Harry flung a gnome across the field right after Ginny,
"good distance" She said "I bet you a kiss I can do better"
"Your on,"
She threw it harder than she ment to and Harry saw it was going past his so he discreetly waved a finger and the gnome went soaring backward and landed behind his
"Cheat" She whispered
"You didn't disclude that from your wager so am I gonna get that kiss or what?" She smiled wrapping her arms along his shoulders and giving him a gentle chaste kiss
"You know, its seems like we've been like this forever, not just under a day." He nodded and leaned down to kiss her again.
"are you gonna help me degnome this garden or kiss me all day?" She asked
"Do I get a choice?" He asked
"NO! now come on, theirs only a few more left" She pulled a small one out and hurled it farther than all the others. Once they were done he knelt down and put a spell on the yard forbidding the gnomes back for another week, he knew that the Weasley's would have bought their new house by then
"now what?"
"now nothing, Harry Potter, you leave that yard alone, stop doing chores and sit down for Merlin's sake!" Molly yelled out the window
"yes ma'am!" harry said sitting down on the grass, Ginny sat on his lap.
"the question Now what still needs to be answered miss Weasley.
"Now this Mr. Potter!" She yelled grabbing the garden hose behind her magicing the facet on and spaying him.
"Ginny! ARG!" He yelled. They laughed at he got drenched. He reached up towards the sky and rain came down and the 3 by 3 foot square Ginny was on.
"AHH! Harry! NO MAGIC!"
He turned off the cloud and the hose. She ran and he gave chase, they ran about the yard for about 45 seconds before he caught and tackled her.
"Ginny! I cant believe you did that!"
"can't you?" He grinned
"Minx" He leaned down on top of her and kissed her. After they broke for breath and grinned evilly. She looked at him and suddenly he started tickling her.
"Ah! Harry! Stop! Stop stop stop stop stop! Please! Haha ha! No! Quit! I'm gonna pee my pants! Ah! Ha ha ha! NO! your.pure.evil! Hahahahahaha!"
"Gee George, I think you owe me 10 Galleons,"
Harry Jumped up and pulled Ginny with him looking at the twins blushing.
"I think your right Fred, I do!" He pulled some coins out of his pocket and tossed them at his brother.
"You see I the smarter of the Twins knew you two would get together before you both were out of school, but my brother here thought it'd take you till you were out on your own before you realized it" George said
"Chalk two more up on the 'knew before we did' list" Ginny said. Harry pulled his pad and pen
"makes 23."
"So where oh where have you been Harry? We heard you became mr. All- powerful and defeated Fudge, who was under Voldemort, Voldemort- who was under Dumbledor, and Dumbledor himself." Fred said
"I was on an island commonly know as Atlantis training to be a master wizard with all my dead relatives, back to Queen mab, merlin, the hogwarts four and Lady Dracula. Became head of the council of Magic, came back to defeat Voldemort. Did, as you already know and am currently enjoying the day with my girlfriend and her family"
"wow. did he breath once in that entire thing?" Fred asked George
"nope don't think so"
"lemme guess, ronnikins, is somewhere with Hermione snogging?"
Harry pointed to the upper level of the house.
"mmm. a mystery. come Dr. Wats-fred." George said holding a imaginary pipe. Harry and Ginny laughed hysterically
They hard a small shriek from inside Ron's room a moment later and a trousler and angry Hermione came outside
"Rrrr those two, I'm going to strangle them!" She shouted
"Calm down Herm, what were they interrupting to get you so upset?" Harry asked innocently
"You know damn well what they were interrupting" Hermione huffed. It was true Harry knew they were kissing and that Ron was upstairs Yelling at them.
"Its all right Hermione, they did the same thing to us" Ginny said
"Ginny.why are you all wet?"
"Oh, Harry and I had a water fight because mum forbid us for doing more chores." She blushed Harry did a drying spell
"She started it" Harry mumbled childishly before Ron came Storming out
Five minutes later Charlie came outside
"Harry!? Your back!" Charlie shook his hand
"Where've you been you had everyone worried sick!"
"I was on a remote island training to defeat Voldemort."
"did you?"
"Yes and everyone associated to him. Meaning Fudge and Dumbledor, when everyone gets here and we've eaten dinner if you want to know more I'll tell you all, but I'm really getting tired of saying it." Harry said
"Of course, understandable" He said
"One more question though, why was my letter delivered by a phoenix?" He asked
"Oh that's be me too, I'm the Lord of Phoenixes. Their doing me a favor till your parents get a new owl"
"I suppose an explanation is going to come later?" he asked
"yes,"
"Right," He smiled "wait, wait, one more question?" Harry nodded
"Are you and Ginny Finally.you know."They both groaned loudly amused. Harry again summoned up his pad and wrote Charlie's name. "24"
"I'm going in to help mum, no you stay here, you're a guest and you know she wont want your help, why don't you male-bong of something?" Ginny asked
"fine, fine" harry said sitting back down on the grass and Charlie sat down with him. He and harry got wrapped in a conversation about the Dragons Harry had on Atlantis and somehow got talked into helping this one Dragon Charlie was struggling with, since Harry could communicate with them. Then Percy made him grand entrance. Was stunned out of his mind at the thought of working under his father but knew being the son of the minister would get him places, He conjured a chair and sat next to Harry and Charlie and some how drew them into a conversation of Politics that attracted Ron Fred and George and soon they were all sitting arguing about past ministers and politics from their parents era as well as current ministry bungles and world issues. The conversation lasted an hour till Bill arrived.
He came outside holding a bundle wrapped in a blanket and smiled
"Harry! I heard you were back, Ginny told me not to ask you were you were, so I wont, but Its great to see you back! My sister really missed you, she said to put me on the 'list' whatever that is" Harry did as she instructed "25"
"Anyway, sorry it took so long, I had to get Isis here ready." He referred to the baby asleep in his arms,
"OH, is that her? Finally, can I hold her? Or will it wake her up?"
"She's been sleeping for like two hours so I think its fine" Bill handed Charlie the baby.
"Awe, she's so big!" Charlie tickled her nose and she woke, cried for maybe a second and stopped and sucked her thumb. "how old is she now?"
"10 months,"
"She's adorable." Ron said
Ginny came out with a tan woman in short shorts and a white t shirt covered in sand
"isn't she a doll?" Ginny asked
"She's an angel. Hardly ever cries." The woman said
"Harry, you haven't met my girlfriend, Cleopatra."
"Nice to meet you" harry stood up and held out his hand for her to shake she hugged him and said
"Its great to meet you Harry, I'm so glad your back, Ginny told me all about you and she was in an awful state when you left! Wow Gin, you said handsome but yikes!"
"Oh, well, actually, he didn't look exactly like that when he left, he.yea, the 'Yikes' is a new development" Ginny said blushing
"OH, well you have a beautiful daughter cleopatr."
"Cal me Cleo and yes, she's gorgeous isn't she." She smiled as Charlie passed Isis to Percy and he cooed to the baby
"All right everyone, time to eat!" Molly yelled
"Harry dear, if you simply must help, get the plates and things and set the table."
Harry put his hands behind his back and smiled at Mrs. Weasly. Plates and silverware come floating out onto to large table and set themselves neatly at each setting, AA baby high chair was conjured and there was more gawking
"Come on guys, lets eat" Ginny said. They were jolted out of their trances and sat down at the table.
There was a pop behind them and turned to see Remus. Harry scrambled from his chair and hugged his forcefully and Remus hugged just as hard back
"Oh Merlin Harry, I was so worried, I got your letter. What.O Merlin, I thought I was going to die, Lost James and Lily and Peter, the you and Sirius in a month"
"I know moony I know, and I promise, I will tell you everything, as soon as we eat dinner, because I know that the full moon was only a night ago and you look terrible, come on and sit down to eat" Harry patted the seat next to him.
"this looks delicious Molly" Remus said
"Yes well lets dig in" Arthur said
"here here!" Ron yelled! There was talk all night while they ate. About Isis and Remus and Ginny and Harry, Remus's name was also added to the list making 26 people. Near the feast end Harry stood up and rose his glass,
"lets see here.to umm Friends and family. Congratulations to Bill and Cleo on their gorgeous baby, now don't get jealous Gin" Laughter "And to Arthur especially because he's the reason were all here, on his new job, as minister of magic, well earned, Congratulations. I know I missed all of this but I'm gonna say it anyway cuz I would've toasted to it had I been there. Fred and George on your joke shop, nicely done"
"Couldn't have done it without you mate!" Fred hollered
"And.to um Ron and Hermione, graduation, to Charlie.for actually living this long around those creatures." Harry laughed with the rest of the family
"Molly and Arthur, empty nest and still holding strong, Remus, You get this one early but congratulations for being the first cured Werewolf, that's gonna come later all right?" Remus was stunned and only nodded while everyone whistled and cheered
"To Percy, for his outstanding achievements in the ministry, and.and lastly to..to um Ginny, the only girl who ever had my heart. I love you" He leaned down and kissed her
The twins yelled and hollered Ron screamed 'suck up' while Hermione hit him most people just clapped
"A toast!" They all said
"NO! Now wait just one minute!" Arthur yelled
"You left a person out of that toast that I think was especially important," Harry thought he was talking about Isis and stood again
"nope, now wait, lemme get this one" he said
"To you Harry, for giving up three years, of your life, to train, and work so hard to defeat the dark lord. Saving us all. For being so kind and giving, thoughtless, never faltering smile even though you've been to hell and back before your even 20. I stand up here and I'm not toasting Harry Potter the boy who lived, I'm tasting to Just Harry. Here, here!" glasses were put together in toast and Harry just smiled at Arthur from down the table.
"good distance" She said "I bet you a kiss I can do better"
"Your on,"
She threw it harder than she ment to and Harry saw it was going past his so he discreetly waved a finger and the gnome went soaring backward and landed behind his
"Cheat" She whispered
"You didn't disclude that from your wager so am I gonna get that kiss or what?" She smiled wrapping her arms along his shoulders and giving him a gentle chaste kiss
"You know, its seems like we've been like this forever, not just under a day." He nodded and leaned down to kiss her again.
"are you gonna help me degnome this garden or kiss me all day?" She asked
"Do I get a choice?" He asked
"NO! now come on, theirs only a few more left" She pulled a small one out and hurled it farther than all the others. Once they were done he knelt down and put a spell on the yard forbidding the gnomes back for another week, he knew that the Weasley's would have bought their new house by then
"now what?"
"now nothing, Harry Potter, you leave that yard alone, stop doing chores and sit down for Merlin's sake!" Molly yelled out the window
"yes ma'am!" harry said sitting down on the grass, Ginny sat on his lap.
"the question Now what still needs to be answered miss Weasley.
"Now this Mr. Potter!" She yelled grabbing the garden hose behind her magicing the facet on and spaying him.
"Ginny! ARG!" He yelled. They laughed at he got drenched. He reached up towards the sky and rain came down and the 3 by 3 foot square Ginny was on.
"AHH! Harry! NO MAGIC!"
He turned off the cloud and the hose. She ran and he gave chase, they ran about the yard for about 45 seconds before he caught and tackled her.
"Ginny! I cant believe you did that!"
"can't you?" He grinned
"Minx" He leaned down on top of her and kissed her. After they broke for breath and grinned evilly. She looked at him and suddenly he started tickling her.
"Ah! Harry! Stop! Stop stop stop stop stop! Please! Haha ha! No! Quit! I'm gonna pee my pants! Ah! Ha ha ha! NO! your.pure.evil! Hahahahahaha!"
"Gee George, I think you owe me 10 Galleons,"
Harry Jumped up and pulled Ginny with him looking at the twins blushing.
"I think your right Fred, I do!" He pulled some coins out of his pocket and tossed them at his brother.
"You see I the smarter of the Twins knew you two would get together before you both were out of school, but my brother here thought it'd take you till you were out on your own before you realized it" George said
"Chalk two more up on the 'knew before we did' list" Ginny said. Harry pulled his pad and pen
"makes 23."
"So where oh where have you been Harry? We heard you became mr. All- powerful and defeated Fudge, who was under Voldemort, Voldemort- who was under Dumbledor, and Dumbledor himself." Fred said
"I was on an island commonly know as Atlantis training to be a master wizard with all my dead relatives, back to Queen mab, merlin, the hogwarts four and Lady Dracula. Became head of the council of Magic, came back to defeat Voldemort. Did, as you already know and am currently enjoying the day with my girlfriend and her family"
"wow. did he breath once in that entire thing?" Fred asked George
"nope don't think so"
"lemme guess, ronnikins, is somewhere with Hermione snogging?"
Harry pointed to the upper level of the house.
"mmm. a mystery. come Dr. Wats-fred." George said holding a imaginary pipe. Harry and Ginny laughed hysterically
They hard a small shriek from inside Ron's room a moment later and a trousler and angry Hermione came outside
"Rrrr those two, I'm going to strangle them!" She shouted
"Calm down Herm, what were they interrupting to get you so upset?" Harry asked innocently
"You know damn well what they were interrupting" Hermione huffed. It was true Harry knew they were kissing and that Ron was upstairs Yelling at them.
"Its all right Hermione, they did the same thing to us" Ginny said
"Ginny.why are you all wet?"
"Oh, Harry and I had a water fight because mum forbid us for doing more chores." She blushed Harry did a drying spell
"She started it" Harry mumbled childishly before Ron came Storming out
Five minutes later Charlie came outside
"Harry!? Your back!" Charlie shook his hand
"Where've you been you had everyone worried sick!"
"I was on a remote island training to defeat Voldemort."
"did you?"
"Yes and everyone associated to him. Meaning Fudge and Dumbledor, when everyone gets here and we've eaten dinner if you want to know more I'll tell you all, but I'm really getting tired of saying it." Harry said
"Of course, understandable" He said
"One more question though, why was my letter delivered by a phoenix?" He asked
"Oh that's be me too, I'm the Lord of Phoenixes. Their doing me a favor till your parents get a new owl"
"I suppose an explanation is going to come later?" he asked
"yes,"
"Right," He smiled "wait, wait, one more question?" Harry nodded
"Are you and Ginny Finally.you know."They both groaned loudly amused. Harry again summoned up his pad and wrote Charlie's name. "24"
"I'm going in to help mum, no you stay here, you're a guest and you know she wont want your help, why don't you male-bong of something?" Ginny asked
"fine, fine" harry said sitting back down on the grass and Charlie sat down with him. He and harry got wrapped in a conversation about the Dragons Harry had on Atlantis and somehow got talked into helping this one Dragon Charlie was struggling with, since Harry could communicate with them. Then Percy made him grand entrance. Was stunned out of his mind at the thought of working under his father but knew being the son of the minister would get him places, He conjured a chair and sat next to Harry and Charlie and some how drew them into a conversation of Politics that attracted Ron Fred and George and soon they were all sitting arguing about past ministers and politics from their parents era as well as current ministry bungles and world issues. The conversation lasted an hour till Bill arrived.
He came outside holding a bundle wrapped in a blanket and smiled
"Harry! I heard you were back, Ginny told me not to ask you were you were, so I wont, but Its great to see you back! My sister really missed you, she said to put me on the 'list' whatever that is" Harry did as she instructed "25"
"Anyway, sorry it took so long, I had to get Isis here ready." He referred to the baby asleep in his arms,
"OH, is that her? Finally, can I hold her? Or will it wake her up?"
"She's been sleeping for like two hours so I think its fine" Bill handed Charlie the baby.
"Awe, she's so big!" Charlie tickled her nose and she woke, cried for maybe a second and stopped and sucked her thumb. "how old is she now?"
"10 months,"
"She's adorable." Ron said
Ginny came out with a tan woman in short shorts and a white t shirt covered in sand
"isn't she a doll?" Ginny asked
"She's an angel. Hardly ever cries." The woman said
"Harry, you haven't met my girlfriend, Cleopatra."
"Nice to meet you" harry stood up and held out his hand for her to shake she hugged him and said
"Its great to meet you Harry, I'm so glad your back, Ginny told me all about you and she was in an awful state when you left! Wow Gin, you said handsome but yikes!"
"Oh, well, actually, he didn't look exactly like that when he left, he.yea, the 'Yikes' is a new development" Ginny said blushing
"OH, well you have a beautiful daughter cleopatr."
"Cal me Cleo and yes, she's gorgeous isn't she." She smiled as Charlie passed Isis to Percy and he cooed to the baby
"All right everyone, time to eat!" Molly yelled
"Harry dear, if you simply must help, get the plates and things and set the table."
Harry put his hands behind his back and smiled at Mrs. Weasly. Plates and silverware come floating out onto to large table and set themselves neatly at each setting, AA baby high chair was conjured and there was more gawking
"Come on guys, lets eat" Ginny said. They were jolted out of their trances and sat down at the table.
There was a pop behind them and turned to see Remus. Harry scrambled from his chair and hugged his forcefully and Remus hugged just as hard back
"Oh Merlin Harry, I was so worried, I got your letter. What.O Merlin, I thought I was going to die, Lost James and Lily and Peter, the you and Sirius in a month"
"I know moony I know, and I promise, I will tell you everything, as soon as we eat dinner, because I know that the full moon was only a night ago and you look terrible, come on and sit down to eat" Harry patted the seat next to him.
"this looks delicious Molly" Remus said
"Yes well lets dig in" Arthur said
"here here!" Ron yelled! There was talk all night while they ate. About Isis and Remus and Ginny and Harry, Remus's name was also added to the list making 26 people. Near the feast end Harry stood up and rose his glass,
"lets see here.to umm Friends and family. Congratulations to Bill and Cleo on their gorgeous baby, now don't get jealous Gin" Laughter "And to Arthur especially because he's the reason were all here, on his new job, as minister of magic, well earned, Congratulations. I know I missed all of this but I'm gonna say it anyway cuz I would've toasted to it had I been there. Fred and George on your joke shop, nicely done"
"Couldn't have done it without you mate!" Fred hollered
"And.to um Ron and Hermione, graduation, to Charlie.for actually living this long around those creatures." Harry laughed with the rest of the family
"Molly and Arthur, empty nest and still holding strong, Remus, You get this one early but congratulations for being the first cured Werewolf, that's gonna come later all right?" Remus was stunned and only nodded while everyone whistled and cheered
"To Percy, for his outstanding achievements in the ministry, and.and lastly to..to um Ginny, the only girl who ever had my heart. I love you" He leaned down and kissed her
The twins yelled and hollered Ron screamed 'suck up' while Hermione hit him most people just clapped
"A toast!" They all said
"NO! Now wait just one minute!" Arthur yelled
"You left a person out of that toast that I think was especially important," Harry thought he was talking about Isis and stood again
"nope, now wait, lemme get this one" he said
"To you Harry, for giving up three years, of your life, to train, and work so hard to defeat the dark lord. Saving us all. For being so kind and giving, thoughtless, never faltering smile even though you've been to hell and back before your even 20. I stand up here and I'm not toasting Harry Potter the boy who lived, I'm tasting to Just Harry. Here, here!" glasses were put together in toast and Harry just smiled at Arthur from down the table.