* A surprising call *
It was a sunny Monday morning when owls arrived at the Gryffindor table. As per usual, 13-year-old Rose looked up to see if she got anything from her parents. She was surprised to find a white owl landing next to her. She took the letter from the bird and let out a screech. Hugo and Lily, who were sitting across her, startled.
"Merlin's pants, Rose! What's got you...?" James Potter, who was sitting next to her, asked.
"It's from Belle! Quick, James! Get Albus and Scorpius! Fred, get Roxy. Lily, get the girls." Rose ordered. Her cousins didn't hesitate and did as she said. In a matter of seconds, Weasleys, Potters, Granger-Weasleys and a Malfoy were all around the 13-year-old redhaired girl who had a piece of parchment in her hands. She cleared her throat and read:
"Dear Rosie, Hugh, Jamie, Al, Lils, Freddie, Roxy, Molly, Luce and Scorp:
I hope you're all having a great term at Hogwarts. I know this would be surprising for all of you, but I wanted to tell you all before you heard from your parents: last night, Adam proposed to me... and I said yes." the girls shouted of joy and everyone in the great hall turned their head to them. "I'm really happy and I hope you're all happy for me as well." Rose continued.
"Is she kidding us?" Fred asked incredously.
"Try 'very, extremely happy for you', Belle." James said, smiling. Rose gave them a look and continued.
"I really wish you were all here to celebrate, but Christmas is not so far away, so I'll see you all soon and we can start talking about it. I wanna know about your year at Hogwarts as well.
I gotta go now. Please, stay out of trouble (Yes, you and Freddie, James, especially!). I miss you a lot! I'll write back soon telling you the whole story.
Lots of love,
Belle."
Everyone shouted of joy.
"We should get them a present!" Lily suggested.
"Hogsmeade weekend is in two weeks. Too late to congratulate them." Albus said. Lily looked down.
"We should write back immediately." Roxanne proposed.
"We don't have much time. Classes begin soon and Belle's supposed to leave for work in..." Rose said, checking her watch. "...forty minutes." she added.
"She took the time to write to us as soon as she had been proposed. The least we could do is congratulate her just that soon." Hugo said. They all nodded in agreement. Then, James smiled.
"We need a floo network." he said.
"The only one available is McGonagall's and there's no way she..." Rose started before everyone had stood up and ran wildly to the staircases. She sighed and followed them. They all soon were in front of the phoenex statue, trying to figure out the password. When one of the things that they had said made the statue move, they all got inside.
McGonagall was reading a letter when she found the stampade of Weasleys, Granger-Weasleys and Potters in her office.
"What in the name of Godric is happening here?" she asked, outraged. Everyone but Rose got quiet.
"Belle's getting married. She sent us a letter telling us that Adam proposed to her last night. We wanted to congratulate her as soon as possible since she had gotten the time to write to us so quickly, but we won't be able to owl her until tonight and we have 30 minutes before she leaves for work." the redhaired girl explained. McGonagall looked at all of them. She usually wouldn't give in at anything as outrageous as this, but she had a soft spot for the eldest Granger-Weasley and seeing all her sibblings and cousins so eager to congratulate her made her heart melt.
"30 minutes you said?" she asked. Rose nodded. "What's the address?" McGonagall asked. All the kids smiled.
"245 Osmond Street in London." Rose said. McGonagall got her head in the fireplace and shouted the words.
"Hello?" a head asked. Rose and Hugo got in front of the fireplace immediately.
"Belle! Congratulations!" they both said.
"We're so happy for you!" Rose beamed.
"Rosie? Hugh? How did you...? Please, tell me you didn't trick McGonagall to use her fireplace." Belle said.
Rose and Hugo's faces were pushed away and instead, James and Lily's appeared.
"She let us use it! Hey there, Belle! Congrats!" the boy said.
"Can I be maid of honor?" Lily asked.
"I... thanks, James! Lils, we'll talk about it later. We haven't even set a date yet." Belle started.
"You better set one in which we're all home, cous!" Fred said.
"We really want to be there!" Roxanne said, smiling. Belle smiled and nodded.
"Have you chosen a dress already?" Molly's face appeared, and next to her was her sister Lucy.
"I bet you're going to look pretty!" the girl said.
"Budge over! There's not much time left!" a boy said. Albus and Scorpius appeared. Belle couldn't stop smiling. All her cousins adn sibblings were floo calling her from school.
"Hi Belle! Congratulations on the engagement! Thank you for adding me to the letter." the blonde boy said.
"Thanks, Scorp! You're family already, you know." she said kindly.
"We're really happy for you, Belle! We can't wait for Christmas!" Albus said.
"Alright, everyone! Time for your lessons! off you go!" Belle heard McGonagall say. All the kids congratulated her again and said bye. Rose and Hugo were the last ones left.
"I can't believe you all floo called me. Thank you all so much!" Belle said. She was truly moved by the gesture.
"We love you, Belle!" Hugo said.
"We're very happy for you. And we wanted to be the first ones to congratulate you before the rest of the family did." Rose said.
"I love you guys too! I'll see you all soon." she said. Rose and Hugo left and Belle was about to leave when she heard someone calling for her.
"Yes?" she asked.
"Tell Mr. Weston congratulations on my behalf, Miss Granger-Weasley. I'm very happy for you two." McGonagall said.
"I will. Thanks for letting my family call me. It means a lot to me. And... I hope to see you at the wedding. It'll be an honour for Adam and I, and I'm sure my parents will be happy to see you as well." Belle said. McGonagall smiled.
"I look forward to your invite, Miss Granger-Weasley. And congratulations again." McGonagall said with a smile.
"Bye, professor!" Belle said, and then she left the fireplace. Of all the notes and congratulations she had gotten, this one was the best one yet.
