Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling does, nor do I own the song Fearless, Taylor Swift does.
A/N: This was written for the 'Song Title Prompts Challenge: Bonus Prompt 1' challenge by 'Angel N Darkness' at .net/topic/94977/46172451/1/. Enjoy and please review!
Fearless
There's something about the way the street looks when it's just rained,
There's a glow on the pavement, you walk me to the car,
And you know I want to ask you to dance right there,
In the middle of the parking lot, yeah.
"You're sure you know who to drive a car?" a very pregnant Hermione asked as she and I walked out the door and to the vehicle parked in our driveway.
"Yes. I passed the driving course, didn't I?" I stated.
"Well, yeah, I guess. But either way, look at the way the road sparkles, it's beautiful." She defended.
We drove to the mall, and as we got out of the car, I heard some slow sweet violin starting to play.
"Can I have this dance?" I asked. Hermione rolled her eyes, but held her hand out for me to hold.
We're driving down the road, I wonder if you know
I tryin' so hard not to get caught up now
But you're just so cool, run your hands through your hair
Absentmindedly makin' me want you.
"Come on Lily, hurry up!" Dorcas yelled at me.
"I'm coming! Just give me three seconds." I answered as I pointed out Hagrid to a new first year. I don't really know how the kid missed him… "I'm here!"
"Wow, I can't believe that after all these years, we finally have our own carriage!" Mary exclaimed.
"It's about damn time!" Marlene added. We all laughed and that's when I heard someone yelling.
"Wait! Wait for us!" Black's voice.
"You're the last carriage!" I heard Potter's voice exclaim.
"Thestrals, wait!" Lupin commanded. I felt the carriage slowly coming to a stop.
"What are Thestrals?" Pettigrew asked as they climbed on board.
"They're the creatures that pull the carriage," I answered. "You can only see them if you've seen someone die." A loud quiet settled over the coach as we all knew that Lupin could see the animals, as he'd been there when Fenrir Greyback killed his mother.
Ja – Potter ran a hand through his hair. He's so hot when he does that. I thought to myself. Bad Lily, bad, you do not fancy Jame – Potter! But he's so hot when he runs his hands through his hair!
"Lily, are you okay?" Dorcas asked.
"Hmm? Oh yeah, I'm fine," I blushed as she grinned evilly.
And I don't know how it gets better than this
You take my hand and drag me headfirst fearless
And I don't know why, but with you I'd dance
In a storm in my best dress, fearless
Neville and I had just finished dinner at a fancy Muggle place Hermione had suggested, and we were going back to our safe Apparition spot, when all of a sudden, it started pouring rain.
"Come on Hannah!" Neville yelled over the loud noise. He grabbed my hand and started dragging me to the Apparition spot, but I tripped. Thankfully, he caught me and held me up right.
"Neville," I laughed. "What's the point in running? We're already soaked. Let's just walk and enjoy this."
"Sure," he said. I started humming a song that had been playing in the restaurant and he grabbed both of my hands and started twirling me around. My favourite dress spun as Neville twirled me around.
"I love you, Neville," I said.
"I love you too, Hannah,"
So baby drive slow, till we run out of road,
In this one-horse town, I wanna stay right here,
In this passenger seat, you put your eyes on me
In this moment, now capture it, remember it.
"Hunny, you might wanna slow down, there was an accident up ahead." I said to my boyfriend, Samuel Taylor.
"You probably saw that from your bedroom window," He joked.
"No, actually, I heard it from my neighbour, who, now come to think of it, saw it from her bedroom window." Sam started laughing, so I punched him in the shoulder.
"Hey, careful," He said. "We wouldn't want your neighbour to see two accidents outside her window."
"Did you see that?" I asked, pointing towards a shooting star. "Pull over, I wanna stay right here and watch it."
He pulled over and we watched for about fifteen minutes before I got the feeling that Sam wasn't actually watching the stars, but instead me. I turned and I was right, he was just looking at me with loving eyes.
Later that night, he stopped being my boyfriend and instead became my fiancé. It was one of the best days of my life.
'Cause I don't know how it, gets better than this,
You take my hand and drag me headfirst fearless
And I don't know why, but with you I'd dance
In a storm in my best dress (robes), fearless.
"Why did we have to have a ball for our wedding reception?" My new wife whined her and I danced.
"It wasn't our choice." I pointed out as I twirled her around. "Our parents told us to."
"Right," Astoria agreed. When the song finally ended, she said she had to go to the washroom, so I walked over to the balcony where the stars were shining through the rain. Ever since I was a kid, I would try to find my constellation, but I couldn't find it anywhere tonight, because there was one constellation that shone brighter than any other. I heard footsteps coming towards me, and I turned around.
"Oh, hey Mum," I said as I turned back to the window.
"That's all I get?" She asked.
"Mum? What's that constellation over there?"
"Did you pay any attention to your home-schooling classes? Never mind, that is… the constellation Scorpius, I believe." She informed me.
"Scorpius, I like the sound of that." I said as I heard another set of footsteps coming towards me.
"Sorry, Mrs Malfoy, could I please speak to Draco?" Astoria sounded giddy.
I looked back at her and said: "I don't know why you're talking to yourself, Mrs Malfoy." I teased, because there were now two Mrs Malfoys.
"I'm sorry for my son," Mum said. I pretended to be hurt, but they both just ignored me. "And he's all yours." She said as she left.
Suddenly, Astoria took my hand and dragged me outside into the pouring rain.
"Ast, what are you doing? Why are we out here?" I yelled over the noise.
"Draco, I think I might be pregnant," she grinned. I took her in my arms and spun her around. "Can it get any better than this," I heard her mutter to herself. "I've got the best husband on earth, maybe a kid, this is great," I kissed her softly and brought her back inside so she wouldn't freeze to death.
Well, you stood there with me in the doorway,
My hands shake, I'm not usually this way, but,
You pull me in and I'm a little more brave,
It's the first kiss, it's flawless, really something, it's fearless.
"I can't believe we just did that," I said breathlessly as my boyfriend walked me back to my dorm.
"Well, you did have fun, right?"
"Don't get you're knickers in a twist, Scorpius, of course I had fun. I just can't believe that I, Rose Weasley, Prefect, and, well to be honest, shoe-in for Head Girl next year, I pulled a prank."
"Well, it was only on your brother and seven billion cousins."
"First of all, there are only 6 of us here… me, Roxy, Al, Hugo, Lily and Lucy. Second, when they find out they're glued to their seats, they're going to kill us."
"Oh, well, we'll live." He reassured me as he took my hand in his. When we got to the Ravenclaw door, we both stopped walking and looked at each other. He came close to hug me, but at the last second, I turned my head and kissed him full on the lips. As we broke, I knew he was the only one for me.
"Wow," was all he could say.
"See you tomorrow?" I asked innocently. He nodded his head, and I turned to the doorknob to answer the question.
'Cause I don't know how it, gets better than this,
You take my hand and drag me headfirst fearless
And I don't know why, but with you I'd dance
In a storm in my best dress, fearless.
"I had a great time," I said as Remus and I got into our 'taxi cab' from where we were spying on some Death Eaters.
"What do you mean 'you had a great time'? We were spying on Death Eaters, you can't exactly have a good time doing that."
"Well, I did."
"You're quite strange Miss Tonks," he said.
"I know," We lapsed into silence until we got to my cousin's house. "Why is it only raining right here?" I asked. Remus looked up.
"It's my idiot of a best friend." He said to me then yelled upwards. "Sirius! You git!"
"Hey! It's not just me." Harry head popped out of the window, as well.
"Hi Remus! Hi Tonks!" I heard five or six voices yell.
"You guys are all so dead!" I screamed as I took Remus' hand and pulled him towards the house.
'Cause I don't know how it, gets better than this,
You take my hand and drag me headfirst fearless
And I don't know why, but with you I'd dance
In a storm in my best dress, fearless.
"Hey, Ginny, can… Ginny can I…" I heard Harry try to say over all of the reporters who had started bombarding me with questions before we had even started our date. What made it worse, was that it was freezing cold outside. "Ginny!" He finally yelled.
"Just a sec, Harry, I'm almost done." I said as I answered two more questions. "Okay, that's it everyone! You can all just go home now!" The reporters mumbled and slowly walked away from the Burrow.
"Wow, never thought I'd see the day when reporters weren't focusing on me. It's actually really nice."
"Quit you're bragging." I said. "Now, what did you want to talk about?"
"Well, first of all, I don't think we'll be able to drive all the way to London in this blizzard so, maybe we could just have a small little dinner inside, then watch a movie on your dad's Telly. And second, I just had one little question for you…" he replied. Harry slowly got down on one knee and pulled out a small jewellery box. "Ginny Weasley, love, will you give me the honour of marrying you?"
"Harry, that didn't really make any sense, but I think I understood the main question. Of course I'll marry you!" I exclaimed as he slipped the most beautiful ring I had ever seen onto my ring finger.
We ran back inside to tell the rest of the family, though they had probably been using Extendable Ears so they already knew that we were engaged.
