We were both young when I first saw you
I close my eyes and the flash back starts
I'm standing there on a balcony in summer air
See the lights; see the party, the ball gowns
See you make your way through the crowd and say hello
It was the Yule Ball and Ginny sat at a table in the back. Neville had gone to bed at nine o'clock, and it was nine thirty now. She sighed, bored.
Blaise Zabini had been left for some fancy Beaxbaton boy. He leaned against a wall, scanning the room for something to do. He saw a girl with coppery red hair and chocolate brown eyes sitting alone at a table. He walked over to her.
Ginny was about to head up to bed when a bronze colored arm appeared out of nowhere with a drink. The owner of the arm, a handsome man with amber colored eyes, smiled at her. She smiled back.
Little did I know
That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you please don't go
And I said
Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting all that's left to do is run
You be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story, baby just say yes
"You know what I love most about you?"
Ginny felt a little shiver go through her. He had said love.
"Your eyes. They're like melted chocolate."
Ginny smiled at him.
"Funny. I love your eyes, too. They're like a golden brown with little green flecks in them."
They smiled at each other.
So I sneak out to the garden to see you
We came quiet because they're dead if they knew
So close your eyes, escape this town for a little while
Because you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
But you were everything to me
I was begging you please don't go
Ginny crept along the corridors, the darkness scaring her. It was one AM, and she was meeting Blaise outside by the lake. She stepped outside the door. The moon reflected silver off the lake, the stars seeming to dance in the unstill water.
Blaise sat under the beech tree, waiting for her. She called to him. He stood up, and she ran into his arms. He swung her around.
"Blaise! I missed you." Blaise kissed her.
"I missed you too."
They didn't notice the young man in the shadows.
And I said
Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting, all that's left to do is run
You be the prince I'll be the princess
It's a love story baby just say yes
Romeo save me, they're trying to tell me how to feel
This life is difficult but it's real
Don't be afraid will make it out of this mess
It's a love story baby just say yes
"STAY AWAY FROM HER!"
Ginny watched in panic as Fred yelled at Blaise.
"IF IF I SEE YOU WITH HER, I WILL KILL YOU!"
Ginny tried to get him to calm down.
"Fred, calm down. It's okay."
Fred glared at Blaise one last time before he left.
"I'm sorry, Blaise." Blaise glanced down at her before leaving. Ginny watched his retreating back, her heart on her face.
I got tired of waiting
Wondering if you were ever coming around
My faith in you was fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town
And I said Romeo save me
I've been feeling so alone
I keep waiting for you
But you never come, is this in my head
I don't know what to think
For five heartbreaking days, Blaise didn't talk to her. He never sent her roses anymore, there was no more secret meetings. Finally, she couldn't take it. She waited until class, and then she paswed him a note.
He met her on the very edge of the Hogwarts.
"Blaise, what's going on? I looked for you. What did I do?" Blaise just looks at her, and Ginny can feel her heart breaking when he knelt on the ground.
"Ginny, I love you. I think I loved you the minute I saw you sitting there alone at Yule Ball. Will you marry me?"
Then you knelt to the ground a pulled out ring
And sad marry me Juliet you never have to be alone
I love you and that's all I really know
I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress
It's a love story, baby just say yes
He pulled out an emerald ring. Ginny gasped.
"Blaise!" She flung herself into his arms. He held her close, breathing in her smell, a mix of apples and oranges. They kissed, and then, hand in hand, headed into Hogwarts.
