Disclaimer: I OWN NOTHING!!! except for the four little girls, the plot (of course), and Ron's story.

Chapter 1: Party Time

The sun was descending on the Burrow. Three benches had been placed next to each other with three red table clothes on each. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Mr. and Mrs. Granger, Lupin, Tonks, McGonagall and Dumbledore were all gathered in the kitchen talking. It was a Friday night, the Friday before their return to Hogwarts. Mrs. Weasley had invited some of the members of the Order over for a small party celebrating Harry, Hermione, and Ron's seventh year at Hogwarts. They were all pretty shocked that Dumbledore had showed up but it made everybody feel good to know that since he was there- they were safe. Bill, Charlie, Fred, and George had all lodged complaints to Mrs. Weasley as to why they had never gotten any parties. She told them that none of them had:

A) Battled an evil plant/ Fought their way across a life sized wizard chess board/ battled Lord Voldemort

B) Been petrified/ Thrown up slugs/ Fought a basalisk

C) And so on and so forth

Fred and George were sending plates and silverware flying all over the place in the back yard. Bill and Charlie were supervising this, every so often ducking the flying knives and forks. Mrs. Weasley and Mrs. Granger were in the kitchen cooking. Mrs. Weasley was mixing the potatoes (well actually the beaters were but she had made them do so) and Mrs. Granger was pouring the drinks. Mr. Weasley and Mr. Granger were in a heated discussion about the telephone. Lupin, Tonks, Dumbledore, and McGonagall all stood chatting as they headed into the living room to avoid the commotion. But in the living room there was twice as much chaos going on. Ginny had volunteered to babysit Mrs. Weasley's sisters' four children. There were four little girls ages: 8(Crystal), 5(Jessica), and four year old twins (Kacie and Tracey). Right now the little girls were all chatting happily dressed up in pretty little dresses. Crystal's dress was blue and had a small purple ribbon that went across the stomach and her Weasley red hair was curly and hung to her shoulders. Jessica had on a red shirt with a dark red skirt and her red hair was tied into pigtails. Then the little twins, Kacie and Tracey, both had head bands and matching dresses (but Kacie's was dark pink and Tracey's was light red). Ginny wore a green dress that reached her knees. Her red hair was pulled back in a ponytail and was tied with a pink ribbon that matched the straps on her dress. Lupin laughed with Tonks and and Dumbledore and McGonagall as Ginny chased the little girls around the room trying to get them to go and wash their hands for dinner.

Meanwhile up in Ginny's bedroom Hermione Granger stood in front of the mirror. Her hair was in a lovely bun and she wore light make up. Her dress was light blue and reached her knees. The straps were thin and the material was light so she wouldn't get to hot in the summer air. The dress clung to her upper body and was loose from her waist down. It wasn't too fancy but it was dressy because Mrs. Weasley had told her that it was a very special occassion so she should wear something semi-formal. Ginny had given her a light blue shall that she had with white flowers on it. Hermione wore it now over her shoulders. Mrs. Weasley had told her to come down at 7:00. It was 6:55 so she was making some finishing touches to her outfit.

While Hermione perfected her apperance Ron and Harry stood in the pure orange room tucking in their shirts and combing their hair (some more succesfully then others). Harry wore a white button up shirt and a green tie Mrs. Weasley had bought him the other day. Ron had on a light blue button up shirt on with a dark blue tie with white stars on it. Both were black dress pants.

"Right, Ron, how do I look?" Harry asked tightening his tie.

"Good mate. How 'bout me?" Ron replied.

"I'd say a right sight better then normal." Harry smiled and Ron rolled his eyes and with one last look in the mirror, he and Harry began to head down to Ginny's room.

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"Alright everybody outside, outside!" Mrs. Weasley started to yell. Everyone obed and tried to leave the house in an orderly manner (which turned out to be very unsuccesful). Ginny was still having some troubles with the little girls though, they had finally washed their hands but now they wouldn't listen to her.

"Crissy, Jesse, Tracey, Kacie! Come outside girls it's dinner time!" Mrs. Weasley then said as she walked into the living room. The girls suddenly looked at her and left the house. Ginny stood breathing heavily after chasing them all around the room.

"Mum... how... did you..."

"Practice." Mrs. Weasley said smiling and walked over to the staircase.

"Ronald! Hermione! Harry! Time for dinner!" She shouted and her and Ginny then walked out of the house.

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There was a knock on the bedroom door and Hermione straightened her dress and walked over and opened it.

"Hey Hermione it's about 7:00 so we should be head- wow." Ron said as he looked at her. Harry's mouth was open and Ron's was moving up and down so he looked like a fish. Hermione blushed and, with her hand, shut their mouths.

"Oh sorry." Harry said blushing.

"Ya." Was all Ron could manage to get out. Hermione smiled and they soon heard Mrs. Weasley calling to them from downstairs. Harry then held out his arm.

"Shall we Miss. Granger?" He asked sweetly.

"Why yes of course Mr. Potter." Hermione said giggling slightly. They then began to walk down the hallway leaving Ron standing by the door, his face turning a brilliant shade of red. Then they stopped and Hermione turned around.

"Well come on then Mr .Weasley, I do have another arm for you!" She said smiling. Ron's face suddenly went back to normal as he began to laugh as well and hooked his arm with hers and they began to descend the staircase.

They soon reached the bottom and they walked out into the garden where they unhooked arms.

"Oh you look fantastic!" Mrs. Weasley said as she walked over to them. They all thanked her as they began to walk towards the three large picnic tables. Everybody gave them compliments as they sat down and soon enough the feast began. The table was covered with food! There was hardly a space where someone didn't have a plate that was piled sky high with all sorts of good food. They ate and talked happily to one another and their festive activity seemed like it would never end. But eventually the glorious feast vanished and everybody got up from the table. After everybody helped take the dishes back in the house Mrs. Weasley enchanted the dishes to wash themselves and they all began to hang out in the backyard. Dumbledore, McGonagall, Bill, and Charlie were discussing Hogwarts and how it had changed, Lupin, Tonks, Fred, and George were talking about Weasleys Wizard Wheezes. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and Mr. and Mrs. Granger were discussing the highs and lows of being muggles and being magical. Ron, Harry, Hermione, and Ginny were all playing with Crystal, Jessica, Kacie and Tracey.

"Na na na na boo boo! You can't catch me!" Jessica said to Harry as he chased her around in a large circle. He had rolled up his sleeves and loosened his tie as he chased Jessica who had on no shoes. Ginny and Hermione were playing with Crystal and Tracey who were pretending to be princesses and were dancing with each other at their own grand ball. None of the girls had on their shoes anymore, they had thrown the useless accessory's to the side. Then there was Ron who was sitting on the ground talking to Kacie. Kacie's shoes were off and Ron had taken of his tie and rolled up his sleeves and also unbuttoned his shirt a little so his white undershirt showed.

"I'm stuffed." Kacie said to him putting both of her hands on her stomach and pushing air into her cheeks so that she looked like a blow fish. Ron laughed and she exhaled deeply.

"So, Kacie, what do you like to do? I never really get to talk to you alone. Why don't you tell me what you're favorite thing in the whole wide world is." Ron said to her leaning back on his elbows as he stretched his long legs out on the grass.

"Really? Do you really want to know?" Kacie asked standing up and walking closer to him. She then put her face right in front of his.

"Yes I do." He told her and she smiled mischeviously.

"I love to dance!" She said and soon began to spin around and jump up and down and she did little movements with her arms as well. Ron began to laugh slightly and started to clap as she curtsyed for him.

"Join me." She then said grabbing his hands and making him stand up. He laughed along with her as he bent down very low and moved his feet back and forth and spun around with her. Then they both fell onto the ground again and Kacie went over and lie on Ron's stomach so that her bright blue eyes peered into his.

"Ronnie, will you tell me a story?" Kacie asked him.

"Ok, but only on one condition." He said.

"What?"

"You have to give me a kiss." He told her. Kacie smiled and with her small, thin lips kissed her cousin. She smiled and then rested her head on his chest. Ron put one hand on her back and the other behind his head.

"Ronnie, I can hear your heart beat." Kacie whispered.

"Really?" Ron whispered back as he shut his eyes.

"Yes. I like your heart Ronnie, it sounds pretty." She whispered.

"Thank you Kacie."

"Your welcome Ronnie."