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The Girl Worth Living For

Chapter 1

It was over. The battle was won. Harry was numb as he sat on his four-poster in Gryffindor Tower. His body ached with the need to sleep, and yet he couldn't. He had spent the last couple of hours being interrogated and congratulated and forced to celebrate and mourn with the survivors. He had never been this tired before, and yet all he could think of was her. Ginny Weasley, the reason for it all. He was now being called the Boy Who Lived Twice, but he felt that she should be the Girl Who Was Worth Living For. Now the problem of whether or not she'd ever take him back after what he did? This was what haunted Harry and had subconsciously haunted him for months. All those hours of isolation from the greater wizarding world while hunting horcruxes had given him time to reflect and make decisions about his life. And here is the stark truth of it: he was head over heels in love with her.

Harry was so lost in these thoughts that he never even noticed the door to the dormitory open, didn't even register who it was that had just entered the room. Ginny had temporarily escaped from the vigil being held at Fred's bedside. The whole family and Hermione were there keeping watch over his remains. But Ginny had to find Harry, needed to speak to him. She knew where he was because Luna had told her that she had distracted everyone to give the hero some peace. Hero, it sounded strange when used in reference to her Harry. Hang on, since when was he her Harry?

But then he noticed her. He looked up, staring at her with such intensity that it might burn her, his emerald eyes told the story of suffering and tiredness. But they came alive. As soon as he looked at her it was like someone had lit a fire behind those eyes and he rose slowly from the bed and next minute he was kissing her. It was the most amazing kiss she'd ever experienced his lips were soft against hers and his arms wrapped around her bringing her closer to him, so close they were practically one. His tongue flicked out across hers begging for entrance, which she granted. Soon there tongues were locked in a fierce battle and Harry had scooped her up and she'd wrapped her legs around his waist. It took several minutes for this clinch to break up both coming up for air panting as though they'd run a mile. Harry didn't replace Ginny on the floor enjoying the feeling of her so solid and comforting in his arms. She leaned her forehead against his shoulder as he walked backwards, sitting on the bed with her astride him holding onto each other for dear life.

"We should maybe talk about this" whispered Harry. His mouth was so close to her ear that his breath rustled her hair.

"Yeah, I think we should" said Ginny. She pulled her head back so that she could look him full in the face, that beautiful face that she'd missed so much.

"So what do you want to talk about?"she asked, then felt rather dumb. Harry laughed softly before leaning in for another soft kiss

"Well, do you still want to be with me? I mean, I know we never really talked about what would happen after everything was over, but Gin I've been going mental without you. All year I have been terrified that something would happen to you because of me and that I would never get the chance to tell you how I feel about you." Harry released the breath he hadn't realised he was holding and looked up into her face. She looked stunned by this sudden tirade of information.

"And how do you feel about me?" she whispered not really knowing what else to say. Harry gulped, this was it, it was now or never .

"I love you, and I mean seriously, like the lyrics of a Muggle love song. If I can't be with you Ginny I don't want to be with anyone. You're it for me, I won this war so that I could come back to you and you were my last thought before I died." She hadn't realised it but she had started to cry. The floodgates had well and truly opened like an internal damn had broken and she wasn't just crying because he had just said everything she'd ever wanted to hear from him, she was crying for everything they'd been through to get there and all the people who'd had to die for it to be possible, for Fred and Lupin and Tonks. He pressed his forehead to hers and squeezed his eyes shut trying to suppress his own emotions. When he opened them again it was to see her staring at his, her eyes still wet and tear tracks running the length of her beautiful face but she wore the hard blazing look that had accompanied their first kiss. He decided to break the silence he murmured

"Are these good tears or bad tears?"

"Both" she replied. He knew exactly what she meant and fell silent for a minute before saying

"So what do you say, Gin? Will you be my girlfriend again?" he watched her and for a moment felt an uncomfortable swoop of fear that she was going to say no.

"Of course I will. I can't believe you have to ask after that awesome kiss" she said with a weak laugh

"I've been dreaming of this since I was a little girl, the famous Harry Potter proclaiming his undying love for me" she said with a genuine giggle.

"I never said my love was undying" he laughed as he pulled her in for another deep kiss. The kiss got more heated and Ginny moved to straddle him, grinding erotically against him. Suddenly she felt rather uncomfortable and pulled away. Harry moaned his dislike but didn't pull her in again. Instead he looked questioningly at her

"It just feels too quick Harry" said Ginny in response to his unasked question

"It just doesn't feel like the right time for this, I love you and am ready to give myself to you but not tonight if that makes any sense" she finished nervously. Harry looked at her for a moment before leaning in again to peck her on the lips

"Of course love. I'd never want you doing something you weren't comfortable with. Don't ever be afraid to tell me anything." Ginny felt a rush of warmth for the black haired boy as she kissed him again "I love you so much" she whispered. "I love you too" he whispered back. Suddenly he grimaced "Urgh how can you stand to be anywhere near me, I stink! I'm going for a shower" he said as he shifted her off his lap and stood up. "Preferably a cold one" he thought to himself as he left the room.