A/N: Chapter three!
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Hermione's jaw dropped. "Ron is engaged to Lavender. That makes me want to puke. She is so… and now he's with her… again!"
"Yep… that's pretty much everything that's happened." Charlie said, letting out a deep breath.
Hermione started to think a little bit. Would she have said yes to Ron? Did she like him like that? Was he more like a brother to her? Hermione didn't know. She just needed time to think and write an organized list of her thoughts.
"Well, how come only you are here?" Hermione asked, ignoring that fact Ron wanted to ask her to marry him… and would have if the twins hadn't laughed at him.
"Umm, well after Ron left with Lavender, the rest of us started to talk about you and who'd you marry. And well… Hermione… whatever your middle name is Granger," Charlie began. Charlie got up from his chair and moved in front of Hermione and got down on one knee. Charlie pulled a small box out of his pocket and opened it to reveal a silver ring with a one karat diamond with a sapphire on each side of the diamond. "Will you marry me?"
Hermione sat there with her mouth open for a few minutes before either of them spoke.
"Hermione? Are you alright?"
"This is just… a lot of information to handle at one time. I just need… time. I need time to think and sort out my thoughts. I just… yea." Hermione looked down at her lap.
"I understand… I'm sorry. I shouldn't have thrown all this at you in one go." Charlie looked sheepish.
"No, it's not your fault. You were incredibly sweet and this was… an amazing gesture I just… need to… swallow for the lack of a better phrase."
"Okay… I understand. I'll just… umm, I don't know." Charlie stood up and placed the ring on the kitchen table. Charlie turned and began to walk out of the room.
"Charlie, wait!" Hermione stood up. "I… uh…" Hermione slowly walked toward Charlie. Charlie didn't even know that he had stopped breathing. Hermione got on her tip-toes and leaned in to kiss him. Charlie met her halfway. After a moment they pulled back gasping for air.
"Should I take that as yes?" Charlie whispered.
Hermione smirked mischievously, "Yea… you should."
An hour later Hermione and Charlie were sitting at the kitchen table, chatting and laughing merrily together. They had been getting to know each other and realizing they had a lot in common. Like, they had both thought the other was cute before the whole marriage drama. They didn't even notice when a gaggle of people came into the house, or when that gaggle of people came downstairs and into the kitchen.
"Excuse us!" George said. "We didn't mean to interrupt this… lovely expression of… love."
"George… that wasn't funny. Remember, you are the hott one. I'm the funny one."
"Right! I forgot!" George said. George grabbed a drink from the fridge and went upstairs. His fiancée, Alicia followed him.
"I never realized how that George was so…" Hermione began.
"Oh, he hasn't always been like this… lately the fumes of the shop have been getting to him." Fred said, smirking that damn smirk that meant he knew more then what he said.
"Okay then." Hermione said, with her eyebrows raised. "So… how is everyone?"
Fred looked around quickly and spoke first. "Well, I don't think you really care how every one of us is so I'll give you the better version. Bill and Fleur eloped and are pregnant. Well Fleur is not Bill… wow that would be an awkward conversation. Tonks and Remus are getting it on. I am engaged to this beautiful thing, Angelina, and George and Alicia are engaged. Ron and Lavender are engaged and probably snogging upstairs considering that they aren't here. And Harry and Ginny are also engaged." Fred looked around quickly again. "The end."
"Well, wasn't that… educational." Hermione said, going over exactly what Fred had said in her making sure she understood. "Wait, how are Harry and Ginny engaged? I thought it was wizards and witches from ages 17 to 35 who had to get married."
Harry smiled and spoke up. "It is except there are exceptions.Haha. Except there are exceptions. Oh, sorry.Like someone from 17 to 35 can marry something up to two years younger or older then them, if the age of their spouse would exceed the boundaries. If the person is younger then 17 they need parent permission, but they can get married. And Mr. and Mrs. Weasley have agreed to let me marry Ginny." Harry took Ginny's hand and Ginny smiled.
Hermione laughed at how weirdly happy Harry was. "Again… educational."
"So, what about you, Hermione? Got any hott guys lined up?" Ginny said, raising her eyebrows.
"Nope, just me!" Charlie replied, chuckling.
