When Harry had gone back to the Burrow, he saw that they had already missed the wedding decoration set up. Bill and Fleur's wedding was to take place in two days and Mrs. Weasley was already afraid of screwing it up. She had driven them all mad that week with her constant nagging and worrying over color samples. But now, as Harry stood there, the wedding seemed to actually take place. He went inside and a few minutes later Ginny entered the area. She examined the many white roses and table settings. She looked from the lace table cloths to the beautiful silver and gold altar. There was no way that Fleur and Bill's wedding would be anything but spectacular. She sighed heavily, wishing that she and Harry's feelings could be as safe and open as Fleur and Bill's.

But instead she put on a smile and walked inside the house. Ron, Hermione and Harry were in the kitchen with Fred and George and they also stopped talking when she had entered. "What's going on?" Ginny demanded, her red headed temper coming on. The twins and Harry looked at Hermione and Ron, both of whom blushed deeply.

"Hermione and I are going to start dating." Ron said, hand over Hermione's protectively. They all waited for Ginny's reaction.

"Well it's about time" Ginny said simply, reaching over and grabbing a thing of grapes from the bowl. The couple relaxed. "Why does it matter so much what I think? You were bound to get ready eventually." Ginny said as she tossed a grape into her mouth.

"Well, you've been down lately from Harry dumping you…OUCH!" Ron moaned as Hermione elbowed him swiftly in the stomach. "What was that for?" He asked. Hermione rolled her eyes as Ginny turned swiftly scarlet. Harry was also blushing fiercely.

"I didn't dump Ginny" Harry said softly. "We both agreed that it would be safer not to be a couple at this time." He looked at her as though needing her support and she nodded awkwardly.

"I'm fine with Harry's decision. Why can't you stop being such a git, Ron? Not all of us pin away like you do!" And with that, Ginny stomped away, hoping that they hadn't caught the smile on her face.

Harry looked after her, longing to go upstairs and laugh about it with her. Ron's expression was one of shock as Hermione plunged in on him. "Really Ronald, could you have possibly been blunter? Ginny's obviously still upset."

"I was just letting her know…"

"She wasn't asking for the truth" Hermione said haughtily. She turned to Harry.

"I'm so sorry, Harry. We didn't mean to bring up…"

"It's okay," Harry assured her hastily "Ginny and I just need some time." Hermione looked doubtful as Ron just looked confused.

"Good job, Ronniekins!" George said disgustedly, as he straightened his lavender robes.

"Yeah bloody brilliant! Ginny is dealing with a lot right now, which is why we brought her some of our famous beauty products so she can attract more members of the male persuasion." Fred said, smiling broadly as he showed them their joke store bag. The monster in Harry wanted to tear Fred to bits but Fred must have seen his look and hastily said, "of course it's up to her on how she uses them…George, let's go talk Percy into talking about giving us some more dragon dung for our latest experiment!" He wiggled his eyebrows suggestfully and the pair left the kitchen quickly. The three friends looked at each other for a moment before talking again.

"So when are we leaving for Grimmauld?" asked Ron as he started to eat some of the pumpkin pastries his mother had made earlier.

"The day after the wedding" Harry said, smiling at their nonchalant attitude of the situation, as if going after Voldemort was easy. "Will you all be ready by then?"

"I haven't even unpacked" Hermione admitted.

"I haven't packed" Ron said, looking around his kitchen. "It still feels weird that we aren't going to Hogwarts."

"You lot don't have to go if you don't want to" Harry said seriously. "I want you all safe."

Both of them looked at Harry defiantly. "You're going to have to do a lot better than that to get rid of us." Hermione said, swatting at Ron's hand as he reached for another pastry.

"Yeah" Ron agreed, glaring at Hermione for hitting him but Hermione didn't have eyes for anyone but Harry.

"Harry, are you sure about Ginny?"

"YES!" Harry shouted exasperated. They all fell silent and Harry felt guilty that he wasn't telling them the truth. "I refuse to have her die because of me."

"Isn't that a decision she should make?" Hermione asked timidly.

"No because then her feelings for me would blind her from making the right one." Harry said, remembering the dreams that haunted him after Dumbledore's death. They had all disappeared the night before when he was with Ginny, with her in his arms.

"Mate, I think that you need to give her a bit more credit" Ron said. "Not that I'm not still a little weirded out by it but Ginny has always had a clear head about these sorts of things…" Harry looked at Ron fiercely.

"I'm not going to sacrifice your sister no matter the costs." And with that, Harry left the room feeling guilty that he was doing exactly that.

The day of the wedding approached quickly. Ron and Harry were already in their dress robes as the girls were getting into their bridesmaid outfits. The robes were silver and the sleeves were see though going past their arms. They were beautiful and both of the girls looked beautiful in them. Hermione had spent awhile casting spells to make her hair straight and Ginny had hers up in an elegant bun. Hermione then put her own hair into the same style it was in at the Yule Ball. Ginny pretended to go to the bathroom then snuck off into the attic. She locked the door behind her ran up the stairs and there was Harry.

He looked incredibly handsome, the green bowtie matching his eyes exactly. He turned around and gasped when he saw her. "Ginny, you look…so beautiful" he said, being reminded of a picture of an angel. She smiled shyly.

"Oh be careful, Potter. Don't you have an image to maintain?" He grinned and took her into his arms.

"How am I going to make it through the ceremony without kissing you? Or looking at you?" Harry asked.

"This will be the first test of how strong we can be." Ginny said, putting her hands on his cheeks and pulling his head down, kissing him. As they broke from the kiss, Harry pressed a velvet box into her hand. "What's this?" Ginny asked confused.

"Open it" he said as eager as a boy on Christmas. Ginny laughed at his excited expression.

"Okay, now what have you done?" She asked as she opened the box. Inside was a gold chain with a circle of gold on it was an angel with the words May your guardian angel protect you wherever you go. Ginny gasped.

"I figured a ring would be too obvious," Harry said as she examined the charm "this is my promise to you, Ginny. I promise that I'll come back from this and marry you." Her eyes filled with tears. "So when I'm not with you, you can know that someone is always there watching over you as you've been watching over me." He put the necklace on her and as soon as he closed the clasp, she turned around and kissed him passionately. The kiss seemed to go on forever and ever. Ginny never wanted this to stop. She didn't want Harry to go but when his mouth was on hers she forgot that he was leaving tomorrow.

Harry broke the kiss finally. They breathed heavily. "We've got to be careful or this will get out of hand" Harry said softly, knowing Ginny's views on the subject. She nodded weakly. "You go and then I'll leave here later after you're outside." She nodded again and kissed him on the cheek and left the room. Harry looked at the window and saw Ginny as she walked over to Hermione in the procession line. He made his way down the stairs to land his own spot next to Ron.