A/n: Well… In my other story Harry Potter and the Return to Hogwarts, I mentioned a ficlet and I put it off, and put it off, but at long last here it is. The poems used are original compositions by none other than me! And the song is Crush by Mandy Moore.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or anything else of JK Rowling's wonderful world she created for me to rip off, and although I wish I was, I am not making any money off of this. I also do not own the song Crush by Many Moore. However I do own the poems used! (Are you happy now Mr. Warner Brothers?)
Rating: G
Dedicated to: Kristen, for encouraging me to do this ficlet.
Title: Valentines Suspense
Chapter 1: The First
Ginny sat in the common room one chilly February evening listening to her new mini radio. She had it turned to WMN (WIZARDING MUSIC NETWORK). One of her favorite artist, Mandy Moore, came on. Ginny found it rather amusing that the muggles thought she was a muggle. On the contrary Mandy Moore is a witch that was 'discovered' by a muggle producer and decided to go into the muggle music industry. Ginny turned the volume up when she realized it was the song Crush. She sang along in her head thinking about Harry.
oh oh, yeah yeah yeah, oh oh
You know, everything that I'm afraid of
You do, everything I wish I did
Everybody wants you, everybody loves you
I know, I should tell you how I feel
I wish, everyone would disappear
Every time you call me, I'm too scared to be me
And I'm too shy to say
(Chorus)
Ooh, I got a crush on you
I hope you feel the way that I do
I get a rush
When I'm with you
Ooh, I've got a crush on you
A crush on you
You know, I'm the one that you can talk to
Sometimes, you tell me things that I don't wanna know
I just wanna hold you
You say, exactly how you feel about her
I wonder, could you ever think of me that way
(Chorus)
I got a crush on you
I hope you feel the way that I do
I get a rush
When I'm with you
Ooh, I've got a crush on you
A crush on you
Ooh, I wish I could tell somebody
But there's no one to talk to, nobody knows
I've got a crush on you
A crush on you, I got a crush
Hey ey ey I got a crush, I got a crush on you
You say, everything that no one says
But I feel, everything that you're afraid to feel
I will always want you, I will always love you
(Chorus) x2
I got a crush on you
I hope you feel the way that I do
I get a rush
When I'm with you
Ooh, I've got a crush on you
A crush on you
I got a crush, I got a crush on you
I got a crush, I got a crush on you
I got a crush, I got a crush on you
I got a crush, I got a crush on you
Ginny had hid her feelings for him deep inside herself until this, her 6th year. She loved him, and knew it. The war was going full scale now and she knew she had to tell him, before it was too late. She didn't care if he didn't feel the same way. He would be gone next year, from school for sure, and maybe even gone forever. It brought tears to her eyes at the thought of him fighting, and it infuriated her that she was one of the best DADA students in her year and still wouldn't be aloud to fight until after she graduated.
The song ended and she sat staring blankly at her half written potions essay. "bloody Snape" she thought. She looked over at Harry sitting at a table across the common room with Ron, and Hermione (who by the way were playing footsie under that table), and smiled as he looked up at her before looking away. She suddenly got inspiration and pulled a clean sheet of parchment out of her bag and began to write.
Harry sat at his table with Ron, and Hermione. He was slightly brooding because just a few days ago, Kya his Ravenclaw girlfriend had broken up with him. And if that weren't enough but she had broken up with him for Draco Malfoy. He didn't really love her but it still hurt. He kept saying to himself, "for Malfoy?" and "I thought Ravenclaw's were suppose to be smart?"
But lately he'd had his eye on a certain red-headed Weasley, who by the way was sitting on the other side of the common room all alone looking very cute bobbing her head to her new mini radio, and lip syncing the words. He saw her look up at him for a fleeting second, smile and then move to get a piece of parchment out of her bag, and began writing. "probably an essay." He thought.
"Harry?…Harry?!?" Hermione said snapping her fingers in front of Harry's staring eyes. "Harry, how do you expect to pass your NEWTS if you spend all of your study time staring out the window?" she asked exasperatedly.
"Oh. Uh…S...sorry 'Mione. I, I was just thinking about the Quidditch match tomorrow." Lame excuse and he new it, he wasn't thinking about anything near Quidditch.
Ron spoke next, "Harry, the match isn't until next week. Are you feeling ok?" He asked looking concerned.
"Oh yeah. Sorry, I new that." Harry said stupidly, seeing out of the corner of his eye, Ginny get up and leave the commons. "I think its this whole thing with Kya, and studying for these bloody NEWTS that's getting to me. I think I'll go for a walk." He said packing his things away. Although he wasn't just going for a walk, he was going to look for Ginny as well. He knew he loved her. He had since last year when he started hanging around her more, because Ron and Hermione were always together and he felt like a third wheel. Harry also knew he had to tell her soon, because he would be gone from school next year, and off fighting, he knew the risks, he might not live through it. He could never live with him self if he didn't tell her before he left, or worse died.
As Harry stepped off the stairs leading up to Gryffindor tower he tried to think where she may have gone. He checked the library, the Great Hall, the Quidditch pitch (he knew she liked to practice her Chaser moves late at night when the pitch would be empty, and he was guilty of watching her magnificent moves from the safety of his invisibility cloak), the checked the Hospital Wing. No luck.
Ginny Weasley was in the Owlry. She had written something to Harry, and wasn't sure if she was even going to send it. Then she thought of Harry not being around anymore, and how awful she's feel if she didn't tell him how she felt. She selected a reliable looking school owl.
She dated the letter February 12th, and she thought that the perfect date for her plan, Valentines day was only two days away, and tied it to the Owl's leg she told her, "Now bring this to Harry Potter, you know where the 7th year boys dorm is?" The owl hooted and slightly inclined her head to indicate yes. "Also I didn't put who it was from for a reason. If he asks….oh wait, duh, you can't tell him anyway." The owl hooted as if to laugh, and say "I understand." She led the owl to the window and she flew off. Ginny stayed there looking out at the grounds and reflected how much things had changed in her life from 3 years ago. She totally missed the figure of Harry Potter crossing the grounds looking for her.
After a while she grabbed her bag and went back up to Gryffindor tower. She entered the commons it was relatively empty. She plopped down on the sofa opposite the blazing fire. She reached into her bag and pulled out her latest book, and began to read. Before long the commons were empty except for her, and sleep over took her.
It was getting very late, past curfew when Harry left Hagrid's hut (he had gone to check there too), he headed up the stairs to Gryffindor tower. As he walked through the portrait hole he saw the circular room was empty except for the smallest Weasley who was sleeping on the sofa opposite the now extinguished fire, slightly shivering. With an open book held in her hand up side down on her abdomen. Harry sighed at the sight of her, but didn't want to wake her. He saw she was shivering, "Accio blanket." He whispered, and with a flick of his wand the blanket off of his bed came floating down the boys dormitory stairs. Harry snatched it out of the air and put a warming charm on it, took the book and closed it, placing in on the table beside her, and laid the blanket over her. He bent over and gave her a small kiss on the forehead.
Harry went up to the 7th year boys dormitory a few moments later and began to change, as he pulled his shirt off he heard a tapping at the window.
What looked like a school owl was trying to get his attention. Harry opened the window, and the owl put his leg out for Harry to take the letter.
He took the letter and unrolled the parchment. The letter was dated February 12th, today but did not say a sender. "Who's it from" he wondered aloud, and suddenly the school owl nipped his finger hard a flew off. And in girlish loopy handwriting he read:
It's him and I alone,
I look into his eyes,
And think I see something,
Something that makes me
Want to say exactly how I feel.
Then I second guess, and think,
No, I didn't see a thing,
It was just my imagination
But the longing is still there
The loneliness is still there
The emptiness is still there
I want him to say something,
Anything, that would take a friendship
To another level
But he's still silent,
I'm still silent,
Constantly watching his
Eyes, his hands, his face, his mouth
To see if there is any look,
Any expression,
Any word, that may mean
There is something more to us
Than a friendship.
A/n: Oooooh….what will his reaction be, I wonder! Alright there you have it, chapter one! I hope you guys liked it cuz I didn't even know if I was ganna post this, I think my poem is rubbish, but Kristen says its good, so I'm trusting my beta! *huggles* plus I've never written a multi POV fic, so I hope it wasn't too confusing.