Chapter 10: How is that even possible?!

Ginny stood there watching Harry and Draco. They seemed almost content in each other's company.

She'd noticed, of course that for the past few months since that particular party, Harry was almost always visiting Draco and if he wasn't Draco was doing the visiting. It didn't bother her the same way their nonexistent sex life didn't.

She knew Harry would come speak to her but she just didn't know when. So one afternoon, when he'd come in saying "Ginny, can we talk?" when her first instinct had screamed 'too soon' it had confused her but apparently, she knew her husband all too well. "Okay. What about?" she'd asked.

Harry had sighed. "Us. But maybe some other time" he'd added quickly.

'So predictable' she'd thought and smiled at him "Whenever you're ready, okay?"

"Okay"

But then, 'some other time' never came. It's almost four months in and still, nothing.

She saw the way they looked at each other. The way they seem to forget everyone else the moment they see each other.

It wasn't just sex anymore but she doubted greatly if even they knew that.

What he knew for sure is that Harry would never keep something that delicate away from her unless he was afraid of what it'll mean but she missed home.

So she wouldn't sit around and wait for Harry to come to her anymore.

She'd confront him. God, she hoped at least he'll admit it. He was a true Gryffindor, after all

Harry sat in the backyard, pretending not to be staring at Draco wearing big red gloves, on his knees in the mud doing some gardening.

He had to admit, Draco made a good sight in that pose.

He sighed. "Oh God. What is wrong with me? Why can't this stop?"

Ginny sat by him but he was too preoccupied and focused on Draco to really pay attention

"You love him" Ginny provided helpfully.

Harry heard her and jerked up

"What?"

'This is my chance' Ginny thought and took a deep breath."Oh come on, Harry. I was wondering when you'd tell me. He makes you happy. I know. I see. And as much as we love each other, we are not in love with each other. Not anymore… Now we can go ahead and pretend that we are, or we can search for that love somewhere else because we are not working. And I realized that a long time ago but i couldn't leave until I was certain you would be happy and I think Malfoy would be just the one to do that for you. That doesn't mean I'm letting him off so easily. He and I are going to have a serious conversation" She finished and smiled fondly at him.

Harry looked pole axed. "What?!"

"Oh Harry, I could give you a lot of scenarios but it wouldn't help. It wouldn't matter at all"

"But Ginny, I don't - I don't" he frowned, then gasped "Oh my God, I love him. I'm in love with Draco Malfoy" he shook his head violently. "No, no that's not possible! I can't possibly be- Oh no.!"

Ginny chuckled. Aside from Harry's reaction to the realization being funny, she had hoped to lighten the mood. "There's no reason for you to be so horrified, you know? If anything, that's what I'm supposed to feel after finding out that not only has my husband been fucking our male neighbor, but is now in love with him."

Harry blinked; apparently, he was too horrified to say anything more than a muffled "huh?"

"Harry, love is a beautiful thing. Especially when it comes from someone you didn't expect it to come from."

"Wh- wha- what, no. No no. I can't deal with this right now. I- I have to think. Away from here" He stood and up and left, choosing to walk to nowhere in particular. He needed to walk away from Ginny's understanding and from Draco's.. Just from Draco.

Ginny smiled to herself as he left. "Well, that went well. At least he admitted it."

Harry came back home later on in the night, very sober. Ginny smiled, one of the many reasons why she loved him. Many men would drown their worries in a bottle and come home to cause a ruckus but Harry wasn't most men, and he looked genuinely shocked to see that Ginny had stayed up to wait for him. He swallowed "You're still up" he mumbled, looking resigned

"We kind of need to talk." Ginny said.

Harry nodded and sat down by her "I am so sorry, Ginny"

Ginny shook her head. "No. No don't be. I've loved you for so long, and all that time, the only thing I wanted was to keep you happy so if this is my final bid to you, you shouldn't feel sorry about it."

"How long has it been since you realized you weren't in love with me? Was it before our wedding?" Ginny didn't answer "Come on, Ginny. I think it's time to clarify some stuff, don't you think?"

"Yes. Before our wedding" Ginny replied hesitantly and heard Harry's indrawn breath.

"Then why did you do it, Ginny? Why did you marry me and waste two years of your life with me?"

"It wasn't a waste. We had some nice moments right?" Harry nodded slowly "As for why I did it, I care. And you needed someone to care and be there so yes, I agreed to marry you so I can take care of you"

Harry shut his eyes tightly "You uh... You don't hate me for it, do you?"

Ginny turned to him and caressed his cheek "No I don't. I can never do that" And then she pulled him into a hug.

Harry hugged back tightly.

"I'll leave tomorrow because there's really no reason to hang around but not until Malfoy and I have that serious talk"

Harry pulled back slowly. "Are you being serious?"

"About the part about me leaving or the one about me basically threatening Malfoy?" she asked and chuckled

Harry smiled "About both"

Ginny nodded "Of course I am" She said and patted him on the shoulder. "Now come on, let's go to bed okay? It's almost dawn"

Harry nodded, stood up and picked Ginny up into his arms. Ginny giggled. It was the most affectionate they'd been since their marriage and she sighed. "You didn't happen to have been coming from Malfoy's place did you?"

Harry laughed. "No I didn't go there tonight" she nodded and rested her head on his shoulder.

Harry laid her in bed and crawled into his side of the bed.

He reached for her and pulled her close to him. She snuggled against him.

Harry smiled and kissed her hair, then when he was sure she was asleep, he whispered "I love you"

No reason to confuse Ginny as much as he was.

Because the truth is that, after several hours of deliberation, he had only realized he loved both of them.

But Ginny didn't love him enough to give him a chance so he'd be happy and relieved to be with Draco.

A/N : I hope you enjoyed this chapter as well, I may edit this sooner for gaps and such but as usual, please pardon and tell me your honest opinions about the piece.

Thank you so much for your reviews because I'm honestly telling you, without them, the story wouldn't have turned out this way. This is not how I wrote it but in the quest to please you guys, it became better.

So thank you very much, and for now, there's only one chapter left. Maybe I'll get another idea to push in before the finale but maybe I won't. All the same, thank you so much

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