Chapter 2- The Proposal

Harry started to turn around dejectedly, she saw this and quickly rushed to him, she kissed him firmly and hardly on the mouth.

"Do you get the message? I love you too," she cried. They looked around and saw about ten people staring at them. "Let's say we go to breakfast" she whispered in his ear, turning a bright red. With that they entered the Great Hall. They were the first ones in there except Professor Snape who was at the teacher's table just staring at them.

"Do you feel a little weird out by this?" Harry asked.

"What? Yeah a little I guess" she replied dreamily.

The pair walked over to the Gryffindor table, hand in hand, and sat down. They helped themselves to toast and oatmeal. Not too long after they started eating Ron and Hermione joined them.

"Ron why were you and Hermione late to the feast last night?" Harry asked as Ron piled his plate with food. Ron instantly turned red.

"Ummm… well ummm…"

"Ron what is it?"

"Ummmm" Ron replied now redder than his hair.

"Well," said Hermione, "this involves me and seeing as Ron can't say it I will, but it requires some background."

"Hermione, are you sure you want to tell them."

"Yes we have kept this a secret way too long. Well you see last year around Christmas, Ron asked me out. I of course accepted, having liked him since second year. Then last night Ron asked to see me in private, he proposed to me, I said yes." Hermione explained blushing furiously she also pulled out a ring and placed it on her finger.

"Finally," Harry said

"Finally, what?" Neville asked walking up with Ginny.

"Ron and Hermione, finally told us about there relationship." Harry answered, "to tell you the truth we've known; see Neville and Ginny saw you two kissing once. Then I once walked in on you two snogging at two a.m., then another time kissing in an empty classroom. Right, Luna"

"What? Yeah that's right," Luna said coming out of her reverie.

"You knew this whole time and you didn't tell us!"

"Because we figured you didn't want us to know and when you were ready you would tell us," Ginny said matter of factly. Which was true to a point.

Later that day in Advanced Care of Magical Creatures, Hagrid was explaining yet again the many uses of threstrals. "… So threstrals can only be seen by people who have seen death, they tend to be extremely fast flyers and if they are attached to you they have amazing healing abilities…" Luna stopped listening at this point and turned to stare at Harry, they had both heard this lesson before. Harry noticed her watching him and walked over; he grabbed her hand and went back to the lesson. Luna would have to but she was too caught up in the fact that Harry the love of her life was holding her hand.

Luna looked over where Ron and Hermione were standing hand in hand smiling finally having put their relationship out in the open. Hermione glanced at Luna saw that Harry was holding Luna's hand and winked. Luna smiled sweetly in response. She looked for Neville but couldn't find him 'hmm were did he go? Ginny isn't here either oh no Ron is going to kill someone.' Luna pointed this out to Harry; he smiled nodding in agreement to Luna's thought.

The classes for the rest of the day were a blur, except for when Neville rejoined them in the middle of Advanced Herbology. Ron shot him a look that plainly said I am going to kill you if you did anything to my sister. Neville just took a trough and started working.

Finally it was dinner time and Luna and Hermione finally got a chance to ask Ginny where she had disappeared to.

"Ginny like where were you and Neville for most of the day?" Hermione asked. At this Ginny blushed the famous Weasley red.

"We were just in the library," she mumbled.

"And we are supposed to believe this?"

"You do realize that if you two were up to something your idiot of a brother is going to kill Neville." Hermione stated more than a little vexed.

"Well to tell the truth we were in the common room snogging."

"That's what we thought," Luna said. "Ron is so mad you should have seen the look he gave Neville when he walked in during the middle of herbology."

"That was truly priceless," Hermione laughed.

At this point the guys walked up and took a seat by their perspective girlfriends, so the conversation ended. Ron was glowering through the whole meal and barely said a word. Neville and Harry were having a conversation about Quiddich. The girls just ignored the guys through the whole meal because they were being total idiots, especially Ron.

"Ginny you better hope you still have a boyfriend by the end of the semester." Hermione said. "Trust me I know Ron the best and he will kill Neville if he finds out," Hermione whispered so Ron wouldn't hear. The conversation lasted through the rest of the meal, to Ginny's embarrassment. By the end of dinner Ginny had surpassed the redness of her hair, the guys were oblivious to this fact. Though Luna heard Neville whisper to her as they walked off "why are you so red?"

a/n: I know unlikely for a proposal but whatever it works for my story so no flames. Review or I shall sick my mutated cats on you mwahahahaha!