AN: Well, here is the end of this chapter...i hope that some of you are still out there reading this! Enjoy...the next story will be longer :)
Prudence
The ability to govern and discipline oneself by use of reason
FOURTH YEAR
"Yes, but are you certain Ginny?" Mrs. Weasley asked for the fifth time that night. Ginny refrained from rolling her eyes.
"Yes, Mum."
"But dear, how do you know?"
"Mum, have you ever been possessed by You-Know-Who?" Ginny asked. She looked around the table at all those gathered around; her Mum, Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, even Sirius. She met all their gazes squarely as though daring them to argue. Sirius twitched a little and his eyes widened.
"You were possessed by Voldemort?" He asked and Ginny couldn't help but flinch a little. She paused and looked him over appraisingly, unsure of how much to give away.
"Yes." She replied at last holding his gaze. When she didn't elaborate Sirius sighed.
"Well, why don't you go and talk to Harry about it then?" He asked somewhat impatiently.
"Sirius, please!" Molly Weasley exclaimed. They had never really talked about the incident that had taken place in Ginny's first year, preferring to pretend that it had never happened. That didn't seem like an option at the moment.
"No Mum, it's alright." Ginny said. Her voice didn't waiver at all and Molly felt a rush of pride for her youngest. Ginny turned her gaze on Sirius. "It's hardly something I'd like to talk about through a bedroom door." She said at last and Sirius had the grace to look down embarrassed.
"Sorry." He muttered. Ginny shrugged.
"But I think that you should talk to him." Ron said quietly, taking his sister's hand. Ginny nodded. She looked pale but determined, knowing that this was right thing to do.
"I will. But you should go in first. Try to get him to open up. You and Hermione. If there's one thing that would make it worse right now it would be pretending we'd never heard what everyone said at St. Mungo's."
Mrs. Weasley looked a little guilty as Ginny mentioned that ignoring it would be worse. After all, that had been what they'd all been doing for the past three years. Ron squeezed his younger sister's hand, for once proud of her and everyone else was nodding and murmuring their agreement.
"We'll come too." Fred said gesturing between himself and George. George nodded.
"Are you sure?" Mrs. Weasley asked.
"The more the better. That way he'll know that none of us think he's going to flip out and murder us all in our sleep." Ginny said with a slight smile. Seeming happy with this, Mrs. Weasley merely nodded her agreement before starting to cook some food to bring to Mr. Weasley at the hospital the next day.
"Well, let's go." Ron said. And with that, he went to talk to Harry.
