Harry woke up early the next morning. Quietly so he did not wake up Ginny, he slipped out of bed and grabbed a pair of jeans and a shirt. After getting dressed and making himself some toast and a cup of coffee, he had become quite addicted to the stuff during the past ten years, he stepped out to the sprawling front porch.

He was enjoying the cool morning air when he looked up and saw a large snowy owl soaring towards him. Out of habit, he stuck his left arm out for the owl to land on.

"Hey, girl," he cooed to his old friend. "What have you got there?"

The owl held out a leg with a piece of fancy parchment attached. The letter was secured shut with a shimmery pale blue ribbon. Harry untied the package and gave Hedwig half of his toast. He grinned after he scanned the letter's contents.

He ran in the door with the type of excitement usually reserved for Jason. Reaching the bedroom, he bolted through the door, "Ginny! Guess what!"

She woke up and looked around a little confused, "Harry what are you yelling about?"

"This!" he thrust the letter at her.

Rubbing the sleep from her eyes and pushing her hair off her face, she opened the letter and began to read. When she reached the end, she looked up at Harry with a bright smile and a sparkle in her eyes.

"Wow, that was fast," she exclaimed. "I mean I knew it was coming but it's only been, what, three days?"

"I know I guess it was what they call love at first sight," he looked a little sheepish as he continued, "not everyone takes years to realize they love someone."

"Wow, I can't believe Fred is finally getting married," Ginny said.

"I can't wait to talk to Lori, she must be so excited," Harry stated. "I wonder when they decide this."

"Well, I guess we can ask them at lunch," Ginny voiced as she read the other note included in the package. "They want us to meet them at Remus's pub at 12."

Harry glanced at the bedside clock, "We better get ready, its almost 11:00 now."

A short while later they reappeared in The Wolf's Bane. They spotted Fred and Lori sitting in the far corner. After saying a quick hello to Remus they made their way over to the other couple.

Ginny threw her arms around Fred, "I'm so happy for you!"

Harry gave Lori a brotherly hug, "Congratulations!"

A young witch brought drinks and plates of food over to the table as they sat down. "These are on the house," she told them with a smile.

They thanked her and began eating the delicious foods. After a few minutes of silence while they enjoyed the meal, Harry spoke up, "So how did all of this come about so quickly?"

Lori beamed, "Well, after you guys left last night, Fred asked me to marry him and obviously I agreed." She looked over at her fiancee who was smiling at her, "As soon as I saw him the other day, I knew he was the only man I could spend my life with."

"When I heard her talking to her brothers about going home to America, I realized that I couldn't let her go without telling her how I felt. So I surprised even myself when I bought a ring and proposed," Fred squeezed Lori's hand gently.

Ginny smiled at the happy couple, "I can't believe you are going to plan a wedding in two weeks."

"Well, between my mom and yours, I have a feeling everything will come together just fine," Lori laughed. "We wanted to have the wedding before the kids have to go back to school."

"It's going to work out great for me," Harry began. "I need to take care of a few things back in Cleveland since we'll be in America for the wedding, I'll take care of it then."

They sat and discussed wedding plans for a while. About an hour later when the food had all been eaten and the drinks drunk, Fred and Lori stood up and said they needed to leave. They were heading back with Lori's brothers so Fred could meet the rest of Lori's family.

After Lori and Fred left, Ginny went to pick up Jamie. Since they had been planning his surprise party the day before they still needed to do Jamie's school shopping. Harry headed over to Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes to pick up Jason from George. When he got there Jason begged to be allowed to spend the rest of the day with the younger Weasley twins. George assured Harry it would not be a problem for him to hang out with them so Harry agreed. Finding himself alone for the day again, Harry headed to visit a friend.

"Harry! You surprised me," Hermione exclaimed as she looked up from her book to see Harry standing on her front porch.

"I heard your kids were at your parents and Ron was at practice. My girls are off shopping and that will keep them busy all day so I thought you might like to spend the day with me."

"I would love to Harry. I missed you so much while you were gone," she put her book down and made room for Harry to sit by her on the porch swing.

"Now don't go getting all emotional on me," he teased her. After a moment of comfortable silence, Harry looked at Hermione, "You and Ron have built a wonderful life together. I'm glad to see you both so happy."

Hermione smiled softly, "Yeah, we are happy. Now."

Harry looked at her confused, "What do you mean, 'now'?"

She sighed, "Ron had a really difficult time dealing with the aftermath of the last battle. He was in St. Mungo's for several months, we didn't know if he would survive." She got a distant look in her brown eyes as she remembered, "Once he came home, it was really rough. He was in a lot of pain, both physically and emotionally. After a while, he turned to Fire Whiskey. I couldn't take it, I was in pain too and I felt so alone. Finally, I took Georgia and went to my parents' house. We stayed there for several months until one day Ron showed up, he hadn't had a drink since we left. He said it took him so long to show up because he wanted to get back on his feet and prove he deserved us."

Harry looked at his dear friend and pulled her into a hug, "I'm so sorry I was not here for you."

"Harry, don't start taking the blame for everything like you used to," Hermione gently scolded him. "We made it through our rough times and our marriage is stronger because of it."

They sat together and visited for the rest of the afternoon. When it was time to pick up Jason, Harry embraced Hermione.

"Hey, watch it. That's my wife you've got in your arms. Go be touchy feely with your own wife."

They turned to find a grinning Ron standing in the front yard. Harry smiled back at his oldest friend.

"You have nothing to worry about, Ron. You're the one she loves," Harry laughed.

He waved at his friends before he left. It made him smile to see his two best friends waving at him with their arms around each other.

Harry and his family spent the next week getting ready to leave for Fred's wedding and getting Jamie ready to leave for Hogwarts. She would be leaving for school, two days after they were scheduled to return from America.

The evening before the Potter and Weasley families were leaving, Jamie was sitting alone in the backyard. Harry looked out and noticed her, he thought she looked upset so he went out to talk to her.

"Hey Jae," he said quietly so he did not scare her. "What's up?"

"Hi, dad," she looked up at him. "I was just thinking about school."

Harry thought he knew what was bothering his daughter, "I remember when I was getting ready to go to Hogwarts the first time. I had no idea what to expect, the only things I knew about Hogwarts was what Hagrid told me."

"Were you scared?"

"No," he paused for a second. "I was terrified."

"Really," she stared at him with disbelief. "I didn't think you were scared of anything."

He laughed, "Trust me, I'm afraid of a lot of things."

Quietly, she continued, "I'm a little scared of going to Hogwarts. I know it's silly since Georgia will be there, tooand you and mum and everyone else went there." She started to absentmindedly stroke the cat lying next to her, "I'm worried I won't be as good as you were. I mean you're a legend and everyone will know I'm your daughter and they're going to expect a lot out of me. What if I let everyone down? And what if I don't make any friends other than Georgia? And what if I'm not put in Gryffindor? And you just came back, now I have to leave. I'm going to miss you."

"Oh, darling come here," he hugged his daughter tight. "You don't have to worry about all of that. You just have to try your best and be yourself. I'll be proud of you no matter what. And I know you will make a ton of friends, who would not want to be your friend. And do not worry about what house you'll be in, it does not matter to your mum or me."

She smiled at him and he had an idea, "Tell you what, why don't you take Hedwig with you to school and we can write to each other as much as you want."

"Thank you, dad," she grinned and squeezed him tight. "I would really like that."

Ginny called them in a few minutes later. They were meeting the rest of the family early the next morning to leave together and still had some packing to do.