When Plans Go Wrong
Some wise nut once said 'The best laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft agley,' which translates from Scottish to 'The best laid schemes of mice and men often go wrong.'
Setting the scene: First chapter is book seven near Harry's Birthday.
(Warning – may be spoilers if you haven't read the seventh book.)
'Hey Gin!' Harry said happily as his heart roared into life, he'd just spotted his ex girlfriend feeding the chickens, he hadn't seen her for a few weeks, she'd been staying at her aunt Muriel's, helping her re decorate her house. 'Hi Harry!' Ginny replied waving and throwing the last of the chicken feed to the floor before running to Harry.
Harry and Ginny hugged briefly before breaking apart in an awkward silence, 'How's your, uhm, Aunt?' He asked stiffly scratching the back of his neck. 'Oh she's fine, had me paint her living room three different colours before she settled on the first one so I had to re-do it all again!' Ginny laughed looking into the chicken pen where a gnome was trying to steal the chicken feed. She aimed a swift kick at the gnome and it went flying off over the hedge. Harry laughed; he'd forgotten how it felt to be happy without seeing Ginny everyday. With Dumbledore dead he knew he had to stop Voldemort, and to make sure Ginny was safe he had to break up with her, it killed him inside to do it but he'd rather be dead inside than have her dead.
'Ginny,'
'Harry,'
The two spoke at the same time, looking deeply into one another eyes.
'You go first,' Ginny said as Harry led her to the pond side where they sat on the soft grass. 'I just wanted to tell you I am so sorry for breaking up with you, I…' Ginny made to cut across him but he held his hand up to silence her. 'No, I need to say this. Please, let me just say it.' He asked looking her in her beautiful brown eyes, they were sat behind a tree, completely out of sight from the house and Hermione and Ron were helping with wedding arrangements for Fleur and Bill along with everyone else. It was just Ginny and Harry sat outside.
'I love you, and it killed me inside to break up with you, but I had to because Voldemort is gaining power and he knows I'm going to try and stop him so he's going to target everyone he knows I'm attached to, to make me give myself up to save them. I can't risk you, your to precious to me, I'd rather be dead inside than have you dead for real.' He said, voicing his inner thoughts, his voice shook slightly but he cleared his throat and turned away so she didn't see the tear fall from his eye. 'Harry, I love you too, and I don't want you to die… I …' She broke down into tears. Harry instinctively reached out and enveloped her in his strong arms. 'Ginny, I promise you now, I will do everything in my power to come back to you. There will always be a part of me with you.' He said quietly as she sobbed into his shoulder. When she had stopped crying he got to his feet and helped her up. He gave her a quick hug, breathing in her sweet flowery smell, holding on to the feeling of her hair tickling his cheek. Ginny tried with every pore of her being to remember the feeling of his strong, muscled arms holding her close, protecting her. 'Come on, your mum told me to come find you and tell you lunch was done, we'll say you were clearing the pond of gnomes so I had to look for you.' Harry said reluctantly letting go of her and heading back towards the house.
a/n: i do not own harry potter sadly so if you think i do your under the wrong impression and should get councellingXD
a/n 2 : Sorry for the short chapters but its easier and I'll do LOTS of short chapters to make it up to you, if i do really long ones i tend to warble XD