Chapter 26 - The Wedding
"GINNY! Wake up, you lazy girl!" Ron yelled, inside her room.
"Go away!" she groaned, putting the pillow over her head. "Hum… Soft bed! My bed isn't so soft... My bed at Hogwarts was just as soft as this one!"
"Maybe that's because you're sleeping at Hogwarts! Have you gone insane? Wait, don't answer that! I already know the answer!" he said, sounding amused.
Knowing that Ron wouldn't leave her alone, until she got out of bed, Ginny sat, with her legs crossed, Chinese style. Here she was, out of her sweet dream, and back at Hogwarts, although she didn't recognize the room she was in.
"I was having such a great dream! I was getting married and you woke me up…" she complained, rubbing her sleepy eyes. "Is it breakfast time already? I don't think I've done my homework!"
"Merlin! You really are insane! I knew it! To marry someone like Malfoy, you have to be completely nuts!" Ron yelled with happiness. "You still can cancel the wedding, Ginny! I'm going down and warn everyone there will be no ceremony!"
"WHAT? I wasn't dreaming? Oh, I'm marrying Draco, I'm a Healer, I'll be Cassie's mother, and I'm pregnant!" Ginny screamed with joy. The reality was so perfect; that she thought it had only been a dream!
"You are WHAT?" Ron yelled furious. "That BASTARD! I'll kill him…"
"Ron! Do you want my child to be an orphan?" Ginny complained, caressing her two months pregnant, non-existing, belly. Her whole family knew about her pregnancy, except Ron, for obvious reasons. "Please, send Mum and Hermione to my room… I'll have a bath…"
"Fine! I'm happy that I'll have a nephew… but I'm sad the father is Malfoy!" Ron said, hugging his sister, with a small smile on his lips. "I love you Ginny! If he ever treats you wrong, just come to me and I'll kill him, ok?"
"Ok, Ron!" Ginny laughed, kissing Ron's cheek, before she went to the bathroom to take her bath.
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"Oh, my little Ginny… You are such a beautiful bride!" Mrs. Weasley cried, when Hermione helped Ginny put on the weeding dress. The dress was pure white, sleeveless and strapless, hugging her upper body as a second skin, with small red glass beads making flowery patterns, and the lower part had a lot of volume, brushing the floor, almost not touching it, and had a long tail, with the same patterns of red glass beads on the hem of the skirt. Her shoes were red, to contrast with the white dress, and her hair was loose, with her beautiful curls glowing under the mid-September sun light.
"Do you think Draco will like it?" Ginny asked, looking at her mirror reflection.
"I think he'll be disappointed you are not going to marry him in a green wedding dress, but either way, he'll love the sight of you going in the Great Hall to meet him at the altar!" Hermione said, smiling brightly.
Ginny laughed, and breathed deeply, trying to calm her nerves. The hour was approaching, and she was getting really nervous.
"May I come in?" Harry asked, knocking on the door. "How's the most beautiful bride in the world?"
"Come in Harry! I'm almost wetting my dress with so much nervousness!" Ginny complained, hugging her sweet friend, and wedding Godfather.
"You look wonderful, Gin! Malfoy is so pale and quiet, that I think he'll faint really soon!" Harry said, in an amused voice. "Cassie is running around him, trying to make him smile, but I think she's making him dizzy, with so many circles…"
Ginny laughed, and looked at Harry's watch.
"Well… He won't have to wait much longer! It's time!" Ginny said, breathing deeply. "Mum, Harry, and Hermione, go to the Great Hall, and tell Dad to wait me on the Main Staircase…"
Five minutes later, Ginny walked in the Great Hall, arms linked with her happy father. The Great Hall had been transfigured, and enormous rosebushes adorned the great columns of the hall, the benches were full of guests and all the Hogwarts students as well. The sky on the Great Hall ceiling was bright blue and extremely sunny, and white doves flew across the big room, fascinating Cassie, who was on Julie's lap, pointing to the ceiling and calling the birds.
And finally, Ginny looked at Draco… There he was, at the altar, surrounded by roses and ivy, looking happy and stunning, in his black tuxedo. As she approached the altar, Ginny wasn't able to look at the other guests… Her eyes were locked with his, and as she came closer, she could see his eyes were sparkling way too much. Was he crying?!
Mr. Weasley gave his daughter to Draco, hugging his new son, and kissing his baby daughter, stepping aside and joining Mrs. Weasley, who was crying with happiness.
"Am I that ugly, to make you cry like that?" Ginny asked, still facing him, smiling.
"No… Cassie just stuck her fingers in my eye, that's all!" he lied, kissing her cheek, with an amused face. "You are the most beautiful bride I ever saw! And now, you're all mine!"
"Not yet, Malfoy! We're not even married, and you're already lying to me!" Ginny laughed, caressing his wet cheek. "Come on, cry baby, let's get this done!"
As the Ministry representative married them, there was soft whispering among the students, commenting the wonderful weeding dress Ginny was wearing, the hottie Draco was, the cute couple, and so on…, making Ginny smile during the entire ceremony, while squeezing Draco's hand in hers, to keep from laughing.
"If anyone knows why these two should not be wed, speak now, or forever hold your peace," the man said, looking at the crowd.
"I have something to say!"
Everyone in the Great Hall turned to look at Ron, with their faces full of shock.
"I knew it! She has a lover!" a girl yelled, from the middle of the crowd of students.
"Oh, stop it! He's her brother!" another girl replied, laughing hard.
"Quiet! Why do you oppose?" the man asked Ron.
"Before she gets married, I want to make something clear! Malfoy, you hurt my sister, and I'll kill you! You hurt my sister's baby, and I'll kill you! You hurt anyone I know, and I'll kill you! You miss one Weasley family meeting, and I'll kill you! Do you understand?" Ron asked, looking serious.
Draco only nodded, with an amused smile.
"Good! I'm going to regret this, but…" Ron said, coming close to Draco and hugging him like a true brother. "Welcome to the family!"
"Very well! I now pronounce you, husband and wife! Mister Malfoy, you may kiss your bride!" the man said, trying not to laugh at Draco's blushed face, due to Ron's hug.
"This is it, Dracky! You are stuck with me for the rest of your life. Do you regret it already?" Ginny laughed, when he kissed her forehead.
"I regret I took so long to find you… I love you, Virginia Malfoy!" he whispered, kissing her soft lips.
"I love you as well, Draco Weasley!"
"Hey! I'm not a Weasley!" he complained, laughing.
"Please, don't say it out loud, or Ron will kill you, and I'll be a single mother!" Ginny complained, kissing him again. "Where's my daughter?"
"Here she is, Mummy and Daddy! Three Hip Hip Hurrahs to Mr. and Mrs. Draco Malfoy!" Harry yelled, handing Cassie to Draco and Ginny.
The whole Great Hall echoed the cheering yells, and the couple smiled happily, with a tight hold on Cassie.
"I think we'll be very happy…" Ginny stated, kissing Cassie.
"I'm sure we will…" Draco corrected. "Weasel!"
"HEY!" Ginny yelled, laughing in his arms. "There will be no wedding night for you, little mister!"
"Oh, I think you're wrong! I know you can't resist me…" he replied, kissing her softly, in a promise of a long happy marriage.
The End
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Are you all ready for the SEQUEL? I hope so, because it might make some of you feel extremely sad and even cry…
I have cried when I wrote the first chapters. After writing them I've asked my self how could I do such thing.
Well, I'll post the sequel right here, on the same story, so keep and eye on this FF, ok?
Love, Carina