"Oh! Bill, my dear!" The moment the Weasley family emerged from the security checkpoint at the dock, Fleur Delacour came skipping toward them and threw her arms around Bill Weasley.
"Fleur!" Bill Weasley excitedly set down his luggage, lifted Fleur into his arms, spun her around on the spot, and only then set her down.
"It's been two weeks since we last saw each other. I missed you so much, darling!" Fleur gave Bill Weasley a passionate, deep kiss. "You've gotten so much thinner since the last time we met."
As she spoke, Fleur reached out and stroked Bill Weasley's cheek.
"I missed you too!" Bill Weasley said after kissing her back.
"I'm sure you know them all." Bill Weasley released Fleur Delacour and turned slightly as he introduced them one by one. "My father, my mother, Charlie, George and Fred, Ron, Ginny, Hermione, your old acquaintance Harry, and Harry's Godfather, Mr. Black."
"Hello." Fleur Delacour gently tucked the hair beside her cheek behind her ear, then politely shook hands with each of them in turn.
Everyone politely returned the handshakes as well.
"Come on, I've prepared a carriage for you," Fleur said after the greetings. "Unless something unexpected happens, you'll be lying in the warm beds of a Paris hotel in an hour."
"Oh, no, wait, Fleur." Mr. Weasley interrupted somewhat awkwardly. "Thank you very much for your kindness, but, but Tierra hopes that we'll travel entirely the Muggle way this time. So I thought I should probably take Molly and the children to buy tickets and take a Muggle bus to Paris."
"Oh? Is that so?" Fleur Delacour put on a surprised expression, then said with a grin, "But Tierra sitting in my carriage didn't say that."
"Tierra came too?" Hermione asked in shock.
"Yes," Fleur said. "He's