.The night carried on without a problem, everybody was so happy for the newly engaged couple, people where making toasts to them all night; Charlie was also getting heap loads of congratulations on his new spot as a professor at Hogwarts.
Charlie was sat on the cabinet table by the side of the room just watching the crowed of people while they had their conversations. He was talking to his mother Molly, Hermione wasn't quite sure what the conversation was about but she could tell Molly was looking proud, the same proud look she was wearing when Charlie was giving his speech.
Neville and Luna were snuggled up on the couch in front of the fire together; Hope was talking and bragging about her husband's new found position in Hogwarts to a few more of the guests that Hermione could only guess were a group of Hopes friends as they were giggling along to every un-funny thing that she was saying, She couldn't be sure of course, But Hermione didn't seem to think that Hope was as happy for Charlie as she was letting on.
Hermione really couldn't understand why, but she always got a bad feeling about Hope. She'd never expressed her feelings towards her to anybody other than Fred and George, and that was only because she knew they felt the same way about her.
When she started thinking about this, she realised that the twins where nowhere in sight, she decided that she'd go look for them, after all Bill had already left the party due to having some paper work to do at home, Bill was always so busy with work Hermione couldn't believe how he managed, He always did everything on time, he always spent time with his family and he always managed to make her feel like she was important, He was never late to anything and he was always organised and ready for everything that he had to do.
With a smile on her face thinking about how proud she was of her boyfriend she walked into the kitchen looking around for the twins but her mission was at a fail in the first room, all she found was Mr. Weasley looking out of the Kitchen window, she could tell he had been stood in here for a while just by how comfy he looked and how composed he was.
"Fantastic night wasn't it Hermione"
Mr. Weasley was obviously aware of Hermione's entrance to the kitchen and he struck up a conversation with her.
He was always such a friendly man; if she had to compare him to any of his children she'd say he was much more like a mixture of Charlie and the Twins.
He was kind and looked out for everybody, his family always came first and his wife would always be the only woman in his eyes. Something Charlie adapted to his life very well, Hope could argue and argue with him but Charlie could always find a way with words and could always make her out to be number one, something she found very very impressive.
But he was always so fascinated with everything, in his case Muggle artefacts, something that the twins seemed to have picked up on when it came to their practical jokes and there fireworks.
In fact it was his fascination that made it so easy for the pair to get on, even when they first met when Hermione was only a little girl, she always found him ever so interesting and even though she loved Mrs. Weasley as if she was a mother to her, she always felt that little bit closer to the inquisitive side of Mr. Weasley.
"It was beautiful, you must be so proud of Charlie."
"We're over the moon about it Hermione, Molly's ever so happy to finally have him back with us"
Hermione smiled at the man, she could see what the excitement of having their son back had done to the both of them.
"Of course it's fantastic, and a Professor! That's such big news, he's going to be giving Bill a run for his money pretty soon"
"ahh, all my children are just as successful as each other in my opinion, William is a mighty fine and dedicated curse breaker and has one of thee most intelligent witches as a girlfriend, Charlie's a newly found professor at Hogwarts and has a loving girlfriend to look after him, Percy's working as a healer now, Fred and George have a shop open in diagon alley, Ron's off around the world searching for things to open his eyes, and Ginny, caption of the Holly Head harpies and Married to Harry Potter."
Arthur just paused and smiled.
"I must say, I've never been prouder" Hermione walked over to the man and gave him a nice hug to finish off the conversation.
"and It's wonderful to be a part of it"
Mr. Weasley just looked at her and she could tell that he saw her as a part of the family, she may not be blood related and she may not be married in as of yet, but it still amazed her how at home the family could make her feel.
"BUT THAT'S RIDICULOUS CHARLIE"
Hermione and Arthur both looked at each other swiftly after hearing the shouting and both looked a little bit worried.
"YOU CAN'T LEAVE FOR THAT LONG WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?"
The pair of them walked to the door and looked on into the back room where all the noise was coming from.
It was Hope and Charlie.
Hope carried on screaming.
"YOU CAN'T STAY THERE OVER ALL THE HOLIDAYS YOU HAVE A FAMILY TO BE WITH, YOU HAVE TO COME HOME"
"Hope I will be coming home for the Holiday's, just not the ones that aren't as important, I need to look after the animals, I told you this"
Hope looked at Charlie rather condescendingly "I know that Charlie, but I thought you were lying or something. You can't expect me to stay here, You parents are fantastic, but I can't put up with your brothers alone, They'll drive me insane"

Hermione and Arthur again just looked at each other and they could tell by the look in each other's eyes that they both felt for Charlie in the argument, but the both knew it was just something that the both of them would have to sort out themselves, the couple were no strangers to argument so they were sure they'd get over it soon enough.
"Any Idea where the Twins are Mr Weasley"
Hermione was clearly trying to stop the two of them from eves dropping on the conversation by changing the subject.
"How many times young lady, It's Arthur, but I'm not 100% they're probably upstairs doing something daft that will get them a good earful from their mother"
Hermione just giggled to herself and went to the door across the room and go upstairs, she didn't quite feel like interrupting the couple during their argument.
Just as she began to walk towards the door she looked backwards and noticed that Mr. Weasley had already poked his head back around the door and was watching Hope and Charlie argue and she chuckled to herself, as she reached the door she opened it and set for her way up the stairs.
It was a nice open stair case and you could see all the way up to the top floor, it was by no means a fancy staircase, and it looked like if you took one step you'd end up back to the bottom floor by going through it, but nothing like that ever happened, in fact the stares didn't even creek when you walked up them, the walls around it were all decorated with pictures of the family and friends, A portrait was hanging just as she got to the second floor landing, Percy was missing from it but the rest of the family were still there, it was obviously from the time that the family were arguing, Ron was in his Hogwarts uniform, something that made Hermione chuckle to herself, she hadn't seen Ron since he set off for France, They'd write to each other every few days so she knew what he was up too but she did miss him terribly.
Bill's hair was shorter and he looked much younger, he was shaven and a little less muscly at this point, something again that made her chuckle, she didn't know Bill at this point, or Charlie who had hair down to his shoulders in the picture, that was the only difference from him then and now, now he has short hair, not to short but short enough to look smart and rather attractive at the same time. But he was still the same buffed up muscly boy that he had always been.
Looking at Ginny, Fred and George was no big deal she's seen the three of them grow up, but she didn't really realise just how much they had, the Twins were so much taller than they used to be, they were once nice and short but now the both of them reach about 6'2. It was about this time in the picture that she remembered she'd formed her close friendship to Fred Weasley, She was never as close to George until the night they needed each other the most, and that was a good year or two off this picture, it was weird looking at George and then thinking about what happened, it made her feel rather odd and Ginny was so cute and small, but now she was turning into a beautiful woman.
It was a splendidly beautiful family.
"What're you staring at Granger"
Hermione jumped at the popping noise behind her.
"Fred, Stop doing that"
"Yeah Fred! Don't scare the poor girl. She's only small"
George moved to the side of Hermione and put his arm on her shoulder showing the height difference.
Hermione just rolled her eyes and pushed his arm off her shoulder.
"Funny George"
she muttered with a rather un-amused tone "Oh what's up with you Granger"
"You seem less than chirpy"
Hermione realised she'd been a bit grumpy with the two, but she really did hate been snuck up on like that, especially when she was in deep thought.
"No I'm good, You just startled me that's all"
"Awh, sorry Granger, we'll try not to do it again"
"Scouts Honour"
The both of them just put their hands to their hearts and winked at her and she just replied with a smile and nod of her head.
"Well can you believe it, Charlie, and Professor, and all this time we thought it'd be you"
Hermione just laughed "We'll I'd love to be a professor but, My career is doing pretty well at the moment"
"Yeah but god old Hermione, In a uniform, who could resist"
George just winked at her and nudged her arm laughing "Besides, you love being bossy, teaching is your perfect job!"
Hermione just rolled her eyes at the pair, they'd always told her that being a professor would suit her, it's always something she'd wanted to do, but she never wanted to leave her job, she got more pay for what she did at the moment and she thought that leaving that to teach would be a more than awful idea "Well I'm glad you boys have my best interest at heart but really, I'm happy with my job, besides, I couldn't be away from your brother for that long. Charlie hasn't even gone and Hope's going pretty mental"
"Oh I'm sure George will manage without you for a few months"
Fred laughed and nodded towards George and George just laughed, Hermione just rolled her eyes and didn't reply to the sneaky comment "Well I'm pretty sure Charlie could get you some kind of Job there, remember all you have to do is ask and he'll get you it, you know you want it, why do you never take a chance, just seize the moment and do it, You used to be like that"
George just looked at her and seemed more serious, she always thought the twins were joking around when they tried to get her a job at Hogwarts, she'd entertained the idea, but never fully gone through with thinking it would happen, but George did have a valid point. She would love the job, and she had a really good chance of getting it if she just asked Charlie, It would be nice to see the old school again. She always missed it when she thought back.
She didn't really get to see much of the magical life anymore now that she wasn't learning, I mean yes she always got to learn new things with Bill teaching her, but it was never the same, she never got the same thrill from being in lessons learning all about the new world of magic, it's something she'd see as a dream to teach, not to mention she didn't exactly love the job she had now, yes it was fantastic pay and yes she did get to do some fun stuff, but it was never really what she was hoping for, nothing she could picture doing for the rest of her life.
"Granger, oi, wake up"
Fred walked over to Hermione and poked her in the forehead.
"You keep getting lost in thought woman"
Hermione just shuck her head and apologised.
"You really are thinking about it aren't you?"
Hermione smiled at the boys and went talk walk away from the pair down the stairs.
"Keep your noses to yourself boys, maybe I am, maybe I'm not"
"Well if you are, Charlie's going to be at the shop tomorrow about 2ish, pop round to see him, I'm sure we can all convince him the put in a good word if we work together."
Hermione turned her back and started to walk back down the stairs "I'll see what I can do"
She smiled as she walked down the stairs, she didn't know if she was smiling at the sneakiness of the boys, or the idea of getting a possible job at Hogwarts. But she couldn't stop.
She was just thinking about how she would get home, and discuss her opportunity with Bill, hoping, praying, he would see it as good news.
"See you tomorrow, Professor."
The boys said in unison just before apporating away.