Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or the song "Big Girls Don't Cry"
Spoilers: all six books feed somewhat into this story, but especially the last chapter of HBP
AN: I am not normally a fan of Harry/Ginny, but when I heard this song I felt that it really fit the way Ginny was more then likely feeling at the end of HBP. I hope you all enjoy it, please don't forget to review to let me know what you think!
Big Girls Don't Cry
Ginny sat in the window of her bedroom as the sun was setting. She sat there thinking over the events of the past few months. She had finally gotten her crush of five-six years to notice her, and it was glorious! But as all good things do, it had to end. He told her that this break up was for her own well being, to keep her safe. She also knew that this break was permanent, and nothing could change that.
The smell of your skin lingers on me now
You're probably on your flight back to your home town
I need some shelter of my own protection baby
To be with myself and center, clarity
Peace, Serenity
Ginny never had given up hope, not once since she met him, that they would be together. She never gave up hope until there was no hope to give up. Harry had bigger things in his life right now, bigger things than worry about her. She knew that she should be proud of him, and just let him go, but still she missed him, her one constant hope in a world with such an unclear future.
I hope you know, I hope you know
That this has nothing to do with you
It's personal, myself and I
We've got some straightenin' out to do
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
But I've got to get a move on with my life
Its time to be a big girl now
And big girls don't cry
After Harry walked away from her at the funeral, Ginny promised herself that she would not shed any tears over him. He had an important task to do, and he needed Ron & Hermione with him. If they thought for a moment that she was as broken as she really was, they would stay by her side instead of by Harry's. This break up was something that she had to get over on her own, in her own time.
The path that I'm walking
I must go alone
I must take the baby steps until I'm full grown
Fairytales don't always have a happy ending, do they?
And I foresee the dark ahead if I stay
Ginny sat there remembering the fun, and not so fun, times she had spent with Harry. From the first time she laid her eyes on him at the train station she was in such awe. At first her crush was nothing more than a hero's worship, but as she got to know the real Harry her crush developed into something a little more. Ginny recalled that awful Valentine that she sent him her first year, really what was she thinking? "His eyes are as green as a fresh pickled toad; His hair is as dark as a blackboard. I wish he was mine, he's really divine, the hero who conquered the Dark Lord." That valentine was probably the stupidest thing she had ever done.
Like the little school mate in the school yard
We'll play jacks and uno cards
Ill be your best friend and you'll be mine
Valentine
Yes you can hold my hand if u want to
Cause I want to hold yours too
Well be playmates and lovers and share our secret worlds
But its time for me to go home
It's getting late, dark outside
I need to be with myself and center, clarity
Peace, Serenity
One day, sometime down the road, Ginny hoped that they could be friends, maybe even closer. But for right now she could not face him, and would rather stay in her room as she tried her very best to move on from the Boy-Who-Lived. This was not something that was going to happen right away, it would take time and energy. But eventually she knew that she would be alright.
I hope you know, I hope you know
That this has nothing to do with you
It's personal, Myself and I
We've got some straightenin' out to do
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
But I've got to get a move on with my life
Its time to be a big girl now
And big girls don't cry
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