A/N Thanks for all of the reviews!
Four Months Later
Harry stood in Ginny's room thinking about what had happened the last four months. It was now December and Ginny was coming home for winter break. Harry was going to surprise her.
Harry and Ron were both full-time aurors now but with Voldermort gone work was quite slow. Harry and Ron sometimes helped out at the shop with George and Lee. Both are in better spirits as they have now accepted Fred's death to a certain extent. Ginny was a few minutes from walking inside that door….
"GINNY!" Harry heard Mrs. Weasley proclaim loudly as she went to hug her youngest child. She then said "Hi" to everyone and filled them in briefly on how her first semester of school went. Where is he? Ginny thought as she scanned the room, obviously disappointed. She then walked up the creaking stairs to put her suitcase away. She opened the door…and Harry stood there looking at her stunned.
She's beautiful…DAMN! Harry do something! Don't stand there like an idiot! He thought as he stood there looking at the beautiful red haired woman in front of him. She then dropped her suitcase and ran into his arms. Harry saw her eyes tearing up.
"Why are you crying?" Harry questioned as he wiped the tears away.
"I…missed you so much." She said, now smiling. Harry did the same. Suddenly both of their eyes locked. They didn't move or speak. They just looked at each other. She's so beautiful. He's so handsome. Ginny then quickly broke the silence.
"Are you going to kiss me anytime soon?" she asked with a playfully annoyed tone. Harry moved forward and both of their lips met in a passionate duel, trying to get control of one another. It seemed they went at it for minutes. The couple then found themselves on the bed with Harry's shirt off and Ginny's close to joining the club.
"Wait," Harry said before Ginny started another kiss.
"What is it Harry?" she asked in an innocent tone.
"Um…do you really want to do this? I mean… you know…or do you want to wait till marriage?"
"That doesn't matter to me Harry. I always imagined my first time with the person I truly love. And now I think the moment is upon us," she concluded with a smile on her face.
"What about birth control?" Harry blurted out quickly.
"Well we witches know about a certain spell…" she started slowly.
"Oh I see…did you already cast it?" Harry said while finding the ceiling very interesting.
"Don't worry Harry I already did." She said putting her arms around his neck.
"Wow someone was expecting this. Maybe I won't grant their wish." Harry said in a mocking tone. He then pulled her down for a searing kiss. They came out quite a while later looking disheveled in all aspects, but with smiles on their faces.
"That was amazing," Ginny said.
"I'm the best," Harry said in a victorious tone. Ginny laughed and walked down with him down the hallway. They met Ron and Hermione at the end of the hallway.
"What are you two so happy about?" Hermione ask with grin forming upon her face.
"Oh nothing," the couple said in unison as they walked by Ron.
"What were they up to?" Ron said in a slightly annoyed tone.
"Don't bother them now. They're happy."
"I guess your right." Ron said reluctantly.
The feast was quite dazzling. It seemed Mrs. Weasley had gone all out on this occasion. Everyone ate to their heart's content.
Ginny then filled Harry in on the news at Hogwarts. She had become the Head Girl and Quidditch captain and was doing well in all her classes. After dinner Harry took Ginny down to the lake near the Burrow and held her close.
"Have any boys been drooling over you while I was gone?" Harry asked in a mocking tone.
"Not that I know of," Ginny said grinning. She laid her head gently on Harry's shoulder. She's magnificent, Harry thought as he stared at her.
"What's the matter?" Ginny asked.
"Oh…nothing," Harry said before he pulled her down to the ground and kissed her with a passion.
"HARRY!" Ron yelled from the house interrupting them. Harry and Ginny both ran over to the house and Ron met them at the door.
"Kingsley…and the other aurors found the Death Eaters headquarters and are fighting them right now. We need to go."
Harry nodded and kissed Ginny on the cheek. "I'll be fine, don't worry. Bye!" He said as he and Ron got their brooms and rode off into the moonlight.
Like that can stop me from worrying, Ginny thought as she retreated to her room. As she hand was turning the handle, she noticed the promise ring on her finger.
The Death Eaters had apparently built a HQ south of Hogwarts where the remaining dark wizards could convene. But with a few months of spying, the Department of Aurors had successfully tracked their whereabouts. Harry and Ron landed about fifty yards short of the clearing where the fighting was taking place.
You could easily hear the yelling of spells over the silence of the night. As Harry and Ron were heading for the battlefield Kingsley spotted them. He ran over.
"Thank god you two made it. We are going against roughly 30 Death Eaters."
"There's that many left?" Ron asked in a surprised voice.
"We thought less but they ended up surprising us. I brought around 40 men but these Death Eaters can be stubborn some times. Well…" Kingsley started before a green spell flew in the air about the trio, "Get out there!"
Harry and Ron split up as they reached the battlefield.
"Expelliarmus!" Harry yelled as he saw a Death Eater firing spells at a group of Aurors. The spell hit right on target and blew the wand out of the wizard's hand. Another Auror quickly stunned said death eater and but a body binding hex on him. So many spell names were being thrown around that it was hard to decipher each one.
Then he heard the spell that sounded horribly familiar. It was the spell that killed Fred. "Expulso!" A death eater quickly called out. An explosion burst through the battlefield and people ran everywhere. Harry was barely caught in the blast. His right arm had a burnt spot. He looked around for Ron and saw him to the left. He looked beat up but no injuries. When the two make eye contact they nodded and went their separate ways. Kingsley quickly used a water spell to quickly dismiss the fire.
"Stupefy!" Harry yelled as he took out a Death Eater running towards Kingsley.
"HARRY!" Kingsley yelled over the spells. "A portion of your right arm is burnt; you should head back to the campsite for treatment!
"No I'm fine!" Harry replied before he ran off to fight off the remaining Death Eaters. It's just a little burn. No harm at all. Harry then came face to face with a Death Eater. Both wizards with wands out pointing at each other. But before Harry could yell a spell the Death Eater quickly yelled out, "Sectumsempra!" Harry flew back a few yards and surveyed the damage. He had two gashes across his chest. Harry could see Ron coming towards him and he hit the Death Eater with a stunning spell.
"Are you okay mate?" Ron asked looking concerned.
"Only two cuts…in my…chest," Harry ended tiredly.
"Go back to the campsite!"
"Yeah." Harry wearily responded. He then exited the battlefield and walked along the sidelines. He then saw two Death Eaters a few yards away. They were secluded in a small clearing. If I surprised them I think I could take them both, He thought. He walked over quietly… "Expelliarmus!" he yelled and took out one of the wands of the wizards. "Stupefy!" He yelled as he stunned one of them. Unfortunately a Death Eater was behind him. He looked back and saw him with a grin on his face. He could see another tall shadow behind him.
"CRUCIO!"
Ahhhhhh. Where the bloody hell am I? The last I remember… I was stupid and tried to rush a trio of Death Eaters. My body aches all over... He opened his eyes and saw the whole Weasley Family all looking at him. "Where am I?" Harry said tiredly. Mrs. Weasley smiled at him.
"You're in St. Mungo's dear," she happily replied. He looked around the bed for Ginny. She was sitting in a corner and Harry could see tear stains on her face. I told her not to worry and I let her down...
"What happened at the battle Ron?" Harry asked trying to save the talk with Ginny for later.
"Well Kingsley saved you and then we rounded the rest of them up," he replied casually. Harry remembered seeing a tall shadow behind one of the death eaters. That he was guessing was Kingsley.
"Can I talk to Harry for a minute?" Ginny announced. The rest of the family looked at her surprisingly like she wasn't even in the room since she hadn't said a word in a quite a long time. Everyone then filtered out leaving Harry and Ginny alone.
"So…" Harry started. Ginny slapped him. Very hard. That was evident as Hermione and Ron heard it outside the door. "He's getting it now…" Ron said with a scared look on his face. Hermione glared.
"I deserve that." Harry said rubbing his face. Ginny eyed him for a minute. Then the dam burst.
"What were you planning to do? Die in some heroic way? YOU'RE ALREADY A HERO! You don't need to try harder than anyone else is! What about staying by my side?!" She suddenly pointed to her ring. Harry tried to contemplate a response but he had a blank page. "You promised you would never leave my side! WHAT IF KINGSLEY WASN'T THERE! YOU WOULD'VE DIED!" Ginny yelled in conclusion. Harry just laid there on the bed stunned. Ginny suddenly collapsed to the ground in sobs. Harry tried to get up from the bed but his ribs were worse than he thought and it pained immensely when he tried to get up.
Ginny started to get up and Harry pulled her toward the bed and hugged her. She sobbed into his shoulder.
"You're a stupid prat…" she mumbled into his shoulder. He just nodded along. When Ginny looked up Harry leaned in gave a deep kiss that only deepened with every passing moment.
"You know I'm still mad at you," she said with a smile on her face as she lay in his bed next to him.
"Yeah I know." Harry replied grinning.
Foolishness is contained every relationship but when the solution is found the relationship and the retribution becomes even stronger.
