I am not JK Rowling, and none of the characters or setting or world of Harry Potter belongs to me.
**I want to thank CNova for being here with me on this journey as the best Beta and Alpha a girl could ask for and helping to make this piece everything it is now.**
This piece was written for the Facebook Group The Fairest of The Rare for their Love Fest 2018. I originally published Part 2 first however I have since then re written and had this piece Betaed, so I have edited the entire work including switching my chapters around. Part 2 was actually the piece I wrote for Love Fest. Part 2 was written as a gift for Kelpie 169.
Charlie couldn't believe it. He was taking his girlfriend out to tea with his mother. He was not nervous about his mother meeting Hermione, because his mum already knew who the witch in question was. He was more worried about his mother's reaction, because of just how much they were able to avoid letting his whole family know up until this point. His mother was undoubtedly the nosiest of all the Weasleys, but also the one person he trusted most, besides Bill. Because of this, it hadn't exactly been easy to keep her out of the know. He just hoped she would respond in kind.
"Char, are you sure she is going to be okay with this? You know the whole family has been hoping I would get back with Ron," Hermione said to him while pulling on her jumper.
"She will be fine. She loves you, so I don't see where the problem could be," he sounded convinced.
"Alright, I'm ready when you are," she responded. At that, he decided there was no use in putting anything else on to delay the inevitable, so he grabbed her hand and they apparated to the Tea House.
"Charlie!" Molly exclaimed, "...and Hermione?" Charlie picked up the hint of sarcasm she conveyed upon saying Hermione's name.
"Erm," Charlie had lost his words for a moment due to his mother's reaction, "Hello mum, meet my girlfriend," he exhaled while pulling Hermione into his side.
"Oh, thank Merlin! I was starting to wonder when you guys would happen," Molly said, pointing between the two of them.
They looked at each other for a moment and said, "What?" This was not the response either one had been expecting at all.
Charlie followed the 'what' up with, "You knew this whole time?"
Hermione added, "I don't understand? Everyone expressed their desire for me to be with Ron eventually."
"But not everyone, dear. Why do you think I never pushed that? Of course I've known. I am your mother after all Charles. You don't have seven children and not know the signs right in front of your face." She exclaimed to them both.
Charlie was starting to put the puzzle pieces together, "That's why you wouldn't let Ron keep her up in his room, isn't it? or-wait a minute! Have you been putting our chairs next to each other at dinner on purpose?"
"Well, what did you want me to do? I noticed the attraction when you started coming around the house more Charlie," Molly huffed.
"I think this turned out to be a pretty good reveal. Now that you know Molly, how do we go about telling the rest of the family?" Hermione poked her boyfriend.
"Well let's sit down for tea, and we can further discuss that," Molly said, pulling out her chair at the table.
The three of them proceeded to order their tea, grab some biscuits, and come up with a plan to tell the family
