Harry Potter and What Happened After - Sahits

Chapter 20
The next morning Harry woke up to the sound of feet coming down the stairs. It sounded like two
people were walking down to breakfast, and from inflection in the soft voices he guessed it was Ron
and Hermione. He shook Ginny softly as he sat up and looked around for something to throw on.
Harry got up and was throwing his pajamas on as Ginny opened her eyes. "What is it," she asked.
"Your brother and Hermione are coming down, I thought I'd stop them so the four of us could go down
together," he stage whispered. "You better put something on; Ron will be mad enough that I'm in your
room." Ginny just nodded as she reached for her pajamas, which were rarely worn these days.
She had just pulled on her shirt when Harry opened the door and stuck his head out, "hey guys," he
said, causing Ron and Hermione to jump, "If you two wait a second the four of us can go downstairs
together."
Hermione just nodded and stopped, she still looked a bit tired. Ron was now getting over his surprise
and looked about ready to kill Harry.
Luckily that was when Ginny came to the door, fully dressed, and said, "Hey, guys, how'd you sleep?"
Ron seemed like he was about to say something, but after a second just waved a hand at Ginny and
started to mumble something about food and sleep.
Harry was half way down the steps when he heard the voices coming from the kitchen.
"…ppend so fast, we couldn't believe it when they told us," said Mrs. Weasley's voice, "but they're so
happy together."
"Well it's good to know something like that can happen so soon after the battle," said the crisp, yet
weary voice of Professor McGonagall.
Harry squeezed Ginny's hand and put his arm out to stop Ron and Hermione. He looked over at Ginny
and she nodded, telling him silently that she too had recognized Professor McGonagall's voice. Harry
looked back at Ron and Hermione and held his pointer finger to his lips, indicating that they should be
silent.
"Yes, it is," said Mrs. Weasley, "but we've all been seeing the spark between them for a while now. It
really was only a matter of time before it happened."
"Their dating or the engagement?" asked Professor McGonagall.
"Oh, the two of them dating was a sure thing." said Mrs. Weasley hurriedly, "Aurther and I were sure
that was going to happen. And we kind of expected the engagement to follow that, but not this quickly.
That's not to say we're not extremely happy for them." Mrs. Weasley finished quickly.
Harry decided that this was a good time for the four friends to walk in. He motioned for Ron, Hermione
and Ginny to follow him and together they all walked in to the kitchen.
Harry took in the room and the people in it all in one quick glance. Professor McGonagall was sitting at
the table, her customary pointed hat on the table in front of her and a cup of tea next to that. Mrs.
Weasley was standing at the counter facing the Professor, a mug of tea in her hands. Behind her, a pan
of eggs and bacon was frying itself and a copper kettle was still steaming.
"Hello Professor," said Harry with a bit more cheer then he felt. The greeting was repeated by his three
friends, with a little less enthusiasm.
"Hello Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, Miss. Granger, Miss. Weasley." The aging Professor said as she stood