Typically it was difficult and expensive to obtain an international portkey but the Weasley family and friends had connections with both the British and American magical governments so it was no problem for them. Bill Weasley was, of course, the British Minister of Magic and Daniel Montgomery, Lori's uncle, was the American Secretary of Magic. It was a large and noisy group that was leaving together that morning. Molly and Arthur had left earlier in the week to assist in the wedding preparations but the rest of the Weasleys along with several close friends were all arriving together. Harry briefly wondered if Lori's family, or America for the matter, would survive the invasion.

Harry and Ginny along with their kids were meeting Ron and Hermione and their family and they were all leaving together. When Harry and his family arrived, Hermione was trying very hard not to kill her twin daughters. From what Harry could figure out, they had gotten a hold of a Portable Swamp Kit from George's house and had set it off in the living room. Ron looked at Harry and Ginny with a look of relief when they walked in.

"Harry, Gin, help!" he pleaded. "Harry can you help me clean this up and Ginny will you help Mione get the kids to The Burrow to meet everyone else."

"Sure," Harry answered as he gaped at the living. "The twins?"

Ron nodded miserably.

"I'll just go find Hermione," Ginny said as she followed the sound of Hermione's screams. "Oh, and I'll try to make sure all of your kids stay alive."

"Thanks," Ron told his sister before turning back to the mess.

Harry quickly set to helping Ron clean the mess. Once the room was immaculate, Ron looked at Harry gratefully, "Thanks, mate. Do you want something to drink before we go?"

"Sure," Harry replied as he sank onto the sofa.

Ron quickly returned with two drinks. Harry noticed Ron was drinking pumpkin juice. Ron glanced at his watch, "I think we'll going to have to get another portkey. Everyone else should have already left. I owled Bill to get another one set up for us, he left it at The Burrow."

"Okay."

Neither man looked like he was in any hurry to leave. Ron looked everywhere but at Harry, "So, I guess Hermione told you what happened after you left." He nervously fidgeted.

"Yeah, she did," Harry glanced at his friend. "I'm sorry I wasn't there for you guys. But it seems to me that you survived okay on your own."

"I wouldn't have without Hermione and my family. It not proud of what I did but it was so much to deal with and it was easier to drink away the pain."

"I can't say anything Ron. I ran away from the pain."

"But Harry, you did that for everyone else and we know that."

"Ron, before we get mushy let's just forget about it and realize that we both did what we had to do to survive and move on."

Ron looked appreciatively at Harry and grinned, "That's the best idea, I've heard in a long time."

The two men stood up and apparated to The Burrow and found the promised portkey. They each grabbed a hold and felt an intense pull behind their navel.

When Harry arrived in the large field behind Lori's parents' house, he was shocked to see some people he knew from the past ten years. Both of whom he had believed to be non-magical.

"Bob! Liz! What are you doing here?" he rushed over to a couple standing near the back of the group.

"Surprise," the blonde woman said with a shrug of her shoulders and a smirk. "I understand my secret is not so secret anymore."

"I don't know why I'm so surprised to see you," he said to the woman. "I found out about Megan and I guess I should not be too surprised that her sister would be a witch also."

"She is," the tall man next to her explained with an amused smile. "I'm not a wizard but I know all about it, including knowing that you are a wizard. Of course I did not find that out until after Liz and I were married. I guess I have you to thank for that, if Megan was not looking out for you, she never would have set me up with her sister."

Ginny walked over to Harry and he put an arm around her, "Ginny this is Bob and Liz Patterson. Bob was a co worker and my best friend in Cleveland." He started to look a little uncomfortable, "Liz is his wife and she's, um, Jason's mom's sister."

Liz took pity on him and extended a hand to Ginny, "I know this is a little awkward but welcome to America. I met your brother and parents earlier this week, I can't wait to meet everyone else, they've told us a lot of stories about the rest of the Weasley family."

Ginny gratefully shook Liz's hand, "Thank you. I hope they haven't embarrassed me too much."

Lori made her way over to the group, "Harry, I see you've already ran into Bob and Liz. I was going to tell you about Liz but in the excitement of the last couple of weeks, I forgot. I guess when I think about we didn't do a very good job of keeping you isolated from the magical world. But since Meg and Liz look so much alike it would be hard to explain why your wife and your best friend's wife looked like sisters without letting you know they were sisters." She laughed and the others joined her.

"That's okay," he reassured her. "I'm really not too surprised to be honest."

Jason ran over to them, "Hi, Aunt Liz and Uncle Bob! I didn't know you were going to be here. Did you know that I can do magic, I accidently sent a bunch of people to really cool places!" he grinned up at the adults.

"I know, Lori told us all about it."

Harry noticed an older couple watching them. He started to ask Liz who they were when she called them over, 'Mom, dad! I want to introduce you to some people."

They eagerly made their way over. Liz introduced them to everyone. After greeting Harry and Ginny, they stopped paying attention to anyone but their grandson. Harry smiled at his son who was loving all of the attention.

Lori quietly asked Harry if she could talk to him privately. He agreed and followed her to a spot near the house.

"Harry there is something you need to know about Megan and Liz's family. I didn't want you to find out accidently because I'm not sure how you are going to take it."

He looked at her with curiosity. What could there possibly be about the family he was watching gush over his son that would cause him to react unpredictably. They looked so wholesome. Jason's grandmother, Dorothy, was a plump woman who reminded him of Molly. And her husband, Julius, also reminded Harry of someone but he could not think of who. Liz he had known for almost ten years and trusted her completely.

Lori sighed before she continued, "Julius's brother is Lucius Malfoy."