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Happy Ever After
By Skywolf85
You know, if you had told me six months ago that there was such a thing as happy ever after I'd have called you a liar, but a lot has changed in six months. Six months ago I was walking toward my death with only hope that somehow I would take Riddle with me. I had no thoughts of my own survival and only hoped that my remaining friends; no my family would live. I knew that Ron and Hermione would finish Riddle and that they would take care of Teddy once I was gone. My only regret was that I would never get to tell Ginny that I loved her, that I would never get to hold my own child in my arms and that the Potter name would die with me.
Standing in the Great Hall after the battle and seeing all of the injured and dead I can remember thinking "Thank, Merlin!" because even though I was saddened by the loss, I knew that Ginny was not own of them. There was a lot of grief and morning in those first few months after what is now known as "The Battle of Hogwarts". We lost a lot of lives that day, not as many as I feared but the ones we did loss have hurt the most. Remus, Tonks, Fred, and Collin to name just a few and through it all Ginny and I did not leave each other's side.
It was exactly three months after the battle that I proposed to Ginny. It was at sunset by the lake at Hogwarts. I was not meaning to do it so soon but the time just seemed right. We had just finished a day of helping to rebuild Hogwarts and were resting by the lake with Ron and Hermione just talking; when Hermione remember that she had left a book behind. Both she and Ron went to retrieve it leaving Ginny and I alone. I remember looking at Ginny and thinking that the sun setting behind her seemed to make her shine like and angel and in that moment I did not even think about what I was doing, I just reached into my pocket, pulled out the ring and said "Ginny, I love you and will love you forever, will you marry me?" Imagine my surprise when not only did she say "Yes" but not three months later we were to be married.
Now, I'm standing under an arch covered in white lilies wait for the love of my life to walk down the aisle. The Borrow has never looked more beautiful. The grass is green and trimmed just so, the garden is in full bloom, and the sun is shining. None of these things compares to how Ginny looks right now. Her red hair seems to be glowing and the look of love and joy in her brown eyes takes my breath away. Her eyes seem to have captured my soul and as I stand there staring I don't remember the words spoken or the people in the audience, but I will always remember the feels that were invoked when the Minister said you my now kiss the bride.
So if you were to ask me now if there was a happy ever after my answer would be yes, because for me my Ginny is my happy ever after and all of the trouble, pain, and death was worth it just to see the look of joy and love in her eyes when she was announced to be Mrs. Potter.