Hello all! this is my first story so I hope its not riddled with too many mistakes, hopefully this with be a multi-chaptered fiction but only if its not completely hated and bear in mind that this is a prologue of sorts and later chapters will be longer. without further rambling:
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter though I do own Parry Otter, as good? I hope so....
Waking with a small jump Ginny Weasley surveyed her dark room light by an eerie green glow which emitted from her clock informing her it was far too early to be awake. Sighing the young witch turned over and tried to drift to sleep once more as she tried a name flashed from her sleep fuddled mind Nymphadora Tonks groaning in frustration and pummelling her pillow, could she not go even a few minutes without thinking about the pink haired, dark wizard stopping, wonderfully clumsy woman? Looking across at her small desk scraps of parchment glared back at her, each containing her most recent letters all written to Tonks declaring her love for her, every time Ginny re-read the letters she was overcome with doubt and put it to one side until she had a box full of them hidden under her bed and locked for she didn't want her mother to find them, she got enough grief as it was let alone causing a heart attack. Ginny wished that she didn't feel this way for Tonks it physically hurt her every time she thought of her, the worst part of this was that she couldn't tell anyone how she felt, she remembered how relentlessly her family had teased her for having a crush on Harry and this was Tonks! She was six years older than her and to top it off she was a woman but Ginny didn't feel for Harry one ounce of what she now felt for Tonks, almost driven to tears by her recollections and realisations she wished with all her heart she hadn't gone into that room:
~Two years earlier, Grimmauld Place~
"Tonks?" Ginny questioned before entering the room anyway, as she stepped inside she realised the room was empty, Tonks had tried to brighten the depressing room by sticking up pictures of her family and friends and the portraits of the Black family that refused to be removed all sported fabulous moustaches and black teeth, giggling Ginny made to leave the room, but a second door quickly opened which lead to an adjoining bathroom. Ginny span round immediately and was suddenly greeted by a slightly wet Tonks clad only in a fluffy white towel. "Wotcher Gin," Tonks said once again wearing her trademark lopsided grin, unfortunately Ginny couldn't reply as she was currently being transfixed by the virtually naked beauty standing mere metres away. The steam from the bathroom wrapped itself around her long shapely legs making her seem even more magical, the young witch followed a bead of moisture that slowly rolled down her slim neck, then plunging down her cleavage and behind the towel covered area. Tonk's usually outrageously spiky pink hair was hanging down over her forehead and was slightly darker than usual. Walking into the room and rummaging in a bottom draw for some clothes gave Ginny a wonderful view of her heart shaped rear, nearly fainting Ginny finally managed to stutter "Um, mum said dinners ready……sorry." removing herself from the room and closing the door before blushing furiously she quickly made her way to her room and locked herself in after deciding that she couldn't eat and needed to think about what just happened.
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For two years Ginny had harboured these secret feelings and rather than ebb they had seemed to grow stronger, holding back a sob she decided that if she couldn't sleep she may as well get ready before the bathroom was stolen by Fleur and other bridesmaids. Staggering out of bed and to the door, she silently opened the door and crept across the landing to the bathroom. Once inside she quickly shed her clothes and stood under the hot shower. The heat helped her forget her internal pain for a few seconds before it returned with a passion and the young witch slid down the shower wall and sat beneath the flowing water gently crying. She didn't want this love for Tonks she just wanted to have her feelings disappear, no, what she really wanted was for her feelings to be returned. She was sure that would never happen, she was sure that Tonks knew nothing of how she felt and that was how it must stay, Ginny knew that she needed that small possibility that she could be loved back and that the auror wouldn't hate her and squash her chances. Grabbing her head in her hands she quickly rose and began to wash her hair but the tears still slid slowly down her cheeks.
Back in her room Ginny had been eventually thrown out of the bathroom quite forcibly by Fleur and had to finish up in her room, quickly sliding into her gold strapless dress. Though loath to admit it, Fleur was quite right in thinking that a pale gold colour suited her nicely, after subtly applying a small amount of makeup Ginny quickly smoothed down her dress and hair which she had decided to leave in its naturally feathered state. Making her way downstairs, she began to feel better it was always worse in the mornings as the day continued she found she thought about Tonks less, so long as she didn't see something that particularly reminded her of her gallant auror. While it was still well before the ceremony she needed to keep busy or she would start dwelling on unwanted thoughts and there was little chance that any guests would have arrived yet so she could keep out of their way, making her way through the kitchen she hoped she could get out of the house before a certain women arrived, "Wotcher, Gin?" a voice queried somewhere behind her, inwardly sighing she turned to greet Nymphadora Tonks.
A/N: As i'm trying to improve reviews would help, but don't feel obligated. I'm also looking for a beta-reader if anyones interested?