Afterwards
A/N ok so this is my first fan fiction because I figured, hey this could be cool because this is how I think stuff went down right after the war also, I am VERY big on reading fan fictions and I love things close to the book (yes I read a tonks/lupin one once with hbp in front of me) so I wrote this with dh in my hands hahahha
Disclaimer: no matter what I wish, I cant go to hogwarts and own nothing jk rowling wrote about it hahaaha
"I've had enough trouble for a lifetime"With that their short
laughter echoed over the empty room. They then left the room, with
Harry giving one last glance over at Professor Dumbledore's
portrait, tears still glimmering in his brilliant blue eyes.
"Harry, no offense, but you look bloody awful" Ron mentioned while the walked down the steps and over the disgruntled gargoyle. Harry had to laugh at that and with a yawn he said "All I want to do is go up into the dormitories and lie down to be quite honest" They just passed the great hall and out of the corner of Harry's weary eyes he saw a flash of red, and turned around and saw none other than Ginny Weasley.
"HARRY!!!" she exclaimed, throwing her arms around his waist and hugging him in a bone crushing embrace, which he responded with almost equal force and lifting her off her feet. Ron gave an obnoxious cough, but stopped abruptantly due to the glare he was receiving from Hermione.
"Ginny-are you- how are- bellatrix- I'm sorry about" Harry sputtered. His grogginess quickly faded away, for there were too many things going through his head at the moment. Are you all right? Why did you fight Bellatrix? You look great! I'm sorry about Fred. But the most powerful was the urge to kiss her, and that impulse he acted on. She was as soft as ever and just as enthusiastic as Harry. She tangled her fingers in his hair and he put his hands on her waist. When they finally released after what seemed like years (though in reality just minutes) they glanced around to see that Hermione and Ron left.
"Harry, you look really-"
"-tired? Yeah" Harry replied with a smile.
"Well, here come on, lets get to Gryffindor tower, amazingly its still intact," Ginny said as she took his hand. They walked hand in hand through the abandoned corridors to Gryffindor tower. When they entered the deserted common room, instead of heading up to his bed in the dormitories, he sat down on one of the couches and motioned for Ginny to sit next to him. Before he went to bed, he had to say something.
"Ginny, you shouldn't have gone fighting, you could have been killed and-" Harry stopped mid sentence because Ginny's eyes had gone soft and she was caressing his cheek with the back of her hand.
"I thought you were dead," she muttered quietly without making eye contact and hiding behind a curtain of fiery red hair.
"If you died I-" She broke off, and Harry sensed what was coming. He engulfed her in his arms and buried his head in her soft hair as she quietly sobbed in his shoulder.
"Do you have any idea, what was going through my head as Bellatrix shot the killing curse at you? If you died, the one person I care for most left my life for good, I would never, ever, forgive myself, no matter how much I-" Harry stopped for Ginny looked up at him with red and puffy eyes.
"You saw her try and kill-" Ginny broke off mid sentence when she realized how stiff Harry got at the word "kill" " me?" Ginny continued more quietly with an eyebrow with an eyebrow raised.
"Yes, I" Harry told her the whole story not going into extreme detail from when he entered the forest to when he saw Bellatrix, which he told while looking at the ceiling the whole time, trying not make eye contact. When he finally looked down he saw that Ginny's emotions changed drastically from sadness, to anger. She slapped the back of his head and said "Harry James Potter, don't you ever ever fake your death ever again, do you understand me?" Harry nodded with a smile and added
"With what happened last night, I promise I won't have to," He said with a chuckle as he once again welcomed her into the folds of his arms. For a while they sat there in silence, just enjoying each other's company.
"So, you would never forgive yourself no matter how much you what?" Ginny asked casually. She noticed he sensed what she was talking about when he suddenly grew tense again, but he tried to dismiss it.
" Erm… What?" Harry said and Ginny rolled her eyes at his awful attempt at covering up his slip.
" ' I would never forgive myself no matter how much I'", Ginny imitated now facing Harry full on, in order to register his reaction. This took Harry by surprise, so he gave it some thought before finally answering. He made direct eye contact with Ginny and instantly thought he would melt, but he was so determined to say what he thought he continued to look directly into her curious eyes. He took a deep breath and found the exact words to say.
" Ginny, last year, I had to put our relationship on hold, no matter how much I didn't want to do it, I had to protect you. Now, Voldemort is gone, and if you still want me, I'll be here, even though there will surely be more danger to come, but, what I'm trying to say is, Ginny, I love you," Harry said. While he attempted to read her expression, he couldn't because now Ginny was kissing him fiercely which Harry responded to with a newfound hunger. When they broke apart Ginny whispered while panting
"Of course I love you too, you git, and of course I want to be your girlfriend" Harry chuckled and he felt happier than he had in so long, when he was with Ginny it was like Voldemort didn't even exist.
"Now, you should probably go to bed Harry and catch up on your sleep, oh" Ginny reached down into her pocket and brought out a vial filled with what Harry recognized as the same thing he took before he went to sleep after coming back from the grave yard only three years before. " Madam Pomfry wanted me to give this to you so you wouldn't have any nightmares, good night, and I love you" she kissed him good night and watched him walk up to his dormitory, in a daze, while she smiled to herself.