Disclaimer: still lazy deal with it. oh well, I will say it again then we own NOTHING!

"So Harry do you know when the next hogsmede trip is?" Ginny asked while they snaked their way around the dance floor.

"Umm… I believe the next one is on Valentine's Day, would you be interested to go with me?"

"Mr. Potter we do have standards here and you are deliberately flaunting them I am going to be forced to take 20 points fro…" here professor McGonagall was cut off by Ginny.

"What 'standards' are we 'flaunting'?" Ginny said rather angrily.

"The Hogwarts manual states the when dancing with the opposite sex you must be at least a potions book's width apart. And you are I daresay you are not even and inch apart." She finished with a snap in her voice. "I will be forced to take 50 point from Gryffindor." And with that she turned to leave but not before she tripped on the hem of her robes.

"Well I do believe it is against the rules to take points if you are not a prefect or a professor, Tonks." Harry said quite snidely.

"How did you figure out it was me?" Tonks said as she morphed back to her normal self. (A/N: that is if she was ever normal.) "I mean I didn't even trip till I thought you were looking away I was trying really hard." she whined, with a small pout in her lower lip.

"So let me guess Fred and George put you up to this didn't they?" Ginny said.

"No, no the person who put me up to this would never be that obvious."

"So Remus set you up didn't he?" Harry asked "Well didn't he?"

"Why yes I did I thought it would be quite funny," Remus said laughingly, putting a hand on Harry's shoulder. "I just thought that I could do with a laugh right now don't you?"

"Yes I did need a laugh. However, I didn't think that it would come at the expense of a heart attack. Now can we get back to our dance?"

Meanwhile……………….

"Ron, could please move that hand a little north?"

"Um, yeah, alright."

"Woe cowboy! That's south!"

"What's a cowboy?"

"It's muggle who used to…oh never mind…" Hermione said agitatedly and continued to look around as they circled slowly across the dance floor.

"So, 'Mione, I think we need to talk."

"About what? That sounds like a line that you would use if we were dating…."

"I..I…uh…I um thought that we were…you know dating," Ron said staring fixedly at something beyond Hermione's gaze.

"Well, you never officially asked me, we just snog a lot."

"Ok, then," gathering up all his courage, Ron stopped dancing and took Hermione by the hand and said, "Hermione Granger, would you do me the honor of becoming my girlfriend?"

Looking around and finding everyone looking at the couple, Hermione quickly pulled him to his feet and kissed him long and hard on the lips in reply.

"Can I take that as a yes?"

"You better because you're lucky that I don't slap you for being so cheesy," she said before taking his hand and leading him out a side door of the Great Hall that lead to the gardens for some post-dancing activities…..

Later that evening……at the tables…..

After the main part of the dance was over there was a dessert buffet where all the Gryffindor Golden Children were sitting and alternately snogging. Leaning over Tonks's hand to get the chocolate syrup, Hermione noticed a glimmer on Tonks's hand. The rest of the evening was spent trying to get a better look at the ring that was perched on her finger.

Having arrived at a decision of what the ring meant Hermione leant over to Ginny and whispered, "Tonks has a diamond on her left ring finger. Know what that means?"

"That Lupin must really like her if he bought her a diamond! I didn't know he could afford that! And he only got me a quill for my birthday!" Ginny said pouting and folding her arms across her chest.

Rolling her eyes, Hermione whispered, "It's on her left ring finger you dolt! Her and Lupin are engaged!"

"Engaged!" Ginny shouted, "When did this happen you two love birds?" she asked while every one in the great hall turned to look at their table.

"Wow you are indeed perceptive Hermione," Remus said "thanks for explaining that to Ginny for us, and Ginny thank you for making the announcement to the entire school." He finished.

"Sorry about that," She said while blushing scarlet, "So when did this happen?"

"About a half hour ago when we mysteriously disappeared into the garden area. Which caused some commotion I guess because I heard someone swear very loudly when we walked in….. I'm assuming that person lost?"

"Yes…" grumbled Ron.

"Who won?" Tonks said while looking from face to face.

Harry put an arm around the winner and said, "Ginny. She had you two timed to the minute, seven-thirty two exactly."

a/n sorry it took sooooooooooooo long but one of graduated high school and the other got distracted by math class and hot guys in Georgia…darn southern boys right? But we love that accent! ;)