Author Note: We witness the proposal between several of the main players in the verse. (Warning Ginny is not a nice person in this. Ron is okay but could be better.)

====(Harry and Hermione)====

August 10th 2005

Harry Potter was having dinner with his girlfriend Hermione Granger and her parents. It was a nice evening and they were celebrating his being promoted to Auror Sergeant. His career was going well. Hermione had graduated from university with a law degree sufficient to allow her to get a position with the DMLE able to help fight for muggle rights and protections.

They were sitting on the patio enjoying the summer evening when harry stood up and cleared his throat. "Uh Hermione. I want to say a few things okay?"

She set the beer she was drinking down and looked at him, after glancing at her parents. Her dad was grinning like a hyena and her mother was already pulling a box of tissues out so Hermione had an idea of what might happen but she waited. Paying attention to Harry she nodded.

"Before I met you my world was a sad, small place. I had no one who cared about me. No one who loved me. You have shown me that you cared, that you loved me, over and over for the last dozen years. There have been times we walked away from each other but we always felt the pull to come back. I owe you my life so much that I could never repay you if I lived to be a thousand. So I would like to ask you." At this point he actually got down on one knee and smoothly pulled a small box out of his pocket. "I would like to ask you to marry me and be a part of my life from now on. Will you marry me?"

Hermione felt the world stop turning. She looked at Harry as he confirmed exactly what she had though he was going to do but the sheer overwhelming emotions of him actually doing it hit her like a overpowered stunner. He was starting to look scared and worried when she realized she had not actually said anything yet. She launched herself at him like a missile. Glomping him so hard that he felt his ribs compress, his lips crushed by the lips of Hermione. The two of them fell backwards onto the patio as they kissed long and hard.

When she broke apart to breathe she was crying tears of joy, "Yes Harry, Yes, oh by all that is holy and good and powerful yes. I love you."
Harry was grinning as he stared into her glowing brown eyes inches from his own. "Thank you. Thank you." He said as their lips sought each other once more.

====(Neville and Luna)====

August 21st 2000

Neville knocked on the door to Luna's house. She had rebuilt the Rookery, only with her own quirky take on things. It now had two large towers with a bridge between them and a large square with a dome on it and a colonnaded approach to the front door. He loved the way the house looked.

The door opened and he was pulled inside. Luna for being such a small woman could be quite forceful when she wanted. He was soon naked and being ridden on the living room floor by his blonde tempest. His mind left his body briefly before returning.

"Hello Neville. I missed you." She purred from astride him.

"I noticed. Wow." he panted.

"I didn't hurt you did I?"

"Uh no. So how did the hunt for your Snorckack go?"
"It went incredibly well. How did your summer internship go at the hospital?"

"It went good. I'm accepted into the healers program."
"Wonderful. So we both had an excellent summer!" She said leaning forward to kiss him until his eyes crossed.

"Yeah. Although I'm going to need a healer if you keep kissing me like that."
She laughed and stood up. Pulling him to his feet. "That kiss wasn't that bad was it."
"No. It was wonderful. If you weaponized it you could have blown Voldemort off the face of the planet."

"Well it just means that our harmonic vibrations are in convergence and that we should continue their alignment."

"Uh yeah right. Makes sense to me." He said not sure what she meant but still enjoying being with her.

"So when do you want to have the wedding?"

Blinking rapidly he asked in confusion, "Wedding? Whose wedding?"

She huffed at him which made her chest do things that distracted him for a moment before she slapped him on his chest. "Ours of course Bumperskin. Who else would I be talking about?"

"Ours? You want to get married?"

"Well it would make our children legitimate but I suppose we could just shack up as they like to say if you want to. Either way I certainly enjoy the way it feels with you. We have been together for the last three years, you and I were virgins until we had each other. I make you happy, you make me happy. You have a very sensible name. Plus I will not have to change the monogram on my towels."

Neville could not find fault with anything she said. "Well Yeah. I agree with all that. So whenever you want to would be good."
"Oh good I'll call our friends and the justice of the peace and get them all here. We can be married by dinnertime and then go on our honeymoon. I have this wonderful place in Norway I can show you." She exclaimed as she headed for the floo to begin calling their friends. He sighed as she did, fortunately all of their friends had seen her naked almost as much as he had so they would not be weirded out by her call. Hopefully they would be as enthusiastic as he was about this. Picking his pants up he looked around for his shirt, he should at least try and be clothed in his wedding pictures otherwise they could be interesting to show the kids.

====(Ron and Lisa Turpin)====

April 17th 2013

Ron walked out of the lockup after serving his 90 days for public intoxication and performing lewd acts with a statue. He sighed as the sunlight hit him, just a moment later he heard his name called.

"Ron. About time you showed up." He recognized as Lisa Turpin. The girl he had been sleeping with before he got locked up. They had been going together for a few months before his incarceration. Having met at a club they went back to his place and started having a sexual relationship. She was very good and experienced in bed and that's all he wanted. Turning he stared as she walked up. A round belly pushing out her dress.

"Hey what's that?"
"This? This is your son. You got me knocked up before you managed to get yourself locked up bub."
"Yeah right. Sure."
"I already had the familia paternis cast and registered with a solicitor. Your mum has been such a nice and loving woman. You know she really loves grandkids."
"No way. You mean you already went to mum. She knows?"
"Yeah. Already has our wedding planned out with me and everything. Ginny is going to be my maid of honor."
"Oh." Ron slumped as he considered running back inside and begging them to lock him back up.

Taking his arm Lisa began to pull him off to the public bus stop. "Don't worry, dear. Your dad has already lined up a job for you at the Ministry. Something in the maintenance division under Reginald Cattermole.

Ron groaned but given the options tried to salvage some of his pride, standing up straight he walked to the bus with her.

====(Ginny and Seamus)====

June 1st 2002

Ginny swung her legs off the broom she was riding for the tryouts. Walking over to the coach she was grinning full of self confidence. "So what did you think?"

"Tolerable. You were not bad. Maybe with some more practice and some better training you could get out of the school leagues and into the pros. I'll put your name for second string."

"SECOND STRING! ARE YOU JOKING!" She shouted at the couch. Causing other players and coaches to stop and stare. "I am queen of the skies! I could outfly anyone in this stadium! I am first string material and you have no idea what you're talking about."
"Miss Weasley I will not be talked to like that, nor will I have my decisions second guessed. You want to be a Harpy you can be second string or you can get off my field!" The coach shouted back. Ginny picked up her broom and stomped off, "There are other teams that will appreciate someone with my skills!"

"You might try the Chudley Cannons."

She came into the flat she was sharing with Seamus to find a bottle of champagne chilling. He was in the kitchen cooking dinner.

"So how did it go?"

"They had a full roster and said to try back next year." She said with a smile.

"Oh that's okay. Well we can still enjoy dinner and the champagne and maybe you can relax."
"Yeah."

After dinner Seamus was smiling at her, "You know Ginny we've been dating for four years now. Things are going pretty good, so would you like to get married?"

Ginny smiled, at least something today was going good, "Yeah I'd love that." She said letting him slide the ring on her finger.

====(Ginny and Dean Thomas)====

November 16th 2009

Ginny Finnigan stared at the small blue glow hovering over her abdomen. She had cast the spell twice and now the healer had done it. It confirmed she was pregnant. She hoped the results would not be what she was afraid they would be.

8 months later on schedule a baby was born to her. The mid-wife looked at the baby, then up to the pale skinned, redheaded plump mother, and the pale brown haired Irish father. It wasn't her place to say or do anything other than make sure mother and baby came through the labor process safe and sound. So she cleaned and swaddled the baby and handed her to her mother. Seamus looked at the child with her dark chocolate brown skin and full head of black kinky hair. He looked at Ginny who tried to smile at him as he clenched his fists, gave a curt nod to the midwife and then turned and coldly walked out of her life. The only contact Ginny had with Seamus was through his solicitor.

Showing up on Dean Thomas' door she held the baby as he opened it. "Hi Daddy. Uh can I come in and talk?"

"You. Is that?"

"Yeah your daughter. I named her Margaret."

Dean sighed and looked at the baby she was holding out to him. He looked up at Ginny Weasley, formerly Finnigan. "I guess you want me to Marry you?"

"Well it would be a good idea. I mean you do want to have a part in your daughter's life right?"

"Yeah. Come in."

====(Ginny and Cormac Mclaggen)====

December 1st 2011

Ginny Weasley was polishing the tables at the Leaky Cauldron. Her glasses falling down to her nose as her flabby belly was held in by a corset pushing her heavy breasts up and together. Her bottom and thighs had rounded out but were hidden by her skirt. Her face though was rounder and more careworn. Her marriage to Dean had only lasted 2 years before he walked out on her. Calling her high maintenance and among a few other things.

She smiled when Cormac McLaggen came striding in. He was keeper for the Appleby Arrows Quidditch team and single still. She had been flirting with him over the last several months and managed to bed him twice. She hadn't gotten pregnant either time but since she had stopped using the potion or charms there was always the next time.

"Hey Cormac. How's it going?" She said as she sauntered over to him.

"Going great. I got made team captain!" He said picking her up and swirling her around.

"Sweet! That's great news! You want something to drink to celebrate?"

"Is it on the house?"

"No but if you wanna get a room it could be on me." She flirted as she inhaled deeply making her corset strain.

Cormac grinned as he saw the flesh inflating over the corset top, "Sure thing babe."

A bottle of Ogden's later and Ginny was in bed with Cormac. The next morning he patted her on the rump and tossed a few coins on the dresser. A few days later she grinned as a pink glow hovered over her belly.

The next time Cormac came in was a month later. Ginny was grinning as Cormac sat down.

"Hey Cormac. How's it going?"

"Going good. You seem happy."

"Well I'm going to be getting married soon so of course I'm going to be happy."

"Oh who's the sucker?" He chuckled as he ordered a beer.

She slapped a paternity test and pregnancy report on the bar in front of him, "You are daddy."

"No way. No fucking way!" He took the papers and looked at them them threw them back down. Getting ready to get up and storm off she said, "I wouldn't do that. You're a big star and the scandal this could bring would be rather detrimental to the ol career. I mean knocking up and leaving in the lurch your girlfriend is still looked down upon by the wizarding world."

"You wouldn't dare."

"Try me hubby." She smirked.

Cormac looked at her then sighed, at least she let him take her backdoor. Little did he know that 6 years later he would be single again as he just could not deal with her any longer than that and the Quidditch player for the Harpies he found that was a lot better in bed and nicer on his arm was worth the scandal Ginny caused during the divorce.

====(Draco and Astoria)====

Draco had taken Astoria to the theater and dinner. Bringing her back to her home he bowed to her father. "Mr Greengrass. I would ask of you permission to inquire of your daughter."
"I grant thee permission to do so."
"Astoria? Would you do me the pleasure of being my wife?"

She smiled and nodded, taking her glove off so Draco could slide a crusted diamond engagement ring on her finger. "I would be pleased and honored to be your wife."

====(Hannah Abbot and Cho Chang)====

September 6th 2014

Hannah came home to her wife and best friend Cho. They had not adopted any children yet and had not found a way to have their own. They had been living together for a decade already in an openly secret relationship, even though the Wizarding World was a new place there were still those who did not exactly approve of their kind of lifestyle.

Hannah though worked in the Ministry at the commissary so ran into a lot fo their former friends. Luna who worked in the Department of Mysteries had a running habit of coming in for a mayonnaise sandwich and glass of pickle juice every Wednesday. She would sit at the counter and chat with Hannah about things.

When the muggle parliament passed laws in 2013 allowing marriage between the same gender the Wizengamut sighed and realized that their world had been brought into the modern era and passed similar laws. Their hands being pushed by the up and coming who had matured in the last Voldemort war.

"Hey Cho. How was the game?" Hannah asked as Cho came in.

"We won." Her career with the Harpies had been going strong but she was talking about retirement. A decade was an eternity in the sports arena.

"Great. Did you see the news?" Hannah said handing her the front page.

Cho looked at it then looked at Hannah with a grin, "So you want to make it official? Come out and everything?"

Hannah looked wryly at her partner, "Hun we've been about as secret as Hagrid is short."

Cho blushed briefly but smiled, "Yeah. Okay. I'd like that but you have to ask properly you know."
"Oh I will. I just wanted to make sure you would want to. We're in this together you know."

"I know." Cho said taking Hannah in her arms.

"And there was something Luna told me about at lunch."

"Oh is Uranus ascending in retrograde?" Cho laughed briefly before seeing the serious expression on Hannah's face.

"No. Luna said the DOM is looking for subjects who might want to test a new fertility potion and spell combination that might allow us to have children, of our own. Yours and mine."

Cho blinked several times before grasping her partner tightly. "Getting married AND having our own kids?"

"Yeah. I mean we already looked at the money I make from the pub. And you could come there and lend your smiling face. So I get you pregnant and you get me and we have the happily ever after we wanted?"

Cho smiled watery happy tears, "I would love that dear."
"So would I."

====(Review Responses)====

blcoachmac: Thanks for the compliment. About their making a philosopher's stone I dunno. I don't see Harry or Hermione wanting to do something like that. A life fully lived is a great gift and both of them fought against someone who did horrible things for immortality. I get the feeling they are the type that would be proud to teach their kids right from wrong and to do the right thing to carry on the fight against darkness. That would be the immortality and legacy they might want.

Dennisud: Thanks. Glad you're liking it. I like exploring the different worlds. "What if" are the two most dangerous and exciting words in the English language.

Katmom: Thanks. I did not like the epilogue at all and would have loved to have seen something like this for the last chapter.

IdlemanRPG: Thanks. As they say fat bottom girls make the rocking world go round and as I am rather partial to the soft earthmother type as well having a few characters show up like that is not a bad thing. There is plenty of room for soft and curvy as well as the hardbodies indeed.

OfficerDonNZ: I had the impression that when Minerva first took over Albus had pestered her a few times with this or that suggestion or "advice" before she came in with a bottle of turpentine (Magically awakened of course) and a rag and told him there were two ways his mouth was going to shut. Either by his self restraint until she needed to ask him a question or her using some paint remover on him and wiping it off. I could see Minerva losing her cool enough to do that.

Yeah. I don't see him turning her down given the permission of Hermione. Thanks for the story heads up. While I am more fond of Luna in a triad with the pair Susan is a good option as well.

Yes it is good about Draco and not at all surprising about Ron or Ginny.