So this is the chapter where Molly Weasley II breaks the news of her engagement to her family.
Family Reactions
The afternoon after breaking the news of Jared's and her engagement to him to Lucy and Eli, Molly Weasley knew she had to tell her family about them. She knew Jared was due back from work any minute now and that just made her more nervous, not to see him but not knowing how her family would react.
She heard the door to her flat open and close. She had given Jared his own key on their six month anniversary. Molly heard him approaching the bedroom where she was sitting on the edge of her queen bed cross-legged and biting her nails.
"Hey gorgeous" he greeted her as he entered the room wearing jeans and a tight fitting black v neck shirt.
"Hey" she replied in low tone as he sat next to her.
"What's got you so worried?" he asked with concern.
"I'm going to lunch at my grandparents shortly where I'm going to tell my family about us Jad" she replied looking at him. Jad was her nickname for him.
"Do you want me to come?" he asked
"No, you need to sleep love, I'll tell them and come back and get you okay?" she asked him.
"Sure, but first I have to do something, no correction I need to do something" Jared smiled her with mischievous eyes.
"What?" she asked in confusion.
"This" was his response before pressing his lips to hers.
"I love you" Molly told him
"I love you more" replied Jared before kissing her again and placing his hand on her waist slowly moving it down to the top of her jeans.
"We don't have time for this now, I need to get to lunch" she whispered to him
"I know, but this will tire me out and it will help you relax" he told Molly trying to convince her.
"Fine" she relented as she hooked her fingers on his jeans and weaving her other hand through his luscious dark brown hair.
Needless to say Molly Weasley was late getting to lunch that Sunday and was the last to arrive.
She stepped into the Burrow (with her engagement ring invisible once again) to find her mother Audrey talking with her Aunt Ginny by the entrance.
"Molly, there you are" Audrey said pulling her oldest daughter into a hug.
"Hi Mum, sorry I got held up with something" she told her mother hoping she wasn't blushing.
"Were you trying to find some miraculous cure in those books of yours?" Ginny asked she too hugged her niece.
"Yeah something like that" she replied quietly as she made her way into the living room.
"Hello Mol" James Potter greeted her. He was standing next to his boyfriend Kirk McLaggen who smiled at her.
"Hi Jamie, Kirk" she smiled at them both. She felt confident for moment remembering that it was hard for James to come out and then to introduce Kirk to the family. Surely if they weren't upset with James and had accepted Kirk, then the same could be said for her and Jared, right?
Molly found Rose, Dominique and Lily talking on one of the sofas, the youngest looked up and smiled at her before making her way to kitchen.
"So, how are you feeling?" Rose asked her as sat taking Lily's place.
"Nervous as hell" replied Molly
"You'll be fine" Dom told her patting her knee
"How did Scott take it?"
"He was shocked but he's thrilled he's going to be a dad" Dom replied smiling
"Lunch is ready!" the older Molly Weasley called from the kitchen.
Everyone made their way to the dining table as Hugo, Scorpius, Al, Scott and Eli made their way inside from play quidditch in the field. Molly sat next to Lucy and on her other side was Lily.
"It's so nice to have everyone here today" Arthur Weasley said looking around the table at his family and their partners.
"How is training going?" Ron asked Scorpius. It was now a weekly routine where he would question his daughter's boyfriend, even though training had only started three weeks ago. Scorpius and Roxanne were both training to become Obliviators.
"It's going well sir" Scorpius replied before taking a sip of his apple juice.
"What about yours Rox?" George asked his daughter.
"Good as well dad" Roxanne replied
"Are you okay sis?" Lucy whispered to Molly.
"I'm trying to remain calm" she replied with a small smile.
"So Molly any special man in your life?" her Grandmother asked unexpectedly
Molly dropped her fork and choked on her food. Lily pat her on the back and handed her a glass of water.
"Thanks" she smiled in appreciation at her younger cousin.
"Are you alright?" James asked.
"Fine thanks Jamie" replied Molly as she tried to compose herself.
She saw both Dom and Rose from across the table giving her encouraging smiles.
She stood up slowly and saw everyone look at her.
"Actually Nana, there is someone"
"Really? Who is he?" Her grandmother beamed
"It is a he?" Audrey questioned, smiling at Kirk and James.
"Yes it's a he mum, his name is Jared" Molly told them.
She noticed that Hugo caught on and whispered to Rose who was seated next to him. She nodded and both siblings turned and smiled at their cousin.
"So how long have you been seeing this Jared fellow?" Percy asked his daughter.
"That's the thing daddy…we have been together for a…..year" she said the last part very quietly.
"A year?" Percy asked in disbelief.
Molly could only nod in response, before taking another sip of water.
"Well that is lovely, when do we get to meet him?" her mother asked
"Would you like to meet him?" Molly asked the table
"Of course we would darling" her Aunt Ginny answered her.
"I would have to go bring him here" Molly told them
"Can't he apparate or floo here?" Arthur asked his granddaughter.
Lucy took her older sister's hand and squeezed encouragingly.
"That's the thing, Jared isn't a wizard, he's a Muggle"
She noted that her father's and mother's jaws both dropped at her admission.
"How wonderful, then how did you two meet?" Hermione asked her niece.
Ron snorted at his wife's questioned but settle down when she glared at him.
"His younger brother is a Muggleborn actually Aunty Hermione, we met when I dropped Lucy off at King's Cross last year and he dropped off his brother"
"What house is his brother in?" Percy asked having recovered from the fact his daughter was dating a Muggle.
Before she could answer, Hugo stepped in "He's in Hufflepuff Uncle Perce, mum and dad have met him"
"We have?" Ron asked his son.
"Yes, Trent Dews when he came in fourth year for our Charms project" Hugo responded.
"Oh right, nice boy he was" Ron told his older brother.
"Should I just bring him over?" Molly asked.
"Yes love" Audrey nodded to her oldest daughter.
Molly made her way outside and apparated to her flat, she landed in the kitchen. She made her way to her bedroom and found Jared sitting on the bed reading the daily prophet.
"I still can't get my head around how these pictures move" he told her still looking at the paper in amazement.
"Yes love, the benefits of magic" she winked back at him.
"How come you're back early?" he asked standing up.
"Oh, I told my family about us and now they want to meet you" she said looking at up at him
"They really want to meet me?" he asked in shock
"Yep, so you have to come back with me" she told him
"Okay, let me just get some shoes on" Jared replied walking to where his runners were lying on the floor.
Soon afterwards he grabbed her hand and she apparated them to just outside the Burrow's garden.
As they made their way up Molly spotted Lucy and Eli lying on the grass together, obviously kissing. She pulled Jared over to the couple.
"Ahem" Molly cleared her throat trying to get her sister's attention.
"Molly, Hey you're back" Lucy said standing up fixing her hair and clothes. Eli was doing the same.
"You're lucky dad didn't catch you two" Molly told her sister with a smirk.
"Yeah I know, so are you going to introduce us?"
"Yes, Jared honey this is my sister Lucy and her boyfriend Eli Zabini".
"Hi Lucy, finally nice to meet you" said Jared as he held his hand out for Lucy to shake.
"Likewise Jared, you weren't lying sis he is gorgeous" she said as she shook his hand.
"What about me?" Eli protested
"You are cute too babe" Lucy said as she took Eli's hand.
"Hi Eli, nice to meet you" Jared said
"Same here mate, so you're a firefighter?
"Yeah I am" replied Jared smiling
"That's cool, we learnt about them at school, all I do is take photos for the paper" said Eli
"Those photos that move were taken by you?" asked Jared sounding surprised.
"Some of them yes" replied Eli grinning.
"That's pretty cool, what do you do Lucy?" Jared asked her.
"Oh I create the crosswords and report on developments with spells and such for the paper"
"Impressive" Jared replied
"I better introduce you the rest of them, these two are only a small percentage" Molly said leading him towards the Burrow.
"This is a quaint house" Jared told his Fiancé looking up at the house.
"Yeah quaint on the outside, mad on the inside" she responded as she opened the door.
Molly walked into the house with Jared following, she still holding his hand. She caught sight of Rose, Scorpius and Hugo talking.
"Hi Guys, this is Jared" said squeezing his hand tighter which reciprocated.
"Hi I'm Hugo, I'm in the same year as Trent" her cousin said shaking Jared hand.
"He's mentioned you a few times, nice to meet you"
"Hello Jared, nice to meet you again, this is my boyfriend Scorpius" the red head said
"Hi again Rose, Scorpius is unusual name, but cool" Jared said shaking the blonde's hand.
"Yeah, I think my dad was high when he named me" the blond joked.
"So Molly tells me you all play quidditch"
"That we do, Rose and I used to play for school before we graduated, we just play for fun now, Hugo here will most likely play when school starts again in September."
"Awesome, I would love to see the game in person sometime"
"And we would love to show you" grinned Hugo
"C'mon babe, you need to meet more people still" said Molly as she dragged him away
As she walked away she heard Scorpius ask Rose 'Did Molly just use the word babe?'
Molly found her grandparents, Aunts Ginny, Hermione, Angelina and Uncles Harry, Ron and George in the kitchen.
"Hi Everyone I'm back" Molly announced
They all turned around and stared a Jared before smiling.
Molly looked up at Jared and joked "Now, I'll give you test on everyone names later, so pay attention" she finished with a wink.
"Right love" he winked back.
"Okay, over by the pantry are my grandparents, Molly who I'm named after and Arthur Weasley, next to them is Aunt Ginny and her husband Harry Potter they are James, Al's and Lily's parents, next to them is Aunt Hermione and Uncle Ron, Ron is Ginny's older brother, they are Rose and Hugo's parents, and next to them is Uncle George and his wife Angelina, they own the joke shops I told you about. " Molly finished off
"It's lovely to meet you Jared" said the older Molly Weasley as she came forward to hug him which he easily reciprocated.
"And the same to you…uhhh…" he wasn't sure what he should call her.
"You can call me Nana Weasley, there are plenty of Mrs Weasley's around" she smiled back.
"Hello Jared, I'm so honoured to have a Muggle in my house" Arthur said coming forward to shake his hand.
"Dad" groaned Ginny as she shook her head.
"Nana!" came a small voice running into the room.
"What is it Will?" Molly asked her great grandson.
"Do you have chockate?" he asked her.
"I have chocolate" George said pulling a chocolate frog out from his jacket pocket and handing it to the little boy.
"Thak you!" replied Will smiling.
"Hi Will" the younger Molly Weasley crouched down to his height.
"Hi Aunty Mol" he smiled with chocolate covering his lips.
"This is my friend Jared" she told him indicating to the guys standing just behind her.
"Hello! You're tall!" he smiled up at Jared.
"Jared, this is William Arthur Lupin" Molly said introducing her nephew.
"Hello Will, it's nice to meet you" Jared said bending down to Will's height.
"Is he your boyfriend?" Will asked Molly. The older occupants of the room chuckled at the youngster's question.
Molly blushed slightly before replying "Yes he is Will"
"Cool" he said before darting out of the kitchen.
"Well you've met the youngest family member, for the time being" Molly told Jared, who nodded and smiled.
"I'll tell you what, with Molly and Jared, Lucy and Eli, Rose and Scorpius, Roxy and RJ and if Lily and Lysander ever get their act together we're guaranteed some gorgeous grandchildren" said Ginny smirking.
"GINNY" cried Harry
Hermione pretended to ponder something "I agree Gin" she winked at her sister in law.
"MIONE!" cried Ron
"Definitely" added Angelina
"ANGE!" cried George
"Anyway…." said Molly trying to the change topic "where are my parents?"
"They are in the back garden" Harry answered her.
Molly found Audrey and Percy sitting on bench in the back garden.
"Hi Mum and Daddy" she started off cautiously
"Hi Darling, is this Jared?" her mother asked
"Yes Mum, this is Jared"
"Hello Mrs Weasley nice to meet you" Jared smiled at Audrey
"Nice to meet you too Jared" she replied sending her daughter a sly wink, causing Molly to blush and drop her jaw.
Jared addressed Percy next "Mr Weasley, it's great to finally meet you" he said shaking Percy's hand.
"Yes…umm, nice to meet you too Jared" said Percy pushing his pushing his glasses up his nose.
"Molly has told me are both wonderful people" Jared said trying to appeal to Percy's good side.
"Yes well, so you have a job?" Percy started to question the younger man.
"Yes sir I'm a firefighter"
"How old are you? Molly failed to mention that" he asked quickly glancing at his daughter.
"I'm 22 sir"
"Do you live together?" Percy asked seriously
"No sir, I have my own place" replied Jared
"Do you have siblings?"
"I have older sister, a younger brother Trent who goes to Hogwarts and another sister who's 12."
"You'll treat Molly right?"
"yes sir"
"Daddy I forgot to tell you something"Molly told her father in a quiet voice
"Yes?"
"What is it honey?" Audrey asked
"Jared and I are actually engaged"
Audrey Squealed before hugging her daughter "Congratulations darling"
"You too Jared" she also hugged her soon-to-be son in law
"Thanks"
"Audrey…" Percy started
"Oh hush Perce, can't you see that Jared makes our daughter happy"
"Yes…but…"
"No buts, they are happy and getting married, you will have to deal with it"
"Not to mention pay for it"
"Daddy!" cried Molly
"Welcome to family Jared" Percy held out his hand
"Thank you Mister Weasley"
"Oh Honey, this is fabulous, let me see the ring" Audrey asked her daughter
Molly whispered the counter charm and her engagement ring appeared.
"Oh its gorgeous" smiled Audrey
"Yeah it is" grinned Molly winking at Jared.
"Now we should start planning this, have you decided on a date or month yet?" Audrey said as she led her daughter back inside.
Percy looked at Jared and said "I hope you're in for a rollercoaster ride mate"
Jared paled and Percy chuckled.
A/N: William Arthur Lupin is Victoire and Teddy's son, in this story he is two nearly three. He was born 25/08/2021. This story takes place in mid July 2024.
I may write a separate fanfic to reveal who Roxy is dating, any idea who RJ might be?
Thank you for reading