"how much longer is dinner going to take?" Ginny asked standing in the doorway between the living room and the kitchen. The kitchen was empty. That was not was she was expecting. Ginny immediately went for her wand, which was in the back pocket in her jeans. She looked around, nothing was moved and there hadn't been a struggle, but that didn't mean anything. What's happened to harry? The back door was slightly ajar so so moved quickly towards the door, with her wand outstretched in front of her. She'd known something was wrong, he had disappeared earlier that week for an afternoon with no good explanation and he had been working overtime recently, had there been a resurgence of death eaters? She hadn't asked, she knew that he couldn't tell her anything about work. If their personal safety was affected, then surely he could tell her.

She pushed the door open to see a pathway towards the back of the garden made with floating candles. She stepped out, wand still outstretched, her breathing changed, was this some kind of trap? She knew there was only one way to be sure. She knew the protection on the house was the best possible. Nobody could break those, or at least thats what she thought until tonight. The candles cast long shadows across the lawn, she was watching for other reflections behind her, but there was none. She reached the bottom of the garden, the pathway ended with a circle of floating candles. Somebody stepped in to the circle and she immediately pointed her wand at them, ready to strike. Her wand hit their chin and she saw that it was harry alone and lowered her wand.

"Harry, what's happening?" she said. He stepped forward before any more words could reach her mouth and placed a finger on her lips. He took his finger away and stepped back. He got down on one knee

"Ginevra Molly Weasley, will you marry me?" he said producing a ring box from his pocket.

Her mind was screaming yes, but her mouth refused to move. She was literally dumbstruck. "I'll understand if you want to wait, perhaps we're are to young" he said. She was still unable to talk, so she decided to be pro-active. She grabbed his neck and pulled his lips up to meet hers. She couldn't see him but she felt his smile from the top of her hair to the tips of her toes. "I think it's customary to say yes or no, but shall I take that as a yes then?" She found her voice, "Yes" she stopped surprised a the sound of her own voice. "as long as you don't scare me half to death, like you just did".Playfully hitting him on his arm. This caused him to realize that he was still holding the ring box "I found this in the vault, it was my mothers" he said passing it to her and with the flicker of the candle flames she could make out L+J and underneath that H+G engraved on the inside of the ring. "It's beautiful" she said. He took the ring box back and placed it on her finger. She wiped away a tear with her other hand. She hadn't cried for a long time. The last time must have been before she went back for the last year of Hogwarts. She had cried a lot that year. Harry was holding her against his chest, stroking her hair , he'd only ever seen her cry a few times, and never with happiness. She knew that he was unsure what to do. " Harry, i love you" she said, " I love you to Gin" he said pulling her face up from his chest and looking into her eyes all she could see was the green of his eyes as he kissed the top of her nose." Harry, it was always you, and it will always be you" He smiled at her "I know, i feel the same" he replied "Shall we celebrate?" she nodded. There were no words to explain what she was feeling. "Accio picnic" and a blanket and picnic basket flew over to where they were standing.

Thank you to everybody who left such nice reviews. They were lovely and encorouged me to keep on writing. Emily, Harry is 22 and Ginny 21.

Apologies for the delay, life got in the way. I may have to rewrite this later, as i'm not 100 happy. The next chapters shouldn't take as long.