After Fleur and Bill said their vows, they sealed their promises with a kiss. They all applauded loudly and wolf whistled. Bill's scared face broke into a huge grin as his bride flushed in modestly. Ginny smiled and clapped with the crowd, trying not to look at Harry. They had only held glances at one part of the ceremony which was the "til death do us part," reminding them of the grim reminders of what was going on around them. Ginny grasped at the necklace's charm and smiled as she thought about her own wedding plans. Suddenly Hermione grabbed Ginny's hand. "Let's get some food. I'm starving!"
Ginny looked around her at some of the people that were there. Near the punch table was Mad Eye Moody, who was slipping something in a silver flask into his punch, making Ginny laugh. She also saw Lupin holding hands with Tonks, both of whom were laughing quietly and Ginny noted Tonks' hair had returned bubblegum pink as well as short. Harry and Ron made their way over to Hagrid's table. He was sitting with Grawp and Madame Maxine. "Hello Hagrid, how are you doing?" asked Harry kindly. Ever since Dumbledore's death, Hagrid had been working even harder to help the Order catch Snape, his fellow Death Eaters and Voldemort and no matter how much Harry wanted to take down Snape, Hagrid wanted it even more.
"I'm fine, Harry. Maxine and I are going to take Grawp to meet some of the giants that are now on our side. It took a' right bit in convincin' them but I finally made them see it me way…"
"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE!" Everyone turned to see Ron and…Viktor Krum! Ron's face and ears were entirely red and he was shaking with anger. Krum looked confused at Ron's rude outburst.
"I vas invited here" Krum said.
"Who the hell did that?"
"Ronald!" his mother said, shocked by her son's rude behavior. "Hermione suggested that we invite all of the Twizzard Tournament champions. She wanted to make sure that he was here." This caused Ron to sputter in anger and turn to Hermione with a look of total disgust. Hermione was pale, her hand holding an uneaten pastry.
"YOU INVITED HIM!" Ron roared angrily. Hermione quickly regained her color and composure as she made her way through the puzzled guests.
"Ronald, get back into the house" she commanded. Ron stared at Viktor coldly for a few moments, oblivious to the fact that Viktor was certainly bigger than himself.
"I'm dating Hermione now. Got it, mate?" Ron said softly.
"RON!" Hermione said, her face now crimson as little bits of her hair started to stick up wildly from her anger. Surprisingly Ron had small smile on his face as he strutted to the Burrow. "Viktor, I'm so sorry" Hermione said apologetically to the surprised Bulgarian as the guests tried to ignore what had just happened.
"Hermione, you don't need to be vorried. I vasn't going to fight him and he vas just upset. I vould be too if you vere mine." He said as Hermione blushed. "Are you sure that you vant to be his?" He asked looking ready to tear Ron apart if she said no.
"Yes, Viktor, I'm sure" Hermione said smiling at him kindly.
"Vell I'm here if you need me" Viktor said, kissing her on the cheek, then going over to congratulate the happy couple who hadn't even notice Ron's explosion. Hermione made her way inside the Burrow, ready to beat Ron senseless. Ron was in the living room, sitting on the couch, looking ready for her. "Ronald Weasley, if you ever threaten to beat up my friends again I'll beat you myself," he looked at her in surprise "if you can't trust me than there is no reason to continue this." He looked at her expectantly and she sighed. "Okay lecture over" she said as she sat beside him on the couch.
"Good, in that case" He leaned over and kissed her passionately on the mouth. Hermione pushed him away.
"Did you even listen to me?" Hermione asked exasperated.
"Something about Krum and not beating him into an oblivion…yeah I got it." Ron said as he kissed her neck. Hermione pushed him away and he started to kiss her on the lips again. Hermione enjoyed it but she pushed him away again. "What?" Ron asked now getting exasperated.
"We aren't going to have a repeat of your relationship with Lavender." Hermione said firmly, slapping his hand that was trying to guide her lips back to his own. "We're not going to base it all on snogging!" Hermione said making Ron look at her surprised. "I believe that there is more to us than kissing."
"Well yeah but can we keep going with this because it was going pretty good." Ron said, grinning. Hermione tried not to grin back.
"Honestly Ron, we need to get back to the wedding." She put her hand in his and dragged him back to the reception.
Ginny watched the couples dancing about the floor. She felt a twinge of jealous of how open these couples could be. They could kiss in front of everyone or hold hands. She touched her necklace again as a reminder of what Harry and she would have. Fred came over to her and sat next to her. "He's feeling it too" he said matter of factly. Ginny almost jumped out of her seat in surprise. She knew that he had no clue what was going on but the comment still worked for her situation.
"Who is?" She asked nonchalantly as Fred rolled his eyes as George popped up next to them.
"Harry," George said patiently "he is still in love with you. It's so obvious!" Ginny's heart sped up in pleasure as well as fear for Harry.
"No he's not" Ginny said sharply. "Harry and I aren't even really good friends anymore. I'm okay with it" she said as much as she could shrug it off. They still looked at her skeptically. "So how long do you think it's going to take Bill and Fleur to realize that they've both stepped in dragon dung?" Ginny asked, changing the subject.
They talked for a bit then Ginny used the going to the bathroom excuse and looked at Harry pointedly before going in the Burrow. Harry obviously caught the message as he was in the attic with her a few minutes later. "What is it?" Harry asked concerned, playing with her fingers in his hand.
"It turns out we're not being as discreet as we hoped we were being." She said looking up at him. "Fred and George are convinced that you're still in love with me." Harry sighed.
"Maybe this wasn't such a good idea…" Harry started when suddenly they heard a huge blast from outside. They looked at each other wildly and rushed to the window. Outside, were about twelve Death Eaters. The two quickly summoned their wands and joined the people outside. By now, the whole area was a wreck, some even on fire. Tonks and Lupin were fighting Bellatrix as well as two others. Mad Eye was on about three, Hermione, Ron and Mr. Weasley had one. Bill had two and Harry rushed after a Death Eater about to attack Bill from behind. Ginny looked around to see Wormtail. She was filled with anger at the man that she rushed over to him. She hit him hard with the petrifying curse and ran to the next Death Eater. So many curses filled the air as the wedding party fought back.
It was Hermione who had discovered the reason of their visit. She had cursed most of them going through the wedding presents. Suddenly, with a cold shiver down her spine, Hermione realized that they were looking for one of Voldemort's soul items. She quickly put a strong shield around the gifts as without warning, the Death Eaters vanished.
