and guest
"Oh, NO!"
"RON!"
"Anyone but him!"
"Ron, we're still friends! Anything we had other then that...well, it ended a long time ago." Hermione's back suddenly straightened. "Besides, he's already married."
"Oh," Ron said, unable to hide a grin.
*Professor Remus Lupin and guest
*Nymphadora Tonks and guest
Ron snickered. "They'll probably just come together." Hermione smiled, too, but kept writing without a word.
*Professor Minerva McGonagall
"Hermione, are you going to invite all our teachers?" Ron demanded, looking frustrated.
"No, just her," Hermione said with a sniff. She examined the list. "That makes our wedding party just under fifty people. A good size, I think."
"Whatever."
"Ron, you really need to start caring more. This is our WEDDING we're talking about!"
"Look, are we done yet?"
Hermione narrowed her eyes. "Oh, I suppose..."
"Great." Nearly tipping his chair over, Ron hurried out of the room. With a smile, Hermione put the list away...for now.
Somehow, all the adults at the Burrow got their hands on the list. Everyone had a suggestion to make:
"Why not invite Oliver Wood? I haven't seen him in ages!"
"Um..." Hermione looked at her fiancee nervously. "Neither of us realy knew him..." Harry, Fred, George, and Angelina all looked a bit disapointed. Ron sighed.
"Oh, all right, we'll add him."
Hermione shot him a mean look, but he didn't see.
Ginny looked over the list. "You're invited Parvati?"
"Yes, why?"
"Well, why not invite her sister, too?"
Hermione gritted her teeth together. "Well, I didn't really know Padma. But it does say "guest" next to Parvati's name..."
"Oh, yes..." Ginny saw the look on Hermione's face and looked a bit frightened. "Well, all right, then..."
"Maybe some people from the Ministry would like to come!" Arthur suggested to his son. Ron gave him a dark look, and Mr. Weasley stammmered, "Or perhaps not..."
"It's your wedding, you can invite anyone you want," Mrs. Weasley said, and Hermione really apreciated it...until Mrs. Weasley continued: "But honestly, Ron, I thought you might have thought of your family a bit more. What about your Uncle Mark and Aunt Una?"
"Mum, I haven't seen them since I was four..."
"Yuck, don't invite that old bat!" George yelled. "Aunt Una's crazy, Mum! I heard that she set their house on fire recently..."
"George!"
Hermione took the list from Harry, who was now examining it. "Any objections?" she snarled. She was clearly in a bad mood.
"Um...no, none at all," Harry said carefully. Hermione sighed and took the list back up the room she and Ron were staying in, looking it in her trunk. She had no idea that it would cause so much trouble...
