Chapter 4 Found Out
Mrs. Weasley is in the kitchen cooking breakfast when everybody but Harry and Ginny drift down the stairs towards the smell of food. After Mrs. Weasley gets everybody seated and eating, she decides to see why Harry and Ginny are taking so long.
Since Harry is supposed to be in Ron's room, which is in the corner on the floor beneath the attic that houses the family ghoul, Mrs. Weasley decides to check on her daughter first. She walks up the stairs and quietly opens the door so she can wake her daughter. She notices on her way to the bed, however, that something is amiss.
There are spikes of black hair showing from under the bed sheets along with a mass of fiery red hair. Mrs. Weasley pulls down the sheets to see who the owner of the black hair is, even though she has a pretty good idea. Then she stands there staring at the couple and watching them sleep, not knowing that they are being watched.
Harry wakes up with his arm draped around his new fiancé's shoulder. It takes him a minute to remember where he is and the events of last night. He smiles. Then he rolls over to find his glasses and is surprised to see someone holding them out for him.
"Good morning Harry" Mrs. Weasley says while glaring.
Oh damn. "Er—good morning Mrs. Weasley I'll just be—er-" Harry ends weakly because of Mrs. Weasley's renewed death glare. Harry starts poking Ginny inconspicuously under the sheet so as to wake her up.
"What?" Ginny says as she woke up. "Mum? What are you doing here?" she asks wide awake now.
"Wondering how my only daughter can justify throwing her life away by sleeping with her boyfriend" Mrs. Weasley replies turning slightly red in the face.
Harry was offended that Mrs. Weasley thought Ginny is throwing her life away with him. "Mum, we're not sleeping together and he's not my boyfriend-" Ginny is cut off by an odd noise from her mother, it is something between a groan and a stifled yell. Ginny sits up, which is a mistake because her shirt is wadded up from tossing and turning all night. It looks like Harry has been exploring.
Harry looks at Ginny confused, what does she mean that he is not her boyfriend? He had proposed last night! That made him her fiancé! It is then that he realizes what she meant.
While he was thinking this, Mrs. Weasley had decided to start yelling. "What do you mean 'not my boyfriend'? Is this just meaningless sex then?! Ginny, that's way worse!"
"Mum, I am not Phlegm!" Ginny screams at her mother.
"Well what excuse could you have for this Ginny?" Mrs. Weasley shouts back.
"Well Mum, Harry and I are…well, we are engaged." Ginny looks towards Harry and smiles, then she looks across his body to her mother and watches a confused look come across her face.
"Since when?" Mrs. Weasley finally asks after a long, pregnant silence. Ginny looks at Harry as if to silently ask him if he wants to answer. She seems to be having a hard time mastering her temper still.
"Last night Mrs. Weasley. I asked Ginny after the wedding and then we came up here to talk and fell asleep. Nothing happened, I promise." Harry says.
"Harry darling, I want to believe you, but you two have been spending so much time up here—it's hard to believe that nothing is going on" she replies.
"Mum, you have to believe us! Nothing happened!" Ginny is now yelling again.
"We'll talk about this later Ginny. Breakfast is ready. Harry, dear, go get dressed in Ron's room. I do not want to see the two of you alone until this matter is settled," then Mrs. Weasley goes and opens the door and waits for Harry to walk through it so she can close it on her way out.
On his way out, Harry turns to look at his future mother-in-law. "Mrs. Weasley? I know that you are mad and everything but do you think that you could—er—not tell anyone about me and Ginny being engaged? We wanted to make an announcement, and we wanted to wait until the right time" Harry asks.
"Please Mum? We promise to tell—we just don't want everyone to find out through you…we want to tell them" Ginny adds.
After a moment's hesitation, Mrs. Weasley answers, "alright dears, but I want you to tell them soon," and then she walks out of the room with Harry.