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Chapter 4: The Wedding

Harry and Tonks were getting ready for their upcoming nuptuals. They were both rather nervous as to what their friends and family were going to be pulling on them in means of Bachellor/Bachellorette parties. Harry knew that he was going to have to go to one, for he had been told by both Ron and the Twins that they were going to kidnap him to his party if he didn't come willingly. Ron was going to be his best man, and Hermione was going to be Tonks Maid of Honor.

It was 2 days before the wedding when it happened. Harry was called into the headmasters office, while Tonks was ambushed by the girls and women that were closest to her. It was a Froday after classes, and they had a good idea what was going on, and decided that they were just going to set back and enjoy the ride. When Harry got into the headmasters office, Fawkes landed on his shoulder, and before he could do anything, fire travelled him to the destination of the party, which just happened to be at the twins flat in Diagon Alley. Harry was a little surprised at whom he saw there, but smiled at all his friends. There were Professors Dumbledore, Flitwick and surprisingly Snape, along with all 6 Weasley boys, Mr. Weasley, Lee Jordan, Neville Longbottom, Semus Finnigan, Dean Thomas and a few of the other Order of the Pheonix members. Fred, or was it George handed Harry a glass of Firewhiskey, and took him to the seat of honor in the middle of the flats living room. "Welcome to your last party as a free man Harry, you are going to have fun here tonight, or we will have to hex you til you do." Fred smiled at him like he was joking, but Harry could tell from the tone of his voice that he wasn't.

"Yes Harry, you are going to have fun tonight, even if it kills you." Brandon smiled at his former enemy. He knew that Harry was going to have fun, but he still wanted to put a little scare in him. "Of course since this is your party, the first thing that we have is entertainment in the form of a stripper." Brandon clapped his hands and the lights dimmed, and some interesting music came on as a scantily clad lady wearing a Belly Dancers outfit came in with a pop. She walked over to where Harry was sitting, and started doing her dance practically in his lap to the cheers and whistles of the younger men in the crowd, and the smiles of the older ones.

Harry sat there enjoying the show like any red blooded English man would, but still remembering the love of his life back at the school. He was going to enjoy the show, but still stay faithful to Tonks. Well that was until the dancer looked him in the eyes, and with a quick change of her eye color, and a quiet Wotcher, he knew that the original dancer had been replaced by Tonks. He smiled and winked at her letting her know to play along with this, and he pinched her on the arse to the surprise of the other men in the room. He then got up, and picked her up, then took her to one of the rooms that he had asked one of the twins which one they could use. When he was showed to a room, they went about letting the others know exactly how much fun they were having, for they didn't put up any ilencing charms on the room.

The other men in the apartment looked at each other wondering what they were going to do now. None of them wanted to go back and tell tonks about what Harry had done that night, but they also knew that Harry wouldn't be in a good mood about what he did, if they didn't do anything about it. "What shall we do guys, I know that Harry wouldn't want us to let him be doing this without reminding him about Tonks back at the school." Ron was the one worrried about this, and the other were looking like they weren't willing to be the one to interupt Harry and the Dancer/Stripper while they were having their fun.

"Well Ron, since you brought it up, why don't you go in there and let Harry know that what he was doing is wrong. In fact I think that it would be a good idea." With that, the headmaster took the rest of the group and called for Fawkes, and took them all back to his office at the school to finish the party.

Ron gulped as he saw the rest of the men leave him to the tough job of getting Harry without him hexing him. He pulled together his Gryffindor courage, and went to the door of the bedroom and knocked loudly. After waiting 5 minutes, and not getting any answer, he slowly opened the door, to see if they were done. What he saw made his heart sing, and had him have a little laugh at the situation before he quickly closed the door, and waited for them to be done. "That was a good one Harry and Tonks. You sure fooled the others and me. We will have to let them know what is going on, before they go finding you Tonks to tell you that Harry was off cheating with the stripper that was at his bachelor party."

Tonks smiled at the young man that was Harry's friend for so many years. "Well don't worry Ron. They will be finding out soon enough, for Minerva will be telling them when they get there. Now let's get back to the school so that we can finish this party. The girls are waiting for us, and we are combining the parties."

When the group of friends ended up using a port-key that all of a sudden appeared with Fawkes to Albuses office, they were greeted by a scene of utmost hilarity. Harry was mobbed by Sirius and all his friends wondering why he would do this to Tonks, and then everyone burst out laughing, as they told him that they were told about it once they got here, and they were glad that they were able to be together one last time befoer the wedding.

The group parted ways then, to do their last minute stuff for the wedding the next day, and all things went as planned. The wedding was a beautiful affair with Ron being Harry's best man, and Hermione being Tonks maid of honor. There were a few little things that added up making it even more interesting, for it ended up being a surprise for both the intended couple, and also Ron and Hermione, for they had ended up having it being planned as a double wedding, and Ron and Hermione got married also. The reception was marvelous, with the house elves throwing a large banquet that filled the place with music and food. There was dancing all over the place, and fun all around. Gifts were given to both couples, and much thanks to all.

After the reception, Harry and Tonks, and Ron and Hermione port-keyed to Paris for the weekend for their respective honeymoons. Of course it was very romantic, and they had a great time. When they got back on Friday night, they were pleased and well relaxed. The three students were pleasantly surprised that they were excused from classes for the week, and had retired to their quarters when they got back.