Getting Married

The hour before Fred was supposed to pick Hermione found her scrambling around her apartment searching for the hairclip she wanted. It would go perfect with the black cocktail dress she had purchased as a late birthday present for herself. For her actual birthday her mum had purchased her a pair of sandals from Sergio Rossi. When Hermione ripped the wrapping paper away she nearly cried with joy. Although she had never had an occasion to wear them until now.

To break them in she did wear them around her apartment, so that when she did wear them they wouldn't blister her feet. They were about four inches high and consisted of straps criss crossing all over the place. Her dress was black, and choppy. It had a small belt around the waist, and thin straps. All in all, Hermione thought she looked nice. She was a bit apprehensive about the length of the dress, eventually she decided knee length was just fine.

After casting a straightening and defrizzing charm on her hair that Lavender had taught her at Hogwarts, she pulled it and curled a few tendrils. She had found the clip she needed and tucked it in her hair. As soon as Hermione had put on a light layer of lipgloss there was a knock at the door. She smiled and nearly skipped to answer, then composing herself she turned the knob and looked at the tall redhead standing there.

Fred had opted for a pair of muggle dress pants, and a black button down shirt. Hermione surveyed him and chuckled at the converse he wore on his feet. She then blushed as he held out a small flower arrangement for her.

"I saw these in a shop, and thought you'd like them." Fred spoke quietly as Hermione took the flowers and ushered him into the apartment. She went off to find a vase; Fred wondered around her apartment and ended up in the living room looking at the pictures she had placed everywhere. There were moving photos of his family, and Hermione at the Burrow, and nonmoving pictures of what he assumed were Hermione's parents.

"Ready to go?" Hermione had snuck up behind him and grabbed his hand lightly.

It was the night of Halloween and Fred and Hermione had decided to dress up as Muggles. Hermione had come up with the idea and Fred just laughed when she suggested it. The idea had come to her at the momentous dinner she and Fred had shared. They ate, danced, kissed, and then declared their relationship when they ran into Harry and Ginny in a muggle club in downtown London.

They were dating, and Hermione couldn't keep the smile from her face. So with a huge smile on her face now she tugged on Fred's hand and pulled him out the door. They were heading to the Burrow and decided to do everything the Muggle way. After locking her apartment and then walking downstairs to the street Fred stuck out his arm for a cab. His arm was wrapped protectively around Hermione's shoulders as the vehicle pulled up.

"Fred, you do have some Muggle money right?" Hermione whispered as they slid into the backseat. He nodded with a cheeky grin and gave the driver directions which were extremely detailed. The brown haired woman thought he must've taken a cab to the Burrow before.

"So my love," Fred sat back and pulled her small form closer to him, "Are you ready for the rest of the Weasley clan to know about us?"

"Well, your mum is probably going to gush over us, and your dad will probably congratulate us. Your brothers most likely won't care, except for Ron." Hermione spilled her thoughts quickly and quietly. "I'm really only concerned about him. Afterall, we did date for a while." Fred listened intently and nodded as she finished up. He cleared his throat and smiled some.

"Have you not heard about Ron's new lady yet?" Hermione's brown eyes went wide and she shook her head. By this point the cab had pulled up to the extremely long walk leading to the Burrow. Fred paid the man, and hopped out to run around and open Hermione's door for her. She slid out and looked at him expectantly.

"He's dating Susan Bones." Fred linked his fingers with hers and shrugged. "For about two weeks now they've been going out every night."

Hermione chuckled as they made their way up the walk and to the backdoor of the house. The loud music could be heard from about halfway up the walk and through several windows partygoers could be seen dancing. The two eventually made it to the backdoor and walked in through the kitchen where a harassed looking Mrs. Weasley stood with her wand icing cupcakes to look like little spiders.

She looked up as the couple entered the kitchen, her eyes immediately dropped down to their entwined fingers. A huge smile appeared on her face in approval. "Everyone else is in the living room if you children would like to joing them." Fred nodded and tugged on Hermione's hand towards the living room. He opened the door to the party room and a blast of music hit them. Ron and Susan Bones were dancing in one corner of the room, while Ginny and Harry were talking about Quidditch on the sofa. Bill and Fleur were tucked away in a shadowed area of the living, presumably kissing. Charlie was standing there with Lupin and Tonks talking about the next meeting of the Order, and everyone else was either in a conversation with someone, dancing, or milling about.

Fred and Hermione made their way over to Harry and Ginny to say hello. Fred smacked Harry on the back and pulled him over to where Ron was dancing and he grabbed Ron away too. Hermione arched an eyebrow as she watched Fred who just shrugged at her. Ginny just shook her head and made her way towards Susan who now stood there bewildered and alone. Hermione followed right behind her.

"Hullo Susan, having fun?" Ginny spoke loudly over the music. The three girls leaned in closed and started chatting about how ridiculous the boys were. Just abandoning them at the spur of a thought. Hermione repeated the joke she had told Fred just two days ago and made the girls burst out laughing. The whole scene was filled with fun and food. Mrs. Weasley had brought in the cupcakes and set them on a table that was already nearly overflowing with delicious food.

Fred, Harry, and Ron were all standing around the food table when Neville walked up with Luna by his side. He had met her on the walkway coming in. Neville's wife, formerly Hannah Abbott couldn't make it to the party. Harry pointed at the other group of girls standing in the corner laughing, and Luna made her way over to them. Ginny was trying to tell Hermione and Susan something important when Luna walked up with a grin on her face. They all leaned in as Ginny shouted:

"HARRY AND I ARE GETTING MARRIED!" At the same moment Mrs. Weasley shut off the music to tell everyone that the food was all done, and Harry was on the other side of the room shouting, "GINNY AND I ARE GETTING MARRIED."

The red head and the black haired boy looked around the room as a blush arose on both their faces. Harry chuckled and turned to Mrs. Weasley.

"Surprise!"

The entire room burst into applause and congratulations. Fred made his way over to Hermione with a huge grin. She leaned up and pressed her lips into his.

"We've only been here ten minutes and already someone's getting married." Fred laughed as his arm snaked protectively around her shoulders and the new couple went over to congratulate Ginny and Harry.

THE END

A/n. I agree it could've ended better. I'm really horrid at endings, but what did you think? I might go back through and rewrite a few things. If I can come up with a better ending I might rewrite that or repost it on another page. I have pictures of Hermione's shoes and dress here. Thank you all for reading, and thank everyone else who has reviewed by like a million times more. You guys rock.

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