set during deathly hallows , arthurs pov

Arthur had been watching harry since he had arrived at the burrow but he seemed to pay more attention to him on harrys 17th birthday.

to Arthur harry seemed depressed. at first Arthur had thought he was simple worried about his mission to kill he-who-must-not-be-named but after a while of watching him he released it wasn't his mission , it was actually arthurs own daughter ginny who had the-boy-who-lived so depressed.

it confused Arthur at first but he had had the suspicion that harry had started to fall for his baby girl last Christmas.

Arthur studied harrys face with interest. he noticed that whenever harry looked at ginny his eyes had guilt , shame and wanting in them. it was at that moment he realised that they had dated. it was obvouse that they were no longer a couple and Arthur felt a sudden anger directed at the boy he had consired a seventh son but when he looked at his own daughter he realised that she too had similar eyes but all that were in her chocolate orbs ,that she had inherited from his own mother, were wanting.

Arthur thought of the boy , no man he corrected himself , harry was and released that he had broken up with his baby girl for something he was sure she would call an act of stupid nobility. he chuckled at this.

he rembered all those years ago the summer before ginnys terrible first year that he and molly had hoped that she and harry would become a couple.

he was brought out of his fond memorys by his wife asking about the wedding. he vowed to himself that he would talk to harry about this one day.

Arthur completed this vow that very night . he walked into the garden to catch some fresh air before his bedtime when he spotted harry sitting on the bench near the pond.

Arthur walked up to him carefully and made a small coughing sound to get the young mans attention. harry instantly looked up with hopeful eyes but that emtion was quickly put away as he saw Arthur. he smiled he was expecting ginny he thought the poor lad.

"hello harry , couldn't sleep" Arthur said with comforting smile

"you too" was his reply.

"I sometimes catch some fresh air before I go to bed , helps clear the mind" Arthur said with the wisdom of a father.

"me too" was again the only reply

"mind if I sit with you, my boy" Arthur asked again with his fatherly smile he knew harry liked to see.

"of course mr Weasley" harry said with a wan smile. Arthur sat down on the bench next to harry and looked over the pond.

"now, now harry you've known me half your life , please call me Arthur , ill probably be your father-in-law one day anyway" Arthur said with a chuckle as he looked at harry , who had paled and looked at Arthur with a shocked face

"yes harry , I know about you and ginny , and I don't blame you for what you did" he said with a reassuring voice.

"im sorry if I broke her heart but it broke mine too" harry said. Arthur was surprised at the level of honesty harry was giving off.

"yes she did look very depressed after the funeral" Arthur said " she barely came out of her room until you came". Arthur stole a glance at harry and wasn't that surprised to see him on the verge of tears.

"im sorry , ive noticed it too" he wiped his eyes quickly before continueing "all I've wanted to do was hug her and tell her I love her , I love her so much". he looked up at Arthur and was know softly crying. Arthur did the only thing he could think of and simple put an arm around harry and pulled him into a hug.

"its ok harry , youll get back together, I know , she loves you too" Arthur reassured him " although I think your decision wasn't called for , I understand why you did it"

"what do you mean?" harry asked

" I mean you didn't need to brake up with her just to keep her safe , if I was you , I would of been selfish" Arthur replied.

"but if we stared together , Voldemort could use her against me and or kill her to get to me , I couldn't live with myself if she got hurt because of me" harry said in a panicked voice.

"yes harry , they are valed facts but you got to understand that he already knows about you and my daughter" Arthur said with a concened face.

"how , how does he know" harry asked quickly.

"first off all , the entire school probably knew about you two , that includes snape , draco Malfoy and all the other slytherins. also because of the connection you share with him" Arthur replied with a sad look.

"I guess your right , but Im still scared for her , so we want get back together until Voldemort is dead" harry said with a serouse tone.

"I understand son but I think you should tell her you love her before you go off" Arthur suggested. harry looked up and smiled.

"I think I will" he said.

"also I suggest you give in to her advances, it will be good for the both of you" Arthur supplied.

"I don't think I can to be honest , it already happened this morning" harry said with a chuckle

"did it" Arthur asked with a little surprise.

"yeh , she asked me to come into her room and she kissed me like I had never been kissed before" harry replied with a small dreamy smile

Arthur chuckled at this "yes, that sounds like something our ginny would do".

"it was perfect until ron came barging in" harry said with annoyance

"hmm, that sounds like my son , I love him , but sweet merlin he doesn't understand peoples feelings what so ever, I pity hermione when they finally get together"

"yeh, I do to" the two shared a laugh over this "well, after that he made me promise not to get her hopes up" he said with a depressed tone

"the problem with ron is he still thinks ginny is the little girl who showed him up all the time" Arthur said with a sigh.

"yes , I got that impression , I always thought he tried to keep me to himself and hermione" said harry.

"yes that's probably true but harry you know ginny better then any of us and you know anything you do with her wont get her hopes up , so don't do as ron tells you , my son needs to relise that you have a life aswell"

"you know Arthur your right , ive let ron control my social life for too long" harry said with relisetion and anger.

"well said" exclaimed Arthur with a laugh. "harry tell me how you relised ginny was the one"

"well" harry started "I guess I started to notice back in my fifth year , the night you where attacked at Christmas actually"

"really?" Arthur asked with a hint of surprise

"yeh back than I had the most stupidest crush on this pretty Asian girl and before the holidays we kissed , my first" harry said regrettably. ah, wishes his first kiss was with ginny, the poor lad.

"well that night I couldn't sleep so I went downstairs and started to talk to Sirius about this girl and he thought I was talking about ginny , I had a bad reaction to this , so he gave me the talk and forced me to imagine ginny doing all the things he was telling me about" harry said quietly.

Arthur shaked his head at this "only Sirius black would do such a thing" they again shared a laugh before harry continued

"well I think its was then when I released I was attracted to ginny , because the next day I almost fainted when I saw her at breakfast and Sirius was smirking at me" harry had a wan smile at rembereing his godfather.

"anyhow , I went on a date with this other girl and it ended badly, the other events of that year made me forget about ginny in that way and when she told us she was dating dean , I felt very disappointed but I didn't understand it back then"

"when I came that summer I think I started falling for her but I didn't relise I fancied her until me and ron cought her and dean snogging after quidditch practise, I wanted to hex dean for even tourching her and I instantly imagined myself in his position" harry was blushing at this point.

"well after she broke up with him I was so happy but again I let ron control my actions because I was scared what his reaction would be, well after she won the quidditch world cup we shared a kiss in the common room and that's when we started dated , it was the happiest time of my life and I hated to end with her but you know why" harry finished.

"yes, what was her reaction to the break up" Arthur asked.

"I told her my reasons and she just stood there , she didn't cry , she didn't even look that sad , she made one attempt to change my mind and when that didn't work she accept it and told me she would wait , I think that reaction was worse than if she would of cried or begged" harry said , he was on the verge of tears again so Arthur put his arm around his shoulder.

"yes that sounds like my girl" said Arthur and then he remerebed something "can I tell you a story harry"

"sure" was his reply

"its about bill and how ginny became so independed, you see when ginny was younger all she wanted to do was play with her brothers but molly wouldn't allow it because it wasn't ladylike , they argued about it a lot and ginny said she would never be a proper lady and would play quidditch profionanly , after one of these arguments bill came home and they talked about it, bill came down and for the first time in his life stood up to his mother with respect, he told her although he loved her dearly her world views for girls where too old and he was going to teach ginny how to fly if she liked it or not, I had a lot of pride and respect for my son that day"

"so I came out side and watched ginny fly for what I thought was her first time, she was great , even better then Charlie and that's saying something, after watching her do a roll I releasied that she had flown before" Arthur paused to catch a few breaths.

"yeh , she had been breaking into the broom shed since she was six" harry said with a loving smile.

"yes, I thought as much , well anyway , its at this time she started to act like the ginny we all know and love and I think its also at this time ron started to dislike her because she was pretty much better at everything he was, molly accepted that she wasn't going to get the daughter she wanted and the boys finally allowed her to play with them, it was also only me and bill who belived her that she would marry harry potter" he said with a chuckle

"well if I suivie this war she'll get her wish" said harry who was beamig know

"I know son, I know" Arthur replied. after a few moments harry stood up

"im going to bed know , thanks for the talk" harry said with a yawn

"any time harry, if you ever need any fatherly advice , my door is always open" Arthur offered

"thanks you , I will" harry said with a wan smile. harry turned back to walk back before Arthur spoke again.

"oh and harry" he turned around "you have my blessing"

"thanks dad" harry said with a smile. Arthur felt his heart melt at this declaration. harry turned back and walked back into the house.

after a few minutes Arthur yawned and decided to go to bed. he got up and lesurily strolled back to the house he loved so much. he opened the front door and was only mildly surprised to find his daughter and probably future son-in-law snogging passiontly. ginny was on the kitchen table whilst harry was standing. she had her legs wrept around his waist and her hands around his neck. harry had one hand in her hair and the other on her back.

not wanting to see his baby girl in this position anymore Arthur cleared his throught. the two teens sprang apart and looked wide eyed at him as he smiled

"don't worry , sweatie , I wont tell your mother" Arthur said putting their worryings to bed.

"thanks dad , were not back together , we just want some fun" ginny said with a cheeky smile whilst both teens blushed.

"yes I could guess as much" said Arthur with his own cheeky smile "well good night you two"

ginny rushed over to her father and hugged him "night daddy" she said in a voice that made arthurs heart melt.

"treat him well" Arthur whispered.

"I will daddy" ginny replied.

"treat her well son" Arthur said to harry as the hug end.

"I will dad" harry replied. ginny looked at her boyfriend with surprise but then smiled at him lovingly

Arthur had only walked up the first few steps when he heard the two start to kiss again. as he reached the top of his home he saw ron come out of his room.

"hi dad , you seen harry" his youngest son yawned.

"we had a little chat before he went inside" Arthur replied , waiting for his sons reaction.

"but he isn't in my room" ron said irritably.

"yes, I know, hes down stairs with your sister" Arthur informed.

"what" ron said "I told him not to get her hopes up, how could you let this happen , hes going to hurt her" Arthur felt anger at his sons statement

"no he wont Ronald" ron flinched at his full name "as his best mate , you should know he wont , know im telling you not interrupt them know or in the future , they need this"

"there broken up they shouldn't be fooling around , ginnys just a little girl , what if-" ron said but he was cut of by his father

"your sister is not a little girl anymore , you've got to understand that she is mature , probably more mature then you are son and I trust her and harry with this"

ron looked like he wanted to say something but didn't , he simple went back into his room.

Arthur sighed. his son had always acted like he was the mistake of the family even though bill was the only one not planned. Arthur sighed once again before going into his own bedroom for some much needed sleep. his dreams full of weddings but not the one of his oldest sons.

Arthur sat watching his daughter and new husband dance at their wedding reception. his thoughts went to fred, the only Weasley not there that day , he knew his late son was watching but wished he was here for real.

his thoughts went back to the talk he had had with his new son-in-law all those years ago. the summer before harry potter defeated lord Voldemort.

Arthur remembered the reunion very clearly. it was merely hours after the dark lord had fallen. harry had disaperead with his two best friends for about half an hour before rushing into the great hall. he had shouted ginnys name before rushing over to her.

the two had shared a kiss of longing and loving that Arthur could see that they loved eachother dearly.

he chuckled when his quite tipsy son George asked to dance with him. Arthur quickly declined before he went back to his thoughts.

he was glad that his baby girl had gotten her wish of marrying the boy-who-lived and was very glad that that the new married couple shared a name.

Arthur felt proud that his daughter , who he loved very much, was know known as Ginevra molly potter.

A/N please review . spelling not that great . story idea just came to me one day and thought it was good. hoped you enjoyed