Exposed Heart - Harry Potter Fanfiction by Gin
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Chapter 1 - [ In the Present ]
Ginny sat in the living room of her house looking out the window. The autumn wind rustled the fallen leaves, and the sun was shining brightly. There were daisies growing under her favorite apple tree and almost everything seemed perfect. Everything was perfect, except for her life. Sure, there was the downfall of Voldermort and his followers, but her life didn't seem as great. Ten months ago she had married the one person she knew she would love as much as she loved him, or at least that's what she thought.
At the time, marrying Harry was the best decision she made in her life. But, things didn't feel right. She didn't know what was wrong with her, or with the relationship with her husband, but feelings of the past kept coming up. She heard Harry, Ron, and Hermione coming in and decided not to think of it anymore and pushed all of her thoughts to the back of her mine.
"NO WAY!!!" she heard Harry yell.
"PLEASE Harry, we really need this money." Ron pleaded
"He's right Harry, if Ron and I want to get married in less than a year; we're going to need the money." Hermione responded. Ginny smiled, it had been already 3 months since her brother and his fiancée announced there engagement. She had been very excited for them. Yet, there was only one problem with the marriage; they needed money to get married.
"THEN GET MARRIED IN 5 YEARS!!! YOU'D HAVE SAVED ENOUGH MONEY THEN!!" Harry yelled again
"Harry, look, Ron and I want to get married now. It really wouldn't be much of a problem for you and Ginny to do this one little favor for us now, would it?" the three walked into the room were Ginny was sitting.
"And this involves me how?" Ginny looked at them questionably
Harry walked over and gave his wife a kiss on the check and sat down next to her, "It doesn't matter, because we aren't going to do it anyway."
"Come on, tell me." She rested her head on his shoulder
"Well, these crazy people over here want us to go on that Wizarding Newly Wed show to get money for there wedding."
"You mean that show where newly weds are asked questions about each other and if they get them right then they get points?"
Harry nodded, "Yep, that's right." Ginny burst into a fit of giggles.
"HELLO!!! Its FIVE THOUSAND galleons! That would pay not only for the wedding, but your wedding present to!" stated Ron.
Harry raised an eyebrow, "What made you think we were getting you a wedding present?" Ron frowned and Ginny was still bursting with laughter.
"Come on guys, will you please focus on the topic! Harry, Ginny, please, we would appreciate this so much. Plus, you get to know more about each other." Hermione sat across Ginny and Harry and looked at them with pleading eyes.
"Fine" Ginny gave in. Ron and Hermione jumped up and hugged each other.
"What?!" Harry looked at Ginny as if she had three heads, "You're actually going to go through this?"
"WE are going to go through this. Sorry Harry, I actually feel bad for those two. And if you won't do it for them, then do it for me."
Harry sighed, "Fine, I'll do it for you."
Ron and Hermione were jumping up and down the whole time and when they finally calmed down, they turned the married couple, "Thank you so much!!!"
"Now, I think you guys should have a little talk, make sure you know everything there is about each other!" said Ron.
"Ron! I said that I would go on the show, not cheat. And plus, we already know everything we're going to need to know about each other." Harry smiled at Ginny.
"Whatever you say! Well, the show is hosted in a studio in Hosmede. You should go there and tell them you're planning on going on the show and winning some MONEY!!!" stated Ron
"Yea, well I think it's time we got going, before someone gets a little two excited." Hermione winked at Harry and Ginny who chuckled, and pulled Ron into the fireplace, and in the smoke, they vanished.
"So, you really think we can go through with this?" Harry turned to Ginny.
"I think we can. We should get going to the studio right away. Give them a heads up on what's coming." Ginny winked at Harry, who grinned at his wife. She made her way towards the fireplace and took a handful of floo powder. "Hosmede" she said in a loud clear voice and Harry followed.
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It was the night when Ginny and Harry would go on the show, even though it wouldn't be on live for the whole magic world to see. The use of television had been put to use in the wizarding world just a few years ago by Arthur Weasley. He was so fascinated by it that he convinced the Ministry of Magic to let him help companies to produce something somewhat like a magical television. They would be able to see the show in a week on TV after they filmed it.
Ginny and Harry sat at there chairs and viewed the competition. There was a couple from each house. They were obviously representing the Gryffindor house, while 3 other couples were representing the other houses. After hearing the rules and regulations, they began the questioning. First, it was the wives turn to question there husbands. The questions went from, who was there childhood friend, and what teacher he despised most while in school. Ginny answered all the correct and they were leading in points. The Ravenclaw couple was right behind them, followed by Slytherin and Hufflepuff.
Now it was time for the husbands to ask the wives. The first two questions were simple, and then came the third.
"Has your spouse ever dated outside of her house? You will get bonus points if you can name who and what house." The host announced the question.
Harry knew that Ginny had never really dated while at Hogwarts, and if she did, she defiantly wouldn't date outside her house, or that's what he thought. It came time for there team to answer, "No, she has not dated outside of her house."
Ginny felt her stomach twist; she knew she had to answer. They had put a small truth spell on them before the game began; she couldn't keep her secret for very long.
"No. No, that isn't right. I'm sorry Harry." She said quietly.
"What?" was all Harry could say
"Uh.do you mind giving us the full answer Mrs. Potter." said the game host.
Ginny looked deep into his eyes and was trying to figure out what was going on in his head. She didn't want to answer, but she could feel the spell coming onto her. "Yes, I have dated outside my house. I dated a slytherin." The whole studio seemed to quiet down and Ginny felt very uncomfortable.
"What do you mean a slytherin? Ginny? Who?" Harry was confused and flustered
"Draco Malfoy." She answered quietly. Harry looked like he was about to kill her, he opened his mouth to say something, but was cut off.
"I am sorry! That was an incorrect answer, Mr. Potter! Next!" yelled the host
It seemed to be going very slow after that. In the end, Ginny and Harry did win the five thousand galleons, but that didn't satisfy Harry.
"Harry." Ginny said softly.
"No, I don't want to hear it. Wait till we get home, I don't want to cause a scene." Ginny remained silent, knowing it was the best thing to do at the time while she and Harry walked to a fireplace to get back to there home. Ron and Hermione were waiting for them there.
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"So?" asked Ron
"We won. Money is at Gringrotts. But, there's a lot of explaining my dear wife must do." He gave a dark look at Ginny as Ron and Hermione jumped up and hugged each other.
"Look, Harry, it was in the past. You don't know the half of it, so don't assume things." Ginny looked at him apologetically
"Huh?" Ron looked confused, and so did Hermione.
"Why don't you tell them and lighten up there day Ginny? Tell them what I found out." Harry said.
"Ginny?" Hermione questioned.
Ginny gave a sigh, "Before I was with Harry, I dated someone else."
"Yes, that is correct! And this person is from slytherin!!! Tell them Ginny, who it was!" interrupted Harry. The other couple looked at her expecting an explanation. Ginny didn't know what to do. She had gotten herself into this whole mess and it was all her fault. Now she had to reveal the secret she was able to keep hidden for the past years.
"Draco Malfoy." She immediately looked straight at the floor.
"WHAT?!?!" Both Ron and Hermione jumped up. Ron's face turned bright red with anger as he walked over to his sister.
"What did you just say Virginia?"
"I dated Draco, when you guys were in your last year of Hogwarts." She replied.
"How could you.how.GINNY!?" Ron tried to control his temper.
"That's what I said! Ginny, you knew him, we knew him. Don't you remember everything he put us through? Not to mention disappearing during the war! He was probably working with Voldermort!" yelled Harry. Ginny winced at the sound of Harry's voice and at the comment of Draco's disappearance.
"That is both true and not true! I DID know him, you didn't. You judged him so fast you couldn't know him. You have no idea what he had to go through! You think that even though you're the fabulous 'Boy who lived' you think that you go through more than anyone else has to! He had a way harder and harsher life than you Mr. Harry Potter!!!" Ginny yelled back at him, tears forming in her eyes.
"We did know him Ginny! He was a ruthless, son of a bitch, who didn't care about anyone!" Harry shot back.
"No.you might of known that Draco, but he wasn't like that really. You didn't know the real Draco." She said in a low whisper.
"Guys, I think we should let her explain." Hermione said calmly, finally jumping into the conversation after being awfully quiet.
"Hermione, how can you be so calm about you this? You knew how Malfoy treated us." Ron questioned.
"Yea I know, honey, it's just.well, I know Ginny and I'm sure that she would defiantly have an explanation about all of this. We really don't know what this relationship was based on and who did what or exactly what happened."
"That's it!" exclaimed Harry, "He had you under a spell didn't he?"
Ginny looked at him with disgust, "How dare you say that Harry? There was no spell, no trick, no magic; it was just my heart, leading me to where it wanted to go."
"Can you actually say that you were in love with him?" Harry asked
"Yes." She answered. Harry and Ron shook there heads, Hermione just sat there.
"I don't see why." Harry said, "But, if you tell us the short version of this little romance, I'll push aside the lecture and letters to your family till tomorrow. Personally, I'm not in the mood at the moment."
"Fine," Ginny looked at the two men and the woman before her and started, "He was different. He had something that I couldn't explain. There was a bond between us that seemed unbreakable. At first, I did hate him because I didn't understand him. But, after I finally got him to admit things he had bottled up inside of him, I did understand. He had been put through so much and was still able to keep the sane and tough façade even though the loneliness inside of him was eating him up. I didn't love him for sympathy reasons; I loved him because he was like me."
"How can you say that Ginny, we're married?" Harry exclaimed.
"Ginny, if you don't mind me asking, when did this all happen?" asked Hermione
"It happened in my 6th year and your 7th. It's funny how blind you can be, you just didn't even notice what was going on around you. It started at about the beginning of the year."
"Ginny! There was a war going on! How could we have not cared about it?" Ron said.
"How could you not care about your own sister!" she responded, he immediately shut up.
"Why did he leave?" asked Harry quietly.
Ginny looked at him, she didn't know what to say. ".promise me forever? I couldn't leave without your word." She remembered every word he said, she remembered the pain he put her through, but she knew it was for his own good. "I don't remember," she lied, trying to hold back the tears, "It's been a while." Harry looked at her, he could tell when she was lying, and Ginny knew that.
"I'm going to bed; I can't take much more of this." Harry stood up.
"Harry, please." Ginny pleaded, but he kept on walking up the stairs pretending he didn't hear her.
"I guess we should be going. Come on 'Mione" Ron and Hermione made there way to the fireplace and left. Ginny was left alone in the living room. She began to cry when she thought about Draco. She lay on the couch determined to get some sleep, but thoughts plagued her mine. Soon she felt her eyes closing.
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A/N: I wrote this before I read the fifth harry potter book, so obviously the time sequence is going to be incorrect and some of the information as well. Lets just say this story is a bit A/U. I hope you enjoy anyway. By the way, I'm not one of those hardcore Harry Potter fans, so if I make a mistake in spelling or something like that, please don't start flaming me like crazy. Thanks, I appreciate it.
Reviewers are cool.
^_^
Chapter 1 - [ In the Present ]
Ginny sat in the living room of her house looking out the window. The autumn wind rustled the fallen leaves, and the sun was shining brightly. There were daisies growing under her favorite apple tree and almost everything seemed perfect. Everything was perfect, except for her life. Sure, there was the downfall of Voldermort and his followers, but her life didn't seem as great. Ten months ago she had married the one person she knew she would love as much as she loved him, or at least that's what she thought.
At the time, marrying Harry was the best decision she made in her life. But, things didn't feel right. She didn't know what was wrong with her, or with the relationship with her husband, but feelings of the past kept coming up. She heard Harry, Ron, and Hermione coming in and decided not to think of it anymore and pushed all of her thoughts to the back of her mine.
"NO WAY!!!" she heard Harry yell.
"PLEASE Harry, we really need this money." Ron pleaded
"He's right Harry, if Ron and I want to get married in less than a year; we're going to need the money." Hermione responded. Ginny smiled, it had been already 3 months since her brother and his fiancée announced there engagement. She had been very excited for them. Yet, there was only one problem with the marriage; they needed money to get married.
"THEN GET MARRIED IN 5 YEARS!!! YOU'D HAVE SAVED ENOUGH MONEY THEN!!" Harry yelled again
"Harry, look, Ron and I want to get married now. It really wouldn't be much of a problem for you and Ginny to do this one little favor for us now, would it?" the three walked into the room were Ginny was sitting.
"And this involves me how?" Ginny looked at them questionably
Harry walked over and gave his wife a kiss on the check and sat down next to her, "It doesn't matter, because we aren't going to do it anyway."
"Come on, tell me." She rested her head on his shoulder
"Well, these crazy people over here want us to go on that Wizarding Newly Wed show to get money for there wedding."
"You mean that show where newly weds are asked questions about each other and if they get them right then they get points?"
Harry nodded, "Yep, that's right." Ginny burst into a fit of giggles.
"HELLO!!! Its FIVE THOUSAND galleons! That would pay not only for the wedding, but your wedding present to!" stated Ron.
Harry raised an eyebrow, "What made you think we were getting you a wedding present?" Ron frowned and Ginny was still bursting with laughter.
"Come on guys, will you please focus on the topic! Harry, Ginny, please, we would appreciate this so much. Plus, you get to know more about each other." Hermione sat across Ginny and Harry and looked at them with pleading eyes.
"Fine" Ginny gave in. Ron and Hermione jumped up and hugged each other.
"What?!" Harry looked at Ginny as if she had three heads, "You're actually going to go through this?"
"WE are going to go through this. Sorry Harry, I actually feel bad for those two. And if you won't do it for them, then do it for me."
Harry sighed, "Fine, I'll do it for you."
Ron and Hermione were jumping up and down the whole time and when they finally calmed down, they turned the married couple, "Thank you so much!!!"
"Now, I think you guys should have a little talk, make sure you know everything there is about each other!" said Ron.
"Ron! I said that I would go on the show, not cheat. And plus, we already know everything we're going to need to know about each other." Harry smiled at Ginny.
"Whatever you say! Well, the show is hosted in a studio in Hosmede. You should go there and tell them you're planning on going on the show and winning some MONEY!!!" stated Ron
"Yea, well I think it's time we got going, before someone gets a little two excited." Hermione winked at Harry and Ginny who chuckled, and pulled Ron into the fireplace, and in the smoke, they vanished.
"So, you really think we can go through with this?" Harry turned to Ginny.
"I think we can. We should get going to the studio right away. Give them a heads up on what's coming." Ginny winked at Harry, who grinned at his wife. She made her way towards the fireplace and took a handful of floo powder. "Hosmede" she said in a loud clear voice and Harry followed.
* * *
It was the night when Ginny and Harry would go on the show, even though it wouldn't be on live for the whole magic world to see. The use of television had been put to use in the wizarding world just a few years ago by Arthur Weasley. He was so fascinated by it that he convinced the Ministry of Magic to let him help companies to produce something somewhat like a magical television. They would be able to see the show in a week on TV after they filmed it.
Ginny and Harry sat at there chairs and viewed the competition. There was a couple from each house. They were obviously representing the Gryffindor house, while 3 other couples were representing the other houses. After hearing the rules and regulations, they began the questioning. First, it was the wives turn to question there husbands. The questions went from, who was there childhood friend, and what teacher he despised most while in school. Ginny answered all the correct and they were leading in points. The Ravenclaw couple was right behind them, followed by Slytherin and Hufflepuff.
Now it was time for the husbands to ask the wives. The first two questions were simple, and then came the third.
"Has your spouse ever dated outside of her house? You will get bonus points if you can name who and what house." The host announced the question.
Harry knew that Ginny had never really dated while at Hogwarts, and if she did, she defiantly wouldn't date outside her house, or that's what he thought. It came time for there team to answer, "No, she has not dated outside of her house."
Ginny felt her stomach twist; she knew she had to answer. They had put a small truth spell on them before the game began; she couldn't keep her secret for very long.
"No. No, that isn't right. I'm sorry Harry." She said quietly.
"What?" was all Harry could say
"Uh.do you mind giving us the full answer Mrs. Potter." said the game host.
Ginny looked deep into his eyes and was trying to figure out what was going on in his head. She didn't want to answer, but she could feel the spell coming onto her. "Yes, I have dated outside my house. I dated a slytherin." The whole studio seemed to quiet down and Ginny felt very uncomfortable.
"What do you mean a slytherin? Ginny? Who?" Harry was confused and flustered
"Draco Malfoy." She answered quietly. Harry looked like he was about to kill her, he opened his mouth to say something, but was cut off.
"I am sorry! That was an incorrect answer, Mr. Potter! Next!" yelled the host
It seemed to be going very slow after that. In the end, Ginny and Harry did win the five thousand galleons, but that didn't satisfy Harry.
"Harry." Ginny said softly.
"No, I don't want to hear it. Wait till we get home, I don't want to cause a scene." Ginny remained silent, knowing it was the best thing to do at the time while she and Harry walked to a fireplace to get back to there home. Ron and Hermione were waiting for them there.
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"So?" asked Ron
"We won. Money is at Gringrotts. But, there's a lot of explaining my dear wife must do." He gave a dark look at Ginny as Ron and Hermione jumped up and hugged each other.
"Look, Harry, it was in the past. You don't know the half of it, so don't assume things." Ginny looked at him apologetically
"Huh?" Ron looked confused, and so did Hermione.
"Why don't you tell them and lighten up there day Ginny? Tell them what I found out." Harry said.
"Ginny?" Hermione questioned.
Ginny gave a sigh, "Before I was with Harry, I dated someone else."
"Yes, that is correct! And this person is from slytherin!!! Tell them Ginny, who it was!" interrupted Harry. The other couple looked at her expecting an explanation. Ginny didn't know what to do. She had gotten herself into this whole mess and it was all her fault. Now she had to reveal the secret she was able to keep hidden for the past years.
"Draco Malfoy." She immediately looked straight at the floor.
"WHAT?!?!" Both Ron and Hermione jumped up. Ron's face turned bright red with anger as he walked over to his sister.
"What did you just say Virginia?"
"I dated Draco, when you guys were in your last year of Hogwarts." She replied.
"How could you.how.GINNY!?" Ron tried to control his temper.
"That's what I said! Ginny, you knew him, we knew him. Don't you remember everything he put us through? Not to mention disappearing during the war! He was probably working with Voldermort!" yelled Harry. Ginny winced at the sound of Harry's voice and at the comment of Draco's disappearance.
"That is both true and not true! I DID know him, you didn't. You judged him so fast you couldn't know him. You have no idea what he had to go through! You think that even though you're the fabulous 'Boy who lived' you think that you go through more than anyone else has to! He had a way harder and harsher life than you Mr. Harry Potter!!!" Ginny yelled back at him, tears forming in her eyes.
"We did know him Ginny! He was a ruthless, son of a bitch, who didn't care about anyone!" Harry shot back.
"No.you might of known that Draco, but he wasn't like that really. You didn't know the real Draco." She said in a low whisper.
"Guys, I think we should let her explain." Hermione said calmly, finally jumping into the conversation after being awfully quiet.
"Hermione, how can you be so calm about you this? You knew how Malfoy treated us." Ron questioned.
"Yea I know, honey, it's just.well, I know Ginny and I'm sure that she would defiantly have an explanation about all of this. We really don't know what this relationship was based on and who did what or exactly what happened."
"That's it!" exclaimed Harry, "He had you under a spell didn't he?"
Ginny looked at him with disgust, "How dare you say that Harry? There was no spell, no trick, no magic; it was just my heart, leading me to where it wanted to go."
"Can you actually say that you were in love with him?" Harry asked
"Yes." She answered. Harry and Ron shook there heads, Hermione just sat there.
"I don't see why." Harry said, "But, if you tell us the short version of this little romance, I'll push aside the lecture and letters to your family till tomorrow. Personally, I'm not in the mood at the moment."
"Fine," Ginny looked at the two men and the woman before her and started, "He was different. He had something that I couldn't explain. There was a bond between us that seemed unbreakable. At first, I did hate him because I didn't understand him. But, after I finally got him to admit things he had bottled up inside of him, I did understand. He had been put through so much and was still able to keep the sane and tough façade even though the loneliness inside of him was eating him up. I didn't love him for sympathy reasons; I loved him because he was like me."
"How can you say that Ginny, we're married?" Harry exclaimed.
"Ginny, if you don't mind me asking, when did this all happen?" asked Hermione
"It happened in my 6th year and your 7th. It's funny how blind you can be, you just didn't even notice what was going on around you. It started at about the beginning of the year."
"Ginny! There was a war going on! How could we have not cared about it?" Ron said.
"How could you not care about your own sister!" she responded, he immediately shut up.
"Why did he leave?" asked Harry quietly.
Ginny looked at him, she didn't know what to say. ".promise me forever? I couldn't leave without your word." She remembered every word he said, she remembered the pain he put her through, but she knew it was for his own good. "I don't remember," she lied, trying to hold back the tears, "It's been a while." Harry looked at her, he could tell when she was lying, and Ginny knew that.
"I'm going to bed; I can't take much more of this." Harry stood up.
"Harry, please." Ginny pleaded, but he kept on walking up the stairs pretending he didn't hear her.
"I guess we should be going. Come on 'Mione" Ron and Hermione made there way to the fireplace and left. Ginny was left alone in the living room. She began to cry when she thought about Draco. She lay on the couch determined to get some sleep, but thoughts plagued her mine. Soon she felt her eyes closing.
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A/N: I wrote this before I read the fifth harry potter book, so obviously the time sequence is going to be incorrect and some of the information as well. Lets just say this story is a bit A/U. I hope you enjoy anyway. By the way, I'm not one of those hardcore Harry Potter fans, so if I make a mistake in spelling or something like that, please don't start flaming me like crazy. Thanks, I appreciate it.
Reviewers are cool.
^_^