Harry was running late, he was supposed to have left work at 4:00 to get the food cooked for dinner tonight, but he'd been held up and now he wasn't sure he could get dinner on the table in time. Looking around at the chaos that was his kitchen Harry tried to remember what everyone was bringing. Ron was bringing bread, Hermione had her latest baking attempt, Hanna was bringing a cake in case Hermione's dessert wasn't edible, Neville was bringing a bottle of wine, Ginny was coming over early to make her dish and help Harry with the cooking, and Luna hopefully wasn't bringing anything.

There was a knock on the door followed by a key turning the lock. Harry saw Ron and smiled, "Hey mate, I'm running a bit behind schedule." Ron laughed, "I figured you might be, what can I do?"

"Would you mind chopping the vegetables for the soup?"

Ron pulled out his wand, "Okay, I'll never understand why you won't cook with magic." Harry looked over to his friend who was monitoring the knives chopping, "Because some things are better without magic and my cooking is one of these things."

Ron laughed, "Well I can't argue with you there. Have you talked to Neville lately? How is his proposal plan going?"

"It's going well, he has this flower he's been raising, and he's planning on putting the ring inside the flower."

Ron finished chopping the vegetables and dumped them in the pot, "That sounds cool, it's a very Neville thing to do"

Harry threw the rest of the ingredient into the pot and turned up the heat, "Yeah, that's what I thought too."

Ron gave Harry a shrewd look, "How are the plans to propose to my sister going."

Harry blushed, "Well I finally finished talking with all the male members of your family."

Ron snickered, "that had to be as much fun as a blast ended skrewt."

Harry laughed, "It wasn't too bad, but it did seem to take forever to schedule times for us to meet. It doesn't feel like mid-March."

"Do I get to know how you're proposing?"

Harry looked at Ron surprised, "You want to know?"

Ron nodded, so Harry continued, "I'm going to take her dancing and propose there. Gin loves to dance, but I am a horrible dancer. I still need a teacher though."

Ron pointed to himself, "I know how to dance. I can teach you. Ginny won't suspect a thing if we're the ones spending time together."

Harry smiled, "Thanks mate, I appreciate that."

The two friends cooked in silence for a while until there was a knock on the door, "it's open" Harry called. Neville poked his head around the edge of the door, "For someone who's received as many death threats as you have Harry you might want to reconsider just hollering it's open. Harry smiled at Neville, "Don't worry I've got protective enchantments around the flat, no one gets to the door unless I want them to."

Neville placed his bottle of wine on the counter and began moving around the kitchen pulling out the plates and cutlery. "One of these days one of us is going to need to get a table." Harry looked over at Ron, "It'll probably be Ron and Hermione. They'll be the first married and it's still a point of frustration for Hermione that every one of these dinners is eaten sitting in a living room." Neville laughed, and Ron turned red, "I actually already have a table picked out for her. Hermione said she always wished as a child that her family had one of those big oval tables where everyone could sit around and talk. She never had a big enough family to warrant a large table, but I saw this incredible one last week and I bought it to give to Hermione as either a present for her birthday."

Harry grinned at Ron, "That's brilliant mate."

Neville nodded, "she'll love it."

The three boys quickly settled into their familiar routine and before too long Luna wandered through the door. It always amazed Harry that Luna could look as though she had simply wandered in by chance.

"Hi Luna, how are you?"

"Quite befuddled Harry, isn't that a lovely word befuddled, it's really under used."

"Err it is a nice word, but why are you befuddled Luna."

Luna looked at the other two men and then turned back to Harry, "Perhaps you three can help me. You see I was kissing Rolf yesterday and the strangest thing happened, his penis moved. Is that a normal thing or is something wrong with him?"

The three men all turned very red and began sputtering. Luna spoke again, "there's no need to be embarrassed I know you all have penises. I just want to know if this is a normal reaction for his penis to have."

Ginny hurried through the door out of breath and very late; she paused when she saw the uncomfortable expressions on the men's faces. "What's going on here?"

Luna turned to Ginny, "I seem to have embarrassed them."

Ginny nodded, "I see this, but what did you say?"

Luna thought for a moment, "I told them about Rolf's penis and then asked them about theirs."

Ginny held back a laugh, "That's what's done it Luna. Why were you asking about Rolf's penis?"

"Yesterday when Rolf kissed me his penis moved. Is that a normal reaction? Does Harry's penis move when he kisses you?" At this Ron began coughing and Harry made himself busy with the soup. Neville was laughing so hard he'd ducked into the hallway. Ginny glared at the men and went over to whisper in Luna's ear. After a moment Luna gave a nod of understanding, "well that is useful to know. Thank you Ginny." Ginny smiled at her friend, "Didn't your dad talk to you about this stuff?" Luna shook her head no. "What about the other girls in your dormitory?" Luna shook her head again, "if they talked about it, they didn't do so in front of me. They thought I was a bit odd." Ginny looked over at Harry, "do you still have the book Hermione gave you?" Harry nodded and crossed to his bedside table, "here it is."

Ginny took the book and turned back to Luna, "here you read this and the. Come talk to me if you have any questions." Luna smiled serenely and placed the book in her grubby bag. With that task out of the way the friends went back to their dinner preparations. Soon everyone was there and they were happily chatting with each other while they ate. Harry looked around at his friends. Ron and Hermione were still glowing. Neville and Hannah had just moved in together and were chatting excitedly about their moving horror stories. Luna was telling Ginny about her recent trip to South America, Harry wasn't entirely sure what she was looking for this time, but the two women were laughing and talking animatedly about it. Harry couldn't keep the smile off his face. Nights like this made everything worth it. The war and the hard times weren't far behind them, but here together they were building a better future.

Harry was brought out of his reverie when Ginny nudged him, "What's up love?"

Harry matched her whispered tone, "Nothing love, I was just thinking how nice this is."

Ginny smiled at Harry and returned to her chat with Luna. Harry turned and focused on Neville. Hannah and Hermione were deep in conversation. Neville started picking up dishes and nodded towards the kitchen. Harry picked up some bowls and followed Neville to the Kitchen.

"What's up Nev?"

Neville grinned at Harry, "We just haven't had the chance to talk lately."

Harry nodded, "It has been a while how are the plans coming?"

"They're coming along, but I'm starting to get nervous. What if Hannah says no?"

"She's not going to say no Neville."

Ron walked into the kitchen carrying the rest of the dinner dishes, "what's up mates?"

Neville turned to Ron, "What if Hannah says no?"

Ron shook his head, "She's not going to say no, but I understand where the panic is coming from. Do you want to know what Ginny told me?"

Neville nodded, "She asked me if I loved Hermione, and then she asked me why I loved her. Apparently that's what a girl wants to hear tacked in front of will you marry me."

Harry leaned against the sink and faced his two friends, "You're going to be fine Neville."

Neville smirked at Harry, "Just wait until it's your turn mate; you'll see what we mean."

"What are you boys up to?" The three friends turned to face Hermione who was looking suspiciously at all three, "nothing," they replied in unison.

Not sure whether or not they should intervene the women wandered towards the kitchen to help with clean up. Soon conversation became impossible as the women tried to answer Luna's questions about penises. All too eager to avoid any conversation that involved Harry and Ginny's love life Ron said his hurried goodbyes as soon as the kitchen was clean. Hermione followed him at a more sedate pace, with Neville and Hannah not far behind her. Finally, Luna wandered out in the same dazed manor she had arrived in.

When it was just the two of them Ginny turned to Harry, "What were you three whispering about in here love?" Catching the look on her face Harry tried to get out of the kitchen as fast as he could, but Ginny beat him to the doorway and soon had him pinned against the counter top.

"What gives Potter? You boys have been awfully secretive lately."

Harry shook his head, "It's nothing Ginny, the three of us just haven't had time to get together in a while."

Ginny shook her head, "No this is something more, if you don't want to tell me you don't have to. Just forewarn me if it's something that'll leave you covered in blood."

Harry laughed, "I can promise you Ginny, what we were talking about shouldn't end in bloodshed."

Ginny smiled and leaned into Harry, "Well then I guess you boys can keep your secrets, for now at least."

Harry smiled, "I promise I'll tell you all about it when the time is right."

Ginny nodded at Harry then wrapped her arms around his waist; Harry flipped them around and lifted Ginny so she was sitting on the counter. Their lips met and both knew that Harry's secret was safe at least for tonight.