Harry Potter and the Stranded Mists of Spring

Chapter 52 - A Family Occasion

Harry, Ron, and Hermione were the last of the Weasley family to gather in the atrium of the Ministry of Magic for George and Angelina's wedding. Kingsley was already present and waiting for them. So were various members of Angelina's family, plus a few friends.

Harry fell in beside Ginny, kissing her cheek. Then the bride and groom, the Weasleys, the Johnsons, and their friends rode up in the lifts together to the floor where civil wedding ceremonies were generally held.

The clerk's office they were led to was, on an ordinary day, very small. Today, however, it had been magically enlarged for the occasion and decorated for the wedding. Hermione didn't think it was as nice as the wedding in the garden she and Ron had two weeks ago, but Ron nudged her in the ribs when she whispered her thoughts to him, and she promised to keep her opinion to herself. Magic had managed to make this setting very nice.

"If you will all take your seats, aside from the bride and groom, of course," Kingsley directed. He took his place at the front along with the wizard who officiated at weddings.

The guests all distributed themselves amongst the chairs. Harry and Ginny found themselves on one side of the aisle while Ron and Hermione sat on the other. Then out of nowhere magical music began to play. Angelina walked down the aisle with her father. Harry had only heard about Angelina's father once before, but he'd never met the man. He was tall and thin, like Angelina, and in truth she looked a good deal like him.

For once in his life, George resisted making a joke. He greeted his bride to be with a smile, took her hand, and turned his attention first to Kingsley who spoke before sitting down, then to the little wizard.

"Do you think our wedding will be like this?" Harry whispered to Ginny as they watched the proceedings.

"I think ours will be outdoors," Ginny told him.

"Yeah, of course. We've already chosen the place," Harry whispered back, while from the row in front of him, Mrs. Weasley shushed them.

Harry fell contritely silent, watching while George and Angelina said their vows and the spells which would render them bonded for life. When it was time, Molly and Arthur Weasley, and Mr. and Mrs. Johnson went to the front and said their spells. Before they knew it, the ceremony was over. George and Angelina were married, and they invited their guests to a nearby restaurant to celebrate.

"Where are we going exactly?" Harry asked Ginny.

"It's at the far end of Diagon Alley, upstairs from some of the shops. It doesn't look like much from the outside," Ginny described.

"It doesn't look like anything from the outside," Ron chimed in.

"But it's supposed to be very nice inside," Hermione told him.

"We've never been there before," Ginny added, gesturing towards all the Weasleys.

"What's it called?" Harry asked his fiancée.

"Le Clos Bouvier," Ginny answered.

"That sounds French," Harry remarked.

"I think it's a French-Ethiopian blend," Hermione supplied.

"Sort of like George and Angelina. Not the French part, but the other part," Ron remarked.

"It sounds really interesting." Hermione remarked.

She'd barely said that when Mrs. Weasley approached the four. "There now, isn't this better than working this afternoon?" she asked Harry, Ron, and Hermione specifically.

"Yeah, sure Mum. It's nice to have a break," Ron told her.

"Yeah, it is," Harry agreed. "It was nice we could be here for George and Angelina's wedding."