A/N: Sorry about the wait, but I've been piled with homework lately. Thanks to everyone who reviewed! And I'm glad to see that most of you hate Viktor and Lavender as well. I'll stop rambling now, and let you read!
Everyone eventually situated themselves at tables and were delighted to find that the food was already starting to appear. "This was Ron's idea no doubt," Ginny whispered to Harry and he smiled. She was probably right. But much to Harry's surprise, as soon as he was about to start eating, Ron stood up to make an announcement.
"Well, first off, I want to tell you all that it's great for you to be here to share the day. Now I want to say a few things before we all start eating, if you don't mind." This earned a chorus of groans from the rest of the Weasley brothers and even Harry, but Ron ignored them and turned towards Hermione.
"Hermione Granger, when I first met you, I will honestly say that you were down right annoying. You were so perfect and I couldn't stand the fact that there wasn't a flaw in you, no matter how hard I tried to look. Then we became friends and my whole view changed. I still couldn't find anything wrong with you, but it came across to me in a different way. I was never sure what I was thinking until our fourth year. That year was either my best or worst year at Hogwarts because I figured out that I wanted to be more than your best friend, but I also thought that I would never have the chance with you," Ron paused and shot a sidelong glance towards Viktor, but then picked his speech right back up. "As we got a little older and times got worse, I realized that not only did I want to be more than just friends, but that I loved you. It was our sixth year. I know that I messed up that year and I'm sorry. When things went from bad to worse in seventh year, I knew that I might wake up one day and you could be gone. I still didn't tell you though."
Ron paused and Harry took the chance to look around at the guests. Mrs. Weasley was crying again and Mr. Weasley looked on the verge of tears. Fred and George were trying to find something to make fun of, but it seemed as if for once, they couldn't. The only people who weren't looking on with happy faces were Viktor and Lavender, who were still wearing their sour expressions.
Ron's gaze at Hermione intensified as he went on to the next part of his speech. "Hermione, during the battle, I heard that you had been hurt. Then as I ran around trying to find you or find out what had happened to you, I remember Professor McGonagall catching me by the arm and dragging me along with her to a place where we were alone. She looked at me with the saddest look I'd ever seen on her. She tried to tell me a few times, but each time she would loose her composure and have to start over again. Then I realized what she was trying to say. I knew it was something to do with you."
Harry looked over a few tables, and saw McGonagall sitting with a sobbing Mrs. Weasley. She struggled for a minute, but finally gave in and started crying to. Harry smiled, despite himself, but then turned his attention back to Ron.
"I kept asking McGonagall what was wrong, and were you okay, and where were you. Then she looked at me and said something I'll never forget. She began to cry a little and said, 'I don't know, Mr. Weasley. She's gone. She's missing and we haven't the slightest clue where she could be.' When I heard her say that, I fully understood the meaning of fear like never before. I don't remember what happened next, I just remember coming to my senses and I was in my room. I didn't come down for anything. No food, no drinks, no talking to my family. I just sat there and no one could get me to come down, until sometime later Ginny came up and screamed and told me that you were back. That's all I needed to hear. The next thing I knew, we were together and I had never been more grateful for anything. And now here we are two months later and I want you to know how much I love you Hermione."
Hermione was letting her tears fall freely and silently, while staring at Ron with love in her eyes. They leaned in to kiss one another and guests burst into a deafening applause. After well over five minutes of cheering on the couple, they walked down onto a small dance floor to share their first dance as husband and wife. Their song started to play softly as Ron and Hermione held each other close.
Look into my
eyes,
you will see
what you mean to me.
Search your
heart,
search your soul,
and when you find me there
you'll
search no more.
Don't tell me
it's not worth trying
for.
You can't tell me
it's not worth dying for.
You
know it's true,
everything I do,
I do it for you.
Look
into your heart,
you will find
there's nothing to hide.
Take
me as I am,
take my life.
I would give it all,
I would
sacrifice.
Don't tell me
it's not worth fighting for.
I
can't help it,
there's nothing I want more.
You know it's
true,
everything I do,
I do it for you.
There's no
love
like your love,
and no other could
give more
love.
There's nowhere
unless you're there,
all the
time,
all the way, yeah.
You can't tell me
it's not
worth trying for.
I can't help it,
there's nothing I want
more.
Yeah, I would fight for you,
I'd lie for you,
I'd
walk the wire for you,
yeah, I'd die for you.
You know it's
true,
everything I do, oh,
I do it for you.
The song was beautiful and Ron and Hermione were soon joined on the floor by others, and Harry and Ginny were included. As they were dancing, Ginny looked at Harry with the same love that Hermione looked at Ron with. She smiled at him and said, "Only three more weeks."
A/N: Okay, the song "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" is sung by Bryan Adams, and does not belong to me. Now that I've gotten that perfectly clear, I would really really really really really like it if you reviewed! Please! (Side note: If you want to send flames, then fine. I can use them to bake cookies!)
