The scarf glowed with a blinding white light. It then appeared to sink into them and disappear.
"Oh, did I mention that one of the side effects is that we have to stay in constant physical contact for twenty four hours?" Ginny asked mischievously.
"No, I don't recall that you did, sweet Guinevere, but I'm sure that we can think of some things to do."
Harry suddenly heard Ginny gasp and looking down he saw that she was staring at the two rings on their entwined hands. She had obviously not studied them in any detail when she found them. His ring of red gold bore a lion's head with rubies for eyes and a large emerald clutched in its jaws. Her ring of green gold however bore the head of a serpent with two emerald eyes and a large ruby behind its fangs. It looked almost lifelike enough to enable him to speak parseltongue to it. What was the most intriguing though was that the rings appeared to be glowing with some kind of magical power.
"You don't mind it do you? It doesn't remind you too much of the..." he left off there, he didn't really want to bring up the Chamber here.
"Oh no, I can't even remember the basilisk apart from seeing it after you killed it," She replied, looking back up nervously into his eyes. "Thank you for saving my life, not just in the Chamber but just now as well. I hope that I'll be able to repay you by someday giving you the family you've always wanted, the family you've always deserved."
They shared another kiss before Ginny toppled them onto the surprisingly comfortable bed.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" asked Harry nervously.
"Yes Harry. I've been dreaming of this day for years, and we are married. You do have certain obligations towards your wife, you know."
"My wife," Harry grinned.
What they got up to next will forever stay between them, but let's just say that they had an awful lot of fun and that Molly Weasley certainly wouldn't approve.
Several hours later the two still lay together in the bed, Harry breathed in the fragrance of her hair.
"Oh… Ginny… I love you so much," he said, rather breathlessly.
They lay there, Ginny curling herself up in Harry's arms, her head resting on his chest.
"I love you too, husband," Ginny said while snuggling up to him, and with that they both fell into a deep dreamless sleep.