Disclaimer: All the characters belong to JKR, the rest is mine.


It was Christmas, and as always, she was in the kitchen, making sure that the meal was moving along as planned. She looked at the stove, and saw the pots stirring themselves. She smiled at the normality of it all.

It was time to set the table. Too many for one now. The small ones would sit in the lounge, Teddy was well old enough to keep them in line. She hears a loud wave of laughter coming from the children, and sees that Teddy is right in the thick of it. Now she wonders if her first thought was prudent. Perhaps an adult should sit with them, but Charlie is the only single one now, and he would take offense at being put at the "kids table." Well, there comes a time when you have to learn to trust the children, and today was the day.

She leaned against the doorway, and looked around the room at her family. Arthur had the little ones gathered around and was telling them a story. Ginny and Harry were sitting together in a chair, still so obviously in love. Ron and Hermione were bickering about something, it was expected though. To them, bickering was just one more way to say "I love you." George was demonstrating some of his newer items to the older children. Angelina wasn't too far away, so she wasn't too concerned. Charlie was out on a broom somewhere. Sometimes, the Burrow just got a bit too crowded for him. Bill and Fleur were there too, quietly sitting in the corner, talking with Percy and Audrey.

They would raise a toast to Fred at dinner. He was always loved and always missed. They all carried the scars of the war. Some you could see, others were hidden deep inside. They were together, and that was what mattered.


A/N: The time has come to put this to bed. I always planned to end with Molly. This has been alot of fun. I've been thinking of kind of expanding the first Ginny story, incorperating some of the ideas into an actual story. It's been started, but I'm not thrilled with it, and I don't submit anything I'm not thrilled with. I've loved reading the reviews and I've appreciated them all. Thank you so much for making this such a great first experience.