For Longer Than Forever: Ch. 12:
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The day was pretty much the same for Ron and Hermione. Until, lunch that is. Harry and Ginny were sitting together, and Harry was the same Harry as last night, but somehow a bit lighter. Hermione was not thrilled, but it was then that she realized that he had been this Harry since Cedric died, but the period of lovesick Harry had desensitized them. At the time, Hermione had attributed this to a mixture of becoming a teenager and anger that they hadn't written him, now she realized it was all anger. Contrary to what she had thought then, it was not anger at her and Ron for not writing; it was anger at Voldemort. Her heart seemed to lighten at this revelation, but not as much as it would have if he was old Harry.
It turned out that this wish was not far off. Every day he spent with Ginny seemed to revert his mood more to old Harry. Ron noticed this with delight and it eased his conscience so that he was able to completely forget about that problem and concentrate on a different problem: how soon he and Hermione would be married. He decided to approach her about this.
"Hermione," Ron started. "I've been thinking--"
"Well, that's never a good thing," Hermione said, laughing.
"Ha ha," Ron countered sarcastically. "I was thinking we could get married sometime this year."
"I was thinking the same thing. What about sometime in December? Not Christmas or Christmas Eve, we want our own day, but around December 10th. It could still have a Christmas theme, Wouldn't that be romantic?" Hermione asked dreamily.
"I like it," Ron answered. "It sounds wonderful."
"What do you think, guys?" Hermione directed at Ginny and Harry.
"About what?" Ginny asked.
"About Ron and I getting married in December."
"I think it sounds lovely, what with the snow and everything," Ginny said, also starting to sound dreamy. "It would be absolutely beautiful. Everything could be red and green and white. It would be just splendid."
Hermione had never seen Ginny get so into something so...girly. She looked at Ginny, surprised.
"What?" Ginny asked. "Have you forgotten I'm a girl, too?"
"No! I'm just surprised that you are so interested in this," Hermione assured her.
"Well, I think it's a wonderful, but I'm not the one you have to convince. Mum's the one you have to tell."
Ron looked at Hermione, worried about how Molly was going to take this.
"We have to talk to her," Hermione said, almost reluctantly.
"I know."
A/N: Thanks to Andria! I know I'm a hopeless romantic!
Sorry about the short chapter!
R and R!
