Chapter 4: Revelation

The next day,

Percy and George were in the kitchen talking about ways to get help to rebuild the damaged store when Charlie came running into the kitchen from the backyard looking as if he had walked in on his parents doing something he shouldn't have seen.

"What happened to you?" George asked

"Did you two know that Harry and Ginny are an item?" Charlie asked stunned. "Because I just saw them snogging by the broom shed"

"I walked in on them too." Percy confirmed.

"Would you like to join our little pool?" George offered since Charlie hadn't had a bet placed on him.

"What pool?" Charlie asked

"10 galleons for Which of these four will find out about the two lovebirds first: Mum, Dad, Bill, or if he doesn't know already, Ron?" George said having decided to add Molly in the list this time. "Perce says Bill, but I say Dad or Ron if he doesn't know already"

"Not Ron" Charlie said "He's too oblivious. I'm with George though on Dad. Mum's been too out of it with Fred and that leaves Bill and Dad. And Dad's a LOT more observant than we give him credit for. So…do we approve of Harry and Ginny as a couple? I mean, I actually like Harry, but the Brother Code…"

"We figured the best thing is to treat him like a Weasley" George said knowing that Fred would be all for this plan. "I'm thinking of pulling a prank on him to hint that we know"

"What did you have in mind?" Charlie asked nervously. "I mean, we ARE talking about the Man-Who-Kicked-Voldemort's-Arse"

"Just a temporary hair dye to make him a redhead." George said shrugging it off. "To make him official 'part of the family' since he and Ginny seem serious"

"Who's serious?"

The three brothers turned to see Ron entering the room from the living room

"How was Australia?" Percy asked

"Fine. We found Wendel and Monica easily. Hermione took off the charm and we explained what we did and why. Hermione's spending the rest of the summer with them"

"Hey Ron?" George asked innocently "Has Ginny had any other boyfriends since Dean?"

"One other' Ron said before catching himself and decided not to give name. "But he broke up with her after Dumbledore died"

The older brothers exchanged skeptical looks.

"Anyways, where's Harry?" Ron asked

"Outside. I'll get him" Charlie said before running out the door

"If what they're doing is them broken up, I'd hate to see what they'd be doing if they were together" George whispered to Percy

"Maybe they got back together…now that You-Know-Who is dead"

"HEY HARRY! RON'S BACK!" Charlie's scream came from the porch knowing Ginny would kill him if he interrupted them face-to-face

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The next morning,

George, Percy, Ron, Ginny, Bill, Fleur, and Charlie were gathered around the kitchen table finishing up breakfast. Molly had gone on to Diagon Alley and Arthur was at work

"So…where's Harry?" George asked Ron innocently

"Taking a shower. Why?" Ron said

"GEORGE WEASLEY!" Harry's voice came

"What did you do?" Ginny asked her brother

On cue, dressed in a bathrobe with his hair wrapped up in a towel like a turban, Harry Potter came downstairs with an annoyed look

"This isn't permanent is it?" Harry demanded of George

"Of course not Harry. Just a week" George said innocently

"What's the matter Harry?" Ron asked

"This" Harry said taking off the turban towel to reveal that his hair was no longer black, but Weasley red

The Weasley brothers that knew of the relationship sniggered

"That's actually a pretty tame prank" Ron told George confused as Ginny looked at the shade of her boyfriend's hair suspiciously

"Well," Harry sighed as he sat next to Ginny. "Maybe I can actually leave the house without getting mobbed now"

"There a reason for the prank George?" Bill asked. "Not that I'm not pleased. It's good to see you pranking again. But …you are aware of WHO you did it to, right?"

"I'm well aware. Just realized that Harry's the one person in this room Fred and I hadn't pranked"

"And for good reason" Harry said in a reminding tone

"But in order to be an official Weasley man, you need to be pranked" George said with a wink.

"But the only way for Harry to be an official Weasley man now that he's 17 is if he mar…" Bill said before stopping mid-sentence and turned to Ron's best mate who was blushing. "Are you two…?"

Ginny and Harry nodded

"Congratulations!" Fleur said before running up to them and hugging them as Ron's jaw dropped

"Pay up" Percy said to George and Charlie. "Bill found out first"

Pouting, the two brothers gave Percy a handful of galleons each causing Ginny's jaw to drop

"You three KNEW? AND PLACED BETS!" Ginny shouted as she reached for her wand

"you two might want to watch where you two snog" Percy told his sister looking wearily at her wand

Just then Arthur and Molly came into the kitchen

"What is going on here?" Molly demanded. "Ginny. Put the wand away"

"Fine. Harry. Hex these three." Ginny ordered

"Later Gin. I left my wand upstairs" Harry said

"Harry? What happened to your hair?" Arthur asked

"Ask George" Harry said glaring at said prankster

"Just wanted to make Harry more of a Weasley" George said innocently

"You know Harry." Ginny told her boyfriend. "Moody would be disappointed in you for leaving your wand upstairs."

"Well, in all honesty Ginny. My wand is currently with my clean clothes in the bathroom. When I saw what George did, I threw on the robe and towel and came straight down"

"So…what you're wearing underneath that robe…" Charlie asked paling.

"Something you lot are better off not knowing" Harry said thinking of those WWW boxers he had slipped on before noticing his hair.

"And probably something I'd like to see" Ginny said

"Not without a ring on your left ring finger" Bill told his sister

"Which reminds me, I should get dressed" Harry said standing up

"Oh Harry?" Ginny asked concern written on her face as she pointed to her heart. "How's…?"

"Let's just say it's not going to fade anytime soon" Harry told her before leaving the room

"Did we miss something?" Ron asked his sister

"Nothing" she said

Ron then excused himself and went upstairs to the bathroom he shared with Harry.

He found Harry zipping up his jeans with the wand sticking from his back pocket for temporary storage.

"Hey Mate" Ron said

Harry turned to face Ron

"Ron?" Harry asked

"So…when did you and Ginny get back together?"

"Well, if you ask Ginny, we were never apart. The breakup was just an act to fool Voldemort. And the more time I reflect on last year, the more I think she's right. But it was the night before you left when we officially got back together"

"And you didn't tell me?" Ron asked

"And have you spend your trip wondering if we're behaving?" Harry challenged as he crossed his arms

Ron frowned. Not at the retort, but he had noticed a phoenix-like shaped scar on his friend's chest just over his heart

"What happened there?" Ron asked pointing to the scar

Harry winced at the realization it was found

"The same thing that gave me this" Harry said pointing to the scar on his forehead

"The EXACT same?" Ron whispered scared

Harry nodded

"Don't worry Mate." Harry said. "It won't happen again. Voldemort's gone for good."

"It BETTER not. The look on Ginny's face when Hagrid came carrying you was heartbreaking."

Harry slipped a Weasley sweater over his torso and pulled his wand out of his back pocket remembering Moody's warning when he had been taken to Grimmauld place.

The two friends walked back down to the kitchen where Harry was suddenly embraced by Molly while she sobbed with joy and muttered something about how she knew this day would come as soon as she heard that Ron had made friends with Harry.

"She find out?" Ron asked Ginny.

Ginny nodded.

"Now the question is," Arthur spoke up with a smirk on his face as soon as Molly released Harry. "Do we need to go over some ground rules?"

"Dad!" Ginny groaned while blushing.

"Don't worry Mr. Weasley. I won't do anything to jeopardize Ginny's…virtue." Harry said deciding to play the honorable boyfriend card.

"Good. Because if you do…" Bill said.

"You'll have to deal with si…five angry big brothers." Charlie added.

Ginny noticed Fleur rolling her eyes. The redhead suspected that the blond knew a few things concerning Charlie's love and Bill's pre-marital lives.

"I'm sure if he did, Fred would haunt him" George said. "So it WOULD be six."

Harry sighed. He had seen these warnings coming.

But for Ginny, it was worth it. Especially if it meant a family in the future.

The End