A/N: Hey. I'm awful sorry it took so long to get this up. I had heaps and heaps of homework. It took some time to get this particular chapter the way i wanted it. Well, happy reading munchkins. Later.

Chapter Five

"Harry!" Hermione screamed through the flat they now shared. "Post from Molly." she said as he walked into her study. "It's for both of us, so I thought you should be in here." she carefully broke the red seal on the envelope and they both read silently.

Harry and Hermione,

We are having a Weasely family picnic next Friday and I do hope you can both attend. The whole family plus a few extended family members will be there. Send your reply back with pig and I will see you soon.

All my love,

Molly

Hermione looked at Harry excitedly as she finished the letter. She wrote a quick reply on a piece of parchment and sent pig on his way.

"I love that family, our family." She said as she put her arm around his waist. He leaned down slowly and kissed her.

"I love them too."

As they entered the Burrow's kitchen it was obvious that Molly had underestimated the word "picnic". There was so much food on that table there was no table left. Slowly, the couple made their way to the living room, where they stopped abruptly. Amos Diggory was on bended knee in front of Molly. Suddenly Molly had her hands around his neck and was jumping up and down. "Yes, Amos. I love you." Everyone around them was dumbstruck. Molly's head started to turn around the room. "I guess we have some explaining to do." she stopped and chose her words very carefully. "Ever since Arthur died, Amos has been helping me around the house and making sure we have everything we need. As you all know his wife died shortly after Cedric and we were in the same position. We have been seeing each other for over a year now. I didn't want to keep this from all of you, but I didn't know how to tell you and discredit your father's memory. I will always love him, but I have to move on with my life." she said this last sentence firmly and grasped Amos' hand. There was a soft, collective clap starting around the room that slowly became louder until everyone caught on to what just happened. The twins, Charlie, Ron, and Ginny ran over to hug their mother. All of their words were intermingled, but they were all quite happy for her.

It wasn't until after they all let go that Ron noticed Luna lurking in the corner. His face fell. It had been almost three years since he had seen her. Slowly, Ron looked at a now empty corner. Draco came up behind him and placed his hands on Ron's waist.

"What's the matter, Ron?" he had obviously been staring just a little too long. He gently leaned his head against Draco's neck.

"Nothing, I'm just tired." he answered quickly. Suddenly they heard screaming from the kitchen.

"Don't lie to me Gin. If you cheated then you better damn well tell me!" Seamus screamed.

"Why won't you believe me, when you are so fast to believe my imbecile brothers?" she stared the twins down with new found rage. "I love you and last time I checked you loved me too." Ginny moved closer to Seamus.

"You know I love you, Gin, but you have to understand my position. Need I remind you how our relationship started? I can't compete with Harry!"

"Are you ever going to let that lye? Will you ever trust me?" she looked down at her feet, tears streaming down her cheeks. "I can't change the past. Please, don't ask me to."

"Dean trusted you. He never questioned you; I just don't want us to end up in that situation."

"I won't lie. I loved Dean, but I cheated for a reason and it wasn't just because you were better in bed." she smiled slightly as he laughed. "We got married way too young. I don't know what the hell I was thinking, but in the end we both knew it wasn't going to work out. We would have gotten divorced with or without you. I kind of like this outcome a little better though." One last step sealed the distance between them and she laced their fingers together. "So, can we drop this subject now? If you have any doubt what so ever, just look at how Harry looks at Hermione. Do you think he would ever cheat on her?" without wasting a second, Seamus pressed his lips to Ginny's in a chased and painfully sweet kiss. "Thank you." she whispered in his ear. As soon as they parted Ginny made a b-line for the twins.

"Alright, my lovely brothers, who started this story? If it was you I advise you to lie!" Both older boys coward in the slightly stunted shadow of their little sister.

"Gin, we promise it wasn't us, but are you sure you want to know?" They said in unison. Ginny shot them an acidic look and nodded her head fervently.

"It was mum. Our theory is that she wanted you and Harry to be together, but you were both in significant relationships." Ginny's jaw dropped and, if it were possible, she got madder. She stormed out of the kitchen and into the living room. It only took Harry one look to know she had been told. He shot out of his seat and pushed her back into the kitchen.

"Ginny, you better think before you do something to ruin the happiest day your mum has had in a long time. There was no lasting damage and now she can know how little her wishes relate to the matter." he let go of her shoulders and made sure she wasn't going to act on her urges. Once satisfied he went to his seat next to Hermione.

Later that afternoon, Ron was still sulking around the house. His whole mood was shattered by his mother's horrible decision. 'How could she not know how this would affect me? She probably hopes we'll get back together. I swear I could say GAY in fifty different languages and mum would still try to set me up with some girl. I thought maybe now that I'm with Draco she would lay off. Of course, she didn't really know about Dray until about a week ago.' he sat and thought on the porch. He felt a swift hand find his waist.

"What's wrong Ron? You have been out of it all afternoon. Do you want to talk about it?" Ron shot him an appreciative look.

"I never told you how I came out, right before the final battle. Very few people, outside of my family, know. When you were in hiding I went out with Luna. For nearly two years. I knew I was lying to myself, but I didn't want to know how my family would react. So one night, not long before the final battle, I pulled her aside and I told her."

FLASHBACK

"Ron what's wrong?" she smiled slightly.

"Luna, soon we will have to fight. Not all of us will make it." he stopped, surprised by his bluntness. "I can't die without people knowing who I am." Luna looked at him oddly. He must not be making any sense. "I- I'm gay Luna. I never meant to hurt you or string you along, but one day just turned into another and before I knew it we had been together a year. I do love you. I love your personality and your constant rambling is possibly the cutest thing I've ever seen, but I don't love you the way I should." he heard a sharp intake of breath and then felt the hand hard across his left cheek.

"How could you do this to me Ronald Weasely? You- you poof!" with that said, she ran down the stairs of the burrow and screamed "RON IS GAY!" from the top of her lungs. Ron's admission tore the family in two. Arthur, Bill and Percy had a problem accepting it. Ironically, they are the ones that didn't make it past the final battle.

End Flashback

"My little secret made the last few days my family had together hell. My mum and dad always fighting and looking for someone to blame. Bill and Perce never even talked to me again. Not that I would want to talk to Percy. I can't believe that git turned on us. It's a good thing Mad Eye has that Constant Vigilance thing because I would be calling him a lot worse than a git if he had done any harm." Ron felt the hand around his waist tighten.

"You have to stop blaming yourself and Luna has obviously forgiven you or she wouldn't be here." he pulled Ron onto his lap. "Just relax and enjoy yourself. We can leave if you want, but Molly would never let me live it down." Ron stood up and pulled Draco up with him. They were about to go back inside when Ron felt someone grab his hand.

A/N: Interesting twist? Let me know what you think? I lied, by the way. I had a lovely idea andi want to run with it. So this story will have quite a few more chapters. I hope you keep reading. R&R people. : LITTLE PURPLE BUTTON : thingy aLtO