I'm so sorry abou the long wait! I hope you can forgive me. The contection between my brain and fingers has been broken for a bit. But I think it might be back or at least on the mend. I have so many ideas to write. I have like five stories going on in my head right now. Soon I hope to either have another chapter of this story or another short story out for you to read. So keep checking back. Thank you my loyal fans for sticking with me. I don't know if I would have if I were you. I hope this kinda makes up for the long wait. Please enjoy and review! Remember reviews help me so much to write like crazy! Thank you for taking the time to read. Hugs-Ace

Chapter 8: Admission of Love

You broke my heart.
But I love you still.
I will not let you leave me here.
You know you need me.
I need you.
Being apart will hurt us worse.
I'm coming with you.

Ron stood in the twins' old room with Bill, Charlie, Fred and George. The brothers were all getting dressed in their best dress robes. Charlie wore a sleek royal blue, Fred a dark hunter green, George a deep purple, and Bill a nice midnight navy. Ron was the only one in black.

"You know George, we should have bought Ron a bright fuchsia robe. Black is so dull." Fred said looking Ron over.

"I believe you are right Fred. He would look better in fuchsia. Should we change the color for him?" George said looking over at his twin. Ron turned around and glared at his brothers.

"Don't you dare." He said strongly. Fred and George grinned.

"What do you think Bill? Wouldn't Ron look good in a nice fuchsia?" Fred asked smirking.

"I think we should leave Ron be." Bill said as he stood in front of the mirror, fixing his hair. "If you two are ready, why don't you go downstairs?"

Fred and George chuckled. "And be down there with mum? I think we'll take our chances up here." George replied sitting down on his old bed.

Ron glared at the twins then turned back to the mirror to fix his messy hair. Quietly, he looked over at Bill. He had been dying to ask him something for the past couple of days. But he didn't really want to ask it in front of the twins. They might poke fun at him as they always did when he brought up relationships. He sighed.

"Everything alright Ron?" Charlie asked coming up on Ron's other side.

"Yeah," Ron muttered. He looked again over at Bill. He wasn't going to let his brothers pick on him. He was tough and strong. He was leaving tomorrow to go track down the Dark Lord. He might as well start up his braveness now. "Um... Bill? How did you know that you loved Fleur and that she was the one for you?" he spit out quickly hoping the twins wouldn't catch it. He was courageous but that didn't mean he liked to be picked on.

Bill stopped brushing his hair and looked over at Ron. "Why do you ask Ron? You don't seem very fond of Fleur." he asked eyeing his little brother.

"Well I guess..." Ron started but one of the twins interrupted. They had both over heard Ron's question. Now let the trouble making begin.

"He wants to know because he's in love with Hermione." Fred stated from his perch next to George. Both giggled. They had known Ron fancied her since his fourth year. Weasleys were not very good at hiding their jealousy, especially not from the other Weasleys.

"Are you really Ron?" Charlie asked smiling over at his brother. He had known too about Ron's infatuation with Hermione. At time it had been very obvious. It's a wonder the rest of the world didn't know. Ron turned too look at him as his face became flushed.

"No." He declared but they could all see that he wasn't telling the truth. They all knew he was lying.

"Well Ron," Bill said deciding not to make Ron say it himself if he didn't want to. "I realized that I loved her company. I felt at ease with her. I could be myself around her. We have no secrets from each other. She makes me smile and keeps me in line. She's one of my very closest and best friends. I knew I loved her when things became so easy between us. We seem to fit together. We are alike but we have opposites too that seem to link together. I realized one day as we were working together that she was the one I wanted to spend my life with. She is my other half."

Ron stared at his brother as he spoke. To Ron it seemed he was speaking word of wisdom. These were the keys to finding the perfect girl. If these all were true then together they would make a whole rather then two halves. He nodded when he finished. He understood what his brother was saying.

"Does that answer your question?" Bill asked looking at his youngest brother. Ron nodded as a smile came to his lips.

"Yeah it does." Ron replied as he began to think, his mind whirling as he grinned.

"Well if your done asking me questions, why don't you and the twins get out of here so I can finish in peace? Tell mum I'll be down in a minute." Bill said pushing his brothers toward the door. Fred and George huffed but Ron went with ease. He wanted to go see a certain brushy brown haired girl and try to figure out the meaning of his feelings.

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Ginny and Hermione stood in front of Ginny's thin dressing mirror.

"I look like I ate one of Fred and Georges lavender gnome lollies." Ginny said with distaste. "Except I didn't shrink and don't have beard."

Hermione laughed. "I know Ginny. They are horrible. But just remember, you're not doing this because of Phelgm, you're doing it for Bill." She said as she stepped away from the mirror, tired of looking at the ugly dress she was wearing. She sat on Ginny's bed.

Ginny nodded as she turned away. "Yeah you're right."

Suddenly there was a knock at the door, and then Ron entered.

"You girls ready?" he asked looking to Hermione, who rested on Ginny's bed. He smiled at her.

"As ready as I'm gonna be in this bloody dress." Hermione said with a sigh.

"Gee Hermione. I don't believe I've heard you swear before." Ron said with a smile.

Hermione grinned sheepishly. "I just don't do it when you're around." She replied giving him the eye.

Ron's smiled widened. "Well should we head down?" He asked looking from Hermione to Ginny.

"I'm ready." Hermione said standing up and walking over to the door where Ron stood.

"I'm gonna brush my hair one more time. I can't get this blasted ribbon to stay tied." Ginny said frustrated as she pulled a purple ribbon out of her hair.

"Do you need help?" Hermione offered but Ginny shook her head.

"No. You guys go on. I'll be down in a minute." Ginny replied as she focused at the mirror in front of her.

"Alright. We'll see you down there." Ron said as he offered his arm to Hermione. She looked up at him, slightly shocked, but took it anyway. Then together they left the room leaving Ginny to messy with her fiery red hair.

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"Vhere is Ginny?" Fleur fussed as all the bridesmaids stood in the kitchen. The wedding was about to start and Ginny had not come down yet. Fleur was becoming crazy with panic and almost unbearable to be around. It was her wedding day and she wanted things to be perfect. And her attitude was showing it.

"I can go see what's keeping her, Fleur." Hermione offered as Harry entered the kitchen.

"No. You must stay here. If you go, then two vill be missing." Fleur said not bothering to hid her frustration. She paced in a worried circle. All of the sudden she noticed Harry standing next to Hermione. "Harry! Vill you please go and get Ginny? She hasn't come down and it's time for the Vedding to start." Fleur almost yelled.

Harry was about to make up an excuse why he couldn't, when he met with Fleur's eyes. At that point, he realized it would be safer for him to go face Ginny. "Alright Fleur," he said, as he cast his head down and headed out of the kitchen for the stairs.

Harry trudged up the stairs to the second to the top floor. He knocked lightly on Ginny's door. When there was no reply, he took a deep breath and opened the door.

He stepped into the room and looked around for the pretty red haired girl. At first he didn't see her but then he found a blob of lavender purple blocking the closet door.

"Ginny, Fleur's waiting. The wedding is about to start." Harry spoke letting her know that he was here. At the sound of his voice, Ginny stood up and turned to face him.

"Oh hi Harry," she said stiffly pulling out a pair of worn in trainers. Harry looked at her confused.

"What are those for?" he asked pointing at the shoes.

"Tomorrow. If I'm going to be traveling I need good shoes." She replied easily as she put the shoes in front of her dresser and moved toward her bed where her traveling robe lay.

"Where are you going tomorrow?"

"With you of course."

At this, Harry's eyes almost popped out of his head. "What?" He staggered.

Ginny turned to look him straight in the eyes. They stood but a couple feet apart. "That's right. You heard me. I'm going with you and Ron and Hermione tomorrow to look for the Horcruxes. And you can't stop me." she stated directly, both hands on her hips.

"How did you know we were leaving?"

"Well I'm not bloody stupid for one. And two, I got it out of Ron."

Harry cursed at his best friend under his breath. "You can't come."

"And how do you plan on stopping me? Can't go and tell me mum, can you?" Ginny replied with a smile. Harry glared at her. She was right about that but he didn't want her to come. That had been his whole reasoning on why he had to break up with her. But how was he going to tell her she couldn't come, when in truth, part of him did want her along? How could he say no to someone he loved? Finally Harry decided that he couldn't hide behind his lies anymore. The truth had to come out.

Harry stepped forward, closer to her. Now they were but maybe a foot apart. "Alright Ginny, you want to know why I you can't come? It's because I love you. I don't want you to be in danger. I don't want to risk my life looking after you. I don't want you to risk your life just for me. So you can't come and that's final and if I have to have Hermione put a spell on you I will." Harry said so strongly that Ginny almost had to step back. But she held her ground. She was not going to budge from her stance.

"Harry you're a bloody idiot. I want to come with you to keep you safe. I want to help you. I want to be with you. I love you Harry. I never stopped. Not even when you broke my heart." Ginny said much less fiercely. Harry could see in her eyes that she was hurt, but he could also see how much she really cared about him.

"Blood hell Ginny." Harry cursed. What was he to do? He loved her, she loved him. There was no point in denying the break up had been a lie. She already knew it had been. He realized there was also no way of stopping her from coming with them tomorrow. If they left without her, she would just follow after them, putting herself in more danger.

Harry sighed. "Alright Ginny. You can come with us. But you have to pull your own weight. I can't be looking out for you every moment even though I want to." Harry said taking her hand from her side.

"Good. And I will pull my own weight, even including looking out for you part of time." She replied with a smile. "I love you Harry. I just want to be with you."

Harry smiled back. "I love you too Ginny. And I want to be with you." Harry returned. And without truly giving a spoken apology, he leaned in and kissed her on the lips. Ginny pressed strongly back as she wrapped her arms around his neck holding him tightly.

When the kiss broke, both were smiling from ear to ear.

"Wicked," Ginny muttered with a giggle. Harry laughed then kissed her again. After this kiss they head for the stairs hand in hand, rushing downstairs before Fleur really blew her top.

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The procession walked beautifully down the grassy aisle toward the Ministry official. First came George with one of Fleur's cousins, next was Fred and Ginny, then Ron and Hermione, then the odd pair of Charlie and Gabrielle. Lastly came Fleur, who seemed to be floating up to Bill rather then walking. A smile filled both their faces as they took each others hand.

The ceremony was the traditional wizard wedding. Bill and Fleur produced their wands and the official bound them together as well as their owners. Because of their love for one another, their magic would be twice as strong as it had been before. Both said their vows and their I dos. Finally the Ministry official turned to the guests and pronounced them "Mr. and Mrs. Weasley". A cheer rang out among the guests as they applauded. Bill smiled and kissed Fleur, while Mrs. Molly Weasley looked on, wiping a tear from her eye.