Challenge: The Rom-Com Competition and Challenge found in the Fanfiction challenge forum.

Prompt: Life As We Know It: Two single adults become caregivers to an orphaned girl when their mutual best friends die in an accident.

Disclaimer: The characters were created by the lovely J.K. Rowling, and the story plot is based off of a movie. The details of the story, however, are my own creation.

A/N: I split this in to chapters, hoping that the read is easier and there is a clear transition of time.

Life has a funny way of changing without any warning. One minute you're in love, planning a wedding, and the next minute you are "too clingy," and "just not what I want in my life right now." Well, Ginny's life has been like that, at least. Ginny and Harry had been together since her fifth year at Hogwarts, and they had been engaged for only three short months when Harry called it off. At first, Ginny was livid. Why would he ask her to marry him if he wasn't committed? Why not just end it before that stage? She thought her life would be a fairy tale, but nothing is ever perfect.

After the initial shock and anger, she decided that it was what was best. She signed on to the Holyhead Harpies as Chaser and played for a few years, before retiring from Quidditch and starting a career as a Corespondent for the Daily Prophet, as well as opening a little bakery in Muggle London (accessible to both muggles and wizarding folk) with Hermione, as that was one of their shared ambitions. Hermione had gotten her Wizarding and Muggle Law Degree, so it was mainly Ginny's responsibility. Harry never came around, as part of an agreement with Ron, Ginny's brother. So Ginny never planned on seeing Harry again.

But then that changed.

Ginny had grown close to Neville at Hogwarts, ever since her third year when he asked her to the Yule Ball. They had had a blast and, over the years, they became great friends. Ginny also became close with Hannah Abbott, and was the one who had suggested the couple date. She served as Maid of Honor for Hannah years later. The only problem with being so close to them now was that Harry and Neville were great friends as well. So when Neville and Hannah had their first child, it was no surprise that Ginny ran into Harry at the hospital. They made polite conversation, not wanting to ruin the happy day, but tried avoiding each other as much as was possible. Neville, sensing the quiet hostility, chuckled and told the duo that they'd better get over it, that they were the baby's Godparents, and that they would be seeing a lot of each other now that little Alice Pomona was in their lives.

Boy, was that an understatement.

Alice Pomona was born in February, so Ginny and Harry saw each other every holiday after that. They went to the Longbottom's for dinner every third Sunday of the month and celebrated Alice's first birthday at the Leaky Cauldron, since Hannah had just inherited the pub from her uncle, Tom. Ginny and Harry finally accepted the fact that things weren't going to change, and that they should put their past behind them in order to be the loving Godparents Alice deserved.

But then things changed, again.

The Daily Prophet office was buzzing when Ginny got to work, but everyone went quiet as she walked to her desk. What in the world is going on? She thought to herself. It was a rare occasion for the Prophet headquarters to go this still. It gave her an uneasy feeling. Ginny arrived at her desk, and made her way to sit down, when an intern approached her.

"We weren't expecting you in today, Miss Weasley," the girl said, not meeting Ginny's eyes.

"It is Thursday, why wouldn't I be here? I have a deadline to maintain, as do you, Naomi." Ginny began shuffling through the memos on her desk, looking for the Commentator's notes from last night's Puddlemere United vs. Chudley Cannons match.

"Well -uh- we figured you'd be at the Leaky Cauldron with everyone else..." Naomi trailed off. Ginny was getting irritated. Why is she skirting around what's going on?

"Why would I be there? I'm sure Hannah has it covered, she just hired some new people. I have two jobs, I don't need a third."

"Miss Weasley, there was a...terrible accident..." Naomi began, but was cut off by a sudden swarm of owls, followed by a disheveled looking...

"Harry? What is going on?" Ginny asked her former fiance, unsure if she wanted to know the answer. His eyes were glossy, as if he had been crying. Naomi had mentioned an accident, but who? Ginny's heart began to race, but she pushed the horrifying thoughts out of her head.

"You are a hard woman to get a hold of. These owls must have missed you by mere minutes. Ginny, they're gone... Neville and Hannah... Dead."

Ginny's vision went black, and she passed out.