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Hiii. Wow awesome review you guys! But I guess I should've suspected it since you proved you were awesome while I was writing His Hermione. Yay This week I only had three days of school so it's all been relaxing lately. Good moods cause me to update so here it is! (But first the thank-you's)
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PinkyTheSnowman: The proposal was sweet. I liked it. Not too overdone. Yes...Ron's not a shopper...unless it's for Quidditch. The catapillar thingy was a sad attempt of Ron's. Haha. He'll never write.
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"The only mothers it is safe to forget on Mother's Day are the good ones"-Mignon McLaughlin
Hermione squeezed his hand as they waited outside the Burrow. He felt the ring on her finger. Ron felt an odd sensation come over him. As if a hundred butterflies were flying around inside his stomach with each knock Hermione made on the door caused them all to go swooping to his throat. It was an odd feeling but it was rather welcome. It made him feel excited and nervous all at once.
He was getting married and he greatly wanted his parents approval. Or would they think it was too rash? None of his other brothers and sister had married. Perhaps they expected him to wait till the older ones were married...That would take years knowing some of them.
Hermione, on the other hand, seemed much more calm than he was. Her face was flushed slightly. She was elated to tell everybody.
"I can't believe you're more excited about this than me and they're my parents" Ron commented.
Hermione frowned"Why shouldn't I be? What's got you all worried anyways"
Ron sighed and felt a finger rubbing Hermione's hand slowly"I just hope they'll be...cool with this happening all of a sudden. I didn't exactly tell them that I was planning to ask"
"Ron, you need to relax and realize that they'll be nothing but happy for us" Hermione continued breezily"They were for Harry and Luna."
"They have different rules for Harry" Ron clarified"He's like their son but not quite. He could do anything and they'd be happy."
"Oh please" Hermione said, rolling her eyes"Harry and you are equals. Not stop playing the victim and smile. I think I hear someone coming."
She was right. A second later Mrs. Weasley opened the door. Her hair was aray and she was holding a red haired baby in her arms. William.
"Mione! Mione" William cried, reaching out for her. Hermione smiled.
"Hey Willy" Ron grinned.
"Kins" William said, now reaching towards Ron. He frowned.
"No, not Kins, Willy, it's Ron" Ron tried to explain. Fred and George had trained William to call him Ronniekins. However William could only manage Kins to date.
"Ron...Hermione" she breathed. She dumped William in Ron's arms before he could protest and invited Hermione in. Ron grudgingly followed.
William was now barely a year old and yet he was already naughty enough to compete with Fred and George themselves. However, he rather liked Ron and Ron felt the same about him. He played with Ron's collar as he followed Hermione and Mrs. Weasley down the hall into the kitchen. The usual kitchen utensils were doing their usual jobs.
"Why's William here, Mum" Ron asked, setting the baby in his high chair.
"Oh, George and Daphne are both awfully busy today and asked me to take care of him for a while" Mrs. Weasley explained"I was estactic but as it turns out this boy follows after his father and instead of playing peek-a-boo, I ended up putting out a fire."
"A fire" Hermione said, alarmed.
Mrs. Weasley sighed"Well you see. He got hold of my wand. And he doesn't know which flick and which swish will do what...and before I even realized my wand was missing, the curtains were on fire"
Ron snickered. Hermione and Mrs. Weasley glared at him, disapprovingly.
"Don't laugh, Ron. You'll make him think it's a good thing he did" Hermione scolded, turning to William"William that was a very bad thing you did. Don't do that to your grandma again, alright"
William was silent then he stuck out his tongue and made a loud, raspberry sort of sound. Ron tried his hardest to hide his laughter and Hermione only turned up her nose and faced away.
"Well, looks like he takes after his father" Hermione breathed out.
Mrs. Weasley smiled"So, what honor do I owe to have you two come visit me"
Immediately Ron blushed. God and he was supposed to be the man here. It was blushing bride. Not groom.
"Actually I was hoping we could tell you and Mr. Weasley at the same time" Hermione stated"Is he around"
"Well-if you must know he just went out" Mrs. Weasley said, her voice getting a suspicious tone"What's this all about"
As she asked this Ron noticed she was staring directly at Hermione's stomach. What she thinking...?
"Hermione, dear, are you-it looked like it took a lot of will power for her to say this-pregnant" Mrs. Weasley questioned.
Ron practically fainted"Oh god no"
As soon it got out of his mouth he regretted it. It sounded as if he would never want a child with Hermione. Which wasn't true...he just didn't want one now. Yet now Hermione and Mrs. Weasley stared at him. Hermione looked slightly hurt.
"I-I mean no. Not now" he said, nervously. Both of the women in the room could easily take him on and pound him flat.
"Yes, well as Ron so graciously stated, I am not pregnant" Hermione said, dignantly.
"Thank goodness. If another one of my boys as a baby out of wedlock I might have to question myself as a mother" Mrs. Weasley sighed with relief and sat down on a chair.
Hermione smiled and took a seat beside her and began stroking her hand. Ron grinned and leaned against a chair. The best thing about having a girlfriend that your mother adored before you guys dated were moments like these. When they already seemed like mother and daughter. Beside him William breathed out in boredom.
"Kins! Kins" he said, grabbing out for Ron.
Ron could never resist that cute little baby face. He picked him up and settled him on the ground. William ran off to do god knows what. At least he hand no wand.
"You seem stressed, Mrs. Weasley" Hermione said, her voice dabbed with concern.
"It's difficult running a household at times" Mrs. Weasley agreed"What with our family growing everyday. But you need not worry for me."
Mrs. Weasley smiled, bravely, at Hermione and stared solidly at the table. Her expression froze suddenly and she snatched up Hermione's hand. The one that had been patting her own. An engagement ring glistened on her left ring finger.
Ron's mouth fell open slightly. Oops...
Hermione seemed to be having the same reaction"Mrs. Weasley, I can explain..."
"Are you two engaged" Mrs. Weasley demanded, rather shrilly, standing up completely.
Ron closed his eyes and opened them again. Nope, sadly this wasn't just some bad dream. Mrs. Weasley's face was gaining red face. Hermione nodded to her question and they both waited for her to explode. Possibly combust.
However, instead she pulled Hermione up, and grabbed her up in a hefty hug. Hermione looked impossibly shocked and it showed as she stared at him through a gap between Mrs. Weasley's shoulder. Ron just shrugged and gave her the same expression. This family was just crazy is all.
"I cannot believe this! My little Ronnie and you" Mrs. Weasley exclaimed, swinging Hermione around"Oh wait till Arthur hears about this. He'll be overjoyed! So will the rest of them! Oh and I'll show Mrs. Hogdekins. My Ronniekins being the first to be married! I couldn't have ever imagined. Come here, sweetheart"
Ron chose to ignore the slight insult on his dignanty and let her give him a muscle-squeezing, breath-losing hug. She had his head between her hands and smiled at him largely. It was a smile he wasn't used to getting. They were many children and one alone didn't get all the attention.
"I'm very proud of you, Ron" she grinned and kissed his cheek.
Ron felt tingly all over. His mother had approved. She'd been proud of him! It was only too few times he heard her say that.
"Now, Hermione, dear, let's see the ring" Mrs. Weasley called to her. Hermione was only too happy to flaunt the ring.
Mrs. Weasley studied it"And Ron's saying he chose it out by himself"
Hermione nodded.
Mrs. Weasley shook her head, dumbfounded"Who did you take with you? Harry"
"Hey! Why doesn't anybody believe I picked it out" Ron inquired, all huffy.
"Oh Ronnie" Mrs. Weasley said, patting his cheek"You just have very, very, bad taste deary."
Ron opened his mouth and closed it again. Ok...well maybe sometimes.
"Well-this has been quite a surprise" Mrs. Weasley said, unable to keep from smiling"Hermione how'd he do it"
"Well" Hermione grinned"He woke me up last night and took me out for a walk. He said some kind of thing about our relationship. Catapillars and buterflies and cocoons and what not. But you know how he is with words-Mrs. Weasley nodded, knowledgebly-and then it was lots of tickling and rolling and goodness it happened so fast...and it was such a beautiful night. I didn't even realize he had the walk to the hill planned or anything."
Ron coughed"Yeah, it was quite the surprise."
Ok, so perhaps Hermione thought he'd had the idea planned. What was the harm in that? The only person to know that he'd no idea what he was doing was himself. And there was no way he'd betray himself like that. Hermione might get angry if she found out. Or maybe even break off the engagement!
"Oh sweet of you, Ron" Mrs. Weasley supplied"Well, Hermione, have you got a wedding planner yet"
Hermione shook her head"Not yet. I actually wasn't planning to get one but do you think I should"
"Of course! I'll help but you need a fine wedding planner to really get things going" Mrs. Weasley said"I've got two in mind who's work are just fabulous. One is Orla Quirke and the other is Marcel Diorre. Marcel did my very wedding."
Hermione nodded. Ron thought it was rubbish but one look at the glow in Hermione's eyes made him realize she was in no way going to give up on having wedding planner now. Thanks to his Mom.
"Here, I'll get you their cards" Mrs. Weasley said, bustling over to the hall and heading upstairs.
"Ron-it's becoming so real" Hermione said in awe.
Ron raised his eyebrows"What is"
"Us being engaged" Hermione said"It's really happened."
She sat down on a chair and covered her face. Ron knew she was crying. He resisted the temptation to roll his eyes and sigh. Why did women always have to cry? Nothing was wrong...they'd gotten engaged. It was a happy moment. But noooo...they needed to cry tears of joy. They needed to feel every emotion to the fullest. Happiness, Sorrow, Anger, Guilt. They felt everything so fully. It made Ron feel like a robot being next to Hermione. He cried as little as possible.
Ron crept into the chair beside her and started to push her hair out of her face. It was quite a difficult task seeing as to how thick and bushy it was. He finally managed to lift her face. Her nose was red. She looked more younger, innocent and certainly adorable with she cried.
"Cry anyday you want and I'll make you feel better. Just don't cry this day" Ron grinned"And preferably not on our wedding day."
Hermione smiled back"You're right. I'm being silly."
She wiped her eyes"So when will our wedding be"
"Well..." Ron started"Today's April sixth...and you've always wanted a summer wedding. And I've always wanted a ceremony outside. So how about July?"
"July what" Hermione implored, brightening considerably.
"Thiry-first" Ron questioned.
"We're not parading our wedding on Harry's birthday" Hermione said, firmly"We need to have it a at least a week before then. So everytime we have a wedding anniversary, people will have enough time to plan a birthday party for Harry afterwards."
Ron groaned and covered his face with his hands"This is so complicated."
Hermione moved the hands off his face"No it isn't. Now listen how long will our honeymoon be? A week"
"Two" Ron decided, grinned"So we have enough time to break the celibacy thing."
"Ron" Hermione cried, looking around"What if your mom had been around"
"July fifteenth" Ron declared.
"What" Hermione asked"Oh you're talking about the date. Why the fifteenth"
"Hmm...it's a good few days away from Harry's birthday and it's in the prime of summer" Ron decided"And if we did go on a two week honeymoon we'd be back in time to celebrate Lord Potter's birth."
He added the last part sarcastically. Of course he was in no way jealous of Harry. He had Hermione on his arms. How could he take his life for granted? And anyways he loved Harry as a brother and best friend.
"I'd like to see you say that to Harry's face" Hermione laughed appreciatively"Anyways on another note...July fifteenth sounds beautiful."
"That means we'll be married in...four months or less" Ron prompted, "Will we be ready by then?"
"Well once we get a great wedding planner from your mother, I think we'll be on track" Hermione said, nodding.
"No, I meant will you be ready to marry me then" Ron asked, timidly.
"I've been waiting to be with you half my life" Hermione said, choppily"I could've married you in sixth year."
Ron grinned at her humor. Sometimes so dry and cruel and at other times Ron savoured it. At that time Mrs. Weasley came rushing back to the room. She was holding two cards. They were folded in places and yellowing.
"Here you go" Mrs. Weasley said, handing them over"The white one is Orla's and the pink is Marcel's."
Hermione took them delicately as if she expected them to pop into dust at the first touch. Ron had to admitt they looked possible of doing so. Especially Marcel's.
"Thank you, Mrs. Weasley" Hermione began but was interrupted.
"No, no, no, dear" Mrs. Weasley corrected"You're as good as family now. You call me mother."
Hermione blushed red"Thank you."
"Well, we best be going now, Mum" Ron cut through"But we'll be back around tonight to tell the rest of them about the engagement."
Mrs. Weasley nodded"I'll make sure everyone's here by eight."
Just then a large crack rang throughout the house. It was followed by a harsh, metallic breathing and then a bang. As if many pieces of furniture were falling about upstairs. Finally as the cherry on top they all heard William cheering happily.
Ron instinctively reached for his wand. But it was missing! William had stolen it when Ron'd helped him get out of the high chair!
"That squirt stole my wand" Ron exclaimed.
"Oh dear lord" Mrs. Weasley shouted, running upstairs. Ron and Hermione followed her in a mad dash.
Author's Note: Hope you liked it! And I hope you enjoy the next!
xoxo
Rae