A/N: If you're reading this and you've read my old version of The Way We
Were, what happened was I was very upset with the way it was so I made a
major decision and saved all of my reviews and then deleted the story off
ff.net. I have all the chapters saved on Microsoft Word, so I'm going to go
back and revise a lot of it. The story will be very different, hopefully
more exciting, and not so dragged out. Some chapters I'll probably do all
over again. I know a lot of you liked it, but I wasn't happy with it, so I
hope that you will still like it and if there's something wrong, let me
know! Like, if there's something that I should keep, remove, etc. If things
get too bad with this new version, I can always put the old one up.
Probably the first few chapters won't be that different. I thank all of you
for being understanding.
A/N2: This is my first story, besides a songfic. Okay, I want to say a few quick things about this story. First of all, Ron and Hermoine are married. Harry and Ginny had a relationship during Harry's 6th & 7th year, and after he graduated, he broke it off. Then, in Ginny's 7th year, Harry and Hermoine (Ron is with her, but he's not teaching) come back as teachers at Hogwarts (let's say they took special classes during the school years and summers of their 6th and 7th years and became Hogwarts' youngest teachers in a long time). So, there ya are! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, or anything J.K. Rowling created. I own the plot, Ron and Hermoine's kids (if I decide I want them to have any), and Ginny's friends.
Ginny sat in the train compartment, swaying to the gentle rocking of the train and staring out the window. She was enjoying the rare moment of quite time and had just drifted off to sleep, when one of her friends, Aimee Mills, came bursting in.
"Guess what!!" she shouted so loudly that Ginny jumped up out of her seat and on to the floor.
"What?!" Ginny climbed back on the seat, a little annoyed.
"You should hear the latest rumor going around!" Aimee exclaimed excitedly, bouncing on the balls of her feet.
Ginny rolled her azure blue eyes. Aimee was loved gossip and when she caught hold of some, it spread quicker than a wild fire during a dry spell. She could never be trusted with secrets because of this. Sometimes Ginny thought that Aimee was more 13 than 17.
"All right, what is it?" Ginny sighed, hoping it wasn't about her.
"Well, between you and me." Aimee whispered. "I heard from Allie who heard from Kara, who heard from Caitlyn, who heard from Brian, who heard from his friend Josh, who heard from his cousin, Sydney, who heard from Lisa, who somehow heard from Draco, who also told Kara, who told Allie, who told me, who is."
"All right Aimee, I don't care who you heard it from, just tell me!" yelled Ginny.
"Well.I heard that Harry Potter is coming back to teach at Hogwarts!" If Aimee had expected Ginny to jump up and down excitedly at this news, she was disappointed. Instead, Ginny's eyes grew big and round and she made a small gasping sound. All of a sudden, someone yelled,
"Hey Aimee, come here quick!"
"Gotta go, Ginny! Uh.you okay there?"
"Yeah, just-just fine." She squeaked out.
After Aimee left, Ginny sunk down on a seat. She knew that two teaching positions were open, Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Arithmancy. She knew Hermoine, who was now her sister-in-law, was going to teach Arithmancy. But Hermoine wouldn't tell her who was taking the DADA position. That was why she believed Aimee's rumor, which she usually didn't do. Ginny began thinking about that awful day so long ago, when Harry had broken up with her on the last day of his 7th year.
**~Flashback~**
She had been on the train going home from her 5th year at Hogwarts. Harry had been acting oddly the whole time. When the train had pulled into the station, Harry took her aside and had said (Ginny still remembered their exact words),
"Ginny, I love you."
"I love you too, Harry." She had told him.
"The thing is, Ginny, I don't think. I mean it'll be so hard for us, with you still in school for another year and me traveling and everything. I just think that we'd be better off, if-if we just stopped seeing each other."
"But Harry, we promised we'd owl each other every day and visit during holidays and any other chance we may get," protested Ginny. She began to cry and he pulled her to him and wrapped her in a hug.
"I know, I know. It's just that."
"What, Harry?"
"Well, it would just be easier for the two of us. You could, you know, see boys your own age, while I work at my career," said Harry.
"Oh, Harry! Y-you're really serious!" cried Ginny; the tears were now flowing very fast and hard. Though she was deeply upset, she was also angry. "Harry, it's only a year! If you really loved me, we could get through it. It's not that hard."
"I-I'm so sorry Ginny. But this is for the best. Y-you know it is," said Harry, who sounded like he was also trying to convince himself as well and fight back tears at the same time. Ginny looked up at him and saw him wipe his eyes hurriedly.
"But Harry, I just." But Harry put a finger to her lips to shush her.
"Shh. Ginny, I don't want to do this, but I have to---I just have to. It really is the best thing." Said Harry.
At that point Ginny couldn't stand to hear anymore. "Harry, how could you do this to me? We love each other. If we tried, we could."
But Harry had shushed her again. "Ginny, don't argue. Maybe someday, we could start all over again."
"Harry, I don't want to start over again someday! I cherish what we have now! If we just let that die now, we may never have it again! Is there some other woman? Is that it? Or do you just want to play the field? Are you afraid that I'll cheat? I'd never do that! Never!"
"No, there's no other woman, I don't want to play the field, and I'd trust you with my life."
Then Harry, now crying freely as well, bent down to kiss her warmly for one last time. Their tears had mingled together for a brief minute. When he pulled away, he hugged her and rocked her for a while, before quickly kissing her cheek.
"Goodbye, Ginny. I will always love you. Never forget that." Said Harry. So with that, he had disappeared through the platform.
A single thought ran through Ginny's mind as she watched him leave. He was scared.
They had seen each other again at Ron and Hermoine's wedding that same summer. But Harry didn't say much to her. He had said a polite "hello" and made some brief conversations, and had even asked her to dance when it played the song that used to be theirs. But Harry had slipped quietly out without so much as a goodbye to her, (Ginny figured that was because his last goodbye to her had been so painful), and Ginny had never seen him since.
**~End Flashback~**
Once again, Ginny was snapped out of her reverie when four of her other friends, Brian, Kara, Allie, and Caitlyn all came in talking and laughing together.
"Hey Gin, what's up?" Kara sat down next to her.
"Um.nothing," Ginny hoped that she didn't sound too preoccupied to them.
"Well, we're about to arrive at Hogwarts soon. Did you hear what they're all saying? Harry Potter's supposed to come back this year and teach," said Allie.
"Yeah, I wonder if it's true," Caitlyn had to put in her two cents.
"Who knows? Aimee's been going from compartment to compartment telling anyone who will listen to her." Brian laughed at the thought.
"Hey Brian! Come here! I want you to see this!" yelled Josh from the next compartment.
"Coming!" Brian yelled back. "Wonder what he wants."
"Well, go find out," Allie said as if it was the most obvious thing to do, which, it was.
Brian left and shut the door, but not before Aimee slipped in. "Hey guys!" she greeted happily. "We'd better get into our robes. We'll be at Hogwarts in five minutes. The girls all changed quickly into their robes. As Ginny changed into hers, she wondered if Harry had really come back to teach at Hogwarts, and if he had, would there still be any sparks?
A/N: I hope you like the new version of this. It's not that different.yet. Review please everybody! They keep me going so much!
A/N2: This is my first story, besides a songfic. Okay, I want to say a few quick things about this story. First of all, Ron and Hermoine are married. Harry and Ginny had a relationship during Harry's 6th & 7th year, and after he graduated, he broke it off. Then, in Ginny's 7th year, Harry and Hermoine (Ron is with her, but he's not teaching) come back as teachers at Hogwarts (let's say they took special classes during the school years and summers of their 6th and 7th years and became Hogwarts' youngest teachers in a long time). So, there ya are! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, or anything J.K. Rowling created. I own the plot, Ron and Hermoine's kids (if I decide I want them to have any), and Ginny's friends.
Ginny sat in the train compartment, swaying to the gentle rocking of the train and staring out the window. She was enjoying the rare moment of quite time and had just drifted off to sleep, when one of her friends, Aimee Mills, came bursting in.
"Guess what!!" she shouted so loudly that Ginny jumped up out of her seat and on to the floor.
"What?!" Ginny climbed back on the seat, a little annoyed.
"You should hear the latest rumor going around!" Aimee exclaimed excitedly, bouncing on the balls of her feet.
Ginny rolled her azure blue eyes. Aimee was loved gossip and when she caught hold of some, it spread quicker than a wild fire during a dry spell. She could never be trusted with secrets because of this. Sometimes Ginny thought that Aimee was more 13 than 17.
"All right, what is it?" Ginny sighed, hoping it wasn't about her.
"Well, between you and me." Aimee whispered. "I heard from Allie who heard from Kara, who heard from Caitlyn, who heard from Brian, who heard from his friend Josh, who heard from his cousin, Sydney, who heard from Lisa, who somehow heard from Draco, who also told Kara, who told Allie, who told me, who is."
"All right Aimee, I don't care who you heard it from, just tell me!" yelled Ginny.
"Well.I heard that Harry Potter is coming back to teach at Hogwarts!" If Aimee had expected Ginny to jump up and down excitedly at this news, she was disappointed. Instead, Ginny's eyes grew big and round and she made a small gasping sound. All of a sudden, someone yelled,
"Hey Aimee, come here quick!"
"Gotta go, Ginny! Uh.you okay there?"
"Yeah, just-just fine." She squeaked out.
After Aimee left, Ginny sunk down on a seat. She knew that two teaching positions were open, Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Arithmancy. She knew Hermoine, who was now her sister-in-law, was going to teach Arithmancy. But Hermoine wouldn't tell her who was taking the DADA position. That was why she believed Aimee's rumor, which she usually didn't do. Ginny began thinking about that awful day so long ago, when Harry had broken up with her on the last day of his 7th year.
**~Flashback~**
She had been on the train going home from her 5th year at Hogwarts. Harry had been acting oddly the whole time. When the train had pulled into the station, Harry took her aside and had said (Ginny still remembered their exact words),
"Ginny, I love you."
"I love you too, Harry." She had told him.
"The thing is, Ginny, I don't think. I mean it'll be so hard for us, with you still in school for another year and me traveling and everything. I just think that we'd be better off, if-if we just stopped seeing each other."
"But Harry, we promised we'd owl each other every day and visit during holidays and any other chance we may get," protested Ginny. She began to cry and he pulled her to him and wrapped her in a hug.
"I know, I know. It's just that."
"What, Harry?"
"Well, it would just be easier for the two of us. You could, you know, see boys your own age, while I work at my career," said Harry.
"Oh, Harry! Y-you're really serious!" cried Ginny; the tears were now flowing very fast and hard. Though she was deeply upset, she was also angry. "Harry, it's only a year! If you really loved me, we could get through it. It's not that hard."
"I-I'm so sorry Ginny. But this is for the best. Y-you know it is," said Harry, who sounded like he was also trying to convince himself as well and fight back tears at the same time. Ginny looked up at him and saw him wipe his eyes hurriedly.
"But Harry, I just." But Harry put a finger to her lips to shush her.
"Shh. Ginny, I don't want to do this, but I have to---I just have to. It really is the best thing." Said Harry.
At that point Ginny couldn't stand to hear anymore. "Harry, how could you do this to me? We love each other. If we tried, we could."
But Harry had shushed her again. "Ginny, don't argue. Maybe someday, we could start all over again."
"Harry, I don't want to start over again someday! I cherish what we have now! If we just let that die now, we may never have it again! Is there some other woman? Is that it? Or do you just want to play the field? Are you afraid that I'll cheat? I'd never do that! Never!"
"No, there's no other woman, I don't want to play the field, and I'd trust you with my life."
Then Harry, now crying freely as well, bent down to kiss her warmly for one last time. Their tears had mingled together for a brief minute. When he pulled away, he hugged her and rocked her for a while, before quickly kissing her cheek.
"Goodbye, Ginny. I will always love you. Never forget that." Said Harry. So with that, he had disappeared through the platform.
A single thought ran through Ginny's mind as she watched him leave. He was scared.
They had seen each other again at Ron and Hermoine's wedding that same summer. But Harry didn't say much to her. He had said a polite "hello" and made some brief conversations, and had even asked her to dance when it played the song that used to be theirs. But Harry had slipped quietly out without so much as a goodbye to her, (Ginny figured that was because his last goodbye to her had been so painful), and Ginny had never seen him since.
**~End Flashback~**
Once again, Ginny was snapped out of her reverie when four of her other friends, Brian, Kara, Allie, and Caitlyn all came in talking and laughing together.
"Hey Gin, what's up?" Kara sat down next to her.
"Um.nothing," Ginny hoped that she didn't sound too preoccupied to them.
"Well, we're about to arrive at Hogwarts soon. Did you hear what they're all saying? Harry Potter's supposed to come back this year and teach," said Allie.
"Yeah, I wonder if it's true," Caitlyn had to put in her two cents.
"Who knows? Aimee's been going from compartment to compartment telling anyone who will listen to her." Brian laughed at the thought.
"Hey Brian! Come here! I want you to see this!" yelled Josh from the next compartment.
"Coming!" Brian yelled back. "Wonder what he wants."
"Well, go find out," Allie said as if it was the most obvious thing to do, which, it was.
Brian left and shut the door, but not before Aimee slipped in. "Hey guys!" she greeted happily. "We'd better get into our robes. We'll be at Hogwarts in five minutes. The girls all changed quickly into their robes. As Ginny changed into hers, she wondered if Harry had really come back to teach at Hogwarts, and if he had, would there still be any sparks?
A/N: I hope you like the new version of this. It's not that different.yet. Review please everybody! They keep me going so much!
