Title: Settling the youngest

Author: Joy

A/N: Last chapter. No one cry. I have another series I need to finish before I look at continuing this one. I left it open so I do intend on working on a sequel but we will have to see. No promises.

Everything that happens in this chapter occurs AFTER Ginny receives the ring.

Chapter 4: Worth it

The Burrow was decorated for the holidays in grand array. However a strange light show seemed to be taking place inside. The Weasley family was in a very weird loop of magic. They would be sitting in their own homes, before being apparated to Ginny's for one second, then getting bounced back to their own homes. Eventually each Weasley son ended up over at the Burrow attempting to figure out what was happening. Hermione was brought although she made it clear she didn't want to be involved, especially when the other Weasley men left behind all other wives or girlfriends.

"I don't get..." Ron's sentence was cut off. "It," he finished when they returned. "This is very weird."

"Maybe someone screwed up a spell," Charlie offered.

Hermione wisely kept her mouth shut during the conversation. That however was suspicious since Miss 'Know it all' was never one to not offer her opinions. She continued to knit until the twins rounded on her. "You..."

"Know..."

"Something." They said in tandem.

Hermione looked down. When they blipped out and were returned again, she decided to talk. "Give me a second..." She muttered a few words under her breath and the cycles stopped leaving Hermione Granger Weasley the center of attention.

She bit her lip, "Ya see...I kind of helped Harry locate a ring that had belonged to his mother."

"That dirty double crossing wanker..." Ron began. "Ginny will be heartbroken when she finds out."

"It's for her you dolt," George groaned.

"So...what's going on?" Bill asked from behind.

"We kinda had to pull the ring through time to get it here...which explains why its been missing, but that's not the point. I put a charm on it to bring the family to them when Ginny had decided to be with Harry...always. Harry enchanted it to give them space to be alone for a bit. I told him it wouldn't cancel my spell but he didn't believe me," Hermione growled.

"So..." Ron began.

"So...Gin has received the ring and decided to be with Harry always," Arthur said with a smile.
"Yes," Hermione commented. "It was supposed to be a Christmas present. I guess he couldn't wait the last couple days."

"Well it's about bloody time."

"Ronald! Language!" Molly fussed.

"Yes mum."
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"Lets go see the love birds," Ron said quickly and raised his wand.

"Ron...no..." Hermione tried to warn but he had already apparated away.

"This is going to be hysterical," the twins said as one while shaking different boxes under the Christmas tree.

A few moments later Ron arrived looking decidedly sick.

"You okay Ron?" Hermione asked.

"She...she... and he... were... were..."

"What else would they be doing?" Fred asked.

"Picking potatoes?" George finished.

"Thank god he's going to marry her or I would have to kill him now," Ron said sadly.

Hermione smiled, "You heard something?"

"A whole lot of something, yes. I really didn't want to know that much about my sister's love life."

"Marriage honey, marriage. What did you hear about marriage?" Mrs. Weasley asked quickly not wanting to think of her daughter being debauched by a man she considered her son.

"He asked. She accepted...it just happened to be during the throws of passion," Ron informed with disgust.

"We still have to kill him," Charlie informed his brothers cracking his knuckles.

"You will do no such thing," Hermione glared. "They have been through enough."

"But 'Mione...she's too young," Fred whined.

"First, only my husband and Harry get away with calling me that... Secondly, as I recall you two were having visits from your girlfriends in your room while you were still at Hogwarts... Therefore younger than Ginny," Hermione stated folding her arms over her chest.

"Oh really," Molly raised her eyebrow.

Both twins looked terrified for a second. "Hey...you and Ron were going at it at school too," George volleyed.

Molly turned to Hermione who smiled weakly, "That is beside the point."

Arthur chuckled, "You can scare him boys...but that's all. We don't want to have an only child...no matter how much we love Ginny."

"What?" Ron asked.

"If you hurt or kill Harry, Ginny will slaughter you. Leaving me and your brothers' wives widows and Ginny an only child," Hermione stated.

"But luv..." Ron began whispering in her ear with a grimace, "I heard my sister moaning."

"I suppose you are entitled to a bit of terror," Hermione conceded.

"Oh goody," Ron smirked. "Revenge since I will be scarred for life."

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An hour later the young couple apparated to the family homestead to find the entire Weasley clan plus Hermione awaiting them, instead of just Arthur and Molly. The intention was for Harry to ask for Ginny's hand in marriage formally.

The family gathering minus them left Harry a bit queasy...in particularly with all the fixed stares he was receiving. The older boys were glaring while Ron was growling about virgins and debauching and other a sundry things. Harry's eyes went wide and looked to Hermione. "It didn't work," he murmured.

"No," the smartest witch of her age said, "It did not work. And my beloved husband was there for your proposal."

Harry and Ginny's eyes bugged out while the Weasley brothers approached 'the boy who lived' slowly to increase the fear factor with wicked grins on their faces.

"Harry...buddy..." Ron began in an almost playful way. "I know I was after you to get together with Gin, but you've permanently damaged my psyche as 'Mione would say. Now I know we have been through a lot together... but after what I heard I'm going to have to kill you."

"Ditto," the other Weasley brothers said in unison.

The youngest Weasley was actually worried until Hermione winked at Ginny who then had to suppress her amusement. They weren't actually going to hurt him...or she would have attacked. Instead she played along to a certain extent. "Harry," Ginny whispered. "Run."

"No problem," he muttered and ran for his life out the back door followed by a series of red haired men.

Hermione and Ginny watched for a bit before the red head asked, "So how long will this go on?"

"They're gonna run him down and collectively throw him in the lake," Hermione replied.

"The lake is frozen," Gin observed.

"While they waited for you two to stop having sex, they cut a whole in the ice for the occasion."

"No death threats?"

"Oh I'm sure...however they know you will kill them if they hurt Harry so it all evens out." Both girls cringed at Harry's shriek at the cold water.

Within minutes Harry was returned soaking wet to Ginny's side, shaking for all he was worth. Harry's long hair was plastered to his forehead with little icicles. Gin removed his glasses and messed with his hair so it was out of his eyes before returning his lens to his face. She muttered warming and drying charms while rubbing his arms. "Still worth it?" she asked quietly with shy eyes.

Harry turned his head with a snap to her. "Are you still worth it?" he whispered unbelieving. Ginny nodded. He smirked, "You are worth everything Gin. I know I haven't given you much reason yet to have complete confidence in my words...but this last little while without you has been the most desperately lonely I have been in years. You became my world without my expressed consent...and now I can't imagine it any other way. If I'm ever a complete wanker for some reason in the next hundred years or so, I want you to remember that you are the reason I could defeat him...you are what ultimately saved the world because my love for you was strong enough to annihilate him...only you."

Ginny let a couple of tears fall before attacking Harry's mouth much to her brothers' discomfort.

"All right boys...it looks like he needs to be cooled off again," Ron surmised.

Ginny turned on her brothers and drew her wand, "Take another step towards my fiancé and you will find yourself constantly frustrated due to your nonexistent bollocks... Now step away from my love."

All the Weasley boys raised their arms in surrender and sauntered away.

Harry wrapped his arms around Ginny's middle. "My angel, my savior, my protector..."

Ginny smirked, "Your bride."

"I like that."

"Me too."

"Valentine's day."

"What?" Gin asked.

"We'll marry on Valentine's day..."

"That fast."

"Bloody hell woman," Harry began. "I'm not gonna be allowed to see you un-chaperoned from now on...no matter what the deed says," he murmured kissing her nose. "I'll be lucky if I'm allowed to kiss you."

"Well then, Valentine's day it is," Ginny whispered and kissed him sweetly.

The Weasleys watched with great hope the soft kiss the couple shared.

Arthur and Molly smiled. Their brood was finally settled...their youngest was safe in the arms of the man she was intended for. And Harry... well... Harry was truly their son at last.

Finite.

A/N2: That's all folks. Merry Christmas. I hope you enjoyed it.

I will work on finishing 'Summer of Discovery' and make more head way on the third installment. I'll see about doing a sequel to this. Planning a Weasley / Potter wedding sounds kinda fun.

Now this is the last chapter so: Please REVIEW! Please REVIEW!