Chapter Twelve : Issues Tissues and Tears
"Mum! Dad!" Ginny exclaimed as she hugged her parents. She nudged Harry who went to shake Arthur's hand, and was engulfed by Molly's arms.
"Harry! Ginny! So good of you to drop in! We just 'ad a bit of a chat with Hermoine! Well come in, sit down, I'll get us some tea going." Molly said as she waved the two in. Harry took Ginny's hand as she led him over to an over stuffed couch. Arthur noticed and joined his wife in the kitchen for a private moment.
"Molly, they're holding hands…Our Ginny is holding Harry Potter's hand!" Arthur whispered excitedly.
"Are they really? Arthur, I couldn't be happier! Ginny always wanted to be with him!"
"Molly, are you sure this is good for them? I mean, it's been years since Hogwarts. I don't want to see her hurt."
"Give me the cups—Arthur, she's an adult, a big girl now. We'll have to let her learn on her own."
"I s'pose you're right dear, all we can do is be happy." Arthur stacked the cups on a platter, and carried it into the den pasting a huge smile on his face, followed by Molly who brought the tea pot.
"Mum…you and Dad might ought to sit down for this one; Harry and I have some big news." Ginny said as she took the tray from her dad.
This time, it was Ginny's father who got upset. Standing straight up and looking a bit odd. "Ginerva Theresa Weasley, you're not pregnant are you?" He shouted. Ginny looked at her father amused and Harry had hidden behind Ginny.
"Dad! What IS it with this family and me getting pregnant?" NO I'm NOT pregnant…yet…" Ginny grinned. "I—WE have something more important to tell you." She straightened her shirt out and took Harry's hands in hers.
"Mum, Dad, Harry has asked me to marry him, and I've said yes." Ginny felt Harry squeeze her hand as he waited for an explosion. Ginny smiled. Her parents sat motionless on the couch, frozen to their seats. Molly stood up and practically screamed bloody murder before she embraced her daughter and her…son-in-law to be. She continued to scream and jump around as she ran around her living room. She hugged her husband who was still too speechless to say a word, and then she bounded back to Ginny and embraced her in her arms.
"Ginny oh sweet sweet dear dear Ginny! You're engaged! My only daughter is finally engaged and to the right kind of guy. Oh I couldn't be any happier for the two of you. Come here Harry, let me hug you again!" Harry stood and walked into his fiancé's mother's arms and welcomed the hug. Ginny's dad who had been speechless up until this point magically came back to life and joined in on the hugging.
"My daughter, marrying Harry Potter, I couldn't possibly be any happier for the two of you." Arthur Weasley said as he went to the kitchen, apparently he needed something a bit more stronger than tea. Ginny hugged Harry, and then her mother, and the watched her mother smother Harry into a hug. She laughed. Harry was already like one of the family anyways, and everyone treated him as if he lived there anyways. Ginny smiled as her dad came and hugged her gently.
"Ginerva, are you sure you know that you want to do this?" he questioned tenderly in her ear. Ginny was shocked, but none the less, she had never been so sure in her life.
"Dad, I'm positive, I love Harry, and he loves me, he is the world to me." She sighed. She went and kissed him in front of her parents. This caused Harry to go red in the face but kiss her back anyways. She turned to face her parents again.
"Mum, dad, Harry and I have to go and inform other people, we'll have to surprise Ron at work. This shall be interesting. Love to both of you!" Ginny said as she waved good bye. She and Harry stepped into the fireplace, and floo-ed into Dumbledore's office, not surprising him at all.
"Hello Ginerva, And Harry, So good of you to, pop in. Please, come in and sit." Dumbledore waved his wand and two chairs appeared. m/ O.o m/