Chapter7- nighttime stroll
They walked out the opening in the tent. In the darkness of the night the tent was emitting a golden glow.
"The stars are out tonight." Said Harry smiling as he took her hand. Ginny was silhouetted against the tent. "You look so beautiful tonight. Ginny I don't think that I ever told you this but I love you." Ginny's Heart was racing. In all her life she had wanted to hear those words from him.
"Oh Harry." She said before kissing him.
"So can I take that as an 'I love you too?" asked Harry when they broke apart.
"Of course you can." Said Ginny "I want to show you something."
"What?" asked Harry?
"You can follow me to find out." Said Ginny she walked into the forest. Harry hesitantly followed her into the starlit forest.
"Ginny forgive me for asking but where is it we are going?" asked Harry they had been walking for fifteen minutes. If they were gone for much longer someone would surely notice.
"Just a little ways ahead." Was her reply she stopped so suddenly that Harry almost ran into her? "There it is." In front of them was a clearing. It had no trees around it so the moon light shown clearly into it.
"It's beautiful." said Harry "but not nearly as beautiful as you."
"Okay I will give you points for the complement," said Ginny smiling "but that was really cheesy."
"Yeah I realized that after the words were out of my mouth." Said Harry going to the middle of the clearing and sitting down. Ginny sat down next to him.
"I used to come out here by myself." Said Ginny "when I was sad, when my brothers teased me, or when I just needed to think. As far as I know I am the only one who knows about this place. I don't know if you noticed but when the war first ended, I came out here all the time. For hours and just thought. About Fred, about Tonks and Remus. About everything. Sometimes even about you. Remember when you first asked me to be your girlfriend again?"
"How could I forget?" said Harry "you poured a cup of ice on my head. Then you said that I was incapable of not going off every which way if you heard about something bad."
"Well after that I eventually gave in didn't I?" asked Ginny smiling. "My point was I have a lot of things to think about and I am just happy that I have someone to talk to someone about this."
"You can tell me anything that you want to." Said Harry Ginny took off her shoes and laid her head on his shoulder.
"Well remember when I dated Michael Corner." Asked Ginny "and you went out with Cho Chang?"
"How could I forget?" asked Harry he saw the questioning look on her face. "I mean if Cho didn't run crying from Madam Puddifoot's tea shop then thought that I was in love with Hermione, then we would never have gotten together."
"Well I have a secret." Said Ginny "I never really liked him."
"If you didn't really lime him the why did you date him?" asked Harry putting his head on hers.
"I got a bit tired for waiting for you so when he asked me out I said yes." Said Ginny
"Well as long as we are telling secrets I have one." Said Harry "do you remember why you and dean broke up?"
"Yeah." Said Ginny rolling her eyes at the mention of his name. "I know that he came to my party and everything but I am really just pretending that I like him. But we broke up. I don't know if Hermione told you this, he kept trying to help me through the portrait whole."
"Yeah about that." Said Harry guiltily "I- uhh have you ever heard of Felix Felicis?"
"That insane lucky potion that Ron thought that he had?" asked Ginny
"That's the stuff." Said Harry "anyway-"
"Wait." Said Ginny jumping up "I want to show you something else that just remembered." She set off at a run through the trees.
"GINNY!" yelled Harry getting to his feet and following her. He got there just in
"I don't care you have got to see this." Said Ginny Harry climbed up the tree and sat on the branch next to her. He looked out over a small lake. The moon was reflected in it.
"It's beautiful." said Harry "Well as I was saying I took some of that Felix Felicis. Now remember that I needed to get something for Dumbledore. I kind of snuck out the portrait whole while you and Dean were walking through and I kind of brushed your elbow." To Harry's surprise she hugged him.
"Thank you." Said Ginny "you got me out of the worst relationship in my life."
"I thought that Michael Corner was the worst." Said Harry Ginny just shrugged "hey I thought of another thing that came out of us dating."
"And what would that be?" asked Ginny
"Well if we weren't dating I wouldn't be doing this." Harry pulled a small box from his pocket. He opened it. Inside was a golden ring. It had the words I Promise to always love you. With a diamond on it. "This is a promise ring." Ginny just sat there with her mouth wide opened.
