Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. It belongs to J.K. Rowling.
A/N: Well, this is up faster than the last chapter was..so, hopefully I can keep up with my writing so I can get a chapter up every few days. I give you Chapter 11.
Chapter 11
"Okay, I want to stay with..Neville." Ginny said his name so quietly that they almost didn't hear her.
Harry was at a loss for words. He really thought that she was going to pick him, not Neville.
Neville was feeling the same way. He never thought that she would pick him. Yet, for some reason, she did.
Ginny was waiting for one of them to speak. I don't think this is a good sign. She thought. "Neville? Harry?" She spoke to them quietly. She was waiting for Harry to start yelling at her, but he did the exact opposite.
"I understand why you chose him. He has a good heart. I hope this means that the wedding is still on?" He said with a bit of sadness in his voice.
Ginny looked at Harry. She could see the sadness in his eyes. It killed her to see him like this, but she knew that she was doing the right thing. Or was she?
"I don't think we are going to put the wedding back on. We need to take things more slowly, after what's happened." Ginny told Harry.
"That's a good idea." Neville spoke for the first time. "I don't think I would be able to get married right after something like this happened."
"Well, I guess I'll see you around. I hope you guys are happy together." Harry told them while getting up.
"Bye Harry. I hope we can still be friends." Ginny told him, getting up to hug him.
He hugged her back and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Yeah, friends." He said sadly. He was almost out of the door, when he turned around to face Ginny. "I just want you to know that I will always love you. Forever and always."
Ginny watched him leave, tears in her eyes. "I love you too," she whispered. She turned to look at Neville and found him looking at her. She noticed the pain and sadness in his eyes.
"Do you think you made the wrong choice?" He asked her.
"No. I know that I want to be with you. You and no one else." She told him. She walked over to him and kissed Neville so passionately, that she almost forgot all about Harry and the rest of the world. They broke apart and smiled at each other. The whole time, Ginny was thinking this doesn't feel right.
Harry shut the door to the Leaky Cauldron. He felt like his heart had been ripped out. She doesn't deserve me. She deserves Neville, he kept telling himself.
He was walking around the shops for a few minutes. I can't take it anymore! He thought fiercely.
He stopped where he was and apparated back to his flat. He sat down on the couch and broke down crying. He stayed there until he finally cried himself to sleep.
He woke up early in the morning to hear someone saying his name.
"Harry wake up. I need to talk to you." He knew who that voice belonged to.
"Hermione. What do you want?" He asked sleepily, while rubbing his eyes and stretching.
"I need to talk to you Harry. It's about Ginny. She's been crying herself to sleep for a week. I thought you might know what's wrong. She also said that Neville and her are going to cancel the wedding." She told him in a soothing voice.
Harry sighed. I should've known that she would know something was wrong. I wonder if I should tell her everything.
He noticed Hermione looking at him with a look of concern on her face.
"Okay, Ginny and I have been going out for a few days." He told a triumphant looking Hermione.
"I knew something was going on between you two." She told him.
"Yeah, well when we were all at the Burrow for dinner, we went to her room for a snog." He blushed. "Mrs. Weasley walked in and saw us. Ginny and her had a row. When she left, I gave Ginny an ultimatum. She would either stay with me and break up with Neville, or the other way around. She said that she need time to think, so she broke up with both of us. Yesterday, she told us who she wanted to stay with." He took a deep breath before continuing. "She chose Neville. She looked so happy and it felt like my heart had been ripped out. I don't know why she would be crying now." He looked up at her with tears in his emerald green eyes.
Hermione went over to him and hugged him. "I think I know why she was crying last night." He pulled away a little to look at her face. She was giving him a little smile. He looked back at her, confused.
"Are you that thick? She thinks that she made a mistake yesterday. I think she really wants to be with you."
"Then, why did she pick Neville?" Harry asked. She saw a flicker of hope in his eyes.
"She probably thought that since she was going to marry him, that she should give him another chance. I'm not her, so I don't know the exact reason."
"I really did love her," Harry told Hermione. "I still do. I'll never stop loving her."
"I know Harry, I really thought that she would've picked you. For as long as I've known her, she's always loved you. Maybe she felt bad for cheating on Neville. Like I said before, I don't know the actual reason." Hermione told him.
"Do you mean that I still have a chance with her?" He asked hopefully.
"You might. I'm pretty sure that she still loves you."
"Should I talk to her?" He asked her.
"I'd give her a little time. She probably needs to sort out her feelings. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe she doesn't love you." She told him sadly.
"I don't think you're wrong. Hermione Granger, oops, I mean Hermione Weasley is never wrong. I almost forgot that you married Ron while I was gone." He told her with a laugh.
"Well, I have to be getting back to the Burrow." She got up from the couch. "Maybe one day Ginny Weasley will become Ginny Potter." She winked at him. "You just have to give her a few days. I'll see you later Harry." With that, she dissaparated.
This is so difficult. He thought, before getting up and heading into the kitchen. I'll give her three days to sort things out. He sighed and started breakfast.
A/N: Well, is that who you expected Ginny to pick? Hopefully, the next chapter will be up in a few days, but I can't make any promises. I'd like to thank my wonderful Beta, who actually forced me to write this chapter. I'm glad she did, because otherwise, this chapter would probably be up in a few weeks. Now that you've read, how about you review.
