A/N: You guys rock so hardcore. And to answer some questions, no we didn't skip like, four years into the future. If you remember when Ron proposed to Hermione it was during the summer, and Hermione said they'd probably get married in a year, well, it's been a year, or nearly, since Ron proposed. Just wanted to clear that up. But I have to say, I'm disappointed. Only one person correctly guessed the song. Most of you were like, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS! And I was like, wtf? Hell no. lol, but hey you all tried. Anyways, I will keep my promise, Kat. And I will keep my promise to the rest of you.

Chapter 21

The Wedding, Part Two

"Everything is going to be fine, Ron." Molly whispered to her son before taking her seat in the front row. Ron choked out a dry laugh and a nod. From somewhere they heard music start playing and Ron seemed to panic before noticing it was only the bridesmaids and groomsmen walking out.

First it was Harry and Luna, then Percy and Penelope, walking arm in arm, then came Fred and Angelina, then George and Katie, Charlie and Vanessa, and then Bill and Fleur, whose stomach was getting bigger by the day. Everyone got orderly into place and all faced the back of the church. Harry looked over as well and sighed in amazement.

Ginny was slowly walking down the aisle in her black dress, clutching a small bouquet in her hands. She gave a wink to Harry, and gave Ron an encouraging smile with a nod, before standing in her place. The music stopped and another song came on, and almost at once, everyone stood up and faced the back doors.

"This is it." Harry whispered to Ron, squeezing his best mate's shoulder. Ron seemed paralyzed, so Harry kept his hand on Ron's shoulder, to assure him everything was going to be fine. But as soon as Mr. Granger and Hermione came around the corner, everything in Ron's demeanor changed, even if he couldn't see her face yet. His shoulders relaxed, he exhaled long and slowly and the brightest smile lit his face, nothing but love in his eyes for the woman walking step by step towards him.

Harry nodded in satisfaction and removed his hand, giving Ginny an excited grin before turning his attention back to Hermione. Mr. Granger threw back Hermione's veil and kissed her once on each cheek before handing her off to Ron. She was positively glowing and she really did look stunning. The wizard performing the ceremony was none other than Mr. Weasley himself, seeing as how he was the Minister of Magic.

"We are gathered here today, to celebrate the joining of this witch, Hermione Jane Granger, and this wizard, Ronald Arthur Weasley in holy matrimony…"

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"Quiet! Quiet everyone!" Harry bellowed as he stood up. Everybody's chattering and giggling softened and eventually disappeared. "Thank you. Now, as the best man, I'm supposed to make some grand life altering speech, but yeah, I'm really not all that good at this. So I'll just speak from my heart, shall I?" He gave Ginny the ghost of a wink and a wide smile at his two best friends before continuing.

"Ron, Hermione, you two have been the best friends I could ever ask for. Ron, you were my first friend at Hogwarts, and your family has taken me under their wing far too many times to count. Hermione, you have saved my arse so much. Not only in school, but in life as well.

"There's nothing I could ever do to repay you two for everything you've done for me. You were willing to die for me, and I can honestly say I never expected to have friends like that. I mean, not many people do, so I just really want you two to know how much I really appreciate and love you guys." Harry smiled at his friends again. Hermione's eyes were welling up and Ron was rubbing his eyes frantically. Harry laughed and went back to his seat by Ginny as more people went up to toast the newlyweds.

"That was beautiful, Harry." Ginny whispered.

"Yes, bloody brilliant mate!" Fred exclaimed as he and George walked over. Ginny looked them up and down.

"What are you wearing?"

"When you're in black slacks with accentuating off white pinstripes everything goes according to plan." George and Fred replied at once.

"Well you can bet whatever you have planned will be smashed to pieces if Hermione sees you two dressed like, rich people from the fifties. You could've at least left your overcoats, canes and top hats with the doorman; you're totally out of place and underdressed." Ginny said, all very quickly.

"Talk to the mirror and keep telling yourself that you're a diva, Ginny." George replied.

"What's that supposed to mean?" She said, anger in her voice.

"Shut up." Fred replied simply. Ginny rolled her eyes and looked away from them.

"We've never looked better and you can't stand it." George said smugly.

"I know it just doesn't feel like a night out with no-one sizing you up, I've never been so surreptitious so of course I'll be distracted when he spikes the punch." Fred jabbed a finger at Harry, winked and led George away.

"What the bloody hell where they talking about?" Harry burst out. Ginny shook her head.

"Honestly I don't know or care. They're wrecking this evening already and loving every minute of it. Look, Bill is about to close up his toast with announcing Ron and Hermione's first dance as husband and wife!" Ginny squealed, dragging Harry out of his seat.

"How the hell do you know that?" Harry asked incredulously.

"Because he just said it."

"They have to dance?" Harry snorted.

"So do you, hotshot. We're the maid of honor and best man couple. All the bridesmaids and groomsmen go out there next. I have to go to the ladies room. I'll be back." She gave Harry a peck on the lips and disappeared.

As Ginny walked down the hallway towards the bathrooms, she passed a room with an open door and people talking inside.

"What a beautiful wedding." Angelina was saying to a waiter.

"Yes, but what a shame, the poor groom's bride is a whore." He replied.

"Excuse me?" Angelina snapped.

"Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?" Ginny yelled, barging into the room.

"Ginny did you hear what he just said?" Angelina cried.

"Forget it Angelina, fuck him. Let's go." Ginny grabbed her fellow bridesmaid and dragged her back down the hallway towards the dance floor. "Hermione and Ron are about to dance. That means we will too." Ginny quickly found Harry, along with everybody else, and Hermione was positively fuming.

"Look! Look at what they are wearing!" She demanded, pointing to Fred and George, who were cracking under all the glares they were getting. Actually now that they weren't wearing the damn hats and had put their canes, god knows where, they didn't look half bad.

"Hermione, it was worse before. This really isn't that bad. Come on, just let them wear it." Ginny soothed. Hermione argued about if for about five minutes before they all insisted she calm down and have her first dance as Mrs. Hermione Weasley. Ron ran over and handed the DJ a CD that nobody had gotten a good look at and told him what number to put it on. The song came on and Hermione's eyes welled up with tears.

"Oh Ron! You remembered!" She whispered as a song from her teenage years came on. She'd always said it would be at her wedding. Ron just smiled and held his wife close to him as they circled around the dance floor. About halfway into the song, he made eye contact with Harry and waved them all over.

Soon everybody was all gathered around the couple. When the song had finished Fred, or George, one of them, ran over and handing the DJ a different CD and Hermione seemed distressed. They came back to their dance partners just as a faster pace song came on, that sounded like it had come straight out of the fifties. Ginny listened close to the lyrics.

"When you're in black slacks with accentuating off white pinstripes, whoaaa, everything goes according to plan. I'm the new cancer never looked better you can't stand it, because you say so under your breath, when did he get all confident?"

Ginny and Harry looked at each other, then back at Fred and George, who were spinning Katie and Angelina around like rag dolls.

"SWING DANCING!" Fred yelled out to explain. "NEW HOBBY OF OURS!" Everyone burst out laughing and joined the rowdy couples.

"And I know, and I know, it just doesn't feel like a night out with no one sizing you up, I've never been so surreptitious, so of course I'll be distracted when I spike the punch! And I know, and I know, it just doesn't feel like a night out with no one sizing you up, I've never been so surreptitious, so of course I'll be distracted when I spike the punch!

"And I know, and I know, it just doesn't feel like a night out with no one sizing you up, I've never been so surreptitious, so of course I'll be distracted when I spike the punch!" The song finished and Ginny went over and slapped each of her brothers over the head without missing a beat. They just laughed and started dancing to a new song that even Ginny recognized. She hauled Harry back to the dance floor, despite his protests.

After a few minutes, somebody tapped Harry on the shoulder. "May I cut in?" A pretty girl that Harry didn't know asked.

"Do I know—" he began, but Ginny let out a loud squeal.

"KAT!" She cried, flinging herself on the girl, who laughed.

"Hi Ginny! You look gorgeous!"

"Thank you! Oh my god, how are you? I haven't seen you since, what? Two years ago?" Ginny laughed.

"Uhm, Gin?" Harry said awkwardly.

"Oh! Harry, this is my friend Kat, we met over at Hermione's house like, a long time ago and we've been friends ever since. Kat, this is my fiancé, Harry." Ginny introduced them and looked around frantically for Hermione. She finally spotted her, red in the face and laughing from dancing.

"OI! MIONE!" She bellowed, waving her arms around wildly when Hermione looked around. She smiled and made her way through the crowd to her friend. Once Hermione spotted the girl standing between her two friends, she broke into a trot, squealing like a little schoolgirl.

"KAT!" She cried, trying not to trip over her dress as she engulfed Kat into a hug.

"Well I'm sure you three have a lot to catch up on, so I'll just go, shall I?" Harry said, a bit put out that Ginny was already planning that by the way she had started to wander away with her two friends.

"Yes, I'll come find you later, Harry, okay?" Ginny blew him a kiss, then turned and hurried across the room with Hermione and Kat. Harry sighed and saw Ron sitting at a table with his head on it.

"Ron? You okay?" Harry tapped Ron on the shoulder and he shot up.

"I'm up! I'm up!" Ron yelled wildly. Harry raised an eyebrow and withdrew his hand slowly, curling his fingers to his palm as he did so. "Oh, Harry, it's just you. I thought you were Hermione."

"No but she'd be after your blood if she caught you sleeping at your wedding reception." Harry laughed and pulled up a chair next to Ron.

"I'm so damn tired. Bloody dancing." Ron snarled.

"Yeah well you get to relax for a while. Hermione and Ginny found a long lost friend." Harry laughed at Ron's horrorstruck face. "Don't worry, I'm sure she won't be long." He patted his friend sympathetically on the arm.

"You obviously have never seen Hermione in gossip-mode." Ron groaned, letting his head fall back to the table.

2 HOURS LATER

"Ron? Ronald! Are you sleeping?" Hermione's shrill voice startled Ron so much he went flying out of his seat and right into Harry, sending them toppling to the floor. They heard three feminine voices giggling girlishly.

"Hermione! There you are!" Ron said, trying to look alive.

"Ha, ha." Hermione replied sarcastically. Ron took her by her hands and pulled her to him, planting a kiss on her lips. He moved his head and whispered something in her ear, and she whispered back. They beckoned Harry and Ginny over.

"Hey where did your friend go?" Harry looked around.

"Oh she had to go home, she could only stay for a little while." Ginny replied sadly. Harry nodded and they walked over to their friends.

"Hey, we're going to get out of here without a huge show of us leaving, so can you cover for us?"

"Absolutely." Harry and Ginny replied.

Ron and Hermione had just edged towards the door when a loud series of bangs went off and Fred and Georges voices were magnified.

"Oh no! Looks like our newlyweds are planning a safe getaway! To the doors, ladies and gents! Oh and all of you take one of these!" Fred and George threw little things that looked like pumps all over the crowd and eventually everyone had one in hand. Now just push in the pump and see what happens, be sure to aim at the bride and groom!"

Hermione and Ron looked at each other and Hermione caught her bouquet as Ginny hurled it at her. "Ready?" Ron said. Hermione nodded and gripped his arm. "RUN!" They took off down the long aisle between the tables and all sorts of things shot out at them.

Mainly though it was fireworks that exploded in the air, and when the sparks fell, they turned into little shiny stars that rested on Hermione's dress, and in both of their hair. They made it to the doors and Hermione turned and hurled her bouquet high in the air.

"Ginny! Watch it!" Several people called. She looked up and held up her arms to protect her head, when all that fell into her hands was Hermione's 'raindrops on roses' bouquet. She made eye contact with Hermione who winked, then hurried out of the building with her husband, the rest of the crowd hot on their heels.

"Looky what I got." Ginny tapped the bouquet on Harry's chest.

"Oh like that wasn't going to happen." He smiled, leaned down and kissed his fiancée softly, then they followed everybody out to see the newlyweds off.

A/N: So? What do you think? Can anyone guess the song that was mainly referenced to in here? Kat, I bet you will, but besides Kat? Lol. Anyways dolls and dears, thanks so much for all the reviews! Oh and the whole Hermione smoking thing, yeah I already explained that in my authors note on the last chapter, so if you didn't read it and you got upset about Hermione smoking, that's your own fault. Lol. Push le button!