Ceremony

When Harry asked Ron to be his best man at his Commitment Ceremony Ron had been shocked. This was mostly because he had not realized that his best mate had been gay despite having known him for over a decade. Luckily he managed to get over it quickly because he was a good friend, and as a good friend it was his job to be supportive.

When Ron saw Harry exchanging rings with Draco Malfoy, however, all thoughts of being supportive found a large club and fought their way out of his mind. He went into shock so total and complete that he started babbling, shaking, and rocking back and forth uncontrollably in the corner before fainting and having to be carried up to his hotel room by Fred and George.

Hermione apologized profusely on his behalf while Draco admired his ring and replied in a bored voice that at least Ron had waited for the ceremony to be over before having his fit.

Ron woke up the next morning with no recollection of the previous day's events and a large headache (which could have been caused by his brothers accidentally bumping his head into the door frame the night before). He briefly wondered about his being in an unknown hotel room but quickly blamed in on the twins (which wasn't so much perceptive as simply instinctual).

Ron had found almost all of his clothes and was putting on his trousers when Hermione came in.

"What happened?" he asked. Hermione thought about telling him that he had gotten extremely drunk the night before, but quickly reconsidered. She knew that Ron would have to face the music eventually, and sooner was better than later because they were still in a hotel room. She figured that if Ron decided to go into an apoplectic fit and destroy all of the furniture they had given the Hotel fake names anyway, and could apparate away and not have to pay for the damages. Hermione decided to overlook the fact that it was extremely dishonest and probably went against the unwritten Gryffindor Code.

"Harry and Draco got married," she said simply.

Ron had another fit, but this time it wasn't so bad. At least he didn't loose consciousness.

The Daily Prophet didn't publish an article about the relationship between The Boy Who Lived and The Boy Whose Father Made A Sport Of Killing Muggles. This was not because the editor didn't want to publish the article, but because he was feeling extremely embarrassed that the article was apparently five years too late.

fin.

Author's Note: Well this is the gloriously belated end to this teeny-tiny trilogy. I hope that those of you who read this enjoyed it :)