=== December 24,1997 ===
Ginny would never admit it if asked but she actually enjoyed the muggle flight. Even if it did still astound her that the muggles managed to get something so large into the air WITHOUT the use of magic.
Once in Paris they've had a grand time. No small thanks to enchanted earrings both she and Luna wore. Earrings that Hermione had enchanted so they would be able to understand any language spoken to them and reply in that same language.
Now, it's Christmas Eve, which also happens to be Colin's birthday. Since he was now 17 he could perform magic outside of school. So they spent the morning watching him show off to his parents, while his younger brother, Dennis, shouts out spell suggestions.
Finally Colin puts his wand down. "That's enough for now, I don't want to wear myself out when we still have sightseeing to do."
"What's the plan for today?" Andrew, the Creevey patriarch, asks.
"I was hoping to visit the Louvre." Colin answers. "After that, I believe it's the ladies' turn to pick."
=== December 25, 1997 ===
===Granger Household===
Shannon wakes up and gets out of bed. She turns and sees Gabrielle's blond hair in the top bunk letting her know the girl is still asleep. She slips into the bathroom and quietly opens the door to the twins room only to find their beds made and them nowhere in sight. She exits through their door to the hall and heads out front.
As soon as she steps out front she hears voices. "She's so cute." Iris says.
"Thank you." Winky says.
Shannon looks into the room and sees Winky holding her elfling. "Oh my goodness, so little!" She goes over to them.
"Hello, Miss Shannon." Winky says. "Meet my daughter, Blinky."
"How old is she?" Shannon asks.
"4 months." Winky answers
"It's her first Christmas." Iris says.
"Just like the triplets." Rose says.
"I'm sure Poppy will take plenty of pictures of all of them." Shannon says.
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Sometime later, they all are gathered around the tree. "So," Hermione says, "usually we have the youngest person hand out presents. Clover, however, is clearly not quite there yet. So, as our guest, Gabrielle, would you care to hand gifts out?"
Gabrielle looks at the tree and sees the twins sitting waiting. "Why don't we have the twins do it?"
At the mention of the idea, Rose and Iris look at Hermione. "Go ahead, girls."
They both grin as they get down on the floor and quickly start handing gifts out. "Here!" Rose says as she hands Gabrielle a gift. "I believe this is for you."
"Thank you," Gabrielle says as she takes the gift and looks at the tag. She sees it's from Shannon. "You got me a gift?" She asks surprised.
"We're friends aren't we?" Shannon asks.
"I didn't get you anything." Gabrielle says.
Shannon shrugs. "Don't worry about it, it's not that big of a deal."
Gabrielle nods and opens the present. "Famous French Witches and Wizards?" She asks, holding up the book.
"Your sister is mentioned in it." Shannon says.
Gabrielle quickly flips the book open and smiles. "Thank you."
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Later that afternoon, Gabrielle sits on the couch reading the book that Shannon got her, her bare feet in Shannon's lap. Meanwhile Shannon watches Rose and Iris play with their new toys. The fireplace flares up, and McGonagall steps through.
"Merry Christmas, Mum." Shannon says.
"Merry Christmas everyone." McGonagall says.
"Merry Christmas, Headmistress.* Gabrielle replies as she puts the book down and pulls her feet out of Shannon's lap.
Shannon gets up and hugs McGonagall. "I'm so glad to see you."
McGonagall hugs her back. "Did something happen?"
Shannon shakes her head. "It's Christmas, so I missed you."
Shannon moves, Rose and Iris stand there. "Merry Christmas." They say in unison."
Thank you." McGonagall says, then when they don't move she asks. *Was there something else?"
"Since Shannon is our big sister." Rose says.
"Can we call you Grammy M?" Iris asks.
"Of course you can, until you two become students yourselves." McGonagall answers with a smile
"Thank you!" They say in unison as they hug her.
=== December 31, 1997 ===
"Now, remember," Colin says. "Tonight we have reservations at The Jules Verne."
"We're going to eat inside the Eiffel Tower?" Dennis asks, excitedly."
"No, the reservation is for Luna, Ginny and myself." Colin answers. "You'll have to figure something else out."
"Why wouldn't you include us?" Dennis asks.
"Dennis, your brother's reasons are his own.* Andrew says. "We can take care of ourselves for one night."
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They spend most of the day sightseeing, coming back to the room just so Ginny and Luna can get ready. The girls go to the room they share only to find a pair of black dresses laying on the bed. When they lift the dresses up a note is found underneath.
Thought you two might need these.
~Hermione
"You think she saw this in some tea leaves?" Ginny asks as she puts the dress down.
"I suppose, or maybe Colin told them of his plans." Luna says.
Ginny nods as she starts to strip down. "That makes more sense."
The two of them shower and get dressed, the dresses fit them perfectly, Luna's accenting her more feminine figure, complete with a moderately low neckline that reveals just enough of bosom to be tactful. While Ginny's dress shows her more athletic figure, tapering to her more narrow waist.
"How'd Hermione get these to fit us so well?" Luna asks.
"Probably the same way she got the dresses in here." Ginny answers.
"Magic?" Luna suggests.
Ginny smiles. "House elf magic to be exact."
"Want me to braid your hair, like I do before your Quidditch matches?" Luna asks.
"I think I'll keep it down for tonight." Ginny answers.
They head out of their room into the common area of the hotel suite where they find Colin dressed in a nice suit talking with his brother. "Evening." Luna says getting their attention.
Colin and Dennis turn and see the girls. "Damn" Dennis says as he drops the plate in his hand, it hits the floor and shatters.
The crash pulls Colin's attention from the girls. He quickly pulls out his wand and says: "Repairo."
"Thanks," Dennis says as bends down and picks up the fixed plate.
Colin turns back to the girls. "You two look good, really good."
Ginny and Luna walk over to Colin. "You look pretty good yourself." Ginny as she places her hand on his shoulder.
"I agree." Luna says, placing her hand on his other shoulder.
"Thanks," Colin says as he blushes slightly. "Shall we head on to the restaurant?"
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The waiter takes the last of their plates away. "Are we heading back to the hotel now?" Ginny asks.
"Actually, I have something special planned." Colin says as he gets up. "Ladies, if you would follow me."
Ginny and Luna get up and they all get in the elevator. They take it all the way to the top. "Wow!" Luna says as she looks at the entire city a glow with Christmas lights.
"It's like we're flying above the city." Ginny says in wonder.
"I don't think this could get better." Luna says.
Colin looks at his watch. "5… 4… 3… 2.. 1… Now!"
As he says the word fireworks go off, dazzling the girls. "I'd say this is better." Ginny."
"Just one more thing." Colin says. "The reason why I brought you up here. I have something to ask you both."
Ginny and Luna both turn to Colin as he gets down on one knee and pulls out two boxes. "Ginerva Weasley Potter and Luna Pandora Lovegood would you two do me the honor of marrying me?" He flips the boxes open, and shows them two identical rings: a small round diamond with a half circle sapphire on one side and a half circle emerald on the other. The stones sit in a ring made of stands of silver braided to make a celtic knot.
"Colin, they're beautiful." Ginny says.
"Is that a yes?" Colin asks.
"Of course it's a yes!" Luna says. "Now put the rings on us."
Colin does as instructed and then kisses them, one then the other. The fireworks continue going off behind them the entire time. "This may just be the best night of my life." Colin says ecstatically.
Ginny and Luna grin at each other.
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"So how did it go?" Andrew asks as Colin, Luna and Ginny walk into the hotel room.
"Everything went exactly as planned." Colin answers with a smile.
Andrew nods. "Congratulations!"
"Thank you!" Ginny and Luna say in unison.
"You're welcome." Andrew says with a yawn. "I'm heading on. Good night you three." He heads to his room.
"We should probably head to bed ourselves." Colin says.
"Not just yet." Ginny says.
"We have a late Christmas present for you." Luna says.
"Oh?" Colin asks.
"Come on, it's in our room." Ginny says as she and Luna pull him to the room.
Once in the room Colin looks around and doesn't see anything. "So where's my present?"
"Right here." Ginny says as she kisses him passionately.
As soon as she breaks the kiss Luna speaks: "And right here." She kisses him passionately.
Luna breaks the kiss leaving Colin in a daze as he watches the girls kiss each other, then unzip the other's dress. Leaving both girls bare. "I believe you're overdressed." Ginny says as she starts undressing him.
"Hold on,' Colin says casts a silencing spell."Don't want anyone to overhear us."
"Good," Luna says. "Then don't hold back."
=== January 1, 1998 ===
Colin wakes, laying on his back, but finds himself unable to get up as both Luna and Ginny are asleep, their heads on his chest, their bodies curled up against him and holding each other's hand. Colin smiles and rubs both their backs causing them both to stir.
"Happy New Year." Colin says.
Hearing the words wake Ginny and Luna up. "Happy New Year." Ginny says as she leans up and kisses him softly.
"Happy New Year." Luna says doing the same as soon as Ginny's finished.
"I could get used to waking up like this." Colin says and both girls just smile.
Their peace is interrupted by Dennis loudly banging on the door. "Ginny! Luna!" He yells.
"Shit!" Colin swears. "You think he'll go away if we ignore him?"
"Get dressed." Luna says as she gets up, Colin and Ginny scramble to get dressed as Luna calmly walks to the door and opens it with a yawn. "What's the matter?"
Dennis looks at Luna standing in the doorway naked and passes out, hitting the floor with a thud.
"Luna, I can't believe you did that." Ginny says as she comes up to her.
"Brilliant! Right?" Luna asks.
"Something like that." Ginny says with a sigh.
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Dennis groans as he wakes up.
"Don't move too fast now." Luna says, "you hit your head pretty hard."
Dennis opens his eyes and slowly looks around. While he was out they had moved him to the couch, Luna and Ginny are sitting across from him, both fully dressed. Dennis carefully sits up rubbing his head. "Here," Colin says as he walks over and hands Dennis a glass of water and a couple of pills. "Take a couple aspirin."
Dennis takes them pills, drinking the entire glass of water. "What exactly happened? It's a little fuzzy."
"You woke us up with your banging on the door." Ginny says.
"I thought it was an emergency so I came right to the door." Luna says.
"I remember now, you were naked." Dennis says.
"Of course I was!" Luna says. "I always sleep naked! You were pounding on the door so I figured it was an emergency."
"Sorry," Dennis says, blushing. "I was looking for Colin."
"I had gone to get breakfast." Colin says pointing to a bag of pastries.
"Oh, I didn't think of that." Dennis says.
"Well, maybe next time you'll think before you go banging on the door to a girl's bedroom!" Ginny snaps.
Dennis nods. "I definitely will."
"Now that that's settled, let's eat." Colin says.