AN: Not JK Rowling.
The week passed and I quickly saw why Mrs. Weasley and Ginny didn't like Fleur. She had an unfortunate habit of sticking her foot in her mouth without realizing it. Fleur wasn't a big fan of cleaning or cooking and said as much. Unfortunately it was the way she said it that was usually the problem.
"I am thinking of 'aving zee girls in gold because pink would clash 'orribly with Ginny's 'air." I sighed and laid my head in my hands. Ginny was gritting her teeth and Mrs. Weasley pointed her wand some potatoes that violently shot out of their skins and ricocheted off the walls.
"Who will be the other bridesmaid?" I asked quickly getting up to clean up the mess on the floor.
"My sister Gabrielle." Fleur said quickly drawing a sketch of the dress she was thinking of. She made a face and crumpled up the paper. Her hand flew across the page quickly making another dress. She glared at it and went to crumple it up but I stopped her.
"Why not add a bow in the back?" I asked looking closely at the drawing. "One that kind of hangs down."
She looked up at me her blue eyes slightly glazed, "Great idea 'ermione."
I smiled and pulled a piece of parchment towards me. "Who are you writing 'ermione?"
"Sirius." I said smiling at her. Ginny glared at Fleur expecting her to say something bad about him but I knew she wouldn't.
"'e eez such a nice man." Fluer said her hand flying across the paper. Mrs. Weasley's head snapped towards us her eyes wide.
Ron came in suddenly from mucking out the chicken coop a slightly glazed look on his face. I rolled my eyes. It seemed like every time Ron came in close contact with Fleur he became a mindless idiot.
I wrote out the letter making sure to keep him in the loop so he knew what was going on with me. He was doing more things for the Order now that his name had been cleared. Right now I think he was working on something with Dumbledore. We may have been in the know about what was going on but we didn't know everything. Actually I don't think everyone knew everything that was happening within the Order.
I sent off my letter with Errol and he flew shakily out the window. Ron sat down next to me sand stared longingly at Fleur.
"So 'as Sirius proposed yet?" Fleur asked flipping through a muggle wedding magazine I had gotten for her in town.
"What?" I squeaked looking up.
"Eet was easy to see 'ow close you two are." She said shrugging and flipped a page. "What's the point of shoving cake een each other's face?"
"Most couples don't shove it but carefully feed it to each other. I believe it signifies helping each other have a sweet life." I shrugged and started chopping up some vegetables for Mrs. Weasley. Ginny kept sending skeptical looks at Fleur as if waiting for the other shoe to drop and Ron was staring at Fleur unabashedly.
"Do you have any other questions about muggle weddings?" I asked quickly dicing up some onions.
"Not right now." She said flipping through the magazine. "Oooh this eez a pretty dress." She said laying down the magazine a pointing to at a simple white dress.
"I like it." I said taking a closer look.
"I love it." Ron muttered looking at Fleur. I rolled my eyes and continued chopping up vegetables.
"I like it too." Ginny said in a hushed voice after a moment.
Fleur's head snapped up and she smiled timidly at Ginny. "Zank you."
We talked the rest of the night trying to get to know each other better but it was easy to see everyone was being careful of what they said. Every once in a while Fleur would stick her foot in her mouth and Ginny would twitch. Bill came home and sat at the table with us at the table a slightly shocked look on his face. Mrs. Weasley went to bed around eleven with Ron following behind reluctantly and Ginny was nodding off in her chair.
"Bill I zink I will go to bed now." Fleur said and placed a simple kiss on his cheek. I was about to excuse myself when Bill asked me to stay.
"How did you do it?" He asked in a slightly hushed voice.
"What do you mean?" I asked confused.
"How did you get them to talk to each other civilly?" He asked running his hands through his hair. "Fleur wants to get to know our family but no one's been making any effort. She says it doesn't bother her but I know it does."
"I think they just need to get used to the idea." I said softly taking a sip of my butterbeer.
"I don't think that's all. How would you react if your family hadn't accepted Sirius and treated him like he wasn't fit to lick the dirt off their boots."
"They don't think of her like that I just think that sometimes she says the wrong things at the wrong moment." Bill covered his face and sighed.
"Hermione you might have just helped bridge the gap between our family." It sounded suspiciously like he was close to tears. "Thank you."
Bill left and I somehow made it upstairs with Ginny. She was half asleep but we got up there okay. I helped her into bed and she was asleep a moment later. Her snores echoed around the room as I slowly fell asleep.
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