Ginevra M. Weasley, 17, stared at the fourth finger of her left hand, and sighed. She had every reason to be happy, but for some odd reason, she wasn't. Even she herself wondered why. Amelia Bones was now Ministress of Magic, and so her dad, Arthur Weasley, had become head of his department. She, Ginny, was Head Girl along with Colin Creevey, and her best friends, Hermione and Luna, were both doing fine. "And," she thought, "I'm engaged."

That was definitely the last and the least of the good things. While she liked Dean Thomas, the fact was, and she herself knew it, that she did not love him. But Dean adored her, and she couldn't bring herself to say "no" to his very romantic proposal. It had happened at a hogsmeade trip…

Flashback

It was Valentine's Day, and Dean had dragged her off to Madam Puddifoot's. There they were, peacefully sipping coffee, Ginny's with lots of extra sugar and milk, when Dean said, "Ginny, we need to talk…" And Ginny was thinking, "Now here's one of the infamous Thomas breakups!" (Hermione had said, with much detail, what Lavender was like after a breakup.)

"Ginny," Dean said with some hesitation," I love you like I've never loved anyone else, and I know you love me too, so I want to ask you a question."

"What?" asked Ginny, "I could pay for the coffee?" Ginny know what was coming, but she didn't want it to happen.

Dean got down on one knee and asked, "Ginny, will you do me the honor of becoming my wife someday?" And of course, being a very softhearted creature, she replied, "Yes, Dean."

End flashback

Ginny sighed and frowned, listening to the noise downstairs in the common room. "What is that?" she thought, "Aha, Harry's party!"

Harry and Lavender were giving a party for their engagement, and Dumbeldore, of course had allowed "the Man who Conquered" to come back to Hogwarts to celebrate, just for the night. Ginny quickly dressed in a glittery green tank top and blue jeans. Practically everyone from Gryffindor would be there, including Dean.

Ginny stepped down to the common room, Fred and George's engagement present, a set of heart shaped jewelry at her neck, wrists, and earlobes.

"Nice ring." smirked Fred and George in unision, Angelina and Alicia at their arms. Ginny had to admit it, the ring practically made up for her unlove of Dean. It had a gold band, with a single diamond surrounded by a cluster of rubies, breathtaking.

Suddenly, someone came up behind her and covered her eyes.

"Guess who?" said the voice of her captor.

"Uh…" Ginny thought for a moment, "Dean?" she asked.

"Of course!" he exclaimed, turning her around and giving her a kiss. She heard cat calls from her brothers and felt her cheeks turn red. She didn't really like a lot of attention. Dean took her arm and started to walk around the common room with her. Lots of people asked her about their engagement, her ring, and other things about their big news.

"Let's go say hi to Harry." Dean said suddenly, as he started to drag her over to where they were standing. This was the one thing Ginny had tried to ovied all night.

"Hey ya Harry!" Dean exclaimed as they approached Harry and Lavender. Harry turned around, and suddenly Ginny was staring straight into his dark green eyes. How she loved those eyes.

"Dean! How are you?" Harry exclaimed as the embraced like old pals. Ginny politely kissed Lavender on the cheek, but she didn't say anything. They had never liked each other much at school, and it looked like they still didn't now.

"Hey Gins!" said Harry. He gave her a big bear hug like an older brother might have given his little sister.

"That's what he thinks of me," she thought, "as his little sister."

She wished that he would love her like she always had. She wished that she could trough Dean's engagement ring down the gutter and be with Harry. But that could never be, because they both were engaged to another, and she couldn't break a promise.