Epilogue: Forever and for Always

One year later,

Ron Weasley stood at the front of a beautiful church; he was dressed in a black tuxedo and wore a matching black bowtie. His shoes were new and polished to a shine.

He looked around at the empty church that was surrounding him; his fiancée and sister had made sure that it was decorated perfectly. The pews had white bows on the ends, the walkway was covered in white rose petals and so was the alter, at the front. Many candelabras throughout the church held magically lighted candles that wouldn't burn down.

The scene was beautiful, and perfect, but one thing was missing: Hermione. He wished he could see her before the wedding, but as it was known to bring bad luck, he resisted it. "Hey Ron!" he heard his best man's voice call to him.

"Harry?"

"People are arriving; you should come to the dressing rooms."

"Right!" Ron called, "I'm coming."

Meanwhile, in the bride's dressing room, Hermione and Ginny were just finishing their make-up. Ginny's bridesmaid's dress was a lavender color, full-length and puffed out at the bottom, with tank top shoulder straps. She wore matching high-heeled shoes. "Are you excited, Hermione?" Ginny asked, as she applied some blush to her cheeks.

"I'm more nervous than anything," she replied, picking up the lipstick.

"Here let me help you with that." Ginny to the lipstick and put it on her friend's lips. They were finished, but there was still a good fifteen or so minutes before the wedding was to do to start.

Hermione sighed and sat down in the chair in front of the mirror, "I'm so glad that you could be here."

"I was scared that I wouldn't be," Ginny said, sitting opposite of Hermione.

"The cancer is remission for now, isn't it?"

"That's what the doctor told us."

"But if it ever does come back, you're going to have to have a bone marrow transplant, right?"

"Yes," Ginny sighed, "I just hope I can find a match."

"Don't worry about it, we'll deal with it when the time comes," Hermione said. There was a knock at the door. "Come in."

Harry poked his head through the door. "Hermione, Ginny, they want to start a little early, so say in about five minutes, be ready."

"Ok." Harry closed the door and left the girls alone.

"What time is it now?" Hermione asked.

"About five to one," Ginny replied.

"We should go, come on."

"Wait, who's walking you down the aisle?"

"Remus," Hermione replied. Her parents had been killed in a car accident a few years ago. Another knock was heard at the door, "yes?"

"Hermione?" Remus Lupin slowly opened the door, "are you ready?"

"Yes," she said, and she and Ginny got up and headed out the door. They could hear music starting up in the chapel.

"Come on," Harry whispered to Ginny, as they turned the corner and saw him standing there. He, of course, was dressed the same way as Ron and Remus. Harry took his wife's hand and they walked up the aisle together.

Suddenly the bridal's march could be heard. Hermione's heart started to speed up. Remus could sense that she was anxious. "Nervous?" he asked, as he reached out and took her arm.

"Very," was all that she could say.

"Don't be," he whispered as they turned the corner into the chapel.

At the front of the chapel, Ron turned as the music started. He smiled as he saw his bride walking down the aisle on the arm of one of his good friends. He couldn't believe how beautiful she looked in a pure white wedding dress. She wore a small beaded crown on her head that held the veil on. Her hair was pulled up and curled. The dress itself was breathtaking; it was strapless, with the top of it beaded in elegant floral designs, the bottom was made from pure white, floor length, stain that was puffed out. Ron's eyes locked with Hermione's and they smiled as she stepped up in front of him.

They joined hands and stared into each other's eyes as the pastor said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, we are gathered here today to join this man and this woman in Holy Matrimony. If there is anyone in this building that objects the joining of these two, speak now or forever hold your peace." Ron and Hermione both turned to look, no one spoke, thankfully, because Ron looked ready to kill anyone that did. The pastor smiled and turned back to the couple in front of him. "Do you, Ronald Arthur Weasley, take Hermione Evelyn Granger to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold forever more?

Ron looked directly into her eyes and said, "I do."

"And do you, Hermione Evelyn Granger, take Ronald Arthur Weasley to be your lawfully wedded husband to have and to hold forever more?"

Hermione too looked directly into his eyes and said, "I do."

"May I have the rings please?" Harry jumped and started to dig in his pockets, after a few seconds he pulled out two gold rings and handed them to the pastor. "Ron, you may now read your vows and place the ring on her finger after you do so."

Ron took the ring and rejoined hands with Hermione. "Hermione, I do not the exact moment that I knew, I loved you. But I remember what it was like to be away from you, it almost killed me. Now I never have to feel that way again, because I know that you will love me forever and for always." He smiled, took her left hand and slipped the ring on her finger.

"Hermione, you may read your vows and place the ring on his finger after you do so." She took the ring from him.

"Ron, I always loved you, from the very moment that I met you. But my mind would not allow my heart to express it. At times I even thought that you didn't love me back, and so we would have our silly fights over nonsense. I believe it was finally when we were sixteen that I got tired of hiding it, I told you and that was I when I knew you loved me as well. I love you with all my heart Ron, and promise to do so forever and for always." She put the ring on his finger.

"May I have the couple's wands please?" The pastor asked, Harry took out Ron's and handed to him. Ginny did the same with Hermione's. "Now with the power invested in me, I cross these wands." He held the wands up and crossed them. They bonded in midair and stayed there. "I now pronounce you man and wife, you may kiss the bride."

Ron smiled, and pulled Hermione towards him, they're lips met, and their wands still floating above their heads, glowed.

The church erupted into cheers, for they knew that this was a love that would last forever and for always.

THE END.

A/N: Wow! This story ended way different then I had intended! I'm thinking of writing an alternate ending that will go from Chapter 16 onward. I would really like your opinion on if I should do this or not. Please tell me in a review. Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed this as much as I did.

Oh, and I could use a beta. If you're interested please leave your email in a review. The best way to do that is with an Anonymous review because for some reason the site won't show email addresses in signed ones.