Molly Weasley shook her head at her two youngest children who had suddenly appeared in her tidy living room. “Ronald, Ginny, you don’t live here anymore I am not going to settle any more of your squabbles!”
“But Mum!” They shouted in unison as Harry and Hermione slipped in behind them.
“Oh it’s all the four of you then? I think perhaps this is more important than I thought.” With a flick of her wand her knitting took care of itself as she made herself comfortable in her big chair next to the fire.
“Mum Hermione and I are…”
“Ron and Hermione are!”
The red heads began at once and then started telling one another to “shove off” and “Mind your business”
Molly sighed and looked toward Hermione. “Well my dear this one seems to be about you, mind letting me in on the big secret?”

Forgetting about Ron’s spell Hermione ran over to Molly and sat at her feet on the floor. “Oh yes Mrs. Weasley! You see, what I mean is… You’re getting me as a daughter!” With those words a bright red zipper appeared where her lips had once been. Molly looked confusedly at Hermione’s mouth and then to Ron. While Hermione struggled to unzip her lips a look of recognition crossed Molly’s face. “Oh Ron! Hermione! You’re getting married?!” Molly screamed out in delight. She helped Hermione to her feet and then looked at her lips suddenly realizing that something was wrong. Turning red in the face all the way to her ears she turned to her youngest son. “RONALD WEASLEY! You put a spell on your future wife?! You fix it right now!” Ron looked at the floor in shame waved his wand toward Hermione and suddenly the zipper was gone.

Ginny and Harry chuckled in the back of the room while Molly dragged Ron by his ear to the kitchen table and told him to polish it until it was as clear as a divination ball. Hearing the laughter molly rounded on Ginny “And you young lady! You were trying to steal your brother’s spotlight! Shame on you! I want you to help him!” Ginny pouted and walked over to the table with a look of shame on her face and mouthed to Ron, “I’m sorry, don’t be mad” he just smiled at her and they began scrubbing the table.

Molly turned to the other two in the room, “As for you two! “ She chucked Harry under the chin and put her arm around Hermione “Lets go talk about this wedding!” the three of them settled on the sofa and Hermione blushed. “Mrs. Weasley?” “Molly dear.” “Oh, um, Molly, How did you get your two adult children to just listen and do chores for you?”
“Oh dear, muggles don’t work the same way as we do, do they?” Hermione shook her head. “ They know I’m their mother AND THEY HAD BETTER DO WHAT I SAY OR I’LL HEX THEM INTO NEXT WEEK!” She shouted toward the kitchen making sure that her children heard her. Hermione just laughed and said “I hope I’m a mum like you some day Molly.”
“You will be dear, don’t you worry.”

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“Haha! Mum said she’d hex you!”
“No, she said she’d hex us, not just me.”
“oh, right.” Ron cautiously looked over his shoulder to see if his mom was looking at them. “D’you think she’d care if we used out wands instead of out elbow grease to clean?”
“probably, but I’m tired. You’re beloved woke me just after sunrise.” With that Ginny moved her wand with a “swish and flick” and the sponge came to life scrubbing the table harder than she ever could. Ron did the same and sat beside her.
“I’m sorry I tried to steal your thunder Ron. I think I was just upset you could tell Harry but Hermione wasn’t allowed to tell me.”
“I know, that was mean of me. I was just afraid you’d talk Mione out of it and make her come to her senses. The only one she listens to more than you is Harry and I figured he’d be on my side.”
“Ron! Are you telling me you think you aren’t good enough for Hermione?!”
“Well yeah. I mean I’m not really, but I love her so much I had to try to keep her forever.” Ginny placed her hand on Ron’s knee. “Ronald, you are one of the greatest men I know, Hermione is blessed to have you in her life, let alone to marry you.”
Ron blushed so deeply he could feel the heat coming off of his cheeks. “Aww sis, you’re great too. Harry is mad about you, and even though he’s “The boy who lived” he’ll never be good enough for my baby sister!” Ginny blushed and gave Ron a playful shove.


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