Chapter 1
Three weeks had passed since Harry gave Ginny the promise ring. They were at King's Cross Station getting ready to go onto platform 9 3/4. Ron and Hermione went through the barrier first followed by Mrs. Weasley, Ginny, and Harry. When they got onto the platform, Harry and Ron loaded Ginny's trunk onto the train. Ginny was hugging her mom, "Okay now, be careful and don't forget the promise you made." Mrs. Weasley said. Ginny rolled her eyes, "I know mum. Trust me, I am not going to do anything to mess this up." Harry had come up behind Ginny and wrapped his arms around her middle, "You had better not." He said smiling.
Ron and Hermione looked at each other. Hermione nodded and Ron said, "Hey guys, Hermione and I have something we want to tell you." Harry and Ginny both said, "What?" at the same time. Ron took hold of Hermiones hand and said, "Well I asked Hermione to marry me and she said 'yes'." Ginny rushed forward and hugged her best friend and brother. She stood back and said, "You guys, that is so great!" Mrs. Weasley spoke up, "The train is about to leave honey, It's time to go." Ginny gave Ron and Hermione another hug and said, "I will see you guys at Christmas," they nodded. She gave her mum a hug and said, "Don't worry mum, I will be fine." Mrs. Weasley nodded, "I know honey." Then Ginny turned to Harry and gave him a kiss, "I am going to miss you." "I know. I am going to miss you too." He was urging her towards the train, "But if you don't get on that train, we both are going to be in trouble." She gave him one last kiss before she jumped onto the train. Harry stood there with Mrs Weasley Ron and Hermione until the train was out of sight. Mrs Weasley turned to them and said, "Well we need to get going. We have a wedding to plan."
They left kings cross station and when they returned to the burrow, Harry had finally processed what Mrs Weasley had said. "Mrs Weasly," he said. She laughed, "Oh Harry, I do wish you would drop the formality and call me Molly." Harry nodded, "Well, you said we had a wedding to plan, whose?" Ron looked at harry, "Didn't you hear a word I said mate? Hermione and I are getting married." "Well I heard that yeah, but we don't need to plan the wedding yet, do we? Its going to be a couple of years before you get married, isn't it?" "No Harry," Hermione said shocked, "We are getting married over the Christmas holidays."
"What!" Harry practically yelled. He looked at Molly, "You told me I had to wait until Ginny and I had started our careers before we could get married." Mrs. Weasley nodded, "Yes I know we did Harry. But, well its different." "Yeah? Do tell because I really don't see the difference. You let one of your kids get married before he even really knows wheat he wants to do. And you make the another wait until after she gets a job before she can get married." Harry wasn't happy at all. All he wanted to do was make Ginny his wife. The only thing stopping him were her parents, and they were just going to let Ron get married. "Harry, I understand that you may be angry with this decision, but you need to calm down. Let's go inside and I will try to explain why Arthur and I have made these decisions."
Harry walked inside and tried not to look at Ron. He didn't mean to make Ron feel bad. But apparently he had, because Ron had stormed upstairs. "I cannot believe that you said that about your best friend," said Hermione and followed Ron upstairs. Harry was ashamed with himself. He just wanted to understand why he and Ginny had to wait and Ron did not.