One Shot: White Wedding
Title: White Wedding
Characters: Bill/Ginny; mentions Ginny/Harry and Bill/Fleur
For: HP Pairings
Prompts: 011 Only for 100_women; my table here
Rating: G
Genre: Song (woah, that's a first!)
Warnings: Billy Idol
Word Count: 400
Summary: Bill gives a toast at Ginny and Harry's wedding. One might think he stole it from Muggle music!
Notes: Calling a girl "your sister" in a song, always makes me think your talking about your sister. The song is "White Wedding" by Billy Idol, if there was any confusion.
Disclaimer: Characters do not belong to me and I make no money off of them, etc.
“It’s a nice day for a white wedding,” Bill began holding his champagne glass high. A drip of the golden liquid slid down the side of the glass.
Ginny looked up at him, a smile pasted on her face. It had seemed like a good idea to only allow Bill of all her brothers to make a toast. Percy would ramble, George would tease mercilessly, Charlie would break into a drunken song midway through, and Ron would stutter and blush. She had thought that Bill could keep it together and act cool.
Honestly, Bill what other color would it be? Ginny tried to pay attention to what Bill was saying.
“Little sister, you’ve been the only one - the only girl - and I’ve let you go for so long. I’ve been away for so long and I missed seeing you grow up so much. This is all coming as a shock to me! How was I supposed to know that you grew up, never mind that getting a wedding invitation!”
The crowd tittered. Ginny kept smiling. Where is he going with this? Maybe I should have let Ron, his would have been short…
“These past few years were difficult. I’m afraid that you have had to grow up too fast. You’ve had to learn things the hard way: that there’s nothing fair, there’s nothing safe, there’s nothing sure, and there’s nothing pure in this world. Anything can be taken away.”
He looked over at Fleur as a hand subconsciously rubbed the scars on the side of his neck. The crowd had grown silent. “After the war, things were still so uncertain - had we really won? When I heard about you and Harry, I said, ‘hey, little sister, what have you done?’ Are you really sure about this? Is now the right time?”
Ginny’s smile was gone. Harry patted her arm comfortingly.
“But then I came home to the Burrow and I saw you two together, watched how you both looked after each other, comforted each other, and loved each other.”
Mrs. Weasley was weeping silently into her handkerchief.
“And I realized that you two were meant for each other - that he was your only one. So I decided to give my big brother blessing. I realized that today is a nice day to start again.”
Bill raised his glass, looked down and smiled at his bright-eyed sister, smiled, and drank deeply.
Characters: Bill/Ginny; mentions Ginny/Harry and Bill/Fleur
For: HP Pairings
Prompts: 011 Only for 100_women; my table here
Rating: G
Genre: Song (woah, that's a first!)
Warnings: Billy Idol
Word Count: 400
Summary: Bill gives a toast at Ginny and Harry's wedding. One might think he stole it from Muggle music!
Notes: Calling a girl "your sister" in a song, always makes me think your talking about your sister. The song is "White Wedding" by Billy Idol, if there was any confusion.
Disclaimer: Characters do not belong to me and I make no money off of them, etc.
“It’s a nice day for a white wedding,” Bill began holding his champagne glass high. A drip of the golden liquid slid down the side of the glass.
Ginny looked up at him, a smile pasted on her face. It had seemed like a good idea to only allow Bill of all her brothers to make a toast. Percy would ramble, George would tease mercilessly, Charlie would break into a drunken song midway through, and Ron would stutter and blush. She had thought that Bill could keep it together and act cool.
Honestly, Bill what other color would it be? Ginny tried to pay attention to what Bill was saying.
“Little sister, you’ve been the only one - the only girl - and I’ve let you go for so long. I’ve been away for so long and I missed seeing you grow up so much. This is all coming as a shock to me! How was I supposed to know that you grew up, never mind that getting a wedding invitation!”
The crowd tittered. Ginny kept smiling. Where is he going with this? Maybe I should have let Ron, his would have been short…
“These past few years were difficult. I’m afraid that you have had to grow up too fast. You’ve had to learn things the hard way: that there’s nothing fair, there’s nothing safe, there’s nothing sure, and there’s nothing pure in this world. Anything can be taken away.”
He looked over at Fleur as a hand subconsciously rubbed the scars on the side of his neck. The crowd had grown silent. “After the war, things were still so uncertain - had we really won? When I heard about you and Harry, I said, ‘hey, little sister, what have you done?’ Are you really sure about this? Is now the right time?”
Ginny’s smile was gone. Harry patted her arm comfortingly.
“But then I came home to the Burrow and I saw you two together, watched how you both looked after each other, comforted each other, and loved each other.”
Mrs. Weasley was weeping silently into her handkerchief.
“And I realized that you two were meant for each other - that he was your only one. So I decided to give my big brother blessing. I realized that today is a nice day to start again.”
Bill raised his glass, looked down and smiled at his bright-eyed sister, smiled, and drank deeply.