Meet the Dursleys
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The next few weeks passed quite normally for Harry, Hermione, and the Dursleys. Well, at least they managed to get along in a civilized way.
Dudley had stopped bringing his friends over and in return, Harry and Hermione promised not to tell that he was still hanging out with them, since Petunia had forbidden him ever since she found out that it was Piers who made Dudley try smoking.
Pretty soon, July disappeared and August rolled around. On the first day of August, Harry and Hermione woke up to a small tapping noise on the window. Harry dragged himself out of bed reluctantly and went over to the window, opening it and letting a handsome eagle owl into the room. Harry took the letter from its leg, but yet it stood there and didn't move, so Harry knew that whatever the letter said, he would need to reply to it.
"Who's that from?" Hermione asked sleepily from under the covers.
"I don't know, let's see..." Harry opened the seal and read the letter:
Dear Harry and Hermione,
Guess what? Draco and I are getting married! The date is set for August 13th, which is a Saturday, at 11AM, and the dinner will be that same day, but at 6PM. We would've made formal invitations, but we've got so many other things to do, so we're skipping that. I honestly hope you two can come, send your reply back with Devil, he's Draco's owl, then Apparate to the Burrow that day.
Love,
Ginny and Draco
"So Harry, who is it?"
"It's Ginny and Draco," Harry said, and hearing this, Hermione jumped out of bed and scrambled over to the window. She snatched the letter and read it so fast that her eyes became a blur. When she finished, she slowly looked up, and her face had the same expression that Harry's had: complete and utter shock.
"They're getting married? So soon?" Hermione asked disbelievingly. Harry nodded. Suddenly, the owl poked his shoulder lightly and hooted.
"Oh right, we've got to send our reply back," Harry said, taking out a piece of parchment and a quill. "So we're going right?"
"Of course we are, it's Ginny's wedding! I'm just shocked that it's so soon," Hermione said. Harry wrote down a yes on the parchment and tied it onto the owl's leg, and it took off again.
"At least she can get married without having to get an approval first," Harry said gloomily.
"Harry, please stop worrying, I'm sure they will say yes. I mean, we've gotten along pretty well these past few weeks anyway. Okay look, if they don't say yes, then you can hex me, but that won't need to happen because I know they will!" Hermione said for about the 100th time in the past few days. She did want to get married too, but Harry was just way too worried about it, and she had to admit, he did look adorable when he was freaking out at first, but now it was just plain annoying to her since it happened almost every single day.
"All right, Hermione. I believe you, but it's just that I just really wanna get married, get out of here, live on our own, and spend the rest of my life with you," Harry said, and Hermione grinned at his cuteness.
"Hm...August 13th, that would give us about a week and a half to get ready with our outfits and gifts," Hermione said. "So what are we going to give them? Any ideas yet?"
"Er...not really." Harry shrugged. "Let's just go shopping sometime at that new mall that just opened, I'm sure we'll find something good while we're there."
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Hermione stepped out of the dressing room and twirled around. She was wearing a light green halter dress with tiny sequins along the neckline, and the dress ended just above the knee.
"How is it?" she asked Harry, who was standing there looking at her with a glazed look on his face. "Hello? Wake up Harry." She waved her hand slowly in front of his face, and he jolted suddenly, as if coming out of a trance.
"That bad?" Hermione asked, frowning as she stared at herself in the mirror.
"No! No, it's not that at all, it's just I...I can't stop staring because you look...absolutely stunning," Harry finally managed to say. "If you're buying this one, then you're most definitely wearing it to our wedding too, got it?"
"Harry, I would wear this one to our wedding, but my parents are all for the white wedding dress tradition, and they won't take any other color, so sorry." She grinned and examined herself again in the mirror. "I'm taking this though. Now all we've gotta do is buy some shoes and jewelry to go with it."
Harry groaned loudly. "Hermione," he said in a whiny tone of voice, "we've been here nearly 4 hours, and all we've finished buying is my outfit and your dress! Come on, let's continue this another day."
Hermione frowned, but nodded, and they payed for their things and left the mall.
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"Harry, HARRY! Have you seen my earrings lying anywhere?" Hermione said frantically as she ran around the room, or rather, hopped around the room, since she was trying to pull on her other shoe at the same time.
The alarm clock had run out of batteries, so unfortunately they woke up an hour late, and the wedding was about to start in30 minutes and they still had things to do.
"Yep, right here." Harry tossed the small box containing the emerald earrings to Hermione, who caught it and practically ripped it open. "Seen my shoes anywhere?"
"Yeah, last time I checked, you left them by the bedroom door," Hermione said, grabbing her purse off the bed. Harry ran towards the door and put his shoes on, and they paused for a moment to catch their breath.
"So you got everything?" Harry asked.
"Yeah. And you?"
"Yep," Harry said. "You know, I don't know what I would do without you," he said, smiling affectionately at her.
"Yeah, we're a pretty good team," Hermione said, smiling back. "Now come on, let's go tell the Dursleys where we're going and then we'll come back up here and Apparate to the Burrow."
They went down the stairs and into the kitchen, where the Dursleys were eating breakfast.
"We're going to a friend's wedding, we'll be back around 9 or 10 tonight," Harry said to them.
"All right, we'll leave the front door unlocked," Petunia said.
"Oh there's no need, we'll be Apparating straight back into our room," Hermione said. Then she saw the Dursleys' look of confusion and explained, "Apparation is when we transport ourselves from one place to another."
They nodded slowly, though Hermione and Harry could tell that they still didn't completely understand. They left the room quickly before Vernon could start insulting them or asking suspicious questions, and in their room, they Apparated over to the Burrow.
"Harry, Hermione, I'm so glad you two could make it!" Mrs. Weasley's cheerful voice said to them when they arrived.
"Hello Mrs. Weasley," Harry and Hermione said. "So where are Ginny and Ron?"
"They're both with...oh what's her name...oh right, Ariel. They're at her place. Ron introduced her to us a few weeks ago, and she's such a sweet girl. I'm sure you'll both like her," Mrs. Weasley replied.
Harry and Hermione shared a grin. "Actually, Ariel's my coworker. I introduced Ron to her about a month ago. Well then, we'll go over to Ariel's. Oh and can we leave the gift here?" Hermione held up a blue bag.
"Of course dears. Just leave it by the couch, that's where everyone else left theirs."
Then they Apparated to Ariel's apartment, where they found Ariel carefully putting eyeshadow on Ginny. When she finished, she said, "Ginny, guess who's here?"
Ginny opened her eyes and saw Harry and Hermione. "Hey you two! I'm so glad to see you!" She stood up to walk over to them and almost tripped. She let out a frustrated sigh. "It's these shoes. I saw them and fell in love with them immediately, but I didn't try them on because we were in such a hurry, so Draco just paid for them and we left. Then a few days later I found out that they cost 125 Galleons! And that darn store doesn't give refunds, so it would be a waste to return them. I'll live though, don't worry about me."
"Hey guys," a voice said from behind them. They turned around and saw Ron holding a tissue and sniffling.
"Whoa Ron, what's up with you?" Harry asked, grinning.
"I don't know. I guess I'm just sad. I mean my own little sister is getting married today, in about15 minutes. And especially to a guy who, a few years back, we never would've even imagined that she'd fall in love with him," Ron said.
"Ronald, I'm standing right here," Ginny said. "I thought you were all right with Draco anyway."
"Yeah I am, I suppose."
"All right then, stop crying," Ariel said, walking over to him and kissing his cheek, which seemed to make Ron's tears cease immediately.
"Are you...and Ron together?" Hermione asked.
Ariel blushed. "Yeah we are. And it's all thanks to you."
Hermione grinned and gave Harry a high-five. "Mission accomplished then. Come on, we should Apparate to the church."
"Oh, wait!" Ariel said. After thoroughly checking Ginny's face and makeup and hair, Ariel looked satisfied. "All right, let's go."
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A/N: Next chapter is Ginny and Draco's wedding, then we'll go back to the Dursleys after that, just wanted to include some other ships:) Review please!
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