Arrangements
While Hannah's been off taking her tests or revising this week, I've been preparing for our wedding. I'm not sure if she remembers, but she promised that we'd be married as soon as she finished. Well, she finished today, and I'm sure she did brilliantly. That means we can be married…and the sooner the better, I think.
The first thing I did this week was go to my vault. I don't go there very often -- don't need to, really. And it's not like I'm rich or anything. But there are a few things in there that have special meaning or are valuable. One of those things is a ring set. A bridal set. It belonged to Mum's gran, and it's been sitting in the vault as long as I remember. Aunt Enid showed it to me when I was about eight, and I'd almost forgotten about it, until I went looking for an engagement ring for Hannah and had to go to Gringotts to exchange some Galleons for Muggle currency. On a whim, I decided to go into the vault, and I found the old jewellery box in the corner. As soon as I opened it, I knew I'd found the perfect ring.
After pocketing the ring, I went out into Muggle London to buy a suit. Merlin, I was hopeless at first, but I lucked upon an extremely helpful saleswitch…erm…clerk, who was able to steer me to something tasteful -- a simple black suit, white shirt, and red tie. I almost didn't recognize myself; I'm just so used to jeans and T-shirts or my robes. But I think I look pretty good in the suit, if I say so myself.
Then I went and learned what we needed to do to procure a license -- a Muggle license. Hannah doesn't want her step-mother to know about the wedding until after it happens, and I can't say I blame her. She needs to come with me to fill out a bit of paperwork, but other than that, it's all taken care of.
And I went to Godric's Hollow to talk to the minister there. I know Ginny isn't going to be able to travel far since their baby's due any day now (Merlin…Harry's going to be a father!), but it's really important to me that they're there. Those two and Ron and Hermione were my closest friends at Hogwarts, and we went through a lot together.
Finally, I went back to Longbottom Manor. I've been beefing up the wards after Malfoy invaded our flat, but I've also been working on the wedding flowers.
I think everything's ready. Now she just needs to pass those tests!
The first thing I did this week was go to my vault. I don't go there very often -- don't need to, really. And it's not like I'm rich or anything. But there are a few things in there that have special meaning or are valuable. One of those things is a ring set. A bridal set. It belonged to Mum's gran, and it's been sitting in the vault as long as I remember. Aunt Enid showed it to me when I was about eight, and I'd almost forgotten about it, until I went looking for an engagement ring for Hannah and had to go to Gringotts to exchange some Galleons for Muggle currency. On a whim, I decided to go into the vault, and I found the old jewellery box in the corner. As soon as I opened it, I knew I'd found the perfect ring.
After pocketing the ring, I went out into Muggle London to buy a suit. Merlin, I was hopeless at first, but I lucked upon an extremely helpful saleswitch…erm…clerk, who was able to steer me to something tasteful -- a simple black suit, white shirt, and red tie. I almost didn't recognize myself; I'm just so used to jeans and T-shirts or my robes. But I think I look pretty good in the suit, if I say so myself.
Then I went and learned what we needed to do to procure a license -- a Muggle license. Hannah doesn't want her step-mother to know about the wedding until after it happens, and I can't say I blame her. She needs to come with me to fill out a bit of paperwork, but other than that, it's all taken care of.
And I went to Godric's Hollow to talk to the minister there. I know Ginny isn't going to be able to travel far since their baby's due any day now (Merlin…Harry's going to be a father!), but it's really important to me that they're there. Those two and Ron and Hermione were my closest friends at Hogwarts, and we went through a lot together.
Finally, I went back to Longbottom Manor. I've been beefing up the wards after Malfoy invaded our flat, but I've also been working on the wedding flowers.
I think everything's ready. Now she just needs to pass those tests!