Chapter Seventeen:

Theo and Claire have a low key wedding. Katie is asked to be the matron of honor. Theo asks Draco to be best man. The wedding party is filled by Orion, Nico, Jason, Pansy, Daphne, and Tracy. Both Harry and Hermione were glad to be just guests.

Green and Silver were their colors and the whole thing was very traditional pureblood. The couple decided that they should be one of the ones to do justice to tradition.

This was the first wedding that Astoria got to go to since her sister's. Ginny was right. Vince scored an invite. So she got to see Theo get married to the Mars bitch. At least it was a nice traditional wedding. She had to admit that the bride was pretty. She was surprised that neither Harry or his bitch was involved in the wedding party.

Daphne's husband even asked her to dance. Vince was too interested in his plate so she accepted.

Mr. Black was courteous to her and asked how her wedding was coming along. Then he dropped a bomb. Daphne is indeed pregnant. It was too early to find out the sex but they were both hoping for a boy.

Astoria congratuated him and then her sister when she stopped by, but she was upset. She was not the spare anymore. Once the baby is born, she will have no chance of being Lady Greengrass.

So to form a report to Ginny, Astoria watched the Potter couple. After the required dances, Harry had Hermione on the floor dancing every slow song.

When they didn't dance, he had an arm around her, looking in her eyes when she spoke or was touching her in some way. It was almost like he was a Veela with his mate.

Astoria felt for her friend, Ginny will be devestated. She gets up to get another drink, Vince could care less, and decides to speak to Mr. Potter as he is alone at the bar.

She gets close enough to hear him order a sparkling apple cider and a cola. Astoria clears her throat and Harry looks over. He nods to her. "Evening Miss Greengrass. I hope you are enjoying the wedding. I must get back to my table."

"Mr. Potter, do you ever think of Ginny. I mean you are putting on quite the show with your wife. One would think that you are a veela with a new mate." She picks at her newly refreshed glass.

"The former Miss Weasley does cross my mind from time to time." Astoria looks up in hope for her friend.

Harry clears his throat. "When she does, it is to thank the gods that I didn't fall for all her shit. Mrs. Potter is and has been the only woman that I have loved since our first year. I realized what it was I was feeling in our third year and last summer, I made up my mind to somehow gain her as my girlfriend.

She is my mate. She is my soulmate and my siren mate. I am sorry that Ginny is still stuck on me, but I never thought of her any different than any other girl, other than my Hermione." Astoria deflates.

Even Lord Nott agreed that he enjoyed Draco and Orion's weddings better. Draco gave his speech about growing up with the groom and how he was smitten with Drake's big sister.

Ares and Claire's dance was the only non-traditional element. For the father daughter dance the danced a two-step to Lady Antebellum's "American Honey".

Astoria goes back to Ginny that next day. She relays the day to her. "I can't believe that he would say that about me. I truely meant nothing more to him than Lavender does." She rushes off and cries.

When she returns she asks about Draco. "Ginny, I watched him all night long when I wasn't gathering info for you. He never looked at me. I was sitting with Vince most of the night, he even came over and talked with Vince for a few moments and said hi to everyone at the table but me. It was like there was a blank space there. So I would say that ship sailed." Tradition Reigns at Nott Wedding

by Rita Skeeter

The wedding of Theodore Nott and Clairesse Mars was a lesson in traditional wizarding weddings. I must say that while it was nice to see the old ways upheld, I missed the fun that the new ways have lent to the previous affairs. Emerald green and silver was everywhere.

The wedding party was filled with Orion St. Rosa, Nico Mars, Jason Grace, Pansy Parkinson, Daphne Black, and Tracy Flint. The bride's best friend, Katie Malfoy was matron of honor. Her husband, Draco was Mr. Nott's best man.

This also marked the first outing of the future Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Crabbe. Truthfully, they didn't garner much notice. I did see that Chief Jacob Black was nice enough to dance with his wife's litte sister.

Miss Greengrass' face soured halfway through the dance, while Chief Black's was glowing, as was Mrs. Black's. Could we be seeing the first of the pregnacies? Is there a little baby Black on the way? I have my suspicions about another couple married early this season.

I was near the bar when Miss Greengrass confronted Mr. Potter about the former Miss Weasley. He said the only times that he thought about her was to thank the gods that he didn't get stuck with her. Ouch! Of course Mr. Potter put it softer and nicer. He did say that his wife is the only woman that he ever loved.

Lord Mars and Mrs. Nott did what I am told is a two step to a song about growing up.