Meant To Be: Part 3
A/N: As usual, thanks so much to everyone for reviewing, sorry it's taken me so long to post this one. Your reviews are what keep me going, and I love your suggestions, so keep them coming! If you haven't read the first two parts of this series, please do, or you won't really understand this! And now, enjoy!
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Harry shifted nervously back and forth from one foot to the other, as Ginny sat in her seat staring at the ground.
"So, Ginny? What do you say? Will you please go to the dance with me?" Ginny slowly raised her eyes to his, as she fiddled with her ring. Isn't this what she wanted? But in the back of her mind she still had a feeling she couldn't get rid of, the feeling that Harry was only asking her because she was Ron's little sister.
"Harry, I'm sure you know that I've had a crush on you the past few years. But I'm over that now, and I just want to become friends with you, to be your equal, not the little girl you've known for so long. And I know I would enjoy going to the dance with you, but I don't want to go to the dance wwith you because you feel some obligation to me. I want you to go with someone you really want to go with. So," Ginny paused, and took a deep breath, "my answer is no. I won't go to the dance with you. I'm sorry." Harry stared down at his feet, trying to figure out why he felt so dissapointed. Now he could go with whoever he wanted! But in his heart Harry had a feeling that if he had his pick of any girl at Hogwarts to go to the dance with, he would want to go with Ginny. He pasted a smile on his face and looked up at her.
"Well that's great Ginny! And I want to be better friends with you too. D'you wanna go down to dinner now? We've already missed about half of it." Ginny smiled at him and nodded quickly.
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Harry and Ginny reached the Gryffndor table in the middle of a heated argument.
"Ron I'm not going to promise not to dance with Viktor! That's ridiculous. I'm not asking you to no dance with anyone, am I?"
"All I'm saying is that I don't want to spend the entire night sitting by myself while you dance with Krum. That wouldn't be much fun for me. If you like him so much then go with him, don't go with me."
"Ron, for the last time, I DO NOT LIKE VIKTOR!" Hermione's voice echoed over the great hall, and the entire room fell silent. At that exact moment Krum walked over to the Gryffndor table.
"Vat do you mean, you do not like me Her-mo-ninny? I thought ve vere friends?"
"No Viktor I do like you, I was just trying to explain to Ron...."
"I'll leave you two to your little conversation." Ron stood up angrily and marched out of the great hall, as a couple of Slytherin first years giggled at the drama that was taking place before them. Ginny caught Harry's eye across the table and grinned, giving him a knowing look. To his surprise, Harry felt his heart skip a beat.
"Oh, there's Colin, I need to go talk to him. Be back in a sec!" She flashed him another grin, then hurried across the room towards Colin. Harry watched as she spoke animatedly to Colin, waving her hands around in the air as she spoke. When Colin began to smile and nod, Harry felt a flash of jealously. Ginny made her way back over to the table, and Harry turned his eyes towards his plate, trying not to look at her.
"Well Colin's going to take me to the dance now!"
"Oh that's great Ginny! I'm glad I didn't mess things up." Harry forced a smile onto his face. "Well, I'm going to go see if I can force Ron into a game of wizards chess before bed. See you tommorow!
"Yeah, tommorow." Ginny said to Harry's back, as he walked quickly away.
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Harry almost didn't even notice when Ron's knight bit his finger an hour later in the Gryffndor commons room. He was thinking about the strange bursts of feelings he'd been having around Ginny lately, and the way she'd been acting. He didn't know why he was suddenly having feelings about Ginny that he usually had with Cho, but he suspected they didn't mean anything. And even if they did, it was pretty obvious that Ginny really wanted nothing to do with him anymore. The way she had dismissed him, and then the speed with which she had asked Colin to the dance had proved that to him beyond a doubt.
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Later that night, Ginny returned to her dormitory after a night of studying. She didn't particularly want to go to sleep, because she knew what she would dream about. She would dream about him. And he had made it perfectly clear today that he really had no interest in her. She had been hoping that when she turned him down he would try to convince her that he really wanted to go with her, that it wasn't an obligation, but instead he had smiled at her, and seemed relieved. She had hoped that when she had asked Colin to the dance it would have gotten some reaction out of him, but instead he seemed happy for her. It was obvious that he had no interest in her whatsoever.
Ginny sighed and put a robe on over her nightgown. She couldn't sleep, she supposed she would go down to the commons room and read by the fire until she couldn't keep her eyes anymore. She began to make her way down the stairs, still thinking about Harry and ways she could make herself forget about him. She was so wrapped up in her thoughts that she didn't realize someone was in the big arm chair by the fire until she had sat down in it and someone had wrapped their arms around her waist. Ginny craned her neck around and gasped. She was sitting in Harry's lap.
A/N Sorry it's so short, I'm tired and want to go to bed. Also, sorry there's not very much stuff with Ron and Hermione, I just have to work through this Ginny and Harry stuff but don't worry, it's coming. I promise to post the next part tommorow. Please review, I'm suffering really bad writer's block.
A/N: As usual, thanks so much to everyone for reviewing, sorry it's taken me so long to post this one. Your reviews are what keep me going, and I love your suggestions, so keep them coming! If you haven't read the first two parts of this series, please do, or you won't really understand this! And now, enjoy!
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Harry shifted nervously back and forth from one foot to the other, as Ginny sat in her seat staring at the ground.
"So, Ginny? What do you say? Will you please go to the dance with me?" Ginny slowly raised her eyes to his, as she fiddled with her ring. Isn't this what she wanted? But in the back of her mind she still had a feeling she couldn't get rid of, the feeling that Harry was only asking her because she was Ron's little sister.
"Harry, I'm sure you know that I've had a crush on you the past few years. But I'm over that now, and I just want to become friends with you, to be your equal, not the little girl you've known for so long. And I know I would enjoy going to the dance with you, but I don't want to go to the dance wwith you because you feel some obligation to me. I want you to go with someone you really want to go with. So," Ginny paused, and took a deep breath, "my answer is no. I won't go to the dance with you. I'm sorry." Harry stared down at his feet, trying to figure out why he felt so dissapointed. Now he could go with whoever he wanted! But in his heart Harry had a feeling that if he had his pick of any girl at Hogwarts to go to the dance with, he would want to go with Ginny. He pasted a smile on his face and looked up at her.
"Well that's great Ginny! And I want to be better friends with you too. D'you wanna go down to dinner now? We've already missed about half of it." Ginny smiled at him and nodded quickly.
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Harry and Ginny reached the Gryffndor table in the middle of a heated argument.
"Ron I'm not going to promise not to dance with Viktor! That's ridiculous. I'm not asking you to no dance with anyone, am I?"
"All I'm saying is that I don't want to spend the entire night sitting by myself while you dance with Krum. That wouldn't be much fun for me. If you like him so much then go with him, don't go with me."
"Ron, for the last time, I DO NOT LIKE VIKTOR!" Hermione's voice echoed over the great hall, and the entire room fell silent. At that exact moment Krum walked over to the Gryffndor table.
"Vat do you mean, you do not like me Her-mo-ninny? I thought ve vere friends?"
"No Viktor I do like you, I was just trying to explain to Ron...."
"I'll leave you two to your little conversation." Ron stood up angrily and marched out of the great hall, as a couple of Slytherin first years giggled at the drama that was taking place before them. Ginny caught Harry's eye across the table and grinned, giving him a knowing look. To his surprise, Harry felt his heart skip a beat.
"Oh, there's Colin, I need to go talk to him. Be back in a sec!" She flashed him another grin, then hurried across the room towards Colin. Harry watched as she spoke animatedly to Colin, waving her hands around in the air as she spoke. When Colin began to smile and nod, Harry felt a flash of jealously. Ginny made her way back over to the table, and Harry turned his eyes towards his plate, trying not to look at her.
"Well Colin's going to take me to the dance now!"
"Oh that's great Ginny! I'm glad I didn't mess things up." Harry forced a smile onto his face. "Well, I'm going to go see if I can force Ron into a game of wizards chess before bed. See you tommorow!
"Yeah, tommorow." Ginny said to Harry's back, as he walked quickly away.
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Harry almost didn't even notice when Ron's knight bit his finger an hour later in the Gryffndor commons room. He was thinking about the strange bursts of feelings he'd been having around Ginny lately, and the way she'd been acting. He didn't know why he was suddenly having feelings about Ginny that he usually had with Cho, but he suspected they didn't mean anything. And even if they did, it was pretty obvious that Ginny really wanted nothing to do with him anymore. The way she had dismissed him, and then the speed with which she had asked Colin to the dance had proved that to him beyond a doubt.
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Later that night, Ginny returned to her dormitory after a night of studying. She didn't particularly want to go to sleep, because she knew what she would dream about. She would dream about him. And he had made it perfectly clear today that he really had no interest in her. She had been hoping that when she turned him down he would try to convince her that he really wanted to go with her, that it wasn't an obligation, but instead he had smiled at her, and seemed relieved. She had hoped that when she had asked Colin to the dance it would have gotten some reaction out of him, but instead he seemed happy for her. It was obvious that he had no interest in her whatsoever.
Ginny sighed and put a robe on over her nightgown. She couldn't sleep, she supposed she would go down to the commons room and read by the fire until she couldn't keep her eyes anymore. She began to make her way down the stairs, still thinking about Harry and ways she could make herself forget about him. She was so wrapped up in her thoughts that she didn't realize someone was in the big arm chair by the fire until she had sat down in it and someone had wrapped their arms around her waist. Ginny craned her neck around and gasped. She was sitting in Harry's lap.
A/N Sorry it's so short, I'm tired and want to go to bed. Also, sorry there's not very much stuff with Ron and Hermione, I just have to work through this Ginny and Harry stuff but don't worry, it's coming. I promise to post the next part tommorow. Please review, I'm suffering really bad writer's block.
