Chapter 19- The reception, pillow talk, and bravery
After the speeches they enjoyed a delicious three course meal and then the marquee space was again transformed this time into a stage, dance floor and several small tables around the outside. The wedding and meal only had about fifty people attending but the evenings celebration had more guests arriving. Ruby jumped up and walked over to Alice and her sister when she saw them arrive (Neville and Hannah had been at the ceremony).
"Hey!" Ruby said as she approached them.
"Hi Rubes, good wedding?" Sarah asked, hugging her.
"Yeah it was great thanks, did you both have a good Christmas?" Ruby asked.
"Brilliant, thanks." Sarah said and Alice nodded.
"How was yours Ruby? Did you get called into work?" Alice asked.
"Of course I did, Christmas Day was bloody crazy! I got away by six though, and Aunt Minnie got me a Crup puppy for Christmas."
"Really? Oh, they are so cute! What's it called? Are you bringing it over tonight?"
"He's called Pox and he's absolutely gorgeous, I'm probably collect him in the morning, he's only six weeks old so he sleeps most of the time at the moment."
"Hey Ali!" Ruby said, noticing him walking into the tent. He ran over to them and hugged them all with great enthusiasm.
They talked about their Christmas's and the wedding for a few minutes and then Albus arrived and greeted them all before turning to Sarah.
"Hi." He said, smiling at her.
"Hi, Albus." Sarah replied, blushing, the others just looked at them, waiting.
"Do you want to dance?" He asked.
"Yeah, could we maybe get a drink first?" Sarah replied.
"Course, the bar is over here." He walked off with Sarah and Alice waited until they were out of range before speaking.
"Oh my god they're so cute!" She squealed and Ruby nodded.
"Let's find a table." Ali said and predictably enough they found a table near the bar and Ali disappeared for a few minutes and returned with cocktails.
"So what's the gossip, girls?" Ali asked, Alice looked like she was about to reply but them she spotted someone and froze, Ruby followed her line of sight and saw Hamish congratulating Teddy.
"Who's that?" Ali asked, also looking over at Hamish and looking intrigued by Alice's reaction.
"Hamish, he's an Auror. Teddy is his supervisor and Alice has a crush on him."
"Not surprised, he's hot." Ali said and Alice finally looked back at them.
"I didn't know he would be here, did you Ruby?"
"I had a hunch, they do work together." Ruby replied.
"You could have warned me!"
"And miss that reaction, not a chance!" Ruby laughed.
"Where did you guys meet?" Ali asked and this time Ruby blushed.
"We went on a night out with him and Scorpius Malfoy in December." Alice replied, smiling at Ruby.
"Ah the famous Scorpius, any progress Rubes?" Ruby was about to deny it when she realised that she couldn't, she couldn't lie to Alice and Ali, they were her best friends.
"I… I've fallen in love with him." She answered before picking up her cocktail and downing it in one go. Alice didn't look surprised but Ali roared with laughter.
"So, you shagged him yet?" Ali asked, Ruby's hesitation was enough to answer and Alice gasped.
"Seriously? When?"
"Christmas Eve, and Day. His grandmother had a heart attack and he had a rough day."
"So you slept with him?" Alice asked, smiling.
"Look, I didn't plan for this to happen, please just don't tell anyone, not yet." Ruby begged and they both nodded, Alice loved gossip but she also knew when to keep her mouth shut. Just then Hamish walked over to the table and sat down.
"Well, if it isn't my favourite trainee Healer and Potion developer." He said, smiling at them. Alice looked like she couldn't think of a witty reply so Ruby stepped in.
"Hi Hamish, this is Alistair Shacklebolt." She said and Hamish nodded and shook Ali's hand.
"Thought I recognised you, Hamish Davidson, nice to meet you."
"You too, call me Ali." Hamish nodded and then smirked at Ruby.
"Good Christmas, Ruby?" He asked with a wink, Ruby blushed and the other two laughed.
"I can't believe he told you!" Ruby said, horrified.
"Ha! He didn't, you just did!"
"What?"
"He's crashing at mine for a few days and I knew he looked too cheerful for someone whose grandmother's in a coma and grandfather's a prick. He's been ridiculously happy!"
"Really?" Ruby asked, smiling.
"Merlin, you two have got it bad! Assume you're not telling anyone yet?" He asked and Ruby nodded.
"Yeah, please keep it to yourself." She asked and he nodded.
"Course I will, don't want to get on the wrong side of you, Teddy is my supervisor! Fancy a dance, Alice?" Ruby laughed as Alice nodded and drained her drink for courage before disappearing to the dance floor.
"Seems like a nice guy." Ali said, indicating at Hamish.
"Yeah seems to be." Ruby replied.
For the next couple of hours Ruby talked with her family and friends and danced with several of her cousins and Uncles. After she finished dancing with her Granddad she walked out of the marquee to get some air, she heard her Uncle Ron shouting at someone so she walked around the tent and was very surprised to see Henry standing there.
"Henry! What the hell are you doing here?" She asked, standing next to her Uncle who looked very angry.
"I was invited." Henry replied, holding up the envelope.
"Yeah well I'm sure you've been uninvited so get lost." Ruby spat, Henry smirked.
"You're not in charge here, Rubes." He said. Ruby could tell he had already had quite a bit to drink.
"Uncle Ron, get Uncle Bill please?" She asked and Ron nodded before disappearing into the tent. Henry waited until Ron had left before taking a step towards Ruby, she felt for her wand before remembering it was upstairs.
"Come on Rubes, we were great together." He said, moving closer still so that Ruby was stuck between Henry and the tent.
"No we weren't, move away Henry." Ruby tried to push him but he was too strong, he took hold of one of her wrists and held it tightly.
"One more chance, Rubes." He asked, moving in to kiss her.
"Henry, get off me!" She said, trying to pull out of his grip, "Henry you're hurting me." She said, trying to remain calm.
"HEY! GET YOUR FUCKING HANDS OFF HER YOU PRICK!" Came an angry voice that Ruby had no problem identifying; it was Teddy, with Hamish and Uncle Harry standing behind him.
"We're just talking." Henry said, still holding on to Ruby's wrist.
"Henry, let go!" She whispered, not wishing to make a scene. Henry released her wrist and then took an unsteady step away from her. Ruby was so angry that she didn't even think, she pulled her right hand back and punched him hard in the side of the face. Unsteady from the alcohol he dropped to the floor, out cold.
"Nice job, Ruby!" Hamish said, laughing from behind Teddy.
"Thanks." Ruby said, trying not to show that she had probably broken her hand; she should have slapped him, or pushed him.
"Ruby, are you alright?" Her father asked, coming out of the tent with Uncle Bill and Ron. Bill looked down at Henry and then up at his niece.
"Did you hex him?" He asked, with a hidden smile.
"No, I punched him." She replied and then Teddy turned to his new father-in-law and then Fred.
"Out cold with one punch, think we taught her well, Uncle Fred!" He said and Fred nodded, still not laughing though.
"I wouldn't go that far Teddy, there was a crack that I don't think came from his face." Uncle Harry said, looking down to Ruby's throbbing hand, she smiled sheepishly.
"I'll fix it, he was drunk though it probably wouldn't have taken much to knock him out." Ruby said, looking down at Henry.
"I told him not to come, bloody knob, I'm transferring him to another office, thinks he's Merlin's gift to banking, and women."
"He was the same at Hogwarts." Hamish said, smiling.
"You sure you're alright Ruby?" Her father asked, moving over to her.
"I'm fine Dad, honestly, just wasn't expecting to see him. I think I'll head home though, pretty tired."
"You shouldn't apparate, I'll take you home you if you want?" Hamish asked, looking at Ruby with a look that told her he wasn't planning on taking her back to her flat.
"I'd appreciate that, thanks Hamish." Teddy said, clapping his trainee Auror on the back.
"Thanks Hamish, I'll just grab my stuff and say goodbye." She said before disappearing into the cottage and finding her bag and wand, her hand was still throbbing but she planned on asking Scorpius to fix it, she really wanted to see him.
She walked back into the marquee and said goodnight to her family, it was already after ten so some people had already left. Her mother seemed too happy and Ruby felt sure that no one had told her what had happened yet.
Hamish met her outside the marquee and she smiled at him.
"Thanks Hamish."
"It's alright, I'm planning on escorting a certain young lady back to your flat so it's only fair that I take you to mine, I don't like using silencing charms." Ruby laughed loudly and then took Hamish's hand.
The arrived in a rather clean kitchen, Ruby let go and Hamish and then heard a voice from the living room.
"That you mate? You're back early." Scorpius called and Hamish winked at her before replying.
"Brought you a late Christmas present, just make sure you use the spare room." He disapparated and Ruby walked towards the sound of Scorpius's voice, he was just getting off the sofa when he saw her.
"Hi." She said, some angry tears had alright worked their way down her face and her hand was still hurting.
"Ruby? Are you alright? What are you doing here?" He asked, crossing the room quickly and brushing away one of her tears.
"Henry turned up at the wedding and I punched him and broke my hand. Can you fix it?" She started crying again and Scorpius led her to the sofa and look at her hand.
"Hey, it's alright, hold still." He picked up his wand and healed her instantly.
"Thanks, good job." She said, flexing her fingers and feeling no pain.
"You sure it's alright?"
"Yeah, it's fine, honestly." She said and Scorpius summoned a bottle of firewhisky from a duffel bag by the television. He poured two glasses and then looked up at her.
"What happened?"
"Henry just turned up drunk and tried to kiss me, I'm alright though, it was just a surprise."
"Fuck, bloody prat. Did he hurt you?"
"No, well he grabbed my wrist but it's fine. My Uncles and Teddy turned up and he let go so I punched him, knocked him out cold."
"That's my girl." He said, passing her a glass. She took a large sip and felt the calming effect of the Firewhisky spread through her.
"It's nice to see you, my family think Hamish took me home, he's going back to the flat with Alice though." Scorpius smiled and then took a sip of the Firewhisky before leaning back on the sofa and putting his arm around Ruby.
"You look incredible by the way, that dress is amazing."
"Thanks." Ruby sniffed, closing her eyes and relaxing completely.
"How was the wedding, apart from the last bit?"
"It was beautiful, really lovely. I can't believe they've finally got married. Took them long enough." Ruby yawned and Scorpius stood up and pulled her up with him.
"Come on, you've had a long day let's go to bed, you can borrow my Quidditch shirt to sleep in."
"Thanks." They walked into the spare bedroom and Scorpius left and returned to pass his shirt to Ruby, he then looked at her for a moment.
"You do look amazing, Rubes." He said, softly, coming towards her. She smiled and put her arms around him.
"Thanks, I missed you today." She said, he leant down and kissed her lightly before pulling away.
"You should get some sleep."
"I don't want to." She said, biting her lip, he groaned and pulled her closer.
"Good, I've got some making up to do." He kissed her again, harder and then she pulled back.
"What do you mean?"
"I think you'll recall that last time was all about me."
"You needed it, don't feel bad." She said honestly.
"Well tonight it's all about you." Ruby gasped as he kissed her neck, his arms snaked around her back and he found the zip, he slid it down slowly and the pale green dress loosened.
"Fuck," Scorpius muttered, seeing that she didn't have a bra on, "probably a good thing I wasn't at this wedding, I would have been hard all day." Ruby smiled but then gasped again as he stroked her breasts lightly before kissing them both and the kissing her on the mouth, she opened her lips and his tongue entered her mouth.
While they were kissing he helped her step out of the dress and then held her tightly against him so that she could feel his arousal pressed on her stomach, he lifted her up and placed her on the bed before taking off her shoes and pulling off his T-shirt so that he was left in just his pyjama bottoms, she moved to pull them off but he stopped her.
"No, I told you, tonight is all about you." He then climbed on top of her and kissed her hard on the mouth whilst thrusting his pelvis so that his desire hit her centre every time he moved. She groaned into his mouth and then he picked up his wand and did the enchantments before throwing his wand in the corner and bringing his hand down to her pelvis, her black knickers were still on her and he stroked her through the dripping fabric.
"Oh…god…" She murmured, breathing heavily. He leaned over and took her right nipple in his mouth and she gasped louder, her left hand holding the bed sheets and her right hand scratching on Scorpius' back.
"What do you want Ruby?" He asked, leaving her breast and looking down at her, his finger was still hovering lightly on the front of her knickers, his grey eyes were full of desire.
"Please, Scorpius, make me scream your name." She said, moving her pelvis to try and get him to apply more pressure, he smiled at her and then brought his mouth down so that it was a centimetres from her lips.
"As you wish, Miss Weasley." He said, kissing her hard and then moving down her body, kissing her neck, her breasts, her flat and toned stomach, his tongue dipped into her bellybutton and then he moved lower.
He stopped and blew lightly onto her centre, still through her knickers.
"Scorpius please…" She whispered and he blew again before responding.
"Not loud enough, I think we can do better than that." He tucked his fingers under the waist band of her knickers and dragged them down at a maddeningly slow pace. Ruby tried to steady her breathing but she had never been this turned on in her life.
Scorpius pulled off her knickers and then moved back up her legs, dragging his fingers lightly on her legs, he reached her hips and she looked down at him, he looked at her and smiled, drawing a figure of eight across her hips, she opened her mouth to beg again but before she could make a sound his finger was in her and she gasped.
She closed her eyes and then felt his finger leave her and travel upwards to find her centre, she cried out when he found it and he rubbed it hard before moving back to her opening and pushing two fingers inside her. She then felt his tongue on her centre and she cried out again.
"Oh…yes…Scorpius…" She breathed and then he sucked and she screamed in pleasure, he sensed she was close and changed position so that his fingers were teasing her centre and his tongue was inside her, thrusting and tasting her. Finally the orgasm came and she screamed as she came hard in his mouth.
"Scorpius! Yes!" She screamed and Scorpius stayed in her as they orgasm faded, she breathed hard and he moved back up her body and smiled at her.
"That's more like it." He said, he then moved to kiss her lightly but she grabbed his shoulder and held him tighter, she then sat up and pulled his trousers off, he groaned at her enthusiasm and left her mouth only briefly to throw his bottoms away before he settle in between her legs. Ruby pulled back and looked at his eyes as he entered her, he closed them briefly and then pulled out before thrusting again.
"Ruby, fuck Ruby!" He grunted and she closed her eyes as they found the perfect rhythm quickly, he lasted longer this time and she came before he did, she watched him as he spilled into her. His eyes were closed and he breathed her name before collapsing on top of her.
When she woke the next morning Scorpius was already awake, he was stroking her hair lightly with his eyes closed.
"Morning." She said, snuggling in closer to him.
"Good morning, good sleep?" He asked, kissing her lightly on the nose.
"Yeah, you?"
"The best." Ruby smiled and lifted her arms up to stretch Scorpius gasped and sat up quickly.
"What?" She asked, looking up at him.
"I thought you said your wrist was okay?" He asked, holding her left wrist, she looked at it and noticed a handprint bruise on it.
"Oh, don't worry I bruise like a peach, I bet I've got love bites on my neck again." She moved to show him her neck and he relaxed.
"Oh, I was going to go and beat him up." Scorpius said, stroking the love bites.
"Don't bother, my Uncle Bill's going to transfer him to a different department and my family will probably bother him for months. One guy that bothered me had to move to America to get away from them." Ruby said, laughing as she thought of Peter Dean.
"Really? Who?"
"His name was Peter Dean and he was my first year trainee Healer, he spent the whole six months trying to get me into bed and it the end I hexed him and Hl Shacklebolt saw."
"Fuck, we're you in trouble?"
"No, I told Penny what had happened and she told the Minister who told my Uncle Harry and it was around the whole family before I even finished my shift!"
"Oh! So that was what Kyle meant when he mentioned your first year?"
"Yeah, why were you worried I was some scarlet woman who beds all her colleagues?" She asked, smiling at him. He scoffed.
"Hardly, just wondered what he meant. You busy today?"
"I need to go home and take my new Crup puppy back to the flat. And my Mom probably knows what happened with Henry by now so I'll need to convince her I'm alright. Are you busy?"
"Quidditch with Hamish, although I doubt I'll look half as good as you do in that shirt." Ruby smiled and looked down at the orange shirt.
"Please! It clashes with my hair; I'm sure I look ghastly!"
"As if, you could never look ghastly." Ruby laughed and Scorpius pulled his arm from around her waist and stood up, he was completely naked and Ruby couldn't help her eyes wandering over his body. Scorpius caught her looking and winked at her.
"See something you like, Weasley?" He asked, she sat up and pulled off the Quidditch shirt and threw it at him.
"Perhaps." She replied. She crawled over to him and he looked down at her smiling.
"Merlin, Weasley you'll be the death of me." He said before joining her on the bed again.
When she returned to Wales later in the morning she knew that she wouldn't be able to stop smiling but she hoped her father wouldn't question her about it.
"Hi guys." She said, walking into the kitchen and sitting at the table next to Immy who was finishing her Christmas homework. Her mother was also reading but put the book down when she saw that Ruby had arrived.
"Good morning Ruby, you look like you're in a good mood." She said, smiling at her. Ruby nodded but didn't reply, her father came into the kitchen and greeted his eldest daughter before sitting opposite her and looking at her seriously.
"Do you want to press charges for yesterday?" He asked, looking at her.
"No, he'll only counter claim, there's no point Dad. I'm fine he just pissed me off."
"Is your hand alright?"
"Yeah its fine, have we got any bruise cream though? For my wrist." She asked, before casually leaning her neck on her hand to cover the love bites that she had completely forgotten about.
"In the bathroom cabinet." Her mother said and Ruby immediately went to the bathroom and removed all the marks from her neck and wrist. She returned to the kitchen and saw that Annabel was also doing homework.
"You two are keen." She said, making herself a sandwich.
"Well we want to get it out of the way so we can go to Uncle Harry's and use the pitch." Annabel said, not looking up from her Charms essay.
"I'm taking Pox back to the flat today."
"Do you have to? He's so cute!" Annabel said.
"Yes I do, Crumbs is getting jealous and she's already peeved at me for moving out, she might try to kill me in my sleep." Ruby said laughing. Crumbs was the family cat who did not appreciate being locked out of Ruby's room.
"Well if you have a busy shift pattern at work you can bring him here for a few days." Her mother said, leaning over to correct Immy's transfiguration essay with an annoyed look.
"Eliza, you're not supposed to help them!"
"I can't have them failing at Transfiguration essay, if Minerva found out she'd never forgive me!" Her mother said and her husband laughed.
"Always the teacher's pet."
"Was Aunt Minnie always your favourite teacher?" Annabel asked, looking at her mother.
"Yes, always."
"What about Teddy's Dad?"
"Well he only taught for one year, Minerva was always there." Her mother said with a serious expression on her face.
"But Dad said she was a scary teacher?" Immy said, looking up at her father.
"That's because he was always on the wrong side of her."
"Not when I started dating you, which was a smart move."
"And dangerous; if you had hurt Mom she would have killed you!" Ruby said.
"Nah, she wouldn't have killed me, she would have told Grandma, that's worse, much worse." Her father laughed and her mother nodded. A rattle at the door disturbed the scene and Ruby jumped up to collect the post. In was a fairly rare occurrence that they got Muggle post but it did happen. Ruby picked up the letter and recognised the envelope instantly, it was from the prison. She kept her back to the family and walked into the living room before calling her mother.
"Mom can you come here please?" She called, her mother arrived with her husband close behind. "It's for you, from the prison." She whispered passing the envelope to her mother.
"Come on Eliza, let's go for a walk, and take it with us." Her mother nodded and picked up her coat. "Keep an eye on the twins, Rubes." Ruby nodded and walked back into the kitchen and made a cup of tea, watching her parents walk down the path and out of sight.
He must be dead, he wouldn't want another visit from her mother so Vernon Dursley must have died. Good riddance to bad rubbish, Ruby thought bitterly.
"What was that about?" Immy asked as Ruby sat back down at the table.
"Nothing." Ruby said; the twins were not yet aware of their mothers past before Hogwarts. Ruby found out when she was seventeen and she suspected that her parents were waiting until the twins were of age too. Vernon Dursley' abuse was not well known in the Wizarding world, he had been tried in the muggle court, his sentence was life due to the extent of the abuse combined with several tax issues that Ruby suspected her Aunt Minnie had created to make sure that he never left prison.
"Just another thing that we're too young to know about?" Immy asked, disgruntled.
"Yep. So, when are Teddy and Vic off on honeymoon?"
"After New Year, they're moving into Grimmauld Place today, I think Mom and Dad are going over later while we're at Godric's Hollow."
"Isn't Mom going to the graveyard?" Her mother usually visited her parent's graves at Christmas.
"They went this morning, they're going to the wall on New Year's Day as well." Annabel said, grabbing a rubber and correcting a diagram.
Ruby left the twins downstairs and went into the room to play with Pox, he looked pleased to see her and she conjured a ball for him to play with. She watched him, smiling when a knock at the bedroom door disturbed her, Pox barked quietly and ran to sit by Ruby.
"Come in." The door opened and her mother walked in, smiling at the puppy and sitting down to play with him.
"So?" Ruby asked.
"He's dead, died on Christmas Day." Her mother said, tickling the Crup on the stomach.
"Are you alright, Mom?" She asked, it's not like she could say 'I'm sorry' when she really wasn't.
"Yeah, I'm fine, I'm going to pop and see Petunia though before we go to Grimmauld Place. Make sure she's okay."
"Does she know you saw him?"
"Yes, I told her."
"Did she see him?"
"No, she didn't want to, Dudley went though."
"Was she mad at you for going and not telling her?"
"No, I think she understood, she knew Dudley went and I think she suspected that I might go."
"What did he say to you Mom? Did he apologise or anything?"
"No, he just told me that I'd ruined his life."
"Really?" Vernon Dursley was a complete bastard.
"Yeah, I told him that he'd ruined his own life. And that we were all happier without him, I told him that I was a multi-millionaire, because I knew it would matter to him, I told him I had the Wizarding equivalent of two Nobel Prizes, I told him that I had three beautiful daughters and an amazing God-son and a loving husband, I told him that Petunia was happily remarried. And then I told him that his grand-daughter was a witch." Her mother smiled and Ruby laughed.
"What did he say?"
"He thought I was lying, I showed him a photo of her in her Hogwarts uniform and then he passed out. We left then. I probably spoke more to him in those five minutes than I did for the whole time at Privat Drive."
"Are you going to tell Uncle Harry?"
"Yeah, I told him with the bond. He didn't respond but I know he heard."
"What did Dad say?"
"Exactly what I needed to hear. Now do you think I should tell the twins?" Her mother looked at her and Ruby was surprised that she wanted her opinion.
"Umm…I don't know, they know something's going on."
"I know, I hadn't planned to tell them till they were of-age but there's no guarantee that someone from the media might find out and I don't want anyone else telling them."
"I can be there, when you tell them if you like?"
"Thanks Ruby, I'll have a think about it." Her mother looked down at the Crup and then Ruby remembered something she had been meaning to ask her.
"Mom, have you given them the talk yet?"
"Briefly, why?"
"I think you might need to go into a bit more detail with Annabel, Sarah Longbottom was telling me she's quite popular with the boys."
"Noted. What about Immy?"
"Pah! I don't think she'll get a boyfriend tell she's in her thirties, complete tom boy!" Her mother smiled.
"Okay, I'll talk to them both anyway. Did you get home alright last night?"
"Well, Hamish took me to his place, Scorpius is crashing there while his parents are away and… I was upset because of Henry."
"Hamish seems like a nice guy, I saw him taking Alice home."
"Yeah, he joked that as I was staying at his he could stay at mine."
"I'm really pleased that you're happy Ruby."
"Thanks… it's still complicated Mom. We decided not to go public till at least March."
"Why?"
"Scorpius is my first year trainee, it's not forbidden but it is frowned upon and well… with everything that happened with Dean…"
"I see, well I was hoping to meet him properly before March. If you're worried about your Dad he's going to South America for a few days at the end of January, Scorpius could come around for dinner?"
"I don't know, that seems wrong, I'm not ashamed or anything. Anyway aren't you going with Dad?" It was rare that her parents spent time apart.
"No, I'm about to make a break-through at work. I actually want to read you into the project, I need some Healers on the team and Penny suggested that you could use it for your research project, or part of it, we may not be done by the summer."
"Really? That's amazing!" Ruby said, immediately excited by the prospect of working with her mother. "What's the project?"
"I can't tell you yet, I need to get approval from Kingsley, and then send a request to Hl Kyle and then you'll need to come into work with me, it may take a while, perhaps a couple of weeks, are you interested?"
"Definitely, thanks Mom. And I'll move home when Dad's in South America."
"You don't need to."
"I want to, we never get time to ourselves when those two demons are around." As if on cue there was a small sound of an explosion for below. It wasn't an unusual sound for the Weasley household.
"You have a point, I'll look forward to it, I'd better go and check they're all alive." Her mother stood up and made to walk out of the room but Ruby leant over and held her mother's hand to stop her.
"Mom, I'm really proud of you, you know. Teddy was right, you taught us all how to be brave."
"Thanks Ruby, I'm proud of you too." Her mother smiled and then left the room.
A/N So that's the end of the wedding, what did you think? And Vernon is finally dead, any thoughts?
Next chapter; It's New Years Eve so Ruby and Scorpius have a birthday date, and Hugo comes out to his parents.
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