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Hermione apparated just outside the wards of the burrow after a full day meeting with both officials at the Ministry and Professor McGonagall at Hogwarts. She wished she could say it had been a productive day, but she was still no closer to making her decision. If she was honest, neither option was sounding that great to her right now. She felt certain that she could pass her NEWTS on her own and yet, going to work at the Ministry brought back too many bad feelings from the war. So far, there wasn't a third option, however, unless she stayed and took advantage of Mr. and Mrs. Weasley's hospitality forever. She loved them and they loved her, but that was definitely not her path.

As she got closer to the Burrow, she looked up, surprised to see Percy and an unknown girl standing just outside the door. She saw him knock. She couldn't help but roll her eyes. Leave it to Percy. None of the other Weasley children, including Harry and Hermione, would bother to knock at the Burrow. She actually thought Mrs. Weasley might be offended by the very idea. The war was over and while they still had a few precautionary measures in place, for the most part the days of answering questions and proving oneself upon entering were gone. They were finally at peace. Still, she was glad that there had finally been reconciliation between him and the family. This was progress.

She had to admit her curiosity was growing about this girl with him. Was he dating someone? She was pretty sure his relationship with Penelope had ended long ago and she hadn't heard of anyone knew. Ought to be an interesting evening, she thought, as she made her own way in the door.

She headed into the living area after stopping to remove and scourgify her boots at the doorway. Taking an empty seat next to Fred, she asked," So, Percy is here?"

The others nodded excitedly. "He's up there with a girl," George said.

"Up where?"

"I don't know, upstairs somewhere with Mum and Dad. Didn't even say hello," said George. "You don't reckon she's pregnant, do you?"

Everyone's expressions blanked before they all joined in laughter. "Right," Ron said. "Percy got a girl pregnant." Everyone continued laughing.

"Hey, it could happen," George said. "Not likely unless the bird has some desire for an extremely uptight kid, but you never know." Hermione watched as his eyes danced mischievously at the thought.

"Or maybe he has just come to tell us that they are betrothed," Ginny said, entering the room with a pair of Weasleys Wizarding Wheezes' Extendable Ears dangling from her hand.

"Nooo," George said, his eyes widening. "That git has convinced someone to marry him?"

"That git is your brother," Ginny said, one eyebrow raised.

"Yeah, yeah, and we are all one big happy family again. I know," said George. "Doesn't mean he isn't still a git."

"Why is he a git?" Fred asked, looking around the room.

"Stop saying the word git!" Hermione said finally. "It's a long story," she said to Fred. "Let's just say he was estranged for a while, but now he's not. So, be nice." She shot a warning look at George.

"Fine," he muttered. "Doesn't mean he's not a git."

Hermione glared at him as they heard the Percy and others coming down the stairs. She gave everyone in the room a look, too, hoping they would mind their manners for at least a few minutes. Mrs. Weasley was beyond thrilled to have Percy back in the family and she would not let them ruin it. Molly was the first one down the stairs and Hermione could tell she was thrilled.

"Ahem," she said, as she stood in front of the others. "Our dear Percy has the most wonderful news!"

Percy, a bit red-faced, but, also, clearly proud, came forward and cleared his throat. "Audrey and I have decided to get married."

"Congratulations!"

"Wonderful news!"

"Who's Audrey?"

Fred and George said the last simultaneously causing them to burst out in laughter. Hermione had to control herself not to join in. She could tell the others were having the same problem.

"This," Percy said, pulling his fiancé in close to him, "is Audrey. Audrey, this is my family."

Hermione felt a sort of warmth towards Percy as he didn't even bother to specify that Harry and Hermione were not, technically, family. While she knew that Mr. and Mrs. Weasley considered them to be as good as, it felt good to hear it from someone else, too.

"When's the wedding?" Ginny asked.

"Well, that's the thing," Percy said, apparently a little embarrassed. "We are hoping to do it as soon as possible. In just a few weeks, in fact."

Fred and George both hooted and hollered even though Hermione was fairly sure Fred did not remember Percy. He was still clearly up for giving people a hard time.

"Shotgun!" said George.

"Most definitely," said Fred.

Percy glared at them. "It is not a shotgun wedding," he said. "We have been dating for some time and have decide the time is right to-ahem-"

"What's going on then, Perce?" asked George.

Audrey spoke up then. "We are to be married. We are really excited about it, so, if you could not ruin it, that would be great. It's happening quickly, but what with the war and all we have decided, why wait?"

The entire group of stunned Weasleys, and those as good as, glanced at each other uneasily. Finally, upon Hermione's nod, they congratulated the couple once again.

"Where is the wedding going to be?" George asked.

"We have been given to consent to have it here at the Burrow," Percy said matter-of-factly.

"Isn't it wonderful?" Mrs. Weasley asked. "Weddings are such a grand time. We could all use something happy."

"Indeed," Mr. Weasley said with a bright smile.

"Then it's done," said Ginny. She linked her arm through Audrey's, eyeing Hermione to get her to join. "We better get started then."