The Hospital Rule Part 2
A/N: I hope you enjoyed the first chapter! I am trying my best to capture the wonderful characters JK Rowling wrote. This is the last real chapter, but there will be an epilogue coming soon after. As you saw in the previous chapter, marriage was referenced so look for more of that in this chapter! Also, all the medical stuff is made up. I don't know if anything the nurse said actually would make any sense. Thank you to Athena's Gray Owl and AllThat/Allie for reviewing! It means a lot that you liked it. And please, keep reviewing! All feedback welcomed
Disclaimer: I hate disclaimers. Obviously I do not own Harry Potter otherwise I would not be on . That's only what the Glee writers do.
One Year Later
Harry sat in his bedroom, tired, wanting to go to bed but waiting for his girlfriend of five years, Ginny Weasley. He hadn't seen her all day and cheesy as it was, wanted to see her before he went to sleep. While looking at pictures of their relationship he thought to himself, "Wow, I've been with Ginny for a long time. And it seems like people are starting to get married now. Seamus, Cho, Dean. Should I propose to her?" But the idea made him feel nauseous with worry.
Meanwhile, Hermione Granger sat in the hospital with her boyfriend Ron and the rest of the Weasley family. "Alright, we've called your parents, your brothers, are we missing anyone to inform about Ginny's accident?" Hermione inquired. Ron thought about, and then suddenly his eyes bulged.
"We forgot to tell Harry! Bloody hell he must be worried about her not coming home!" Ron shouted.
"Yes, Harry!" and she grabbed her phone and called their flat.
"Hello?" asked Harry puzzledly, since hardly anyone called their telephone.
"Harry? Ginny's hurt! Come down to St. Mungo's now!" Hermione yelled. Harry became panic stricken and grabbed his keys and wand before stumbling out of the house.
Simultaneously, all the Weasleys sat tired in the hospital. "Mum, you know we all love Ginny, but do you think we could all leave now? We've seen her, we know she's going to be alright. I have to get home to Fleur now." Bill said to his mother.
"Yes Bill you can leave. Percy, George you can leave too. In fact, I'm getting tired myself. I think I'll go home and come back in the morning. Ron, Hermione will you stay here with Ginny until Harry arrives?" Mrs. Weasley requested.
"Sure mum we'll stay here." Ron answered, while Hermione sighed and put her head on Ron's shoulder.
"Ron, I am getting tired too. And I have work tomorrow. You know how much I need sleep. Can you stay here alone until Harry comes?" Hermione begged.
"Sure, honey. Go ahead and leave. Good-bye everyone! I'm sure Ginny will be glad to know you all left. You know, if she was conscious." Ron muttered. The whole family looked at him, sighed and left. After twenty minutes, Ron got hungry. He left his seat and went to find a vending machine. Soon after Ron left, Harry arrived.
"Hello, can I find out where Ginny Weasley is staying?" Harry questioned to someone in the hospital.
"Ginny Weasley? She's just down the hall. 582." The person mumbled. Harry nodded and continued down the hall. Her soon found Ginny's room and entered to find Ginny sleeping, or possibly unconscious. Harry couldn't tell. A nurse walked by.
"Who are you?" the nurse asked.
"I'm Harry, I'm Ginny's boyfriend. Can you give me some information on how Ginny is? Is she sleeping? In a coma? Is she going to be alright?" Asked Harry worriedly.
"I'm sorry, if you're not married or related to her I can't give you any information on her recovery." The nurse stated.
"If I'm not married to her? Ma'am, I'm pretty close to being married to her. I live with her, I love her. We were already practically family before we started dating. Are you sure I can't have any information?"
"I'm sorry, personally I would give it to you if I could, but it's the rules of the hospital. Feel free to sit here with her." The nurse said. Harry sat down and sighed. He held her hand and kissed her cheek. After sitting with her for a few minutes Ron came in.
"Oh, Harry you came." Harry stood up.
"Ron! Can you tell me something? Is she okay? Sleeping? Unconscious?"
"Why didn't you ask Mattie the nurse?" Ron asked.
"I couldn't get any information since we aren't married and I'm not related to her."
"Oh, well I can't really remember how she's doing. These medical terms are a little too much for me. Mattie, you can give him any and all information on her. Harry, I think I'm going to leave now. I'll come back tomorrow. Are you going to stay with her?" Ron asked. Harry nodded, and Ron left.
"Harry, Ginny's fine. She's going to need surgery on her elbow, but this surgery required a lot of rest, so we medically put her to sleep for the night. Tomorrow morning we are going to put her into the surgery, and then she'll feel some discomfort in her arm for awhile. We'll probably keep her in the hospital for just two more days if everything goes well. And I'm sure they will." Mattie told Harry.
"Thank you Mattie." Harry said, before holding Ginny's hand and drifting off to sleep.
The next day
"Harry, wake up. We are going to put Ginny into surgery now. Her family's waiting outside. Please leave. Another part of the surgery is that Ginny needs to be calm, and I think if she sees you she might get excited. We'll call you back in when it's done." A different nurse told Harry. Harry nodded, kissed Ginny and left the room.
Harry left the room and sat in a chair next to Mr. Weasley. Mrs. Weasley looked at him. "Harry, you stayed with her all night? You are so great!" she said. Harry smiled.
"It was better for me. I think it would have been hard staying at home without her wondering how she was doing. I just like being with her. " he said.
"Harry, from a completely un-biased point of view since she's my daughter and just from a motherly view for you, I think you found the perfect girl. Anyone who is happy to sleep in a chair so they can be with their girlfriend is obviously very in love with them. Some advice, don't let her go." Mrs. Weasley told Harry. Harry blushed.
"Thanks Molly. Yeah, I do. I really love her. I really love her." he said. And then he got up. His mind was stirring. 'I can't let her go,' he thought. 'If Ron hadn't come I wouldn't have gotten to know how she was doing because;-' he looked up. 'I wasn't married to her. So that's exactly what I have to do.' He began to walk away.
"Harry? Where are you going?" asked Ron.
"I'm going to get Ginny some flowers for after the surgery." he responded. "And maybe some candy." And he smiled and left.
Later that Day
Harry came back into the hospital with a ring shaking in his pocket. He was scared, not only because he was going to propose to Ginny, but because her family was there. What were they all going to think? He held the lilies in his hand and breathed deeply.
"Wow Harry, it sure took you a long time to get flowers. Where did you go?" asked Hermione.
"Oh you know, a place. Why is it so important Hermione?" asked Harry, badly bluffing. He kept playing with the box in his pocket containing the ring.
"What's in your pocket Harry? Is that;-" Hermione stopped and pulled Harry across the hall.
"Is that an engagement ring?" she whispered excitedly.
"What? An engagement ring? No." Harry lied badly.
"Harry seriously tell me! Why are you keeping it a secret? Are you going to propose to her today?" she interrogated.
"Hermione calm down! Yes, I'm going to propose to her. But I just want to keep it a secret until it happens. Ok?" he asked.
"Sure Harry." she said and hugged him. "This is so exciting!" she squealed. They walked back to the area where Ginny's family was waiting. No one was outside of the room. Harry and Hermione walked in.
Everyone was crowded around Ginny. "Oh sweetheart, I'm glad you're okay!" gushed Mrs. Weasley. Ginny smiled, then saw Harry walk in. She smiled at him, then looked at the heart monitor. Just like when he was in the hospital, her heart rate went up the second she saw him. Harry pushed through her family to get to her. Ginny kissed him, putting her one good arm on his face.
"I heard you stayed with me all night. Thanks for that." she said. He smiled.
"Um, guys, can I have a private moment with Ginny. Can you leave? This includes nurses? It won't take that long." Everyone left confusedly, except Hermione who was beaming as she pushed Ron out of the room.
"What is it babe?" Ginny asked Harry worriedly.
"Um, I don't know exactly how to do this. Ok, um, when I came to the hospital yesterday, they wouldn't let me know about your progress since we weren't, uh, married. So that got me thinking. And I was thinking that, if you are ever are in the hospital again, I want to be able to come in, because I want to get to know your progress. Not that you'll be in the hospital again! Maybe you'll be having a baby. Not that you have to have a baby! Anyway, will you marry me?" he asked, and then pulled out a ring. Ginny looked at him.
"Yes." she said. And then he put the ring on her finger, and he kissed her.
"Nice proposal by the way." she said sarcastically while admiring her ring.
"Hey, you signed up for it!" he said, holding her hand. And then he stood up and opened the door. "You guys can come back in now. I think Ginny wants to tell you something." And her family rushed back in.
"We are engaged!" she gushed. Her family freaked out and began to crowd around her, looking at her ring. Harry looked at the heart monitor. The moment he started his monologue, her heart began to beat faster.
Second A/N: Wow! This took me like an hour to write! I hope you liked it. about the proposal scene, I wanted it to be romantic, but I also know that Harry probably couldn't pull of something very romantic so I had him mess up a bit. Review please! Epilogue coming soon!